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FIND YOUR K12 SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE
EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND
MASTER DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS ONLINETHE FIRST ONE ONLINE - IT'S INTERENT HISTORY
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/schools/
The registry is organized by state and by grade level.
The registry also includes sites for charter Schools, virtual schools,
school districts, state and regional education organizations, state
departments of education, state standards and state administrators.
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[EDInfo] Teaching Resources: Energy, Life Sciences, Mark Twain and More
Renewable energy, life science careers, computers and health,
space food and space suits, prehistoric sea monsters, Mark
Twain, politics in antebellum America, and creative writing
are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website
that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to
find:
http://www.free.ed.gov/
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History
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Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
features newspapers published throughout Colorado from 1859 to
1930. Topics include Colorado statehood, the 1908 Democratic
National Convention, Denver mint robbery, early days of
telephone service, and early gold mines. (Institute of Museum
and Library Services)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1974
Getting the Message Out! National Political Campaign Materials,
1840-1860
looks at politics in antebellum America. Read about the
presidential campaigns. See campaign biographies of the
candidates -- from William Harrison, Martin Van Buren, and
James Birney to Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Learn
about the "second party system." (Abraham Lincoln Historical
Digitization Project, Institute of Museum and Library
Services)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1975
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Language Arts
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Mark Twain's Mississippi
examines what the Mississippi Valley meant to people in the
1800s and how these meanings influenced Twain's writing.
Learn about economic development, politics, race, religion,
culture, and the idea of "the West." Read a biography of
Clemens. Find the full text of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Life on the Mississippi.
(Northern Illinois University, Institute of Museum and Library
Services)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1973
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INTEGRATE FOLKLORE, MUSIC, & TRADITIONAL CULTURE
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/folk.html>
Folk music - sung during the days before there was a music
industry when the role of music was about your life -
about the life and times that most of us don't experience
anymore and when the music was sung because it helped
people through it and sustained them.
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Poets and Writers
is a source of information and inspiration for creative
writers. It features Poets & Writers Magazine and includes a
discussion forum, a database of writers, and advice about
publishing and copyright issues. A teachers guide offers a
place to discuss essays on writing and teaching. (Poets &
Writers, National Endowment for the Arts)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1979
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Science
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Women In Science Special Edition
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/womenspecialedition.html
Changing Girls' Attitudes About Computers
Computer Wonder Women
National Women's History Month
What you can do to help GRRLS get into technology!
Best Online Resources For Women and Minorities in Science and Technology
Educating Girls in the New Computer Age
HERSTORIES Classroom Project
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BioWorksU
introduces students to life science careers. It is set in a
virtual university and uses games, experiments, and
simulations to show jobs at a range of locations -- a nurse's
station, ambulance bay, diagnostic lab, pathology lab,
radiology department, pharmacy, physical therapy room,
dentist's office, and more. Watch videos of professionals
describing what they do. Play the ambulance maze game.
(IPIC, Department of Labor)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1972
Computing Life
looks at ways physicists, biologists, and even artists are
harnessing the power of computers to advance our understanding
of biology and human health. Learn how computers are used to
simulate the spread of flu through a school, the movement of
cells in our bodies, and the beating of a heart. Find out how
computers help in the search for gene variations that could
lead to disease. (National Institutes of Health)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1976
K-12 Energy Lesson Plans and Activities
offers 350 lessons on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
They're organized by grade level and topic -- biomass,
geothermal, fuel cells, ocean energy, solar power,
transportation fuels, wind energy, and energy efficiency and
conservation. Learn about passive solar buildings, advanced
photovoltaics, or basic wind turbines. Take an energy
awareness quiz. Estimate your carbon footprint; find ways to
reduce it. (Department of Energy)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1969
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure Movie
provides photos and video clips from this movie about
creatures that roamed the seas 82 million years ago. Discover
sea monsters of the past and present using the interactive
time line. Excavate fossils on a "virtual dig." See a video
on how to survive a shark attack. (National Geographic,
National Science Foundation)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1970
Space Food and Nutrition Educator Guide
looks at the history of preparing and packaging foods that
taste good, provide necessary nutrients, and travel well in
space. The guide includes math and science activities in
which students (K-8) classify space food, ripen fruits and
vegetables using a chemical inhibitive, measure food
packaging, determine the percentage of water reduction by
dehydrating fresh food items, and plan a nutritionally
balanced 5-day menu for astronauts. (National Aeronautics and
Space Administration)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1977
Suited for Spacewalking Educator Guide
examines the technology behind space suits. Students learn
about the environment of space, the history of spacewalking,
NASA's current space suit, future space suits, and work that
astronauts do during spacewalks. Students (grades 5-12) are
challenged to design and build a protective garment that will
permit future space travelers to explore the surface of Mars.
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1978
Voyages Through Time
is a year-long integrated science curriculum for 9th or 10th
grade based on the theme of evolution. It is presented in six
modules: cosmic evolution, planetary evolution, origin of
life, evolution of Life, hominid evolution, and evolution of
technology. Individual modules can be used in discipline-
based science courses such as biology, earth science, geology,
or astronomy. (Learning in Motion, National Science
Foundation)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1971