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Room Doorway-This is a virtual art room that offers chances to create, discover,
imagine, invent, learn and make thoughts become things. There are seven activity
centers to choose from as you enter the Art Room Doorway.
Artsedge-This
site helps artists, teachers and students gain access to information, resources
and ideas that support art education.
World
Art Treasures: Students may go on visual and multimedia journeys into the
past through the use of color slides. This is great for European art history.
Origami
Page: This site provides complete directions on how to fold paper to make
various figures.
ELEMENTARY
TEACHERS
GEOGRAPHY
Country
Studies-This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published
in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as
a part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsered by the U.S. Department
of the Army. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the
country or region's historical setting, geography, policitical system, and foreign
policy.
On
this Day: New York Times has a listing of the day that you were born and
what happened then.
On
This Day.com: Daily historical facts and events, famous birthdays, world
history, music history, and quote of the day.
Today
In History: Lists birthdays of famous people and events for every day of
the year.
The
Days of History: Here you can find many links to sites about people that
were born and events that happened on a specific day.
Teacher
Resources
CyberGuides-CyberGuides
are supplementary, standards-based, webdelivered units of instruction centered
on core works of literature.
MATH
Calculators and
Converters
NASA
KIDS-a NASA site dedicated to kids for kids of all ages.
This
Planet Really Rocks-Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to rumble? This
website is dedicated to all the rockhounds and want-to-be rockhounds.
Missouri
Wetlands and Prairies
E-themes:
These sites have information about the different types of grassland habitats
found throughout the world. Includes savannas, prairies, and steppes.
Science
Fair and Experiments
Cyber
Fair: Created for students in grades 3-6, this site is a coomprehensive
resource for science fair participants. You can read through students' findings,
look for ideas, and post your own results. You can also review the site's sample
projects.
DiscoverySchool.com:
Science Fair Central: All science fair projects should start with a question.
But if the project is going to be enjoyable as well as educational, it is best
to start with a question about a subject that interests you. If you can't come
up with a question on your own DiscoverySchool.com has developed a number of
good ideas, one of which may inspire you.
Science
Fair Idea Exchange: This site is loaded with ideas for science fair projects
from other students across the country and around the world. The site divides
ideas into categories that include biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology.
Students who come up with an idea for a project they'd like to sharewith others
are encouraged to submit it.
Science
Fair Prep: The suggestions at this site help students to pursue a wealth
of recommendations about what they can do to make their projects as good as
possible.
ScienzFair
Project Ideas: This is by far the most impressive collection of ideas for
science fair projects that we have seen online. In addition to supplying a wealth
of ideas in a wide array of scientific disciplines, ths site goes one step further
by providing links to additional resources for most of the project ideas.
Your
Science Fair Project Resource Guide: Have a science fair project to do and
don't know where to start? This site from the Internet Public Library is a good
place. Choose How to Do a Science Fair Project to learn about the parts you'll
need to complete it, Samples to view projects that have succeeded, Resources
to help you gather materials, Magazines to read articles that may inspire you,
or Ideas to advise you on types of projects. This site includes materials that
range from basic to detailed ones.
Yahooligans
Science Fair Sites: A list of science fair sites that have great ideas.
A couple of the sites are already listed on this library site, but there are
many that are not.
The
Exploratorium: Provides information on the current exhibits at the Exploratorium,
an interactive museum in San Francisco. Students and teachers who are looking
for ideas for science activities and demonstrations should explore this site,
especially the Learning Studio. The instructions for doing the activities are
provided as well as explanations for the scientific principles involved in them.
Science
Fair Project Index: This electronic index includes more than17,000 science
projects and demonstrations from over 600 books published since 1990. The index
contains projects from almost all areas of science and many areas of technology
and focuses on actual projects and experiments rather than on supplemental or
background information. However, instructions for organizing and displaying
a science fair project, information on laboratory apparatus and safety, and
directions for proper and humane care of laboratory animals are included. The
index is designed to allow the user to locate a particular experiment by the
general topic; by keywords in the experiment title or book information; by grade
level; by the materials or equipment employed; or by the principle demonstrated.
Electricity
and Magnetism
Social
Studies
Text Book
Supplemental Materials
Ancient
Indians-Includes Aztec Indians, Inca Indians, Mayan Indians, and Anasazi
Indians
Useful
Websites-A variety of websites for history and the various Indians are included.
Foreign
Language