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***Library Hot Five #260: Reading Skills***

What are the best practices for teach reading skills?

Improving Reading Skills
http://www.how-to-study.com/Improving%20Reading%20Skills.htm
What habits should a good reader have?
[NOTE: Home page http://www.how-to-study.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

Michigan Department of Education: Helping Children Learn To Read
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/1,1607,7-140-5233-23207--,00.html
Topics include How a Child's Reading Develops, Skills That Characterize a Good Reader, and Raising a Reader.

Reading Aloud: Is It Worth It?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr213.shtml
Jim Trelease and other educators offer examples of the benefits of reading aloud.
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.educationworld.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]
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EduHound Weekly for February 17, 2005

NCTE: Literacy in the Ways of the Web
With new technologies emerging every day, our curriculum must pay attention to the literacies that will enable our students to navigate this rapidly changing world. Becoming literate in the ways of the Web—learning how to evaluate and navigate Internet resources as well as how to publish texts online—is vital to providing our students with the literacy skills that will serve them throughout their lives.
http://www.ncte.org/collections/weblit/

PBS Kids: Between the Lions
This 2,000 page Web site has a home page for each of the fifty-five episodes, with interactive games and activities that extend the curriculum. Here is a site that teachers and parents can feel safe to let children explore to their hearts' content.
http://pbskids.org/lions/


The Partnership for Reading
Offers information about the effective teaching of reading for children, adolescents, and adults, based on the evidence from quality research. The Partnership invites you to explore this site for information on the research, principles about reading instruction suggested by the research, and products for parents, teachers, administrators, and policy-makers.
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/

Get Ready to Read!
A national campaign to build the early literacy skills of preschool children. The program brings research-based strategies to parents and early education and child care providers for helping prepare children to learn to read and write. Our goal is to ensure that all children have opportunities to become successful readers.
http://www.getreadytoread.org/

Teachers@Random
Our innovative teachers@random Web site features many teaching tools and classroom activities including title-specific teacher's guides developed by leading educators as well as author and illustrator biographies with exclusive interviews and full-color photographs.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.randomhouse.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

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T.H.E. Newsletter for February 23, 2005

ScholarshipHelp.org
http://www.scholarshiphelp.org
This informative Web site covers everything from getting ready to begin searching for schools and the types of scholarships and financial aid available, to preparing the applications and necessary materials to apply for all types of financial aid. The goal of scholarshiphelp.org, to help educate students about scholarship access and the necessary requirements for achieving maximum financial aid, is offered free of charge. The self-assessment's are especially helpful for students because they help them prepare for what type of scholarships to look for, and decide what makes them unique enough to attain those scholarships. There is also a complete contact list of four-year-colleges from around the nation.
Guide to the Internet for Scholarship Seekers
http://www.scholarshiphelp.org/helpful_links.htm

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EduHound Weekly for February 10, 2005

Vocabulary Training
This site is meant to replicate on the Internet a means of learning words and phrases in In English, German, French and Spanish. The technique used in this site can be helpful in learning vocabulary because the vocabulary is presented randomly, emulating as nearly as possible the "flash-card" technique and the user may keep score, thus monitoring progress.
http://www.vokabel.com


VoyCabulary.com
Makes the words on any webpage into links so you can look them up in a dictionary or other word-reference-site of your choice, by simply clicking on the words. Anytime you find yourself reading a webpage with words you wish to look-up, try running the page through VoyCabulary and just click on the words! For instance, if you are reading a page with complicated words, like when reading Medical pages, or perhaps reading a page in Spanish and frequently need to look-up the English equivalents, see if VoyCabulary can help you out!
http://www.voycabulary.com
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

College Results Online
http://www.collegeresults.org/
Prospective college students now have a way to compare the graduation rates at thousands of schools. College Results Online allows students to see a four-year university's overall graduation rate and changes over time, and minority student completion rates. Students can compare the graduation rates among similar institutions.

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Subject: Education World Site Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 7
February 15, 2005

NeMO: New Millennium Observatory
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/index.html
Site of an undersea observatory at an active underwater volcano.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
Curriculum materials designed for high school and middle school students.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education.html

GRADE LEVELS
3-5
6-8
9-12

SITE URL
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/index.html

CONTENT: A+
NeMO is a seafloor observatory at an active underwater volcano. This multimedia site from NOAA allows students to explore a seafloor observatory geographically or by topic. It includes animations, fly-through movies and panoramas as well as materials for educators.

SITE DESIGN: A+
There is a left side navigation menu that leads to the main areas of the site. Subsequent pages have a top and bottom navigation bar. Macromedia Shockwave and Quicktime are required.

REVIEW:
The site of this underwater observatory is Axial Seamount, an active volcano located off the coast of Oregon and Washington where two of the Earth’s tectonic plates move apart causing small earthquakes and sometimes magma intrusions and volcanic eruptions. This Website offers information and resources for studying seafloor animals, hydrothermal vents, mid-ocean ridges, axial volcano, lava flow, and tools and technology. The NeMO Explorer allows students to take virtual tours of the ocean floor with a panorama, fly through and video clips or browse the collection of information related to the research. Additionally, students can choose their dive site and remotely control ROPOS, A remotely operated vehicle used at NeMO, to explore black smoker vents, new lava flows and unusual life forms. Curriculum materials include an introduction and background information, classroom activities, movies and animations, answer keys and additional resources for teachers. All curriculum materials can be used online or downloaded in your choice of .pdf, html or PowerPoint and used offline.

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Education World®
http://www.educationworld.com/

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Hi! It' s Tuesday, February 15, 2005 and time for Science at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
H.M.S. Crew Project
http://www.the-cohens.com/marc/HMS-crew/home.html

Today's website provides lessons in math and science through maritime
investigations. Designed for classroom use in 6th-8th grades, the site
provides lessons and activities.

Use the menu to click on a subject of interest. A new
page opens with a brief introduction and another menu of lesson plans. Click
on any lesson to find complete instructions, material lists, links to
resources that are required reading in order to complete the lesson plan,
activities, and much more.

[NOTE: LINKS & RELATED SITES
http://www.the-cohens.com/marc/HMS-crew/Links.html#B-6%20anchor
Includes links to Oceanography, Meteorology, Biology, Health, Nutrition,
& Fitness, Force & Motion, Water Chemistry, Environmental Ethics, and
Historical Perspectives. – Phyllis ]

This is a very structured approach to learning that includes lots of
cross-curricular connections. You can tackle the lessons in a methodic, and
orderly fashion -- or just search for activities that interest you to gain
some useful knowledge about the application of math and science to life in
and around the sea.

Diane Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved
http://www.homefires.com

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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #337 2/10/05

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Marine Biology

Animal and Nature lovers will want to bookmark this cool site, which is a virtual encyclopaedia of our oceans' marine life. A tribute to both the study and the conservation of marine biology, this non-profit website is a comprehensive guide to the beautiful world that exists below the surface.

Visitors will read about all the latest discoveries relating to marine plant and animal life, as well as learn about current conservation efforts going on all around the globe. What is most awe-inspiring on the site is the pure wealth of photographs and information about the diverse underwater species of our oceans, and the larger ecosystem that supports them.

http://marinebio.org/

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======== The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences ===
======== February 18, 2005 ===
======== Volume 4, Number 4 ======


WWF: Education-High School [pdf]
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/high_school/index.cfm

>From WWF, this website offers high school students a collection of online
resources regarding endangered animal species, conservation, and other
environmental topics. The Homework Help section contains links to project
ideas such as Recycling Greywater for Gardening; a number of downloadable
factsheet documents concerning different animals around the world; annotated
links to informative websites organized around themes like Soil Types, Major
Biomes of the World, and Biopesticides; and a directory of websites relating
to ecology and human-environment interactions. The site also offers
information about a variety of endangered carnivores, herbivores, and
omnivores. In addition, students will find concise sections about
conservation issues and major habitats as well as image galleries, links to
information about educational grants, and a list of universities around the
globe that offer courses relating to the environment. [NL]
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.panda.org/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet ScoutProject 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

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MORE New This Week
May 26, 2005
http://lii.org/mntw/

Welcome Home, Howard!
http://www.library.unlv.edu/hughes/
This exhibit features excerpts of writings and conversations and annotated images of Howard Hughes as an aviator and aeronautics innovator. Topics include Hughes and the around-the-world flight in 1938, the XF-11 airplane, the Spruce Goose (also known as the Flying Boat), and Hughes in Las Vegas and Hollywood. From Peter Michel, director of the Special Collections Division at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries.
Subjects: Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 Air pilots Businesspeople Aeronautics People

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Best Dressed: 250 Years of Style ----------------------------------------
Companion to an exhibit highlighting items from the collection of
the Philadelphia Museum of Art, including "regional dress;
18th-century and early 19th-century high-style from Europe and the
United States; a selection of important late 19th-century gowns
designed by great Parisian couturiers, ... works by renowned
20th-century fashion designers" and more. Also include
behind-the-scenes images from the exhibit preparation.

http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/exhibits/best/
http://lii.org?recs=025024
Subjects:
* Fashion
* Fashion design
* Women's clothing
Created by: je

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Guillotine Headquarters -----------------------------------
Information about the guillotine, which was named after Dr.
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed "that mechanical
decapitation be used to replace older more crude forms of
execution." The site features a timeline of this device, best
remembered for its role in the French Revolution. Includes
pictures, lists of people associated with this machine,
descriptions of the mechanics involved, and animations. From an
enthusiast.

http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/
http://lii.org?recs=024960
Subjects:
* Guillotine
* Executions and executioners
Created by: smb

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History of the US Income Tax -----------------------------------------
"If, in the midst of sorting receipts and studying the latest
changes in the US income tax laws, you suddenly wonder 'What is
the origin this annual ritual in the weeks leading up to April
15th?' here are some places you can go for answers." Features
links to information from the Internal Revenue Service and other
resources, images from Library of Congress collections, and
reading suggestions. From Ellen Terrell, Library of Congress
Business Reference Services.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.html
http://lii.org?recs=025033
Subjects:
* Income tax
Created by: je

Other HOT TOPICS IN SCIENCE AND BUSINESS
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/hottopics.html
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Works of Art: The Costume Institute ---------------------------
"The world-renowned Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum
[in New York] possesses more than 75,000 costumes and accessories
from seven centuries and five continents." This site provides a
brief overview of the collection and images of 50 specially
selected items. Also includes images and information about
exhibits on topics such as fashion and furniture in the 18th
century, rock-and-roll style, and "Extreme Beauty: The Body
Transformed" (about items such as corsets, bustles, and lotus
shoes).

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=8
http://lii.org?recs=025025
Subjects:
* Costume museums
* Costume
* Clothing and dress
* Museums
Created by: mcb

Collection Highlights: fifty specially selected works of art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/viewHigh.asp?dep=8&viewmode=0
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Reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources you can trust! http://lii.org/

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Hi! It's Thursday, February 17, 2005 and time for Social Sciences at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Ilike2learn.com
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/index.asp

This site is obviously designed for kids to help them learn where different
countries and capitals are located in the world. When you get to the site, you
will see a menu. Simply click on the continent name that contains the countries
or capitals you want to learn and a new page opens with a map. Next to the map
is a question box that prompts you to click on a particular country or capital on
the map. It keeps track of your score as you proceed through the quiz.

A bonus at this site is that it also has an interactive Russian language
tutorial. Through a series of interactive lessons it teaches the Russian
alphabet and vocabulary. You use your keyboard to interact with the program,
and you can hear a native speaker pronounce letters and words. Bookmark the
site so you can return to access all 5 vocabulary lessons. The site is
planning to add Spanish, German and Estonian in the near future.

Diane Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com

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Date Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: HLN Newsletter: The Industrial Revolution

Week of 02-14-05
The Industrial Revolution

The Origins of the Industrial Revolution in England
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture17a.html
A site that discusses the conditions that helped the Industrial Revolution to occur
[NOTE: Home page http://www.historyguide.org/index.html previously posted. – Phyllis ]

Developments during the Industrial Revolution
http://www.accel-team.com/scientific/scientific_01.html
Discussions about the scientific management that was developed during the Industrial Revolution

Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution
http://www.woonsocket.org/slater.htm
Samuel Slater had the first factory in Massachusetts. At first he employed only children aged 7-12. Read all about this man and the child labor he enacted in his mill

The Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTM
The introduction of a capitalist economy
[NOTE: World Civilizations Home page
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM previously posted. – Phyllis ]
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Date Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: [Surfnetkids Newsletter] Microbes

Microbes in Action
http://www.umsl.edu/~microbes/
For teachers and homeschoolers, Microbes in Action provides dozens of microbiology activities for grades three through twelve. Each unit (in PDF for easy printing) contains both a teacher's guide and student worksheets. Topics include bacterial fluorescence (for high schoolers) and fungi growth (for elementary students.) Other sections (also in PDF) offer instruction on basic lab techniques ( methods for sterilizing glassware) and backgrounders on microbes that have been in the news, such as anthrax, E.coli, and smallpox. An excellent link section completes the site. http://www.umsl.edu/~microbes/links.html

Microbes: In Sickness and Health
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/microbes.htm
Online booklet from The National Institutes of Health

PBS: Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth
http://www.pbs.org/opb/intimatestrangers/

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:25:56 -0800
From: Vicki Builta
Subject: [LM_NET] MIDDLE: Science and Math Links
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications

I am involved with a web portal that I believe might
be of interest/use to some of you. PRISM (Portal
Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics)is
designed for middle school teachers of these subjects.
The site can be found at http://www.rose-prism.org/ (the
project is hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana and funded by a
grant from the Lilly Endowment).
The links on the site have been evaluated by trained
reviewers and found to be of value in the instruction
of topics covered in Indiana's Academic Standards. The
links are indexed using these standards and
cross-indexed using specific concepts. These can be
sorted by subject and grade level.
http://www.rose-prism.org/materials.php

Many of the topics covered in Indiana's standards for
these subjects and grade levels could be of use to
your teachers! Maybe some of them even have some
sites they have found that they could suggest for
inclusion in PRISM. (There are forums for discussion
and an area for contributing links that are for
members only; but membership is FREE and easy!)
PRISM is growing with future plans for web
conferences, threaded discussions, etc. Are you doing
things like this in your area? We can all learn from
each other! Hope you have a chance to check PRISM
out!
Vicki Builta, Library Media Specialist

[NOTE: Library home page has links sorted by subjects.
http://www.esmslibrary.com/ - Phyllis ]

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Family First - Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society (2/14/05) http://www.familyfirst.com/the_laura_ingalls_wilder_memorial_society.html

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
http://www.liwms.com/

Little House on the Prairie. Little House in the Big Woods. By the Shores of Silver Lake. These book titles, along with others, are the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder. They are books that have been read by countless children and young adults over the past seventy years or so. They are not only interesting reading, but they are based on the author's life. The books are so well written that schools use them to teach students about life in the midwestern United States during the late-19th century. They were also the subject of one of the most popular television shows of the 1970's and 1980's. Today's Family First Site visits the site of the author of these books.

The site is called The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. It is an organization devoted to continuing the interest in not only the works of Mrs. Wilder, but all aspects of her life as well. Here you can visit the Surveyors house, as well as the Ingalls house, the one where Ma and Pa Ingalls spent their final years. It has been restored by the society, and tours are given daily. There are links to the stories, as well as the houses themselves. Especially interesting is the map of the town, with links to the buildings that have connections to the Wilder family. Information on the Annual Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant, held on weekends in the end of June and in early July. There are educational sections, one for students, one for teachers. In the students section, you can see a one room school house or washday at the Ingalls. There are are also printer friendly coloring pages.

This is a nice site to visit both on the Internet and in person. If you are ever going through De Smet, South Dakota, be sure stop in and see it in person. Otherwise, enjoy your cybertour and visit.
[NOTE: Includes links other sites. – Phyllis ]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:04:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Patnode
Subject: [LM_NET] HIT: Your favorite author sites
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications


Bound to Stay Bound
http://www.btsb.com/Library/Showcase.php
or http://www.btsb.com - click on Library Corner
and you'll find the Author Showcase. You can choose by
birthday, state and alphabetical listings.
You don't need a log in to access it.


Language Arts: Novel Guides
http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/novelguide.cfm
Language Arts: Novel Guides: Author Profiles
http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/authors.cfm
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.classzone.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

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Women’s History
http://www.ecb.org/surf/women.htm
We celebrate women with sites that cover their history and accomplishments. These sites can be used by students all year round to find information on some of the important people who are often left out of the history books.

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May 19, 2005
MORE New This Week:
http://lii.org/mntw/

Yalta Casts Its Shadow 60 Years On
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4241863.stm
February 2005 article that notes that "the dark memories" of the Yalta Conference still linger in the "60 years since the three major allied leaders, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, met to divide up the world in the old summer palace of the tsars in the Crimean resort of Yalta." Includes links to related articles. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Subjects: Cold War World politics Yalta Conference (1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Territorial questions

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Date Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: [Surfnetkids Newsletter] Tuskegee Airmen ...
http://www.surfnetkids.com/emailedition.htm

Honor Thy Father: A Tuskegee Airman
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1350/
Originally created in 1997 as a Christmas gift for her father, the public's reaction was so overwhelming, that Phyllis Gomer-Douglas decided to not only keep the site online, but to continue to update it. With first-person stories and photos, Gomer-Douglas pays tribute to her father, Joseph P. Gomer, and his fellow Tuskegee airmen. "During World War II, black fighter pilots fought the Germans abroad and racism in the ranks ... may we never forget ... and may future generations understand the way it was."

Legends of Tuskegee
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
"Tuskegee is more than a town located in Macon County, Alabama. It is an idea and an ideal. It was a bold experiment and a site of major African-American achievements for over 100 years." This National Parks Service web exhibit honors three legends: Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and the Tuskegee Airmen. Washington was the first principal of the African-American college that became the Tuskegee Institute. Carver was a teacher there for forty years. The Tuskegee Airmen (America's first black pilots) were named after the Institute where they began their Air Force training.

Lonely Eagles
http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0299/tusk.htm
"They said we didn't have the intelligence, the demeanor, the courage to be combat pilots. They learned differently. It was never about color; it was always about education and opportunity. All we needed was a chance and training. And we seized it when it came," explains fighter pilot Frank McGee, a retired colonel. This illustrated article from Airman magazine includes interviews with four Tuskegee Airmen, who explore the obstacles they overcame, and their accomplishments.

National Home of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/MainFrameset.htm
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. is a national organization created in 1972 after several "well-attended Tuskegee Airmen reunions." It includes articles, photos, and a long page of stats. Best read is found at the very bottom of the Missions page (look under Briefing) which summarizes the combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen. It is too long to reproduce here, but includes the amazing fact that no bombers escorted by 332nd Fighter Group were lost.

Tuskegee Angels of World War II
http://www.frankambrose.com/pages/tusk.html
Frank Ambrose is a professional photographer who began his career as an Air Force photographer in 1943. So it is not surprising that the highlight of his Tuskegee Angels page are the photos. Visit for a an easy-to-read overview of the Tuskegee story, an explanation of why they were called the Red Tails, and of course, the photos.

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American Masters
"Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For" TV> PBSOL> MARC> High School
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
9 - 10:30 pm
From orphaned days on Harlem streets to the upper stratosphere
of musical fame, Ella Fitzgerald's life was the quintessential
American success story. Join us for this Grammy Award-nominated
film, narrated by Tony Bennett, which features the most Ella
Fitzgerald performance footage ever compiled. (CC, Stereo, 1
year)

Log on to http://washingtonpost.com/liveonline on June 2 at 12 pm ET
to chat with jazz critic Gene Seymour and executive creator and
series producer Susan Lacy.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/fitzgerald_e.html

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Frontline
"A Jew Among the Germans"
TV> PBSOL> MARC> Middle / High School
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
9 - 10:00 pm
As a young boy, Marian Marzynski survived the Holocaust in
Poland. But his father and most of his relatives did not. Join
Marzynski as he sets out on a personal quest to find out how
Germans are going to design a memorial to the murder of six
million Jews. He encounters artists, architects and planners
who struggle with the big questions of guilt, responsibility
and memory. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)

Learn more about the controversy and unveiling of Germany's
"Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" at the companion Web
site.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/germans
(Available May 31, 2005)
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:23:06 -0800
From: Robert Joyce
Subject: [LM_NET] HIT: Geographical dictionary FREE online sources
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications


The Worldwide Gazetteer
http://www.gazeteer.com/gazeteer/v2/index.aspx

GIS Dictionary
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/

http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information
Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html

[See also:
http://www.netcore.ca/~gibsonjs/dict1g5.htm
http://www.physicalgeography.net/glossary.html - Phyllis ]

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Taken From:
Don's Patch Issue #2005-02-15
from http://www.don-guitar.com

Experiencing chemistry
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/

[NOTE: Home Page: Online Science Activities
http://www.omsi.edu/explore/online.cfm

The Periodic Table of Poetry
http://www.superdeluxe.com/elemental/
“For those who like to learn in literary style. Each element has a poem associated with it. The poems are submitted by readers, so the selection varies widely.”
- Phyllis ]

Periodic Table of Rejected Elements
http://periodictable.com/pages/AAE_RejectedPT.html

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12 February 2005 Earth Science Sites of the Week

COSMOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
http://fire.biol.wwu.edu/trent/alles/Cosmic_Evolution_index.html
Western Washington University, (suggested by
Charles Burrows, Spring Valley, NY), “one of the principal goals of this
web site is to develop and make available to science educators the
resources necessary to teach the history of nature using the concept of
evolving historical systems. This page is devoted to cosmological
evolution and takes advantage of the explosion of information about
astronomy and astrophysics on the Internet as shown in the following web
papers. Find sections for The Evolution Of The Universe, The Origin Of
The Elements, The Life History Of Stars, Stellar Nursery In The Orion
Nebula, The Formation Of Stars, And Solar Systems.” (.pdf)
*****************************************
Mark Francek
Professor of Geography and Earth Science
Central Michigan University
*****************************************

Taken From:
======== The NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences ===
======== February 4, 2005 ===
======== Volume 4, Number 3 ======

Lunar and Planetary Institute [pdf, jpeg, gif]
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), located in the Universities Space
Research Association (USRA), concentrates on research dealing with the
current state, evolution, and formation of the solar system. At the website,
users can find a technical report about the Forum on the Impact Cratering
Process, a summary of the Oxygen in the Solar System Initiative, and other
resources regarding the Institute's research foci. Visitors can view the
educational Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon. The site
offers materials on upcoming meetings, a schedule of the seminar series, and
many of the Institute's publications. Teachers and students should check out
the Education link where they can find fun activities and fascinating images
about the evolution of the solar system, lunar phases, seasons, and much
more. [RME]
[NOTE: Some pages from this site previously posted.
See Also: The Evolution of Our Solar System
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/timeline/ - Phyllis ]


The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

Visitors can learn astonishing facts in historical astronomy, astrobiology,
astrophysics, space missions, and many more space science topics at this
comprehensive website. David Darling, a British astronomer and science
writer, provides straightforward explanations of seemingly difficult
concepts. In addition to an easily navigable alphabetical list and a keyword
search, the encyclopedia is interlinked so that users can easily progress
through the materials. The website also features the latest space science
news stories as well as archives of exciting events. [RME]


YES Mag: Science Projectshttp://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/index.htmlParents, are you looking for a way to excite your children about science?This website developed by YES Mag, Canada's science magazine for kids, mayjust have the answer. Users can find numerous fun science activitiesaddressing many of the basic science principles and phenomena includingNewton's third law, lightening, wind, and chromatography. Each activityincludes pictures to assist in the implementation of the project as well asa convenient printable version. With over thirty-five activities, childrenare sure to have a fun learning experience. [RME]


Weather Activities [Macromedia Flash Player, pdf]
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm
[NOTE: Other activities from http://www.edheads.org/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

This entertaining, interactive website is the perfect tool to educate users
about the basics of weather forecasting and reporting. The two educational
modules, created by EdHeads, each contain three levels and are designed for
grades four through nine. While discovering how to predict a three-day
forecast, students learn about warm and cold fronts, wind direction and
speed, high and low pressure systems, isobars, and humidity. Teachers can
find a helpful guide discussing how best to use the site as well as
providing an overview of science standards, lesson plans, and pre- and post-
tests for students. [RME]


The Mission-A Great Scientific Adventure [Macromedia Flash Player]
http://nfbkids.ca/lamission/home_e.php

At this interactive website, enhanced by Macromedia Flash Player, students
can perform 19 creative scientific missions, including three super-missions.
The missions include interesting clues, fun games, and stimulating quizzes.
Users obtain chemical elements as an award for each mission they
successfully complete with the ultimate goal of filling the Periodic Table.
Through the activities developed by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB),
students can learn about lightening, cloud types, electricity, simple
machines, atoms, inertia, and much more. In the Secret Library, students can
find out about famous scientists and experiments. [RME]


PSRC: Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://www.psrc-online.org/

Developed by the American Association of Physics Teachers, "the Physical
Sciences Resource Center (PSRC) is a web-based databank that provides K-20
teachers links to a wide range of teaching and learning resources in the
physical sciences." Users can search the numerous resources by topics, type,
or keyword. With each entry, the website provides a description, information
on the author, subjects covered, level, intended users, resource types,
possible costs, and other useful facts. Interested individuals can register
at the website in order to store their search preferences, join discussion
forums, submit materials, and store resources. [RME]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences, Copyright Internet
Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

----------Forwarded Message--------
[LibraryLink] Library Link of the Day for 2005-02-12
http://www.soup2nuts.tv/overdue_clip1.swf

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Family First - Keep Schools Safe (2/7/05)

Keep Schools Safe
http://www.keepschoolssafe.org/index.htm

One of the most important responsibilities of a parent is to ensure that our children are safe. That means in our homes, in our car, on the streets, and in our schools. Recent events have drawn attention, and prompted discussions about the safety of students in school. It seems that every day we hear on the news about children (yes, children) bringing guns to school, or violence in our classrooms.

Today's Family First Site is one that is a must have resource for any educator or school administrator to have knowledge of. Called Keep Schools Safe, it is a site with a wealth of information about how it can be accomplished, with involvement by parents and students. Here are some great plans and common sense ideas that can go a long way towards raising awareness to situations, so that they don't escalate into violence.

A site such as this is a great example of the power of the Internet. It serves as a clearinghouse for information, and a conduit to promote discussion among users. The information here is truly relevant to the issues facing our schools today. If we all work together, then we can help make our classrooms a place to learn and grow.

From the site:
Your School Violence Prevention, Safety and Security Resource
“We hope this site helps you deal with the many issues related to the safety and security of our schools.”

---------Forwarded Message--------
Date Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:34 AM
Subject: [Refdesk site-of-the-day] Columbia Encyclopedia

Columbia Encyclopedia
http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Containing nearly 51,000 entries (marshalling six and one-half million words on a vast range of topics), and with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, the current Sixth Edition is among the most complete and up-to-date encyclopedias ever produced.

Taken From:
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Librarians' Index to the Internet
NEW THIS WEEK for February 10, 2005
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Aboriginal Peoples ------------------------------------------------
This site provides information about the four peoples of
Aboriginal ancestry who live in the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador today: the Inuit, the Innu, the Micmac,
and the Metis. Also includes information about prehistoric peoples
who lived in the province, history and culture, and
bibliographies. Provides links to general information about the
province. From the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/
http://lii.org?recs=024940
Subjects:
* Indigenous peoples
* Indians of North America
* Prehistoric peoples
Created by: mcb

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Africa Revisited/Nouveaux Regards sur L'Afrique -------------------------------
This site "aims to reveal the richness, the diversity, and the
fragility of this great heritage and thereby encourage us all to
preserve and enhance it." It features annotated images on topics
such as African nomads, Swahili culture, the Medina of Marrakesh,
colonial architecture in Cameroon, and Christians in Ethiopia. In
English and French. From the United Nations Education, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Heritage Committee.

http://whc.unesco.org/exhibits/afr_rev/toc.htm
http://lii.org?recs=024936
Subjects:
* World heritage areas
* Africa
* Cultural property
Created by: mcb
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Google Maps ---------------------------------------------------
Drag-and-drop online mapping from Google. Provides options to
search for locations, businesses, and driving directions, and a
general search box to key in your destination. Results may be
printed or e-mailed.

http://maps.google.com
http://lii.org?recs=024952
Subjects:
* United States
Created by: kgs

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Gypsy Collections at the University of Liverpool ----------------------------------
The main focus of this collection "is the period from the mid 19th
to the mid 20th century." The site includes an overview of the
collection, and information about specific topics, such as the
gypsy wagon (or vardo), the Irish Travellers, and Galician gypsies
in England. Includes images, suggested reading, and links to
related sites. From University of Liverpool Library Special
Collections.

http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/gypsy/intro.htm
http://lii.org?recs=024923
Subjects:
* Romanies
* Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)
Created by: mcb

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Irish Republican Army (IRA) -----------------------------------
Questions and answers about this "organization dedicated to ending
British rule in Northern Ireland and unifying the province with
the neighboring Republic of Ireland." Discusses the Northern
Ireland conflict, the composition of the IRA, attacks carried out
by the IRA, leaders and members, and involvement of the United
States in the conflict and peace process. From the Council on
Foreign Relations.

http://www.cfrterrorism.org/groups/ira.html
http://lii.org?recs=024943
Subjects:
* Northern Ireland
* Irish Republican Army
* Sinn Fein
Created by: je

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Teens: The Forgotten Face of Black History ----------------------------------
Brief information about teenagers involved in the Civil Rights
Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Includes information about
Claudette Colvin (a 15-year-old who was arrested, months before
Rosa Parks, for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white
passenger), Barbara Johns (who was involved with school
desegregation), and the Greensboro, North Carolina, freshmen who
instigated the sit-ins at a Woolworth's lunch counter. From
Teenwire, a Web site from Planned Parenthood.

http://www.teenwire.com/takingac/articles/ta_20050201p092_rights.asp
http://lii.org?recs=024919
Subjects:
* African Americans
* African American teenagers
* Civil rights workers
* Civil rights movements
* Black History Month
Created by: mcb

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Use of the annotations from this list must be accompanied by:
Copyright 2005 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII.
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Thank you for using Librarians' Index to the Internet!

Karen G. Schneider, kgs@lii.org
New This Week Listowner, and Director, Librarians' Index to the Internet
Reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources you can trust! http://lii.org/

Taken From:

======== The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology ========== February 11, 2005 ======
===== Volume 4, Number 3 ======

Math Academy: History of Infinity
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/infinity/index.asp

This article from the MiniTexts section of the Math Academy/Platonic Realms
website discusses the history of the concept of infinity. The author begins
with a reminder of some of the common questions people ask, such as "How
could you get bigger than infinity?" and proceeds to explain why this
mysterious concept was once taboo among mathematicians. He begins the
history of infinity with a discussion of how Aristotle taught about the
possibility of infinity and highlights other key figures, such as the
English mathematician John Wallis who introduced the "love knot" or "lazy
eight" symbol for infinity that we use today. The article includes a nice
explanation of Cantor's Set Theory and Cardinal Numbers. [VF]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright
Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Taken From:
Date Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: Education World Site Reviews Vol. 9 Issue 6

The Wonders of Mathematics
Inquiry-based math activities K-12.
http://www.galileo.org/math/

GRADE LEVELS
Pre-K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12

SITE URL
http://www.galileo.org/math/
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.galileo.org/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

CONTENT: A+
This site offers a series of inquiry-based mathematics activities that were created by teachers through staff development workshops delivered by the Galileo Educational Network Association (GENA) in conjunction with Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

SITE DESIGN: A+
This site is part of the much larger Galileo Educational Network. The left side menu offers easy access to the areas of particular interest to math teachers; Investigations, Puzzles, and Resources.

REVIEW:
Math teachers will appreciate the carefully planned math lessons and activities in the investigations section. More than a dozen thought provoking investigations are available for both elementary and secondary students that cover such topics as statistics, finances, area, geometric models and more. If you really want to challenge your students to do some creative thinking, click on the Puzzles link to find more than sixty puzzles that can be printed and used in the classroom. Each puzzle includes the area of mathematics and the objectives that it addresses. There is an extensive list of online and print resources available to help improve mathematics instruction. Also worth a look is the “Classroom Examples” (found in the top menu) that features completed inquiry-based projects in grades K-12. This is a great place to spark your thinking in creating your own projects in the humanities or science.
[NOTE: Useful Links: http://www.galileo.org/math/resources.html ]

===================================
Education World http://www.educationworld.com/

--------Forwarded Message--------
Site of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Consumer Price Index Calculator -- What Is a Dollar Worth?
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm
[NOTE: Previously posted. URL updated.- Phyllis ]

Today's web page, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, offers a
handy tool to determine the cost of goods over time. Of particular interest
to Gentle Subscribers in the U.S, the calculator uses the Consumer Price
Index to find out how prices have changed over the years.

"What would an item or service purchased in 2004 be worth in 19?? dollars?
.. What would an item or service purchased in 19?? be worth in 2004
dollars?" - from the website

The calculator can be used for any year, from 1913 onwards. The results
show how much the goods and services purchased in year "X" would cost in
year "Y". In addition, using the included Consumer Price Index and
Inflation Rates table with the handy formula provided, the cost of a
service or product can be determined relative to the increase in the price
of other goods and services over the years.

March over to the web page for this handy reference for tracking the cost
of essentials over more than 90 years at:

http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm


A.M. Holm

Taken From:
Lesson Planet Newsletter 2/04/05

Subject Area: Social Studies
Title: Fields of Hope
Url: http://www.fieldsofhope.org
Grade Level: 6-12
Rating: * * * * *

This site is intended to enhance student knowledge of worldwide child
labor issues. There are lesson plans, maps and tables, legislation
reviews on child labor by country, population and education statistics
and on-line slide shows available. It sometimes seems as if the world
shrinks a bit every day and Fields of Hope is a great resource to help
promote social responsibility and global awareness in our students.


Subject Area: Mathematics
Title: Jumpstart
Url: http://www.jumpstart.org/
Grade Level: K-12
Rating: * * * * *

Jumpstart is a partnership of Federal and State agencies, public and
private businesses, educators and financial institutions dedicated to
improving crucial financial literacy skills of our students. This
organization has many opportunities for involvement and some great on-
line resources. You can browse curriculum reviews and criteria
suggestions, an on-line database of financial teacher training
programs and guest speakers, articulated financial literacy benchmarks
and summaries of related state and federal legislation.

Taken From:
T.H.E. Newsletter for February 9, 2005


NOAA’s National Ocean Service
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education
[NOTE: Other pages from this site previously posted. – Phyllis ]
The Lionfish Invasion!
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/welcome.html
Invasive species, a species which purposely or accidentally appears in an area foreign to their natural habitat, can cause environmental or possibly human harm when they reproduce and begin to rapidly spread. One type of invasive species, the Lionfish, a native of the coral reefs in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, has begun to spread throughout the mid-Atlantic waters off the east coast of the U.S. Although it is not yet known what the affect of this spread will be, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has launched this Web site to document their case study of the Lionfish. It includes detailed educational information on the biology of the lionfish, its invasion of U.S. coastal waters, the role of the aquarium trade in the invasion, and whether the invasion can be curbed.

Copyright © 2005 ETC Group LLC.

Taken From:
USA Today Web Guide Hot Sites
02/09/2005 - Updated 02:21 PM ET
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2005/2005-02-08-hotsites.htm

Great Amateurs in Science
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orchid/amateurs.html
Science has long relied on its amateurs – amateur in the doing-science-for-sheer enjoyment-sense, not in skill set. Some fields, such as astronomy, are better about acknowledging the debts than others, but this fine NOVA page gives a terrific overview of some of the giants that were in the game strictly for the love of it. — HSS

Copyright 2005 USA TODAY

Taken From:
Hi! It's Tuesday, February 8, 2005 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

What Tree Is It?
http://www.oplin.org/tree/

This site is designed to help visitors identify trees commonly found in
Ohio. Fortunately, many trees there are found throughout the United States.
You can use the site to identify a tree by leaf, fruit or name. If you find
a leaf, for example, you can go to this site and search it for images that
closely resemble your sample. After viewing the images and reading the
descriptive text you can narrow down your choices to one tree. This site
acts as sort of an interactive field guide and contains good illustrations
and easy to understand text that allows you to understand some of the subtle
difference in leaves, bark, and fruit that makes a particular species
unique.

AND IF YOU REALLY GET INTO PLANT IDENTIFICATION don't miss the e-nature
website by the National Wildlife Federation. We've featured this site
previously on ClickSchooling but I thought you might like a reminder. While
the site is vast and is truly a comprehensive, interactive field guide for
plants and animals, you will find the Lady Bird Johnson Native Plant Guide
for wildflowers, trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, cacti, and grass-like plants
at this section of the site:
http://www.enature.com/guides/select_lbjnative.asp
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.enature.com/ previously posted.
Includes the following Online Field Guides: Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies,
Fishes, Insects, Mammals, Native Plants, Reptiles, Seashells, Seashore Creatures,
Spiders, Trees, and Wildflowers – Phyllis ]

Diane Keithfor
ClickSchooling
Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com

Taken From:
======== The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences ===
======== February 4, 2005 ===
======== Volume 4, Number 3 ======

Sea and Sky: The Ocean Realm
http://www.seasky.org/sea7.html

The Ocean Realm is part of Sea and Sky, an award-winning, nonprofit website
created by J.D. Knight, an Orlando-based Web designer, amateur astronomer,
and marine aquarium hobbyist. The Ocean Realm offers two features: Reef
Life, a presentation of animals who inhabit corral reefs; and Monsters of
the Deep, an exploration of animals found in deep zones of the ocean. Reef
Life contains gorgeous photographs; and basic information about a variety of
sponges, corals, echinoderms, mollusks, sharks, and more. Monsters of the
Deep contains profiles for a collection of fascinating creatures including
the sizeable sixgill shark, the tiny vampire squid, the large-mouthed gulper
eel, and the fierce viperfish to name but a few. The site also provides
straightforward descriptions of ocean layers, deep sea bioluminescence, and
hydrothermal vents. [NL]
[NOTE: Home page ( http://www.seasky.org/mainmenu.html ) previously posted. – Phyllis ]

The Searching Wolf
http://www.searchingwolf.com/

This impressive wolf information website was created by retired biology
professor Dr. Bill Forbes. Notably, the site contains a multitude of links
to both recent and less recent wolf-related articles appearing in such
publications as _Paleobiology_, _Wildlife Biology_, _Animal Science
Journal_, and _Molecular Ecology_. The site also offers a collection of
other useful wolf resources such as an archived Bibliography of European
Wolf Literature; a list of suggested wolf education materials; an extensive
bibliography of books about wolves and related subjects; and links to an
abundance of wolf organizations and websites. In addition, the site contains
links to howling and growling clips, great wolf skull images, a list of
places to see wolves, quizzes, and even an interactive crossword puzzle.
[NL]


Oracle Education Foundation-ThinkQuest Library: Crocodilians
http://library.thinkquest.org/04apr/01293/

One of the many benefits of the Internet is that it serves as a place for
kids to create educational websites for other kids. Following in this
tradition, this website (winner of the April 2004 ThinkQuest contest for
students 12 and under) was created by a team of fifth-grade students--with
help from their teachers--to educate other kids about Crocodilians. Although
not heavy on content, the site offers basic information about this
fascinating order of reptiles, and at the same time provides elementary
school students with a model for what kids are capable of creating and
sharing with their peers. The website provides brief summaries of all 23
crocodilian species. The site also showcases original artwork; and briefly
addresses habitats, communication, conservation efforts, and physical
features. The site also includes a glossary, and an interactive crossword
puzzle. [NL]

National Health Information Center-Health Information Resource Database[pdf]http://www.health.gov/nhic/

The National Health Information Center (NHIC) was created by the Office ofDisease Prevention and Health Promotion at the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services in 1979. A primary NHIC service is the Health InformationResource Database which "includes 1,400 organizations and government officesthat provide health information upon request. Entries include contactinformation, short abstracts, and information about publication and servicesthe organizations provide." Site visitors can link to the Resource Databasesearch engine with fields for Title, Keyword, City, and State. Visitors canalso locate organizations by linking to an extensive, alphabetic keywordlist with subject categories for Arthritis, Child Care, HIV, Nutrition,Public Health, and many more. [NL]


CalPhotos: Animals
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/

>From the University of California-Berkeley Digital Library Project (first
mentioned in the April 16, 1999 Scout Report), this CalPhotos website
connects visitors to 17,812 images of different animals. Site visitors can
locate animal photographs using a search engine with free text fields for
Scientific or Common name, Location, and Picture's ID, and drop-down menu
fields for Photographer, Country, US State, Collection, and more. Visitors
can also peruse extensive, hyperlinked listings of animals grouped under the
following categories: Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Mammals, and
Reptiles. Animals are listed by both common and scientific name. The
photographs come from a variety of sources, and are accompanied by usage
guidelines. CalPhotos collections are also available for Fungi, Plants,
People & Culture, and Landscapes & Habitats. [NL]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet ScoutProject 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Taken From:
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NEW THIS WEEK for February 3, 2005
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Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement -----------------
Presents hours of audio clips, articles, and photographs about the
Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins that started February 1960.
Covers the young black men who sat at a whites-only lunch counter
in a Woolworth store, a timeline, and news articles, a video clip
of the unveiling of the statue honoring the occasion, and links to
other civil rights sites. A project of the News & Record
newspaper, which supplied much of the content, and the Greensboro
Public Library.

http://www.sitins.com/
http://lii.org?recs=011873
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
Subjects:
* African Americans
* Civil rights workers
* Civil rights movements
* Civil rights demonstrations
* United States
* Black History Month
* LII classic content
Created by: wh

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Imperial Household Agency -------------------------
This official site "presents an introduction to the official
duties and various public activities of Their Majesties the
Emperor and Empress [of Japan]" and of the royal family. The site
features a genealogy, brief biographies of current royalty,
information about traditional culture associated with the court
(such as court music and cormorant fishing), and transcripts of
press conferences. In English and Japanese. Note: May include some
stray characters due to translation.

http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html
http://lii.org?recs=024817
Subjects:
* Japan
Created by: mcb

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Japan Debates Female Succession --------------------------------
January 2005 news article about how "a Japanese government panel
has started debating whether women could take the throne in
response to a succession crisis in the Imperial Household" in
which "a male heir has not been born since 1965." Includes links
to related articles. From the British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC).

http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4205427.stm
http://lii.org?recs=024819
Subjects:
* Japan
* Emperors
* Women heads of state
Created by: mcb

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A Librarian's Alphabet -------------------------
This charming poem uses amusing couplets to describe
librarianship. "H is for helpful. ... O is for overdue." From
librarian Denise Plourde.

http://dplourde.home.netcom.com/sampler/alphabet.html
http://lii.org?recs=024790
Subjects:
* Libraries
Created by: kgs

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NARA Interagency Working Group ----------------------------------
In 1999 "in accordance with the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act ...
President Clinton established the Nazi War Criminal Records
Interagency Working Group (IWG). The group is ... directed to
locate, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make
available all classified Nazi war criminal records ... to the
public." This site provides extensive finding aids to documents
from various government agencies, bibliographies, glossaries,
Holocaust timelines, and related documents. From the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

http://archives.gov/iwg/
http://lii.org?recs=024852
Subjects:
* War crimes
* World War, 1939-1945
* War criminals
Created by: je

[NOTE: See also Related Websites
http://archives.gov/iwg/related_websites/related_websites.html - Phyllis ]
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National Music Museum ------------------------------------------
Web site for a museum collection of "more than 10,000 American,
European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures
and historical periods." More than a dozen online tours offer
images of many of the museum's rare and interesting instruments.
Also offers checklists of the collections and information about
public events, performances, and tours of the museum, which is
located at the University of South Dakota.

http://www.usd.edu/smm/
http://lii.org?recs=024798
Subjects:
* Musical instruments
* Museums
Created by: las
[NOTE: Links to Related Sites
http://www.usd.edu/smm/links.html – Phyllis ]
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Online Activities & Uses -----------------------------
This report finds that Internet users like and use search engines,
but "are generally unsophisticated about why and how they use
search engines. They are also strikingly unaware of how search
engines operate and how they present their results." From Pew
Internet & American Life, an initiative funded by the Pew
Charitable Trusts.

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/146/report_display.asp
http://lii.org?recs=024836
Subjects:
* Information literacy
* Web search engines
* Internet users
* Information retrieval
Created by: kgs

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Use of the annotations from this list must be accompanied by:
Copyright 2004 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII.
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Thank you for using Librarians' Index to the Internet!

Karen G. Schneider, kgs@lii.org
New This Week Listowner, and Director, Librarians' Index to the Internet
Reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources you can trust! http://lii.org/

Taken From:
USA Today Web Guide Hot Sites
02/03/2005 - Updated 11:40 AM ET
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2005/2005-02-03-hotsites.htm

'Useless Eaters'
http://www.regent.edu/acad/schedu/uselesseaters/
As a group, people with physical and mental disabilities have been mistreated in just about every society throughout recorded history. This Regent University pop-up site provides an audio-visual trip into a disturbingly profound ethical issue and a period in Nazi Germany that easily ranks among the worst of times for these individuals. Based on a paper written from a religious perspective by Dr. Mark Mostert (full-text provided on the site), this beautifully presented multimedia essay deserves to win many, many awards. — SG

Speegle Talking Search Results
http://www.speegle.co.uk/
Tired of reading through the vast array of web results that a Google search produces? Let Speegle do the work for you. After you search on its site, Speegle displays Google web results with a twist: A voice reads the information to you. Speegle offers three voice styles to pick from, and users can choose how much of each site’s information they want to hear. We enjoyed the added interactivity of the “quick keystrokes” feature. For example, you can visit each site listed by pressing its assigned number on your keyboard. — MB

Copyright 2005 USA TODAY

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From: techLEARNING news
Subject: TLNews: Virtual Field Trips Raise Test Scores,
May 17, 2005 - Vol. 4, Issue 20

Study Shows Web-Based Learning Improves Reading Skills Among Middle School Students
5/2/2005 11:46:00 AM
OWINGS MILLS, Md., May 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Maryland Public Television (MPT) today announced the results of a scientific evaluation of web-based resources used in classroom instruction and their positive effect on reading performance among middle school students.
Entire article:
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=46677

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The JAZZ AGE: Flapper Culture & Style
http://www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
Includes a list of related links

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From: list@todayinliterature.com

Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/nathaniel.hawthorne.asp
Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://members.aol.com/MG4273/hawthorn.htm
Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection
http://members.aol.com/MG4273/classics.htm
An educational website for fans of mystery and detection stories offers information and commentary on selected stories, and an explanation their place within the genre. Explores the author's influence on writers including Jorge Luis Borges. Includes a brief review of "Twice Told Tales" and "Mosses from an Old Manse."

Emily Dickinson
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/emily.dickinson.asp
Dickinson Electronic Archives
http://www.emilydickinson.org/
This extensive offers is rich in resources for teachers, students, and fans of Dickinson's works: writings by the author and her family; responses to her writing; teaching resources; and literary criticism and analysis.


Oscar Wilde
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/oscar.wilde.asp
The Oscar Wilde Homepage
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/wilde/index.html
Offers a short biography and chronological timeline of life achievements, bibliography, selected quotations, and photographs.
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Subject: Cable in the Classroom e-News
Access Learning – June 2005
http://www.ciconline.org/aboutcic/publications/accesslearning.htm

Project Greenlight Movie Terms
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Greenlight/Movie_Terms/
Site offers a glossary of film terms.

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park
http://www.ehfop.org

Virtual Hemingway
http://www.hemingwaysociety.org/virthem.htm

Literature Circles
http://home.att.net/~teaching/litcircles.htm

Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association, Inc.,
http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org

The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour:
Exploring Democracy in America
http://www.tocqueville.org
Site contains streaming video of C-SPAN’s A
Conversation On Democracy, as well as
biographical information on de Tocqueville, a
page featuring modern citations of his work,
lesson plans on related social issues, and more.

Lifetime’s Intimate Portrait
“Find out more about the women you love and admire. Read about those
who have made their mark in movies, music, politics, sports and more in
these "Intimate Portraits." Search for a person's name or by category.”
http://www.lifetimetv.com/shows/ip/index.html

Biology of Plants
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants
[NOTE: Other pages from this site previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Date Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 4:41 AM
From: Today in Literature

Ernest Hemingway
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/ernest.hemingway.asp#links

Hemingway at Shakespeare & Company
http://www.literarytraveler.com/hemingway/shakespeare.htm
Literary Traveler is a website featuring original stories about important locales in literary history. This article discusses the relationship between Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare & Company and the great writers of the era, including Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein.
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.literarytraveler.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis]
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The play's the thing! Check out the Surf Report from
Wisconsin ECB for drama and theatre links to spice up your day.
http://www.ecb.org/surf/theatre.htm
From Shakespeare to Sondheim, Kabuki to Readers Theatre, with a little bit
of Ballet Russe and Jan Brett thrown in, we hope you'll find something to
capture your imagination.

Peggy
Peggy Garties
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Subject: Library of Congress Adds Content to Veterans History Project

Library of Congress Adds Content to Veterans History
Project Companion Site: Experiencing War

Full Story: http://www.urlwire.com/news/051805.html
Direct to site: http://www.loc.gov/warstories
This is the seventh set of individual stories-comprising interviews,
letters, photographs and written memoirs-to be featured on the site,
which is titled "Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History
Project. This special online presentation marks the 60th anniversary
of the end of World War II.”
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NOW
TV> PBSOL>
High School
http://www.pbs.org/now

Download instructions on how to do an oral history of a veteran.
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/veterans.html

Copyright 2005 PBS Online.

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Subject: [Surfnetkids Newsletter] Memorial Day

Department of Veteran Affairs: Memorial Day
http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/
[NOTE: Other pages from this site previously posted. - Phyllis ]
It is believed that the end of May was chosen for the first Memorial Day because "because flowers would be in bloom all over the country." Visit the Department of Veterans Affairs Memorial Day site for a comprehensive history of the holiday, the story of taps, and to learn how the poppy became the Flower of Remembrance. There are also links to national observances, veteran statistics, and flag protocol.

The History Channel: Memorial Day
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/memorial/
[NOTE: Other pages from this site previously posted. - Phyllis ]
Using the green menu links on the left hand side, explore the history of Memorial Day, interactive battle maps and veteran trivia. "The number of U.S. armed forces personnel who served in World War II between Dec. 1, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946 was 16.1 million." My favorite click is the Timeline of American Wars, which is organized by centuries, and clicks through to encyclopedia articles for more detail on each war.
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Education World Site Reviews Vol. 9 Issue 20

The E Pluribus Unum Project
Site focused on three key periods of U.S. History: 1770s, 1850s, and 1920s.
http://www.educationworld.com/awards/2005/r0505-11.shtml

GRADE LEVELS
9-12, Advanced

SITE URL
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/

CONTENT: A
The E Pluribus Unum Project offers teachers and students resources about how Americans tried to make “one from many” during three pivotal decades in U.S. history: the 1770s, 1850s, and the 1920s. It includes lesson plans and primary documents.

SITE DESIGN: A
The site’s content is organized into three sections, one for each decade, as well as topical clusters: primary sources, teaching and learning, links and search tools. Users need to scroll to the bottom of the main page to find the links to the various sections.

REVIEW:
Teachers and students will find lots of resources at this site for learning about three pivotal decades in American History. Materials cover the Revolutionary period of the 1770s and focus on different modes of communication. Other materials cover the reform period of the 1850s, including the women’s rights movement and the abolition of slavery, and the 1920s and the cultural battles that took us through Prohibition and brought us women’s right to vote. Each time period has an introductory essay with links to key topics and primary documents such as the Declaration of Independence, newspapers of the times, speeches, advertisements, broadsides, diaries and letters, interviews, testimony at trial, and personal accounts. Included are tips for using the site in the classroom and an excellent secondary lesson plan on the Boston Massacre.

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May 2005
http://www.enc.org/features/dd/?ls=eu

Archive
http://www.enc.org/features/dd/archive/?ls=eu


Project Links : mathematics and its applications in engineering and science
http://links.math.rpi.edu/
Grade(s): 11 - Post-Sec.
Synopsis: Animations, applets, videos, and images--what more could anyone want, at least when it comes to linking math to real-world engineering applications? These modules cover topics such as advanced math methods, probability and statistics, differential equations, and discrete mathematics. They are designed to fit into existing curriculum units rather than as replacements.

Abstract:
This web site provides more than 40 instructional modules that blend advanced mathematics with engineering and science applications. The modules are grouped by application topic, such as electricity and magnetism or mechanical oscillations, as well as by mathematical topic such as differential equations, calculus, or probability and statistics. Each module includes an introduction, objectives, prerequisites, and several pages of instruction that include multiple interactive applets for students to model the phenomena under discussion.

As an example of the material, one module links ideas in statistics and probability, specifically the ideas of mean and variance, to issues encountered when transmitting and receiving binary signals. The module describes 'random' noise in terms of a Gaussian distribution with specific mean and variance, then shows how such noise, depending on its mean and variance, interacts with digital pictures or with the transmission of a simple binary pulse to create false readings and blurred or grainy images. Abstracted 03/05. (Author/FAM)

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Mathematische basteleien
http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/
Grade(s): 6 - 12 ENC#: 032234
Synopsis: You don't have to be able to pronounce the name of this site to enjoy the variety of activities available here. There are puzzles and paper-folding exercises to create all manner of shapes and sundries, including flexagons and paper pigeons and "Happy Cubes." What's more, most activities include explanations for the mathematics involved in the creation of the project.

Abstract:
This web site, suitable for middle and high school grade levels, contains a variety of visual and hands-on concepts from discrete mathematics, number theory, and geometry. All topics are displayed on a single web page in categorized lists. Teachers may find the site useful for gathering definitions, as well as for finding methods of construction for various mathematical figures. The paper-folding category contains detailed instructions and illustrations for objects such as fortune tellers, Kaleidocycles, and paper cups. Many of the topics require or intend to develop multidimensional visualization skills, which is seen in the inclusion of platonic solids and hypercubes. Another major component of the web site is the abundance of puzzles, which include a Rubik's cube, Rubik's magic, pentominos, and tangrams. The site's material is also available in German. Abstracted 3/05 (Author/AJC)
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Skulls : come in, explore, and get inside our heads
http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/skulls/
Grade(s): 3 - 12 ENC#: 032663
Synopsis: We've all heard it said that beauty is only skin deep. Well, this web site introduces a bunch of scientists--and their collections of skulls--who would argue that it's actually skull deep. See for yourself in this online exploration of the form, function, and fashion of a variety of skulls.
Abstract:
This web site, maintained by the California Academy of Science, explores various scientists' perspectives on animal skulls. Each page allows users to access information about skulls, including types of skulls, the structure and function of skulls, the diversity of skulls, and skulls in different cultures. Each page offers relevant definitions, questions answered by scientists, a number of facts, and color pictures. For example, a page on living tissue first introduces the composition of skulls and the record of an animal's life revealed in a skull. Subsequent sections answer such questions as how bones grow and how one determines a sea lion's age from its teeth. Skull facts support each answer. In addition, large color pictures illustrate the explanations. As an added feature, this page displays a black rhinoceros skull, which can be rotated for viewing different angles. (Author/JAT)

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Visualizing topography
http://geology.asu.edu/~reynolds/topo_gallery/intro_title.htm
Grade(s): 7 - 12 ENC#: 032054
Synopsis: Reading a map is about more than finding a way from point A to point Z. Topographic maps take you to new heights--and depths--of navigation and of understanding the lay of the land. This web site illuminates the art of reading a topographic map through animations and QuickTime movies that let you "fill in the blanks" on representative maps.

Abstract:
This web site uses a combination of maps and movies to show users how to read topological maps. The details of black-and-white contour maps are explained by comparing them to images that have been color-coded to represent height; movies show three-dimensional visualizations of the same terrain. Users can manipulate the images in the movies by rotating or tilting them to see the same image from different points of view. Later exercises ask users to describe the terrain shown by a contour map, then compare their response to a typical description and a three-dimensional image. The idea of profiles is also introduced using computer-generated images of slices through contoured terrain and three-dimensional images; users learn to imagine what the profile along a contour map would look like in real space and what it would feel like when hiking. Abstracted 02/05. (Author/FAM)
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© 2004- 2005 ENC
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
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Teachers @ Work

Free Online Image Libraries
http://www.teachers.work.co.nz/Online_Image_Libraries.htm
We are currently using "Google Image" searches to get the images we need for our online coursework etc. and feeling a little but guilty about it, but now we have "fat free; guilt free" online images in abundance.

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Date Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 3:31 AM
Subject: [Refdesk site-of-the-day] Online Image Resources

Online Image Resources
http://www.libraryspot.com/images.htm
Image resources from LibrarySpot. Links include: images, clip art, pictures, news photo galleries and much more.
[NOTE: Home page ( http://www.libraryspot.com/ ) previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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MORE New This Week: May 12-18, 2005
http://lii.org/mntw/

Celebrate! Holidays in the USA

Information about national holidays celebrated in the United States. Provides brief histories of holidays such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Flag Day (first proclaimed in 1949). Also includes information about "fun" days such as Valentine's Day, April Fool's Day, and Halloween; and selected ethnic and regional celebrations such as Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, and Cinco de Mayo. From the Embassy of the United States of America, Stockholm, Sweden.
http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/
Subjects: Holidays -- United States

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[Social-studies] Rescheduled Learning Page Chat
Michael Hutchison
Date Sent: Sat, May 14, 2005 at 4:24 PM

"Poetry connects us with our deep roots, our evolution as an animal that evolved rhythmic language as a means of transmitting vital information across the generations. We need to communicate not only with our peers but our ancestors and descendants, and the arts of poetry, writing, print, digital media serve that communication. As the oldest of those arts, poetry in a deep-going way calls upon the very nature of human society, our interdependence upon one another not only in space but in time. We need the comfort and stimulation that this vital part of us gets from the ancient art." ~ Robert Pinsky

Learn about historical primary resources from the Library of Congress that can assist educators in teaching about communication through literature and poetry.

Join Library of Congress staff members and your peers in The Learning Page Chat on May 19 at 8:00 P.M. (EDT) in the After School Online Classroom, http://www.tappedin.org/


Michael Hutchison
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Lincoln High School
Vincennes, Indiana

# posted by Phyllis @ 11:27 PM 0 comments

I'll be taking a short break from posting sites for the next few days. I should be back online next week.
- Phyllis

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Sent : Tuesday, February 1, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject : [LIFE of Florida] Civil Rights Teaching.org

Web Resources for Teaching
about the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.civilrightsteaching.org/links.htm
[NOTE: Sites not checked. – Phyllis ]

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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:15:26 -0500
From: Angie Johnson
Subject: [LM_NET] career sites
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications


Get Tech-has lots of info about ALL KINDS of jobs that use technology,
including computer, medical, engineering, and other areas
http://www.gettech.org/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Career Info Net- has a section with downloadable video clips on many
careers. However, I recommended that students try this from home so the
network is not overwhelmed with video downloading.
http://www.careernet.org/

Find Careers at iseek-another site with information on many different
careers
http://www.iseek.org/

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Lakeshore Middle School
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Taken From:
Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

WRITING PROMPTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL:
http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/site-guides/SeniorProjectGuide.asp

Currently, twenty-seven writing prompts are offered at this website, all geared to high school interests and abilities.

Brenda Barron, Editor
classroomflyer@riverdeep.net
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WRITING PROMPTS:
http://www.writersdigest.com/writingprompts.asp
Called "Idea Joggers", these weekly writing prompts will help jumpstart the writing process when the page remains blank. Archived topics are also available.

MORE WRITING PROMPTS:
http://www.creativity-portal.com/becreative/activities/writingprompts.html
Scroll down for numerous story starters, opinion prompts,
or narrative ideas. [NOTE: Home page previously posted. – Phyllis ]

PICK-A-GRADE WRITING PROMPT:
http://tusdstats.tusd.k12.az.us/planning/resources/writprompt/top_nav2.asp
Select your grade level for an appropriate writing prompt and exercise.

STORY STARTERS:
http://www.lessontutor.com/jmstorystarters.html
These story starters for elementary students offer three different prompts in each series, with text, visual, or auditory prompts. They also include writing rubrics for each grade level.
[NOTE: Home page previously posted. – Phyllis ]

YEARLY WRITING PROGRAM:
http://www.teachersdesk.org/topics/par_week_program.html
Select either single paragraph topics for elementary students or five paragraph essay assignments for older classes, and find a year's worth of writing exercises here.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHEETS:
http://bogglesworld.com/creativewriting.htm
These story starters come in printable student work-
sheets, and should appeal to upper elementary through to middle school students.

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Subject: [Surfnetkids Newsletter] Your Heart ...

How Your Heart Works
http://www.advocatehealth.com/system/info/library/articles/heartcare/howorks.html

"About a hundred times a minute, 100,000 times a day, 36.5 million times a year, your heart keeps the beat . . . the beat of life. That familiar thump, thump, thump tells you that your heart is doing its job pumping blood from the veins to the heart and lungs, where it is replenished with oxygen and then distributed back to the body through the arteries. How does the heart work? Read on." This single-page illustrated introduction to the heart includes links to advice on how to keep your heart healthy.

InnerBody: Cardiovascular System
http://www.innerbody.com/image/cardov.html
[NOTE: Home page previously posted. – Phyllis ]

As you move your mouse over the cardiovascular system, clickable, labeled hot spots (such as heart or pulmonary artery) will appear. Clicking them will display a short article in the left-hand frame. Related images (a cut-view of the heart or a pacemaker) are listed across the top of the page. There are a couple of cool animations (a pumping heart and a flowing cardiovascular system) buried in the yellow left-hand menu. To wander beyond the cardiovascular system, use the blue vertical menu on the left.

Kidshealth.com: All About the Heart
http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_noSW.html
[NOTE: Other pages from http://kidshealth.org/previously posted. - Phyllis

Perfect for elementary and middle-school students, this article clearly illustrates the heart's chambers and valves. "We see and hear about hearts everywhere. A long time ago, people even thought that their emotions came from their hearts, maybe because the heart beats faster when a person is scared or excited. Now we know that emotions come from the brain, and that the brain tells the heart what to do. So what's the heart up to, then? How does it keep busy? What does it look like? Let's find out."

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Subject: Education World Site Reviews Vol. 9 Issue 5


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SPECIAL THIS WEEK: SITES TO SEE
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Sites to See: Art History
Art History sites offer teachers, students and the general public unique ways of thinking and learning about art and its development through the ages. These sites include animations, photographs, maps, timelines, interactive games and activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites053.shtml
[NOTE: Some of the sites were previously posted. – Phyllis ]

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Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Science
Online interactive activities for earth science.

GRADE LEVELS
6-8
9-12

SITE URL
http://vearthquake.calstatela.edu/

CONTENT: A+
This is an interactive site for middle and high school students that Focuses on earthquakes, flooding and global warming. The biology labs are subscription based but there is plenty of free material here to warrant a visit.

SITE DESIGN: A+
This site is beautifully designed and well organized. The front-page sitemap makes it simple to navigate to the various areas of the site. Flash Player is required.

REVIEW:
This site is supported in part by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the California State University System. It offers a series of online interactive activities designed to encourage students to make careful observations and measurements, do simple calculations and answer questions about their work. A “Certificate of Completion” is available at the end of each activity. Students can save their work and return later. Maps, seismograms, journals and background information can all be printed for reading offline. Teachers can register (free) their classes for the online assessment and return to see the scores after the entire class has finished. There are currently three sections with at least two activities each available for free to everyone. Earthquake or Virtual Earthquake (both lead to the same activities) teachers students how seismic waves are used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake and how to locate its epicenter. Virtual Dating refers to geologic time and focuses on how geologists and archeologists determine the ages of rocks and ancient artifacts. Virtual River offers a series of interactive exercises to help students learn about the river processes such as discharge, flooding, flood frequency, erosion and disposition with questions that check for understanding as you move through the exercise.

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[NOTE: Sites not checked. Some of them were previously posted. – Phyllis ]

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Subject: HIT: Art Websites
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications


ART WEBSITES

1,200 Years of Italian Sculpture
Links to thumbnails of great sculptures that can be clicked on for enlargement!
http://www.thais.it/scultura/default_uk.htm

Architecture Links
Has a Texan feel to the list, but it does escape Texas to find other sites
of interest on the Net
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/projects/RDA/links.html

Art History Sources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

ArtAtlas
The database of art gallery contact information around the world
http://artatlas.com/home.htm?frame=3Dhttp%3A//artatlas.com/artatlas.htm

Arti FAQ 21OO Directory
Directory of information on the various periods of art
http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/nyc/director.htm?tqskip=3D1

Artist5
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/art/index.html

Artlinx
The ultimate compendium of Art related sites on the Net
http://desktoppublishing.com/artlinx.html

ArtMagick
ArtMagick - your source of visual intoxication!
http://www.artmagick.com/

Arts Journal
Daily arts news from worldwide newspapers.
http://www.artsjournal.com/

ArtsConnectEd
http://www.artsconnected.org/

Artsonia Student Art Museum
Online student art museum for showcasing student work
http://www.artsonia.com/

ArtSource
Collection of links put together by an art reference librarian for other
art librarians. Excellent site!
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/

AskART.Com
Artists Bluebook, American Artist Reference - Information on 23,000
American artists including biographies, bodies of work, valuation and
appraisal techniques, auction records, publications, and artists representatives
as well as literature and museum information for American painters and sculptors
http://askart.com/

Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
Esoteric collections of links to art on the Web
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/

Early American Paintings
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/

ECB Surf Report
Art Sites - Education, museums and more!
http://www.ecb.org/surf/art.htm

Helios
Historical artistic photography collection
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/

Hot Art Sites
Pictures, art, clip art and more. Look up by subject area or go to a general site link.
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/pictures.htm

Incredible Art Department
Includes lesson plans, news, resources, and more!
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

Internet ArtResources
http://www.artresources.com/

Latin American Art Directory
South American, Central American, Mexican, and Caribbean Art Galleries,
Museums, Exhibitions, Resources, Auctions, and Events Worldwide
http://www.latinart.com/

Leonardo's Workshop
an ArtEdventure with Carmine Chameleon-- explore the Italian Renaissance
and da Vinci's workshop while solving a mystery!
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/leonardo/index.html

Oilpainting.com
A virtual gallery of Chinese oil painting
http://www.oilpainting.com/

Print-Art
The Guide to Fine Art-- information on painters, art movements, museums,
art restoration, etc.
http://www.print-art.com/gb/home/home.htm

Tessellating
Animation
http://www18.big.or.jp/~mnaka/home.index.html

WebSEEK
Content-based Image and Video Search and Catalog Tool for the Web
http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/

World Wide Arts Resources
Visual and Performing Arts, Art Museums, chats, forums, etc.
Plus its own search engine!
http://www.world-arts-resources.com/

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Artists

Cezanne, Paul
Biography plus links to works
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/

Impressionists
http://www.biography.com/impressionists/

Learning About Leonardo
a ThinkQuest that puts out its own supposition for why the Mona Lisa is smiling,
while also providing more information on Da Vinci and his other areas of interests.
http://library.thinkquest.org/13681/data/davin2.shtml?tqskip=3D1

Leonardo Home Page
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/

Michelangelo
biography plus links to works
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/

Monet, Claude
biography plus links to works
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/

Pablo Picasso
http://home.xnet.com/~stanko/

Rembrandt
biography plus links to his works
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/

Van Gogh at Etten
sketches and billboards
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001734/eng/index.html

Vincent van Gogh Gallery
links to works and biography
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

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Arts and Crafts

Art Room
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/

Calligraphy :
GETTING STARTED AND A SHORT HISTORY OF WRITING
http://www.codcottage.freeserve.co.uk/

Marilyn's Imagination Factory
Using trash to create art with kids!
http://www.kid-at-art.com/

Melissa's Myriad
Art Education Page- links to lesson plans, resources, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8020/arted.html

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Museums

Art Institute of Chicago Museum
http://www.artic.edu/aic/index.html

Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
http://artcyclopedia.com/

Color Matters
http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html

Going to a Museum?
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/class/Museums/Teacher_Guide/

Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org/

MUSEE
Directory of museums worldwide including art, science, history, zoos,
archaeology, and aquariums.
http://www.musee-online.org/

MuseiVaticani
museums of religious icons and statuary around the world
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html

Museums
http://www.artcom.com/museums/museums.htm

Museums
Links to art museums and gallery worldwide!
http://www.anvil.clara.net/museum.htm#mus00

Panoramas
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Landscapes/

WebMuseum
Art of the 20th century
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/

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Origami

Alex Bateman's Origami Page
Includes patterns and links to more patterns
http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/agb/Origami/origami.html

Geometry Junkyard
Origami-- List of sites for patterns, organizations, etc.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/origami.html

Jim Plank's Origami Page (Modular)
Detailed instructions for making polyhedrons, tetrahedrons, dodecahedrons,=
and many more!
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank/plank/pics/origami/origami.html

Joseph Wu's Origami Page
One of the best sites on origami on the Net!!
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/

K's_ORIGAMI
http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~hatori/

Marc Kirschenbaum's Origami Page
From simple to complex projects
http://marckrsh.home.pipeline.com/#simple

Origami
Includes diagrams, a gallery, model database, talk site, and links to other
sites on the Net.
http://www.origami.com/

Origami
Webquest on Origami with several sites highlighted.
http://206.23.53.246/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/origami/Origami.htm

OrigamiUSA
http://www.origami-usa.org/

paperfolding.com
Fantastic site!! An award winner!
http://www.paperfolding.com/

Tammy Yee's Origami Page- easy paper folding crafts for children.
http://www.tammyyee.com/origami.html

Teaching Tips for Origami
http://www.origami-usa.org/teaching_tips.htm

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Wynne High School, Wynne, AR
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----------Forwarded Message--------
Date Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:52 PM
From: Kathy Schrock's SOS
Subject: S.O.S. -- Help for Busy Teachers (Site 23): Critical Evaluation
Sites of the School Days
a weekly update to
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators on Discovery Channel School
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

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Site 23
Critical Evaluation of Web Pages
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
... critical evaluation of Web information is just one of the important information literacy skills that needs to be infused across the curriculum; check out my evaluation guides and lots of great work by others at this link
******
Kathy Schrock
kathy@kathyschrock.net

# posted by Phyllis @ 11:51 PM 0 comments

Taken From:
T.H.E. Newsletter for February 2, 2005


Define the Line
http://www.definetheline.com
Define the Line is an awareness program designed to educate students about the importance of being good cybercitizens and respecting the intellectual property of copyrighted works online. The program also encourages students to exclusively use legal software, and to understand the impact of software theft. Digital piracy is a growing challenge at higher education institutions, and the Web site provides tools and resources including fact sheets, research and other information that emphasizes the importance of using software legally.

Copyright © 2005 ETC Group LLC.

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Site of the Day for Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Woodchuck (Groundhog): Mammal Fact Sheets
http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=109

With tomorrow's Groundhog Day festivities in mind, today's site offers some
down-to-earth facts on this furry woodland creature under his proper name,
the "Woodchuck", from a source familiar to every Canadian Gentle Subscriber
-- the Canadian Wildlife Service's, "Hinterland Who's Who". Other Gentle
Subscribers may enjoy a brief stop at the home page, simply to listen to
the haunting call of the loon which has heralded the ever-popular broadcast
spots for more than thirty years.

"Woodchuck ... This animal is sometimes completely black or completely
white; is one of Canada’s largest true hibernators and the subject of a
great deal of medical research; spends much of its time eating and sunning
when not hibernating or caring for young; is the major hole-digging mammal
over much of eastern North America, and in some places in the west,
providing all sorts of animals with shelter." - from the website

This single page features a description of the woodchuck and information on
its habitat and habits, including images of if its tracks and burrows.
Noting its unique characteristics, the web page describes the legend of the
groundhog's shadow. There are also notes on its range, breeding and
conservation concerns.

Burrow over to the site for an engaging look at this heart-warming woodland
creature at:

http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=109

A.M. Holm

]NOTE: Other Species Fact Sheets ( http://www.hww.ca/hww.asp?id=1&pid=0 )
include:
Amphibian & Reptile Fact Sheets
Bird Fact Sheets
Insect Fact Sheets
Mammal Fact Sheets
Species at Risk Fact Sheets
- Phyllis ]

Taken From:
TODAY IN LITERATURE - FREE EDITION February 1st

Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/lord.byron.asp

Crede Byron
http://www.praxxis.co.uk/credebyron/index.htm
A collection of original essays on the cult of Byron, his animal menagerie, Newstead Abbey, the reverberations of his death in London, and other subjects. Also offers selected poems and links.

Lord Byron: a comprehensive study of his life and work
http://www.englishhistory.net/byron.html [NOTE: Previously posted. – Phyllis ]
Features a Byron biography, bibliography, chronology of life events, images, selected poetry, and both contemporary and historical analysis and commentary by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Gustave Flaubert, T. S. Eliot, and others.


Neurotic Poets - Lord Byron
http://www.neuroticpoets.com/byron/
This biographical essay explores Byron's inner demons and sensitivity to criticism, his relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the "depraved" and extreme lifestyle which would ultimately lead to his death.
[NOTE: Other poets from Neurotic Poets previously posted.- Phyllis ]

Copyright 2000-2005. Today in Literature. All rights reserved.

Taken From:
Date Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:33 AM
Subject: February Busy Educator's Newsletter
http://www.glavac.com


Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/toc.html

Taken From:
Date Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: [STUDENTS-GOV] Students.gov InfoSource - February 2005

Featured Sites: Student Health
Great web resources from students.gov

HealthFinder (US Dept of Health and Human Services) – HealthFinder is an award-
winning government site, and a key resource for finding the best health information
on the Internet. Provides interactive information and carefully selected links to over
1700 health-related organizations. http://www.healthfinder.gov
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

SmallStep.gov (US Dept of Health and Human Services) - The Department of Health
and Human Services created SmallStep.gov to provide info on diet and exercise that
can help you make improvements in your health through incremental changes in
various habits. http://www.smallstep.gov

Student Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health) - College offers new
experiences and challenges, but it can also be stressful and make you feel sad. If
the blues persist, you can get help. Find out more about clinical depression, its
causes, how to recognize signs, and where to seek treatment.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/students.cfm
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

Bob Quits Smoking (American Legacy Foundation) - Introducing the latest hit reality
show. No one gets voted off. No one gets married. And no one gets a million bucks.
But if the contestant doesn't win, quite possibly he'll die. Join Bob on his journey to
quit smoking. http://www.bobquits.com [NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

College Drinking (National Institutes of Health) - The Task Force on College Drinking
provides research-based information about the nature and extent of dangerous drinking
to students, parents, high schools and colleges, communities, and others. Get the
facts at their website! http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov

Students.gov has several other resources dedicated to health and well-being...and
to careers in this field! Check them out at the link below.
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/SG_Ctrl?Topic=1000

******
Finding Scholarships

Scholarship Search (US Dept of Education) - Use this fast and free search available
from the Department of Education to find scholarships for which you may qualify.

http://studentaid2.ed.gov/getmoney/pay_for_college/types_scholarships.html

e-Scholar – Scholarship Programs (Office of Personnel Management) - e-Scholar
offers information about a variety of federally-sponsored scholarship programs.
http://www.studentjobs.gov/d_scholarship.asp

Scholarships for Military Children - Sons and daughters of U.S. military personnel
may qualify for the Scholarships for Military Children Program from the Defense
Commissary Agency. http://www.militaryscholar.org

Scholarship Search (The College Board) - Locate scholarships, loans, internships,
and other financial aid programs from non-college sources that match your education
level, talents, and background. An excellent resource from the College Board.
http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp
[NOTE: Other pages from http://collegeboard.com/ previously posted. – Phyllis ]

Scholarship Scams (Federal Trade Commission) - The Federal Trade Commission
cautions students and their families about scholarship scams, and how to avoid
becoming a victim!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/index.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Scholarships and grants
Use students.gov for your scholarship-finding needs! Information on
locating many more opportunities is available at:
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/SG_Ctrl?Topic=0201
Learn about government grant programs and search for grants and
scholarships of all kinds on the web sites in this section.

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Internships– More than 100 web resources with information about internships,
including links to a wide selection of federal agency internship programs.
Check it out! http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/SG_Ctrl?Topic=0401
Learn about many exciting internship opportunities, both within
the government and with other organizations and companies.

# posted by Phyllis @ 9:11 PM 0 comments

Taken From:
Don's Patch Issue #2005-02-01
from http://www.don-guitar.com


Protecting endangered species and wild places through science,
policy, education, and environmental law.
http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/

Links and information to explore biodiversity.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6243/diversity.html

A Genealogy portal.
http://www.genhomepage.com/

The LyricsBox
A good place to find song lyrics.
http://www.lyricsbox.com/

The Ultimate Loch Ness Monster Site.
http://www.nessie.co.uk/

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Taken From:
Date Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:57 AM
From: Gilder Lehrman Institute
Subject: Combat Letters

Don't miss the fourth installment of Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars, which looks at correspondence from some of America's most famous battles. Chapter Four: Combat features personal accounts from Yorktown, Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, and other battle scenes. Listen to readings, see transcripts, and examine original letters at:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/battlelines

The Institute regularly features documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on its website, so that scholars and teachers may have access to them. This week's featured document is a signed certificate from the American Colonization Society, written in 1833. To examine this document and read about the origins of this organization, go to:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/documents.html.

The American Colonization Society
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/docs_current.html
When James Madison signed this membership certificate as president of the American Colonization Society in 1833, the organization’s effort to repatriate America’s free black population to Africa had been underway for over a decade.

If you access this document after it is no longer current, it will
be available at:
Archive of Past Documents
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/docs_archive.html

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--------Forwarded Message--------
Date Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Family First - The Star Spangled Banner (1/31/05)
http://www.familyfirst.com/the_star_spangled_banner.html

The Star Spangled Banner
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. – Phyllis ]

It is one of the most well known songs in our nation's history, yet one of the most taken for granted. It is such a good song that it brings people to their feet when they hear it. It is one that I am sure you have heard before. Today's FamSite looks at a site that is dedicated to the Star Spangled Banner.

The site, called the Star Spangled Banner, is about the history of the nation's anthem, and about the historical events that surround it. Here you can learn about the project that has as it's goal to preserve the actual flag that is the source of the song's inspiration. You can learn about the person (or persons) who made the flag, plan a visit to see it, take a test to find out how much you know about it (i.e., what is fact and what is fiction), and an online educators area, including a free resource materials from the History Channel.

The message of this song is a very important one, and one that is often forgotten. It more than a song that is played at the beginning of ball game. It represents the sacrifice and dedication of our ancestors that have helped truly make this "the land of the free and the home of the brave". Sites like today's go a long way to getting that message out.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html

Taken From:
USA Today Web Guide Hot Sites
01/31/2005 - Updated 10:40 AM ET
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2005/2005-01-31-hotsites.htm

The Other Look of Colombia
http://www.theotherlookofcolombia.com/
America may have a PR problem in many parts of the planet today, but think what it must be like to be Colombia. The South American country works to shed the less savory aspects of its image at this charming site, which reminds us all that the nation’s very best exports – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, coffee, emeralds, great biological diversity, stunning actress Catalina Sandino Moreno and a bevy of world-class scientists – are neither powdery nor illegal. — HSS

Copyright 2005 USA TODAY

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences,
announced the winners of The 9th Annual Webby Awards
on May 3, 2005.

You can find the list of five nominees and winners in each
of the 60+ categories here:
http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php

Taken From:
[TI-Science] Museums and the Web 2005 ** Best of the Web Awards
Wed, May 4, 2005 at 7:38 AM

** Museums and the Web 2005 **
** Best of the Web Awards **
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2005/best/

_Best On-line Exhibition_
Cycles: African Life Through Art
http://www.ima-art.org/cycles/
Institution: Indianapolis Museum of Art

Judges' Comments:
The design of this online exhibit is a piece of art itself. Beautiful and fun to
explore. ... A highly visually appealing and thought provoking site which provides
a rich user experience through interactivity, text and images. A particular
highlight is the 'context' link that a user can click on when viewing an object.
The graphic elements also nicely enhance the content and navigational options
available to the user.

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Hi! It's Thursday, January 27, 2005 and time for History at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
AMillionLives.com
http://amillionlives.com/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

This site offers the largest directory of links to the biographies of the famous, infamous and not-so-famous on the Net. The biographies are posthumous -- that is, the people who are profiled have died, but left a legacy you can explore through the links provided. Not only will you find links to thousands of biographies -- but you will also find links to autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.

When you get to the site you will see a brief introduction. To the right of your screen there is a menu that allows you to search for an individual's last name alphabetically. You can also search for interesting bios in any of the following categories or collections:

*Professions (Art, Music, Dance, Entertainment, Sports)
*Eras (From Ancient Times through Modern Day)
*Regions (Countries of the World)
*African-American
*Women
*U.S. Civil War
*The Holocaust
*Canadians
*Australians & New Zealanders
*Latin Americans/Latinos/Hispanics

Simply click on a selection and a new page opens with pages of links to the biographies of people who have made an impact on the history of the world.

Because this site links to so many other websites, they cannot take responsibility for the content on those sites. While the links I visited were very educational in nature and contained suitable content, the nature of the Web makes it impossible to guarantee that every site will follow suit. So, as always, PARENTS SHOULD PREVIEW THE SITES BEFORE VISITING THEM WITH CHILDREN.

Do bookmark this site, as it's a great reference resource that can inspire or supplement social science studies.

Diane Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com

Taken From:
Date Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: [Surfnetkids Newsletter] Nellie Bly

Born May 5, 1864 as Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was a pioneering female newspaper reporter. She became a celebrity in 1889 at the age of twenty-five when she traveled around the world in just seventy-two days, breaking the fictional record created in Jules Vernes' 1873 novel "Around the World in 80 Days."

CUNY: Nellie Bly: Best Reporter in America
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/nellie.html

In 1998, Rosemary Gazzillo was a student in Professor Catherine Lavender's Women's Studies class at City University of New York, where she wrote this one-page Nellie Bly biography. More than just dates and events, Gazzillo examines the circumstances that influenced Bly's "passion for women's rights." Reports on other famous New York women, including Lucille Ball, Dorothy Parker and Bella Abzug, can be found by following the link to the Women's Biography Hub.

[NOTE: for more biographies of True Women, New Women: Women in New York City, 1890-1940
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/main.html - Phyllis ]
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Copyright © 2005 by Surfnetkids.com, Inc.

Taken From:
Date Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:59 AM
Subject: SBC Blue Web'n Weekly Updates Digest Number 5 - 14 Jan 2005

Unsolved Mysteries of Human Health: How Scientists Study Toxic Chemicals http://www.unsolvedmysteries.oregonstate.edu/

The Unsolved Mysteries features cutting edge research and tools currently used by environmental health scientists in the Environmental Health Sciences Center and Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center at Oregon State University. Users of the website are challenged with an environmental mystery that they need to solve by using specialized analytical equipment. The website includes interactive lab tours, on-line quizzes, interviews and links to scientists, glossary, and additional resources. This website was created by the Community Outreach and Education Programs (COEPs) of the Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Center and Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences (MFBS) Center at Oregon State University.

Grade Level: Middle School, High School, College
Content Area: Education (Alternatives), Science (Chemistry), Science (Earth Science), Science (Physics) [Dewey #550]
Application type: Information Resources, Tutorials, Activities
****
Blue Web'n Weekly Updates are available online at
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/bluewebn/updates.cfm

Taken From:
Exploratorium Ten Cool Sites March-April 2005
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/sciencesites.html

ELEMENT - Use your brain. Find science news sources and links to the world's top research groups, scientific databases, educational resources, science research opportunities, jobs, funding, scholarships, fellowships, internships, conferences, and science chat forums on chemistry, earth science, life science, mathematics, physics, space science, and technology.
http://www.elementlist.com/lnx/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2
[Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/dk6sd ]
Science Links for Kids (K-12)
http://www.elementlist.com/lnx/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=40

Cool Site: March/April 2005

© Exploratorium

Taken From:
What's New at HowStuffWorks!
January 24, 2005

How Cryonics Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cryonics.htm

It may seem like pure science-fiction, but cryonics is being
practiced today: Dozens of people are frozen in cryogenic storage
facilities, waiting to be revived when science is able to cure
whatever killed them. But if they're dead, how can they be revived?
And is revival from a frozen state even possible? Learn all about
this controversial practice.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Copyright ©1998-2004 by HowStuffWorks, Inc. All rights reserved.

Taken From:
More New This Week, http://lii.org/mntw/
December 23-29, 2004

Cremation — Everything You Need to Know about Cremation

"Cremation is just one form of preparing the body for final disposition. It's a process that reduces the body to its base elements." This site provides an explanation of the process of cremation, final resting place options, burial-at-sea rules, images of cremation urns, and more. Also includes a funeral home locator. From a "consumer information site about funeral planning and the funeral industry."
http://www.funeralplan.com/funeralplan/cremation/
Subjects: Funerals Cremation

Taken From:
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:02:30 -0500
From: Laura Gottesman
Subject: [LM_NET] LC: American Memory Collection: September 11, 2001,
Documentary Project
Sender: School Library Media & Network Communications
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

The Library of Congress's American Folklife Center announces a new
presentation: The September 11, 2001, Documentary Project, available on
the Library's American Memory Web site:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/.
This presentation captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness
accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months
that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the
Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Patriotism and unity mixed with
sadness, anger and insecurity are common themes expressed in the sound
and video recordings, written narratives, poetry, photographs and
drawings that comprise this online presentation.
The day after the attacks, the American Folklife Center called upon the
nation's folklorists and ethnographers to collect, record and document
America's reaction.

This project is modeled on a similar initiative,
conducted sixty years earlier, when folklorist Alan Lomax was serving as
"assistant in charge" of the Archive of American Folk Song. On
December 8, 1941, Lomax sent a telegram urging folklorists around the
United States to collect and record man-on-the-street reactions to the
bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war by the
United States. These field recordings were sent to the Library of
Congress where they were used in a series of radio programs that were
distributed to schools and radio stations around the country. This
unique documentary collection is still housed at the American Folklife
Center and is featured in the American Memory collection: After the Day
of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl
Harbor: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/.

The online presentation includes almost 170 audio and video interviews,
41 graphic materials (photographs and drawings), and 21 written
narratives and poems. The complete collection, available at the American
Folklife Center Reading Room, comprises about 800 audio and video
interviews, 421 graphic materials, as well as news clippings, written
narratives, and artifacts. The voices of men and women from many
cultural, occupational, and ethnic backgrounds are represented. Some of
the interviews are from people who were in the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon during the attacks. The majority of the interviews,
however, are from other parts of the country-from those who first heard
the news on television or radio, and from teachers, friends, family, and
other members of their communities. In all, materials were received from
27 states and a U.S. military base in Naples, Italy.

Laura Gottesman
Reference Specialist
Digital Reference Team
The Library of Congress
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Archpedia.com
http://archpedia.com/
This online architectural encyclopedia explores the people,
history and philosophy behind the man-made world around us.

Taken From:
Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 10:27:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: TeachersFirst Update - May 2, 2005

Recent Additions to TeachersFirst

About Your Heart - Grades 4 to 8 - Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.smm.org/heart/heart/top.html
This animated and interactive site explores the structure and function of the human heart. Students can watch the flow of blood to and from the heart, use a virtual stethoscope, and watch heart valves at work. Includes a heartbeat calculator and nearly a dozen lesson plans. The site also offers some very graphic videos of surgical procedures involving the heart and lungs, so you might want to screen these carefully before using with students. Check out the "Lungs" link for some equivalent pulmonary activities.

Al-Islam - Grades 9 to 12 Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project
http://www.al-islam.org/
Use this searchable resource to foster understanding of Islamic history, law, and practice. The "Discover Islam" section provides a beginner's introduction to understanding Islam and Muslim traditions, as well as essays addressing similarities and differences between Islam and Christianity. The site includes a Shi'ite encyclopedia, photos of sites sacred to Islam, examples of Islamic artwork, and a collection of downloadable fact sheets - available in numerous languages - covering a range of topics.

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Child Labor in America - Grades 7 to 12 Library of Congress

Child Labor in History
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/labor/plan.html

Child Labor and Labor Reform in American History
http://history.osu.edu/Projects/ChildLabor/default.html
Offers two moving, illustrated stories: Mr. Coal's Story, an appeal to end child labor in coal mines. (Originally told by the National Child Labor Committee to persuade Americans to support the regulation and elimination of child labor.) and The Story of My Cotton Dress (scanned from The Child Labor Bulletin, August, 1914.)

Child Labor in New York City Tenements
http://www.tenant.net/Community/LES/kleeck9.html
A brief report of a 1908 investigation.

Child Labour: Spartacus Educational
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
Includes biographies on both sides of the issue as well as primary sources and statistics relating to child labor in 19th-century Britain.

Factory Rules from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/lowell.html

History Place: Child Labor in America 1908-1912 The Photographs of Lewis W. Hine http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
An impressive collection of photographs organized by type of work

Life of the Industrial Worker in 19th-Century England
http://www.geocities.com/couple_colour/Worker/
A collection of documents on the conditions of industrial workers in 19th-century Britain.

Modern History Sourcebook: Harriet Robinson: Lowell Mill Girls
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robinson-lowell.html

National Child Labor Committee (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/spcoll/169-2.html
Selected images from the special collection.

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Foregrounds and Apprenticeships: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman - Grades 9 to 12 University of Nebraska
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume1/belasco/
This site thoughtfully examines two significant literary relationships in America - that between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman, and that between Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Emily Dickinson. Through a series of letters written between the aspiring young writers and their celebrated mentors, visitors can explore the effect of encouragement and praise on the development of a poet. Includes a chronology of the early lives of Whitman and Dickinson, suggested questions ("Investigations") to guide class discussions, and a bibliography of printed and electronic resources.
[NOTE: from The Classroom Electric - http://www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/intro.html
“The Classroom Electric is a constellation of web sites on Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and nineteenth-century American culture.” - Phyllis ]

Gala-Salvador Dali - Grades 8 to 12
http://www.salvador-dali.org/eng/intro/intro.htm
Learn more about Dali and his works with this site maintained by the Gala-Salvador Foundation - an organization the artist founded in 1983. In addition to biographical information, the site offers interactive, virtual tours of the three museums managed by the Foundation.

MoOm: The Museum of Online Museums - Grades 6 to 12 Coudal Partners
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
You'll be enlightened, amazed, and even mystified by this eclectic collection of online museums that tout the bizarre, the practical, and the mundane. Interspersed among the "traditional' exhibits featuring the likes of Van Gogh and Ansel Adams are those covering a dizzying array of interests and obsessions. Check out the Gallery of Stove Burners, Ephemera Now, or the Museum of Norwegian Manhole Covers (we're not kidding). In addition to making some interesting cultural statements, the exhibits provide great ideas and insights for art and photography students.

The Grapes of Staph - Grades 10 to 12 Community College of Baltimore County
http://www.cat.cc.md.us/~gkaiser/biotutorials/index.html
This set of online biology tutorials are organized under three main sections: Eukaryotic Cell Structure, Metabolism, and Genetics. While not fancy, the tutorials contain concise information, hyperlinked definitions of unfamiliar terms, animated illustrations, and short quizzes. Tutorial titles include: Energy Conversions; Polypeptides, Protein, and Enzymes; DNA and RNA; Protein Synthesis; Cellular Respiration; and more.


WildWorld - Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World - Grades 6 to 10 National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
This site examines the plants, animals, and environmental concerns found throughout the earth's 867 land-based ecoregions. Students can click on the interactive map of the world to visit each region and explore the ecological features, communities, and climate found there. Additionally, visitors can learn about the very real environmental concerns that threaten these regions. Also includes a downloadable "Educator's Guide," glossary, and links to related resources,
Note: This site only supports Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers.

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All rights reserved

--------Forwarded Message--------
Date: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:32 pm Subject: [LIFE of Florida] Eastern Studies Database

EasternStudiesDatabase.com
http://easternstudiesdatabase.com/courses.cfm
EasternStudiesDatabase.com has expanded from 5000 to 15,000 pages with a
completely new comprehensive Social Studies section that now includes U.S.
and global history, in addition to Asian Studies. Included are every
major historical document in the history of the United States and every
major case of the Supreme Court. In addition, a full English Instruction
section has been added with the complete works of Shakespeare, Eastern and
Western Literature, "The Writing Process" and English instruction aides
from ESL and special education through college-level writing. The site’s
membership has expanded from 300 teachers to over 4,400 and 20,000
students to over 350,000. At this point in time, registration is still
free, and one of the best bargains on the Internet for teachers with its
5000 lesson plan outlines, critical questions, images and Internet
resource links.


Home Page
http://easternstudiesdatabase.com/default.cfm
Educational Links
http://easternstudiesdatabase.com/Educational-Links.cfm


Source: Public Education Network: http://www.publiceducation.org/

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29 January 2005 Earth Science Sites of the Week

SUPERCOURSE TSUNAMI, University of Pittsburgh, (suggested by Randy Schaetezl, Michigan State University), the purpose of this PowerPoint lecture is to synthesize the best possible scholarly information on the South Asia tsunami disaster and make it available to educators. This presentation represents the efforts of four disaster experts from Iran, Russia and the United States.
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec18091/index.htm

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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography and Earth Science
Central Michigan University

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--------Forwarded Message--------
[TI-Science] workshop on Tsunami's.
Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 10:06 AM

[NOTE: Sites not checked. Some may have been previously posted. – Phyllis ]

This was posted on another list to which I belong. These links were too good not to share! Enjoy. Please send in yours if you have more to add.

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Science List Moderator

am enrolled in an online workshop on Tsunamis.

A part of the course is sharing links and thought people here would be
interested.

They include.
Science Education Solutions and SpiNet: http://www.scieds.com/spinet/
Science Education Solutions is a small research and development company
invested in promoting science and technology literacy, with program
development and management expertise.

The On the Cutting Edge
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html
Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations site has put together a
collection of tsunami visualizations created by researchers around the
world.

Earthquake Slip Classroom Exercise:
http://jclahr.com/science/earth_science/tabletop/earthshaking/
Explores elastic rebound.

Tsunami for Kids: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/kids.html

Tsunami: the Great Waves (NOAA)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm

Information relating to the submarine earthquake inbetween Aceh,
Indonesia and Sri Lanka of the 26th of December, 2004 has been compiled
here. http://iri.columbia.edu/~lareef/tsunami/

Information about the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach,
Hawai`i,
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/aboutptwc.htm

This page has a world map of recent earthquakes with magnitude greater
than 2.5 where one can click on a point to go to a region map.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/

Chart of largest earthquakes in the world and contiguous U.S.
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/index/Earthquakes/qh_earthquakes_World_US_bigones.htm

Subduction zone volcanism explained with text and diagrams.
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/subducvolc_page.html

This page provides a definition of the Richter Magnitude Scale.
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/general/richter.html

This simulation shows the motion of P and S waves generated by a single
earthquake.
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1009/es1009page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
[Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/e3b6e ]
"Sedimentary Deposits from the 17 July 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami"
A study of deposits that can aid in determining characteristics (e.g.,
wave height, flow strength, number of waves) of the tsunami.
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/its2001/Separate_Papers/2-13_Gelfenbaum.pdf

Here is a link suggested by Susan Snyder and Joshua DeMello for the
Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo, Hawaii.
http://www.tsunami.org/index.htm

NOAA's site with a great simulation of the DART system
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/Mov/DART_04.swf

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/tsunami/tsun_start.html
Includes a good article of explanation, animations, Teacher's Guide,
Quiz & Word game.

Nasa is a great place for information and pictures:
Put what you want to find in their search area and voila! tons of info!
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/Landsat_Tsunami.html

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050108/fob1.asp
It is called Science News and has articles written specifically for
teachers and kids.

Major Caribbean Earthquakes and Tsunamis a Real Risk
http://poseidon.uprm.edu/Caribbean-Tsunamis-Risk.pdf

http://www.scied.net

You might want to check out the Icelandic Institute of Earth Sciences
for some interesting articles and pictures:
http://www.norvol.hi.is/index.html

I have only mined a few but thought I would share. I have TONS of
reading to do. I will try to share more later.

Bob
--
It has been said before but warrants repeating, "If you think education
is expensive, try ignorance."

Bob Sharp
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Science mailing list
Science@tappedin.org
http://ti2.sri.com/mailman/listinfo/science

Taken From:
USA Today Web Guide Hot Sites
12/27/2004 - Updated 03:27 AM ET
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2004/2004-12-27-hotsites.htm

Chase Day
http://www.chaseday.com/index.htm

We owe a lot to the meteorologists and tornado chasers who have dedicated their lives to understanding storms — tough work and occasionally highly dangerous. This fascinating site, by chasers and for chasers, carries you through the excitement of tornados and thunderstorms via the camera lens — colorful cloud formations at sunset, intense lightning strikes and tornadoes whirling across the plains. The shots, both frightening and beautiful, capture the essence of summer's worst storms. — MN

Copyright 2004 USA TODAY

Taken From:
USA Today Web Guide Hot Sites
09/29/2004 - Updated 10:06 AM ET
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/hotsites/2004/2004-09-29-hotsites.htm

Hurricane Names
http://www.fema.gov/kids/r_hurrnames.htm
As you probably know, really big hurricanes have their names retired, on the
theory that no one really wants to know if, say, an Andrew is even nastier when
he's Andy Jr. But how do they get their monikers in the first place? This FEMA
sites for kids lists names slated for possible use in both the Atlantic and
Pacific regions, and gives a full list (not counting the Class of 2004, yet) of
those storms that have had their figurative jerseys retired. - HSS

Copyright 2004 USA TODAY

--------Forwarded Message--------
Date Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:57 AM
Next on NOVA: "Hunt for the Supertwister"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/tornado/`
[NOTE: Previously posted. – Phyllis ]

Broadcast: May 3, 2005
(NOVA airs Tuesdays on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local listings as
dates and times may vary.)

The spring and early summer of 2003 was one of the most severe
tornado seasons on record, and NOVA's cameras have captured
breathtaking footage of scientist stormchasers in action. Our story
focuses on the first-time efforts of a team at the University of
Oklahoma to test a groundbreaking technique for predicting severe
storms. With the help of powerful supercomputers and radar arrays,
the team believes it can achieve an unprecedented degree of
forecasting. But another scientific team takes a very different
approach, laying their lives on the line to chase violent twisters
across the fields of Oklahoma. NOVA takes a thrilling ride with
these tornado hunters and investigates the ingenious new approaches
that may one day help the forecasters stay one step ahead of a
devastating twister.

Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site:

Inquiry and Article

Tornado Country
How is it that with nearly 200 nations in the world, just one --
the United States -- gets up to three quarters of all tornadoes?

Forecasting Then and Now
The remarkable story of 17-year-old Dale Larson and 29 Nebraskan
schoolchildren shows how far tornado warning has come since 1928.

Interview and Interactive

Shelter From the Storm
Tornado-damage expert Tim Marshall explains why conventional
building practices and sprawl may make for ever graver twister
disasters.

Rate Tornado Damage
Use the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity to assess the level of
destruction left in the wake of actual tornadoes.

Also, Links & Books, a video preview of the program, the program
transcript, and a teacher's guide.

http://www.pbs.org/nova/tornado/

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Librarians' Index to the Internet
NEW THIS WEEK for January 27, 2005
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George Orwell Materials at Brown University Library -----------------------
This site presents information about "one of the largest and most
important gatherings of ... material in private hands" relating to
author George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). The site features
commentary about and images from texts by Orwell, including "Down
and Out in Paris and London," "Animal Farm," and "Nineteen
Eighty-Four." From Special Collections at Brown University
Library.

http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/collections/orwell/
http://lii.org?recs=024712
Subjects:
* Orwell, George, 1903-1950
* Authors, English
* English literature
* Libraries
* People
Created by: mcb

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George Orwell's First Century 1903-2003 ------------------------------
This site is a companion to a 2003 exhibit commemorating the
centennial of author George Orwell's birth. The site includes
brief biographical information and annotated images of works by
and related to Orwell (such as "Homage to Catalonia," "Animal
Farm," and "Nineteen Eight-Four"). From the Hoover Institution
Library and Archives at Stanford University.

http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/hila/orwell.htm
http://lii.org?recs=024713
Subjects:
* Orwell, George, 1903-1950
* Authors, English
* English literature
* People
Created by: mcb

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Copyright 2004 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII.
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Thank you for using Librarians' Index to the Internet!

Karen G. Schneider, kgs@lii.org
New This Week Listowner, and Director, Librarians' Index to the Internet
Reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources you can trust! http://lii.org/

Taken From:
======== The Scout Report =====
===== January 28, 2005 =======
===== Volume 11, Number 4 ======

Simon Wiesenthal Center: Multimedia Learning Center Online [pdf]
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has done the Web-browsing public a great serviceby placing this extremely comprehensive and authoritative multimedia archiveonline. Online since 1999, the Multimedia Learning Center provides accessto some of the past virtual exhibits sponsored by the Center's Museum ofTolerance (including a fine one dedicated to Polish Jews), a host ofteacher's resources, and a helpful frequently-asked-questions area. The FAQarea may be most helpful for students, as it contains an interactiveglossary of the Holocaust, a timeline of the Holocaust, and answers to 36commonly asked questions about the Holocaust. The special collections areaof the site contains a number of relevant primary documents related to theHolocaust, though it should be noted that the majority of them are availableonly in German and Hebrew. [KMG]
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]



The Ballerina Gallery
http://www.ballerinagallery.com/

The art and skill involved in performing a well-executed pas de deux may be
difficult to convey on a website, but in lieu of that, this site does serve
as a nice homage to great ballerinas of the past and present. Created by
Jorgen Wilhelmsson, this site provides photographs and brief biographical
information about dozens of ballerinas, ranging from Diana Adams all the way
to Svetlana Zakharova. For these profiles, Wilhelmsson has drawn on a number
of sources, including The Encyclopedia of Dance & Ballet, The Oxford
Dictionary of Dance, and the Russian Ballet Encyclopedia. Along with a
selection of photographs, some of the profiles also contain links to
official and fan-sponsored websites for each dancer. Finally, visitors may
also want to peruse a collection of Wilhelmsson's own personal collection of
ballet memorabilia. [KMG]


>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2004.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Arts Connection
http://arts.ovationtv.com/search.asp
Ovation has collected a large listing of arts-related websites. You can search this database by
Category by clicking "Simple Search". You can search using keyword by clicking on "Advanced Search".
Categories include art, dance, film, literature, museums & galleries, music, and theater.

Taken From:
Date Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: A&E Education Update

A&E Classroom Programming:
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer
Monday, May 2nd

F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. In novels such as Tender is the Night, This Side of Paradise, and The Great Gatsby, he captured the mood and manners of his time. He and his wife, Zelda, enjoyed a fast-paced expatriate life as they split their time between New York, Paris and the Riviera. The characters and plots Fitzgerald created with ethereal lyricism and social accuracy mirrored the glamorous lifestyle he led in the madcap excess of the Roaring Twenties. Through interviews with family members and confidantes, this program presents an intimate portrait of a literary giant whose life was touched by tragedy. Authors such as Tobias Wolff and Joseph Heller reflect on Fitzgeraldís legacy and lasting influence. Join Biography® for an insightful look at F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man who gave the Jazz Age its name. Educators may want to use clips from this program as a supplement to course readings and lectures on Fitzgerald and his place in the American literary tradition.

Curriculum Links:
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer would be useful for classes on American History, Literature, Drama, and American Culture. It is appropriate for high school students.

Teacher’s Guide:
http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0074.html


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Biography Channel Programming
Victoria and Albert (Two Parts)
Tuesday, May 3rd & Wednesday, May 4th at 2PM/1c


Queen Victoria reigned over the British Empire for nearly sixty-four years, returning dignity and popularity to the British crown. Victoria assumed the crown in 1837, an inexperienced and seemingly unqualified girl of eighteen. For most of her life, Victoria had been controlled by her mother, with whom her relationship was very strained. Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of Germany, and quickly grew deeply devoted to him. Following the ouster of her first prime minister, Lord Melville, Victoria also became heavily dependent upon Albert as an advisor.The Queen often referred to her husband as king in everything but name. This story of Victoria and Albert's life together traces their evolving relationship within the context of a modernizing British civilization. This is a colorful and entertaining program which would be a useful companion for course readings on Victorian history and culture.

Curriculum Links:
Victoria and Albert is suitable for high school students in European history and literature classes.

Teacher’s Guide:
http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0814.html

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Biography Channel Programming
Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic
Saturday, May 7th at 3PM/2c


On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, with World War I raging in Europe, the luxury liner Lusitania was hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-20. Just 20 minutes later, the mighty ship sunk beneath the waterís surface. Over 1,000 passengers on board the Lusitania perished in this tragedy. Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic chronicles the final voyage of the doomed vessel and the aftershocks of the disaster, exploring many of the questions that have troubled scholars for decades. Why did the captain hold the ship on a steady course when he knew they were in dangerous waters? Is it possible that Winston Churchill, then First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, allowed the sinking in the hopes that it would draw America into WWI? This one hour investigation examines the evidence history has revealed on this critical historical event. With rare photos, period documents, and interviews with experts, this in-depth investigation sheds light on one of the most famous disasters of all time.

Curriculum Links:
Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic would be useful for classes on World History, World Culture, and Global Studies and would be particularly useful for course units on World War I. It is appropriate for middle school and high school.

Teacher’s Guide:
http://www.aetv.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0531.html

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The A&E Education Department

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