Wednesday, May 11, 2005

 

Wed., May 11, 2005 - Short Break

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

Monday, May 09, 2005

 

Mon., May 9, 2005 - Teaching About the Civil Rights Movement

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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 ]

 

Mon., May 9, 2005 - Career Sites

Taken From:
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/

Angie Johnson
Library Media Specialist
Lakeshore Middle School
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Mon., May 9, 2005 - Writing Prompts

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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(c) 2005 Riverdeep. All rights reserved.



Taken From:
Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005

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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Brenda Barron, Editor
classroomflyer@riverdeep.net
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(c) 2005 Riverdeep. All rights reserved.

 

Mon., May 9, 2005 - Your Heart

Taken From:
Date Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 9:00 AM
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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Copyright © 2005 by Surfnetkids.com, Inc.

Sunday, May 08, 2005

 

Sun., May 8, 2005 - Art History / Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Science

Taken From:
Date Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:20 PM
From: Education World Reviews Newsletter
To: anker
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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Education World®
http://www.educationworld.com/

 

Sun., May 8, 2005 - Art Websites

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

--------Forwarded Message--------
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:20:28 -0600
From: George Anne Draper
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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George Anne Draper, librarian
Wynne High School, Wynne, AR
gdraper@wynne.k12.ar.us
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Sun., May 8, 2005 - Critical Evaluation of Web Pages

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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
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Kathy Schrock
kathy@kathyschrock.net

 

Sun., May 8, 2005 - Define the Line

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.

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