Phyllis' Favorites

Sites found in:
INFOMINE Email Alert Service
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

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Art History Image Database
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URL: http://www2.art.utah.edu:81/index.html
Record Id: 672700
Created: 2007-10-08 12:35:12
Categories: arts,liberal

Database of 4,000 images of art and architecture from prehistory through
the 20th century. Keyword search or browse by cultural period.

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The Canadian Atlas Online
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URL: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas
Record Id: 672698
Created: 2007-10-08 00:30:11
Categories: maps

Offers Canadian maps by location or theme, a gazetteer with over 200
entries, and articles on Canada's people, history, weather, and
geography.

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The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection
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URL: http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/lchome.html
Record Id: 672690
Created: 2007-10-04 11:31:47
Categories: govpub,liberal

Library of Congress exhibition of a scrapbook kept by Lewis Carroll
between 1855 and 1872, including an expository essay, timeline, and
bibliography.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]


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The Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake
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URL: http://international.loc.gov/intldl/drakehtml/rbdkhome.html
Record Id: 672689
Created: 2007-10-04 11:08:41
Categories: govpub,liberal

Correspondence, manuscripts, books, and maps related to Francis Drake
and his voyages as well as biographical material on his contemporaries.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:
ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com/
Sept. 28 – Oct. 4, 2007

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Free Searchable eBook: Poe’s “The Raven”
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/poe/raven/

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: Free Searchable Version
Search and analyze The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe in English and French translation. The Raven is Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous work and one of the most famous poems of all time. The Raven is a narrative work first published in 1845. The first publication of “The Raven” on January 29, 1845 in the New York Evening Mirror made Poe widely popular in his day. The text is extremely useful in a searchable eBook.

All of askSam’s free searchable ebooks and databases
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/
Click the hypertext link to view and search the free eBook on-line.
Or: to download eBooks, first download the free askSam viewer (http://www.asksam.com/viewer/ )

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New from U.S. Census: State Facts for Students
http://www.census.gov/schools/facts/
Select a state, click on the map and learn all sorts of interesting facts. For example:
+ Wisconsin has 2,036 dentists offices
+ Oregon has 196 toy stores
+ Florida’s largest city is Jacksonville.
+ and New Mexico’s State Bird is the Road Runner! Beep! Beep.

Source: U.S. Census.

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NewspaperArchive.com offers numerous subject collections
(http://newspaperarchive.com/SpecialCollections.aspx ) and a very
useful “this day in history” update. Both services are free.
[NOTE: Special subject collections previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Videos from the U.S. Government
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Video.shtml
Most of these videos are available for use in the public domain, and you may use and reproduce them without permission or fee. However, some videos may be protected by license. We strongly recommend you thoroughly read the disclaimers on each site before use.

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Gary Price
Editor, ResourceShelf
gary@resourceshelf.com
The ResourceShelf & DocuTicker Team
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Sites found in:

Connect-Eng
The newsletter of Web English Teacher
October 8, 2007

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What's new at Web English Teacher?

Niccolo Machiavelli
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/machiavelli.html
Lesson plans for The Prince

Faith Ringgold
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ringgold.html
Lesson plans for Tar Beach and other works

Sarah Weeks
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/weeks.html
Lesson plans for So B. It, more

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Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/
The Center for Media Literacy is dedicated to promoting and implementing
media education programs. At this site look for a book on the theory and
practice of media literacy, including 25 lessons plans and more than 1000
pages on media literacy.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
This newsletter is copyright 2007, Web English Teacher.

HyperGrammar
An overview of grammar, which includes parts of speech, phrases, clauses, punctuation and more.
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/grammar.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/yvwyes
From the site:
“This package is designed to allow users a great deal of freedom and creativity as they read about grammar. HyperGrammar allows users to create and follow their own lines of thought. On its first appearance on any page, every grammatical term is linked to its definition. A user reading about nouns might jump to the simple subject, and from there to subordinate clauses -- users are not required or even encouraged to use this material in order.

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Exercise Central
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/
From the site:
“Exercise Central’s quick check diagnostics, interactive tutorials, and hundreds of exercises help students improve their grammar and usage skills.”
[NOTE: Some free content, but mostly associated with textbook]

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Guide to Grammar and Writing from Capital Community College Foundation
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
“The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes.”
[SEE ALSO: Index Page: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
From the site:
“This index includes 427 references to both the Guide to Grammar and Writing and Principles of Composition.”
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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English Grammar for ESL Learners
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/
From the site:
“Welcome to English Club English Grammar for ESL learners. Many of these grammar lessons also have quizzes to check your understanding.”

HEALTHmap
http://www.healthmap.org/

Need to know where avian flu, salmonella or dengue fever been popping up? A quick view of HEALTHmap shows you where more than 50 diseases have been reported around the world, who is reporting and how 'hot' an outbreak is based on the number of reports. Drill down by content and city or narrow by disease and read what has been reported in the last 30 days. This site is by the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (Boston) and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology.

From: Refdesk: http://www.refdesk.com/

Kids Down Under: Learn About Australia
http://www.gigglepotz.com/caustralia.htm
A collection of resources about Australia

The Traveler IQ Challenge
http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/world
Click on the map to identify the locations of the cities or landmarks.
There are 12 levels, from easy to difficult.
Site includes several “Challenges”

Faraway Places at Your Fingertips
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces
From the site:
“Explore new places with Time For Kids Around the World…companion website celebrates the culture, people, landmarks and geography of places around the world through photographs, maps, diagrams, charts, folktales, language and activities.”
[NOTE: Previously posted. Site updated. - Phyllis ]

TIME for Kids: Black History Month
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/bhm/0,8805,97217,00.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. Site updated. - Phyllis ]

Homework Helper: Rapid Research
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/hh/rr
Search by Subject
[NOTE: Previously posted. URL updated. - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:

INFOMINE Email Alert Service
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration : Hot Topics
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URL: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/default.htm
Record Id: 672674
Created: 2007-09-30 22:39:31
Categories: govpub

The FDA offers links to frequently-requested information and seasonal
topics. Categories: prescription drugs, food safety, recalls, and
medical devices.

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Religion Online
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URL: http://www.religion-online.org/
Record Id: 672627
Created: 2007-09-26 21:25:32
Categories: liberal

A library of religion and theology, offering articles, book chapters,
and more than 200 fulltext books. Most texts deal with Christianity, but
there are sections on Islam, Judaism, and other world religions, as well
as materials on ethics, history, and the sociology of religion.

BioWorksU.com
http://bioworksu.com/
From the site:
“BioWorksU is a virtual environment where you can learn about exciting careers in biotechnology and health care. The goal of BioWorksU is to get young people – from 4th graders to young adults – interested in these growing industries. Along the way, BioWorksU also teaches important lessons in science, math and more. BioWorksU is a project of IPIC, the Indianapolis Private Industry Council Inc. BioWorksU was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Jonathan Bird's Blue World
http://www.blueworldtv.com/
From the site:
“Jonathan Bird's Blue World is an educational family-oriented underwater adventure series…The format is magazine style, with short 7-10 minute segments each containing a complete adventure story with an educational component…For internet delivery, each segment is self-contained. Segments encompass a variety of subjects, including stories about animals, stories about marine research and researchers, underwater exploration and recent discoveries. The stories will always have an underwater theme and will feature stunning underwater photography. The programs are geared towards a younger audience, but please do not consider it a "kids" show. Anyone from 6 to 60 will enjoy this series!”

Episodes
http://www.blueworldtv.com/episodes.htm
[Requires Quicktime 7.]

Study Guides
http://www.blueworldtv.com/education.htm

Sites found in:
6 October 2007 “Earth Science Sites of the Week”

EARTHQUAKES FOR KIDS (suggested by Cher Cunningham, Science
Information and Education Office, USGS) This comprehensive site contains
a wealth of information and activities for students as well as ideas for
teaching about earthquakes. With links to real-time earthquake events
and the research that USGS conducts, lessons can be built around the
science of earthquakes, historic earthquakes, earthquake prediction and
preparedness, natural hazards, and many other topics.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php
[NOTE: Other pages from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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DEEPER DISCOVERY-HYDROTHERMAL VENTS, Woods Hole, (suggested by Ryan
Vinberg, Island Trees High School). Here is a cool site on Hydrothermal
Vents and Biogeography. This site offers many teaching resources in
Oceanography, Plate tectonics, and Earth's History and many others.

http://www.whoi.edu/science/divediscover/hottopics/biogeo.html
[NOTE: Home page http://www.whoi.edu/science/divediscover/index.html previously posted. Site updated. - Phyllis ]

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ROTATING SKY MODULE, Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project, (suggested by
Jon Krawiec, WCS Outdoors Club), I just was looking for pictures of star
paths and came across a really great web site on celestial sphere.
Scroll down to /*Rotating Sky*/ and click on any of the links; Paths of
the Stars, Bands in the Sky, and Rotating Sky Explorer. The site is

http://astro.unl.edu/naap/motion2/motion2.html

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ANIMATIONS: Sidereal and Synodic Months, Freeman, (suggested by Wendy
Sheridan) This is not only an explanation but a cool animation to boot.

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/universe6e/pages/bcs-main.asp?s=00110&n=01000&i=03110.04&v=category&o=0300001000&ns=0&t=&uid=0&rau=0
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/3bj5ve

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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography
Central Michigan University
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/

Biodiversity: Connecting with the Tapestry of Life [pdf - 32 pp]
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/wildlife/primermedres.pdf
From the site:
“About this Booklet
Biodiversity is the extraordinary variety of life on Earth
– from genes and species to ecosystems and the valuable
functions they perform. E.O. Wilson, the noted biologist and
author who coined the term “biodiversity,” explains it as “the
very stuff of life.”
“Species and the ecosystems in which they live are indelibly
linked. Conversion or loss of ecosystems inevitably impairs
the species that depend on them. As well, changes in the life
cycle of one species could impact the life cycles of many other
species (including humans), alter ecosystems and ecosystem
functions, and contribute to local, regional and, ultimately,
global changes.
“Life as we know it will not be the same if our rich
biodiversity heritage is dramatically altered. And the signs
indicate that this is precisely what is happening. Biodiversity
is threatened, and not because of catastrophic events such as
the asteroid crash that scientists believe caused the extinction
of the dinosaurs. The current threat to biodiversity, and thus
to the tapestry of life, stems primarily from expanding human
populations and increased human consumption of natural
resources…[This booklet]
explains what biodiversity is, why it is so important, why
it is threatened, and what can be done to conserve this
valuable resource.” <<>>

# posted by Phyllis @ 10:46 PM 0 comments

Light and Matter
http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html
Nine books ( 8 physics texts and 1 calculus) available free in HTML and PDF
Open Source Software:
Planet Finder - an applet that shows the locations of the planets, stars, moon, and sun in the sky from any location and for any date and time
Spotter - a program that lets students check their answers to math and science questions
OpenGrade - software for teachers to keep track of grades

Books are also available in print for purchase at http://www.lulu.com/lulucrowell07

[NOTE: Home page http://www.lightandmatter.com/ previously posted. Site updated - Phyllis ]

Sites to See
Space Science
From the site:
“These Space Science sites offer lesson plans, interactive activities, the latest news on space exploration and research, updates on current missions, as well as photos and videos for teaching and learning about space. Included: Twenty-one sites guaranteed to send your students into space.”
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites033.shtml
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:
Librarians' Internet Index
Websites you can trust!
NEW THIS WEEK, October 4, 2007
Read This Online : http://lii.org/cs/lii/print/news/118
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Jamestown: The Birth of American Polonia, 1608-2008
Material related to Polish-American involvement in the 2007 celebration of the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, and "a commemorative observance at Jamestown, Virginia on October 1, 2008. That date is believed to be the exact anniversary of the landing of the Polish settlers." Includes an essay on roles and accomplishments of Polish colonists, a Polish pioneers historic postcard, lesson plan, and a bibliography. From the Polish American Congress.
URL: http://www.polamcon.org/jamestown/
http://www.polamcon.org/jamestown/roles-and-accomp.htm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24607

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Monthly Reading Activities: A Month of Reading With the NEA
Collection of ideas for monthly reading activities for children. Includes ideas for Newbery and Caldecott Awards for January, Black History Month in February, National Poetry Month in April, Christopher Robin's birthday in August, National Book Month in October, and the winter solstice in December. Also includes short lists of author birthdays and links to reading lists. From the National Education Association (NEA).
URL: http://www.nea.org/readacross/year/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24552

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Justice for All: The Legacy of Thurgood Marshall
Background about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who as legal director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had argued "Brown v. Board of Education" before the Supreme Court. Also includes a timeline, photo gallery, video clips, bibliography, and material about his mentor and law school professor, Charles Hamilton Houston. Available in several languages. From the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/tmarshall/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24580

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Solar System Exploration: Sputnik
Background about Sputnik, the basketball-sized spacecraft that was "the world's first artificial satellite," launched in 1957 by the former Soviet Union. "The U.S. responded in January 1958 with the launch of Explorer 1. Another American response to Sputnik: The creation of NASA in October 1958." Provides key dates, fast facts, and links to other websites about Sputnik. From NASA.
URL: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=Sputnik
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24595
[SEE ALSO: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/index.html]

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Librarians' Internet Index
Websites You Can Trust!
http://lii.org/
Copyright 2007 by Librarians' Internet Index.

Inventor's Handbook
http://web.mit.edu/invent/h-main.html
From the site:
This handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents. We hope that this handbook will provide some helpful information on the patenting and commercialization processes.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Patent Lens
http://www.patentlens.net/
From the site:
“Search the full-text of more than 8 million patent documents from US, Europe, Australia and WIPO, including their status and counterparts in up to 60 countries. You can also search protein and DNA sequences in US patents.”
No fee charged for the use of Patent Lens.

Cybersafety
http://www.ctap4.org/cybersafety/
From the site:
“Cybersafety is the safe and responsible use of the Internet and all information and communication technology devices, including mobile phones, digital cameras, and webcams. CTAP Region IV has crafted several resources for download at the right including a classroom poster on Cybersafety funded by AT&T Education, a PowerPoint presentation to accompany the poster, and other workshop handouts. Click on the buttons below for carefully selected and annotated resources in each of the six CyberSafety areas.”

Sites found in:
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PBS Teachers Newsletter: January 27 - February 2, 2008
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Masterpiece
The Complete Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
On-Air & Online
9-12
Sunday, January 27, 2008
9 - 10:30 pm
Jane Austen's most complex plot stars Billie Piper as Fanny
Price, who goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield
Park. Fanny navigates a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs
among the occupants of the house, while her cousin Edmund
Bertram remains her stalwart confidant. Gillian Anderson hosts.
(CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/mansfieldpark/index.html

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Nature
Parrots in the Land of Oz
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Parrots are everywhere in Australia. Big and small, rare and
bizarre, colorful and intelligent, they are the most
conspicuous and exotic birds on this amazing island continent.
Their colors, behaviors and habitats are all described in depth
by the scientists studying them and by the Australians who live
among them in this delightful high-definition film from down
under. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/parrotsinoz/index.html

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NOVA
Secrets of the Parthenon
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
With unprecedented access, NOVA presents the inside story of
the Parthenon's official restoration. Thanks to the Greek
government's $89 million restoration program, scholars are
finally probing the enigmas of its planning and construction.
With unprecedented access, NOVA presents the inside story of
the official restoration. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/parthenon/

[NOTE: See teaching guide pasted below. – Phyllis ]

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Copyright 2008 PBS Online


--------Forwarded Message--------:

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:34:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [NOVA Teachers] Secrets of the Parthenon airing Jan. 29

Hello Educators,

In next week's airing of "Secrets of the Parthenon," NOVA explores
the ambitious restoration of the Parthenon and reveals a number of
surprising secrets that help explain how the ancient Greeks
constructed this unique architectural icon. (Subjects covered: social
studies, world history, technology/engineering)


Regards,
Karen Hartley
Teachers Editor
NOVA Web Site
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/
E-mail: NOVA_Teachers@wgbh.org

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NOVA presents "Secrets of the Parthenon"
Broadcast: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon
(NOVA airs on PBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings as
broadcast dates and times may vary. This program can be used up to
one year after it is recorded off the air.)

Watch the Program
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon/program.html
Watch the entire program online after the broadcast date.
(Quicktime or Windows Media plug-in required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

A Glorious Temple
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon/hurwit.html
Learn more about the architecture, symbolism, and inspiration
behind the classical Athenian Parthenon in this interview with
art history professor Jeffrey Hurwit. (Grades 9-12)

Restoring the Ruin
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon/restore.html
See in this slideshow how architects, historians, and masons are
reassembling the Parthenon, at times relying on ancient tools and
techniques to aid in their effort. (Flash plug-in required;
printable version available.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Scenes From a Quarry
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon/quarry.html
Follow a marble block's journey from quarry to Parthenon in these
scenes excerpted from From Pentelicon to the Parthenon by
Acropolis Restoration Project director and architect Manolis
Korres. (Flash plug-in required.) (Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)

The Parthenon's Many Lives
http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon/timeline.html
View in this interactive time line the different uses and
alterations of the Parthenon including Byzantine church, Ottoman
mosque, and war battleground. (Flash plug-in required; printable
version available.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/programs/3502_partheno.html
Students use a viewing guide while watching a program about the
reconstruction of the Parthenon and discuss answers to questions
related to the monument after watching. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Program transcript
http://www.pbs.org/nova/transcripts/3502_partheno.html
The site includes a complete narration for this program.

Plus Watch a Preview and Links & Books.

Copyright and Fair Use Overview and Resources
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/index.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/374b4
[NOTE: Home page http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ previously posted. Sites updated. - Phyllis ]

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Hi! It's Saturday, September 29, 2007 and time for Art at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website
Picasso
http://picasso.thinkport.org/

Age Range: 11 and up (approximately) The site was designed for grades
8-12, although younger students may enjoy looking at the artwork.

This website offers an electronic field trip to explore some of the
early paintings of Pablo Picasso whose artwork had a profound impact on
20th-century art. Discover Picasso's early influences as an artist
(circa 1862-1906) through an interactive painting and an online
exhibit.

Parts of this website reference a 20-minute video that was produced by
Verizon as a result of a museum exhibit devoted to the artist's life
between the ages of 11 and 25. I couldn't find any information on where
you can view the video or purchase it. However, most of the activities
can be done without the video - simply by using this website and the
links to other Picasso websites referenced here.

When you get to the site you will see a menu that includes:

*For Educators -- You'll find suggestions for classroom activities that
include math, social studies, language arts, and art.

*An Interactive Look At "Lady With A Fan" - click on different parts of
this portrait to learn the story behind the painting and gain insight
to Picasso's techniques.

*Picasso's Paintings -- Explore 5 of Picasso's paintings complete with
curator commentary.

*Picasso Timeline -- Learn about the events in world history that took
place during Picasso's life as a boy and young man.

This website has a very simple design that serves as an introduction to
Picasso's art. Additional links and references can turn this into an in-
depth study, for those who are so inclined. As always, parents should
preview any sites that are recommended or linked to from this website -
as I have not reviewed them. :)

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

HyperWar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War
http://www.ibiblio.net/hyperwar/
From the site:
“…a collection of material related to the (primarily military) history of the Second World War”

Sites found in:
Don's Patch #79 from http://www.don-guitar.com/ October 1, 2007

The Fashion Encyclopedia
http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/
Search alphabetically or by The Ancient World, Early Cultures, or by time periods in the European Culture or the Modern World

Encyclopedia of Myths
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/

AfricaResourace.com
http://www.africaresource.com/
Education, arts and resources of Africa.

Well-developed and informative site about the
Native Americans. http://www.nativeamericans.com/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

An amazing resource of history and design, 100 Years
of Illustration. http://giam.typepad.com/100_years_of_illustration/
Paul Giambarba
http://www.giambarba.com/contents.html

Women's History Resource Site
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/index.html
From the site:
“This site provides materials concerning historical women and issues concerning women throughout history.”

Women Come to the Front
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Ashes and Snow
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Archives for this ezine
are available online here:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/

Online Stopwatch
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
From the site:
“Everybody needs a stopwatch at some point -- and there's never one around!
Well... Now there is! Online Stopwatch!
A Simple, Fast Flash Online Stopwatch and Online Countdown timer always available when you need it.”

CuePrompter.com - The Online Teleprompter
http://www.cueprompter.com/
From the site:
“Free teleprompter/autocue service
CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.Check the system requirements and give it a try. Bookmark this site and come again when ever you need teleprompter services. Free for any use (both commercial and non-commercial).”

Sites found in:
EDInfo@listserv.ed.gov
Tue, 02 Oct 2007

New resources at FREE, the website that makes
teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find:
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/

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Photomuse
is a resource for scholarship in the history of photography.
Search for photos by title, date, description, photographer,
country, and others. Discover the chronology of developments
in photography, beginning with announcement on January 7,
1839, at the French Academy of Science in Paris that Louis-
Jacques-Mande Daguerre had invented the daguerreotype.
(Institute of Museum and Library Services)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1962
http://www.photomuse.org/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
explores the everyday lives of people who lived thousands of
years ago in the area now called Iraq. Learn about the
"cradle of civilization" through lessons and artifacts
organized around 14 themes: archaeology, prehistory, the first
farmers, the first cities, daily life, religion, the role of
women, the invention of writing, literature, law and
government, mathematics and measurement, science and
technology, art and architecture, and warfare and empire.
(University of Chicago, Institute of Museum and Library
Services)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1968
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Donner Party
provides a transcript, map, and essays for a TV program that
tells the harrowing tale of what tragically became one of the
most famous of wagon trains. The Donner party set out from
Springfield, Illinois, for California in the spring of 1846.
In July, following the advice of a guide book, they split off
from the main body of the wagon train to take an untried
shortcut. Read excerpts from the diary of a Donner party
survivor. (WGBH, National Endowment for the Humanities)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1964
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Children's Literature: Digitized Print Materials
provides 50 digitized texts of rare books: The Arabian Nights,
A Child's Garden of Verses, Ballad of the Lost Hare, A
Christmas Carol, Humpty Dumpty, The Grasshopper Stories,
Mother Goose Finger Plays, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The
Rocket Book, The Secret Garden, Stories from Hans Andersen,
The Three Bears, Three Little Pigs, The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz, and others. (Library of Congress)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1961
http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/digitalcoll/digitalcoll-children.html

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Language Resource Centers
is a gateway to 15 centers that support foreign language
instruction. Led by nationally and internationally recognized
language professionals, the centers create language-learning
materials, offer professional development workshops, and
conduct research. Some centers concentrate on specific
language areas; others focus on foreign languages in general.
(Department of Education)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1966
http://nflrc.msu.edu/index.php

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Statistics Online Computational Resource
provides online aids for probability and statistics education,
technology-based instruction, and statistical computing. It
includes interactive graphs and calculators for showing
distributions, computer-generated analogs of experiments and
popular games, web tools for statistical data analysis,
simulations of real-life processes, modeling tools, a wiki,
technology-based continuing statistics education, and more.
(UCLA, Multiple Agencies)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1960
http://www.socr.ucla.edu/

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Planetary Photojournal
is a photo album of the universe. See images of the planets.
Look through the Hubble telescope at nebulae far beyond our
galaxy. Watch a video of the Mars rovers, or catch up on news
about space surveillance technology. Use the solar system
simulator to view celestial bodies from various perspectives:
from above or below, from an orbiting spacecraft, or from
another planet. (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1963
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior
provides simulations, videos, and lessons on the
pharmacokinetics of alcohol, the biological and behavioral
effects of alcohol, youth and alcohol, the consequences of
alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Lessons focus on body type and
a person's response to alcohol, factors that influence alcohol
use and abuse, calculation of blood alcohol concentrations,
and more. Discover how different doses affect the activity of
mice. Experience a simulation of driving while intoxicated.
(National Institutes of Health)
http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1965
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/alcohol/default.htm
[NOTE: Other supplements from http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/
previously posted.- Phyllis ]

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view an archive of past messages?
* http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/

English Literature Topics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/
Site includes: Prose Fiction, Short Stories, Drama, Pre-1914 Poetry, Post-1914 Poetry,

[NOTE: Other subjects previously posted. From BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:
NEAT NEW STUFF, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Philosophy Research Base
http://www.erraticimpact.com/
Search (using the Yahoo! search on the navigation bar, not the Amazon
search) or browse through a variety of philosophy topics. Some are
primarily of interest to philosophy students, but the site will also
interest students who want philosophical and ethical perspectives on hot
button issues like Animal Rights, Politics of Hunger, Gender,
Global Warming, etc. You can also browse for specific philosophers, and
philosophy departments, journals, and organizations.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Thinks.com: Games, Puzzles, Pastimes and Family Leisure
http://thinks.com/
Minds stretched here, with codebreakers, jigsaw puzzles, Trivia games,
wordsearch puzzles, sudoko, kids games (including an online Mr.
Potatohead), and more.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

UNESCO Water Portal
http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/
Water scarcity is becoming a critical issue for the world. Search or
browse for research and organizations addressing a wide variety of
issues: water quality and contamination, extreme water events,
desertification, salinization, irrigation, recycling, land use, etc. You
can also browse by geographical area and by organization.

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Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2007.

Although the physical building is expected to open on the Mall in Washington, DC in 2015, there is a Museum on the Web
National Museum of African American History and Culture – Museum on the Web
http://nmaahc.si.edu/
From Home Page - Select “View Larger” for thread cloud

Exhibitions and Programs
http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/programs
Select “View Larger” for thread cloud

Resources
http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/resources
Links to sites
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For Educators
http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/education/view/82
Page includes resources, activities and a timeline.
Select “View Larger” for thread cloud

Rome Reborn 1.0
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/

“Rome Reborn 1.0" shows almost the entire city within the 13-mile-long Aurelian Walls as it appeared in A.D. 320. At that time Rome was the multicultural capital of the western world and had reached the peak of its development with an estimated population of one million.

"Rome Reborn 1.0" is a true 3D model that runs in real time. Users can navigate through the model with complete freedom, moving up, down, left and right at will. They can enter important public buildings such as the Roman Senate House, the Colosseum, or the Temple of Venus and Rome, the ancient city’s largest place of worship.

--------Forwarded Message--------
Site of the Day for Thursday, September 27, 2007

Aerial Archaeology in Northern France
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/aerien/en/index.html

Today's site, from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, offers
an exhibit on how aerial photography has contributed to the archaeological
discoveries of the latter part of the twentieth century. Gentle Subscribers
will find information on key figures in the development of this area of
archaeological research, along with a remarkable collection of photos which
suggest the ancient structures which may lie beneath the surface of modern
Europe's agricultural land.

"This web site is intended to be as clear an introduction to aerial
archaeology as possible. We will present its principles, possibilities, and
objectives, what is needed to do it, and issues that it raises. ... This
site discusses very varied agricultural landscapes ... Thus, this site is
primarily a collection of images of the many ways that the past has left
its trace, of the memory of the land observed from low altitude." - from
the website

The site explains the academic branch of aerial archaeology as discovering
remnants of the past as hinted at from the perspective of the landscape as
seen from the air. The historical background of this process is extensively
chronicled and accompanied by a striking selection of images taken by the
pioneering figures in the discipline. Additional sections explore the
technical process of aerial archaeology, its planes and equipment, while
the Clues on the Ground section explains how signs in the landscape are
interpreted. The final section, Discoveries, reveals the important
archaeological finds, from the streets of a Roman settlement to a neolithic
campsite, which have been uncovered through these aerial explorations and
analysis.

Dig over to the site for a fascinating look at aerial archaeology at:

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/aerien/en/index.html

Chronology:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/aerien/en/chrono.htm

See if you can identify sites in the “Fly with Roger!” interactive:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/aerien/jeu_en/jeu.html
or select FLY WITH ROGER from the home page.


A.M. Holm
view the List archives on the web at:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/sotd

Ultimate Rollercoaster.com
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/
From the site:
“the Ultimate Rollercoaster site, the definitive destination online for roller coasters, theme parks and thrill rides.”

Roller Coaster History
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/

[NOTE: Some advertising. – Phyllis ]

WolfQuest
http://wolfquest.org/
From the site:
“WolfQuest, an innovative new project that brings the immersive, compelling drama and action of video games to informal science learning while creating a model for nationwide distribution. Designed for players age nine to adult, WolfQuest will teach wolf behavior and ecology through its exciting gameplay and intense social interactions.”

Space Place
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/
Includes animations, projects, games, and amazing facts about Earth, space and technology.
For the Teacher’s Corner, click on the Little Red School House in the bottom left-hand corner.
or go to: http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/educators/
[NOTE: Previously posted. Site updated. English and Spanish - Phyllis ]

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
One World, One Dream - Aug. 08-24 2008
http://en.beijing2008.cn/

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/

The Olympic Movement
http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/movement

Scientific Method
https://www.gc.maricopa.edu/biology/glacier/scientific_method/
Can be used without registration – just click “Continue” and enter any
first and last name.
Site includes a Tutorial and an Experiment.

Contents of Tutorial: Introduction, Define the Problem, Collect Information,
Formulate a Hypothesis, Test the Hypothesis and Draw a Conclusion.

Science Museum Online Stuff
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff.aspx
From the site:
“We've re-designed our website to make it prettier and easier to use. We went live with the new site on 26th March 2007.
“Within Online Stuff, you can explore some of our web content, arranged by subject, including stories of the Wright brothers' First Flight and a look at some strange, yet beautiful, mathematical surface models. You can also browse a selection of objects from Museum collections, have a play on some of our fun games, and keep up-to-date with the latest news from the world of science.”
[NOTE: Some online exhibitions from Science Museum previously posted. URL updated. - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:

ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com
September 21-27, 2007

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Transcripts of Federal Court Proceedings Nationwide To Be Available Online
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judconf091807.html
From the announcement:

The Judicial Conference of the United States today voted to make transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy court proceedings available online through the Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Under the new policy, transcripts created by court reporters or transcribers will be available for inspection and copying in a clerk of court’s office and for download from PACER 90 days after they are delivered to the clerk. Individuals will be able to view, download, or print a copy of a transcript from PACER for eight cents per page.

During the initial 90-day period, transcripts will be available at the clerk’s office for inspection only, or may be purchased from the court reporter or transcriber.

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

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Dr. Péter Jacsó’s (faculty at the University of Hawaii has posted two new reviews on “Péter’s Digital Reference Shelf” for September, 2007.

1) McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th edition
http://gale.cengage.com/reference/peter/200709/McGrawHill.htm
Publisher: Answers.com
URL: http://www.answers.com
[NOTE: http://www.answers.com/library/Sci%252dTech%20Dictionary ]
Cost: Free
Tested: August 20-24, 2007
He writes:
This most current of the few comprehensive science and technology dictionaries with a rather hefty price tag in book format is brought to us free in digital format by Answers.com. Our delight with the dictionary, however, is spoiled by a serious glitch in the software that hides many definitions available in the dictionary.

2) PILOTS
http://www.galegroup.com/reference/peter/200709/pilots.htm
Publisher: National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Dept. of Veteran Affairs
URL: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/publications/pilots/ at NCPTSD
URL: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=ncptsd&access=ncptsd55&db=pilots-set-c at CSA
Cost: Free (both at NCPTSD and CSA)
Tested: 1–7, September, 2007

Summary of Review:
PILOTS is an important open access indexing/abstracting database of journal articles, books, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, reports and pamphlets related to various stress disorders. In spite of its name and sponsorship, it is not restricted to issues related only to veterans and military matters, neither to posttraumatic stress. It also covers serious acute stress disorders (ASD) in all ways of life from all the angles, from medical, psychological and sociological to legal and economical. It is a genuinely multidisciplinary indexing/abstracting database with an increasing number of links to the full–text documents, including many (but not all of the) open access ones from the broad spectrum of journals it covers. The new host of the database is CSA which makes it open access to the public and brings along the pro features of the Illumina platform.

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The 400 Richest Americans (2007)
http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/19/richest-americans-forbes-lists-richlist07-cx_mm_0920rich_land.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2bhblx
Sort by Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source

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Resource of the Week: World-Wide Governance Indicators 1996-2006
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/home.htm

To begin, select an indicator and then a region from the drop-down menus on the lefthand side, followed by the selection of countries of interest (up to 20 at a time). This will generate a chart reporting the percentile rank for the selected countries and indicator for 2006 and 1998.

From the site:
What is Governance?
Governance consists of the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised. This includes the process by which governments are selected, monitored and replaced; the capacity of the government to effectively formulate and implement sound policies; and the respect of citizens and the state for the institutions that govern economic and social interactions among them.

For complete review:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/09/25/resource-of-the-week-world-wide-governance-indicators-1996-2006/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2fc6r5

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Gary Price
Editor, ResourceShelf
gary@resourceshelf.com
The ResourceShelf & DocuTicker Team
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"Post via ResourceShelf"
for even more resources visit
http://www.resourceshelf.com
http://www.docuticker.com

Site found in:
29 September 2007 “Earth Science Sites of the Week”

What is the greatest depth to which any human has ever reached in a
submersible vessel? SERC, (suggested by Cheryl Dodes). On January 23,
1960, the bathyscaph (a manned submersible vessel) Trieste reached the
greatest oceanic depth known to exist on our planet. Jacques Piccard and
Lieutenant Don Walsh of the United States Navy piloted the Trieste to
the sea floor in the deepest part of the Marianas Trench, known as the
Challenger Deep. Here is Jacques Piccard’s description of what he saw on
this dive to the deepest part of the sea. "The bottom appeared light and
clear, a waste of snuff-colored ooze. We were landing on a nice, flat
bottom of firm diatomaceous ooze. Indifferent to the nearly 200,000 tons
of pressure clamped on her metal sphere, the Trieste balanced herself
delicately on the few pounds of guide rope that lay on the bottom,
making token claim, in the name of science and humanity, to the ultimate
depths in all our oceans - the Challenger Deep. "The depth gauge read
6,300 fathoms - 37,800 feet.”
From:
Oceanography: A Historical Perspective
http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/seafloor/case_study.html

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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography
Central Michigan University
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/

Johnnie’s Math Page
http://jmathpage.com/

From the site:
“Links to Interactive Math Tools and Activities for Students and Teachers from Kindergarten through Middle School.”

[NOTE: Previously posted. Site and URL updated. - Phyllis ]

The X + Y Files
http://www.counton.org/xplusyfiles/index.htm
Math articles and activities, first published in Symmetry +, a publication of the Mathematical Association.

[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.counton.org/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Craft Elf
http://www.craftelf.com/
From the site:
“Craft Elf provides all of our craft instructions, patterns and information free of charge!”

Sites found in:
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The Scout Report
September 28, 2007
Volume 14, Number 37
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The Scout Report on the Web:
Current issue: http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/
This issue: http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2007/scout-070928.php

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Bouncing Balls and Geometric Series [Real Player, Windows Media Player]
http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/4/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=1550
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/ysm7h8

The introduction to this intriguing exercise and article begins "If a ball
bounces an infinite number of times, it must take an infinite amount of time
to finish bouncing!" This piece appeared in The Journal of Online
Mathematics and Its Applications in May 2007, and it was authored by Robert
Styer and Morgan Besson of Villanova University. This particular article and
its accompanying teaching module "explore the time and distance of a
bouncing ball and leads to a study of the geometric series." Along with the
actual article, this site also includes a video clip and several interactive
Flash mathlets. It's a fun way to get students thinking about geometric
series, and mathematics educators will definitely want to tell colleagues
about the site as well. [KMG]

[NOTE: Other pages from http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/3/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Teaching Resources in Structural Geology
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/learnstructure/index.htm

To some, the terms folds, faults, and shear zones might suggest a type of
elaborate and cutting-edge style of origami. Those in the know will think
immediately of the field of structural geology, and this site is a fine
resource for information within that area of geology. Rob Butler, Martin
Casey, Geoff Lloyd, and Andrew McCaig, all of whom work in the School of
Earth Sciences at the University of Leeds, created these teaching resources.
Visitors can start their journey through the site by clicking on the "Basic
Principles" section, which contains a nice overview of the patterns of rock
organization and how geologists understand the history of rock patterns. The
other sections of the site provide basic overviews of shear zones, fault
patterns, minor structures, and strain. The site is rounded out by a few
virtual field trips, which will be quite helpful for those who can't make it
to the Himalayas or the fabled Western Gneiss region of Norway. [KMG]

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Art Education 2.0
http://arted20.ning.com/

Craig Roland created this site for fellow travelers and art educators in
order to help colleagues find out how to use new technologies in their
classrooms. First-time visitors will need to start out by signing up for a
free account, and after that they are most welcome to participate in forums,
groups, blogs, RSS feeds, and photo and video sharing. Some of the groups
include "Art Partners", "Students of Art Education 2.0", and "First Year Art
Teachers". The forums are quite useful, and recently they have included
discussions on summer research opportunities, arts censuses, and the use of
streaming video in the classroom. For art educators, this site is quite a
find, and others who are interested in art and technology more generally
will also find it useful. [KMG]

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The Carlyle Letters Online
http://carlyleletters.dukejournals.org/

The nineteenth century satirist, historian, and general man of letters
Thomas Carlyle is perhaps best known for his works on the French Revolution
and his insightful study of heroes and hero-worship. He also happened to
write many thousands of letters, along with his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle. In
1999, Duke University Press began to think about creating an online database
of these letters, and the project recently went online. Currently, the
archive contains over 10,000 letters, and visitors can browse these
documents by date, recipient, or subject. Additionally, visitors can also
sign up to receive email updates when new letters are released to the site,
and they can perform advanced searches through the archive if they so
desire. [KMG]

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American RadioWorks: An Imperfect Revolution [Real Player]
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/deseg/

For those who experienced federally-mandated school desegregation in the
1970s and 1980s, it was something many of them will never forget. American
RadioWorks recently took on this very compelling era in American history by
sending Kate Ellis and Catherine Winter to Louisville and Charlotte to talk
with people about their experiences with school desegregation. They returned
with many hours of recordings, and visitors can take in the substantial
fruits of their labors on this site. Visitors can listen to the complete
radio program here, read a transcript, and also offer their own
recollections with this process as well. For those who might be pressed for
time, they can also click on photographs of interviewees to take in their
individual memories of this period. Educators might find that this program
could be used in the classroom as an additional multimedia activity to start
discussion about a wide range of topics. [KMG]
[NOTE: Other documentaries from http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/
previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Kansas State University Herbarium
http://www.k-state.edu/herbarium/

Located in Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas State University is well-known for
their various agricultural outreach programs, and their Herbarium is a
fascinating place for botanists and the general public. For those who can't
make a trip out to Kansas, they also have a nice website. Visitors to the
site can start by looking over the "Information" section, which includes
information on the history of the Herbarium, along with offering up a nice
answer to the question, "What is an herbarium?" Moving on, visitors can also
query their online database of plant species from Kansas and learn about
their forthcoming Central Great Plains Network. The site is rounded out with
a list of contact information and other noteworthy links. [KMG]

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Basic Immunology
http://www.immunology.klimov.tom.ru/index.html

Some individuals might blanch at the idea of a "basic" immunology overview,
but Professor Vladimir V. Klimov provides just such a resource on this site.
As the homepage notes, the site is designed to assist undergraduate students
learning about the basics of immunology through essays, images, animations,
quizzes, case histories, and external links. Visitors can begin by looking
over the "Table of Contents" area, which includes seven complete chapters of
information. These chapters include "The Immune Responses", "Effector
Activity", and "Functional Organization of the Immune System". While some of
the materials on the site require a paid subscription, there's enough free
material here to get students on their way to learning more about this field
of study. [KMG]

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Campaign 2008: Issue Coverage Tracker
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/issues/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/25j36g

It's already a bit difficult to keep tabs on all of the many presidential
candidates for the 2008 race, but the Washington Post has created this very
nice issue coverage tracker to help out in this area. Visitors to the site
can review press coverage and opinion writing on the various candidates and
the major issues here, and they can also add this entire feature to their
website or MySpace page, if they are so inclined. The issue tracker draws on
a wide set of website sources across the political spectrum, including news
services, interest groups, bloggers, unions, and activists. It's a fine
resource, and one that could be used to generate discussion in political
science and civic courses across American classrooms. [KMG]
[NOTE: May require free registration.- Phyllis ]

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Silent Era
http://www.silentera.com/index.html

The early years of silent film made international stars of people such as
Tom Mix, Lon Chaney, Douglas Fairbanks, and countless others. Directors
sensed new opportunities, and they also flourished in this environment for
three decades. This rather fun and interesting site pays homage to this era
in cinema, along with providing valuable information on where to find silent
films on a variety of media formats. Visitors can learn about upcoming
silent film events, browse a series of short biographies of various silent
era film stars, and view a list of "Lost Films" as well. Overall, it's quite
a nice site, and film buffs of all stripes will want to keep tabs on
developments through this collection of materials. [KMG]
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Craft in America [Macromedia Flash Player, pdf]
http://www.craftinamerica.org/

Craft in America is the web site component of a multi-year, multi-faceted
project to showcase the work of American artists working in clay, wood,
metal, glass and fiber. In addition to the web site, the project includes a
PBS documentary, aired earlier this spring, and now available on DVD; a
traveling exhibition; a book; and a set of resources for educators. The
exhibition will go to 8 cities by 2009: Little Rock AK, Portland OR, San
Diego CA, Houston TX, Bloomfield Hills MI, Oklahoma City OK, and Brockton
MA. The web site serves as a clearinghouse for information about all the
other components of the project, but also provides a great deal of material
in its own right. There is virtual exhibition with 130 examples selected
from the traveling show. Educator guides grouped around 3 broad themes -
Memory, Landscape and Community - are available for download. And there is
extensive information about the artists, from images of their work to
portraits of them, as well as videos of artists at work, such as ceramic
artist Matthew Metz talking about his career while throwing a pot, a group
of glass artists executing a Dale Chihuly design at the Museum of Glass in
Washington, or Pat Courtney Gold describing the imagery on her baskets. [DS]

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>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

---------Forwarded Message--------
Hi! It's Friday, September 28, 2007 and time for a Virtual Field
Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
National Postal Museum
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/index.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

The National Postal Museum website is sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution, and offers not only a series of fascinating online
exhibits - but educational videos, curriculum guides, and activities
to enhance learning. When you get to the website you will see the
current features. Use the menu on the left of the screen to navigate
the site. Areas of this virtual museum that you don't want to miss
include:

*Exhibits - Place your cursor over this menu item and a drop-down
list appears. Click "Online Exhibits" to view the virtual exhibits
that are not available for view in the museum. There is an exhibit
about postal workers, the artistry of stamp making, history through
stamps, and even a look at how to trace fads in pop culture through
postage stamps.

*Educators - Place your cursor over this item to access the
FREE "Curriculum Guides" that are available. They include
downloadable pdf files and links to other sites that offer a variety
of activity suggestions for exploring history, art, and social
sciences through postage.

*Stamp Colleting - Get tips on how to start a stamp collection.

*Activity Zone - A collection of fun online games, puzzles, word
searches, coloring books, quizzes and more all themed around the
postal industry.

There is lots to do and see here. Bookmark it, so you can return to
explore it all. :)

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

Site found in:
From: Walter mrmck@staffnet.com
Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:15:06 +0000
To: Innovative-Teaching@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Innovative-Teaching] ITN September 2007: Native Americans

The Innovative Teaching Newsletter
Volume 10, Issue 1 - September 2007
Topic: Native Americans

This month's topic is Native Americans. Consider the possibilities
for your students.....

http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/native_americans.htm
[Scroll down for list of links]

Walter McKenzie
The One and Only Surfaquarium
http://surfaquarium.com
walter@surfaquarium.com

The Innovative Teaching Newsletter is free to educators everywhere.
Copyright 2007 Newsletter Archive (by topic)
http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/
[NOTE: Other issues of ITN Newsletter previously posted. - Phyllis ]

From:
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/

68 Resources for President’s Day
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=28&res_feature_request=1

36 Resources for Native Americans
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=125&toplvl=171

Sites found in:
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PBS Teachers Newsletter: January 20 - 26, 2008
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Election 2008 Resources

Explore the electoral process with an up-close look at the players and the primaries. How
much do you know about the candidates and where they stand?
* Ask Your Lawmaker: http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/
* NewsHour Vote 2008 Primary Election Map:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/primaries/states/
* Election 2008 Vote by Issue Quiz: http://www.votebyissue.org/election2008/

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Masterpiece
The Complete Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey
On-Air & Online
9-12
Sunday, January 20, 2008
9 - 10:30 pm
In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, Felicity
Jones plays romance addict Catherine Morland. Invited to a
medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid
fantasies, she forms a close friendship with the younger son on
the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is
mysteriously cut short. (CC, Stereo)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/

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Pioneers of Television
Game Shows
On-Air
6-8 / 9-12
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
8 - 9:00 pm
This episode traces one of broadcasting's strongest genres -
from its beginnings in radio through its heyday in the late
60s. Bob Barker talks about his earliest work and Merv Griffin
details his creation of "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy."
Clips for this episode are wide-ranging and include Phyllis
Diller's very first TV appearance - as a painfully shy
contestant on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life." (CC, Stereo,
HD)
http://www.pbs.org/pioneersoftelevision/

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American Experience
The Lobotomist
On-Air & Online
9-12
Monday, January 21, 2008
The lobotomy was hailed as a groundbreaking medical procedure.
Championed by a young and ambitious neurologist named Walter J.
Freeman, what began as an operation of last resort was soon
being performed at some 50 state asylums, often with
devastating results. Only a decade after his rise to fame,
Freeman was decried as a moral monster and the lobotomy as one
of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine. (CC, Stereo)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lobotomist/
[NOTE: From the site: return on January 22, 2008 to watch the full program online.]

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Frontline
Growing Up Online
On-Air & Online
9-12
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
In "Growing Up Online," FRONTLINE peers inside the world of
this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their
parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new
digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion
of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are
grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with:
from cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame" to the specter
of online sexual predators. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

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Slavery and the Making of America
Seeds of Destruction
On-Air & Online
9-12
Friday, January 25, 2008
10 - 11:00 pm
The series' third hour looks at the period from 1800 through
the start of the Civil War, during which slavery saw an
enormous expansion and entered its final decades. As the nation
expanded west, the question of slavery became the overriding
political issue of the time. These years saw an increasingly
militant abolitionist movement and a widening rift between the
Nort--which had largely outlawed slavery but continued to reap
the vast economic benefits of the system--and the South, now
home to millions of enslaved black men, women and children.
(CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Learning.now with Andy Carvin
Web 2.0 and Education: Hot or Not?
Online
3-5 / 6-8 / 9-12

Why do a growing number of educators like Web 2.0 in the first
place? And what don’t we like about Web 2.0, and is there
anything we can do about it?

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2008/01/web_20_and_education_hot_or_no.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/yupxqh

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Copyright 2008 PBS Online

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Site of the Day for Tuesday, September 25, 2007

New Orleans: A Perilous Future
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0708/feature1/

Today's site, from National Geographic, reports on the current conditions
and long-term prospects of New Orleans two years since Katrina. Gentle
Subscribers will find a penetrating perspective on the city accompanied by
National Geographic's always spectacular photographs.

"With seas rising, storms getting stronger, and ground subsiding, another
disaster like Katrina seems inevitable. Yet some residents would rather run
that risk than leave the place they call home. Hurricane Katrina, the
costliest natural disaster in United States history, was also a warning
shot. Right after the tragedy, many people expressed a defiant resolve to
rebuild the city. But among engineers and experts, that resolve is giving
way to a growing awareness that another such disaster is inevitable, and
nothing short of a massive and endless national commitment can prevent it."
- from the website

The presentation examines the state of New Orleans in terms of its history,
with a riveting account of the development of its flood protection system,
its vulnerability to further serious weather events and the long term
viability of the city as a whole. An interactive graphic allows visitors to
zoom in on areas of the city where the levees are displaying symptoms of
concern to engineering experts, with vivid images highlighting each of ten
trouble spots. Additional features focus on whether the repairs to new
Orleans' flood defenses are satisfactory, and include a photo gallery of
remarkable images of the city with brief notations, as well as the field
notes of the writer and photographer. Videos of a "second line parade", and
aerial footage of problem areas of the bayou are also available.

Travel to the site for a compelling look at New Orleans at:

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0708/feature1/

A.M. Holm
view the List archives on the web at:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/sotd

Double Hit on the Treasure Coast
http://web.tcpalm.com/hurricane/francesjeanne/
Interactive Feature: Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne hit the Treasure Coast of Florida in 2004.

Operation: Monster Storms
http://www.jason.org/public/home.aspx

From the site:
“Free online for the 2007-08 school year. Operation: Monster Storms is a free online curriculum focusing on the science of weather, and it's available as well in print with VHS and DVD materials.
Operation: Monster Storms teaches students how powerful storms form and how advanced technology is used to better understand and forecast weather.
The five- to nine-week core science unit for weather is designed for 5th through 8th grade classrooms, with the flexibility for teachers to adapt to higher or lower grades.”
From: The Jason Project, a subsidiary of the National Geographic Society

Sites found in:
WGBH/Teachers' Domain News - January 2008
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008

[Free registration required]

Most Popular Resources of 2007:

Single-Celled Organisms Video
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/caf2132bea]
How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis - Interactive
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/0a5cff1c52]
Rock Cycle Animation - Interactive
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/f1c7a3f273]
Periodic Table of the Elements - Interactive
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/209c9048df]
Earth in Motion: Seasons - Interactive
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/61f17d3bb1]
Photosynthesis Video
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/ba3c397dbd]


Most Popular Lesson Plans of 2007:

Plant Life Cycles
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/150429b93e]
Plate Tectonics
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/1589f0181a]
Biomes
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/cca37c611b]
The Needs of Living Things
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/110a4e45d0]
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/039061fb06]
The Periodic Table of the Elements
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/5e5128f863/b0ebda6364/6dbf5f2e3d]
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WGBH
WGBH - Educational Productions
One Guest Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02135

Chinese New Year
http://www.surfnetkids.com/chinese_new_year.htm
From the site:
“The Chinese Year of the Rat begins on February 7, 2008. Chinese New Year is a fifteen day holiday celebrated with lots of food, family reunions and visits with friends. "Gung Hay Fat Choy" means "congratulations" in Chinese, and is a traditional greeting of best wishes for a prosperous and good new year.”
Page includes 9 links to sites (5 annotated, 4 honorable mentions)

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Chinese New Year
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=53324
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2bhj6c
Site provides information on the traditions,
symbols, and food of the holiday, and features a
video describing its history and significance.

Journalism Resources
October 2007 V5N10 Awareness Watch Newsletter
http://zillman.blogspot.com/2007/09/awareness-watch-newsletter-v5n10.html

A freely available 50 page .pdf document (1.33MB)
http://awarenesswatch.virtualprivatelibrary.net/V5N10.pdf

The Awareness Watch Featured Report this month features Journalism Resources. This is a comprehensive listing of selected journalism resources from all over the global Internet.

Subject Tracer Information Blog: Journalism Resources
http://www.journalismresources.info/

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From: WGBH WGBH@mail.vresp.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:56:40 +0000
Subject: Special Offer from WGBH

Dear Educator:

Working with college-bound high school girls? Encourage them to tell
us about their favorite subjects and they'll get a chance to win $250!

American Institutes for Research (AIR), in association with Boston's
PBS station WGBH, is conducting a short survey to gather information
about the attitudes of girls toward and understanding of certain
careers. By participating, students will have a chance to share
valuable insight that will provide the first step in evaluating the
effectiveness of a program designed to help young women explore new
and exciting career options. All responses are anonymous and will be
kept private.

Below is an invitation to participate. Please pass this language along
to your female students ages 15-17. Feel free to deliver it
electronically or to print and distribute. The survey will only be
available until February 29, 2008.

If you would like more information, please contact Debbie at
Usabilitystudy@air.org or 978-371-8335.

AIR is an independent, not for profit organization which specializes
in educational research. If you would like more information on AIR,
please visit their website at http://www.air.org.

Thanks for your help!

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[For Female Students]:

Thinking about college? Tell us about your favorite subjects for the
chance to win $250!!

American Institutes for Research (AIR), in association with WGBH, is
conducting a short survey. As a sign of our appreciation for
completing the survey, your name will be entered into a raffle. The
first 500 respondents will be eligible for prizes ranging from
$50-$250!!

Completing the survey will give you a chance to share your experiences
as a high school student. The purpose of the survey is to gather
girls' feedback about their attitudes toward and understanding of
certain careers. Your valuable insight will be the first step in
evaluating the effectiveness of a program designed to help young women
like yourself explore new and exciting career options.

The survey will only take approximately 15 minutes of your time. All
responses are anonymous and will be kept private. AIR wants to study
your career interests and NOT you or how you answer the questions.

Your valuable insight is important to us, so please act quickly! The
survey will only be available until February 29, 2008.

To access the survey, please click on the following link or visit:
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If any of your female friends are also interested in completing the
survey, please share the link above. Or, if you would like more
information, please contact Debbie at Usabilitystudy@air.org or
978-371-8335.

AIR is an independent, not for profit organization which specializes
in educational research. If you would like more information on AIR,
please visit our website at http://www.air.org.

____________________________________________________________

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WGBH - Educational Productions
One Guest Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02135

Sites found in:
The FRONTLINE Planner
JANUARY 2008

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COMING SOON: "GROWING UP ONLINE": RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
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"GROWING UP ONLINE"
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 9 P.M. (check local listings)

Watch a Preview: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

In Growing Up Online, FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with: from cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame" to the specter of online sexual predators.

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS: Look for lesson plans, additional resources and a quiz for parents to learn, "What Kind of Cyber Guide Are You?" Coming in late January to the FRONTLINE Teacher Center: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/

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NOW AVAILABLE: A PARENT'S GUIDE: "THE MEDICATED CHILD"
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"THE MEDICATED CHILD"
Original Airdate January 7, 2008

Watch it Online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/

In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. In "The Medicated Child," producer Marcela Gaviria confronts psychiatrists, researchers and government regulators about the risks and benefits of prescription drugs for troubled children.

This parent's guide, written by child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow, provides background on the issues associated with treating a child with psychiatric medications. The information provided can be a resource for parents, school guidance counselors, psychologists, pediatricians, social workers, special education professionals, classroom teachers and others involved in diagnosing and treating children with behavioral and emotional problems.

Now Available: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/parents/

Sites found in:
The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #474 9/27/07
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Disposable Planet?

This prescient, online series by the BBC addresses the dangerous impact
that man-made industry has had on human beings and our precious
planet. Originally released in six parts back in 2002, "Disposable
Planet?" emphasizes the urgent need for modern society to move toward
thoughtful, sustainable development.

At a time when the Environment, Climate Change, and other ecological issues
are at the center of our public discourse, this website is a valuable
resource for people who want to learn more about sustainable
development. Browse through the site's sections on "Population", "Food",
"Cities", "Waste", "Tourism", and "Energy", watch a powerful slideshow that
captures the very real impact of human industry on the Earth, and find
links to more current websites that are working hard to protect the
environment that sustains all of us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2002/disposable_planet/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/26aj7n
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Harvard Classics: The Shelf of Fiction

As one of the most famous colleges in the world, Harvard University has
many unique and impressive assets, graduates, attributes, and
accomplishments. Literary buffs in particular will appreciate the
"Five-Foot Shelf of Books" (50 Volumes) and the "Shelf of Fiction" (20
Volumes), a Harvard highlight that is considered to be one of the most
thorough literary collections around.

Bartleby.Com's online version of The Harvard Classics and the Shelf of
Fiction, like the original set, includes the work of nearly every major
philosopher, poet, historical subject, religion, and literary figure from
Cicero to Victor Hugo to Edgar Allen Poe. All are welcome to browse the
website, which boasts "a reading course unparalleled in comprehensiveness
and authority."

http://www.bartleby.com/hc/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Beautiful Temples

Most Hindu, Taoist, and Buddhist temples are beautiful buildings, but that
doesn't mean that they're all created equal. Neatorama.Com presents the
"10 Most Amazing Temples in the World", a list of stunning structures
including Bhutan's "Tiger's Nest Monastery", the "Temple of Heaven" in
Beijing, and eight other awe-inspiring temples.

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/19/10-most-amazing-temples-in-the-world/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/35ww4z

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The Science of Sleep

Most of choose to do much more every day than just drink water, eat, and
sleep, but without fulfilling these basic requirements we cannot
survive. Drinking and eating are pretty straightforward habits, however
sleeping, which we do for approximately one-third of our lives, is a
biologically restorative process that can be complex, peaceful, creative,
frightening, and all too often restless.

This interesting feature, courtesy of HowStuffWorks.Com, explains nearly
everything you every wanted to know about the wonderfully mysterious state
of sleep. Visitors can read about the different stages of rest, common
disorders, the evolution of sleep, the abstract world of dreams, and get
tips and habits for improving individual sleep.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/sleep.htm
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.howstuffworks.com/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Sites found in:
Librarians' Internet Index
Websites you can trust!
NEW THIS WEEK, September 27, 2007

Read This Online : http://lii.org/cs/lii/print/news/117
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Hispanic Heritage
"National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 through October 15 every year. This page includes recommended reading lists, reference resources and related websites, chosen by our librarians." Includes a list of Hispanic mysteries, recommended fiction in Spanish and English, recommended titles for children, reading lists from other libraries, and selected Internet resources in English and Spanish. From the Springfield, Massachusetts, City Library.
URL: http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/hispanic/hispanicheritage.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24531

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José Clemente Orozco: The Epic of American Civilization
Details about the mural "The Epic of American Civilization" painted by José Clemente Orozco between 1932 and 1934. The mural is "a complex and compelling narrative that covers the history of the Americas from the migration of the Aztecs into central Mexico to the development of our modern industrialized society." Features images of the mural, a downloadable brochure, and audio commentaries. From the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College.
URL: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/collections/overview/americas/mesoamerica/murals/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/3c4d7s
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24530

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Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC): International Activities
"More than one-third of all consumer products under the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) jurisdiction are imported; however, two-thirds of recent recalls involve imports." This site provides material for foreign manufacturers about CPSC standards for regulated products (such as toys), a handbook for manufacturing safer consumer products (in English and Chinese), cooperative agreements with foreign counterparts, and details about dealings and agreements between the CPSC and its Chinese counterpart.
URL: http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/intl/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24568
[NOTE: Home page http://www.cpsc.gov/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Cell Phone Driving Laws
"States are examining the correlation between cell phone use while driving and crashes. ... [M]ultiple states have identified an emerging highway safety trend of cell phone use by novice drivers and have thus restricted use." Features a table describing restrictions for cell phone use for novice and other drivers. From the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), a nonprofit association that represents state and territorial highway safety offices.
URL: http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24563

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Encyclopedia of Mime: Marcel Marceau (1923-2007)
Background about French-born Marcel Mangel, better known as Marcel Marceau, "universally considered the world's greatest contemporary mime artist." Features a biography, details about stage performances (his character Bip, style pantomimes, and mimodrames), lists of appearances and awards, a bibliography of books about Marceau, material about his paintings and drawings, a link to an radio interview, and more. From the World of Mime Theatre, a site that promotes mime as a specialized theatrical art.
URL: http://www.mime.info/encyclopedia/marceau.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24565

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Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Biography of painter and sculptor Frederic Remington, whose art "defined the American West during his lifetime and played a major role in creating the popular image of the West that persists today. ... Although closely identified with the American West, Remington actually spent much of his life in the East." Accompanied by images and bibliographies for adults and children. From the Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
URL: http://www.bbhc.org/wgwa/remington.cfm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24544
[NOTE: Previously posted. – Phyllis ]

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Monroeville Walking Tours
Illustrated walking tour of Monroeville, Alabama, setting for Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," and location where Truman Capote visited. Places on the tour include monuments to legendary lawyer Atticus Finch and writer Truman Capote, and the Monroeville courthouse, which served as a model for the famed courtroom scene from Harper Lee's book. From the Monroeville Area Chamber of Commerce.
URL: http://www.monroecountyal.com/WalkingTours3.htm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24533

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Websites You Can Trust!
http://lii.org/
Copyright 2007 by Librarians' Internet Index.

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Hi! It's Wednesday, September 26, 2007 and time for Language Arts at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Wired For Books
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]
See links below...

ClickSchooler MaryAnna suggested this website sponsored by Ohio University
that provides unabridged, dramatic audiobooks online. We have featured the
"Kids Corner" of this site previously that featured audio books and a
narrated slideshow of Beatrix Potter books, such as "Peter Rabbit."
However, they have added several audiobooks to the website in the children's
section, and there are offerings in the section for older students and
adults that make this worth another visit.

First of all visit the "Kids Corner"
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

Age Range: 3-10 (approximately)

Here you can listen to beloved children's books by Beatrix Potter in
numerous languages. You will also find some new audio stories including:

*Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
*A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
*Grimm's Fairy Tales
*Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

You can even listen to a Radio interview with Mister Rogers!


Next, check out the MP3 Page
http://www.wiredforbooks.org/mp3/

Age Range: 11 and Up (approximately)

What you will find on this page is an archive of radio interviews with
various authors of books - most written for the general adult book market.
(Note: I did not listen to these interviews, and cannot comment on the
content. Therefore, parents [as always] should preview the material to
determine suitability for your own children.)

Scroll about 3/4 way down the page until you come to "The Fall of the House
of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. Continue to scroll down and you will see "The
Poems of Walt Whitman." Below that you will see some of the same selections
that were in the "Kids Corner," and below that, a variety of plays by
William Shakespeare including, "The Merchant of Venice," "Much Ado About
Nothing," and "MacBeth." Click on any one to access the audio file and
listen online.

This site provides a convenient way to hear wonderful children's stories as
well as classic literature for older students. Enjoy!


Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

--------Forwarded Message--------
Hi! It's Wednesday, September 19, 2007 and time for Language Arts at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
ScottKim.com: Inversions
http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/

Age Range: 8-17 (Grades 3-12)

At today's website you can explore the fascinating world of "ambigrams" also
known as "inversions." What's an ambigram? Well, as ClickSchooling member
MaryAnna explains, it's a "cool, artistic new twist on wordplay!" Her
enthusiasm for ambigrams peaked my curiosity and I discovered that ambigrams
are words that can be read in more than one way -- that is, right side up,
upside down, inverted, rotated, or mirrored. Confused? For further
explanation (along with helpful illustrations) parents can read the FAQs at
the official Ambigram.com website here:
http://www.ambigram.com/q_and_a.htm

NOTE: I did not review any page except the FAQs at Ambigram.com. Therefore,
parents (as always) should preview the site to determine suitability of
content for their own children.

Once you have the idea, then visit today's featured website
http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/ where you'll find classroom activities
for grades 3-12, using ambigrams and inversions. According to the website,
these exercises teach symmetry, art, geometry, language arts, and creative
thinking. When you get to the website, you'll see a menu that includes:

*Classroom Activities -- Get free ambigram-themed lessons and games
including printable handouts and teacher notes.

*Classroom Galleries -- See samples of inversions or ambigrams submitted by
students.

Ambigrams are a fun way to play with words, providing an opportunity to
improve Language Arts skills in spelling and vocabulary, and much more!


Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

The Ancient Maya
http://www.culturefocus.com/guatemala.htm
From the site:
“The Maya of central America reached remarkable intellectual and artistic heights during the Classic period of their great civilization, between around AD 250 and 900. They built huge temples and pyramids, inscribed stone monuments, made major advances in mathematics and astronomy, and developed complex hieroglyphic scripts.”

[NOTE: Home Page http://www.culturefocus.com/index.html - previously posted.
Includes pages on Ancient Egypt, Petra, the Incas, East Africa, and more. - Phyllis ]

--------Forwarded Message--------
Hi! It's Friday, September 7, 2007 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at
ClickSchooling!

I have included two terrific websites to explore the Mayan ruins and culture
that will appeal to a range of ages...

Recommended Websites:

Belize: A Virtual Tour
http://www.homefires.com/click?9eoclyojeiay
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/3cq4yx
Home Page: http://www.belizeexplorer.com/

Age Range: About 10 and up

Take a virtual tour of the Mayan ruins in the country of Belize. This
website offers a chronological tour through the Mayan sites beginning with a
brief history of the Mayan civilization, and an overview of Mayan
archaeology in Belize. During this 15-25 minute tour, you will learn about
the history and significance of the specific ruins through photographs, site
maps, and interesting text.

When you get to the site, simply click on the "next stop" buttons to take
the complete tour. When you are finished, you might want to explore the rest
of the site that includes a virtual field trip of the country of Belize.
Younger students will especially enjoy this next site...

Mayan Kids
http://www.mayankids.com/

Age Range: 5 and up

This is a terrific website all about the Mayan civilization that extended
throughout central America. Through fascinating facts, photos,
illustrations and trivia tidbits, this site engages virtual visitors to this
ancient world. When you get to the site click "enter." A new page opens. Use
the icon menu at the top of the screen to explore:

People -- From eating "bug tacos" to doing math with a base-20 number
system, the Mayans were innovative and captivating.

Places -- Explore the rain forest, pyramids, and ruins that were home to the
Mayans throughout Central America.

Beliefs -- Learn about Mayan beliefs and ceremonies, gods and goddesses, and
the Wizard of the Fatal Laugh.

Games -- Try your hand at Mayan-themed word puzzles and match games.

Have fun!

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

EMuseum at Minnesota State University
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/
Select from the menu bar:
Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Cultures, History, Information, Prehistory


[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Sites to See:
Geography
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites025.shtml
From the site:
“Geography Web sites offer teachers and students minds-on -- and often hands-on --opportunities to study Earth's characteristics and inhabitants, and learn how they affect one another. The sites below offer a world of geographical resources and information for the classroom, including fact sheets, maps, lesson plans, interactive games and activities, quizzes, and a variety of visual and audio resources. Included: A baker's dozen of the best geography sites on the Web!

“Looking for information on a particular place or country? Online Geography sites are just the place to start. These sites offer a wealth of information and resources about many countries and places that can be incorporated into the classroom curriculum. Teachers can find lesson plans and activities that can be incorporated into the classroom and students can find help with homework as well as online activities to help them learn more about the world or brush up on their mapping skills.”

[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Sites found in:
INFOMINE Email Alert Service
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007
http://infomine.ucr.edu/

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Tales from the Public Domain : Bound by Law?
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URL: http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/index
Record Id: 672600
Created: 2007-09-19 16:53:05
Categories: liberal

Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain offers this
78-page comic book on concepts of fair use and copyright law. Several
download formats.

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The Science House
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URL: http://www.science-house.org/
Record Id: 672596
Created: 2007-09-19 12:42:15
Categories: bioag,physci

Materials for K-12 science teachers: suggested lab activities,
professional development directories, online science news and teaching
resources.

[NOTE: Previously posted. See Also:
http://www.science-house.org/resources/index.html - Phyllis ]

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BBC Music : Learning : Genres
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URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/learning/genres
Record Id: 672593
Created: 2007-09-19 10:23:19
Categories: arts,liberal

Guides to music genres, offering histories and styles, essential
artists, articles, and discography. Genres include: blues, soul, reggae,
folk, country, classical, jazz, pop, rock, dance, urban, easy listening,
world, and experimental music.

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Epact : Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
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URL: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/epact
Record Id: 672588
Created: 2007-09-18 11:25:54
Categories: liberal,physci

Catalog of 520 historic scientific instruments from European museums,
with images, explanatory articles, glossary, and bibliography.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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The Life of a City : Early Films of New York, 1898-1906
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URL: http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html
Record Id: 672572
Created: 2007-09-17 19:07:33
Categories: govpub,liberal

Forty-five early films from New York, with recordings of street scenes,
daily life, workers, parades, and panoramas.
New York City Films is a part of the Library of Congress's American
Memory Project.

SEE ALSO:
America at the Turn of the Century
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nycamcen.html

New York City at the Turn of the Century
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nyc.html

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Of Maps and Men : In Pursuit of a Northwest Passage
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URL: http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/northwest-passage/titlepage.htm
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/5asqn

Record Id: 672568
Created: 2007-09-17 12:28:02
Categories: maps

Exhibition on historical attempts to locate the Northwest Passage, with
texts, maps, and images.

·Of Maps and Men: In Pursuit of the Northwest Passage - an online version of the exhibition curated by John Delaney in the Milberg Gallery during April 2004 - September 2004

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Blues Journey
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3948/
From the site:
“…trace the blues from its early beginnings in southern American fields to its global impact on music today.
“Learning the history of the blues coincides with learning about African slavery, the Great Migration, and racial discrimination and prejudice. Use Blues Journey as a jumping off point for discussing the African-American experience in the early 20th century.”

Blues Journey – Flash Presentation
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/bluesjourney/bluesjourney.html

[NOTE: Other pages from Artsedge: Look·Listen·Learn
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/explore/lll.cfm
- previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Hi! It's Friday, September 21, 2007 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at
ClickSchooling!

Virtual Tour of a Violin Factory & More!

Recommended Website:
Primo Violins
http://www.primoviolins.com/ViolinTour.htm

At this website you can take a simple virtual tour of a violin factory
through pictures and text. See the entire process from selecting the wood
for the body of the violin, to making bows.

For a more educational look at violin making, you can explore this website:

Violin Makers Shop Tour
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=13273

It delivers a factory tour through pictures and text (use the menu on the
left to access each part of the tour). This site was developed by students
in a classroom. There are all kinds of links to additional information
within the text of the tour. Unfortunately, many of the links are no longer
working. Regardless, there is still plenty of good material available.

For in-depth information on how violins are designed and made (and how to
purchase a violin), visit the website of violin maker, David Gusset at
http://www.gussetviolins.com/newhome.htm . The photographs here are
beautiful. It looks like he is developing a complete virtual tour of the
violin-making process, but it's still under construction.

If you want to introduce your children to the violin, check out the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra website for kids. You can learn all about violins and
listen to music samples here:
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=152
[NOTE: Home page http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Finally, if this ClickSchooling review inspires your children to want to
learn to play violin, check out the free lessons available from Mr. Fiddle
here: http://www.mrfiddle.com/


Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

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Subject: AASC Feature of the Month: January 2008 - Origins of Hip Hop
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008

January 2008 Feature of the Month
Origins of Hip Hop
http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/current/index.jsp

Dear Feature of the Month Subscriber,

The Oxford African American Studies Center’s Feature of the Month has been updated!

This month the feature highlights the people and musical styles that influenced the development of hip hop.

CHECK 1, 2
In the music they played and created, early rap DJs and MCs, who started by throwing parties in the Bronx, were part of a long line of music and oratorical traditions that profoundly affected the development of hip hop. The richness of African American and other influential cultures, the mix of vocal techniques and storytelling traditions from those cultures, and the fluidity and ease with which early rap artists moved among musical styles all combined to launch a new form of expression for young men and women in New York City in the 1970s, which became hip hop as we know it today.

THE BACKBEAT
A Feature Essay, http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/current/essay.jsp, written by field scholar Raymond Codrington, PhD, discusses hip hop’s chronology and deep cultural routes, citing religion, oral history, and the American economy as primary influences. For information about particular players involved in the evolution of rhyming and “playing the dozens” (an older form of “battling) to the world of hip hop we know today, browse the Photo Essay, http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/current/photo_essay.jsp?page=1, which notes figures such as James Brown, Iceberg Slim, Richard Pryor, and George Clinton as primary influences.

KICK IT FREESTYLE
To provide more information about the development of hip hop, this month’s feature also includes a number of free subject articles taken from the African American Studies Center on topics like “Break Dancing, “Disco,” and “Funk.” Also included are links to free biographies for twenty of hip hop's key figures. http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/current/index.jsp

Comic Art at Princeton University
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/Visual_Materials/gallery/index.html

Includes:
Political Cartoons
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/Visual_Materials/gallery/polcart/index.html

Thomas Nast
http://libweb5.princeton.edu/Visual_Materials/gallery/nast/index.html
From the site:
“Though German born, Thomas Nast, who immigrated to the United States at the age of six, became not only a true American product, but perhaps our greatest political cartoonist. His cartoons actually changed history, bringing down the rule of William Marcey "Boss" Tweed and Tammany Hall. He also influenced greatly other American cartoonists of the day, such as Opper and Kep (Keppler).”

Dogfights: The men and aircraft behind the most intense air battles ever waged...
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?mini_id=51833
Site includes:
Dogfight Videos
Glossary of Military Aviation Terms
Dogfights: The Game
Anatomy of a Plane
Dossier of Fighter Planes

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View on The History Channel
“Dogfights: Tuskegee Airmen
Friday, January 18th at 6PM/5c

Dogfights is a fast-paced series which recreates some of the most
important air battles in world history. This half-hour episode
entitled The Tuskegee Airmen focuses on one of the notorious and
decorated all-black fighter squadron. These amazing World War II
pilots overcame segregation and intense racism to become the stuff of
legend. This episode retraces the actions of pilots Wendell Pruitt and
Lee Archer, known as the "Gruesome Twosome" as they score their
highest victory in a single day over the skies of the Po river valley
in Northern Italy. Then pilot Charles Mc Gee knocks down an Fw190 near
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. Finally pilot Roscoe Brown and the Tuskegee
Airmen take down three Me262 jet fighters in a wild engagement just
south of Berlin. First-hand accounts, rare archival footage and
original shooting supplement the remarkable computer graphics. This
program would be an excellent addition to course units on World War
II; educators may want to use clips from this program to provide a
visual component to their course lectures on the Tuskegee Airmen and
World War II.”

From: Foreign Policy Research Institute fpri@fpri.org
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:52:10 -0500
Subject: Understanding Kenya, by Garrett Jones

Foreign Policy Research Institute
Over 50 Years of Ideas in Service to Our Nation
http://www.fpri.org

UNDERSTANDING KENYA
by Garrett Jones
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200801.jones.understandingkenya.html
January 4, 2008

While most Americans were preoccupied with the holidays,
Bowl games, and the Iowa caucus, Kenya had a presidential
election. As African elections go, it went off pretty well.
There were long lines, and a record number of people were
estimated to have voted. While there were some reported
problems--shortage of ballots, attempted intimidation, etc.-
-it worked well enough at the local level. Raw results
showed that the challenger Raila Odinga defeated the
incumbent Mwai Kibaki by about a million votes and that most
of Kibaki's cabinet members were voted out in the
accompanying parliamentary poll. So far so good.

Somewhere between the local polling stations and the Kenyan
Electoral Commission in Nairobi, incumbent president Kibaki
simply stole the election and had himself declared winner…
<<>>

For complete article, see:
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200801.jones.understandingkenya.html

# posted by Phyllis @ 10:56 PM 0 comments

Sites found in:

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PBS Teachers Newsletter: January 13-19, 2008
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Masterpiece
The Complete Jane Austen: Persuasion
On-Air & Online
9-12
Sunday, January 13, 2008
9 - 10:30 pm
Sally Hawkins appears as Anne Elliot, destined for spinsterhood
at age 27 after being persuaded eight years earlier to refuse
the proposal of dashing Captain Wentworth. Then chance brings
them together again. While her better days are past, his are
definitely ahead as he's now rich and free to play the field
among eligible young beauties. Anthony Head ("Buffy the Vampire
Slayer") co-stars as Anne's spendthrift father. (CC, Stereo)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/

From the site:
“Masterpiece has good news for Jane Austen’s millions of fans: PBS’s beloved drama series will broadcast adaptions of all of Jane Austen’s six novels plus a new drama based on her life.”
[NOTE: I believe these are scheduled to be shown on Sunday evenings. – Phyllis ]

The Complete Jane Austen Teacher's Guide (download)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/austen_teachersguide.pdf
From the site:
“Get ideas and tips on how to teach the works of Jane Austen using film as another avenue into her world.”

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NOVA
Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
This two-part special presents the epic story of humanity's
struggle to master extreme cold. This NOVA special re-creates
groundbreaking discoveries across four centuries that expanded
our knowledge of low temperatures and led ultimately to today's
cutting-edge "cold technologies." Its memorable characters
range from a 17th-century court magician who rigged a primitive
form of air conditioning in Westminster Abbey to the original
Captain Birdseye, who invented frozen food. Part two of two.
(CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/
[NOTE: See teaching guide pasted below. – Phyllis ]

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Independent Lens
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
This program brings the stem cell debate to the forefront and
examines the constantly evolving interplay between the promise
of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science and the
courage of people living with devastating disease and injury.
(CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/stemcell/

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Copyright 2008 PBS Online

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PBS American Experience 20th Season Premiere
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008

American Experience: 20th Season Premiere: Oswald's Ghost
This Monday, January 14, television's most-watched history series returns to PBS for its 20th season with Oswald's Ghost, a 90-minute documentary film that deconstructs the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and examines the lasting impact of this single event on American culture and politics. Oswald's Ghost features interviews with the late novelist Norman Mailer, journalist Dan Rather, politician Gary Hart, and others.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oswald/

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Original Message:
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To: nova-teachers@franz.wgbh.org (NOVA Teachers)
Subject: [NOVA Teachers] Airing January 15, 2008

Hello Educators,

In next week's "Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero," NOVA
documents the race down the temperature scale and presents the
scientific discoveries made along the way. (Subjects covered:
chemistry, physics, properties of matter)

Regards,
Karen Hartley
Teachers Editor
NOVA Web Site
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/
E-mail: NOVA_Teachers@wgbh.org

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NOVA presents "Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero"
Broadcast: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero
(NOVA airs on PBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings as
broadcast dates and times may vary. This program can be used up to
one year after it is recorded off the air.)

Watch the Program
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/program.html
Watch the entire program online after the broadcast date.
(Quicktime or Windows Media required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Absolute Hot
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/hot.html
Learn in this article why whether there is a corresponding
hottest hot to the coldest cold is not the easiest question to
answer. (Grades 9-12)

A Sense of Scale
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/scale.html
Explore in this interactive the range from absolute zero to the
theoretical highest possible temperature. (Flash plug-in
required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Milestones in Cold Research
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/research.html
Trace the trajectory of scientific discoveries in cold in Kelvin,
Celsius, and Fahrenheit scales, from Galileo's invention of the
first thermometer-like device in the late 1500s to a
low-temperature experiment in 2003 that came within a
ten-billionth of a degree of absolute zero. (Flash plug-in
required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

The Conquest of Cold
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/conquest.html
Read about the impact of refrigerated railway cars on native
cultures in this excerpt from Tom Shachtman's "Absolute Zero and
the Conquest of Cold," the book on which the NOVA program was
based. (Grades 9-12)

How Low Can You Go?
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/howlow.html
See if you can choose the right combination of gases to liquefy
oxygen in this online three-step cascade experiment. (Flash
plug-in required.) (Grades 9-12)

States of Matter
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/matter.html
Adjust the temperature and pressure of three common substances to
see how changing those variables affect their states of matter.
(Flash plug-in required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

A Matter of Degrees
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/degrees.html
Create your own temperature scale then see how it compares with
the Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin scales. (Flash plug-in
required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Anatomy of a Refrigerator
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/refrigerator.html
Tour this clickable refrigerator to learn the three basic
principles used in cooling food. (Flash plug-in required.)
(Grades 6-8, 9-12)

The Ice Trade
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/trade.html
Select the right combination of ice load and insulation for 10
ice ships traveling to Florida, Brazil, or India to earn the
title of "Ice King." (Flash plug-in required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Ultracold Atoms
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/atoms.html
Learn the ins and outs of a new form of matter called a
Bose-Einstein condensate in this interview with researcher and
physics professor Luis Orozco. (Grades 9-12)

Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/programs/3501_zero.html
In this classroom activity, students build and calibrate their
own bulb thermometers. (Grades 6-8)

Program Transcript
http://www.pbs.org/nova/transcripts/3501_zero.html
The site includes a complete narration for this program.

Plus Watch a Preview and Links & Books.

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African American History Month: Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/africanamericans

From the Library of Congress, primary sources and exhibition guides to
LC collections on African American history. The theme for 2007 is "From
Slavery to Freedom: Africans in the Americas." Includes links to Library
of Congress collections, audio files, videos, text and images.

Black History from A to Z:
http://www.aakulturezone.com/kidz/abc/index.html
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Celebrate Black History Month
http://library.lhs.usd497.org/black.htm
Links for Celebrations, Culture, Famous People, Harlem Renaissance,
History, Information, Literature, Music and Art, Religion, and Sports
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Black History Month
http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/black_history.shtml
Updated for Black History Month 2008

The HistoryMakers
http://www.thehistorymakers.com/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

From the site:
“HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival
project of its kind in the world. The HistoryMakers is unique among
these other collections of African American heritage, because of its
massive scope. Like other oral history collections, The HistoryMakers
collection hearkens back to the earliest and most authentic efforts
to capture the voice of a people, while introducing state-of-the-art
technology and increased accessibility. The initial goal of The
HistoryMakers is to complete 5,000 interviews of both well-known and
unsung African American HistoryMakers within the next five years. A
picture and short bio included for each entry.”

Black History Month
http://www.history.com/minisites/blackhistorymonth
Features image galleries, teacher’s guides, and a
variety of video clips from History Channel
programs chronicling important events
throughout black history.
From the site:
“February marks the beginning of Black History Month - an annual celebration that has existed since 1926.”

Sites found in:
InfoBytes Newsletter: Debating the Educational Value of PodcastsSeptember 25, 2007
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/blog/2007/09/debating-educational-value-of-podcasts.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2tdaol

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Podcasting: A Teaching With Technology White Paper (PDF File)
http://connect.educause.edu/files/CMU_Podcasting_Jun07.pdf
Ashley Deal explores the question: does podcasting have any inherent educational value, or is it just a passing trend?

7 Things You Should Know About Podcasting (PDF file)
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf
The EduCase staff summarizes the pro’s and con’s of podcasting and the implications for teaching and learning.

Karen’s Mashups: Elementary Student Productions
http://www.k12handhelds.com/mashups/?p=17
Karen Fasimpaur provides a compilation of links to elementary student podcasts which demonstrate the finest uses of podcasting.

Rubric for Podcasts
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/handhelds/podcastrubric.html
UW-Stout online instructor Ann Bell has created an excellent rubric for evaluating student podcasts.

Tech Tip – Three Must-Know Podcasting Microphone Tips
(Adapted from Andy Williams Affleck, author of Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac)

Many podcasts suffer from poor quality in the audio. The proper use of a microphone can greatly enhance your podcasts. Here are three top tips for maximizing the effectiveness of any microphone:

1. Don’t put the mike too close to your mouth: Position it a few inches away so you do not breathe directly into it. This helps prevent "plosives," or popping sounds, generated by the letter P, and helps reduce S sounds.
2. Angle the mike: If possible, point the microphone down toward your mouth from above to reduce plosives, nasal tones, and lip-smacking sounds.
3. Use a windscreen: If you can get a mike with a windscreen--a foam shield that covers the mike--it helps a great deal in preventing wind noise when outside. Some people swear by a variation made by stretching a piece of nylon pantyhose over a hoop placed in front of the mike.

ZipSkinny
http://zipskinny.com/
Enter zip code to see U.S. Census data and compare with other zip codes.

Site found in:
ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com/
Sept. 13-20, 2007

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Interactive Timeline: Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/

The Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline is an online experience highlighting some of the key dates and events that mark more than 200 years of our constitutional history. These timeline entries, taken as a whole, tell the evolving story of the U.S. Constitution and the continuing role that it plays in our lives.

Visitors can browse through a collection of stories and headlines — annotated by images, audio and video clips and interactive content — to explore some of the people, events and issues that have shaped the Constitution and the history of our nation.

See Also: Interactive Constitution

Source: National Constitution Center
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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CNN’s Election Center 2008
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

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thinkMTV: Politics: Choose or Lose
http://think.mtv.com/issues/politics
Site features video clips from the 2008
presidential election campaign trail, usersubmitted
videos, and information on registering to vote.

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Site of the Day for Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Deciphering the Genetic Code
http://www.history.nih.gov/exhibits/nirenberg/intro.htm

Today's site, from the American National Institutes of Health's Department
of History, presents an exhibit on an outstanding scientist, Marshall
Nirenberg. Gentle Subscribers will discover the groundbreaking nature of
his research and how it laid the foundation for the genetic discoveries of
the twenty-first century.

"Marshall Nirenberg is best known for 'breaking the genetic code' in 1961,
an achievement that won him the Nobel Prize. But what exactly is the
genetic code? And how did he decipher it? This exhibit will explore
genetics research in the 1950s and 1960s and explain the importance of
Nirenberg's experiments and discoveries." - from the website

The site details the work of Marshall Nirenberg, who unlocked the mystery
of how DNA information is passed from one organism to another. Taking a
look at the background of this branch of research, the exhibit provides
information on Gregor Mendel, the "father of modern genetics"; and the
trail of research which zeroed in on DNA as the delivery vehicle of genetic
information and how it is translated into proteins. Additional sections
cover biographies of the scientists who worked on the project, the
instruments they used, and a helpful glossary of relevant genetic terms
with a diagram of how they connect.

Leap over to the website for a look at the work of this nobel laureate at:

http://www.history.nih.gov/exhibits/nirenberg/intro.htm
[NOTE: Other online exhibits from http://www.history.nih.gov/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

A.M. Holm
view the List archives on the web at:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/sotd

Where Does My Gasoline Come From?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/brochure/gas06/gasoline.htm
From the site:
“Gasoline is made from crude oil, which was formed from the remains of tiny aquatic plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago…”

NOTE: also available in printer-friendly version

Sputnik
http://www.surfnetkids.com/sputnik.htm
From the site:
“On October 4, 1957, at the height of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit around the Earth. This surprise achievement created a crisis in the states that eventually lead to the creation of NASA and the Apollo program to put a man on the moon before the end of the sixties.”

Site includes 9 links to related sites (5 annotated, 4 honorable mentions)

Sites found in:
Librarians' Internet Index
Websites you can trust!
NEW THIS WEEK, September 20, 2007
Read This Online : http://lii.org/cs/lii/print/news/115

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The European Discovery of the Pacific
This version of a talk by a cartographic historian discusses the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Nunez de Balboa in September 1513 and how a 1507 world map published in Strasbourg appears to show "America North and South as two very large island-continents ... and beyond them lies an ocean stretching some thousands of miles west." Includes image of the 1507 map. From a UK retailer of maps and travel books.
URL: http://www.stanfords.co.uk/articles/mad-about-maps/the-european-discovery-of-the-pacific,125,AR.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/38h5uu
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24497

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Fokus Deutsch
On-demand "video instructional series in German for college and high school classrooms and adult learners" originally produced for public television by WGBH Boston, Inter Nationes, and the Goethe-Institut. The episodes, which were filmed using native German speakers, cover topics such as school, work, travel, and personal relationships. Requires free registration. Includes links to other language learning programs. From Annenberg Media, part of the Annenberg Foundation

URL: http://www.learner.org/resources/series104.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24481
[NOTE: Other videos from http://www.learner.org/resources/ previously
posted. - Phyllis ]

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Paris Architecture Explained
Overview with examples of the history of notable architecture in Paris. Covers the medieval period, Renaissance, French Baroque and Classicism, Rococo, Neo-Classicism and Empire, Haussmann renovations, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and 20th century developments through the mid 1990s. From a company that publishes a newsletter on Paris tourism.
URL: http://www.parisnotes.com/architecture/parisbuildings.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24520

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Signers of the Declaration
This series of essays covers topics related to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, including historic sites and buildings associated with the signing, and biographical sketches of the signers of the Declaration, such as John Adams, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson. Provides text and history of the Declaration and suggested reading. Based on a book that was issued by the National Park Service in observance of the U.S. bicentennial.
URL: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/declaration/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24496

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The Jim Henson Legacy
Website for this organization "created by family and friends in response to the extraordinary interest in the life and work of Jim Henson." Provides a biography of Henson, listing some of his accomplishments in puppetry, television, and film; a list of his awards and honors, chronology (covering Henson's Muppets, "Sesame Street," and movies); announcements; and links to related sites. This is a very basic website with few images.
URL: http://www.jimhensonlegacy.org/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24502


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Breaking the Ice: Canada and the Northwest Passage
Archival audio and video clips, images, and short essays about the Northwest Passage, a route through the Arctic Ocean connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Topics include early exploration, the first successful passage in 1906 by Norway's Roald Amundsen, issues related to Canadian Arctic sovereignty, Arctic native people, and recent developments in the area (such as the passage becoming more navigable due to ice melting from global warming). From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
URL: http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-2349/politics_economy/northwest_passage/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2fgmh8
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24516
[NOTE: Other pages from http://archives.cbc.ca/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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The Search for a Northwest Passage
This exhibit focuses on the "many explorers [who] have ventured into the inhospitable Arctic regions in search of the Northwest Passage, a navigable channel that was believed to connect the North Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans." Essays and images cover early approaches in the 15th century until the passage was successfully navigated in 1903-06 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Includes related website links. From the British Library.
URL: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/northwpass/intro.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24514

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Ecological Topics: Pollinators
Collection of resources on "the biology, ecology, conservation status, and threats to native pollinators, pollinator-dependent species, and pollinator habitats in the United States and abroad." Includes background about pollination (including plant features used by pollinators), descriptions of specific pollinator species (bees, birds, bats, and insects), material on conservation and on farming and gardening for pollinators, news and updates, teaching resources, and more. From the National Biological Information Infrastructure, administered by the U.S. Geological Survey.
URL:
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Ecological_Topics/Pollinators/
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/yrzhwu
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24506
[NOTE: Other pages from
National Biological Information Infrastructure
http://www.nbii.gov/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Pollinators: Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators
Background about pollination and pollinators, animals or insects that assist in plant reproduction by transferring pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma. Topics include specific pollinators (such as bees, birds, and bats), pollinator syndrome traits, environmental benefits and cultural importance of pollination, and pollinator conservation (such as gardening practices and building native bee nesting blocks). Provides images and related website links. From the USDA Forest Service Rangeland Management Botany Program.
URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24505
[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.fs.fed.us/ previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Resources on Pollinators
Collection of resources about pollination and the importance of pollinators: "About three-quarters of the world's flowering plants and at least 90 food crops eaten in North America depend on pollinators." Features a chart of pollinator species (with fun facts, population status, and favorite flowers), a list of plants for attracting pollinators, a podcast on pollinators in crisis, news and updates, and related links. From the National Academy of Sciences Division on Earth and Life Studies.
URL: http://dels.nas.edu/pollinators/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24504

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Librarians' Internet Index
Websites You Can Trust!
http://lii.org/
Copyright 2007 by Librarians' Internet Index.

MedlinePlus: Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
http://medlineplus.gov/
From the site:
“MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.”
[NOTE: Previously posted. Site updated. - Phyllis ]

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Site of the Day for Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Learn CPR
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

Today's site, from the University of Washington School of Medicine, offers
instructional, illustrated guides on how to perform CPR -- cardiopulmonary
resuscitation. Gentle Subscribers will find step-by-step directions
suitable for use for different types of potential victims.

"Can I kill someone if I do CPR incorrectly? No. Remember the person in
cardiac arrest is already clinically dead. CPR can only help. Even if it's
not done 'letter perfect' it will probably provide some benefit to the
victim. ... Learn the basics of CPR. ... This web site is to be used as a
free guide and an informational resource, but it cannot replace real CPR or
first aid training. " - from the website

The site's CPR guides cover adults, children, and infants, in printable and
video formats. In addition, the often overlooked instructions for
performing life-saving procedures on cats and dogs are also available.
Included in the presentation are first aid guides for choking but still
conscious adults, children and infants, while an excellent FAQ provides
facts -- such as how to determine if CPR is working -- general information
and the history of CPR.

Stride over to the site for essential instructions on CPR at:

http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

A.M. Holm
view the List archives on the web at:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/sotd

Sites found in:
NEAT NEW STUFF, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Games for the Brain
http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/
Neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is a use-it-or-lose- it
proposition - which is all the excuse you need to spend some time here
playing memory, logic, and strategy games like Reversi, Crime Scene,
Sudoku, What Was There, etc.

Libraphiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries -
Curious Expeditions
http://www.curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/a_librophiliacs_love_letter_1.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/27wwqb
Beautiful pictures of beautiful old libraries in Europe, the US, and
Latin America, where the architecture and decor reveal a deep reverence
for knowledge.

Portal to Public Records - BRB Publications
http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp
"the most comprehensive directory of free public record sites, reference
material, and public record vendors available." This is wonderfully
useful for recent records, but do keep in mind the fact that many older
public records have never been put on line.
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2007.

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Hi! It's Friday, September 14, 2007 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
TheThinkingBusiness: A Tour of Your Brain
http://www.thethinkingbusiness.co.uk/braintour.htm

Age Range: 10 and up (Aspects of this site will appeal to younger children as well. Parents, as always, should view the site with their children for optimal results.)

This commercial website offers a FREE, multi-media virtual tour of the human brain. When you get to the site you will see an introduction to the "Cortex." Read all about it and then click on the links to continue the virtual journey into the brain. Learn about the various parts and what they do.

When you complete the tour, use the menu bar located directly below the "Tab" menu to explore:

Brain Facts -- Fascinating tidbits about your brain that are sure to amaze you.

Brain Food -- Discover the foods that should be included in every
intelligent diet.

Brain Games -- Test your knowledge of the brain. Challenge your brain with logic puzzles and a concentration match game. Test your memory and reflexes as well. Learn to sign the word "brain."

Have fun!

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

English Heritage
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1505
From the site:
“English Heritage exists to protect and promote England's spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood…It is our mission at English Heritage to promote greater understanding of the historic environment and we produce a vast range of online and offline resources to help you learn more.”

Heritage Explorer
http://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/nmrlearningzone/

Kids Zone – Interactive Games
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001003004002

Across the Sea: Europeans Explore the New World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr095.shtml
From the site:
“Looking for information and activities about the intrepid adventurers who first voyaged to the New World? Check out these Internet sites and help your students explore the earliest explorers.”

Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/
From the site:
“TeachersFirst offers this classroom-ready unit on Inventors of the Industrial Revolution, written by Georgia social studies teacher Bill Burton and revised in 2007, in a format well-suited for projector, interactive whiteboard, or individual student use. The unit is designed for middle and high school students, but could easily be adapted for upper elementary grades, as well.

“These interactive lessons will help students grasp the background and impact of the inventors of the Industrial Revolution. The activities include a timeline and some basic facts so students build a context of historical events and every day life in the time period.” http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor2/lesson.cfm

World War II Chronicles
The World War II Veterans Committee and Radio America
http://www.wwiivets.com/WWIIChroniclesmp3.html
For audio, select year and then select date.

From the site:
“Welcome to World War II Chronicles, a weekly tribute to the men and women of history's deadliest war.

“World War II Chronicles is a weekly documentary series highlighting the events of the Second World War from Pearl Harbor to V-J day. Narrated by Ed Herlihy and recorded in the traditional style of the "newsreel".

“World War II Chronicles was originally produced for Radio by The World War II Veterans Committee and Radio America in association with the National Archives. It is hoped that this documentary series will encourage the study of the World War II era so that future generations may find a way to make the world a safer place.”

[NOTE: Site opens with a commercial for their products,
but they also have some free activities. – Phyllis ]

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Hi! It's Monday, September 17, 2007 and time for Math at
ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Math Mastery
http://www.mathmastery.com/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Age Range: 8-13 (Grades 3-8)

This commercial website sells math and science products, but it also
offers a terrific archive of FREE math activities, word problems, and
games -- with an emphasis on family involvement in the learning
process. (We featured this site in 2005, but it's been totally
revamped with lots of new content added.)

When you get to the site use the menu on the left side of your screen
to explore what the site has to offer. Place your cursor over the
menu titles to see additional, descriptive drop-down menus as well.
You can enjoy:

*Check Your Skills: Cyber Challenge -- a fun, fast-paced quiz (in
flash) to test addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
skills.

*Daily Brains Library - a vast archive of not only math activities,
but informative word problems themed around history, geograpy,
language arts, science and health!

*Family Math Activities -- get math acitivities for grades 3-5 and 6-
8 that are designed for parent/child participation.

You'll also find "Parenting Tips" with strategies for improving
learning success.

Diane Flynn Keith
for ClickSchooling
Copyright 2007, All Rights Reserved
http://www.Homefires.com/
http://www.Carschooling.com/
http://www.UniversalPreschool.com/

Note: We make every effort to recommend websites that have content that is appropriate for general audiences. Parents should ALWAYS preview the sites for suitable content.

Click Schooling (Clickschooling) is a Federally Registered Trademark.

Mathwire.com
http://mathwire.com/
From the site:
“Mathwire.com is designed to provide activities and appropriate worksheets for teachers to use in their classrooms…
“These activities are posted online in an effort to share quality activities and routines within the mathematics community.
“Teachers are welcome to download any of the activities for free use in their classrooms.”

Exploring Precalculus
http://www.wmueller.com/precalculus/

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Terri Husted's Homepage
http://www.terri.clarityconnect.com/terri.html
Includes pages of:
Great Math Sites, Best Elementary Sites Cool Science Sites, Links for Internet Lessons, and more.

From the site:
“Welcome to Terri Husted's Homepage!
A Homepage for New (And Not So New) Math Teachers”

Sites found in:
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The Scout Report
September 21, 2007
Volume 14, Number 36

The Scout Report on the Web:
Current issue: http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/
This issue: http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2007/scout-070921.php

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C-SPAN Classroom [Real Player, Windows Media Player]
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

Over the past several decades, C-SPAN has brought many hours of fascinating
programming to the generally curious. Many teachers have used their
programming to edify their students about various aspects of US government,
and now C-SPAN has created this very nice site to complement those informal
activities. The formal mission of the C-SPAN Classroom site is "to enhance
the teaching of Civics & U.S. Government through C-SPAN's primary source
programming." Visitors can start their journey by viewing the "Clip of the
Week", and then looking through the other thematic sections on the site,
which include "Principles of Government", "Legislative Branch", and
"Political Participation". Along with each clip, users can also view a short
clip description, and take advantage of the discussion questions as well.
Visitors will need to complete a short free registration form to access all
of the clips, and this only takes a few minutes. This site is quite a
delight, and for anyone who teaches civics and related fields, it will most
likely become an essential online resource. [KMG]
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Convergence! [pdf]
http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/

Some math teachers find themselves confronted by students who ask, "Why do
we have to learn this?" or "When am I going to use it?" These are vexing
questions for sure, and one suggestion might be to incorporate the history
and development of the field of mathematics into the formal study of the
subject. That is exactly what a dedicated team of individuals at the
Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics decided to do when they created the online magazine,
Convergence. The magazine contains a wide range of materials for educators,
including animated mathematical demonstrations that can be downloaded for
classroom use and discussions of particular problems from an historical
context. On the magazine's homepage, visitors can view featured articles,
take a look over the "Critic's Corner", and use the "Show Me" search engine
to look for new and compelling additions. [KMG]

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Visualizing Economics
http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/

Taking a page from Adam Smith, the motto of this delightful site is "Making
the 'Invisible Hand' Visible." Under the guidance of Catherine Mulbrandon,
the site brings together economic data and the powerful techniques of
information visualization. She does this quite effectively through such
thematic maps as "Where do Britain's rich and poor live?" and the "United
States Household Income Map". Visitors can make their way through the maps
here at their leisure, and also post their comments as they see fit.
Additionally, users can look through the "Most Popular Posts" area and sign
up to receive updates about new maps via email. Overall, the site is quite a
find, and could even be used to spark debate and discussion in the classroom
or around the break room. [KMG]

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Southwell Union Workhouse, 1834-1871 [pdf]
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp

Visitors to the digital archive of the Southwell Union Workhouse with an
interest in British history and the broader concerns of social welfare will
be positively enthralled. Visitors without an interest in this subject may
very well leave with the desire to learn quite a bit more. Recently, The
National Archives in Britain digitized records from 1834 to 1871 that
document the history of this well-known institution. Along with learning
about the history of these places more generally, visitors will find
correspondence between the administrators of the workhouse and the central
authorities, along with details of individual paupers and workhouse staff.
Visitors might wish to start at the "Introduction" area, and then move along
to the search engine. Finally, the "Further Information" area contains
additional links that provide additional context on the subject of
poorhouses. [KMG]

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>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Cosmic Calendar
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/universe/itsawesome/cosmiccalendar/index.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/ypr8dj

The Universe in One Year
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/universe/itsawesome/cosmiccalendar/page2.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2a6awy
From the site:
“Imagine that the history of the universe is compressed into one year—with the big bang occurring in the first seconds of New Year’s Day, and all our known history occurring in the final seconds before midnight on December 31. Using this scale of time, each month would equal a little over a billion years. Here’s a closer look at when important events would occur when we imagine the universe in one year… The Universe in One Year was inspired by the late astronomer, Carl Sagan (1934-1996). Sagan was the first person to explain the history of the universe in one year—as a “Cosmic Calendar”—in his television series, Cosmos.”

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See Also:
Cosmic Calendar (From The Dragons of Eden - Carl Sagan, 1977)
http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~dlamenti/links/cosmiccal.html

Sites found in:
22 September 2007 Earth Science Sites of the Week

LINK GEOLOGY TO THE WORLD, (suggested by Virginia Malone, educational
consultant, Hondo, TX), Link geology to the history of the world. This
allows you to tell a story when you teach. People remember stories. see
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/download/docs/geohistorical.pdf
for a starting point. Another is
http://www.eduhound.com/ewarchives/091307ew.html
Information at this site is easily linked to the importance of soil in the development of
civilization.

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NATIONAL ICE CORE LAB (suggested by Cher Cunningham, Science Information
and Education Office, USGS) Discover how the preservation and study of
ice cores contribute to important research on paleoclimate and current
climate change models. The site, located in Denver, CO, contains a good
photo gallery of the collection and storage process and provides
information for arranging a tour of the facility.
http://nicl.usgs.gov/

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TIDE RESOURCES, various sources, (suggested by Martin Schmidt,
McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD). Overall, I've found tides can be
drastically different from what the theory would say they should be
based on the sun & moon locations. So I use an analogy: We all know
our cars are powered by gasoline (no gas, no go!), but there are also
lots of other things that determine exactly how your car runs on any
given day. Similarly, the sun & moon power the tides, but there are
also lots of other factors that determine exactly how high the tide will
be on a given day & time.

Graphs of tides in 5-day blocks: http://www.tidelinesonline.com/

Various ways to display: http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/tideshow.cgi

And from here: http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tide_pred.html , you can
also go to this one: http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/ (not the same as
the first one in this list).

Nice monthly calendar, but just for a specific place:
http://www.sanfelipe.com.mx/weather/tide_calendars.html

Good info on tides in general:
http://w3.salemstate.edu/~lhanson/gls214/gls214_tides.html

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THE EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ENCYCLOPEDIA, from the Paris, France
Observatory. (suggested by Cheryl Dodes, Weber Middle School , Port
Washington, NY,) The site has an interactive database of extrasolar
planets discovered so far. Also, a tutorial on the search for
extrasolar planets, the search for life, masses and orbital distances
for many known exoplanets, etc. The graphs, data charts, etc. are
interesting sources for eccentricity, etc.

http://exoplanet.eu/

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ANIMATIONS: Ocean wave simulator, PBS, (suggested by Mike Smith).
Manipulate how fetch, wind speed, and duration impact wave height.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/multimedia/wavemachine.html
[NOTE: Home page http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/index.html previously posted. - Phyllis ]

and a related animation:

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1604/es1604page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/5vawv

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Mark Francek
Professor of Geography
Central Michigan University
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/

--------Forwarded Message--------
Site of the Day for Wednesday, September 19, 2007

WWF's Polar Bear Tracker
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/arctic/polar_bear/index.cfm
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2k7d2h

Today's site, from the World Wildlife Federation in conjunction with the
Norwegian Polar Institute, offers a look at some of the polar bears of the
European arctic region, whose lives are being tracked and recorded. Gentle
Subscribers will discover information about this threatened species from
the unique perspective of their movements across the frigid northern
region.

"For the last 4 years, the WWF-Canon Polar Bear Tracker has followed polar
bears in the Arctic. Their positions are beamed from collars on the bears'
necks, via satellite to scientists, and then to this website. It allows us
to get regular updates about how the polar bears behave in their arctic
environment and how they may be affected by climate change." - from the
website

At one time the WWF was tracking two polar bears in North America's Arctic
region but they lost the bears. The present initiative has been watching
over the movements of four polar bears in Northern Europe and the Beaufort
Sea area of Alaska. Visitors can locate each bear's current position on the
site map by mousing over the polar bear listing, and catch up on their
summer activities through the field reports. In addition, information about
polar bear diet, family, characteristics and habitat is available, along
with material on how their existence is under threat from various sources.

Roam over to the site for a special look at these splendid polar bears at:

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/arctic/polar_bear/index.cfm
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2k7d2h

[NOTE: Other pages from http://www.panda.org/previously posted. - Phyllis ]

A.M. Holm
view the List archives on the web at:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/sotd

Sites found in:
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PBS Teachers Newsletter: January 6- 12, 2008
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Media Infusion: Bringing Jane Austen into the 21st Century Classroom
Online
Grades: 9-12

Education Technology expert Carla Beard writes about why Jane Austen's 18th century
novels are important to today's 21st century students. Beard offers tips for how to teach
Jane Austen to tech-savvy students with activities such as blogging from an Austen
character's point of view or creating a Facebook page for their favorite character.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/mediainfusion/
Starting in January 2008, Masterpiece will be airing films of all six Jane Austen novels.
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Masterpiece Theater
Literary History Timeline
Interactive/Online Activity
9-12

Explore a broad overview of the concurrent lifetimes of major
authors during the two-hundred-year period between 1800 and
2000. Examine information about authors and their major works.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/learningresources/literary_timeline.html
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/3xkafj
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Nature
The Desert Lions
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The world's most extraordinary population of lions lives in the
Namib Desert on Africa's wild and forbidding Skeleton Coast.
Philip Stander, a Namibian carnivore specialist, first spotted
these desert lions in the mid-1980s, watching in disbelief as a
lioness killed a fur seal in the waves and dragged it five
miles inland to feed her cubs. Twenty years later, the lions
reappeared, giving him a second chance to unravel their
secrets. (CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/desertlions/

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NOVA
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
On-Air & Online
6-8 / 9-12
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
This two-part special presents the epic story of humanity's
struggle to master extreme cold. This NOVA special re-creates
groundbreaking discoveries across four centuries that expanded
our knowledge of low temperatures and led ultimately to today's
cutting-edge "cold technologies." Its memorable characters
range from a 17th-century court magician who rigged a primitive
form of air conditioning in Westminster Abbey to the original
Captain Birdseye, who invented frozen food. Part one of two.
(CC, Stereo, HD, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/zero/

[NOTE: See teaching guide pasted below. – Phyllis ]

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Slavery and the Making of America
The Downward Spiral
On-Air & Online
9-12
Friday, January 11, 2008
This groundbreaking series chronicles the institution of
American slavery from its origins in 1619 through the arrival
of the first 11 slaves in the northern colonies, the American
Revolution, the Civil War, the adoption of the 13th Amendment
and Reconstruction. The first hour covers the period from 1619
through 1739 and spotlights the origins of slavery in America.
(CC, Stereo, 1 year)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

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Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:21:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [NOVA Teachers] Absolute Zero airs January 8, 2008

In next week's airing of "Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold," NOVA
brings the history of cold to life with historical recreations of
great moments in low-temperature research and interviews with
historians and scientists to reveal how civilization has been
profoundly affected by the mastery of cold. The second part of the
two-hour program will air the following week. (Subjects covered:
chemistry, physics, properties of matter)

Regards,
Karen Hartley
Teachers Editor
NOVA Web Site
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/
E-mail: NOVA_Teachers@wgbh.org

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NOVA presents "Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold"
Broadcast: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero
(NOVA airs on PBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings as
broadcast dates and times may vary. This program can be used up to
one year after it is recorded off the air.)

Watch the Program
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/program.html
Watch the entire program online after the broadcast date.
(Quicktime or Windows Media required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Absolute Hot
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/hot.html
Learn in this article why whether there is a corresponding
hottest hot to the coldest cold is not the easiest question to
answer. (Grades 9-12)

The Conquest of Cold
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/conquest.html
Read about the impact of refrigerated railway cars on native
cultures in this excerpt from Tom Shachtman's Absolute Zero and
the Conquest of Cold, the book on which the NOVA program was
based. (Grades 9-12)

A Sense of Scale
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/scale.html
Explore in this interactive the range between absolute zero to
what the theoretical highest possible temperature. (Flash plug-in
required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)

Ultracold Atoms
http://www.pbs.org/nova/zero/atoms.html
Learn the ins and outs of a new form of matter called a
Bose-Einstein condensate in this interview with researcher and
physics professor Luis Orozco. (Grades 9-12)

Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/nova/teachers/programs/3501_zero.html
In this classroom activity, students build and calibrate their
own bulb thermometers. (Grades 6-8)

Program Transcript
http://www.pbs.org/nova/transcripts/3501_zero.html
The site includes a complete narration for this program.

Additional Interactives
Learn your way around a refrigerator, design a thermometer
online, conduct your own experiment in cold research, play an ice
trade game, and more in the additional interactives that will be
available on this site.

Plus Watch a Preview and Links & Books.

Famous Poets and Poems!
http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/
Includes Poet of the Month, Poem of the Month, Famous Quotes from Poems, and more.
Search alphabetically by name or by century of birth.
See also: Poets by Nationality Contemporary Poets Women Poets
African American Poets Nobel Prize Poets

AdLit.org
http://www.adlit.org/
From the site:
“AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.”

The MashUp
http://www.adlit.org/mashup/
A Blog About Books for Teens

Short video clips about Sherlock Holmes from Biography Channel.
Click on the first one and the others will follow. NOTE: an occasional commercial.

bio.video: Sherlock Holmes: CSI
http://www.biography.com/broadband/main.do?video=bio-top250-sherlockholmes-csi
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/33goa5
Video clip explores how Sherlock Holmes used modern forensic methods to solve crimes.

bio.video: Sherlock Holmes: Holmes Dispels a Myth
http://www.biography.com/broadband/main.do?video=bio-top250-sherlockholmes-myth
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2mdtyq
Video clip explains how Holmes showed that crimes were not committed solely by the lower class, but by the wealthy as well.

bio.video: Sherlock Holmes: The Agent of Doom
http://www.biography.com/broadband/main.do?video=bio-top250-sherlockholmes-agentofdoom
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2tne5k
Streaming video clip depicts the final scene from the last Holmes adventure and includes an interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

bio.video: Sherlock Holmes: The Original Holmes
http://www.biography.com/broadband/main.do?video=bio-top250-sherlockholmes-original
Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/2jaow6
Streaming video clip includes an interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle explaining the real-life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.

Sites found in:
Connect-Eng
The newsletter of Web English Teacher
September 23, 2007


What’s new at Web English Teacher?

Ambrose Bierce
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bierce.html
Lesson ideas for “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” more

Robinson Jeffers
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/jeffers.html
Lesson ideas, criticism, and links to poems

Jack Prelutsky
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/prelutsky.html
Lesson ideas for Scranimals and other poems.

Oscar Wilde
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/wilde.html
Lesson plans for The Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sites to Check Out:

The Dickens Project
http://dickens.ucsc.edu/
Do you teach a Dickens novel? You may find helpful resources at this site.
[NOTE: Previously posted. URL updated. - Phyllis ]

Grammar Grater
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/grammar_grater/
This weekly podcast from Minnesota Public Radio explores punctuation, easily confused words, and more. Read it, listen online, or save it to your iPod.

Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
This newsletter is copyright 2007, Web English Teacher.

PlantFacts
http://plantfacts.osu.edu/
“PlantFacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center.”
[NOTE: Previously posted. URL updated. – Phyllis ]

Henriette's Herbal Homepage
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/index.html
Includes: Herb FAQs, Articles, Classic Texts, Plant Names, Photos, and more

Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/
From the site:
“The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.”
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Plants Gallery
http://plants.usda.gov/gallery.html
From the site:
“The PLANTS Gallery emphasizes photos and line drawings of U.S. plants”
[NOTE: Previously posted. - Phyllis ]

Bessie Chin Library, Redwood High School
http://rhsweb.org/library/siteindex.htm
Index to subject pages of internet links

Interesting browsing. Some pages:

Plants & Gardening
http://rhsweb.org/library/botany.htm
[Dewey numbers: 580; 635]
A directory of internet sites dealing with botany.

Life Sciences and Zoology Links
http://rhsweb.org/library/lifescience.htm
[Dewey numbers: 570-599]
From the site:
“This page has links mostly to sites about biology in general and sites about animals (zoology).”

Environmental Science
http://rhsweb.org/library/ecology.htm
[Dewey numbers: 333.7-9; 340s; 363.7-9; 577; 616.9]

Libraries and Library Studies
http://rhsweb.org/library/library_resources.htm
[Dewey numbers: 020s]