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DBE Bookmarks



Durham Board of Education's Bookmarks

Always preview a site before using it with your class. External links have not been checked for suitablilty with respect to these bookmarks. The creators of these bookmarks assume no liabilty and make no guarantees regarding the accuracy of the locations or their content.These sites have been assembled to permit teachers easy acess to a wide range of sites on the Internet that they may find valuable.The list is by its nature highly selective and constantly changing. Suggestions are always welcome.
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Virtual Reference Desk

This is the reference section of your library.

Information Services

Government

Canadian

Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
Hansard: Debates of the House of Commons of Canada
InterGov On-Line Information Kiosk
Statistics Canada

International

Central Intelligence Agency Home Page
U.S. Bureau of the Census
United Nations
Welcome To The White House

Libraries around the World

Traditional Libraries

Bodleian Library WWW Server (Oxford, U.K.)
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress site - the official American depository of publications.
National Library of Canada
Portico: The British Library On-Line
Special Libraries Association: Toronto Chapter. Members' Sitings -- News (journals, papers, wires)
The New York Public Library Home Page
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Virtual Libraries

Kids Web - A WWW Digital Library for Schoolkids
Multicultural
Wealth of resource on many countries-- maps, facts, photos, trips, etc.
The Internet Services List
Welcome to Amazon.com Books! Earth's Biggest Bookstore
Welcome to UnCoverWeb!
World-Wide Web Virtual Library

Media Sites

Magazines

BYTE Magazine
Discover
Ecola: Newsstand
Economist (U.K.)
Education, Technology, Information, Virtual Museums, Oldies & Goodies, Planning, Staff Development, Consulting, ZINE, Poetry, Electronic Publishing, Futures, Site-Based Decisions, Parents, Kids, Parenting, Gallery
Maclean's
An on-line version of the weekly newsmagazine
Maclean's Magazine (Canada)
Money Magazine
National Geographic - Main Page
Travel with National Geographic to exotic places- past, present, and future.
PC Computing
PC Magazine
PC MAGAZINE on the Web
PC WORLD Online
PC/COMPUTING magazine
The Electronic Newsstand

Newspapers

Canadian

Canada NewsWire Ltd.
Durham News
Financial Post
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail
Internet Services
Metroland Community Newspapers
Community weekly or semi-weekly newspapers that provide community information for the GTA
Ottawa Citizen
Southam Newspapers in Canada
National site for Southam's ten daily newspapers
The Toronto Sun (Toronto)
Torstar Electronic Publishing Ltd. - Front Page
Weekly Review of Canadian News Coverage
A weekly summary of Canadian news stories, compiled by the Canadian Press Office in Washington, DC

International

Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
E&P Directory of Online Newspapers
Ecola: Newsstand
New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner
San Jose Mercury News
Straits Times Interactive Home Page
The Comic Strip ®
TimesFax
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post (Washington, U.S.)

Television

CBC Newsworld OnLine (Canada)
CCN NewsNet Home Page
CNN Interactive (U.S.)
Turner Broadcasting

Museums

Canadian

Canadian Heritage Information Network
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation home page
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Take a virtual tour to Kleinberg, the official home of Canada's famous Group of Seven.
Royal Ontario Museum - Home Page
Welcome to the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC)
Tour the galleries at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Included are First Nations, Children's Museum, Postal History of Canda and other tours. Join the Museum online at no cost and access its virtual tour.

International

Electronic Field Trip to the United Nations
All you ever wanted to know about the United Nations. A PBS Site
Global Show-n-Tell Museum Wings
Hands On Children's Museum
History of Science Museum - Florence Italy
IMSS - Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence Italy
Natural History Museum (London, U.K.)
Research Exchange with PIN
The Exploratorium is a museum of science
The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 650 interactive "hands on" exhibits. Each year more than 660,000 visitors come to the Exploratorium, over 67,000 children come on field trips, and more than 500 teachers attend professional development programs which focus on inquiry-based teaching and learning in the K-12 classroom.
The Smithsonian Institution Home Page

Internet Searching

Documentation of Online Resources

APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet
Classroom Connect: REVISED How to Cite Internet Resources (10/96)

Guides & Indexes

A Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines
Canadian WWW Central Index
Deja News - Power Search Form
Free-Nets & Community Networks
Hints & Tips for Searching the Internet
Introduction to Boolean Searching
Road Map to the Internet - Index
Good Internet Sites from the Technological Horizons in Education Magazine.
Scott's Internet Hot List
Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques
The Guide to Searching the Internet
The Search Is Over

Search Engines

AltaVista Technology
Classroom Connect Search Page
Excite Home
Four11 Online User Directory
HealthGate - Free MEDLINE
HotBot
Infoseek
Infoseek Ultra
Lycos Internet Directory
Net Search
Netscape's Net Search feature-- an excellent starting point.
NLN - Search Engine - written in Java
This search engine is powerful but it takes time to learn.
Open Text Index - Power Search
Point
ProFusion
Real-Time Magellan Searches
Search.com
Web Search Cheat Sheet
Web Search Using Swish
WebCrawler Searching
Welcome to Magellan!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Canada
Yahooligans!
Kids' version of Yahoo. A safe and interesting site.

Reference Tools

Ask Questions on the Internet

Ask a Volcanologist
We have tried to think of all sorts of neat things to show you about volcanoes, but we aren't smart enough to think of everything. So, this is your chance to ask us anything about volcanoes that you want. The people who will answer are Scott Rowland in Hawaii, Chuck Wood and Steve Mattox in North Dakota, and if we get stumped, other volcano experts from around the world.
ASK SHAMU - A question about the marine environment
Ask Shamu a question about marine life. Just type in your question and E-Mail it.
Ask the Harkster - Geography of Canada
As far as we know, nobody has ever stumped the Harkster with any question concerning the geography of Canada.
Harold Vanasse, Meteorologist - Ask a question about weather!
How's the weather, Harold? - This is your chance to have a weather question answered by an expert. Just an E-Mail away!

Corporate Sponsored

555-1212.com
AJR NewsLink
Ancestry Search-the #1 Genealogy Site on the Internet
Start here is you are a budding genealogist.
Animal Information Database
This is the animal information database at Sea World. It contains many useful links to animals. It is a commercial site that is updated often.
AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
BigBook
BigYellow - The Biggest Online Yellow Pages Directory!
biography.com
Britannica Online
City.Net Travel by Excite
Consumer World
Discovery Online
HealthGate - Free MEDLINE
Free MEDLINE- The official medial database.
IBM Patent Server Home Page
InfoSpace - The Ultimate Directory
LookSmart - Directory
MapQuest! Welcome!
Merck & Co., Inc., Health Care Information
National Parent Information Network
Nerd World : Easy Access Category Tree
OneLook Dictionaries, The Faster Finder
An online dictionary and glossary where searches can be limited by topic or term.
Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
An old favourite - online.
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Webster's Dictionary: Hypertext Interface
Welcome to the Electric Library
A commercial service for searching full text articles and pictures. Worth the $9.95 cost per month. You can try the service for a short period for free.
West's Legal Directory (WLD)

Goverment Sponsored

Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page
CIA Publications (Including the CIA World Fact Book)
Latest release from the CPI
Library of Congress Home Page
National Atlas on Schoolnet/L'Atlas national sur le Rescol canadien
Other National Government on the Internet - Reseignements d'autres gouvernements nationaux
Contains gov't files and info for a number of countries. Part of the opengov site sponsored by Industry Canada
Strategis - Industry Canada Quick Site List
Company Information, Business Information by Sector provided by Industry Canada
The Government of Ontario
Ontario's official web page

Independent

Dictionary of Computing Contents
My Virtual Reference Desk - Virtual Facts on File
References at a glance on a wide variety of subjects.
PROJECT GUTENBERG INDEX

University Sponsored

Bartleby Library: Columbia University
Bible Browser Basic Home Page
Crossword and Scrambled Word Solver - Jumble!
If you're like me, the scrambled words and crossword puzzles in the newspaper are an exercise in frustration tolerance. No longer! Let the computer do the work!
OH CANADA!
Virtual Hospital Home Page

Education Sites

A list of sites with excellent curricular potential for professional and classroom application including educational, commercial, governmental, & organizational origins.

Administration

Acceptable Use Policy Ideas

Going Online in School
Helpful hints for child safety, parental involvement, and links to good AUP's.
How To Use Explorer & RSACi
How to setup Internet Explorer to prevent access to non-registered sites. This technique is not foolproof but is useful as a preventitive measure.
Project OPEN - The Online Public Education Network
Good site for privacy, parental empowerment, intellectual property rights and issues surrounding use of the Internet. Project OPEN is a partnership of the Interactive Services Association, the National Consumers League and leading online and Internet companies to help consumers get the most out of going online.
The Freedom Page: Library Policies Archive
Lots of links to Acceptable Use Policies in American and Canadian schools

Corporate

Berit's Best Sites For Children
List of Best Sites for Children! Each site has been carefully selected, reviewed and given a rating out of 5.
Classroom Connect
A great educational site for teachers that are interested in finding out more about the Internet and how they can use it with their students. - American Site
Education Week on the Web
American Education's Online Newspaper of Record - Details of Education this week.
Education World (tm) Search Engine
A great site for educational topics on the Internet
Family Education Network (/index.asp)
A good starting point for Education Links
Horizon Home Page
Their mission is to inform educators about the challenges that they will face in a changing world and steps they can take to meet these challenges.
IBM K-12 Education
IBM's site for educators. Lots of interesting reading and ideas.
Pitsco Technology Education Web Site
This site provides you with leadership through the latest products in technology education, commitment to serving your needs and providing you with new ideas.
Yahoo! - Education:K-12:Resources
A great list of educational resources

Durham Board of Education Curriculum

Intermediate Curriculum Links on the Internet

Compiled by Joan Bowness - Library Media Facilitator

Geography

Sites with generalized geographic info.

Grade 7 - Patterns in Physical Geography

The DBE Grade 7 Geography Curriculum

Environments in the News

Relief
The Canadian Red Cross Society - an international relief agency for victims of natural disasters, wars, etc.
Yahoo! - Society and Culture:Environment and Nature:Disasters
Yahoo's Natural Disasters Category provides many links to sites with information on volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc. as well as disaster relief agencies

Fragile Environments

TP Lesson Plan Category: Environment
Some good ideas for local environmental issues which students could address in their communities.
TP Lesson Plan Category: Water
Ready-made lesson plans on environmental issues associated with water
Yahoo! - Science:Earth Sciences:Oceanography
A fragile environment: Yahoo's oceanography topic page with many links to specific topics.
Yahoo! - Science:Ecology
Yahoo! - Science:Ecology:Ecosystems
Yahoo's ecosystems category links students to topics dealing with deserts, oceans, rainforests, wetlands, etc.

Our Community is Unique

LINKS TO SITES WITH OTHER INFORMATION ON THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE
Lots of information on the Oak Ridge Moraine, a major geological feature of Durham Region
TP Lesson Plan Category: Community
Ready-made lesson plans associated with community studies and local issues

Resources

City.Net Argentina
Travel to Australia via City.net
City.Net Australia, Queensland
City.net's Queensland site
City.Net New Zealand
Travel to New Zealand via City.net
Los Gauchos!
All you really wanted to know about gauchos : their real working lives and their romanticized lives.

River Systems

Index of /natzoo/zooview/exhibits/amazonia/slideshw/
View a series of slides of Amazonia, the area of the Amazon River Basin

World Patterns in Physical Geography

CCRC/GRG's Weather & Satellite Page
Links to various weather maps, television channels, weather satellites, etc.
Home Page of VolcanoWorld
Learn all about volcanoes around the world, including up-to-the-minute data on current eruptions. .
Hydrologic Cycle
Mackenzie River Trip Aug-93
Take a trip down the Mackenzie River with people who travelled and recorded their adventures.
Plate Tectonics
Images and links to other information regarding Continental Drift Theory
The Water Table
A science experiment, including a diagram of the hydrological cycle
TP Lesson Plan Category: Weather
Ready-made lessons plans on the topic of weather
Volcanoes and Global Climate Change
A brief article discussing environmental changes caused by volcanoes
Welcome to Weather Workstation 2.0
Excellent lessons and projects, at varying levels of expertise and interaction, for students from Grades 6 to 12 on meteorology
Yahoo! - Science:Earth Sciences:Hydrology
Yahoo's hydrology site with links to other water table/hydrological information
Yahoo! - Science:Earth Sciences:Meteorology
Yahoo's meteorology site with excellent links to other resources

Grade 8 - Patterns of Human Geography

The Grade 8 DBE Geography Curriculum

Manufacturing

History of Honda Motor Co., LTD
A history of the Honda Motor Company's world-wide operations
HONDA
Honda's history, including a listing of the products it has produced over the years
Japan External Trade Organization / Toronto
This trade organization advertises the benefits of trade with Japan.
Labour Market - Major Employers
A listing of major employers in Durham Region.

Migration & Mobility

Canadian Legislation and Policy for Refugees, Immigration and Citizenship
Ethnologue Database, by Language Family
Organizes all world language according to language families by geographic regions
Immigration Terms: Glossary

Patterns of Our Communty

Durham InfoNET - Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Home page of DurhamNet with many links to tourism, entertainment, municipal, educational, and other information within the region.
Durham Region - Table of Contents
Official page for Durham Region with current information on departments, municipalities, etc.. Good links to each topic.

People in Transition

Aboriginal Peoples of North America
A listing of North American aboriginal peoples
Ethnologue Database: Canada
Official Language statistics for Canada in 1991, including ALL first nation languages
Future World by Salk Middle School
A simulation game with good ideas for enacting life in the future, using the people in transition theme
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
Matters of SPIRIT -- Voices of Indigenous Peoples LINKS
Nunavut Planning Commission
The establishment of Nunavut in northern Canada will give the Inuit control of their ancestral homelands.
Yahoo! - Regional:Countries:Canada:Society and Culture:Cultures:First Nations
An excellent source for Native Canadian information on the Yahoo search engine.

Tourism

Caribbean Environmental Travel Contacts
Eco-tourism links in Caribbean, Central and South America
Caribbean Info Office
Costa Rica
Official tourism site for Costa Rica which includes maps, activities, sites, etc.
Section II: See the World
Be an armchair tourist and travel around the world - with a computer and a mouse
Tourism in Barbados
An official Tourism Barbados site
Tourism in Jamaica
Jamaica has been voted a top tourist destination. This is an official Tourism Jamaica site
Yahoo! - Regional:Countries:Canada
Travel in Canada via Yahoo.

World Patterns in Human Geography

My Virtual Reference Desk - Virtual Facts on File - World Religion Resources
Virtual facts on most of the world's major religions.
WWW Foreign Language Resources
Information, history, activies, and helpful hits for many world languages.
Yahoo! - Around the World
Information on Religions, culture, languages, people, politics, etc.
Yahoo! - Regional:CIA World Factbook
Geographic, demographic, economic, statistics of countries around the world --- and much more. An excellent reference site.

History

History - Grade 7

Community of New France

1755 - THE ACADIANS (3:20)
Information about the Acadians, including a movie clip.
CMC - Canada Hall, phase 1
Information on French Canadian farm life along the St. Lawrence river under the seigneurial system.
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Canada
An official Parks Canada presentation in both English & French. Includes the fortress of Louisbourg as part of a larger presentation on Cape Breton
People of New France
Research biographic information on many of the personalities associated with French Canadian history including such notables as Brebeuf, Frontenac, Champlain, etc.
Places: pre1760
Images of a large number of Canadian history sites for the pre 1760 period.
Note: These are .gif files so are slow to load.
quebec
A guided tour of Quebec City, including Place Royale, Lower Town, Winter Carnaval, etc.

Community of Upper Canada

1791 - CANADA ACT (1:36)
An excellent overview of Upper Canada, the province created by the Canada Act of 1791. Links to other topics such as Governor Simcoe, government, etc.
1791 - UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
United Empire Loyalists begin to arrive in Canada as a result of the American Revolution
Black Creek Pioneer Village
A video of Black Creek Pioneer Village with links to other Canadian historical sites.
City Of North York:Black Creek Pioneer Village
History: The creation of Upper and Lower Canada
An official Governement of Ontario site with links to other appropriate information
JOHN SIMCOE - 1ST LT-GOVERNOR OF UPPER CANADA
Ontario
A series of videos on history topics prior to 1867.
Distributed by Douglas & McIntyre
The Cabin
A log cabin, sitting in present-day Scarborough
War of 1812 - The Glengarry
The site of the Glengarry Light Infantry

Local History

Canadian Genealogy and History Links
My Virtual Reference Desk - Virtual Facts on File - Genealogy Resources

Native Communities

Brebeuf's Instructions to the Missionaries
Father Brebeuf gives instructions to his missionary friends on the proper way to interact with the Huron people.
Canadian First Nations: NATIVE AMERICAN and INUIT
A comprehensive site featuring links to a wide variety of Canadian Indian and Inuit resources, all divided by geographic regions
History of the Wyandot (Huron) People to 1614
An early history of the Huronia peoples.
Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons
A description of the fort build by the French missionaries and traders in Midland, ON.
SchoolNet's FIRST NATIONS HOMEPAGE
SchoolNet's First Nations section contains a wealth of information and links to other sites.
Yahoo! - Regional:Countries:Canada:Society and Culture:Cultures:First Nations:Art

History - Grade 8

Canada: A Changing Society

Strictly Canadian content
Yahoo! Canada

Conflict and Change

History: The rebellion of 1837

Shaping the Nation

British North America, 1866
A description of Upper & Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick prior to Confederation
Confederation 1867
Dominion of Canada, 1873
Canada adds a province
George Brown describes Charlottetown
George Brown, from Upper Canada describes the city from his viewpoint
Province House Nat'l Historic Site
The historic building in Charlottetown where Confederation was born
The British North America Act, 1867
The Act whereby Canada was declared a nation within the British Commonwealth
The Fathers of Confederation
Painting and biographical sketches of each of the Fathers of Confederation
The Mothers of Confederation
Biographical sketches of the wifes of the Fathers of Confederation
The Quebec Conference, 1864 - The Seventy-Two Resolutions
Resolutions from the pre-conference that led to the Charlottetown Conference

The Nation Expands

GHOSTS OF THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH - Home Page
Graphics, a quote by Pierre Berton and links to other Klondike information make this a useful site
Macdonald Introduces the National Policy, 1878
The Canadian Pacific Railway Charter, 1880
The Klondike Gold Rush
Imagese, stories, and poetry from the Klondike gold rush

Junior Curriculum Links on the Internet

Compiled by Bob Lamb - Computer Facilitator

Grade 4

Environmental Studies

Astronomy

Aeronautics Activities
AIR&SPACE Magazine
Astronomy Site of the Day
Astronomy WWW Sites
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
Canadian Space Contributions
CEPS/NASM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Garbo Astronomy image collection
Hubble Space Telescope
NASA - JSC Digital Image Collection
NASA Langley Research Center NASA Online
NASA Space Shuttle Web Archives
NASA Spacelink
NASA Teacher Resource Center Activities
NASA Thesaurus
NASA/Kennedy Space Center Home Page
Kennedy Space Center Home Page
NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM HOMEPAGE
Nerd World : ASTRONOMY
PLANET EARTH HOME PAGE - THE SOLAR SYSTEM
SKY Online - Sky Publishing Corporation
THE BEST of ASTRONOMY INTERNET SITES!
The Galaxy Page
The NASA Homepage
The Nine Planets
Views of the Solar System
Welcome to the Planets

Fruits & Seeds

Dandelion - Science Museum of Minnesota
Experiments
Investigating seed germination.
Seeds of Life
Seeds of Life - Links

Light & Colour

Fish Tank Optics
Classroom activitiees and experimentation procedures for elementary students
Infoseek Ultra - "light and colour"
Light, Colour and the Human Eye
Making a Prism
Making a Prism
Physical Science Lessons
A collection of physical science lessons and activities for elementary students.
The Exploratory Science Centre - Exhibit List
A UK source which features many science-related activites. This bookmark focuses on many exploratory activities related to light.

Mapping Unit

MAP MAKING - THE UPS AND DOWNS
Ready-made lesson plans for map-making units.
Virtual Tourist II World Map

Medieval Community

Castle on the Web
Middle Ages
Middle Ages Internet Links

Mountain Community

: A2Z : The World : Countries & Continents : Europe : Switzerland
Lycos' main Switzerland site, featuring links to many other sources of Swiss information.
Scenery/swiss_alps
Features 8 downloadable jpg images of Swiss scenery.
Some stuff about Switzerland
Links to many other sources of general and specific Swiss information, including Yahoo's guide to Switzerland. Multi-lingual access in the general information section.

Tropical Rainforest

Environment School Kit
Rainforest Workshop Educational Resources
Rainforest Workshop Educational Resources
SAVE THE RAINFORESTS!
SAVE THE RAINFORESTS!
THE AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST CONSERVATION SOCIETY
THE AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Rainforest - Science Museum of Minnesota
Tropical Rainforest - Science Museum of Minnesota
Welcome to the Rainforest Action Network Home Page
Welcome to the Rainforest Action Network Home Page
What's New! - Rainforest News
What's New! - Rainforest News

Grade 5

Environmental Studies

Brazil

Cultural Aspects and Community

Insects

Betty's Site
Betty's Site - For Bug Questions
Ask an online expert your bug questions.
Images of Insects and their Relatives
Insect Unit
Mini-Unit Topic: Insects
Science Center Lesson - Insect Study
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Machines

The Usefulness of Simple Machines

Mapping Unit

Nerd World : MAPS

Mexico

City.Net Mexico Categories
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel Mexico Travel
Nerd World : TRAVEL - MEXICO
The Mexico Travel Guide

New England

Whale Links

Weather

: A2Z : Science & Technology : Meteorology
: A2Z : Science & Technology : Meteorology
GLOBE Science Protocols
Interactive Activities for Students on:
Atmosphere/Climate
Hydrology
Biology/Geology
GLOBE Science Protocols
Interactive Activities for Students on:
Atmosphere/Climate
Hydrology
Biology/Geology
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
IntelliCast
IntelliCast
IntelliCast
Interactive Weather Browser
Interactive Reports from Weather Stations in USA, Canada, Mexico, & Cuba
Interactive Weather Browser
Interactive Reports from Weather Stations in USA, Canada, Mexico, & Cuba
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
The largest data centre in the world for climactic information
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
The largest data centre in the world for climactic information
NOAA Home Page
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (weather services; climatic prediction, satellite information, etc.)
NOAA Home Page
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (weather services; climatic prediction, satellite information, etc.)
The Daily Planet - UofI
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois
The Daily Planet - UofI
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois
The Weather Unit
Weather Here and There
Weather Here and There
Weather Here and There
Weather Information Superhighway
This area contains a comprehensive collection of the meteorological data, information, and image sites around the
globe. These sites contain products disseminated by, or derived from data from the NWS and other world weather
organizations.
Welcome To The Automated Weather Source Nationwide School Weather Network
Real-Time Weather Data
Welcome To The Automated Weather Source Nationwide School Weather Network
Real-Time Weather Data
Yahoo! - Science:Earth Sciences:Meteorology:Weather Phenomena
Information on Natural Disasters

Grade 6

Environmental Studies

Ancient Civilizations

King Tut
Artifacts found in Kin Tut's tomb in 1922. Links from the photographs to other information.

Australia

About Australia! - It's all here.
City.Net Australia Categories
The Australian Travel Information Exchange
Welcome to Australia Online!australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia

Japan

City.Net Japan Categories
Japanese Information
Joseph Wu's Origami Page
Kid's Window on Japan

Mapping Unit

Nerd World : MAPS

Rocks and Minerals

Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
Rockhounds Information Page
US Geological Survey: Ask-A-Geologist
As a geologist a question about minerals or rocks.

Sound

NH K-6 Science Curriculum Addendum - TABLE OF CONTENTS

Trees

Primary Curriculum Links on the Internet

Compiled by Laurel Galt - Instructional Facilitator
"Learning Train"
Children's Pages at WombatNet
Excite Reviews: Life & Style

Grade 1

Environmental Studies

All About Me

5 Senses
C_3: PARENTING: APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES , Self-Esteem
THE FIVE SENSES
Using the Senses as a Means of Observation
WORKSHOPS ON DEVELOPING SELF-ESTEEM IN CHILDREN

Cover-Ups

Cyber-Pet
Elementary Particles: What Do Bears Do?
ZooNet for Kids
ZooNet Kids at the Discovery Zoo

Exploring My Neighbourhood

Moving About

Animals Adapt to Land: Amphibians (ep2937g)
Cyber-Pet
Elementary Particles: What Do Bears Do?
How Animals Move
The NASA Homepage
ZooNet for Kids
ZooNet Kids at the Discovery Zoo

Special Days

The Month of Tishri

Structures

Grade 2

All Kinds Of Jobs

Careers
I Want To Be A Veterinarian
I Want To Be An Attorney
MN/Dot Office of Aeronautics
When I Grow Up: Page 2

Families

Fun With Food

Food Family and Fun
Food Fun For Kids
Fun things to do w/ your food

Native Wild Animals

Cyber-Pet
National Wildlife Federation -- Education, Teacher Resource
Pittsburgh Zoo - Wildlife
ZooNet - All about Zoos!

Plants

Plants
Plants Conquer The Land (ep2911g)
Plants grades K-3
Plants, Animals, and the Environment

Special Days

The Month of Tishri

Grade 3

Canadian Communities

Banff National Park
Canadian Communities
First Page/Première page - Parkdale/Toronto
Grade Three Social Studies - Identity(Comparing Canadian Communities)
Nova Scotia Tourism
Our Home/Notre foyer
The Month of Tishri
Title Page Inuit
Where we live
Yahoo! Canada

Change

Acid Rain Program's Home Page
Grade Three Science - Heating and Cooling
Insect life cycle
Weather grades K-3

Community Of Living Things

Elementary Particles: What Do Bears Do?
Pittsburgh Zoo - Wildlife
ZooNet - All about Zoos!

Keeping Our Community Clean

Air Pollution, Innovative Technologies, Emission Reduction
Great Lakes Natural Resource Center Home Page

Kindergarten

Environmental Studies

Environment in Fall

.....fall.....winter.....spring.....summer....
Canada Climate
Experiments - Seeds
Introduction - Seeds Dispersal
Seasonal Health Safety Information
Squirrel Facts
Weather grades K-3

Environment in Spring

Earth's Weather
Science Center Lesson - Insect Study

Environment in Winter

Basic Weather Safety
Elementary Particles: What Do Bears Do?
The Amazing Ice Bunnies! (and other polar animals)
Title Page Inuit
wintershoes

Pets

Animal Tracks
Cyber-Pet
Did You Know
PAWS Home Page

Special Days

Government Agencies

B.C. Government - Curriculum & Resources Branch - Integrated Resource Packages
The Integrated Resource Package (IRP) combines four key elements of learning to form a functional curriculum overview
document. IRPs provide the basic information that teachers will require in order to implement the curriculum.
Canada's Schoolnet
Come join us and explore a wealth of resources, consult with on-line staff, or develop a collaborative project with Canada's SchoolNet.
Educators' Resources
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Home Page Excellent Materials - Lesson Plans, Curriculum-Based Activities.
Well worth the visit!
ENO/REO English
ENO/REO is an Ontario education telecommunications project.
Global SchoolNet
Today the Global SchoolNet Foundation, a non-profit corporation, is a major contributor to the philosophy, design, culture, and content of educational networking on the Internet and in the classroom. GSN has had an incredible impact on networking in the K12 community.
Info Zone:Research Skills Area
You are about to do research? While your journey will have switchbacks, chances are you will take a path that has these steps: wondering about something, seeking information, choosing information, connecting useful information you have found, producing information of your own in a new form and judging the entire process and your product.
Integrated Units - B.C. Ministry of Education
Units include: Applied Skills, Fine Arts, English, Career and Personal Planning, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education and International Languages
Other On-Line Educational Resources
Other On-Line Educational Resources contains links to General Catalogs and Subject Trees on Education.
The Community Learning Network from British Columbia:
The Community Learning Network from British Columbia: an excellent educational resource. CLN is designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.
TVO K-12 Teacher Links
K-12 Teacher Links on the Net
We've surfed the net looking for great web sites that are of interest to teachers.
TVO PD Online
TVOntario is now online with a professional development resource for all teachers.
Feel free to explore, and come back often to keep up to date on our new educational opportunities for teachers!
TVOntario English
TVOntario lists services, educational happenings, etc. on its web site. This is their official homepage.
U.S. Department of Education
This is American but still provides excellent links to current topics in education as well as publications that are of use to educators.
Voices of Youth Home Page
UNICEF Voices of Youth site. sponsored by the United Nations.

Independent

Busy Teacher's Web Site: Lesson Plans/Classroom Activities
This Site is designed to provide teachers with direct source materials, lesson plans / classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking, and to provide an enjoyable and rewarding experience for the teacher who is learning to use the Internet.
Judi Harris' Networked-Based Educational Activity Collection
This is a collection of 236 exemplary network-based educational activities, collected by Judi Harris. They are available through several different classifications:
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Home Page
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous
number of new World Wide Web sites.
The Canadian Kids Home Page
Over 300 pages, sorted by topic, that we have linked to over the past two and a half years.

Ministries of Education Websites

Alberta Education Website
B.C. Education - Home Page
Department of Education - (Saskatchewan) Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training
DRD - Quebec Education - Homepage
ENO/REO Home Page - Ontario Education Network
Manitoba Department of Education & Training
NB TeleEducation - Homepage
Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture
Ontario Ministry of Education and Training
Prince Edward Island Department of Education
Siksik - North West Territories
STEM~Net Newfoundland Homepage
Newfoundland Education Home Page
YESnet Home Page

Special Education Links

Attention Deficit Disorder
Deaf Education
Education of Special Needs Students
Gifted Education
Support Groups

University

AskERIC
AskERIC is.the award-winning Iternet-based education information service of the ERIC System, headquartered at the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Information & Technology at Syracuse University.
Collaborative Lesson Archive
Lessons from this lesson database are intended for distribution to other educators on a nonprofit basis. If you should distribute, please cite the source.
ERIC Digests
The search engine for all ERIC Digests. This is the fulltext database.
ERIC Query Form
ERIC Digests, a portion of the ERIC Database, are short reports on current education topics produced by each of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses. To search the fulltext database of ERIC Digests, go to the U.S. Department of Education WWW at
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/.
Teacher Resource Centre
The Teacher Resource Centre is Canadian and is co-operative effort by The Frontenac County Board of Education Frontenac/Lennox & Addington County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Lennox & Addington County Board of Education Queen's University

Subject Disciplines

Internet Sites organized by Subject Discipline

Art

A Picture of the Mona Lisa
A picture of one of the most famous paintings.
ANU Art History
This is a pay service for Digital Art Work
Art Gallery of Ontario
A visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
Crayola * Art Education
A corporate site that offers teachers and students art resources and projects.
Joseph Wu's Origami Page
How to produce Origami and learn the art of paper folding.
Kids' Space
A place for Kid's to share artwork and stories
Leonardo da Vinci Museum
The current exhibit displays images and information relating to Leonardo da Vinci.
Louvre World Wide Web
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nikolai's Web Site - Home Page!
An interactive playground for kids and adults.
Paris Pages Musee du Louvre
This museum holds many of the world's priceless treasures. Take a look at its collections of Egyptian, Oriental, Roman, and Greek objets d'art.
Treasures of the Czars
World Art Treasures
If you've got a question about writing or a finicky query about grammar, e-mail it to the grammar busters at Virginia Tech's Writing Center
World Wide Arts Resources - The largest gateway to the arts in the world.
Welcome to World Wide Arts Resources. We provide the biggest gateway to the arts on the Internet - from happening, groovin' art events to traditional planar exhibitions and museums to way out 3-D cyber galleries - you'll find it here!

Geography

Cartography

Cartography Resources: Commercial
Cartography Resources: Commercial Mapping Provided by the Virtual Library
Digital Relief Map of the US and Southern Ontario
See relief maps of the U.S. and Southern Ontario
Historical Map Repository
Image and Map Archive
MAP MAKING - THE UPS AND DOWNS
Hands-on activities for making topographical maps in the classroom.
MAP MAKING - THE UPS AND DOWNS
Hands-on activities for making topographical maps in the classroom.
MapQuest! Welcome!
National Atlas on Schoolnet/L'Atlas national sur le Rescol canadien
Maps of Canada and the World.
National Schoolnet Atlas
Nerd World : MAPS
Yahoo! - Science:Geography:Maps
Yahoo's map site with links to other related sites

Ecology

: A2Z : Science & Technology : Oceanography
Environment Canada
Environment School Kit
Kids' Action: Rainforest Animals
Parks Canada

Travel

: A2Z : The World : Countries & Continents
Arctic Circle
Environmental and indigenous peoples issues as well as other topics related to the Arctic Region
CIA World Factbook
City.Net
GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Regional Geography Resources
Subway navigator
travlang's Translating Dictionaries
A translating dictionary which converts the following languages to and from English:
German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Portuguese, Afrikaans, & Esperanto.
Virtual Tourist World Map
YPN: Travel

Health

Children's Medical Center Home Page
Dole's Five A Day Characters
HealthWorld Online Home Page
International Food Information Council Foundation
MEDLINE Advanced search
Preview The Heart
Search the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
The Heart: An Online Exploration
Tossed Salad Productions
U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Virtual Hospital Home Page

History

Canadiana

Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy Ridge
Canadian Confederation
Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page
The ultimate authority on all things Canadian.
History - Canada - Pre-1867
The Ultimate Index to Canadian history sites prior to Confederation
http://nybe.interlog.co...ry_dewey_folder/971.htm
The ultimate Dewey Decimal classification of Canadian topics - history, geography, travel, etc..
IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN CANADIAN HISTORY
Conduct a quick tour throughout Canadian history in 6 epochs from prehistory to the present.
Yahoo! - Regional:Countries:Canada:Arts:Humanities:History
An indexed database, from Yahoo, of Canadian historical events.

World

1492 Exhibit
Alexander the Great
Dead Sea Scrolls
Gateway to World History
Kelsey Museum Exhibit Galleries
Mary Rose Virtual Maritime Museum
Military history
Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
Splendors of Ancient Egypt Galleries
The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia
Treasures of the Czars

Language Arts

Anagram Creator Page
For Young Writers
Language Connect Home Page
Online Writing Lab - Homepage
Purdue University On-line Writing Lab
Requests for Keypals
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
Shakespeare - Complete Works
Sherlockian Holmepage
The Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Centre
Wacky Web Tales
Writing Across the Curriculum Page

Literature

Children's Literature

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Children's Literature Web Guide
KidLit Children's Literature Home Page
The Children's Book Council
The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site (3.0)

Science Fiction

Babylon 5
Cabinet of Dr. Casey - The Horror Web Page
Future Fantasy Bookstore - Home Page
Linköping Science Fiction & Fantasy Archive
Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5
Mel's Godzilla Page
Science Fiction Resource Guide
Science Fiction resources
Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion
SF-lovers
Star Trek Voyager

Math

A Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry
Amusing Mathematics Web Pages
Brain Teasers
Calculus&Mathematica
Elementary School Math
Eric's Treasure Trove of Mathematics
Frame-try
Frank Potter's Science and Math Gems
Geometry Forum Newsgroups
gopher://ericir.syr.edu...1/Lesson/NewLesson/Math
Internet Geometry Hunt
K-12 Activities
K12 and The Math Forum
K-12: Mathematics
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Math
Magic Squares
Math Central - Index
Math Forum - Geometry Problem of the Week
Math Forum Elementary Problem of the Week
Math Forum: K-12 Teachers
Math Sciences
Mathematical Animation Gallery
Mathematical games and recreations
Mathematics Archives Calculus Resources On-Line
Mathematics Archives WWW Server
Mathematics(Mathematics)
MathMagic!
Mathwright Library
MegaMath Text Menu
Synergetics Home Page.
The Home Page for TI Calculator Users
The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math
The Math Forum Home Page
This Is Mega-Mathematics!
Virtual Reality Polyhedra

Music

Classical MIDI Archives
King Biscuit Time
Music Education Online.html
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum
The Blue Highway
The Complete MIDI File Directory
The Music Educator's Home Page
World of Classical Music
WWW Virtual Library: Music

Science

: A2Z : Science & Technology : Earth Sciences & the Environment
Aurora Page
Discover Magazine
Earth and Moon Viewer
EnviroLink Pre Home Page
Largest online environmental resource in the world.
Environment Canada's Green Lane/Environnement Canada
Environment Canada's home page
English & French
Frank Potter's Science Gems
Hands-on Science Centers Worldwide
Hinterland Who's Who index
Home Page of VolcanoWorld
Home Planet Release 3
Physics Servers and Services Around the World
Science Learning Network: Home
Go behind the scenes and learn about the Science Learning Network.
The Electronic Zoo
The Florida Aquarium
Theater of Electricity
Welcome to our Brand New 1997 Virtual Zoo!
World Wild life Fund
Preservation of anials and plants around the world.
ZooNet - All about Zoos!

Sports

Directory of /pub/sports/PICTURES/gif
National Hockey League Official Web Site
SkateWeb: The Figure Skating Page
Sports Illustrated For Kids
World Wide Web of Sports

Miscellaneous

When sites don't fit in a particular section.

Computer Manufacturers

Adobe Systems Incorporated
One of the top suppliers of graphic software and desktop layout programs. Also the place to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
CorelNET (Corel Corporation)
A Canadian company famous for Wordperfect and Corel Draw!
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporate Home Page - Also contains drivers and assorted utilities for downloads.
Lexmark International, Inc. - Home Page
A former division of IBM that produces printers. Lots of information on current products and drivers are available for download.
Microsoft Corporation
Excellent starting point for an introduction to Microsoft and all their products and services.
Netscape
Excellent site to find out what is happening with the WWW and this site contains links to the various plug-ins required for special applications on the Internet.
Novell World Wide: Corporate Home Page
When it comes to networking this is the page to consult. Documentation and drivers are available for download.
Novell: Glossary of Networking Terms
A useful glossary of networking terms when you are confused about various acronyms
Welcome to Hewlett-Packard
Another manufacturer of printers. Complete documentation on current models and lots of files for download.

KeyPals

Classroom Connect's Teacher Contact Database
For many years, wired educators have been looking for an easy way to find other teachers who are interested in doing keypal exchanges, projects, and more. They've also been looking for a way to let other teachers know about the things they're doing online, so it would be easy for others to find them and join in.
Requests for Keypals
The IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) mailing lists are
provided by St. Olaf College as a free service to help teachers and classes
link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal
and project exchanges