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Photos - The site had nice, full-color photographs your family could enjoy.
Database or links - The site had a good database of links to similar sites, or it had a few worthwhile links to them.
Children - The site had photos and arrangement especially suited for children.
Information - In some instances (for example, in Archaeology), advanced information was provided for the serious young person or adult. We tried to avoid technical data, but our databases sometimes refer to it. If you cannot locate a given web site, try again later. We found that we cannot connect with some sites while friends elsewhere can, and vice versa. And some days we can connect, while at other times we cannot. So be patient.
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1 ARCHAEOLOGYArchaeology Online: The Dig Site Actual digs are shown, some as they occur via week-by-week updates. Very interesting. Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/index.html Photos of museum objects, plus Tour of Egypt with option of choosing the city to explore. Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html A vast collection of information about ancient objects, buildings, vases, coins, and archaeological sites. Underwater Archaeology http://www.pophaus.com/underwater/ Information on shipwrecks, articles, objects, and links to related sites. 2 ASTRONOMY AND SPACEHuman Spaceflight http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov NASA’s new home for manned mission information: both the space shuttle and International Space Station. Outstanding: SkyWatch, which tells you when and where the shuttle and station can be seen overhead with the naked eye. You can link directly to NASA TV from this site. The NASA Shuttle Web & International Space Station http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html All about the space station, Updated weekly. Solar and Lunar Eclipses http://www.skypub.com/eclipses/eclipses.shtml http://www.earthview.com/resources/links.htm Photos and discussion. HST’s Greatest Hits 1990-1995 http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BestOfHST95.html Photo gallery of spectacular images taken by Hubble Space Telescope. Webstars http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/www_info/webstars.html A collection of astronomical resource sites. Go to the images section to see all the photos. NASA Home Page Photos, historical data, etc. Solar System Simulator Simulator color renderings of any planet at any phase or time, prepared by science labs. Welcome to the Planets http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ Some of the best images from NASA’s planetary exploration program, plus information. More Planet Sites: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/sensors_page/planets.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html The Planet Mars http://www.arc.nasa.gov/fia/projects/bayes-group/Atlas/Mars/ Photos, atlas, and discussion of what Mars looks like. MarsNews Older and the latest news from or about Planet Mars. Constellations http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/ http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/astro/asp/constellation.faq.html Information and pictures of the several types of constellations, each of which contains millions to billions of stars. Starpages http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sf.htm The internet site which has master links to all sites about astronomers and astronomy. The Star Trails Society NASA-sponsored program to help you become involved in scientific research projects in astronomy, and other natural sciences. 3 BIOLOGYAll About Insects
http://www.insectman.us/ Insects: Incredible & Inspirational! All about how zoos operate Cells Alive! Animated graphics of real cells, moving around the screen. Natural Resources of Canada All about the forests of Canada (which has 10% of all the forests in the world). http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/survival/ Skelton’s African Wildlife http://www.nature-wildlife.com Photos of African wildlife. Wolf Links http://f.webring.com/hub?ring=vpwolfpack Rain Forest Adventures http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/ Insects, Bugs, Bees etc. http://www.winnipeg-bugline.com/insects 4 BOTANYBotany Images Thousands of pictures of plants, flowers, trees, fungi and other vegetation. Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org/welcome.html Information about the MBG, plus research information on flowering plants throughout the world. Many photos. Begin by going to "Plants in Bloom." Botanical Gardens Database of gardens and aboreta of U.S. and Canada. Plantlife links Links to sites
dealing with plantlife. 5 CHEMISTRYVisualizing Chemistry http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/ Resources, data, and images. 14 CHILDREN ONLYPreschool Printables http://www.preschoolprintables.com/ http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/ http://www.askthepreschoolteacher.com/ http://www.preschooleducation.com/ Cool Science for Curious Children http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience Interesting biological questions, answered by explanations, illustrations, animations, and projections based on children’s science museums across the nation. Earth Science Enterprise http://children.earth.nasa.gov Here is the NASA site for children! Something for all ages; so there is also data here for older youth and adults. PetStation Where you can go to learn more about your pet, and talk to others who have one. Pet Channel Pet of the Day Send in a photo of your pet, and he might become the pet of the day! Cat Sites http://www.cindydrew.com/cats/ Dog Sites http://www.canismajor.com/dog/ http://www.chazhound.com/doglinks/pages Birds and Bird Songs http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html Bird and other nature songs are at this site. Other bird sites include: http://www.theaviary.com/bi.shtml Ornithology http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ Still more about birds. Other Animals Horses: Hamsters: Rabbits:
http://www.forfarmers.com/ http://www.afrma.org/afrma/rmindex.htm http://www.rmca.org/Resources/faqs.htm Animal Awareness 6 COMPUTERSMuseum Network Tour through the Museum in Boston. Much here to see, learn, and do. CNET The latest news on computer virus, best price of a new system, etc. How to install a second hard drive, etc. Information for computer enthusiasts: news, reviews, commentary, etc. World Wide Web The people who make the rules for the internet!
7 CURRENT NEWSBoston Globe Online Boston Globe newspaper: breaking news stories updated every 30 minutes from Associate Press CNN Interactive Updated hourly. Banner at top lists latest stories. Discovery Channel Online Online news updated daily, in categories of history, technology, nature, exploration, and science. Electronic Telegraph London Daily Telegraph newspaper: News stories with British and European slant, most popular site in Europe. Time Daily http://www.time.com/time/index.html Time magazine: Much of the weekly content, without pictures. Stories from Time International also included. Archival data helpful. Not best source for daily news. 8 DISASTERSHow to Prepare for Disasters How to prepare for various types of disasters. Earthquake Information Information on earthquakes and recent ones. Updated every half hour. Global Map of Earthquakes http://cires.colorado.edu/people/jones.craig/EQimagemap/global.html Location of fault lines and strike points everywhere on the planet. More on Earthquakes http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html The last URL, above, consists of a large collection of links. Flood Locations http://www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/geog/floods/ Before you relocate, learn the areas where floods tend to occur. Hurricanes http://www.gobeach.com/hurricane/ http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/ Information on current hurricanes, and how to prepare for them. Tornadoes http://www.tornadoproject.com/ http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/stormchase.html Where they are happening, plus other information. Wildfires http://www.nifc.gov/information.html The current wildfire situation in the U.S. 9 EARTH SCIENCEMinerals Still more photos, databases, and information. Rock Collecting http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/table.html News, features, and lots of photos. Earth Science Learning Web http://www.usgs.gov/education/ A variety of information and data links to geological materials concerning the U.S. Volcano World Possibly the best site on volcanoes. Listings and photos of volcanoes, including current eruptions. Films take time to download. Volcanology
http://www.worldvolcanoes.info/ where you can
find useful information about volcanoes around the world. http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/ Description of several volcanoes, plus ongoing research at them. The Glacier Site All about Antarctica, its weather, expeditions, and worldwide effects. Also other glacial areas. 10 GARDENINGGardening Links Links to many gardening sources. Agview Database to most everything a gardener might want. 11 GEOGRAPHYColor Landform Atlas of the U.S. http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html Color landform maps of each of the 50 states, plus information about them. Three links (USYahoo, City Net, and Virtual Tourist) enable you to research about each state. National Mapping Information Up-to-date cartographic data for the U.S., plus related information. Encyclopedia of the Nations http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/
The Encyclopedia of the
Nations is a complete source for detailed
information about one hundred ninety three countries in the world,
information about the United Nations and the associated agencies, and World
Leaders. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pnhtml/pnhome.html About 4,000 images of a wide variety of things in the U.S., from 1851 to 1991. Some foreign countries included. TerraServer http://terraserver.microsoft.com Aerial and satellite images of places on Earth. Simply type in or click on a location, then see bird’s-eye views and street maps. Map Machine http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html Click on the area you want, and zoom in to a map of a specific continent or country (either a political or physical map). Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html Color maps from throughout the world, over 300 U.S. maps, plus historical maps of all the continents, and links to other map sites. More Localized Maps http://maps.live.com/?q=&FORM=BDNR Local maps in cities and towns, plus cross-country ones—all customized to what you want. GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages Information about most any U.S. or foreign park you might wish to visit. Nice Geography Sites http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html List of geography servers throughout the world. Time Zones http://www.01digital.com/time/ Learning the time zone any town on earth is in. http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html More about Time and Time Zones 12 GOVERNMENTWorld Factbook This Central Intelligence Site includes the World Factbook, which is filled with data on foreign countries. Congress.Org Complete Congressional directory, today’s schedules, and more. Thomas Web
See what is happening in Congress this week. Review the
full text of recent House and Senate bills, summaries of pending
legislation, daily updates to Congressional Record. Find e-mail addresses
for all members and committees, and all C-SPAN transcripts. FedWorld A large site, which can be browsed from a catalog or keyword searches. Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct Supreme Court decisions, plus current calendar. Too technical for most people. Library of Congress Documents, photos, sound recordings, plus new exhibitions and features. Can be searched. You will never see it all! The American President A virtual walk through each of six rooms, and what happens in each; plus more. The National Budget Simulation With a budget simulator, you have to trim the U.S. budget. 13 INVENTIONS AND PATENTSInventors Place Everyone in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. National Laboratories home.doe.gov/people/labsmap.htm Basic science research developments at Argonne, Brookhaven, Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Information about issued patents and patent applications. You can search its vast data base to see if your patent or trademark is already taken. Intellectual Property Network Search and see patent applications from the U.S. and other nations. Especially interesting: Gallery of Obscure Patents.
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15 MEDICAL AND HEALTHFirst Nine Months http://www.pregnancycalendar.com/first9months Photos of the changes inside the womb through the entire nine months. http://www.virtualpediatrichospital.org/ drkoop.com Health news and resources, by Dr. C. Everett Koop. More than 100 support groups and dozens of specific health topic areas. Its Drug Checker helps you check drug interactions. Mayo Clinic Health Oasis News on health, medicine, diseases. InteliHealth Health advice, from Johns Hopkins. Includes a Drug Resource Center with an index of drugs by brand and generic names, plus a medical dictionary. Natural Health Sites http://dmoz.org/Health/Alternative/Practitioners/ www.klevze.si/browse/Health/Alternative/Practitioners/ http://www.drmcdougall.com/index.html 16 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMSNatural History Museum Another large museum, this one in London. Download all the plug-ins, and start in. Oriental Institute Museum http://www.oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/OI_Museum.html Photographic archives and cultural information on temples, tombs, animals, clothing, etc., from the Far East. Treasures of the Louvre http://www.paris.org./Musees/Louvre/Treasures/ Antiques from Egypt, the Orient, Greece, and ancient Rome. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Much to see, and much to think about. Scrolls from the Dead Sea http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html This Library of Congress exhibit was organized from a special exhibit, and provides historical data plus views of some documents. Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum Joe Taylor, world renowned fossil hunter and restorer has put together this web site highlighting the work of his fossil museum. 17 PHOTOGRAPHYSmithsonian Photographs Online A very large collection of photographs of people and events. 18 REFERENCE AND GENERAL
Study Sphere Encyclopedia Britannica An outstanding collection. The entire encyclopedia--free! http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ Encyberpedia http://www.encyberpedia.com/ency.html Provides reference links to a variety of web encyclopedias. A number are devoted to specific topics (African wildlife, etc.) National Geographic Online http://www.nationalgeographic.com Updated daily, there is always something new. Fabulous archive of pictures and information. My Virtual Reference Desk Hundreds of sites to reference books are listed here. Roget’s Thesaurus The most helpful and comprehensive book of synonyms and related words. Museums on the Web http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html Web links to museums and archives. Many interesting destinations. Science and Technology Museums
Tying Knots 19 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUMSCalifornia Academy of Sciences A large site. Take an online tour of this large science museum, or select the topic or creature of your choice. Something new each week. Exploratorium You can work with some of the 650 interactive, hands-on exhibits in the Exploratorium. Ten special sites selected each month, which you may want to start with. American Museum of Natural History Regular exhibits plus special ones. Museum of Science and Industry Tours, exhibits, and lots more. The Franklin Institute Science Museum Each month, the staff selects five favorite web sites, and explains them. Boston Science Museum London Science Museum Discovery Begins Here Explore six science/social studies discovery sites. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Tour the museum and village. It is full of automobiles. It is the largest indoor/outdoor museum in the U.S. Virtual Museums Several dozen sites listed. 20 SCIENCE IN GENERALScience Daily The latest news from the world of science. If it is news about science, you are likely to find it in the Why Files, along with some in-depth analysis. The Mad Scientist Network Come with your science questions—and find the answers! The site’s Q&A archives have thousands of answres you can search through by keyword, subject, or date. Or ask a new one. More than 500 scientists provide answers. How Stuff Works How things work (batteries, engines, cellphones, etc.), with illustrations, explanation. The Cornell Science Gateway http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/ Future scientists will love this one. All about labs and resources in a dozen different fields. Plus scientific field trip links. Science Sources You name it and you find it. Nova Online Stories, illustrations, and videos about science topics. Microsoft Research Pictures, 3-D graphics, explanation of possible future developments in software. California Institute of Omniology The California Institute of Omniology is dedicated to Academic Freedom in Science. They research discoveries rejected by orthodox scientific communities. 21 SOCIAL STUDIESAmerican Sign Language An interesting study, which might help you help another. 22 STUDENT HELPSAsk Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/ Students and teachers: Send your math questions in an e-mail. 23 TRANSPORTATIONCars.com Source of information for car buyers and owners, links to car reviews. Also search for car sales. 24 TRAVELHawaii Caribbean What it is like in the Caribbean Lonely Planet Photos from all over the world. Russia http://www.travel-library.com/europe/russia/ U.S. National Parks http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/main.htm Information on all the National Parks in America. Antarctica 25 HISTORYAbraham Lincoln Online http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html Lincoln’s speeches and writings, comments about him, links, and more. Hiroshima and Nagasaki http://japan.park.org/Japan/Peace96/sakuin-e.html http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/ http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/ All about the first two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945. The Titanic Disaster http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/index.php http://www.titanic-online.com/ All about the April 14, 1912 disaster of this British passenger ship. Historic Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg was where much of the forming of the United States was debated. The Jerusalem Mosaic http://jeru.huji.ac.il/jerusalem.html Travel through Jerusalem. A very interesting site. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/ Details and pictures about each of these ancient structures, only one of which exists today. 26 WEATHEREarth Observatory http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov An "observation deck" on a satellite lets you look down on Earth, so you can investigate changes—taking place right now—for yourself. Hurricane Hunters http://www.hurricanehunters.com Fly into the eye of a hurricane with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Words and stills; no videos. Latest activities! El Nino and La Nina http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/home.html Primarily about El Nino, and plenty about it. Other Weather Images International Weather Reports http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basemaps/wworld1.htm Weather reports for most areas in the world. 27 ZOOLOGYAnimal Resources Sea World: Information and photos of animals and plants in the ocean. Animal Information A very great deal of information about animals, some of it technical. Zoo Atlanta Very interesting material, but pictures somewhat slow to load. Educational activities classified by grade level. The San Diego Zoo Information and pictures about America’s greatest zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society The Bronx Zoo takes you on an adventure with animals. Herpetology The branch of zoology which deals with reptiles and amphibians (snakes, lizards, frogs, etc.) The Interactive Frog Dissection http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/frog Virtual frog dissection program. Entomology http://www.ColoState.edu/Depts/Entomology/ent.html Said to be the best site on insects and their relatives. Beautiful pictures. Welcome to the Bug Club Lots of information for those interested in insects, plus links. All of it interesting to bug-lovers. Bee Research Center http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov A lot of information, and some pictures (including a zoom camera through the hive). Arachnology www.arachnology.be/Arachnology.html All about spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks. The Heart: An Online Exploration All about the heart and vessels. Photos, sounds, and lots more. Fish FAQ http://www.wh.whoi.edu/homepage/faq.html Frequently asked questions about oceans, plus excellent photos. Marine Life http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/ Still more on ocean life. Whales http://www.physics.helsinki.fi/whale Catalog of Marine Fish and Invertebrates http://fins.actwin.com/index.php A catalog of over 300 pictures of marine fish and invertebrates. There are several ways to search it. Sharks http://www.oceanstar.com/shark/ http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/ All about sharks. 28. 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