City Data - data from numerous sources creating as complete and interesting profiles of all U.S. cities as possible - tens of thousands of city photos, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos, stats about residents and much more
Data from the County and City Databooks - this resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. You can customize your search for a large variety of types of data for many cities.
Data on the Net - Search or browse a listing of 363 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.
Earth Cam - a reference directory for locating live video cameras on the Internet
FedStats: A to Z Topical List - the window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government.
Finding Data on the Internet - You'll soon be checking facts and downloading reputable data on everything from public safety to education to agriculture to crime to economics ... you name it. This site is intended as a resource for journalists, but why not make this a source for projects. Your students can find raw data related to: aviation, demographics, weather, energy, health, immigration and more.
Gasoline Prices - U.S. retail gasoline prices (weekly U.S. retail gasoline prices, regular grade dollars per gallon, including all taxes)
New York Gas Prices - lowest and highest prices for regular grade in the last 36 hours
Toronto Gas Prices - lowest and highest prices for regular grade in the last 36 hours (in liters)
Global Grocery List Project - How much does food cost in your town? Collect a grocery list of prices from the stores. Post the prices on the web and then compare your prices to prices around the world.
Human Space Flight - real time data (NASA TV offers real time views from space occasionally)
Images and Data - The Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has links to real time satellite images, real time products, and other data sources.
Localcensus - statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties.
Map Stats - Find out the latest census information for a state, city, or town. State & County QuickFacts provides quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography.
On-Line Data - links to numerous real-time data sets which can be incorporated into your lesson plans
Plot and follow cargo ship as they make their way across the ocean. A great way to collect real world data
Primary Resources and Real-World Data - The Internet provides access to a wide range of primary resources such as letters, diaries, journals, logs, data, documents, speeches, and videos.
eThemes - Categorized by subject or grade level, this site takes you to numerous Internet links to help incorporate technology into your lessons. eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.
The Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration was developed to help teachers use the Internet to "reach out" globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of Education's International Education Initiative.
Thinking Fountain is always changing and growing! You'll find: Activities and ideas, Galleries to show your work, Books you can use, and Surprises inspired by Thinking Fountain
@rt Junction
- structured virtual environment within which teachers and students can pursue
artistic and educational goals through the activities, projects, and resources
offered through this site
Brain
Teasers for grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7+ are listed each week.
Check
sheets from Project Based Learning - Creating guidelines can be time-consuming,
so PBL has made a way for you to do it in no time! To make a project checklist
for your students, first choose the grade level for the type of project you want
your students to do.
Collaborative
Projects Tutorial - As educators our new challenge is to prepare our students
to live and work in the new digital communication age. We are no longer limited
to collaborative projects within the four walls of our classroom-- we can now
collaborate with schools around the globe. There is no better way to teach our
students the basics of digital communication than by joining or creating a collaborative
project with our students. This tutorial will guide you as you select collaborative
learning activities that you can join and will provide tips for designing and
hosting your own.
Creative
Country Reports created by Rachel Murphy, 6th grade teacher. Some good ideas
on putting together a report on a state or country.
EduHound
- Everything for K12 Education. They tracked it down so you would not have to.
Eduweb Adventures
- Art, Science, History and Geography- interactive site that lets children create
their own art projects online, go undercover to expose illegal trade of tiger
parts, time travel to the Renaissance, design space stations and many other exciting
activities.
How
to Create a Virtual Tour - Welcome to this tour-within-a-tour! Here, you'll
learn all the exciting ways to create, edit, enhance, and otherwise beautify and
perfect your Virtual Tour. Dive in!
Integrating
Technology in your Curriculum - This resource page includes project-based
units along with tutorials for applications, curriculum integration links and
ideas, and teacher sites.
Internet
Field Trips are guided tours to the best of classroom-appropriate Web sites.
Each field trip provides quick suggestions for using targeted Web sites to teach
a specific topic. Within each area you'll find field trips in an alphabetical
list of the following topics: Children's Literature, Language Arts, K-2, Math
, Science, and Social Studies.
Landmarks
for Schools - This web site is dedicated to the idea that Information will
be the raw material that drives the 21st century, and that today's students should
be learning to BUILD with information.
Pics4Learning
- a categorized list of photos found in the Pics4Learning photographic library
collection.
Pop-Ups
- Create your own pop-up cards with these step-by-step directions from Joan Irvine.
Scholastic
provides an index of all of their on-line projects at this site.
School
Gardens - Gardens are being integrated into the educational curriculum to
teach children not only about plants, nature, and the outdoors, but other subjects
as well. If you are considering this excellent way to promote project based learning
(K-12) go here to find information on what others are doing. Other
ideas on school gardens from the University of California
Annenberg/CPB Exhibits Collection
- High school Interactive Math and Science learning exhibits inspired by the video
series in the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection. Ten complete units in a variety
of areas, with more to come.
@rt
Junction - structured virtual environment within which teachers and students
can pursue artistic and educational goals through the activities, projects, and
resources offered through this site.
Current
Projects available through NASA's Internet In the Classroom. Some examples
are: Space Scientists Online, Women of NASA, Space Team Online and Aero Design
Team Online.
The
Digital Classroom - (History and Civics) - provides
materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources
.Activities and training for educators and students are also located here.
EASE History (created by a group at Michigan State University) - Through the
prism of US presidential campaign ads, users can better understand the complexities
of campaign issues and their historical context by looking at historical events,
and explore the meanings of core values by examining how these values have been
applied in both historical events and campaign ads.
Food
Timeline - Ever wonder what the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the
new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along
the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? Food is the fun part
of social studies! Explore the Food Timeline!
Giddyup:
The World of Horses - Ready for an on-line horse ride through cyberspace?
Check out these terrific sites about horse history, equestrian sports, and more.
Answer the questions after visiting each site to complete the crossword puzzle.
Major Document
Collections from the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - A good source
for Primary Sources. Look through The Federalist papers, check out the Nuremberg
War Crimes Trial, or many other collections of documents.
National
Geographic Xpeditions - This huge and growing site for geography educators
and students contains more than a hundred original lesson plans and after-school
activities for grades K-12, an outline map atlas with more than 1,800 free maps
designed for printing or building Web sites, forums where teachers and students
can discuss geography, and a 3-D virtual museum of geography built in the spirit
of the game Myst.
Pole
to Pole Project - This is a 5th grade and 6th grade report on a geography
project. Students are assigned a line of longitude and report on countries that
their line passes through from North Pole to South Pole.
Travelocity
- Use the Destination Guide to find a wealth of information about any country
that you want to know about. You can get travel information such as Flights, Cars,
and Hotels. However, you will also find a general overview of the country, plus
information regarding the following: Map, Weather, Attractions, Culture, Business,
Social Backroads, and Essentials. Make this site one of your stops on your next
project featuring a country. Consider using the
Biographies
- a database of hundreds of biographies.
Biography.com
is the online version of the A&E show. This site has a searchable database
and features a person who was born on the current day.
Biographical
Dictionary - This dictionary covers more than 33,00 notable men and women
who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present
Biography
Center has over 25,000 biographies. Over 10,000 of them are in English. You
can access a random biography or search for a specific person
Biographies
of historical persons related to American History.
Biographies
of the Founding Fathers - Colonial Hall contains 103 biographical sketches
of America's founding fathers divided into 3 groups: Signers of the Declaration,
Signers of the Articles of Confederation and Signers of the U. S. Constitution
Distinguished
Women of Past and Present - This site has biographies of women who contributed
to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists,
heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and
others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today.
Gallery
of Achievers - Features individuals who have shaped the twentieth century
by their accomplishments.
InfoPlease
has biographies of people in the news today.
Country
at a Glance - presented by the United Nations [This
page opens in a new window. Close the window to return to this list.]
History of Nations -
a history of every nation in the world as well as many non-sovereign territories
InfoNation
- An easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most
up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Countries
of the World - including cities, flags, recipes and more. [This
page opens in a new window. Close the window to return to this list.]
Travel Services which offer destination guides
Microsoft's
Expedia Travel offers
information on countries around the world. From their homepage go to Destination
Information and select a region. Caution! Not all countries are listed. For example,
only five African countries are listed.
Online
CityGuide advertises themselves as America's most comprehensive Internet travel
site. Links are provided to each of the states where you will find three types
of links: statewide, regions of the state, and cities.
Travelocity
offers information about countries around the world. You may select a country,
region, or city from a pull down menu, or click on a map for a list of countries
is a continent.
U.
S. Department of State: Background Notes - These publications include facts
about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and
foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special
sovereignty.
The
World Fact Book - Find out about communications, defense, economy, flag &
map, geography, government, people, and transportation in any country around the
world - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This site is posted by experts in data collection,
the Central Intelligence Agency.
50States.com provides a fact page about
each state. On the fact page you will find links to sites related to the fact.
For example, not only do you learn that the state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet,
but you can also see bluebonnets
in full bloom.
Capitol
Impact provides an index of state pages. At each state page you will see a
map linking to information about the counties of that state.
Interested in finding raw weather data for
a project? Weather Underground has current weather data for Memphis,
TN. In the middle of the page, under conditions for the city you will find
Historical Conditions. There you may select any day from the last eight years.
Wow! Almost 3000 days of weather data! You may select
any other location in the United States
from a US map, and find the same kind of raw data for use in a project. Pick
two cities on the same line of latitude and compare them, for instance.
