 Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By
Whootie the Owl is the guide to this warm and friendly children's story site that features folktales from around the world. Kids can not only read the delightful stories but also submit illustrations and feedback about what they think about them. Middle school students can participate in a children's theater script-writing contest.
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K-8
The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: Project-Based Learning With Multimedia
The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project is an innovative approach to learning and assessment in which students research, design, and create a multimedia project. The site offers support resources for starting such a program and includes assessment rubrics, curriculum activities, technical guides, and project examples.
GRADE LEVEL: 1-12 and Professionals
College Is Possible
College Is Possible is devoted to helping families realize the dream of sending kids to college. Included are financial resources for parents, recommended middle and high school courses for students, and college selection resources. Much of the site is also available in Spanish.
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12, Parents, and Professionals
Galeria Del Uffizi
Construction of the Galeria Del Uffizi was begun in Florence, Italy, in 1560 by the famed Duke Cosimo I dei Medici. Members of the Medici family were great lovers of art and spent centuries gathering this amazing collection. Come explore the history and art treasures of the Galeria Del Uffizi.
GRADE LEVEL: 3-12+
 General Chemistry Online!
General Chemistry Online is a Web site designed as a resource for first-year general chemistry students. Included on this useful site are interactive tutorials, quizzes and exams, a Slide Index of high-quality diagrams, an FAQ, and an Ask Antoine section, where students can get the answers they need to puzzling problems.
GRADE LEVEL: 9-12+
 The Journey North
The Journey North is an outstanding collaborative Internet project that involves classrooms in the study of wildlife migration and the changes to the environment as spring moves north across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A sister site, Journey South, follows the same information in the fall and prepares students for the spring's Journey North.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12
Merriam-Webster Online
The Merriam-Webster site features on-line Dictionaries, a Thesaurus, Word Games, a Word of the Day, and lots more for older students! The Word Central sub-site is a fun-filled place where elementary level kids can explore all kinds of fun things to do with words.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12, Parents, and Professionals
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Teachers are mandated to report all suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect that they become aware of; failure to do so can result in prosecution. Well over 1,000 children die each year as a result of known abuse and neglect. Many such tragedies are preventable, and teachers are often the ones in the best position to help families to get the help they need. The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information is an outstanding resource to learn more about this important subject.
GRADE LEVEL: Professionals
PlaneMath
PlaneMath is an outstanding site that teaches mathematics through a set of highly interactive lessons on aeronautics. The site is designed to encourage students with physical disabilities to consider careers in aeronautics but is useful to all classrooms for its outstanding lessons.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-7+
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Allrecipes.com
If you're looking for that perfect recipe -- in fact, just about any recipe -- try Allrecipes.com, where you'll find a plethora of great recipes. The site also features a set of specialized sister sites with names such as CookieRecipe.com, ThanksgivingRecipe.com, and ChickenRecipe.com
GRADE LEVEL: K-12+
The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE houses several collections of digital texts, images, documents, and other important resources. The site also provides information and support to digital library developers.
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12+, Professional
Ceramics Web
CeramicsWeb houses databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other ceramics Web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics.
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12+
Decisions, Decisions Online
Bring contemporary issues alive in your classroom with the new Internet version of the award-winning Decisions, Decisions series. Decisions, Decisions Online will stimulate discussions that start inside your classroom and continue outside of it, as students role-play legislators faced with critical situations.
GRADE LEVEL: 5-10
Early Childhood Research and Practice
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP) is a biannual electronic journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE) and covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8.
GRADE LEVEL: Professional
EcEdWeb
The EcEdWeb site provides resources for teaching economics in classrooms from kindergarten to college. Included are lesson plans, a list of important concepts for students to learn by grade levels, and a comprehensive list of links to outside resources.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12+
Glacier
Have you ever wanted to be involved in a scientific field study? Do you like cold weather? Well, you may want to participate in the Glacier project. Designed to promote awareness of Antarctic and Arctic environmental science in K-12 classrooms, Glacier provides first-class online resources. It also sponsors the Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic (TEA) program that sends lucky teachers into the field to study the remote environments and report back to their students and colleagues.
GRADE LEVEL: 5-12
The Mayflower Web Page
Here is a site that contains just about all the information known about the Mayflower and its famous passengers, the Pilgrims. This comprehensive site contains everything Pilgrim, from genealogical lists and the biographies of passengers to information about what fashions young Pilgrim girls wore in 1620.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12+
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