Sites on the internet that may prove useful for classroom or studies.

Topics here: Library & Reference | Museums + | General | Search | History | Educator Links | Math | Science | Fine Arts | Art/Graphics | Web Construction | Music/Midi | Health & PhysEd | Language Arts & Foreign Language

Library & Reference

Media Sites

Museums, Zoos, and Other Educational Exhibitors

ABC News

American Museum of Natural History

CBS News

Art Institute of Chicago

CNN

Chicago's Adler Planetarium

Discovery Channel / The Learning Channel

Conner Prairie outside Indianapolis

ESPN

Expo -- Vatican, Dead Sea Scrolls, 1492

Fox News

Field Museum of Natural History

MSNBC

Indianapolis Children's Museum

PBS

Indianapolis Zoo

Chicago Tribune

Library of Congress

Indianapolis Star

The Louvre

Lafayette Journal and Courier

Museum Computer Network

New York Times

NASA

USA Today

National Geographic

Washington Post

San Diego Zoo

Midlink Magazine for kids in middle grades

Smithsonian Institute

Parents and Kids Together Online

St. Louis Zoo

General

Search

History

  • Baroque Composers
  • Byzantine & Medieval Studies
  • Early Women Masters
  • Flapper Station-Music of the Ro
  • Flapper Station Main Depot
  • Incwell.com/Biographies/
  • Medieval Source Book
  • The 1920's Experience
  • Pine River
  • Time Magazine Online
  • A Timeline Listing
  • WebMuseum Art
  • WWW timeline
  • Educator Links

    Math

    Calculus Net

    Math Goodies

    Funbrain math

    MathLand

    The Geometry Center

    Math Projects

    Hot Math

    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

    Math Archives

    PBS TeacherSource Math

    Math Counts

    Yahoo mathematics resources

    The Math Forum

    The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math

    Math History

    Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols
    and
    Earliest Uses of Some Words of Mathematics - regularly updated by Jeff Miller.

    Famous Problems in Math History
    By Isaac Reed, Swarthmore College

    History of Mathematics
    By David Joyce, Clark University

    MacTutor Math History Archive - St. Andrews
    A searchable archive of articles and biographies

    Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
    Ancient and modern history, by Dr. Scott W. Williams

    Women Mathematicians
    Biographies by students from Agnes Scott College


    How Many?
    A Dictionary of Units of Measurement by Russ Rowlett, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

    Measurement Conversion Calculator
    Entisoft's comprehensive converter for distance, area, volume, mass, speed, temperature, pressure, energy, power, force, etc.- over 500 different unit conversions.

    To convert temperature, length, weight, and volume see the Unit Conversion Program or the megaConverter.

    Metric System and Anglo-Saxon Units
    Weights and measures: history and correlations,
    by Jacques J. Proot

    Plouffe's Inverter
    A database of mathematical constants - enter a number and the programs will find what it is made of.

     

    Math Reference

    CRC Encyclopedia of Mathematics formerly Eric's Treasure Trove of Mathematics
    Definitions and examples.

    Forum Internet Resource Collection
    Search for Math on the Internet.

    Flash Cards for Kids
    Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division; three levels of complexity and numbers from 1 to 999.

    Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing FOLDOC
    A searchable dictionary of anything to do with computing. Includes
    a section on mathematics.

    Glossary of Statistical Terms
    Basic definitions and much more.

    Mathematics Glossary for Middle-Level Students
    Simple definitions of math terms.

    Mathematical Quotation Server
    A collection of quotations from many sources.

    Math Words, and Some Other Words, of Interest
    Pat Ballew's list of over 120 mostly math words, their definitions, and etymologies.

    WebMath
    Type your Algebra 1 problem directly into this site and get a step-by-step solution.

    Science

    Bill Nye the Science Guy

    Physics links

    The Biology Project

    Science Learning Network

    Chem for Kids

    U.S. Geological Survey

    CHEMystery - virtual chemistry textbook

    USGS Earthquake Center

    Cool Science for Curious Kids

    Volcano World

    The Exploratorium

    Windows to the Universe

    Fizzics Fizzle - Interactive Physics

    Yahoo science resources

    National Wildlife Federation

    Zona Land - Physics and Math

    NetFrog dissection simulation

    http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

    This site has old spy satellite pictures from the past 10 years or so of the United States and of Europe. The Lafayette photos are from 1993.

    Fine Arts

    Art Detective

    Eyes on Art

    Art resources

    Getty Arts Education

    Art Resource Connection

    Globe Theatre Research

    Association for the Advancement of Arts Education

    Kennedy Center Arts Edge

    Children's Creative Theater

    KinderArt

    Children's Music Web

    Music Hotlist

    Children's Music Workshop

    Music Notes

    Crayola Art Education

    Online Classics arts broadcasts

    Creative Drama

    Art/Graphics

  • ANU Art History
  • FAMSF Imagebase
  • Graphics
  • Imagebase
  • Images library
  • Louvre W3
  • MediaBuilder Free Image Library
  • More Cool Graphics
  • WebMuseum
  • Web DataSources by Subject
  • Web & Construction

    Music/Midi

  • Vivaldi
  • Just Jazz
  • WWW VL Classical Music Composers
  • World Wide Web Virtual Library
  • The Internet Renaissance Band
  • The Flying Inkpot Classical music
  • Composer Biographies
  • MIDI Resources
  • MIDI Links
  • Midi File Central
  • Josh's Mega Midi Archive
  • Jeff Biglers Midi Home Page
  • Internet Underground Music Archive
  • Harvardnet Internet Services
  • MidiWorld Classical Midi Files
  • Ceolas Celtic Music Archive
  • Composer Biographies
  • Unofficial John Williams Home Page
  • Classics World
  • Classical Music Insights
  • Media History Timeline: 1700's
  • Media History Timeline: 1800's
  • The Ultimate Band List
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    Health and Physical Education

    COHIS Kids Corner health information

    National Health Information Center

    Health and PE Page

    PE Central

    Health Links -- University of Washington

    PE lesson plans

    Kids Health

    Resources for School Health

     

    Language Arts and Foreign Languages

    Children's Literature Web Guide

    Foreign Language and Literature - Va Tech

    Cornell Arts & Social Sciences Gateway

    I Love Languages

    Edsitement - National Endowment for the Humanities

    Newspapers around the world

    Encyclopedia of Mythica

    Purdue Online Writing Lab

    Eserver at Carnegie Mellon

    Write Site

    Etext Archives, all types of electronic text

    Yahoo literature listings

    Foreign language links

    Information