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Computers in the Classroom

Compiled by Karen Work Richardson (karen@ivyrun.com)
June 2002

 This Month:

Cool Learning

An odd collection of websites...

1. The Space Place: From the Jet Propulsion Lab, this website make space fun. There are spacey things to make (like an El Nino pudding) and do (like a startship maze). The site also has goodies for teachers.

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm

2. Kindergarten Games on the Web: From our own kindergarten teachers, a great list of web resources from early elementary students, correlated to the SOL and divided by curriculum area.

http://www.act2online.org/projects/solgames/solgames.htm

3. Virtual Tour: This virtual tour of two exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian was created by students. It is fascinating in both content area and use of technology.

http://www.conexus.si.edu/VRTour/Index.htm

4. Internet Moving Pictures Archive: Over 900 movies from the Prelinger Collection mostly dealing with everday life and culture in 20th century America. There are advertisements, movies made by companies, educational films and more. A quirky collection that makes America come alive.

http://www.archive.org/movies/index.html

5. Bonus.com: Full of interesting games and features to help you through the steamy summer afternoons.

http://www.bonus.com/

6. The National Park Service: Browse the parks, plan a vacation, view a webcam...this is the homepage for our National Parks.

http://www.nps.gov

7. Switcherzoo: Just for fun, switch legs, heads, and tails to create unusual animals.

http://www.switchzoo.com/default.htm

8. San Francisco Symphony: Very cool website about music and the different instruments in the orchestra including sounds and 3D views. You can create your own masterpiece using the composerizer.

http://www.sfskids.org

9. The Smithsonian Institution: I love the Smithsonian. It's neat to be able to explore all those museums for free! And their online exhibits are pretty cool too.

http://www.si.edu/

The Lunar Roving Vehicle is one of my favorites at the Air and Space Museum: http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/attm/la.a17.4.html

10. UVA Rotunda Cam: In honor of LB and his new degree, here's a webcam that broadcasts from UVA. Includes very cool time lapse images.

http://www.virginia.edu/cgi-local/rcamcgi

I found the link at Hyperville.

http://www.hyperville.com/fun-sites.html


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