Suggested Great Sites:

Dewey's DDC

Dewey to the Rescue 
     A multimedia self-discovery tour of Dewey Decimal Classification system.  Needs Shockwave/Flash player

Do the Dewey
     Prepared by a public library.  Try the quizzes

CyberDewey
     Arranged by DDC, a collection of online sites

Dewey Browse
     Dewey's classification system works for online sites too

IPL's TeenSpace -A+ Research & Writing

Science

The Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online
Fact Monster: Science
The Franklin Institute Online

Journey North (A global study of wildlife migration)
Mad Sci Network
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ontario Science Centre

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
Science Learning Network
ScienceMaster
Space Day  

The Why Files? (Science Behind the News)   
Windows on the World Universe
Yucky Roach World   
    

                         Technology / Inventions

Building Big (David Macaulay/PBS series)
Club Girl Tech (inventions and inventors for girls) 
GetTech.org (New technology featured)
How Stuff Works  
   
Invent Now   (National Inventors Hall of Fame)
Invention Dimension! 
Totally Absurd Inventions  
United States Patent & Trademark Office     
 

                                   Nuclear Power

Nuclear Energy Institute
NEI's Science Club
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
US NRC's Students' Corner
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist (also a link on How Stuff Works and NEI sites)

Explorers

AOLat school:  Explorers    
    Click on Elementary(3-5), Research & Reference, &Encyclopedia
     Then search by explorer's name

Discoverers Web
   An  alphabetical list

Ask Jeeves for kids:  Explorers
     Type the explorer's name or a specific question

Factmonster Biographies
     Has notable explorers from Amundsen to Vespucci

Yahooligans: Explorers
     Click on Around the World, & click on History

Zoom Explorers
     Search by alphabet, by continent, or by time

The United States

Around the World: U.S. States
   Yahooligans' collection of state links

Color Landform Atlas of the United States
   Maps of the US using satellite images from NOAA

50 States of the United States
   Quick fact information and links

FirstGov for Kids
    State websites for kids

GeoNet Game
    Have fun and learn too!

IPL Kidspace: Stately Knowledge
    Internet Public Library's collection of state lnks

National Governors Association
     Lists addresses and emails for all the governors

Nationalatlas.Gov
   By the US Dept of the Interior

Nearctica
   A huge site of "The Natural World of North America"

13 Originals
   Maps of US expansion nationwide

Canada

The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
    A complete encyclopedia of Canada

Canadian Kid's Page
    Has many links to Canadian sites

Canada's Digital Collections
   Over 400 web sites of Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture

Canada's SchoolNet
   An educational source for Canadians

Civilization.ca
   Created by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corp.

First Peoples on SchoolNet
    Canada's Native Americans

GeoSpy
     How many provinces/territories do you know?

Histor!ca
     A site devoted to Canadian heritage

Heritage Moment
     The story of Sarah Emma Edmonds

Ontario Science Centre
    Enter their Sci Zone for science trivia

Royal Ontario Museum
    Toronto's foremost science museum

New York State

The Erie Canal 
    All about the Canal, with music and video

Erie Canal Quiz (Encyclopedia of New York State)
     Test your knowledge, answers included

New York History Net
     With links to New York's history sites

NYS DOS Kids' Room, NYS Facts Menu Page
    A great resource of New York State facts

The Northern Campaign
   The 225th anniversary of the 1777 battles in the Champlain, Mohawk and Hudson Valleys

Immigration

American Memory Project  memory.loc.gov/amem/amhome.html cweb2.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html (search under "immigrant" or "immigration
Castle Garden, Immigrant Station, New York www.theshipslist.com/pictures/castlegarden.html
Castle Garden Immigration and Genealogy (w/passenger lists)genealogy.about.com/cs/castlegarden
Castle Clinton National Monument www.nps.gov/cacl
History of Castle Garden and Ellis Island (URL?) community-2.webtv.net/mpetzoff2/ellisisland
The Immigrant Experience (Castle Garden, Ellis Island, NYT 12/23/1866 article) members.tripod.com/~L_Alfano/immig.htm

Ellis Island www.ellisisland.org
Ellis Island Records Database www.ellisislandrecords.org
Ellis Island Virtual Tour   capital.net/~alta/history.htm
www.capital.net/~alta/index.html

Ellis Island (International Channel) www.i-channel.com/features/ellis
The History Channel-Ellis Island www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html
Ellis Island,New York cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html
Ellis Island Interactive Tour teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/ellis/index.htm
Ellis Island Photography www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html
Ellis Island: Through America'sGateway www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis
Ellis Island: National State Park www.nps.gov/stli/servo2.htm

The Immigrant Journey www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm
Immigration Forum www.immigrationforum.org
Meet 5 Young Immigrants teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/bio/index.htm
A Boy's Journey teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/seymour/index.htm
Diversity in America:Myth and Reality www.jmu.edu/polisci/diversity
Emigration Port Hamburg  www.hamburg.de www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/senatskanzlei/internetausstellungen/emigration/englisch/em

U.S, Census Bureau Statistics www/census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029.html
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics (statistics) www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/services/natz/index.htm
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/articles/Names.htm
INS History, Genealogy and Education www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/teacher/Resources.htm
Cyndi's List (passenger lists & genealogy)

Cyndi's List (NY) www.cyndislist.com/ny.htm


American Immigration Homepage www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/
Univ of Minnesota's Immigration History Resource Center www1.umn.edu/ihrc/
USA: 1840-1960 www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA.htm
Lower East Side Tenement Museum www.thirteen.org/tenement/info.html
Donald Library Center-World Languages Collection www.nypl.org/branch/central_units/d/f/useful.htm

The Iroquois

Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education
   A virtual visit to 2 Mohawk schools in Canada

Ganondagan State Historic Site
   Near Rochester, NY, this site was home to the Seneca

Haudenosaunee Children's Page
    Features clothing including paper doll patterns

Iroquois Indian Museum
   At Howe Cave, NY, it features the Iroquois culture, past and present

Iroquois Language and Songs
    See and hear the Iroquois language

Lacrosse: an Iroquois Tradition (Oneida Nation site)

Peace 4 Turtle Island
     Has pages about wampum, lacrosse, clothing, language, music and the longhouse as well as other interests

Native Americans  (new 5/02)

General:
First Nations Histories        NativeWeb Resources

First Peoples on SchoolNet (Canada)   Civilization.ca (Canada)

Native American Sites (A librarian's personal page with links)
First Nations (Personal page)

Native Tech     National Museum of the American Indian

Native American Authors (IPL's site, includes A-Z list of tribes with links)
Native American Languages (some include audio clips)
The Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States (flags of  80 Native American tribes)
The Native American Experience (historical images on file)
Native American Images (with great links)
WWW Virtual Library- American Indians (many links!)

Specific:
Arctic Circle:  History and Culture (Scroll to Ethnographic Portraits)
American Indians and the Natural World (Tlingit, Hopi, Iroquois, Lakota)
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (Library of Congress coll.)
History of the Americal West (Library of Congress coll.)
Against the Winds: Traditions of Native American Running
Edward S Curtis's North American Indian (Library of Congress coll.)
Henry Wood Elliott: American Artist in Alaska (Smithsonian coll.)

Career Information

New York State:
         Career Zone                LMI for Youth  

                       NYS Dept of Labor
United States:
 America's Career InfoNet       America's Job Bank   

  O*NET Online         Occupational Outlook Handbook

                           US Dept of Labor
Interesting Websites:
    GetTech.org (Technology careers, of course)

    Real Science! (For science careers

More Sites to Explore for the Curious!

CyberSurfari  
The Discovery Channel                                 
Kids on the Web
National Geographic
Poetry
700+ Great Sites
ThinkQuest's Library of Entries                                                                   Virtual Field Trips                                             
World Kids Network

Become a Great Web Master

Mousercise (Suggested for Grades 3-6)

Worlds of Web Searching (Suggested for Grades 3-6)

WebKIDS Information for the Web Kid Generation (Suggested for Grades 3-12)

Webmonkey for Kids (Suggested for Grades 6-12)

Also, explore the students' favorite sites.                                             A Web Site Evaluation can guide your exploration of sites.

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