Edgren High School Bookmarks
REFERENCE/HOMEWORK/SEARCH ENGINES
- StudyWeb - many
subjects
- Bidchalk/Homework Central - middle school
- Bigchalk/Homework Central - high school
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework
Helper
- Searchopolis - middle
school subjects
- Searchopolis high school subjects
- Surfing the Net with
Kids: BEST SITES for kids of all ages
- Research-It! Reference
tools - language, quotes, maps, etc.
- LibrarySpot - Best of
libraries, newspapers, encyclopedias, maps, etc.
- iTools! Language Tools -
Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translate
CLIP ART & PHOTOS
- Webshots - Photos by
categories
- Clip
Art Gallery (DiscoverySchool)
- Kid's Domain Clip Art Index
- Animal Pictures
Archive
- ZooNet Image Archives
- Travel Photo Gallery (Travelocity)
- Travel - Concierge (Conde Nast)
TEACHER RESOURCES
General Resources
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- TeachersFirst -
Classroom Resources; Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers
- The Teacher Channel at
DiscoverySchool.com.
- Scholastic online Activities; Projects - by
grades
- Puzzlemaker
(DiscoverySchool.com)
- John's Word Search Puzzles
- Education Index
- Webquests - Lesson Plans Webquests
- Kid's Domain Downloads
- ALA's 700 Great Sites!
- Scholastic Teachers Grades pre-K - 8
CAREER INFORMATION
- 2000-01 Occupational
Outlook Handbook
- Think College Early: Education required for
specific jobs
- Think College Early: Your Mind Is Your Ticket to
the Future
- Job Profiles - Career
information
- JobStar--Specific Career Information
- Career Search CollegeBoard (salaries from
1992)
- JobWeb - Catapult - Career Choices
- Cynthia Good - career
& college links
COLLEGE INFORMATION
College SEARCH Pages
- College Board Search
for College - search by major
- CollegeNET College Search Engine
- University Links: Many
Kinds of Colleges
- Independent Higher
Education Network - Private schools
- NewsDirectory: College
Locator
- CampusTours- Virtual College Tours!
- Find your college: USNews
- Embark - Colleges,
Careers, Majors
- USNews 2001 college rankings
- CollegeQuest Gateway
College Preparation
- Think College Early: Your Mind Is Your Ticket
to the Future
- Project EASI - Easy
Access for Students and Institutions
- WebWare for the SAT Main Screen
- Embark
Financial Aid
- CollegeNET - Online
Applications Free Financial Aid Search
- ED/OSFAP - Student Financial Assistance (US
Dept. of Ed.)
- SFA - Finding Out About Financial Aid (US
Dept. Educ.)
COUNTRY/TRAVEL INFO
- CIA
World Factbook 2000
- Library Of Congress
Country Studies
- OANDA Currency
Converters
- Foreign Languages for
Travelers
- Lonely Planet - Destinations
- Atlapedia Online
- Geographia (country info
by region)
- Country and US States Tourism Offices (Travel
& Leisure)
- MapQuest - Maps,
Directions, etc.
- Concierge - World Maps (Epicurious)
- American Express - Travel and Entertainment
- Travelocity Destination
Guide
- Excite Travel
SOCIAL STUDIES
- HistoryNet - Where
History Lives on the Web
- HistoryNet: Article Index
- Charts & Graphs - Global Trends (United
Nations)
Ancient Civilizations
- Ancient History Links
- Mesopotamia - WSU
- Mesopotamian Links (from Cybermuseum)
- CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia(Sumer, Babylon,
Assyria)
Holocaust
- Holocaust Related Web Sites
- Holland & the Holocaust
- Holocaust Links - Jewish Student Research
Center
- History of the Holocaust-Jewish Student
Research Center
- Antisemitism
- U.S.Holocaust Museum
- Anne Frank Online
- Holocaust - Encarta Online
- United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum
- Cybrary of the
Holocaust - links
- Rescuers of Jewish people during WWII
- Human Drama of the Holocaust - People
- Children and the Holocaust - U.S. Holocaust
Museum
- Teacher Resources for Holocaust
SCIENCE
Animals & Endangered Species
- Animal Diversity Web (umichigan)
- Animal Planet
- Animal Photo Library (Smithsonian)
- Division of Endangered Species, Creature
Features
- Kids Corner, Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
- Endangered Species Information (USFW)
- The Wild Habitat - Animal Listings
(thinkquest)
- SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project
- Sierra Club -
Endangered Species
- WWF - US: World
Wildlife Fund: Action Center
- AMNH - Expedition : Endangered! - World
- Yahoo! Full Coverage:Endangered Animals
- WWF - US: World Wildlife Fund - Kids Stuff
- ZooNet Endangered Species links, pictures
- Save the Manatee
Club
General
- Study WEB - Science
- Yahoo! Science
Directory
- My Virtual Reference
Desk - Science and Technology
- Yahooligans! - Science and Nature Links
- Frank Potter's Science Gems
- Discovery Online
- NOAA Education - Coolsites for Everyone
- Cyberbee Science Site
Links
- Why Files - Science Behind the News
- Periodic Table - WebElements
- Science Lessons by Age
- Exploratorium: the
museum of science, art and human perception.
- Bill Nye the Science
Guy
Specific Topics
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, etc.
- Savage Earth (PBS) earthquake, volcano,
tsunami
- The Terrible Power of Earthquakes
- Global Earthquake Report (uEdinburgh)
- Virtual Earthquake - Sonoma.edu
- Volcano World
- Pacific Tsunami
Museum FAQ's
Bacteria
- The Microbe Zoo
- CELLS alive!
- Bad Bug Book Foodborne Bacteria
- Life History and Ecology of Bacteria
- Photos - Bacteria - Buckman Labs
- Bacterial taxonomy - Univ Texas -
Houston
Astronomy
- Dr. Odenwald's ASK THE ASTRONOMER page:
Black Holes
- Welcome to the
Planets (Cal Tech & NASA)
- Earth and Sky
Homepage
- Views of the Solar System
- An Overview of the Solar System
- Ask the Space Scientist about : Solar System
- General Questions
- Constellations
- The Nine Planets
- Astronomy and space
for kids
- 5 minute guide to black holes - whyfiles
- StarChild: Black Holes (NASA) - easy
Storms & Weather
- The Online Tornado FAQ with pictures
(NOAA)
- Hurricane Info from NOAA (hs)
- Hurricanes (why Files) with animation,
video, charts,
- Disasterlinks (CBS
News)
- National Weather
Service Home Page
- FEMA For Kids:
Hurricanes (gr 4-8) with photos
- FEMA For Kids: Tornadoes (gr4-8) with
photos
Environmental Resources
- Live From the Rainforest
- Ecosystems: U.S. EPA Student Center
- Earthwatch: On-Line Resources
- Environmental Issues - NOAA
- Environmental Quiz - EPA
- EPA Explorers Club
(easy)
- EPA's Office of Environmental Education
(teachers)
- EPA Student
Center
- Global Trends UN CyberSchoolBus - charts
& graphs
- Human Health - EPA Student Center
- The Inside Story: U.S. EPA Student
Center
- WWF - US: World Wildlife Fund - Action
Center
- NOAA Research - for
middle school students
- NOAA Education Web
Site
- Ozone Action
- Science and Nature for Kids (About.com)
- Waste; Recycling (EPA Student Center)
- Water (EPA Student Center)
- World Wildlife Fund - Fun Stuff -
Quizzes
- WWF-US: World
Wildlife Fund
- America Recycles
Day
PEOPLE-BIOGRAPHIES
- Biographies - LibrarySpot
- links, ethnic, area
- Biography.com
- Biographical Dictionary
(short bios)
- TIME
100 Most Important People of 20th Century
- Encyclopedia Mythica
- Presidents of the United
States
- Inventors
- Authors on the Web
ENGLISH
Writing
- Bill's World of Resources for Writers
- Writing Basics
Poetry
- Poets' Corner - Poems by Subject -
Homepage
- Poetry.Com
- CMU Poetry Index -
Canonical Verse
- Favorite Poem
Project:The Poems
- Haiku Salon - Shiki
Other English Resources
- Literature by and on African Americans
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Literature Resources - Teacher's First
COMPUTER EDUCATION
- New
to the Net: Beginners' Guide (Netscape)
- Tour
of the Internet (Netscape)
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY &
INFORMATION
- African Americans in the Sciences.
- http://www.afroam.org/
- Black History Treasure Hunt Quiz
- http://www.afroam.org/history/bhm/index.html
- American Slave Narratives
- African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of
Congress)
- Black History Museum --
Interactive Exhibits
- Black History Month '99 (CNN)
- Black History Reading Room (Time)
- Exploring African American Issues
- KODAK: Powerful Days in Black and White
- Life: Black in America
- Martin Luther King, Jr. in Pictures (LIFE)
- Tuskegee Tradgedy
- Writing Black: Literature;History by African
Americans
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Foreign Languages for
Travelers
HEALTH
Medical Info
- Healthfinder
- Mayo Clinic
- Health Information A to Z (CDC)
- MEdIC - Health Explorer Univ Texas -
Houston
- Medical Library (medem.com0
- WebMD - Health has a
homepage
- AO
Medical Center
- Consumer Information
Center -Health
- MedicineNet
Nutrition
- American Dietetic
Association--Your link to nutrition and health!
- Fast Food Facts
- "Virtual" Nutrition Center with nutrition
calculator
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans (USDA)
- Food & Nutrition Info. Center - USDA
- Vitamins and Minerals - USDA
- Healthy Eating Tips - CDC
- Foodborne Illnesses
Drug & Addiction Education
- Street Drugs
- Chart of illegal drugs
- Gamblers Anonymous: 20 Questions
- COHIS: Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Madd Mothers Against
Drunk Driving
- The Century Council:
Fighting Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking Problems
STD's
- The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the USA - Fact
Sheet
- STD Statistics '97 (CDC)
- COHIS: Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
- STD Info - ASHA
- STD's in Women (Medicine Net)
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES
Museums
- Louvre Museum Official Website Paintings
- Web Gallery of Art: Welcome
- Virtual Museum of Arts
El Pais
- Net in Arcadia
- WebMuseum: Famous
Paintings exhibition
- Art in the White House
- Mark Harden's
Artchive
- Artcyclopedia: The
Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet
Archaeology
- Field Methods (UofKansas)
World Cultures
- Hindu Net
- World Cultures (WSU)
- World Art Treasures
China
- Arts of China Homepage-art, music, lit, food,
(Purdue)
- Chinese Culture: Images (many areas) CUNY
- Index of Chinese images (Purdue)
- Condensed China:
Chinese History for Beginners
- 5K Years of Chinese
History
India
- Ancient India
- Art from India
- Indian Culture (discover India)
- Monuments of India
MATH
- Math Forum: Middle School
Student Center
- Math Forum: High School
Student Center
- Math Goodies: Free
Interactive Math Lessons
SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
- ScienzFair Project Ideas
- Science Projects Grade 7-9 (Stemnet)
- School Science Fairs (Project Topics but no
info)
- Science Fair Resources (RHS Library)
- Science Club: Kids' projects here
- Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
- Experiments for Kids & Children
- Science Fair Project on the web. How to for
science fairs
- IPL Science Fair Project
Resource Guide
- Steps of a Science Fair Projects
- Science Explorer: Exploratorium-At-Home
Projects
- Senior Earth Science / Meteorology Projects
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(Created by Linda Eck 5/15/01)