Rhythm Web
 | Open your ears to the rhythms of the world! This site educates about world music with a focus on rhythm through audio clips, articles, and Web links. Check out "the woodshed" section. It hosts sound files, notations of basic rhythms, and articles that look at rhythm from many different perspectives. You can search this site by keyword or browse by world region or instrument.
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Van Gogh at Etten: Sketches and Billboards
| Category: Arts | Cool Site: October 2000 |
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 | This ThinkQuest site features the life and work of Van Gogh, focusing on the time he lived in Etten. You can browse through the galleries to see his work and read about his life. You can also take an online art course.
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The @rt room
 | Take yourself on an "art adventure!" At this site, you will find mind-expanding art activities, a gallery of children's artwork from around the world, and a list of Web links for art teachers.
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The Textile Museum
 | Learn about a culture through the textiles its people create! You can view an online exhibit and browse through an illustrated "stitch glossary." Lesson plans for teachers are also available.
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Art and Culture
 | This virtual encyclopedia of the arts is well organized and searchable. There is also an online magazine with articles on the arts and a worldwide arts event calendar. This site is best viewed using the Flash Player.
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The Violin
 | At this beautiful site you will learn everything from the history to the science of the violin. You can also listen to violin music written by famous composers.
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Terri Windling's Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts
 | Endicott Studio is a monthly online journal featuring works by writers, painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance artists who produce contemporary art and literature that is rooted in folklore and myth. A visit to this site will help you uncover the magic and mystery that lie beneath the surface of our modern existence.
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World Arts West: People Like Me Activities
 | This site is a good resource for teachers who want to incorporate performing arts and cultural appreciation into their curriculum. The basic exercises on this site help students explore these topics.
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Essentials of Music
 | Learn about the major eras of classical music and the lives of classical composers. You can hear RealAudio clips of musical pieces and look up definitions of musical terms in a glossary.
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I Hear America Singing
 | At this site you will "...learn about the composers, poets, writers, artists, ideas, and events that have shaped the American song saga." Check out the songbook that has RealAudio clips of selected songs.
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Energy in the Air
 | Through this ThinkQuest Jr. site you can learn about every instrument in a classical orchestra and hear examples of each on audio clips specially selected to highlight each one. You can also try the suggested musical activities and quiz yourself after surfing to see how much you've learned.
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Museum of Web Art
 | At this Web-based art gallery you'll see examples of the latest technologies in Web design and computer art. On view are interactive computer art installations, stories and game-like activities for kids, and innovative Web designs. Check it out and expand your idea of what art is and what it can do!
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Exploring Planets in the Classroom
 | A great resource for teachers, this site features more than 25 hands-on activities for exploring Earth, planets, and space science.
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Chabot Space and Science Center
 | At this site, you can visit a virtual planetarium, explore online exhibits, and learn about upcoming celestial events in the sky calendar.
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A Virtual Journey into the Universe
 | You will feel like a real space explorer when you visit this very cool astronomy site. Explore the planets in our solar system on many different levels. Or watch beautifully crafted Flash animations of the planets' orbits from several different viewpoints.
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Space.com
 | Read the latest space exploration news at this site. You can also watch videos of space shuttle landings, look at spectacular photos of space, and play entertaining astronomy quiz games. If you're a kid or just feel like one, make sure you visit the fun and educational "spaceKids" part of the site.
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Jason Digital Lab: Be a Spacecraft Engineer
 | Learn how NASA modified a spaceship to use in their STARDUST mission which will rendezvous with comet Wild-2 and bring a sample of comet dust back to earth for scientific analysis. You can also "build" your own spaceship online with images this site provides.
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Delights of Chemistry
 | A trip to this site is sure to spark your interest in chemistry. You can watch videos of exciting chemistry demonstrations, view experiments illustrated with photos and complete with explanations, and browse through a chemical reaction photo gallery.
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Chembalancer
 | This online game with visual aids can help beginning chemistry students learn how to balance chemical equations.
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Reactive Reports
 | Learn about exciting developments in chemistry and related fields by checking out this Web-based chemistry magazine. Read about the molecule behind a Biblical plague, a marine bacteria that can bubble-wrap iron, and a compound found in a Native American herbal remedy that may hold the key to overcoming antibiotic resistance. The articles are accessible to a lay audience.
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Wired Antarctica
 | Visit Antarctic along with researchers from Canada and the U.S.! This site has worksheets, activities, pictures, and lots of information about this chilly continent.
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Earthpulse
 | This site puts you in the role of a real scientist who studies natural disasters! It currently has online laboratories for hurricane and earthquake study where you can learn about all aspects of natural disasters and play with hurricane and earthquake simulators. There are also teachers guides for the different laboratory sections.
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Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Seafloor
 | Join ("virtually") an expedition in the eastern Pacific Ocean to look for new volcanic eruptions on the crest of the mid-ocean ridge. You can read the daily updates by the crew, watch a movie of a volcanic seafloor, and learn about topics from vent biology to the earth's anatomy in the "infomods."
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Snow Crystals
 | This excellent site on snow crystals has information ranging from the physics of their formation to how they are classified and preserved for study. There is a section about how "designer snowflakes" are created in a laboratory. You can also see numerous photos of natural and designer snow crystals and learn how they were taken.
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The Jason Project
 | Go on exciting expeditions to examine rain forests, volcanoes, coral reefs, and more! This great site is intended to be used as a supplemental science and geography curriculum for students in grades 4 - 9. It features teacher training, live broadcasts, and complete journals from real expeditions.
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Topo Zone
 | This site has "The Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States." You can search for the map of the area you want by name or by latitude and longitude.
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EPA's Climate Change Site
 | This well-organized and information-rich U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site explains the science of climate change and tells us what we can do about it.
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Tryscience: Experiments
 | This site has fun "do-at-home" experiments for kids and adults alike on diverse topics in science. An explanation of what's going on and a list of cool links are also provided for each experiment.
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Building Big
 | Explore large structures and what it takes to build them. This site features the basics of building large structures, has online "interactive labs," and gives you a chance to apply what you've learned in an online "building challenge."
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Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen
 | If you are curious about how to make strange goo, a crystal garden, or a crystal radio, then this site is a must-visit!
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Brain Pop
 | Do frogs sleep? Why do we die? What is beyond space? Do you have a burning question? Visit this site because Dr. Universe, the world's most curious cat, has an answer for you.
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Ask Dr. Universe
| Do frogs sleep? Why do we die? What is beyond space? Do you have a burning question? Visit this site because Dr. Universe, the world's most curious cat, has an answer for you.
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120 Years of Electronic Music
 | Learn the history of electronic music from the musical telegraph of 1876 to the Kurtzweil synthesizer of 1983.
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Powerful Days: the Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
 | Learn about the photojournalist who captured the civil rights movement on film, and view the photographs that affected the conscience of our nation.
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A Concrete Curtain: The Life and Death of the Berlin Wall
 | You can view some 100 photographs of the Berlin Wall at this online exhibition and read about its history "from its creation to its destruction."
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North By South: From Charleston to Harlem, the Great Migration
 | Learn about the great American migration of African Americans from the South to the North, Charleston to Harlem. This is the first site of a series that explores "the reasoning, experiences, and contributions African Americans made to the greater community as they moved throughout the country."
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Castles of the World
 | This site has a slew of information about castles. Featured are sections on castle architecture and an annotated directory of castles around the world. Younger folks should also check out the virtual castle tour for kids.
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Eugenics Archive
 | The American eugenics movement was fueled more by political and social prejudices than scientific facts. The mistakes of this movement are particularly relevant to us in this age of genetics. View actual documents and photos in a series of virtual exhibits by the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, the research center of the American Eugenics movement in the early 1900s. The site is best viewed using the Flash Player.
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The 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition
 | San Francisco hosted the worlds fair in 1915. The Palace of Fine Arts -- home of the Exploratorium -- is the only building that wasn't torn down after the event. Through photos, maps, and stories you can explore the rich history of the fair that helped restore the economy of San Francisco after the great quake of 1906.
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The Computer Museum History Center
 | Are you curious about how the Internet came to be? Maybe you would like to know what the first computer looked like? At this site you'll find online exhibits that cover Internet history and the evolution of the microprocessor. You can also search the center's archive.
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Wet with Blood: The Investigations of Mary Todd Lincoln's Coat
 | by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University - Join a team of historians and scientists to investigate the stains on the coat allegedly worn by President Lincoln's wife during his assassination in 1865. You can take a QuickTime Player Virtual Reality tour of the Chicago Historical Society's Textile Conservation Laboratory and learn how the team analyzed the coat. The site's epilogue examines the relic in a cultural and historical context.
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African Voices
 | by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - This site explores Africa's history and present. Learn about the slave trade, colonialism, and life in modern-day Africa. (You will need the Flash Player to view this site.)
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Journey Through Tikal
 | Explore the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal at this interactive site. Through the QuickTime Player VR panoramas you can virtually "stand" atop a temple and "see" the view 360 degrees around. There is an interactive map to the ruins that lets you "visit" all the hot spots.
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
 | Learn about Stanton and Anthony and their roles in the Women's Movement. You'll hear the story of Stanton and Anthony narrated while you view pictures from their lives and historical documents from the Women's Movement. A visit to this site is like looking through their scrapbooks.
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Rene Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism
 | Learn about the history of thought on mind/body dualism, from Descartes to Pierre Janet. You can also look at photos of the many featured philosophers/scientists and illustrations that accompany the text of their work.
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DoHistory
 | At this site you can learn basic skills and techniques for interpreting historical documents. There is an interactive case study based on the 200-year-old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. You just may become inspired to "DoHistory" on your own after visiting this cool site.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 | This museum brings the reality of the Holocaust of Nazi Germany to life with remembrance, perspective, and intellect. There is a photo gallery, a displaced persons section, and an exhibit on the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936. The exhibit has photos and RealAudio recordings of German Jewish athletes who were not allowed to compete as well as American Jews who protested by not competing and African American athletes who competed and won.
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The African American Mosaic Exhibition by the Library of Congress
 | This site contains selections from the Library of Congress resource guide for studying African American culture and history. You can view hundreds of historical documents and read text that chronicles African American history. You can also read narratives of former slaves and look at photos.
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African American Odyssey
 | An amazing collection of items that chronicles African American history from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. This Library of Congress site presents highlights of what is on view in the library's exhibition, "The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship," and includes a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
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Kismet: A Robot for Social Interactions with Humans
 | Explore the fascinating work being done to construct "robots that engage in meaningful social exchanges with humans." Catch a glimpse of the future of robotics at this site by viewing the researcher and the robot interacting with and learning from each other using an infant-caretaker modeled system.
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Sandia National Laboratories Intelligent Machine Initiative
 | Imagine a machine so small that it is imperceptible to the human eye. Imagine working machines with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen. At this site you can learn about the technology of MEMS, MicroElectroMechanical Systems, take a virtual tour of the facility, and watch videos of these devices in action. Be sure to watch the video of the "World's Smallest Mite-Go-Round" in the "bugs on devices section."
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Deep in the Bush, Where People Rarely Ever Go
 | Teachers can use these African folktales, along with numerous and inventive student activities available on this site, to teach students about Africa.
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NGA Kids
 | This terrific site features lots of fun online activities and projects. You can take a virtual tour of the sculpture garden through an online animated story. You can also learn about the use of shapes, lines, different brush strokes, color, and more through activities that involve analysis of famous paintings. This site is best viewed using the Flash Player and the QuickTime Player.
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GameGoo: Learning That Sticks
 | At this site, kindergarten, first, and second graders will find fun, age-appropriate games that reinforce their developing reading and writing skills. (You'll the Flash Player Player to view this site).
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Enchanted Learning
 | This fun site for kids is packed with educational tidbits. The topics covered range from dinosaurs to explorers. You will also find lots of ideas for making crafts using household items.
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Planetpals Earthzone
 | Suitable for young children, this site features Planetpals, "characters that help kids learn about the earth in a fun way." You'll find activities, games, crafts, and information about earth science, ecology and Earth Day. There are also recycling kits, facts, lists and teacher/parent pages.
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Kids' Space
 | At this excellent kids' site you can view artwork from children around the world and submit your own (as long as you're a kid). You can also read and submit stories by children, hear music composed and performed by children, or search for a pen pal.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Fun Online
 | This site is loaded with fun activities and exhibits. You can watch videos of how Kinetosaurs (giant metal sculptures of dinosaurs that move) are made and see them in action. At the Arts Workshop you can make your own multimedia puppet show. Check out the Cosmic Quest section where you can design your own space station online and learn about our solar system.
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American Bald Eagle Information
 | Learn about the national bird of the United States at this extensive Web resource on bald eagles. Discover where to see them, their migration patterns, nests, and more. There are also lots of spectacular photos.
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Bio Interactive
 | There are lots of activities and animations to learn from at this terrific science site! For example, you can visit virtual labs to examine patients and learn how to diagnose their cardiac diseases. Through interactive demos, you can find out how some fish use electricity to navigate. You can also watch beautiful animations that illustrate topics from infection of human cells by microbes to how the heart functions.
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Koko.org: The Gorilla Foundation
 | Visit this site to learn about Koko the Gorilla and her friends. Read the story of how she was taught to use sign language, and view paintings made by her and her friend Mike. Kids will enjoy the section "Koko for Kids."
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Genetic Science Learning Center
 | Learning genetics is fun at the Genetic Science Learning Center! At this site you can build your own DNA molecule online, discover what makes a firefly glow, and get the recipe for extracting DNA out of any living thing using household items. They also feature sections on genetic disorders and genetics in society.
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Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray
 | This is the online version of the classic, Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body. This is a great place for learning anatomy with over 13,000 entries and over 1,200 images. The site is searchable by key word and is also organized by subject.
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Glossary of Genetic Terms
 | by the National Human Genome Research Institute: Division of Intramural Research - Learn the language of genetics! Listen to geneticists explain important genetic terms and view diagrams to help you understand human genetics.
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eNature.com: Bringing Nature to Life
 | By the National Audubon Society - This site features online field guides of over 4800 species. Each guide has color photos and data about the species. There is also an advanced bird finder that can help you identify a bird based on features such as its habitat, feather color, and body shape.
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Alien Empire
 | Learn about insects through cool, interactive Flash presentations, video clips, and games at this very fun and educational site.
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Bug Bios
 | This site offers an entomological insect database complete with photos and descriptions. There's also an online cultural entomology digest with articles that explore the role of insects in human culture, and an excellent butterfly wing learning unit that covers their structure, design analysis, pattern formation, and adaptational benefits.
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Kidshealth.org
 | You'll find great illustrations, cool music, and well-explained lessons about your body at the "My Body" section. These pages feature Shockwave/Flash technology that may take a moment to load, but it's worth the wait.
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Insecta Inspecta World
 | At this cool site you can learn the science of insects and examine insects in art, history, and much more. The was built by junior high school students under the review of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration
 | This site challenges students to be wildlife biologists. "The journeys of a dozen migratory species are tracked each spring. Students share their own field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked by satellite telemetry, providing live coverage of individual animals as they migrate."
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Herpes Simplex Virus
 | This site has excellent flash animations detailing the stages of Herpes Simplex Virus replication.
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Spotlight on Voices and Visions
 | This site explores the work of 13 of America's most famous poets. You can listen to audio clips of poetry readings and watch video clips that incorporate other forms of art into the exhibition of the authors' poetry. Also provided is a list of links to sites where you can learn more about each author.
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Favorite Poem Project
 | America's Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky says, "Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument." The power of poetry can be felt by visiting this site and sampling the available audio and video clips of American people reading their favorite poems aloud.
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Exploremath.com
 | This terrific site helps math make sense. You'll find a wealth of learning tools for both teachers and students, including some very well designed interactive multimedia activities, lesson plans, and "math mysteries" that encourage student's to think deeply about math. You'll need the free Shockwave Player to use the multimedia activities.
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Cool Math 4 Kids
 | This "amusement park for math" makes learning fun. There are games to play that will sharpen your math skills as well as sections for teachers and parents.
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Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
 | How fast does your heart beat? Why are manhole covers round? Which cookie has the most chocolate? These are examples of the problems you'll find on this well-designed, educational site. Don't worry, if you have trouble solving the problems, you can get a hint. Full solutions to the problems are also provided.
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The Abacus: The Art of Calculating with Beads
 | At this site you will find information on abacus construction, history, and comparisons of abacuses from different cultures. There are also instructions for how to use the abacus. You can even play with and learn from an interactive abacus.
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Visual Calculus
 | A great place to learn calculus. You will find tutorials complete with animations and movies that visually define terms, solve problems, and demonstrate how to use a graphical calculator.
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Calculus Help
 | This zany site can lift the spirits and fortify the mind of anybody attempting to master calculus and/or prepare for the AP Calculus test. You can get your math problems from algebra to calculus answered by students from Mr. Kelley's AP Calculus class or try to solve the calculus problem of the week.
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Adflip
 | Visit this site to reflect on America's past and present. Revisit your favorite decade or search "the world's largest archive of classic print ads" by keyword, or browse by year. The archive spans the 1940s to the present.
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Reaching Out: The Evolution of Communication
 | This ThinkQuest site covers the evolution of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history. You can learn about major events in the history of communication, learn about the brain and language, hear alphabets in several different languages, and see movies of communications satellite launches and deployments.
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Visit a Refugee Camp
 | Take a virtual visit to a refugee camp to see how relief workers provide refugees with basic needs such as shelter, water, food, sanitation, and health care. You can also read the personal stories of refugees and relief workers.
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Cultures
 | Learn about cultures of the past and present, from the East to the West. A Shockwave version of this site is available for those who have the Shockwave Player.
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SandlotScience.com
 | Check out this library of cool exhibits on opticalillusions!
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This Nation
 | Visit this site to combat ignorance about the United States government! There is an online textbook, a library of historical documents and rulings, pictures of past presidents, a glossary, and a current event section. You can also submit questions about politics and the government to "Professor Mott," or browse the archive of past questions.
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Transparent Language: the Internet Language Community
 | Learn to say common phrases in over thirty different languages! This site features English translations and audio clips of about two dozen phrases from each language to help you learn the correct pronunciation. There are also sections on the history of the languages, statistics on their use, and basic grammar information.
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Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
 | This is the site for learning about spices of the world. You can access information for over one hundred spices through a variety of different index formats including geographic, morphologic, botanic, and one that covers spice mixtures. The chemical constituents and history are given along with photos of each spice.
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Click Here!
 | Visit this amazing online exhibition of "anti banners!" "The idea behind this exhibition was to convert the dying banner-ad into an art form and fill it with sense and beauty. It was not supposed to sell anything but an idea..." Another must visit is the related interactive music/art site, Soulbath.com .
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The Official Web Page of Alcatraz Island
 | Take an online tour of Alcatraz Island at this site by the National Park Service. Learn about the previous military presence, the penitentiary, the incarceration of Hopi Indians by the military during the 1800s, the Indian occupation during the '60s and the women who first swam from the island to the shore of San Francisco. QuickTime Player Virtual Reality panoramas of Alcatraz can also be viewed.
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How Stuff Works
 | If you've ever wondered how car engines, computers, cell phones, or light sabers work, then this is the site for you! Visit this site to read great articles that answer these questions and hundreds more.
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Remarkable Careers in Oceanography: Women Exploring the Oceans
 | This great site explores the career of oceanography. Successful female oceanographers share their histories, scientific projects, and love of scientific research. You can also watch video interviews, look at photos, and e-mail the scientists.
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Sodaplay
 | At this site you can play with "Sodaconstructor," a computer program that animates and edits two-dimensional models made out of masses and springs. You can play the ready-made models or build your own.
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The Evolution of Alphabets
 | On this page you will find educational animations that show the evolution of many different alphabets from their root alphabets.
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Flags of the World
 | his site contains everything you ever wanted to know about flags and flag design. Questions about flags of the world, flag-making arts, formerly used flag designs, proposed flag designs, and flag identification can be answered here. If you know a flag by its design, but not by its country, try the "flag detective."
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Kid's Habitat: Dinosaur Dig San Diego Natural History Museum
 | At this fun site you can play the "Name that Reptile" game, ponder evidence for the theory that meteors caused the dinosaurs to be extinct, and find out where and how to look for fossils.
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Sue at the Field Museum
 | Meet Sue, the largest, most complete, best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in existence. Learn the details of how she was found, prepared, and put together. This site is a must-see for anyone interested in dinosaurs.
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Antimatter: Mirror of the Universe
 | At this site you can "discover what antimatter is, where it is made, and how it is already part of our lives." Also, be sure to check out our new site about CERN, home of the world's largest particle accelerator, at http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/
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Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
 | This terrific site explains aerodynamics to beginners through interactive animations, equations, images, and text.
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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory
 | Find out what happens when an ion is smashed! At this site, you can take a virtual tour of the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Learn about particle physics and the cutting-edge research being done in the field, watch an animation of a collision, and learn about the construction of the collider.
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