Fritz Lang Motion Pictures
 | Movie director Fritz Lang shot 16mm film as he toured around the American Southwest between 1938 and 1953. View digital versions of these films at this site.
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Roden Crater
 | Learn about James Turell's ambitious plans to transform a volcanic crater into large-scale art. Roden Crater is situated on the southwestern edge of the Painted Desert in northern Arizona
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A Drum Lesson Database
 | The authors of this site call it, "the percussion resource for players and music educators." With over 400 great drum lessons on rhythms from around the world, it's easy to see why their claim is true!
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Music of the Holocaust
 | This collection of songs written in Jewish ghettos, concentration camps and partisan outposts during the Nazi era demonstrates how music acted to preserve a sense of humanity for those living under inhumane conditions. The pages include audio files of the songs, links to further reading, photos, and in some cases, sheet music.
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Astronauts' Views of the Home Planet: Earth from Space
 | Fascinating images of Earth from the Space Shuttle! Searchable by type of image such as images relating to Earth-human interaction, hurricanes and weather, and more.
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Earth & Moon Viewer -
 | See real time images of the earth and moon.
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SETI Institute
 | The mission of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute is to explore, understand, and explain the origin, nature, and prevalence of life in the universe. Find out more about this important field of study.
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ChemMatters
 | Great online resource for High School chemistry teachers brought to you by the American Chemical Society. Pdf versions of "ChemMatters" magazine, geared towards a high school audience, are available online along with the corresponding teachers’ guides.
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A Chemical Jigsaw Puzzle
 | Learning basic chemistry is even more fun when it's a puzzle! Learn the concept of valency and how to balance equations using this fun visual and tactile method.
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The Image
 | This is a great resource with beautiful images and reference information about gemstones and minerals.
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Backyard Jungle
 | Kid-friendly online community where users around the world can load photos, drawings, and descriptions about the natural surroundings where they live and view what others have loaded.
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Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems
 | The site includes photo galleries and stories about the springs flora and fauna, threats and protection efforts, an online expedition with Flash elements, audio and video as well as a great animated production about the water cycle, aquifer and threats to springs. Lesson plans and student activities for teachers are also available.
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GeographyIQ
 | Planning a trip? Preparing a school homework assignment? Perhaps you're interested in current events or are just curious about exploring the world around you. GeographyIQ is an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information.
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Astronauts' Views of the Home Planet: Earth from Space
| Fascinating images of Earth from the Space Shuttle! Searchable by type of image such as images relating to Earth-human interaction, hurricanes and weather, and more.
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Thomas S. Warren Museum of Fluorescence
 | See close-up photographs of fluorescent minerals under ultraviolet light, tour the museum’s exhibits, and learn about fluorescence and phosphorescence!
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Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems
| The site includes photo galleries and stories about the springs flora and fauna, threats and protection efforts, an online expedition with Flash elements, audio and video as well as a great animated production about the water cycle, aquifer and threats to springs. Lesson plans and student activities for teachers are also available.
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The Green Frog News
 | This great resource for teachers features experiments and lessons on science and the environment in pdf format.
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Pathfinder Science
 | Online community of teachers and students using technology to promote and engage in science learning. The web site includes threaded discussion areas, organizing protocols, data submission, retrieval from interactive databases, background information on the research areas and a publication area for students to submit their own research work.
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Science of Wildfire
 | How do fires work? What is fire's role? What is the difference between a "good" fire and a "bad" fire? Find out in this online feature from SmokeyBear.com.
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History of the Universe
 | Come "hear" the story of the universe in several chapters.
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Fritz Lang Motion Pictures
| Movie director Fritz Lang shot 16mm film as he toured around the American Southwest between 1938 and 1953. View digital versions of these films at this site.
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Children’s Books of the Early Soviet Era
 | Beautiful children’s book covers and illustrations from the early Post-revolution era in Russia.
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A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
 | This site explores the period of U.S. history when, "racial prejudice and fear upset the delicate balance between the rights of a citizen versus the power of the state." Through music, images and first-person accounts, this site focuses on the experience of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II.
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Women Who Changes History
 | Meet five amazing women who changed history.
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Women in World History Curriculum
 | Learn about great women rulers and female heroes. Read quotes from famous women and essays about women in history. Use the classroom lessons to take an understanding of women's history further.
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The Cyber Toaster Museum
 | Check out some cool old toasters! "When toasters began being manufactured they took on dozens of forms, went through many evolutions and, before 1960 at least, were sculptural showpieces that had a place of honor in the home."
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American Memory Project
 | From the U.S. Library of Congress. Access to over seven million images, texts and recordings documenting American history. Collections include African-American sheet music 1850-1920, architecture and engineering 1933 to the present, early silent films of New York City, and hundreds of others.
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Cool Robot of the Week
 | Each week, the NASA Space Telerobotics Program features a new robotics-related Web site. The archive contains hundreds of past selections.
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Switcheroo Zoo
 | Create crazy animals that could never exist at this surrealistic virtual zoo!"
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Florida's Springs: Protecting Nature's Gems
| The site includes photo galleries and stories about the springs flora and fauna, threats and protection efforts, an online expedition with Flash elements, audio and video as well as a great animated production about the water cycle, aquifer and threats to springs. Lesson plans and student activities for teachers are also available.
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Dr. Saul's Biology in Motion
 | Lots of interactive online activities and exhibits for students and teachers!
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Plants-In-Motion
 | Plants move too! Intriguing time-lapse QuickTime Player movies that show that animals aren't the only living things capable of movement.
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Photo Essays at the Missouri Botanical Garden
 | Travel with botanists to places like the Republic of Georgia and Madagascar! Through photo essays you will learn about the flora they have found there.
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Tree of Life
 | This collaborative Web project, produced by biologists from around the world, provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics.
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Orca Live
 | This site relays live sound and images of orcas in the natural environment off Hanson Island near Vancouver, Canada. You can chat with others as you enjoy the Webcasts.
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Switcheroo Zoo
| Create crazy animals that could never exist at this surrealistic virtual zoo!
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Way Cool Surgery
 | Designed for middle and high school students, this site has videos of surgeons performing heart surgery, patient case histories, information about different medical careers, and information about heart disease prevention.
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BOS USA
 | Which is the only great ape species to come from Asia? Visit this site and find out. You'll also learn why "Orangutan" means People of the Forest to natives of Malaysia and Indonesia. There are also lots of great pictures, facts, and lesson plans that focus on Orangutan behavior.
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Children’s Books of the Early Soviet Era
| Beautiful children’s book covers and illustrations from the early Post-revolution era in Russia.
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Geometry: Step-by-Step
 | This site has interesting and diverse content. There are traditional geometry problems with animations, quizzes, Incan geometry, quotes by great thinkers, and an inspirational philosophical animation.
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Street Level Youth Media
 | This Chicago-based community program educates youth in media arts and emerging technologies. Be sure to check out their archive of Web projects by inner-city youth.
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Backyard Jungle
 | Kid-friendly online community where users around the world can load photos, drawings, and descriptions about the natural surroundings where they live and view what others have loaded.
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GeographyIQ
| Planning a trip? Preparing a school homework assignment? Perhaps you're interested in current events or are just curious about exploring the world around you. GeographyIQ is an online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information."
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Children’s Books of the Early Soviet Era
| Beautiful children’s book covers and illustrations from the early Post-revolution era in Russia.
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Museum of Online Museums
 | You will find links from their "archives to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions."
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Look at Me
 | This site is a collection of found photos. Some were found on the street, others were bought cheap at a flea market. They’re interesting and mysterious.
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New York City: After the Fall
 | This site combines audio, text, sound, and motion beautifully. It is a thoughtful presentation about the psychological aftermath of September 11th in New York City.
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SETI Institute
| The mission of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute is to explore, understand, and explain the origin, nature, and prevalence of life in the universe. Find out more about this important field of study.
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Game Theory
 | Brush up on your knowledge of game theory with online games, quizzes, book reviews and lecture notes.
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Switcheroo Zoo
| "Create crazy animals that could never exist at this surrealistic virtual zoo!"
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GPS Drawing
 | This site is an online gallery of large-scale drawings made as a result of people recording their tracks on a GPS. It's weird, interesting, and worth a look.
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Online Audio Recordings
 | Listen to lectures and speeches made at UC Berkeley by influential minds such as Margaret Mead, Michel Foucault, James Baldwin, Noam Chomsky, and more. Poetry readings by some famous poets are also available. You will need the free RealPlayer to listen.
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Fonetiks.org: the Online Language Laboratory
 | Want to learn to speak Thai or Brazilian Portuguese? This online language laboratory can help. It features easy to use audio tutorials on some of the world's major languages. You will need the free Flash Player to listen.
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American Folklore
 | This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, Tall Tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States.
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Paper Online
 | At this site you will find out everything you ever wanted to know about paper!
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Computing the Date of Easter
 | Did you know that there's a place where astronomy and culture meet? This US Naval Observatory site gives an algorithm that can be used to calculate the date of Easter in accordance with the ecclesiastical rules. Click here for Passover and Rosh Hashana calendar date calculations.
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X-rays for Kids
 | Beautiful x-ray images show you the insides of plants, animals, and other miscellaneous things. You'll also find out how x-ray machines work.
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Wireframe at Vectorlounge
 | You control the movements of this amazing online skeleton puppet! You'll the Flash Player to play.
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TCUP - The Collective Unconsciousness Project
 | This is a site about dreams -- yours and those of others. You can navigate the sleepy unconscious of strangers in a dreamlike interface, or you can add your own tale to the mix. Requires Flash Player.
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ISketch.net
 | It's pictionary online! Enter a room where the game is being played, and try to guess what your teammates are drawing. Fireworks and points if you get the answer. Requires Flash Player.
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Knots Gallery
 | Have you ever wanted to learn to tie fancy knots? The nice animations on this page will show you how!
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PBS's Evolution series
 | Created to accompany a seven-part series covering topics like the struggle for survival and reconciling faith and science, this site offers a wealth of interactive information. The extensively searchable library is big added plus. Some material requires the Flash Player.
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Sebastião Salgado
 | Brazilian documentary photographer, Sebastião Salgado is "someone who believes in not only witnessing what is going on in the world, but helping to reflect on its problems." common humanity.
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Look at Me
| This site is a collection of found photos. Some were found on the street, others were bought cheap at a flea market. They’re interesting and mysterious.
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New York City: After the Fall
| This site combines audio, text, sound, and motion beautifully. It is a thoughtful presentation about the psychological aftermath of September 11th in New York City.
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Physicslessons.com
 | Lab experiments, simple animations that explain physical science concepts, and more.
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Scientific American
 | More than just a magazine, this website has polls, experts, and special sections on current topics. Long-time fans of the magazine will appreciate the archives.
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National Hurricane Center
 | Get satellite imagery and radar maps of the latest storms at this informative and potentially life-saving resource.
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