MoMA: Red Studio
 | Red Studio, developed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in collaboration with high school students, explores issues and questions raised by teens about modern art and today’s working artists. There are interactive activities, interviews with MoMA artists and curators, a bulletin board, and much more. You’ll need the free Flash player.
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SwarmSketch
 | SwarmSketch is a playground for the sketching of the collective consciousness. Users can contribute a small amount of line per visit. They are then given the opportunity to vote on the opacity of lines submitted by other users. By voting, users moderate the input of other users, judging the quality of each line. The darkness of each line is the average of all its previous votes. You’ll need the free Flash Player 7.
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Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
| Category: Arts | Cool Site: February 2006 |
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 | Design a house in 3D with Frank Lloyd Wright! On this Web site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work. You'll need the free Shockwave plug-in.
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The Renaissance Connection
 | Highly interactive, educational, and fun site about art of the Renaissance from the Allentown Art Museum. You'll need the free Flash player.
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Maps in the News
 | UTOPIA’s map exhibits let you span the globe with a glimpse of places that are currently in the news.
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Irish Potato Famine
| Category: History | Cool Site: April 2006 |
| Recommended 2 times |
 | Engaging interactive exhibit about the Irish Potato Famine. You’ll need the free Flash player.
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The Mind of Leonardo: The Universal Genius at Work
| Category: History | Cool Site: April 2006 |
| Recommended 1 time |
 | Web site for the new exhibition “The Mind of Leonardo” at the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy. Explore Leonardo da Vinci’s mode of thinking and his unitary conception of knowledge as the effort to assimilate, through bold theoretical syntheses and inventive experiments, the laws that govern all of the wondrous operations of man and nature. You’ll need either Window’s Media Player or the QuickTime player to access the video elements.
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Kiddofspeed - GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Pictures
 | An account of one woman’s motorcycle ride through the Chernobyl “dead zone.” Elena brings the area’s history to life through photos and anecdotes collected during her thoughtful journey.
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National Women's Hall of Fame
 | March is Women's History month! Learn about some remarkable American women and their contributions to society.
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The Renaissance Connection
| Category: History | Cool Site: February 2006 |
| Recommended 1 time |
| Highly interactive, educational, and fun site about art of the Renaissance from the Allentown Art Museum. You'll need the free Flash player.
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In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
 | The slave trade is the most well-known African American immigration story, but there were eleven other voluntary waves of migration that shaped today's black culture. With 8,300 images, 17,000 pages of texts, and over 60 maps, In Motion (from the New York Public Library) tells the story of those "voluntary movements of resourceful and creative men and women, risk-takers in an exploitative and hostile environment" providing a "new interpretation of African American history."
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Time for Kids: Black History Month
 | Start your tour with the Black History Timeline (Then to Now) to prepare for the interactive quiz game Civil Rights History Challenge. "Retrace the marchers' steps by answering our questions about the fight for equal rights." Next is a popular culture quiz. Can you recognize six famous modern-day African Americans by their baby pictures?
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Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
| Category: History | Cool Site: February 2006 |
| Recommended 1 time |
| Design a house in 3D with Frank Lloyd Wright! On this Web site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work. You'll need the free Shockwave plug-in.
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
 | Join in the national celebration honoring the life and enduring legacy of one of our most remarkable founding fathers.
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Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
| Design a house in 3D with Frank Lloyd Wright! On this Web site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work. You'll need the free Shockwave plug-in.
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Instructables: Step-by-Step Collaboration
 | Find out how to make millions of cool things such as a pinball machine table and a 3-D scanner! You can also add your cool projects to the site.
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ForgeFX: Interactive 3D Simulations
 | A set of fun, interactive, and educational 3D simulation “games.” You’ll need the free Flash player.
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PEEP and the Big Wide World
 | This site, which features Flash-based games starring Peep and his friends, entices three-to-five-year-olds to explore science. While kids may be having too much fun to realize it, these games will help them learn to estimate distances, mix colors, exercise their memory, and explore basic physics. The site also includes a collection of science resources. You’ll need the free Flash player.
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The Gift of a Lifetime: Organ and Tissue Transplantation in America
 | In this dramatic photo-documentary journey, experience the stories of patients whose hopes rise and fall with each passing day as they wait for organ transplants. Learn how families look beyond their grief in order to give life to others.
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Ray Bradbury: At Home with Ray
 | Video clips of Ray Bradbury in his basement workspace sharing thoughts about everything from his grandkids to the Internet. You'll need the free Quicktime player to watch.
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UNICEF Voices of Youth
 | Not “your dad’s UNICEF,” this site focuses on the serious problems faced by youth in different parts of the world from the perspective of a young person. There are fun, interactive games that help you explore those problems. You’ll need the free Flash player.
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A Dancer’s Journal: Learning to Perform the Dances of Martha Graham
 | April is National Dance Month! Explore the life of a new member of the Martha Graham Dance Company as she prepares for her roles in upcoming performances. A teacher’s guide and lesson plans are also available. You’ll need the free Flash player to enjoy this extremely rich multimedia experience.
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Instructables: Step-by-Step Collaboration
| Find out how to make millions of cool things such as a pinball machine table and a 3-D scanner! You can also add your cool projects to the site.
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The Public Library of Science
 | The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource.
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