Coast to Coast Activity - Tuesday PM
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In this activity our group split up into two groups. One researched educational web sites while the other group compiled the sites and put them onto a web page. The key was that the only communication between the group was using the chat and email(with attachments) funtions of first class<sup>®

Our Internet Sites</sup>

• Check out good social studies sites
  
• War Stories
  
  • This site has stories or images about actual war experiences to share
    
• European History Sources
  
  • We found the site to offer a wide range of sources on European and other area of history. Through this we could access maps, documents, texts, photos, charts and graphs which will be very useful in student research efforts. We also found that a number of locations within this site had been moved or were empty. Nonetheless, we could also access university syllabuses, articles in many languages, bibliographies, and museums. As Advanced Placement European History teachers, we give this one "two thumbs up!"
    
    
• Comparative Religions
  
  • This is a website that provides a table of contents of comparative religions with links to various websites about each religion.
    
    
• Early Modern English Studies
  
  • Serendipity! We found a marvelous website for early modern English studies. It is called Tudor England and the address is . Each monarch is profiled, along with several spouses. Contemporary accounts are included, along with maps, portraits, and other important sources. We'll be returning here!
    
    
  College/University Life
  

• Free Scholarship Program
  
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• Wesleyan University
  
  • Wesleyan University has mounted a very attractive web site with the usual buttons for the various aspects of community life and facilities. This brief review focused on the Biology Department and its research activities in cell biology and molecular genetics, particularly the work of Dr. Wolfe. The graphics and photographs at this area and the entire site were very clear.
    
    
• Eclectic Stuff
  

• http://fromnowon.org/techtopten.html
  
  • This is called the Tech Top Ten: The Ten Best Web sites for Educational Technology. This links to the current top 10 list according to "From Now On" (some magazine or publication I have never heard of). The links include a couple like Classroom Connect. But also some with more theoretical information as well as strategic planning, acceptable use policies, networking issues, all the topics we have to address in the field of Technology in Schools.
    
    
• http://ken.iwaynet.net/home.html
  
  • This is one of my personal favorites for working with my students when studying earth science. There are hundreds of links to many topics including volcanoes, earthquakes, weather phenomena, fires, tsunamis. Links to lots of pictures as well as many live cams.
    
    
• http://www.iditarod.org/
  
  • This is the address of the official site of the Iditarod Sled Dog race in Alaska. They have a very cool hookup for teachers where you can add your school to the list and follow the race and even e-mail racers.
    
    
• http://ceres.ca.gov/education/students/history.html
  
  • Interesting site for California History. Information on the geology, history, cultures, missions, transportation... I will use this one next year for sure.
    
    
• Marvy Science Sites
  
  
• Newton Simple Science Experiments
  
• Wonderful site for quick and easy science experiments for children with simple equipment .... possibly done at many learning stations.
  
  
• Ask An Astronomer
  
  • Okay folks, here's another great science education website. If you do anything in the area of astronomy, this is a super site. It's called "Ask an Astronomer." You can ask an astronomer any question you want and you will get an answer, but only if the question has not been asked before. There is a topic index to answers that have already been answered so this is also a great resource for existing information. Have fun finding out what a Black Hole is!
    
    
    
• Oceans of the World
  
  • A great site on oceans within site for Franklin