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GRAMMAR
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH:
PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS'
SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
Check your grammar knowledge.
Quizzes take four minutes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND STYLE: JACK LYNCH
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/contents.html
MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an
MTV world." Delightful, highly educational articles by a wonderful
English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR
SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar
questions.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
USINGENGLISH.COM
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools and
resources for students, teachers, learners, and academics.
http://www.usingenglish.com/
WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers
can find inspiration.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
HISTORY
BEST OF HISTORY WEBSITES
portal to access annotated links to over 1000 history web sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
CHRONICLING AMERICA
Enhancing access to America's historic newspapers.
This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
THE DUKE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ORAL HISTORY
Provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted
with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and
cultures of their respective nations and tribes.
http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/whc/duke/
MANHATTAN PROJECT
Have you ever wondered what New York was like before it was a city?
http://themannahattaproject.org/
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
The Museum collects and preserves more than 3 million artifacts—all
true national treasures.
We take care of everything from the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat to Dizzy Gillespie’s angled trumpet and Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz.”
Our collections form a fascinating mosaic of American life and comprise
the greatest single collection of American history.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
SHEDDING LIGHT ON NEW YORK
Edward F. Caldwell & Co., of New York City, was the premier designer
and manufacturer of electric light fixtures and decorative metalwork
from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries.
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Caldwell/intro.cfm
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised
a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces
during the War of 1812. The sight of those "broad stripes and bright
stars" inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became
the United States national anthem.
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
ALGAE: A NEW WAY TO MAKE BIODIESEL
NSF small business grantee Ben Wen describes a new catalytic approach for algae biodiesel production that uses less work and energy, produces less waste, and makes a lot more fuel
http://tinyurl.com/nst3s4
HOW TO LISTEN TO ONE BRAIN CELL AT A TIME
NSF Graduate Research Fellow Carl Schoonover presents his take on some of the intangibles of a complex method that measures neural activity.
http://tinyurl.com/nlfoo8
INTERACTIVE ROCK CYCLES
Rocks come in cool colors, shapes, textures, and sizes and are found all
around you, but how much do you REALLY know about them?
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/
PLASMA WAVES STUDIED FOR NEW ELECTRONICS
With NSF support, long-time electrical engineer William Stillman talks
about his return to school and the focus of his research involving
terahertz radiation.
http://tinyurl.com/ntzu3c
SCIENTISTS TACKLE CLIMATE MODEL MYSTERY
Researchers trace a problem with a key climate model to its hydrology
scheme and find a simpler scheme keeps simulations in line with real-world observations.
http://tinyurl.com/ltrfg7
WRITING/JOURNALISM
APA STYLE BLOG
http://blog.apastyle.org/
CARNEGIE REPORTER
Magazine of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the website for the
magazine has the full-text of the print edition.
The magazine's purpose,
in addition to Carnegie Corporation's grant making, is to be "a hub for
ideas and a place where we could share ideas and strategies we are exploring."
http://www.carnegie.org/reporter/index.html
GUIDE TO CITATION STYLE GUIDES
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html
WRITING TECHNIQUES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_techniques
Our goal is to show you as much information as possible, just as fast
as we can find it, for every word in English, and to give you a place
where you can make your own opinions about words known.
This information
could be: An example sentence; related words; images tagged by Flickr;
statistics; an audio pronunciation—and you can record your own; or
something YOU tell us! Use the "Contribute" links to tell us something
—anything—about a word.
http://www.wordnik.com/ |
ARTS
THE ART OF LEON ENGELEN OIL PAINTINGS
http://www.engelen.com/index.html
¡AZÚCAR! THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ
http://tinyurl.com/mvdvd5
DESERT JEWELS: NORTH AFRICAN JEWELRY AND PHOTOGRAPHY
From the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/hermes/index.html
THE GRANDEUR OF VICEREGAL MEXICO
Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer web site is a collaborative effort
between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and faculty and graduate
students at the University of Houston, College of Education, Instructional
Technology Program.
http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/default.htm
JOHN JACOB OMENHAUSSER CIVIL WAR SKETCHBOOK
Confederate soldier John Jacob Omenhausser was imprisoned at the Union
prison camp in Point Lookout, Maryland, from June 1864 to June 1865, near
the end of the American Civil War.
While at Point Lookout, Omenhausser
documented prison life in sketchbooks with vibrant watercolors. His paintings
were annotated with captions and dialog and, while intending to be humorous,
often touch upon the grimmer aspects of camp life.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/digital/record.jsp?pid=umd:50498
MOUNTAIN STAGE
Live sets from the award-winning public radio program.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92133820
REFERENCES
ACADEMIC EARTH
Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
http://academicearth.org/
HISTORIC BASEBALL RESOURCES
http://www.loc.gov/topics/baseball/index.html
MLA AND APA UPDATES
The Purdue OWL now hosts both the updated MLA guidelines and the updated APA guidelines.
Our MLA resources, samples, and PowerPoint presentations reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.)
Our APA resources and PowerPoint presentations reflect the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/
NATIONMASTER
A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics.
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
http://www.us.oup.com/us/subscriptions/subscribe/
RANDOMKID
Kids often have BIG ideas.
RandomKid takes their ideas for a better tomorrow seriously and helps to make them a reality.
By guiding children across the USA through the necessary steps, teaching them appropriate skills, and creating opportunities to tap into a variety of resources that allow them to inspire and mobilize others,
RandomKid empowers children to solve real-world problems.
http://www.randomkid.org/
TIME OUT WORLDWIDE
Planning a trip? This website offers lots of information on cities around
the world, including hotels, restaurants, arts and entertainment.
http://www.timeout.com/
UNIVERSAL NEWSREELS
Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week.
Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience.
These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.
http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels
WASTE ONLINE
http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/
EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER (CLRN)
Offers a number of ways in which you can find the Electronic Learning Resources you are looking for.
You can use our Basic search to search by Title, Grade Level, Category, or Publisher, or you can use the Advanced Search to perform complex searches on our ELR database.
We also offer a Content Standards search, so you can find ELRs that meet specific standards.
http://www.clrn.org/search/
DISCOVER NORTH CAROLINA
Do you want to get your students out of the classroom and into the real world?
Discover NC! is your guide to local educational resources throughout North Carolina for field trips, classroom use, and student research.
http://www.learnnc.org/discover/
FED 101
Source for information on the Federal Reserve System and economic education.
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/index.htm
GENERATIONS OF HEROES
A project that offers South Carolina educators and students a chance to
document the living memories of heroes and civilians who have served the
United States from World War II to today’s soldiers serving in the Global
War on Terrorism.
http://www.knowitall.org/bellsouthdigitalstoryteller/
NONPROFIT PROPHETS
Who are these prophets? Students, that's who! Who else do you think
will change the world?
Specifically, students in 9th through 12th grade English, social studies, science, health, and applied technology classes will serve as core teams investigating a problem in local or global communities that they think needs fixing.
Students in other grades can work as consultants, experts, researchers, data gatherers, technologists, graphic artists, etc. to help the core teams.
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/prophets/
HEALTH
BIOZONE: BIOLINKS
http://www.biozone.co.nz/links.html
DIETS
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diets.html
GREY MATTERS: FROM MOLECULES TO MIND
http://www.ucsd.tv/greymatters/
KIDS' HEALTH PROBLEMS
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html |
