Standards for a Modern World

BBC: http://www.co.uk

Model United Nations: http://www.nmun.org/

PBS Genetically Modified Foods project: http://www.pbs.org/now/printable/classroom_genes_print.html

SCOPE: http://scope.educ.washington.edu

Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov

WISE: http://www.berkeley.edu/welcome.php

YouthCaN: http://www.youthcanworld.org/

Youth Voices in Democracy: http://www.iearn.org/projects/youthvoices.html

Real NASA Inspiration in a Virtual Space

Digital Media Lab: http://dml.larc.nasa.gov

Distance Learning Outpost Schedule page: http://learningoutpost.jsc.nasa.gov/schedule.html

Earth According to WORF: http://learningoutpost.jsc.nasa.gov/expeditions/geog5-8.html

Explorer Schools: http://www.explorerschools.nasa.gov

NASA Education Home Page: http://education.nasa.gov/

NASA Electronic Field Trips: http://education.nasa.gov/fieldtrip.html

NASA Live: http://live.larc.nasa.gov

NASA Quest: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/calendar/

NASA Virtual Visits: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/CoE/Coemain.html

NASA Virtual Visits-Asteroids: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/CoE/asteroidsvideocon2.htm

RealOne Player: http://www.real.com

STAR Web site: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/STAR/

Choosing the Right Books for Struggling Readers

Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By: http://www.storiestogrowby.com

Accelerated Reader: http://www.renlearn.com/ar/default.htm

Barahona Center: http://www.csusm.edu/csb/

Berenstain Bears: http://www.berenstainbears.com

Between the Lions: http://pbskids.org/lions

Book Adventure: http://www.bookadventure.org

The Bookhive: http://www.bookhive.org

Candlelight Stories: http://www.candlelightstories.com

Children’s Storybooks Online: http://www.magickeys.com/books

Cooperative Children’s Book Center, Books for Beginning Readers: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/jensen2.html

Disney: http://asp.disney.go.com/DisneyBooks/StoryTime.asp?id=2462

Guiding Literacy Learners (chapter 4): http://www.stenhouse.com/0327samp.htm

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

Kid’s Corner: http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

Leveled Books: http://www.Leveledbooks.com

Lil’ Fingers Storybooks: http://www.lil-fingers.com

Matching Books to Readers (introduction and chapter 1): http://www.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00193.asp

Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/archive/litinst_creatingtext.htm

NCLB: http://www.nclb.gov

Ongoing Tales: Literature from the Past: http://www.ongoing-tales.com

Portland (Oregon) Public Schools Level Book List: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/curriculum/literacy/leveled_books/

Project Gutenberg: http://gutenberg.net

Project LITT: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/SPED/ProjectLitt/LITT

Reading A to Z: http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html

Reading First: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/readingfirst/

ReadWriteSite: http://www.readwritesite.com

Scholastic’s Reading Counts!: http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/readingcounts/

Stories of the Dreaming: http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/

Story Place: http://www.storyplace.org

Storybox: http://www.dreambox.com/storybox/

The Big Screen

Duke University ’s Resources for Writers: http://www.ctlw.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/handouts/

Merriam Webster OnLine: http://www.m-w.com

MIT Online Writing and Communication Center: http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Process/ideageneration.html

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Thesaurus.com: http://thesaurus.reference.com

University of Kansas Writer ’s Roosts: http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/thesis.html

University of North Carolina ’s (at Chapel Hill) Writing Center: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/introductions.htm and http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html

Writing with Weblogs

9-11 Digital Archives: http://www.911digitalarchive.org

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

Live Journal: http://www.livejournal.com

Meg Hourihan,“What We ’re Doing When We Blog ”: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/13/megnut.html

Will Richardson ’s Blog: http://www.Weblogg-ed.com

Xanga: http://www.xanga.com

We Now Join Collaborative Projects in Progress

Visit Diane McGrath ’s Web site for the latest links associated with L&L’s PBL column, along with archives of previous column links and annotations: http://coe.ksu.edu/pbl/

Project Databases
Co-nect Teleprojects (follow the link to Faculty,and then to Teleprojects): http://www.co-nect.net

Global Schoolhouse: http://www.gsn.org

iEARN: http://www.iearn.org

Projects Mentioned
Creative Connections Project:Let ’s Go! Around the World: http://www.ccph.com/

Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Monarch Watch: http://www.monarchwatch.org/

NASA Quests: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/about/

TakingITGlobal: http://www.takingitglobal.org/

Projecting Knowledge

General
Ask Jeeves for Kids: http://www.ajkids.com

CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Discovery.com: http://www.discovery.com

Mystery Animals: http://www.faculty.smsu.edu/c/ckj271f/mysteryanimalppt.html

National Geographic Kids Magazine: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids

Online Newspaper Directory: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

Semantic Feature Analysis: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/guides/SFA.html and http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/sfa.html

Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com

Zoobooks: http://www.zoobooks.com

Literature
Author! Author! Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators on the Web: http://www.bethanyroberts.com/childrensbookauthors.htm

Jan Brett: http://www.janbrett.com

Eric Carle: http://www.eric-carle.com

Mem Fox: http://www.memfox.com

Museums
Museums Online 1000’s of Educational Art History Science Links: http://www.museumstuff.com

Smithsonian: Kids: http://www.si.edu/kids

Virtual Field Trips
Fly Me to the Moon: http://www.lauriefowler.com/moon.htm

Historical Tour of the White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/

Science in the Rainforest: Take a Walk in the Rainforest: http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainwalk.html

Webcams and Webcam Directories
Eagles Online—Northeast Utilities: http://www.nu.com/eagles/default.asp

Earth and Moon Viewer: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Earthcam—Webcam Network: http://www.earthcam.com/

Leonard’s CamWorld: http://www.leonardsworlds.com/camera.html

Webcam Central: http://www.camcentral.com