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Learning Adventures on the Internet

A Daily Dose of the Web 

Check out the weather!!
  http://weather.com 

Brain teasers/word of the day/logic problems and more!!
  http://internet4classrooms.com/daily_dose.htm  

Today in History----A link from the Library of Congress website
  http://memory.loc.gov/  

Get the latest news for the day.  Weekly Reader's website is divided into news for kids (K-6) and 

news for teens.  There is also an interactive news game that can be played.
  http://www.weeklyreader.com/  

Another site for a daily news bulletin.
 http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/DailyBulletin.html

 Word of the Day Sites – Merriam Webster Or from Dictionary.com

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl   or    http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/

Live Web Cams:

·        When using with your class:
o       Always preview the site before taking your students to it!
o       You may need to preview the site at the same time of day your class will be viewing to make sure the time of day works.
o       Check out what other cams students may wander into.
o       Some web cams temporarily go down.

http://www.leonardsworlds.com/
Lots of Child Safe Cams

http://animal.discovery.com/cams/cams.html
See tigers, pandas, gorillas, sharks, & elephants. 

http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/fieldcam.htm
Virtual Field Trips & Web Cams in the Classroom – contains good starting points, links to museums, zoos, points of interest, and other misc. cams

http://www.earthcam.com/
Use this site to search for cams all over the world.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/
Take a photo tour thru the White House.

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
The Virtual Body – Rebuild the skeleton, tour the heart, digestive track, learn about the brain parts, and much more!

http://www.nyctourist.com/liberty1.htm
Take a photo tour of the Statue of Liberty – you can even link to other sights in NYC.

Local Cams: 
St. Louis Arch Photo Gallery- http://stlouisarch.com/main.html - then click on photos.
The City Museum Virtual Tour - http://www.citymuseum.org/

 Online Collaborative Projects

 http://www.gsn.org/pr/
Global SchoolHouse Internet Project Registry – over 778 projects to choose from.   

Online Adventures

http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
GOALS:  Global Online Adventure Learning Site.  Explorers of all ages are invited to accompany adventurers to the Arctic Circle, across the Sahara, up mountains and over oceans.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

The NASA K-12 Internet Initiative offers several space-related interactive projects that are open to teachers and students.

 Online Field Trips

http://www.field-trips.org/vft/index.htm
A free, educational resource that organizes information into online field trips for K-12 nature and science exploration. Current field trips include hurricanes, salt marshes, oceans, rainforests and more.

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/

http://www.hersheys.com/index.shtml
take a tour of the Hershey’s factory

Internet Scavenger Hunts

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/hunt/archives/

http://www.cyberbee.com/hunts.html

Online Activities

http://internet4classrooms.com/daily_dose.htm
Daily Dose of the Web – Lots of quick activities.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/index.htm
This is your chance to visit countries around the world. Global Trek allows you to explore interesting facts about the countries, look at photos, meet the people, and write a travel journal. Book your trip now!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/
Scholastic’s Online Activities Center has lots to choose from

http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/index.asp
Travel to cool Web sites and hunt for the answers to math problems.  Many locations to choose from.

E-mail Pen Pals

http://www.epals.com/scholastic/index_sch.html?seesf=1394715
Connect & Collaborate with classes around the world from Scholastic

http://www.askanexpert.com/
Have a question? Here's a list of e-mail addresses of experts in a variety of fields who are willing to assist educators and students.

This site is designed and maintained by Shawn Farris.