Alaska
National
Geographic's Alaska
This is a National Geographic site that has a lot of information on
Alaska. It has pages that cover culture, population, geography, and
much more.
Exploring
Alaska: Three Scavenger Hunts
This site provides scavenger hunts designed to teach your students
about Alaska.
Big Cities Around the World
NYC
Link: the Official New York City Web Site
This is the web site for NYC that provides access to its agencies,
programs, services, and information on cultural, educational, and
recreational activities.
Boston
A great site for people looking to get the flavor of the Boston area
or for those looking to relocate there. A running description of Boston
is broken down into these categories: What's new, cost of living,
housing, taxes, jobs, getting around, weather, culture/nighlife, recreation,
and local customs.
Chicago
Mosaic
The front page of this site provides links to information on city
schools, a current political issue in the city, transportation, the
public library, events, an interactive map, and a traffic bulletin.
Cairo
One of the many cities included on the TourEgypt site, sponsored by
the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt.
Sydney
Updated daily, this site features the current weather, news, information,
events, photos and more!
Museums
Expo,
WWW Exhibit Organization
Pick up a free ticket and take the EXPO shuttle bus to several of
the many exhibits (including the Vatican and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits).
Also, visit the EXPO Bookstore and Post Office.
Hands
On Children's Museum
A fun place to visit for kids 10 years old and under. Exhibit themes
vary. The current theme is about the forest and the animals that live
there.
Hands-on
Science Centers Worldwide
This site contains numerous links to public museums that have a strong
emphasis on interacitve science education.
National
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Lots of information found at this site -- access to museum resources,
calendar of public events, on-line exhibitions, and much more!
National
Air and Space Museum
Take a look behind the scenes at the museum. Visit the new exhibition:
"Star Wars The Magic of Myth." Preview the teacher workshops scheduled
for Spring '98. Browse through other collections and exhibitions with
the click of a mouse!
National Parks
Joshua
Tree National Park
This site offers a beautiful slide show of digital photos from Joshua
Tree National Park, as well as useful information for tourists, campers
and park lovers.
Desert
USA: Parks
Death Valley is among the several desert national parks in the United
States highlighted in this Web site. Fill up your water bottle, apply
some sunscreen and check out these arid parks here.
Park
Search
This site contains a functional searching tool for national parks.
You may be amazed to find out how many there are. Check to see if
there’s one in your area - you just may be surprised to discover that
there’s one nearby!
New York City
The United Nations
This is a wonderful place to tour either in person or virtually. The six principal organs are explained; General Assembly, Security, Economic/Social, Trusteeship, and the International Court. There is so much to view and learn about the function of the United Nations.
The Sony Wonderlab
Visit this lab to learn about audio, imaging, robotics, design and network through interactive exhibits. Also, a must go to meet "bb the Wonderbot".
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
This museum is the only one in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. It celebrates the nature of design and how it affects our lives. Check it out to see some neat designs!
National Museum of American History
This museum helps to foster and promote the understanding of Native American people. There is a list of past and current exhibitions and much more!
The Studio Museum in Harlem
This museum is dedicated to African American art. The collection features nineteenth and twentieth-century African-American art, twentieth century Caribbean and African art, and traditional African art and artifacts.
The Merchant's House Museum
Visit this house from the 19th century, the only one in New Your City intact from the inside and out. There are three floors and seven period rooms containing the original possessions of the family.
North Pole
Artic Theme Page
Get a first hand look at the North Pole! This site has two Web cams and lots of images of the North Pole. Find out information about the weather, climate, geography and much more.
Live! from the North Pole
You can participate virtually in an expedition of the North Pole. Find online videos, images and more about NASA's expedition and the aiding technology involved in the adventure.
The North Pole - from Wikipedia
This site is a free online encyclopedia site. It offers a hyperlinking narrative about the North Pole and related information.
Artic Animals
More fun stuff from Enchanted Learning. Find printouts, images and information about Artic animals and why they can survive the cold.
The Iditarod - A WebQuest
This elementary school WebQuest asks students to keep a diary while "competing" in the famous race through Alaska. Students are asked to apply the knowledge learned about Alaska while preparing and then competing in this race.
Online Web Cams
Juneau Cam
Take a look at Alaska's Capital City, Juneau's harbor, and downtown. See cruise ships, war ships, fishing boats, float planes, and the Governor's Mansion.
Tommy's List of Web Cams
This site is monitored for inappropriate Web cams. There is a list of the USA states with Web cams for each state. Also listed are links for Web cams in Europe and several African countries.
Niagara Falls
Can't take your students to see Niagara Falls? Do the next best thing, use this site to see the falls live. There are also archived sites for evening, dawn and dusk pictures.
National Parks
A fantastic list of National Park Web cams. Use this site to find links to Web cams across the US and integrate the technology into your classroom.
Hubble Telescope
Get live updates from the Hubble telescope. Also great articles about space exploration for middle school and up.
Virtual Museums
The
Louvre
Visit all seven departments of one of the world's most famous museums.
Treasure
of the Czars
An informative tour of the Romanov artifacts as displayed at the Florida
International Museum in 1995.
MoMA,
New York
Check out the various on line projects as well as the current exhibits.
ArtsEdNet
Great ideas for infusing the arts into your curriculum and a student
gallery too.
FAMSF
(Fine Arts Museums - San Francisco)
70,000 images to browse. Or download shockwave and try the "rebuild
the DeYoung Museum" interactivity.
