Cool Web Sites

COOL WEB SITES

Air and Space Smithsonian magazine
http://www.airspacemag.com/

Answers.com
http://www.answers.com

Bill Nye, The Science Guy: Nye Labs Online
http://www.billnye.com/flash.html

CIA World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

CNN World News / Main Page
http://cnn.com/WORLD/

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

Great Web Sites for Kids - Computers and Technology
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=25

Microsoft Education: Complete lessons in numerous subjects.
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/LessonPlans.aspx

Energy Quest
http://www.energy.ca.gov/index.html

Family History Technology Laboratory
http://icie.cs.byu.edu/FHiTL/index.html

Information for Computer Education - Resources for teachers of Information Technology; computer laws and paradoxes, links to computer magazines, virtual libraries, hot news.
http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/index.php

K-12 World
http://www.k-12world.com/

Math - FAQ
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/

MicroWorlds: Exploring the Structure of Materials
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/index.html

National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu/

Newseum - daily newspaper front pages
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

Occupational Outlook Handbook - online
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Pop Clock - world population
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Starting Point / Power Search
http://www.stpt.com/

Surf Aquarium
http://surfaquarium.com/

The Weather Channel
http://www.w3.weather.com/

The Why Files - The science behind the news
http://whyfiles.org/

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/

Views of the Solar System
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Fun Science Activities and Links
http://www.hightechscience.org/activities.htm

DICTIONARIES

OneLook Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/

Merriam Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

FACTS AND ANSWERS

The Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/

Ask an Expert
http://www.justanswer.com/Advice.asp?r=gagen

INQUIRE

CalendarLand
http://www.fos.ut.ac.ir/links/Wwwyp/ref.htm

My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/

Librarians' Index to the Internet (index of usful links)
http://lii.org/

LOCATIONS AND DESTINATIONS

USCity.Net
http://www.uscity.net/

MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/

REALTIME

23 Peaks (Climbing highest peaks in North, Central, & South Americas)
http://www.23peaks.com/

Jason Project (a year-round scientific expedition)
http://www.jasonproject.org/

Manarch Watch (entomology)
http://www.monarchwatch.org/