Educational Sites

Here are international sites useful for both teachers and students.

General

• Activities Exchange contains an archive of classroom activities including biology and life sciences.
• AltaVista is a fast search engine, useful for finding things on the Internet.
• FedWorld links to more than 200 US government agencies.
• Houghton Mifflin Projects for reading, math, social studies, science, keypals and online projects.
• Projects links to on-going Internet projects.
• Web66 Internet in Education Project is where you can get your school online.
• Yahoo Internet Index allows you to search the Internet.

Health and Physical Education

• Hillary Commission has projects and resources as well as an online Hyperzine.
• No Bully describes ways to deal with bullying.
• Te Araroa - The Long Pathway gives information on walking tours from Cape Reinga to the Bluff
• US Health Statistics provides information directly from the US government.

Language and Languages

• Maori Organisations
• Waiata in wav file format.

Mathematics

• Interactive Mathematics has a glossary of terms and samples.
• MegaMath where mathematicians experiment and play.
• Problem-solving Mathematics and strategies for success.
• Statistics New Zealand provides ideas and information for projects.

Science

• NZ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry provides education kits and support material.
• Space-based Projects include high-altitude astronomy, spececraft explorations and life sciences.
• Tree of Life Project has information on biological organisms including fire flies, tiger beetles and whirligigs.
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit allows you to dissect a frog online.
• VolcanoWorld is the place to learn about volcanoes.

Social Sciences

• Berkeley Subway gives access to its own museums and exhibits and those around the world.
• Hyper History provides 3000 years of history using all forms of media.
• New Zealand History from the arrival of the Maori to today.
• New Zealand Youth Parliament gives young people an opportunity to have their views heard.

Technology

• Appropriate Technology looks at environmentally sustainable technologies.
• Electro Flash has "Bright Sparks" section for online projects.
• How Stuff Works explains how everyday things do what they do.

The Arts

• ArtServe History Web is a database of art history information.
• International Society for Music
• Music Composers' Index
• NZ Society for Music Education

Students

• Ask An Expert to get help from a real person.
• ClassroomWeb links to hundreds of schools on the Internet.
• International Email links classes to students around the globe.
• ThinkQuest is an annual contest where students, ages 12 to 18, use the Internet as collaborative tool.

Teachers

• Classroom Connect on the Net is one of the highest rated online sites for 'wired' K-12 educators.
• ERIC Resource Center is the place for educators to find classroom resources online.
• George Lucas Educational Foundation's Live and Learn site
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites updated daily.
• Teacher Education Internet Server provides professional development materials online.
• Virtual Teachers' Centre provides curriculum and teaching related topics contained in a set of easy to use menus with a short decription for each link.

New Zealand sites of interest:

• Ministry of Education Online Resources is the site for NZ Curriculum links.
• National Archives with information and images of the Treaty of Waitangi.
• New Zealand Ministry of Education is found here.
• NZ search engine finds what you need if it is located in New Zealand.
• Telecom Education site has links to schools and resources in NZ and overseas.
• The CWA Education Web has an extensive collection of educational resources and links.
• The New Zealand Education Gazette is now online.

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Updated 17 January 2002 by N Beauregard