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Conversions
 
Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit and Pounds to Kilograms
- from  the Medical College of Wisconsin
Digital Generation Unit Converter - form based 
Digital Generation Unit Conversions - uses Java
OANDA Currency Converter - from Olsen & Associates.  Find exchange rates for money
around the world
 
 
The CyberJourneys Series
 
Kids@work Math in the Cyberzone
CyberDesign Architects of the Future
English@work A Passport to Cyberspace
Scribes Online  Learning in an Electronic Writing Space
 
 
Global Classroom Resources
 
ACES I (July 1998) - Cultivating Learners - integrating the Internet into the curriculum
ACES II (July 1999) - Nurturing engaged learners
Global Classroom Teacher Resources - a wide range of resources including places to find online projects
 
 Keypals
 
ePals - Huge database of schools with information about
     grade levels and topics
Web66 - Huge database of schools worldwide
Yahoo     Education K-12 Schools
KIDLINK archives - Global Networking for kids through secondary school  
 
 
KIDLINK
 
The "Who Am I?" Program - an 8 month educational program for students
KIDLEADER archives - Where the adult leaders hold discussions
KIDLINK - projects and global dialogue for kids through secondary school  
KIDPROJ - long and short term projects, message archives
KIDFORUM - 6 week topics, message archives
KIDCAFE - free form discussions
KIDLINK IRC - registration required 
KIDLINK C2D - multimedia
Search the KIDLINK archives
How to  subscribe to KIDLINK lists
 
 
Latitude and Longitude
 
  How Far Is It? - Excellent site for finding latitude and longitude as well
as calculating the distance between two cities.
Astrodienst Atlas  - This resource gives latitude/longitude and times for cities around the world.  Big database.
 
 
Projects
 
21st Century Schoolhouse - interactive educational forum for the growth and advancement of social equity, ecological integrity and economic prosperity. 
Global SchoolNet Foundation - harnesses the power of the Internet to provide ongoing opportunities to support learners both in and outside of the school environment.
The Electronic Emissary Project - Internet-based telementoring and research effort serving K-12 students and teachers around the world. 
MidLink Magazine - a digital magazine for kids
Youth Net - a place where youth (of all ages) around the world can safely meet each other, and participate in discussions, interactive learning projects, and activities that meet their needs.
I*EARN International Education and Resource Network 
Global Quest II - NASA - Teaching with the Internet
K-12 Classroom Projects - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 
Designs for Telecollaboration and Telepresence - Judi Harris, from her book Virtual Architecture
 
 
Reference Library
 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - A complete online resource for teachers.  Excellent.
Teaneck Public Schools CyberLibrary
Kidsweb - a Digital Library for K-12 students
  National Geographic Online
  Population Clocks
   National Geographic Map Machine: Atlas - maps and statistical information about countries around the world.
Mapquest - Users can 
explore millions of towns and cities around the world. Features include addresses on a map, driving directions, lodging, restaurant, and city information. 
The World Factbook 1998 - a complete source of concise information for many countries including these categories: Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military and Transnational Issues.  
Ask an Expert - links to several "Ask an Expert" pages from UtahLINK
WebQuests - inquiry oriented activity using resources on the WWW
From Now On - Jamie McKenzie
 
 
Search Engines
 
Seven Steps Toward Better Searching
 
AltaVista - Largest search engine on the WWW. Searches the WWW and Usenet.
AltaVista Translation - service available for French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish
Metacrawler - One of the earliest meta-search engines.  Supports Boolean searching.
User can customize Metacrawler before searching.  
Infoseek - Fast and easy to use.  Does not allow Boolean searches.
Includes reference guides, business news and stock quotes.  Users can personalize news searches.
Lycos - Fast and easy. No Boolean. 
Great for searching for images, sounds and video.
Ask Jeeves - Ask a question and submit.  No Boolean necessary.
 
 
Search Engines for Kids
 
Yahooligans - a Web Guide for kids.  Enter terms and also
click on a choice of eight categories.
KidsClick! - Enter search words or click on 15
different catergories.  Offers advanced searching.
Ask Jeeves For Kids - Kids can ask a question and click on "Ask."  Keywords and Boolean 
terms are not necessary.
Search Tools For Kids Many web tools on one page
Kids' Tools For Searching the Internet Search terms can be entered on this page for many search engines appropriate for kids 
 
 
ThinkQuest
 
ThinkQuest - An International Contest for Students 12 - 19 years old.
ThinkQuest Junior - A contest for girls and boys in U.S. schools, grades 4 - 6.
ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers - A new contest for U.S. teachers
 
 
Time Zones
 
The Time Zone Page - The current time is available for 619 cities, worldwide.
  KIDLINK's dual clocks - Wonderful page with two clocks.  One shows local 
time for the user and the other shows the time of an area the user clicks on the map in the center
of the page.
World Time Zones - from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.  Click on a letter
of the alphabet to see times zones for major cities around the world.  The local standard time offset from UTC is listed on the pages.
 
 
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