Net Happenings Links and Information

 

Skills for Reading class

The Seven Wonders of the World

http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm

 

Free Essays Guide

http://www.free-essays-guide.com/

 

NHL Uniforms

http://www.nhluniforms.com/

The Complete History of NHL Uniforms dating from the 1910's to the present.

 

Snipe Hunter's Association of America

http://www.snipehunter.com/

One of the great steps to manhood for every boy is their going on a snipe hunt. :-)

"The official, original, and best dang web site dedicated to the sport of snipe hunting."

 

A Glossary of Literary Terms

http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm

Handy glossary of literary terms all on one page.

 

An Odyssey in Print | Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries

http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/Odyssey/

"Throughout time, explorers have drawn readers to faraway places through stories and songs, maps and drawings, manuscripts and books. Their intriguing accounts of the new and unknown have brought the world closer to those left at home. ''An Odyssey in Print'' invites you to see the universe through the eyes of these courageous travelers, to share the curiosity of scientists who pursue knowledge from the Earth below to the heavens above, and to enjoy the creative endeavors of artists, writers, and artisans."

 

Read to Feed

http://www.readtofeed.org/

"Heifer International's Read to Feed website for kids, parents, teachers and sponsors provides games, curriculum and classroom activities designed to involve children in global issues and solutions to world hunger and poverty."

 

Mythhome

http://www.mythome.org/mythhome.htm

Comprehensive overview and gateways of mythology and folk tales running through a large gamut of topics and genres.

 

UCL Phonetics and Linguistics

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/toc/set_eresource.htm

Here you can find materials and resources of interest to students of Phonetics, Linguistics and the English Language.

 

Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc Subject: Resource: Haiku Writing

http://www.worddance.com/magazine/worksheet.html

 

 

Chemistry Class

ChemCom (Chemistry in the Community)

http://www.lapeer.lib.mi.us/ChemCom/Index.html

 

Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/

 

Strange Science

http://www.strangescience.net/

 

Links for Chemists

Links for Chemists is an index of over 8,075 chemistry resources on the web. This site is the copyright of The University of Liverpool, Department of Chemistry we hope you will abide by our fair-use guidelines whilst using this index.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html

 

ScienceMaster maintains an email list for those interested in its FREE monthly email newsletter on science education topics, links, resources and news.

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http://tryscience.org/

"TryScience is a science education resource for children, parents and educators. We feature information for kids on science museums, science fair project ideas, dinosaurs, and other science discoveries

 

The name says it all.

Answers to questions you didn't even know you had!

http://www.howstuffworks.com

 

ETC.

Adolescent Mood Disorders

http://www.adolescent-mood-disorders.com/

 

For anyone who wishes to set up and run quizzes for their students, we have developed an intranet/internet based quiz engine that may suit your purpose.

Please find enclosed the link to our quiz engine: http://www.soft-trek.com.au/quizmaster.asp

 

Plagiarism

http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism

Articles and resources on Plagiarism; copyright and intellectual freedom; case studies; detection tools; and more...

 

http://www.googlefight.com/

Make a keywords fight through this gateway to the Google search engine by entering two search keyword(s) side-by-side and seeing which one gathers the most results.

 

National Novel Writing Month

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Have you got a novel brewing in your soul? :-)

"National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30."

 

http://teachers.net/gazette/OCT02/wong.html Effective Practices Apply to All Teachers by Harry & Rosemary Wong is available now in the October issue of The Teachers.Net Gazette webzine, free and online now.

 

Eleven new learning resources have been added to FREE:

* Three booklets for parents

* Eight resources in the arts, health & safety, science, & social studies.

They're described below & at http://www.ed.gov/free/new.html.

FREE is the one-stop website designed to help teachers, parents, & students find teaching & learning resources from more than 40 federal organizations & agencies. http://www.ed.gov/free

Game Theory

http://www.gametheory.net/

A resource for educators and students on game theory: lecture notes, text books, interactive game theory applets, online games, and more...

 

The Food Museum

http://www.foodmuseum.com/

"The FOOD Museum, is the expression of our shared enthusiasm for food, history, travel and the arts over the years. It's a passionate effort of regard for the world's foods, for the people who grow and supply our food and for those who feed us superbly at home and in restaurants large and small."

 

Spanglish <http://www.xrefer.com/entry/443939>

 

A Gadzillion Things To Think About

http://www.gadzillionthings.net/

"Real life humor questions to encourage the whole family to THINK and be CREATIVE in a FUN way."

 

Teen Depression

http://www.teen-depression.info/

Learn the main causes of teen depression and teen suicide facts.