| Space
- Learn everything here first before you go there! |
Solar System Simulator
Like having a planetarium
in your own home. Pick a date and see the Earth from the moon at that time.
Spectacular views of the solar system from any vantage.
There are sample scenes,
movie clips and a space library. | 
Detailed, accurate information about the world
of space exploration,that covers shuttle missions and assembly of the international
space station to statistics, and coverage of planetary exploration from Mars to
Saturn.
You'll find the CBS News Space Reporter's Handbook, and the Current
Mission page before each shuttle flight. |
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Each
day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured.
Start there and then check out over 4 years
of pictures from their archives. | 
SPACE.COM
Sally Ride, the first
American Woman to venture into outer space is was president of space.com
The site has a message board, a chat room, current news and a space
facts section. |
The Great Images of over a thousand images. This
collection is intended for the media, publishers, and the general public looking
for high-quality photographs. | Live
NASA Cam
Live video of Earth streaming from an external
HD camera mounted on the ISS. |
| See
Pictures from the the Hubble Space Telescope
and much more from these two sites. | 
Track
the Space Shuttle, Space Station and Weather Satellites |
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The
Nine Planets
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System with overviews of the history,
mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in
our solar system. |  .
Keep up with all the news on the Space Station.
The Crews & Expeditions -
Building & Assembly.
Also on the site - animations and video. |
 
Searches return photos by cities or geographic
regions.
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Up
to the minute Space Station and Shuttle news.
Check SkyWatch for space station
sighting opportunities in your city.
They also offer online press kits. |
| Architecture |
Frank Lloyd Wright
View his architecture
Read about his life
| Wright
Nearby
Find buildings
near you on this page
| 45 essential works by
Wright - Pictures
and Locations | 
A gateway to architecture from around the world and across history. Hundreds
of buildings and leading architects with 3D models, photographic images and architectural
drawings, plus commentaries, bibliographies, and web links, for famous designers
and structures of all kinds. |
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See
the World's Tallest Buildings
and Skyscrapers Under Construction
- Search by City. |
View
an 80 gigapixel 360-degree panorama of London made up from 7886 individual photos
- zoom in for fine details.
Other
cities across the globe are available as well. Main
site link. |
| Animal
Cams - Learn from the animals or just watch for fun. |
 | Created
by the staff of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. A comprehensive resource for North
American birds, bird watching, and bird conservation. |  | 300
plus cams in one convenient site. Search for them by species, zoo, wild, pets,
theme parks, country or state. |
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| Design
- Online design sites can help make things easier. |
Kitchens Solved
- Mix and match your choice of colors - Print, download or email your designs.
Visualize cabinets, countertops, floor tiles and backsplash options in
different kitchen settings. |
| Math
and English - Learn while having fun. |
Got a math problem you don't understand? Just type it in and they explain how
to do it step by step. | 
Design Crosswords, word searches and other puzzles and maybe learn a little bit
at the same time.
Also check out Discovery School's Science, and Social Studies
pages. |
Basic
Math Resources - Algebra Resources - Geometry Resources - Trigonometry Resources
- Resources on Differential Equations - Pre-Calculus Resources.
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Formulas
- Selected Answers - Elementary School - Middle School - High School - College
& Beyond
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 | Watch.
Practice. Learn almost anything for free. An collection of micro lectures via
video tutorials stored on YouTube.
View all the subjects available. Arithmetic,
Algebra, Art History, Biology, Calculus, Computer Science, Cosmology and Astronomy,
Economics, Geometry, Healthcare, Physics, SAT Preparation, just to name some. |
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Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
If you're looking for a challenge or if you
just want to strengthen your math skills this is the place to go. |
Educate your body as well
The
premier site for health and physical education for teachers, parents, and students.
Provides the latest information about appropriate physical education programs. |
Browse phrases beginning with any character.
Find the meanings and origins of phrases and sayings.
Think this site
is 'Much ado about nothing'?
Well 'Mum's the word' then. It would be a 'Moot
point' for you to bother to check it out. You'd be as 'Mad as a hatter' to even
look over the section starting with the letter 'M'. |  | 
Virtual
people speak your text in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish,
Japanese, Chinese. |
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 | TinEye
is a reverse image search engine. It finds out where an image came from, how it
is being used, modified versions, or if there is a higher resolution version.
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| Educational games for building
foundation math and language skills. Teach important skills for preschool and
elementary school kids. Find free educational games that help build skills in
math, language, science, social studies, and more. |
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| For people interested in becoming
or learning about being an Entrepreneur, you can find some resources here. Some
topics include: NextGen Entrepreneurs. Is Entrepreneurship for You? Encouraging
Future Innovation. 8 Tips for Entrepreneurial High School Students. |
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 | Free
Textbooks, Audio Books, Online Courses, Certificate Courses/MOOCs, Movies, Languages,
K-12 Resources, eBooks. |
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 | A
site created by educators and experts on topics related to education and about
all things academic. It's a great resource for teachers, students and writers. |
Samples
- Harriet Lane: Unmarried
First Lady of the United States | 100
Science Topics for Research Papers
Mary
Todd Lincoln: Was She Insane? | Should
Images of War Be Censored? | The
10 Most Important Events in History |
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Brings the best library and reference sites
together with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured here
are hand-selected and reviewed by an editorial team for their exceptional quality,
content and utility. | 
A family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews
quality, credible, and current web-based resources.
Check out their Top
15 Refdesk Pages. |
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Really
like to learn about things? Then how about free lecture notes, exams, and videos
from MIT?
No registration required. MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based
publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to
the world. | 
Academic Earth believes that everyone has the right to a world-class education.
They curate an unparalleled collection of free online courses from the world’s
top universities..
You'll find a comprehensive collection of free online college
courses, and an ongoing series of original videos. |
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. PowerPoint presentations related
to grammar. | 
FreeRice has two goals:
Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by
providing rice to hungry people for free. |
You
can use the resources at the National Archives to explore your family's ancestry
or to explore history through documents and photos.
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Discover
Your Family History. Family Search is the largest genealogy organization in the
world with over 1 billion names in searchable databases.
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| Be
Careful out there - Stay alert for everyone's sake. |
Search criminal records - Locate Inmates.
The
Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930. Today, the Bureau consists
of 114 institutions, 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 2 staff
training centers, and 28 community corrections offices.
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Protect your kids. There is a lot you can do.
Use Family Watch Dog to locate what registered
sex offenders are living in your neighborhood. They provide information about
sex offenders, where they live, where they work, and what they look like.
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Free
Public Redords Search.
Try searching
a friend, relative, or yourself. They search public, voter and property registration
to name just a few. | 
You
might not want to continue a particular email chain after you read what Snopes
has to say about it. They research things for credibility.
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| Current
Affairs and History - So you know how we got here. |
Visit the White House.
There is a White House for Kids section, current affairs,
help desk, pictures, tours, Virtual Library and more.
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Our
government at work.
See the schedules for the Senate and House of
Representatives and listen to the live audio. |
Information on over 40,000 Politicians, searched
by zip code.
Praised by the New
York Times, CNN, PBS and virtually every other media outlet as the most trusted
and source for information on candidates and issues. |
The
Senate and House of Representatives online.
Learn how how to contact them, how they spend your money, and how the Committees
on Science, Resources, Appropriations, Government Reform, and many others work
and shape your lives. |
Understand the election process for Federal officials
Also
clicking on the grade levels will give you other items, such as Historical Documents,
games and activities, debate topics, etc. | The
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent Federal
agency that helps preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of
all Federal records.
Presidential Libraries.
Visit the Libraries
Online.
Electoral College - FAQs.
How
does the Electoral College elect the president?
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 | The
Federal Reserve's Currency Education Program.
Two sections
with fun, engaging activities that will help students better understand the currency
in their pockets. Lesson Plans and Videos. |
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| 
The
Bureau of Engraving and Printing has some interesting items for sale. You can
buy a 5 pound
bag of money that contains a minimum of $10,000 worth of shredded US currency
notes. (Warning, don't try this at home.)
Want an exact
facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence? Each piece is printed
by hand, using old style intaglio (engraved) printing methods as done in 1862.
The Lucky
777 notes, genuine $1.00 Federal Reserve Notes, feature a serial number beginning
with no less than three number 7s in a row and go for about six dollars.
Uncut
Currency Sheets of crisp, uncirculated $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50 greenbacks
are also sold. |
The
Bureau of Engraving and Printing shows you why it's not such a good idea to
print up your own money on an inkjet printer. They do have some fun kid games
and activities like Catch A Counterfeit, Design Your Own Bill, and Interactive
Bill Treasure Trivia Time.
Money
facts has some interesting topics (archived).
Things like those 4 autos
on the back of $10 notes have no make or model, and the hands of the clock on
the back of the $100 note are set at approximately 4:10. The average cost of a
note is 10 cents.
Educators
can find complete lesson plans here.
Making
Change - Design coins and play some games. |
Global currency
The most popular are the US dollar, the euro,
and the yen.
Forms
of Money Around the World is just one of the informative articles on this
site that also includes - Gold, Silver, and Other Precious Metals. |
Each
world currency features a unique design and history. You can see examples
of some popular ones here.
List
of currencies of the world. More global currency and information can be found
here.
Current Currency
Exchange Rates. |
Pick a president and explore:
Biographical
facts, Key events of each presidency, Presidential places, even Reference material
and Teacher guides.  | Resource
Links
Online information to help you work on your Merit Badges and rank advancement.
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National
Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators
Scroll down the page to the
map and click on your state.
You'll find the information
you need to see if you
or relatives have dormant checking and savings accounts,
uncashed checks payroll, wages, insurance, refunds, credit balances, oil and gas
royalties, dividends and stock. |
 | |
FactCheck.org
- aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in US politics.
They
monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in
the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. |
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| 
Let Matt Drudge help make sense of this whole
government thing for you. There's links to stories from the United States and
international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and current events
as well as links to many columnists.
| 
Among
the many duties they assume: To expose politicians who misrepresent history. To
point out bogus analogies. To deflate beguiling myths. To remind Americans of
the irony of history. To put events in context. |
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A
site where you will find the most complete collection of animated flags of all
the countries of the world and their dependencies. |
Aside from having current flags of all nations, you can find out how flags came
into existence, what were they used for, and all about the national flags in the
middle ages. |
What
Does the American Flag Mean? The stars represent the fifty states, and the stripes
represent the original thirteen coloniess. Here are more facts about the stars,
the stripes, the colors, the folds, and when states were added. |  
What
Star on the American Flag represents your state? There have been 27 official versions
of the American Flag. Each time a State is added to the union, a star was added
to the flag the next Fourth of July. |
| More
History and Veterans Information |
A Collection Of Veterans Links
Includes Assistance Programs, benefits Organizations,
Women Vets, WWII Vets, services, etc. Request Military Service Records - Here.
| VFW - Here.
VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars Website
Links to memorial pages of those listed.
| 
Facts
Events Questions Media.
Why
did the Vietnam War start? |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Dedicated
to providing the most up to date
and accurate information regarding the
Names on The Wall in Washington DC |
Karin's Story, Photos, Travel Tips | Vietnam
- Learn More
Propaganda
Banknote Leaflets | The Vietnam
Center | Subject Guides and
Resources |
| Korea
- The Fogotten War - These articles help to
understand it. |
The
Korean War: Forgotten, Unknown and Unfinished | 
Korean
War - Article, Video, Pictures. |
Why
is Korea the "Forgotten War"? | 
Visiting
the Korean War Veterans Memorial. |
| More
Military information and history |
The
Department of Defense social media site has many current articles and links to
various blogs related to the Army, Airforce, Coast Guard and Navy. Did you know
-
A
submarine was the first enemy contact at Pearl Harbor. | More
Submarine articles from other sources.
WW
II submarines, less than 2 percent of the US Navy, sank over 30 percent of
Japan's navy.
In
the Civil War, one celebrated tactical innovation was the use of submarines
by the Confederate Navy.
Submarines
throughout history and the future of undersea warfare. |
The
Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, US Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles. Read about
the Hindenburg, Graf Zeppelin, Flying Aircraft Carriers, The first Zeppelins,
The world's first airline, the Goodyear Blimp. | 
Weapons
of War - Tanks
No one individual was responsible for the development of
the tank. Its design can be drawn back to the eighteenth century.
Ghost
Army: The inflatable tanks that fooled Hitler.
|
What
Everyone Should Know About the Civil War. | 
Things
you may not know about Lincoln. |
| Need
Help? |
One of the hosts for the world famous Internet
Law Library. Extensive links to hundreds of other pages and sites dealing with
a variety legal topics and legal tools. | 
Was selected as the most "extremely useful" legal
website for consumers in the 1998. Accident Law, Employment (Labor) Law, Estate
Planning, whatever - They have it.
Example
- Should you take a field sobriety test? |
LII is a research and electronic publishing activity
of the Cornell Law School. | 
Free legal advice from lawyers since 1995 - Forum
Link |
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There is detailed information about blocking these calls, the Do Not Call list,
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