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The following websites were chosen for their excellent content!

ART
	Smithsonian American Art Museum...This online museum really is a treasure with over 10,000 digitized images of American art. For anyone who has a question about American art, you can "Ask Joan of Art", and have your question answered by art information specialists. You can even send an e-card with images from American art calendars.
SCIENCE
	Dan's Wild, Wild, Weather Page. This is the website of Dan Satterfield, Chief Meteorologist WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. It is easily navigated and designed especially for kids ages 6-16, parents, and teachers. Topics include a wide range of weather related events included radar, hurricanes, tornadoes, clouds, precipitation, satellites, lightening, and more. Great pictures! It includes lots of learning activities and experiments including how to make a thermometer and a tornado.
	The Nine Planets...A multimedia tour including outstanding images, history, myths, facts and figures, videos, and sound, this site has a wealth of information about our solar system and is easily navigated.
HISTORY
	POTUS...Presidents of the United States is sponsored by the Internet Public Library. Here you will find everything you need to know about our American presidents and more. Do you know which president had his six white horses teeth brushed every morning in their stables? Answer
	The American Memory Collection....From our Library of Congress, this site is rich in primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States, offering  more than 7 million digital items. The Learning Page contains lessons on using primary sources in the classroom including media analysis documents.
	U.S. National Archives and Records Administration...the National Archives documents our rights as Americans and the actions of federal officials. In additional to the charters of freedom, it is rich in primary source materials that. document our national experience. View the letter that Jackie Robinson wrote to President Eisenhower in 1958 regarding civil rights, in a lesson from the Digital Classroom.
	The History Channel...Highlights of this site include teachers guides, the Speech Archive containing the audio recordings of over 300 famous speeches that changed the world, and a searchable database of "This Day in History."
MATH
	Ask Dr. Math...Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers organized by grade level. The explanations are very clear and easy to understand. Be sure to look at the FAQ's and the Middle School page. You may also have a question of your own!
	The History of Mathematics Archive...This award winning site features over 1350 biographies of mathematicians, an outstanding glossary, mathematics history topics, timelines, and posters. Don't miss the famous curves index.
MATH/SCIENCE
	Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science...Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education the ENC's mission is to promote the teaching and learning of K-12 math and science. This site will keep you up to date on the latest new bulletins and education articles, a searchable collection of material for math and science lessons, professional resources, and free materials. Don't forget to sign up for the free subscription to the ENC Focus magazine, which will arrive in the mail.
LANGUAGE ARTS
	Bartleby.com..."Best literary resource on the web". Free, full-text versions. Literary masterpieces, historical nonfiction, scientific papers,  memoirs, and reference. A very searchable resource for students, teachers, and researchers. Stop by for a browse.
TEACHER RESOURCES
	Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators......Kathy Schrock is the Administrator for Technology at the Nauset Public Schools on Cape Cod. Her site contains more than 2,000  educational links organized by subject. This is an outstanding resource for teachers working to enhance technology growth and curriculum integration and is updated daily.
	The WebQuest Page...Developed in 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge, a WebQuest is "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web." WebQuests let students focus on learning rather than looking for information. This site contains a wealth of resources to get you started with WebQuests, including templates, examples of WebQuests, articles, and more.
	Blue Web'n...Blue Web'n is a searchable library of over 1700 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, grade level, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Each week 5 new sites are added!
	Edsitement...Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Edsitement brings together a collection of the best lessons on the web for Art & Culture, Literature & Language Arts, Foreign Language, and History & Social Studies. All websites linked to EDSITEment have been reviewed for content, design, and educational impact in the classroom. It also provides a calendar highlighting lesson plans and activities relating to the topic of the month. March is Women's History Month!
LIBRARY/MEDIA/REFERENCE
	Library Journal...The online version of Library Journal, the oldest (1876) independent national library publication. This "bible" of the library world is indispensable to library directors, administrators, and others in public, academic, and business libraries. Features news and commentary, over 7500 book, audio, video, website, and magazine reviews. Sponsors the School Library Journal website.
	Librarians' Index to the Internet...This site contains a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 11,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.
	Spotlight: Biography. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, this site contains approximately 60 biographies of famous and not-so-famous Americans. It is organized by categories that are as diverse as Founding Fathers and Jazz and Blues. Each biography contains an image from the National Portrait gallery, links to related Smithsonian resources in the text, and links to other related Internet resources at the bottom of each biography. This is a unique and well-done site of American biographies.
PARENTS
	Surfing the Net with Kids...By Barbara Feldman, syndicated newspaper columnist, this site for kids, teens, parents, grandparents, contains her recommendations for surfing the internet with kids.
Music/Performing Arts
	Music for the Nation...This site consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.  In Performance--Choral Works from the Collection contains a variety of audio recordings from the collection.