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Moon rush
Is there water on the Moon, hidden as ice under the surface? Your students
can be among the first to find out. Launched in January, NASA's
Lunar Prospector is circulating in a 63-mile-high lunar orbit, probing
the surface of the Moon for signs of water and other natural resources needed
to build a future manned outpost there. Beamed from outer space to cyberspace,
data from the spacecraft is plotted in real time on the mission's web site,
where students also can check on the exact location of the probe and monitor
the health of its main instruments -- just like NASA's own scientists do.
There's even a live web cam from mission control. For background, the site
offers a huge archive of photos, movies, and sound clips from previous missions
to the Moon. Specially developed classroom modules, including interactive
simulations, allow students to follow the mission and act out various mission
scenarios from their classrooms. But hurry: The spacecraft will spend just
a year in orbit before it runs out of fuel and tumbles to the lunar surface. |
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Teacher's Internet helper
Billed as a practical web information service for K-12 teachers, wNetSchool provides rare depth
of content for a free site. A service of New York City's WNET public broadcasting
station, the web site offers lesson plans, web site reviews, expert advice
on education technology issues, Internet primers, and a monthly bulletin
delivered via e-mail. A simple registration process is required, but there
is no charge to access the service. |
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Suffragette City
One hundred and fifty years ago, the women's rights movement began with
a candid discussion over a cup of tea in upstate New York. March is National
Women's History Month, so now's a good time to capitalize on the 150th anniversary
and enrich the curriculum with ideas and resources from the National
Women's History Project. Features include a detailed history of the
movement, lists of national and regional events marking the anniversary,
curriculum ideas, links to women's history resources, a listserv discussion
group, and a national student essay contest. |
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Biology web
Advanced high school biology students will find the Biology
Project an invaluable resource for learning and reviewing material.
Organized as problem sets and tutorials in nine subject areas -- from biochemistry
to molecular biology -- the site is easy to navigate and contains a wealth
of information. With plenty of high-quality illustrations, this is truly
an interactive textbook. |
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Fourth Estate training wheels
What better way to teach a multimedia language arts curriculum to middle
school students than to introduce them to the craft of journalism online?
Developed for Ohio kids, the Write Site
has much to offer young learners everywhere, including brief introductions
to the history of U.S. journalism, tips on doing research, and hints on
developing a writing style. The site also includes extensive teacher materials
and a web-based discussion forum. |
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