PROJECTS FOR THE CLASSROOM

• KinderGarden
  This site includes school garden themes, things to consider before you create a garden, a step-by-step guide, curriculum ideas and more.

• KidNews
  KidNews is a place where children from all around the world can read stories written by other children, and can submit their own stories. There are sections for writing about news, sports, and reviews, as well as for creative and feature writing.

• The Write Site
  Students take on the role of journalists and learn the skills of conducting research, collating information and writing stories just like real-life journalists. Ironically, when you first enter the site, it's a bit hard to find your way around. If you're a teacher, follow the non-intuitive link named "Editor's Desk" to the resource section for teachers. For students, the equally cryptic "Newsstand" is the interactive section for students.

• Houghton Mifflin Education Place
  Houghton Mifflin, the well-known publisher of educational materials, has created the Education Place site as a resource for K-8 students, teachers, and parents. The link contains on-line activities for students, discussion forums for children and teachers, collaborative school projects, and much more.

• Weather Underground
  This link will give you the current weather conditions for any city, state, or country.

• TerraServer
  Did you ever wonder what an aerial view of your school, your house, or your neighborhood would look like? This link will present the earth in a mosaic of photographic imagery.

• PlayGround Pals
  PlayGround Pals is an Australian project which aims to develop positive playground environments. Through mailing lists and class collaboration, students can teach their favorite games to others.

• Tips for Participating in Internet Classroom Projects
  The name says it all.

• OneLook Dictionaries
  On-Line dictionaries containing 1,615,724 words located in 232 dictionaries.

• Apple K-12 Education Advisor Guide
  A five chapter web site advisor's guide dealing with various school based web site issues.

• Homework Central & Homework Heaven
  The largest academic research site on the Internet! Homework and school report research with links to over 300,000 web sites.

• What's in the News
  What's in the News is an award-winning, weekly 15 minute current events television series for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. This program is broadcast during the school year on Rhode Island PBS on Monday at noon, and Friday at 10am.

• Kid's Web
  A World Wide Web digital library with an interactive collection of resources for students with information on the arts, sciences, social studies, and more.

• MidLink Magazine
  The electronic magazine created by kids, for kids in the middle grades--generally ages 10 to 15 with interactive space to enjoy art and writing. This site links middle school students all over the world.

• The World Wise Schools Program
  An essential resource for global learning. Class-to-Class exchanges, speakers for your class, and free videos are just some of the resources that can be obtained.

• ICONnect
  Developed especially for school library media specialists, teachers and students, ICONnect offers anyone the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to navigate the Information Superhighway.

• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  The enthusiasm of its 10 year-year-old creator adds appeal to everything from the Ultimate White Pages to Bugs in the news. B.J. Pinchbeck's Home Work Helper is a wonderful guide to encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference works, and other resources on a great variety of subjects.

• The Jason Project
  Join an interactive exploration of the oceans, on earth and beyond, with the Jason Project.

• The Exploratorium
  Puzzle over optical illusions, take memory tests, and conduct experiments, online & off, at the Exploratorium.

• Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
  Climb Mt. Everest, explore inside the Pyramids, and go on other electronic field trips with the Public Broadcast System.

• K-12 Classroom Projects
  Many projects designed for school children, and arranged in categories consisting of Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.

• UMASS K12
  Access WWW resources including encyclopedias and educational newsgroups.