From: Mary Schrader Lasica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Blue Web'n Update: April 12, 2002 Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 16:24:13 -0700
The Blue Web'n Update lists the weekly additions to Blue Web'n, a searchable online library of Blue-Ribbon Web sites sponsored by Pacific Bell. Blue Web'n sites are categorized by Grade Level, Content Area, Application, and Dewey Decimal Number. Did you know that you can search the Blue Web'n database to access over 1200 great educational resources? Go to http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn and either browse the content table, or conduct a search for age-appropriate materials (see the link to Grade Level search near the top of the page). ============================================================ Save up to 80% on Inkjet Cartridges & get FREE Shipping too! All products 100% GUARANTEED. Easy to find what you need. Fast shipping. 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Grade Level: High School, College, Adult/Professional Content Area: Health & Physical Education (Health/Drugs) [Dewey #613], Community Interest (Parenting/Health) Application Type: Activity, Resource New Additions -------------------------------------------------- Froguts ***** http://www.froguts.com/index.htm Froguts is the first true virtual online frog dissection, so virtual it can gross you out. So, you're missing the smell of formaldehyde, but this site was created from recycled classroom frogs. The intent is to get to the heart of the anatomy, so to speak. This gets 5 stars for its slime factor and the use of different tools for the virtual dissection. Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School, College Content Area: Science (Life Science) [Dewey #570] Application Type: Activity -------------------------------------------------- 100words **** http://www.100words.net/ For writers, the challenge is to write every day. See some examples from participants who wrote 100 words (exactly) every day for a month. Some are poems; some are stories. The content is suitable for mature students of writing. Grade Level: College, Adult/Professional Content Area: English (Writing) [Dewey #808] , Community Interest (Leisure) Application Type: Resource --------------------------------------------------- San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site **** http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp Visit this website for a refresher course on The Instruments of the Orchestra and or an introduction to reading music in Meet the Notes. Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School Content Area: Arts (Music) [Dewey #780], Community Interest (Parenting/Families) Application Type: Activity, Resource -------------------------------------------------------- Practical Money Skills for Life **** http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php Created by the folks at Visa, this website checks out as a good learning center for all ages. Lessons (look under For Teachers) include Spending Plans (for younger children) up to Living on your Own (for college age students). One of the better sections, for students, is entitled In Trouble and lists the major reasons for financial troubles and some of the warning signs. Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, College, Adult/Professional Content Area: Mathematics (General) [Dewey #510] , Business (Accounting), Community Interest (General) Application Type: Lesson, Activity, Resource ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Links -------------------------------- <a href="http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/";>College Drinking: Changing the Culture</a> <a href="http://www.froguts.com/index.htm";>Froguts</a> <a href="http://www.100words.net/";>100words</a> <a href="http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp";>San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site</a> <a href="http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php";>Practical Money Skills for Life</a> ============================================================ IF YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF WORKING AT HOME! We can make it Happen! 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