From: Deena Aerenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Blue Web'n Update: September 12, 2002 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:16:29 -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). Now, here's an ad from our sponsor, Topica.com. Scroll farther to see the Blue Web'n picks for this week. =========================================================== Lower your mortgage in 60 SECONDS! Stop spending thousands of dollars on interest for your house. Come to THE MOTLEY FOOL and learn how you can lower your rates in 60 SECONDS. 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Grade Level: High School Content Area: Health and Physical Education (Safety)[Dewey #613], Community Interest Application Type: Activity New Additions ---------------------------------------------------------------- Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context **** http://www.pbs.org/globalconnections Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context, produced by public broadcasting station WGBH, is a new Web site designed to provide the background information needed to understand events occurring in the Middle East. Users can view this site either through a timeline containing events that span the past 100 years or by looking at single themes such as economics or religion. This site was designed particularly for educators and contains lesson plans, activities, and connecting questions which pose higher-level inquiries. Grade Level: High School, College, Adult/Professional Content Area: History & Social Studies (World History)[Dewey #909] Application Type: Resource, Activity -------------------------------------------------------------- Children's Butterfly Site *** http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp This site is an good companion site for a unit on butterflies. It contains a photo gallery of butterflies from around the world and coloring pages describing the life cycle of butterflies in several languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch). This site also contains instructions for raising caterpillars. Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary Content Area: Science (Life Science) [Dewey #500], Foreign Language Application Type: Resource, Activity ----------------------------------------------------------------- Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life **** http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm This site, created by the Center for Insect Science Education Outreach at the University of Arizona, is online curriculum and resources developed to support K-3 teachers interested in moving from a traditional textbook-driven curriculum to a more integrated, hands on, inquiry approach. This site contains twenty integrated lessons with science and math activities that use live insects. Lessons are available in Spanish and are aligned with National Science Education Standards(NSES). Grade Level: Early Childhood and Elementary Content Area: Science (Life Science) [Dewey #570] Application Type: Lesson, Activity ----------------------------------------------------------------- Appalachian Power *** http://www.appalachianpower.com/ The goal of this site is to help sustain, preserve and enhance the Appalachian Heritage culture and to raise awareness of the individualist spirit that has sustained this region. The site includes first-person interviews with settlers who have struggled through coal mine tragedies, union wars, floods, and industrialization and de-industrialization to help form the modern Appalachia. It paints a unique portrait of mountain people in their own words. Grade Level: Middle School, High School Content Area: History & Social Studies (US History/ Geography and Cultures) [Dewey #979] Application Type: Resource ---------------------------------------------------------------- Links ---------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/nonviolence/";>A Web Quest Series on Creating Non-Violent Schools</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/globalconnections";>Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context</a> <a href="http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm";>Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life</a> <a ww.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp">Childrens Butterfly Site</a> <a href="http://www.appalachianpower.com/";>Appalachian Power</a> =========================================================== Save up to 80% on Inkjet Cartridges & get FREE Shipping too! No minimum order required. Satisfaction GUARANTEED. Fast & easy shopping. 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