From: "bigchalk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sackmann, Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 05:46:36 -0700 Subject: Top 8 Web Sites
bigchalk's Top 8 Newsletter Week of September 16 - September 22, 2002 http://www.bigchalk.com Welcome to this week's installment of Top 8, sponsored by A&E's "Biography" Contest. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/biographyc02 Each week we bring you links to Web sites that represent the very best online academic research destinations. *******************ADVERTISEMENT******************** Could your college fund use a $5,000 boost? bigchalk has teamed up with A&E's "Biography" to challenge students to explore the life and times of a famous figure, then write a short biography. Sponsoring teachers could win special classroom prizes. Find out more! http://i.bigchalk.com/U/biographyc02 **************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Anthropology in the News Social Sciences > Anthropology > Online Reports 2. Grandmothers & Me Project Classroom Internet Projects > Social Sciences > Family 3. Photo of the Day Multimedia Resources > Photos > Collections 4. Native Cultures Around the World 2002 Lesson Plan Archives > Cultural Studies 5. Sprawl City Geography > Urban Studies > Urbanization 6. Repositories of Primary Sources Reference > Internet Libraries & Virtual Archives ELEMENTARY SITES 7. Ask the Answer Worm Earth Science > Soil Science > Basics 8. State Web Games Social Studies > Geography > Learning Aides *****************ADVERTISEMENT******************* NEW! The Adobe Education Print to Web Promotion: SIX Award Winning Products at a disounted price for students and educators! The Adobe Education Print-to-Web Promotion includes Education versions of six products plus a bonus GoLive/LiveMotion training CD, which includes step-by-step tutorials, templates, art files, stock photography, and other extras. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/adobepack02 ************************************************* THIS WEEK'S TOP 8 SITES 1. Anthropology in the News Social Sciences > Anthropology > Online Reports Looking for fresh information to link your anthropology lessons to the latest real-world discoveries? Updated each week by educators at Texas A&M University, this site offers dozens of recent news reports detailing new fossil finds, revised theories and field expedition updates. Recent articles include "Neanderthal Baby Skeleton Found," "Satellite Search Underway For Noah's Ark," "Ancient Roman Workers Lived Well" and "Prehistoric Brits Ate Like Wolves." http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023701 2. Grandmothers & Me Project Classroom Internet Projects > Social Sciences > Family Now is the perfect time to integrate a fall Internet project into your curriculum. Grandmothers & Me is a multilingual, long-term project that pairs students' interests in writing and drawing with the love for their grandmoms! Kids from around the world in grades K-12 can tell everyone the word for "grandma" in their language, share the special name they call their grandmother, draw the ways they spend or spent time with her and explain why she is so very special. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023702 3. Photo of the Day Multimedia Resources > Photos > Collections A picture is worth *way* more than a thousand words. Great photos can transport us to far-off lands, let us look down on our world from high above and move us in ways mere words can't match. The photographers at "National Geographic" shoot thousands of rolls of film each year. This special site presents a single daily image from the magazine's diverse collection along with insightful photographer commentary and more. Be sure to click the archive link to find other recent offerings sorted by category. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023703 4. Native Cultures Around the World 2002 Lesson Plan Archives > Cultural Studies Here's another Internet project that links students with their global peers! This activity challenges kids to work together to research the native populations in their own country and then share their findings with others via the Web. Participants must use their geography skills to locate the tribes of the participating classes on maps, share literary experiences by reading books about natives, author math problems, then design a digital artifact box and post it on the Web and more. Register today! http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023704 5. Sprawl City Geography > Urban Studies > Urbanization For years environmentalists have been warning us about the dangers of urban sprawl. What exactly is sprawl? This site defines it as the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land, resulting in the conversion of rural land into built-up, developed land. From 1970 to 1990, the 100 largest U.S. urbanized areas sprawled out over an additional 14,545 square miles. In many states, sprawl is the chief cause of habitat and species loss. Is there an end in sight? Get the facts -- online. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023705 6. Repositories of Primary Sources Reference > Internet Libraries & Virtual Archives Are you on the hunt for photos of the Battle of Gettysburg, the full text of recent bills pending before Congress or other primary sources? Hosted and updated by the University of Idaho Library, this site contains an astounding collection of more than 5,000 links to online destinations that detail thousands of available manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, government data and more. All links have been tested by researchers for correctness and appropriateness. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023706 ELEMENTARY SITES 7. Ask the Answer Worm Earth Science > Soil Science > Basics Do you like to dig in the dirt? Make mud pies? Collect worms? S.K. Worm is waiting to hear from you! "Yes, it is I, S.K. Worm. The S.K. stands for "scientific knowledge." But you can call me Skworm, as in squirm all over the place. I'm the official annelid, or worm, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service. It's my job to make you and everybody else naturally resourceful about natural resources." http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023707 8. State Web Games Social Studies > Geography > Learning Aids This year, millions of kids across the U.S. will learn about our 50 states. These Web games will help you master the basics. From locating each state on a virtual map to state clues that help you learn about state histories, industries and slogans, you'll be in the know in no time. These colorful, fact-filled activities will keep you riveted to your computer for hours! http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023708 *******************ADVERTISEMENT******************** Find great ideas for your finance curriculum and win fantastic prizes for your classroom with VISA's Practical Money Skills for Life Educator Challenge. Hurry -- enter by September 30! http://i.bigchalk.com/U/moneyskills02 **************************************************** BIGCHALK CALENDAR Autumnal Equinox | Fall Begins This Saturday, day and night will each be nearly 12 hours long, marking the autumnal equinox. It's the first day of fall north of the equator, and the first day of spring in the southern half of the world. Learn more about this special day and its global significance at bigchalk. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/aequinox01 COLLEGE ZONE Read advice about getting into the college of your choice from myFootpath's admissions counselor in bigchalk's College Zone. This week's question: "I've been looking at colleges for about a year now. I'm trying to narrow down my list of colleges to apply to. What should I be thinking about?" http://i.bigchalk.com/U/czone01 BIGCHALK WEB SITE OF THE MONTH September 11 Digital Archive "I first heard the news while working on my algebra homework. My teacher came in looking nervous, and she announced to us that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, but she wasn't sure if it was accidental or not." We all know where we were the morning of September 11, 2001. Many of us were at school as the day got under way. Others were in their cars on their way to the office. No matter where you were on 9.11, you have a tale to tell. The September 11 Digital Archive is a central repository that collects, preserves and presents these stories, as told by individuals from around the world. Parents, teachers and students can their stories to the collection, read others, view video and audio clips, study Weblogs, link to dozens of related 9.11 anniversary Web sites and more. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/sept02site SEARCH BOX Want an easy way to give students and parents instant access to the Internet's largest, most up-to-date directory of learning sites? Add a free bigchalk search box to your Web pages. Users can search our collection by keyword and filter their query by grade level. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/bcsearchbx *******************ADVERTISEMENT******************** Help save the manatees! Follow two marine scientists and a team of volunteer researchers (including our intrepid bigchalk field agent and a high school senior) as they work together in Belize to discover how humans can help endangered "sea cows" survive. http://i.bigchalk.com/U/manatees02 **************************************************** Thank you for reading this week's Top 8 newsletter. 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