There are 19 messages totalling 609 lines in this issue. Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> [netsites] Wildworld 2. RESOUR> [netsites] Practical Money Skills 3. MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Sudden death syndrome 4. K12> [netsites] Early Modern Resources 5. RESOUR> [netsites] The Lab 6. RESOUR> [netsites] HeartCenterOnline 7. MISC> [netsites] The Lhotse Face 8. MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: World Cup: An Olympian Web Event 9. K12> [netsites] SIRTF's Kidzone 10. MISC> [netsites] Instruments of the Orchestra 11. MISC> [netsites] African Wildlife Foundation 12. MISC> [netsites] Chemistry Flash 13. MISC> [netsites] California in the 20's 14. RESOUR> [netsites] ARTICLE: The Secrets of Autism 15. MISC> [netsites] Xlation 16. K12> [netsites] Musical Spelling Rules 17. K12> Forum session to feature History Channel 18. RESOUR> [netsites] Eleanor Roosevelt 19. MISC> [netsites] Akron Marbles ***************************************** For individual postings, send the message: set net-happenings mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-happenings mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS Newsgroups: news:comp.internet.net-happenings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&GROUP;=comp.internet.net-happenings ******************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:46:41 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Wildworld From: "Tshi Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:29:57 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Wildworld National Geographic's WildWorld http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/ "Search Earth's 'ecoregions' via National Geographic/World Wildlife Fund's online maps. Explore ecosystems through facts, photography, audio, and more." Tshi Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:47:16 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Practical Money Skills From: "E N Compass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:36:51 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Practical Money Skills Practical Money Skills for Life http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php "Visa is committed to working with young adults to learn practical, real-world money skills. Visa has partnered leading consumer advocates, educators and financial institutions to launch a national program to improve the nation's financial skills -- Practical Money Skills for Life." E.N. Compass [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:47:58 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: Sudden death syndrome From: "Dr. Y U Morostay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 03:47:30 -0700 Subject: [netsites] ARTICLE: Sudden death syndrome Thursday, 19 August, 1999, 12:52 GMT 13:52 UK Sudden death syndrome Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome is a disorder of the electrical system of the heart that can lead to the death of apparently healthy people without any warning. [...snip for copyright...] Read the entire article at the BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_424000/424813.stm Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be entered into your browser's address box as one line. Dr. Yennea U. Morostay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://morostay.dermdex.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:48:17 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [netsites] Early Modern Resources From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:10:30 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Early Modern Resources Early Modern Resources http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/ Research aids and resources for teachers and students of history of the early modern, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ashlists.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:48:56 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] The Lab From: "Margaret Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:55:34 -0700 Subject: [netsites] The Lab The Lab http://www.abc.net.au/science/ "The Lab is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's online gateway to science. Here you'll find programs from ABC radio and TV as well as original online material including a daily science news service." Margie Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Australia at Kalgoorlie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:49:38 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] HeartCenterOnline From: "Timothy Riage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:20:06 -0700 Subject: [netsites] HeartCenterOnline HeartCenterOnline http://www.heartcenteronline.com/index2.cfm "The mission of the HeartCenterOnline is to be the premier cardiovascular specialized health care site on the Internet, to provide cardiovascular patients, their families and other site visitors with the tools they need to better understand the complex nature of heart-related conditions, treatments and preventive care, and to provide services and applications that deliver value to cardiology practices." Timothy Riage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.triage.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:50:42 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] The Lhotse Face From: "Sue D. Nym" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:14:28 -0700 Subject: [netsites] The Lhotse Face The Lhotse Face http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/everest/everest.html "Five American women attempt to summit Everest." _______________________ Sue D. Nymm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:51:18 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] ARTICLE: World Cup: An Olympian Web Event From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 05:14:10 -0700 Subject: [netsites] ARTICLE: World Cup: An Olympian Web Event World Cup: An Olympian Web Event By Kendra Mayfield As the biggest global sporting event kicks off in Japan and South Korea later this month, millions of soccer fans will break from their busy work schedules to watch highlights of World Cup matches on their desktops. [...snip for copyright...] Read the full article at Wired: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52205,00.html Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:52:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [netsites] SIRTF's Kidzone From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:47:56 -0700 Subject: [netsites] SIRTF's Kidzone SIRTF's Kidzone http://sirtf.caltech.edu/EPO/Kidszone/beginning.html "One of NASA's current astronomy projects is SIRTF, the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility. SIRTF will be launched into space in 2003. to study our Solar System, our Galaxy, and the Universe. SIRTF will be the fourth and final observatory in NASA's family of Great Observatories. SIRTF will join the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) in space." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:52:39 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Instruments of the Orchestra From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:25:18 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Instruments of the Orchestra Instruments of the Orchestra http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/listen/con_index.htm?99ioo "If you've never heard some of the instruments in an orchestra, here's your chance. Click on an instrument name to hear an audio clip of the instrument playing solo." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:53:05 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] African Wildlife Foundation From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 03:41:17 -0700 Subject: [netsites] African Wildlife Foundation African Wildlife Foundation http://www.awf.org/ "The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. We have been working with the people of Africa since 1961. Most of our staff is based in Africa, spread between eight countries, working at the grass roots with park managers and communities to safeguard wildlife and wilderness areas. AWF focuses on the big picture while achieving concrete results, helping African nations design successful long-term strategies for conserving their magnificent natural treasures." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ashlists.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:53:31 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Chemistry Flash From: "Philip Lomoas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 03:52:54 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Chemistry Flash Chemistry Flash http://www.chemflash.net/ A team of chemists and educators with the goal to improve chemistry education in the Community Colleges. Philip Lomoas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:54:00 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] California in the 20's From: "Colin Ransinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 03:49:40 -0700 Subject: [netsites] California in the 20's California in the 20's http://www.lapl.org/photo/ca_in20s/ A pictorial history of California and Californians in the 1920's: "Images of marathon dancing, state society picnics, silent films and junk car races re-create that celebrated decade which secured California's reputation as a social trendsetter. Important, too, are the photographs of daredevil young pilots, industrial and manufacturing workers, dock hands and small businessmen." Colin Ransinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:55:35 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] ARTICLE: The Secrets of Autism From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:18:57 -0700 Subject: [netsites] ARTICLE: The Secrets of Autism The Secrets of Autism The number of children diagnosed with autism and Asperger's in the U.S. is exploding. Why? By J. Madeleine Nash Tommy Barrett is a dreamy-eyed fifth-grader who lives with his parents, twin brothers, two cats and a turtle in San Jose, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. He's an honor-roll student who likes math and science and video games. He's also a world-class expert on Animorph and Transformer toys. "They're like cars and trains and animals that transform into robots or humans - I love them!" he shouts exuberantly. And that is sometimes a problem. For a time, in fact, Tommy's fascination with his toys was so strong that when they weren't around he would pretend to be the toys, transforming from a truck into a robot or morphing into a kitten. He would do this in the mall, in the school playground and even in the classroom. His teachers found this repetitive pantomime delightful but disturbing, as did his mother Pam. By that point, there were other worrisome signs. Pam Barrett recalls that as a 3-year-old, Tommy was a fluent, even voluble talker, yet he could not seem to grasp that conversation had reciprocal rules, and, curiously, he avoided looking into other people's eyes. And although Tommy was obviously smart - he had learned to read by the time he was 4 - he was so fidgety and unfocused that he was unable to participate in his kindergarten reading group. When Tommy turned 8, his parents finally learned what was wrong. Their bright little boy, a psychiatrist informed them, had a mild form of autism known as Asperger syndrome. Despite the fact that children with Asperger's often respond well to therapy, the Barretts, at that moment, found the news almost unbearable. That's because just two years earlier Pam and her husband Chris, operations manager of a software-design company, had learned that Tommy's twin brothers Jason and Danny were profoundly autistic. Seemingly normal at birth, the twins learned to say a few words before they spiraled into their secret world, quickly losing the abilities they had just started to gain. Instead of playing with toys, they broke them; instead of speaking, they emitted an eerie, high-pitched keening. First Jason and Danny, now Tommy. Pam and Chris started to wonder about their children's possible exposure to toxic substances. They started scanning a lengthening roster of relatives, wondering how long autism had shadowed their family. The anguish endured by Pam and Chris Barrett is all too familiar to tens of thousands of families across North America and other parts of the world. With a seeming suddenness, cases of autism and closely related disorders like Asperger's are exploding in number, and no one has a good explanation for it. While many experts believe the increase is a by-product of a recent broadening of diagnostic criteria, others are convinced that the surge is at least in part real and thereby cause for grave concern. [...snip for copyright...] Read the full article in Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020506/scautism.html Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:56:06 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Xlation From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 05:15:37 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Xlation Xlation http://www.xlation.com/ "Resources for translation professionals. Over 1,600 glossaries, dictionaries, grammars and more." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alansharrell.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:56:35 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> [netsites] Musical Spelling Rules From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 04:13:11 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Musical Spelling Rules Musical Spelling Rules http://www.gardenofpraise.com/spell1.htm Here are spelling rules put to music to help kids learn to better spell. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:57:14 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: K12> Forum session to feature History Channel From: "Michael Hutchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 12:59:30 -0500 Subject: Forum session to feature History Channel This week's Social Studies forum features programming and resources available from the History Channel and A&E network. The forum is a regular feature in TAPPED IN (http://www.tappedin.org). Schedule time for the forum is 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) on Wednesday, May 8. Joining us for this session will be Louise Maxwell of the network. Louise will demonstrate online resources available on the networks' web site as well as giving information about upcoming programming. Teachers unfamiliar with what the networks offer will find a gold mine of information and programming, while those who have used programming from A&E and History Channel before will learn new and innovative ways to further use materials available. As always, TAPPED IN help desk personnel will be on hand to assist new users. It's recommended that new users log in approximately 10 minutes early so they can be assisted in getting to the forum session. Also, forum sessions are open to any educator or technology professional who would like to attend, regardless of whether they work on the elementary or secondary level. Persons with questions or who would like more information about TAPPED IN or the forum are invited to e-mail Michael Hutchison offlist. Sincerely, Michael Hutchison -- Michael Hutchison 2002 ISTE Outstanding Technology-Using Educator Award winner 2002 Indiana Computer Educators Teacher of the Year Social Studies teacher Lincoln High School, Vincennes, Indiana home e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] school e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/staff/mhutch/ice2000/default.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Meet other Indiana teachers at <http://www.classroom.com/community/neighborhoods/teachertalk_messageboard.jhtml?forum=230@@.ee8667b>! The INDIANA-EDUCATORS list is brought to you by Classroom Connect <www.classroom.com>, your place for Internet-based curriculum and professional development for K-12 education. Tell your friends about the INDIANA-EDUCATORS list! To subscribe or unsubscribe from our mailing list, please visit: <http://www.classroom.com/community/email> To read the online archives for this list, visit: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=INDIANA-EDUCATORS ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:57:41 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> [netsites] Eleanor Roosevelt From: "Alan S. Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 16:45:25 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt - American Visionary http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/elro/ An online exhibition celebrating the life and times of this "dynamic, broadly effective, and controversial First Lady." Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 07:58:15 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MISC> [netsites] Akron Marbles From: "Paul E. Onimuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 May 2002 16:50:58 -0700 Subject: [netsites] Akron Marbles Akron Marbles http://www.akronmarbles.com/ "This site is dedicated to the history of the American toy marble industry that originated in Akron, Ohio during the late 1880's." Paul E. Onimuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 6 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-297) *********************************************************************
