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Here are web sites that MCS teachers are recommending for students:

Animal Research

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

EBSCO Animals

Grzimek's Student Animal Life
Art Sites

www.art.com -For reproductions and prints

www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

www.greatbuildings.com - 8th Grade Architecture

www.getty.edu -Art Institute

www.metmuseum.org -Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC

www.museum.cornell.edu/byrdcliffe/introduction.html - Byrdcliffe Colony

www.woodstockguild.org/byrdcliffehistory.htm - Byrdcliffe Colony

Biology and Chemistry Sites www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/2201/chemmatter.htm

www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/education.html

www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

www.earthsky.com

www.genome.gov/Education

http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/index.html

 

Earth Science and Environmental

Science Sites

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dep/html/current.html -The Website of New York City DEP.  Use this site to check water levels at NYC reservoirs.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/current?type=flow -U.S.G.S. stream gauging website. Use this site to check stream levels on the Delaware.

http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/raster.htm -Digital images of all NY State USGS topographic maps.

Forensic Science Sites

Iceman:

http://www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/featured/otzi.htm

http://pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/iceman.html

http://www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/IBLS/DEEB/jd/otzi.htm

Ice maiden:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/high2.html

http://www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/featured/juanita.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/andes/

 
Guidance Office Web Sites http://www.fastweb.com -College financial aid information

http://www.nycolleges.org -Information about New York's private colleges

http://suny.edu/ -Information about SUNY colleges

http://www.collegeboard.org/ -SAT registration

http://www.act.org/ - ACT registration

http://www.nymentor.edu - Career and college information
Health Classes WWW.kidshealth.org  (Kid, teen, and parent health information.)

http://www.webmd.com/   (Information on all health issues.)

Http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/index.html

http://www.mypyramid.gov/ - Food pyramid information

Home and Careers Sites www.labor.state.ny.us/careerzone -CareerZone - Job definitions, skills required and wage outlook.

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/index.html -Labor Market Information - A Tool for Making Sense of the World.

Http://www.bls.gov/oco/ -Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://technoteacher.com/WebQuests/FastFoods/index.htm -Fast Food Web Quest

http://www.lakelandschools.us/do/lbrandon/Machines/Machines.htm -Exploring Simple Machines

Library Web Quest Sites

Search Tool Evaluation: Search Engine Web Quest

Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

CyberSense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of The Three CyberPigs

Cool or Jo Fool http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/joecool_joefool/Start_tour.html

Avoiding Fake Web Sites:1. Fake Websites 2.Fake or Real? 3. Fake Websites
Math Sites www.mathforum.com -Math resources and regents preparation

www.regentsprep.org -Regents preparation

www.Edusolution.com --Regents preparation

www.studyworksonline.com -Discover the math and science behind everyday activities

 
Poetry and Literature Sites http://www.Nobel.se/nobel/index.html -Nobel Prize winners.

http://www.gigglepotz.com -Curriculum and English Vocabulary.

http://www.rhymezone.com -Poetry

http://www.poetonline.com -Poems - Classical

 
Technology 7 Sites

http://lakelandschools.org/Edtech/Machines/Machines.htm - Exploring Simple Machines

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