 | Finally, a new list of sites - you'll be glad you stopped here! | 
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| This list of interesting Internet sites changes on a regular basis (which still means it's worth your time to explore past lists if you haven't seen them); click here for a look at the previous list of favorite sites.
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| These sites are current for the week of January 12, 1998. | I'll bet you're still looking for a "Quote of the Day", aren't you?
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| I'm back to "normal" with this group of sites, which means that there will be a fair degree of randomness as you peruse these - something for everyone!
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| Britannica Sporting Record: The Winter Games. Encyclopedia Britannica's Olympic Winter Games site offers detailed Olympic information and history. This well-researched site provides an interesting backdrop for this year's Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. The site is free to the public until March 1, 1998.
| Kratt's Creatures--PBS. Chris and Martin Kratt, creators of the Public Broadcasting System's Kratt's Creatures television program, provide this companion web site. The site features information about a variety of animals from around the world. The interesting and educational animal facts provided at this site can captivate both children and adults.
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| Thesaurus of Geographic Names--Getty Information Institute. The Getty Information Institute offers this massive browsable and searchable "structured vocabulary" of almost one million place names and 900,000 places around the world. Each entry contains latitude and longitude, place names and types, and sources of information (usually standard reference sources). Names are arranged in an hierarchical structure of world places. One of the most powerful features of the database is the availability of variant and historical names for places. |
| If you're interested in finding online sources for curriculum resources and lesson plans, visit these sites for ideas:
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| Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators | Education World | Pitsco's Ask an Expert
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| SCORE: CyberGuides | K-12 Lesson Plans | Explorer Database
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| Sites of the Month | ED's Oasis | Global SchoolNet's Internet Projects Registry
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| Two on Tigers: The Tiger Information Center and Eyes on the Tiger--National Geographic. In the past 70 years, Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers have become extinct while the five remaining tiger subspecies face tremendous threats from habitat loss, hunting, and human population growth. These two sites contain relevant tiger conservation information. The level of information ranges from basic to sophisticated.
| AltaVista Translation Service. The well-known AltaVista search service has teamed with SYSTRAN Software, Inc. to offer this beta release web page translation service in the language pairs of English-Spanish, English-French, English-German, English-Portugese, and English-Italian. Translations, as might be expected, tend to be fairly wooden; nevertheless, a new era in web searching is upon us.
| Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources. Nicole Auer, the Library Instruction Coordinator at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, has compiled a list of both Internet and print based resources that address the topic of evaluating Internet information for quality.
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| Parent Soup. Parent Soup is an online community for parents. It dubs itself the "neighborhood's favorite kitchen table" where parents can exchange views in discussion groups or talk with one another in the chat room. The concept of a virtual community can be seen in the Parents' Pick area where parents share their opinions on books, baby products, toys, computers, web sites and movies. Parent Soup members can find other Parent Soupers who share their interests, hobbies and concerns through personal profiles posted on "cyberfridges". The site also features a parenting library with information in sixteen major topics and a Baby Name Finder with information on more than 5,000 names.
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| Just the Arti-facts--Chicago Historical Society. The Chicago Historical Society has created an online program for teachers and students that highlights several artifacts each month from their collection of over 20 million objects as a means of teaching about Chicago history. From the bottom of each page there are links to different "Resources for the Classroom" that contain worksheets and suggested activities related to both the artifacts displayed and the monthly themes.
| Lunar Prospector--NASA. On January 6, 1998, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Lunar Prospector, NASA's first moon mission in 25 years. A key element of the mission is the search for water ice on the moon. Interested Internauts can follow the progress of the mission at the Lunar Prospector site.
| Neuroscience for Kids. Eric H. Chudler, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington, provides this online neurology site aimed at K-12 students and teachers. The Explore the Nervous System section highlights this site, a 60 part tutorial on the brain, spinal cord, nervous system, neurons, sensory systems, neurosystems, neuroscience methods, and the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
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