John's Research Resources Page

Some Sites of Interest to Teachers

This page contains suggestions and links to Internet sites, intended for secondary teachers interested in using the Internet as a source of research information. Secondary students may find some of these resources useful in finding research materials for projects and papers. The Internet contains, as you know, an immense amount of information. Teachers beginning a search for educational materials often despair at the apparent lack of organization of Internet information. Tools and organization exist, but they change from time to time.

Have a look at the sites below.

The Scout Report

--A Publication of Net Scout Services from the Computer Science Department, University of Wisconsin, includes regular updates on using the Internet for research, intended mainly for education. This is an excellent place to learn about Internet research techniques.

Schools of California Online Resources for Education

offers links, by subject, to resources which teachers -- even students -- can use to research History and Social Science. Indexed by subject and by grade level.

KingsNet Home Page

Another good starting place for teachers interested in school projects on the Internet is the Kings County Education Home Page. Many other educational institutions have similar sites; this is one of the best.

The Blue Web'n Update

is a site filled with weekly suggestions for teachers. You may receive the weekly bulletins by Email; instructions may be found at the web site. Various tools exist for extracting information from the Internet. In the last few years, information has been stored on the Internet using Gopher, Telnet, WWW, FTP, E-mail, Usenet. For a lesson on the meaning of these tools, go to Internet Tools Lesson. What kind of information can be found on the Internet? For a few samples of Internet materials, click here.

Educational Resources

These resources give a teacher or student a good preview of the kinds of research resources they can expect to use in researching their topic. Of course, no one should be limited to these resources; as you will discover below under "Search Engines," there are many potential sources of information.

I*EARN Projects

The International Education and Resource Network . I*EARN empowers teachers and young people (ages 6-19) to work together in different parts of the world at very low cost through a global telecommunications network. http://www.igc.apc.org

Library of Congress Public Information System contains links to an immense collection of reference materials, pictures, and government documents.

California Department of Education

Goldmine, from the California Department of Education, offers links to educational resources. --http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/

Armadillo's Web Service

of the Houston Independent School District, contains links to educational resources, and projects by teachers and students. --http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/

Search Engines

Click Here for a lesson on using Search Engines

Sites of Interest, by SUBJECT

ART

WebMuseum, Paris offers samples of the works of reknowned artists on display at The Louvre. --http://www.emf.net/louvre/

Clearinghouse at University of Michigan. -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

English/ESL/ESOL

The FUN Web, despite its name, has serious resources and activities directly largely at ESL. Some activities are intended for ESL students to use on-line. --http://thecity.sfsu.edu/~funweb

Clearinghouse at University of Michigan. -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

Eric Clearinghouse has teacher resources, including lesson plans. --http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/

Computers and Language Learning workshop from University of Oregon offers on-line activities for ESL students. --http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/CALL9.html

Learning English on the Web contains lessons on-line for ESL students, as well as links and suggestions for teachers. --http://www.aec.ukans.edu/leo/English.html

The Center for Language Teaching and Research, Australia, offers links to FTP and Gopher resources. --http://www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000/

University of Bristol Library contains links to EFL resources. --http://info.bris.ac.uk/~limdw/eflres.htm

Web France International has teaching resources for French and English. --http://www.wfi.fr

Connect is a commercial establishment with software for writing classes. --http://www.wwnorton.com/connect.html DD>Clearinghouse at University of Michigan. -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

WWWebster Dictionary is like having a copy of Webster's Dictionary on your screen. Save it as a bookmark, and you may access the dictionary at any time while using your web browser. http://www-lj.eb.com/mw/

Social Studies

The Social Studies School Services organization offers links to research sources. -- http://www.socialstudies.com/

SCORE (Schools of California Online Resources for Education) offers links, by subject, to resources which teachers -- even students -- can use to research History and Social Science. Indexed by subject and by grade level.

History Sources at the University of Washington and Beyond Table of Contents contains links to history resources, including on-line journals. --http://weber.u.washington.edu/~mudrock/HISTORY/

Clearinghouse at University of Michigan. -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

Ask Eric has resources including lesson plans. --http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric-chess.html

MATH

International Internet Projects and Activities in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

 

Math Archives/K-12 Teaching Materials contains teaching materials for math teachers. --http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html

Index Librorum Liberorum contains various demonstrations, including some math project ideas.

SCIENCE

The Armchair Scientist is largely a forum for scienc teachers, with lots of suggestions. --http://www.areacom.it/html/ita/loris/armchair.html

The Particle Adventure is a site which makes the study of the atom fun, and includes several animations demonstrating particle movements. --http://pdg.lbl.gov/cpep/adventure.html

NASA has school science projects for grades K through 12. See

• Project Stellar has lessons and lab experiments on Cardiovascular studies, Visual Perception, and Hydroponics -- http://stellar.arc.nasa.gov
• Jet Propulsion Lab's secondary projects, including software for science class projects -- ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
• Planetary Studies materials from NASA at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mesur.html

Index Librorum Liberorum contains science lessons and demononstrations on such topics as Relativity Theory, and some earth view satellite links. --http://www.fourmilab.ch/

AAAS -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science -- publishes science goals and activities. --http://www.aaas.org/project2061/2061main.htm

International Internet Projects and Activities in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Science and the Environment has mostly reading material, including lesson plans. --http://www.voyagepub.com/publish/stories/allstory.htm

Cosmos, in Spanish, contains information and discussion of Astronomy, with some lesson suggestions. --http://www.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/spaoli/cosmos.html

Clearinghouse at University of Michigan. -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/chhome.html

Sites of Interest to International Educators

The European Council of International Schools Website contains communications with international schools in more than just Europe. This should be of interest to educators looking for international connections.

TIPS (Teachers' Internet Pages) coordinates international schools with suggestions about lessons, activities, and projects of interest to international educators.

ON-LINE BOOKSTORES

Frequently you find, on the Internet, recommendations of good reading. Currently, most people find reading easier from real, hard-copy books. This may change, but for now, it is often necessary to find a good bookstore.

There are many, but here is a sample list of on-line bookstores. In some cases, credit-card orders can be placed, although there are some who consider that practice risky. Generally, you can order books from these sources by conventional mail.

 
• Amazon, offers the most complete selection of books I know of. Hard copies are shipped UPS. --http://www.amazon.com
• Powell's Bookstore, Portland, Oregon, keeps a supply of texts, including a surprising stock of used books.
• Ecola's Tech Directory has links to technical bookstores in most states, and to some publishers. --http://www.ecola.com/ez/books.htm
• The YAHOO search engine includes a section of WWW bookstores. --http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Books/
• UCSD Bookstore complex includes a search engine. --http://www-bookstore.ucsd.edu/BookstoreIndex.html
• Palm Tree Books contains art and history books, largely devoted to Islamic studies. --http://www.wco.com/~books/
• Project Nature Connect contains a rather small selection of books related to Ecology. --http://www.pacificrim.net/~nature/newbook.html

Citing Sources in the World Wide Web.

There is an increasing need for a standard way of citing on-line research. On-line sites may change addresses, move to new locations, be revised, and/or disappear. The January 12, 1996, issue of *The Chronicle of Higher Education* has a helpful discussion which should be on the *Chronicle* web site by January 16, 1996.

 
• Three good citation guides that are increasingly being followed are:
• Citing Internet Addresses Just as your students need to cite the books and periodicals they use to support their research, so too must they cite online sources of information. This how-to guide offers an easy-to-understand method for citing online information in student bibliographies. Audience: 7-12 students, teachers --http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html
• "A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities," by Melvin E. Page.
• "Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information." by Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane.
• MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources, by Janice R. Walker.

The MLA Handbook, 4th edition, suggests the following format for citing Internet References:

• 1. Title
• 2. URL
• 3. Online statement
• 4. Source
• 5. Date of access

Examples:

"History of Space Exploration"

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/`cjhamil/SolarSystem/history.html

Online. World Wide Web. 15 June 1995.

"Charge of the Light Brigade"

gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/11/Library/Classic/Poetry

Online. Internet. 15 June 1995.

Tranholm. S. "2001: A Space Odyssey [Discussion]"

Online. Newsgroup alt.cult-movies. USENET. 15 June 1995.

I'm not satisfied with the above method, since sites on the Internet often move or disappear. For now, this is the best method I know of, but I don't think we've heard the last about referencing Internet sources.

Links to Other Pages:
we recommend viewing these lessons in the order shown.

• John's Research Resources Introduction for new users.
• What kind of Information can be found on the Internet?
• A Lesson on URL Addresses
• Search Engines
• Planning for Technology in an International School

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