Art

Pivot Stick-Figure Animator

Pivot makes it easy to create stick-figure animations. You can build your own stick figures and load your own backgrounds.

geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html

Drawing From Life

A collection of cartoon and caricature books from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

sil.si.edu/ondisplay/caricatures/index.htm

Best History Sites

Contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites under the categories of prehistory, ancient/biblical, medieval, U.S. History, early modern European, 20th century, WWII, art history, general resources, and maps.

besthistorysites.net/

West Point Bridge Design Contest

Although the contest is over, this website offers software to download where you can design and test your own virtual bridge.

bridgecontest.usma.edu/

The Exploratorium

The website for San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception. Here you will find pages about exhibitions as well as many interactive projects and hands-on experiments.

exploratorium.edu/

SlideShare

SlideShare is a free online slideshow maker. Share publicly or privately. You can add audio to create a webinar.

slideshare.net/

Geo Snapper

GeoSnapper enables users to upload and distribute accurately geo-referenced digital photographs. Images are displayed relative to their positions on the planet, with high enough accuracy for others to find and experience the location first hand.

geosnapper.com/

Beethoven: The Magnificent Master

Great site offering biographical information, a large picture gallery lists of his works, and a section called The Creation Histories. In this section you can learn how Beethoven made each of his symphonies, where they were performed and what people thought of them when they first came out.

raptusassociation.org/

Reversing Vandalism

Over 600 torn and sliced books, on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics, women’s issues and HIV/AIDS, deemed beyond repair at the San Francisco Public Library are now in this online exhibit in which art the books have been turned into art.

sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/rv/

Gliffy

Gliffy is an online tool for drawing and sharing diagrams. You can create flowcharts, UI wireframes, floor plans, network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram. You can also add collaborators and publish your diagrams on the web.

gliffy.com

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Bonus Links

American Rhetoric

A database of the text, audio, and sometimes even video of the top 100 speeches given by people in America. You can also read speeches about 9-11 and there is even a section on speeches given in movies.

americanrhetoric.com/

Coordination and Control

Website about the nervous system with basic information and experiments for students and teachers.

peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/OrganSystems/Module_5/index.htm

Amazing Math Facts

Did you know you can position 10 defenders of a square castle so that on every side there will be 5 men? You don't have to be a genius to appreciate this site of sixty-six amazing facts about math.

cut-the-knot.org/do_you_know/index.shtml

Name This Tune

A searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes.

name-this-tune.com/

How Instant Messaging Works

Learn how instant messaging works, with information on the history and the different services you can use.

computer.howstuffworks.com/instant-messaging.htm

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