Online Communications

How Everyday Things Are Made

"AIM has developed an introductory website for kids and adults showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted towards non-engineers and engineers alike."

manufacturing.stanford.edu/

Cool Science News

Labspaces.net is a social network for the scientific community designed to spread scientific news, maintain and create friendships, and harbor collaboration through the internet.

labspaces.net/

Email Etiquette

Common sense advice for anyone that is new to e-mail.

emailaddresses.com/guide_etiquette.htm

New York Hall of Science

Visit and interact with the New York Hall of Science from your school or learning center using the latest videoconferencing technology. The Virtual Visit will connect your class with Explainers at the New York Hall of Science, providing a rich, interactive science learning experience. A Virtual Visit Program consists of exploration of selected areas of the New York Hall of Science's exhibits, demonstrations and activities illustrating science concepts.

nyscience.org/teacherconnections/programs/virtual-visit.php?mainId=5&subId=23&tertiaryId=15

Kanji Alive

A searchable, web-based tool to help beginning and intermediate level Japanese language learners read and write kanji. It clearly displays all the information needed to learn a kanji in a single, unified interface.

kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/

Glossary of Internet Abbreviations & Acronyms

Describes how and when to use acronyms and provides an exhaustive list of terms you can use to flavor your sentences.

netforbeginners.about.com/cs/netiquette101/a/abbreviations.htm

Virtual you

A virtual you in a 3-D world.

secondlife.com/

ManyBooks

Thousands of eBooks formatted for reading on your Palm, PocketPC, Zaurus, Rocketbook, or Symbian cellphone. Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations from our visitors, or special collections. All of the eBooks here are free!

manybooks.net/

ePALS Classroom Exchange

For districts with restrictive policies regarding student e-mail accounts, ePALS offers students access to a safe, managed, Web-based e-mail system as well as student blogs.

epals.com

Why Spam Is Bad

An article about what spam e-mails are, why you get them, and what to do when you receive one.

email.about.com/od/spamandgettingridofit/a/what_is_spam.htm

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Bonus Links

Archaeology Channel

"Explore the human cultural heritage through streaming media. Travel through time and feel the thrill of discovery. Examine the wonderful diversity of the human experience!"

archaeologychannel.org/

W3 Schools

If you can use the language on the internet, you can learn about it here. Be it HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScribt, ASP, PHP, SQL, .NET, etc.

w3schools.com/default.asp

Plants For Kids!

Crash course in plants, how to identify them, and a bunch of fun experiments to try.

kathimitchell.com/plants.html

Earth-Science

The complexity of the Earth system, in which spatial and temporal variability exists on a range of scales, requires that an organized scientific approach be developed for addressing the complex, interdisciplinary problems that exist, taking good care that in doing so there is a recognition of the objective to integrate science across the programmatic elements towards a comprehensive understanding of the Earth system.

nasascience.nasa.gov/earth-science/focus_area_list

Kanji Alive

A searchable, web-based tool to help beginning and intermediate level Japanese language learners read and write kanji. It clearly displays all the information needed to learn a kanji in a single, unified interface.

kanjialive.lib.uchicago.edu/

Pew Internet & American Life Project

Read about the rise of the instant-message generation and the Internet's impact on friendships and family relationships.

pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=36

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