This K-12 sustainability challenge allows students to form teams of 2 or 3, work with a teacher/mentor to identify an environmental issue in their community, research it, develop a plan, collect data, analyze that data, and share the results they've found. Prizes include savings bonds, television appearances, Discovery Adventure Trips, and more.
The Congressional Award is the U.S. Congress' award for young Americans. It is non-partisan, voluntary, and non-competitive. The program is open to all 14- to 23-year-olds. Participants earn Bronze, Silver and Gold Congressional Award Certificates and Bronze, Silver and Gold Congressional Award Medals. Each level involves setting goals in four program areas: Volunteer Public Service, Personal Development, Physical Fitness, and Expedition/Exploration.
According to the publisher, this book offers inspiring and often funny stories of 50 mistakes and misunderstandings that helped bring about life as we know it from Wheaties to telephones and microwave ovens to yo-yos. With hilarious cartoons and wacky facts, this fascinating compendium illustrates the adage "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them."
The text and accompanying audio tapes introduce the basics and the intricacies of formal competitive debate. This is an excellent introduction to formal debate for advanced students. Effectively implementing the program, including practicing debating skills, would be conducted most effectively in a high school level homeschooling co-op group.
No education is complete without a large slice of Greek mythology. And there's no better way of meeting that literary quota than with the D'Aulaires' book. All the great gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are depicted in this big, beautiful classic, lovingly illustrated and skillfully told. Young readers will be dazzled by mighty Zeus, lord of the universe; stirred by elegant Athena, goddess of wisdom; intimidated by powerful Hera, queen of Olympus; and chilled by moody Poseidon, ruler of the sea. These often impetuous immortals flounce and frolic, get indiscreet, and get even. From petty squabbles to heroic deeds, their actions cover the range of godly--and mortal--personalities.
This volume includes short biographies and information about the styles and techniques of more than 75 famous artists, from the Dark Ages up to the present day (Ghiberti to Christo and Wyeth). For each artist, an accompanying studio art project suitable for K-6 children is included, designed to focus on the media, design elements, style or type of art, or subject most associated with each individual artist. Materials needed for all projects are specified, along with directions and a sample of a child's work.
A visual chronology of world history, spanning more than 20,000 years-from the first humans to the dawn of the new millenium.
This book is about several electronic components, their functions and how to use them. This book includes information on resistors, capacitors, gates, transistors, switches, and more. There are formulas, codes, and schematics explaining the subject.
This book has a lot of funny stories about activities and unusual events involving wild and domestic animals.
This book is an introduction to the two kana systems. The book covers origin and function, writing practice, pronunciation, and some vocabulary.
The authors- a rabbi and a priest collaborate to present the predominant world religions in an easy to read format. They are able to compare and contrast Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Filled with interesting stories, the book works to answer all the big questions about religion that the kids might have. This book addresses, "How should we live, What happens to us after we die, Why does bad stuff happen to good folks and How can we talk to God?" among other questions.
This series is a simple, straightforward, traditional approach to Latin, with some adaptations for younger children, including chants and crossword puzzles. All assignments are clearly and directly presented. The series has a teacher's guide, which is purchased separately. Strong grammatical approach; almost no illustrations; some religious content.
Living Books is story telling programs with various titles like: Just Grandma & Me, Just Me and My Mom, Tortoise & the Hare, Arthurs Big Trouble and others. It is a great program which helps children read while entertaining them. It also allows you to switch between several languages like Spanish, French, German and Japanese.
This nonfiction chapter book highlights a different mathematician in each chapter. It relates the humanness of the individual as well as the mathematical discovery or theory associated with the individual. The book features both men and women equally. "Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students to great mathematicians from various cultures."
This is an introductory book to philosophy, which is divided by topics (ethics, metaphysics, etc.). Each section also contains a list of suggestions for further reading.
This book by Wolfgang Langewiesche is an excellent resource for someone who wants to become a pilot, or for people who want to improve their piloting skills. Langewiesche tells how to execute a number of maneuvers (which are not aerobatic). He also includes helpful diagrams that explain difficult concepts such as lift, glide, climb, straight and level flight and the turn.
This book by authors by S. Choron & H. Choron is for ages 9-12. The book is an information sandwich with everything on it, packed with the stuff you need to know and the stuff you never even knew you wanted to know. Here are tons of fun facts about your favorite movies, music, books, and sports and games, along with kid survival tips and techniques. Find out how to defend yourself against vampires, what to do if you're afraid of the dark, and how to look great in your school picture. You'll also find hundreds of addresses for kid-friendly Web sites (as well as information on how to visit them safely).
This book has maps of practically everywhere and everything in Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
The Green Frog News is a free science and environmental newsletter for kids. Each issue is hosted by Angie, Blake, Simon and Amigo the Frog. All of the material is presented in a downloadable pdf format for home or classroom use. Their mission is to inspire, excite and educate children in the fields of science and the environment through unique publications and programs.
Bursting with clever strategies, valuable resources and wise guidance on how to design an interest-driven self-education, this book is for any bright student who wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of traditional school and get a "real education".
This is a kid friendly series that explains Einstein's three main laws. There are three different books, one for every law.
This book has a variety of cross-sections including; cross-sections of planes, cars and trains. The cross-sections show the inner and outer workings of the machines shown. Both technical and beautiful, the double-page full-color drawings in this huge and handsome encyclopedic volume will have engineering buffs poring over the detailed cross sections of the machinery. There are separate chapters on cars, trains, building vehicles, tanks, rescue vehicles, record breakers, ships, planes, jets, and space vehicles and instruments. Within each chapter, each double-page spread is devoted to a carefully labeled cross section of just one type of machine.
This book is full of information that people either take for granted or never give a second thought about. It is a book that has answers to questions like, "How did sour cream get so sour?" and "Why are pickle jars so hard to open?"
"Founded in 1985, HOW Magazine provides graphic-design professionals with essential business information, features cutting-edge technological advances, profiles renowned and up-and-coming designers, details noteworthy projects, and provides creative inspiration. The year-end Business Annual has become a respected resource for its articles about studios across the U.S. In addition, HOW holds annual Self-Promotion, International and Interactive Design competitions and features the results in special issues. Other frequently profiled topics include digital design, creativity, typography and paper."
This magazine, published by the John Hopkins University CTY program, is for middle and high school students who want to get the most out of their pre-college years and take control of their education and learning. They cover a broad variety of topics including sciences, career discovery, cultural studies, contests and competitions, and summer programs.
Edited by and for girls ages 8 to 14, New Moon is the ground-breaking, imaginative, ad-free magazine that girls, parents and teachers love. (Winner of 6 Parents' Choice Gold Awards.) Girl contributors from around the world give voice to their dreams and intellect through fiction, poetry, artwork, letters, and articles on different cultures and enterprises. New Moon is an international, multicultural magazine which connects girls and celebrates diversity by providing a place for girls to express themselves and communicate with other girls around the world.
This magazine is put out by the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject matter is eclectic, though mostly centered around history of cultures, art, language, geography, and sciences. Though targeted at adults, many articles are suitable for intelligent children as well.
The World & I is a multifaceted monthly publication that presents a broad range of thought-provoking reading in politics, science, culture, humanity, and more in seven sections– Current Issues, The Arts, Life, Natural Science, Culture, Book World, and Modern Thought. Special features include more than 1,000 Teacher’s Guide activities that meet the National Standards and a Book Review Archive with a search capability of its own. Special Collections feature topics such as Worldwide Folktales, Peoples of the World, Profiles in Character, Millennial Moments, In the Footsteps of Lincoln, The Constitution and the Making of America, and more.
Founded for the advancement of science, the Junior Academy of Science of St. Louis is a special program for all students in the 7th through 12th grades whom are interested in science. The program is sponsored by the Academy of Science of St. Louis. The Junior Academy encourages students to explore various branches of science as they plan their future careers.
Aviation High School is a public, coed day school located in Burien, Washington. It is the state's first aviation-themed high school—an innovative, high performance school. The mission of the school is to prepare students for college, work, and citizenship through a personalized, rigorous, and relevant learning experience that is facilitated in the context of aviation and aerospace.
"Harvard Model Congress strives to inspire high school students to participate in civic life by creating a dynamic environment where students learn from one another through their interactions with American democracy."
"The Conservatory of Music at Baldwin-Wallace is an artistic community
within a liberal arts college, where the lives of students of all ages are
transformed in pursuit of personal and professional excellence through the
humanizing discipline of music study, creation, performance and pedagogy."
"Ahead of the Curve is an intensive two-week leadership seminar by Americans for Informed Democracy for high-achieving high school students who have an interest in international affairs. The seminar features a series of lectures, workshops, and discussions aimed at educating young leaders about globalization and preparing them to be leaders in our increasingly interdependent world."
Touch the life of the Chesapeake Bay region and participate in an experience to remember for a lifetime! While participating in one of these programs, you will develop a first hand understanding of the Bay environment as well as leadership skills to make a personal difference. The Chesapeake Bay is your classroom, and nearly all instruction will take place outdoors, whether it is on a workboat, an historic Skipjack, in a canoe, or in the marsh. Tents will provide housing on all trips; while Session C and the two-week trips will also visit one of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's rustic island residential centers. Participants must have a strong desire to participate in a rigorous outdoor experience!"
"The Alexandria Archaeology Summer Camp provides an opportunity for students, ages 12 to 15, to dig the past in historic Alexandria, Virginia. Participants work directly with City Archaeologists to excavate an historic site and discover evidence of earlier times. Choose a one- or two- week session, and use science, history and geography skills to discover more about the town's history and how archaeological methods uncover the past. Participants excavate on a real archaeological site, work with their excavated artifacts in the archaeology laboratory, and take field trips and walking tours. "
The Civic Education Project (CEP) combines traditional education with community service to promote civic responsibility among young people. Through innovative spring and summer programs, CEP offers promising young people the chance to learn and serve in communities across the country and helps students gain the knowledge, experience, and leadership skills necessary to make a positive impact on society. CivicWeek, CEP's weeklong field experience program
for outstanding high school students is open to 9th-12th grade
students from across the country. The Civic Leadership Institute,
CEP's three week summer course on Civic Engagement is open to
10th-12th grade students.
The Institute on Asian Cultures is co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program at the University of Vermont. In its sixth year, the Institute will focus on Chinese culture. Topics of lectures and workshops include Family and Society, Arts and Language, and Medicine and Health. These areas will be threads to link history, philosophy, religion, and political and economic development. The 24 students enrolled will engage in academic and hands-on activities with experts of Asia, Asian nationals, and experienced teachers. A language lesson and an art workshop will be offered every day. Students are expected to read several articles about Asia prior to the Institute. During the Institute, students will develop individual plans to continue their study during the year with follow-up activities and support from faculty. This work will help prepare students for travel and study in China during the following summer.
This cd-rom is a Radio Controlled Model Aircraft flight simulator. It is very useful if you want to learn how to operate a radio controlled aircraft.
The Women's Wilderness Institute offers wilderness experiences for women and teen girls in the Rocky Mountains and the deserts of the Southwest. Whether you're seeking a rejuvenating week of backpacking, the skills to build your own top-rope anchor, or the determination to make a major change in your life, we hope you'll join us for an unforgettable experience that will increase your wilderness skills, refresh your spirit, and bring you the joy of a wilderness adventure in the company of women.
An online catalog of "positive and uplifting" reading material. Chinaberry offers items to support families in raising their children with love, honesty and joy to be reverent, loving caretakers of each other and of the earth.
Full Sail Real World Education is a media arts college that has graduated scores of award-winning music, production and design professionals over 25 years. Degrees for creative minds include Computer Animation, Digital Media, Entertainment Business, Film, Game Design & Development, Recording Arts and Show Production & Touring.
Tin Man Press originates and publishes thinking-skills materials for the elementary school grades. Books and card sets are used in gifted programs and conventional classrooms, and also by home schoolers and parents. Tin Man Press offers a variety of fun activities including the "Think About" series, "Brain Stations", and the "Discover Series" of 24 card sets.
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center's mission is to initiate and conduct archaeological research and public education programs in partnership with Native Americans and institutions with common interests. The Center is dedicated to understanding, teaching, and preserving the rich history of the ancient Pueblo Indians who inhabited the American Southwest. Our campus-based programs incorporate current research findings from field excavations and allow you to participate in the actual research process.
Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits and serves as a leader in the movement to promote museums as educational centers. The Exploratorium was founded in 1969 by noted physicist and educator Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, who devoted his efforts to it -- and was its director -- until his death in 1985.
This website is a resource center for profoundly gifted kids, have links to sites on topics from genetics to space, from Shakespeare to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lots more. Also included are a list of movies that feature gifted children in a positive light, and software that has a shelf-life for gifted children of longer than a few days. There are contests and reading lists for gifted children, too. And Internet Investigations are complete curriculum units right on the web, great for home schooling or just more organized research into a topic.
"The mission of the International Spy Museum is to educate the public about espionage in an engaging manner and to provide a dynamic context that fosters understanding of its important role in and impact on current and historic events. The Museum focuses on human intelligence and reveals the role spies have played in world events throughout history."
Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in Invention at Play, a national traveling exhibit. Learn how to play--the ordinary and everyday "work of childhood"--connects to the creative impulse of both historic and contemporary inventors. Explore the Invention Playhouse, Puzzle Blocks, Word Play, and more.
This website provides numerous activities for the young and interested child. From the easy arts to more complicated activities, this site can accommodate young children and their parents with several hours of educational entertainment.
This website is home to the popular television series where two four-person teams convene at a junkyard where they are given a task, e.g., "Build a vehicle that will carry all four team members around our course, only (sorry!) we're all out of wheels!" So each team designs a walking car in a 10-hour period. We follow them as they design the machine, scavenge junk parts to build it, run into problems and adjust the design, etc. Along the way the mechanical/electrical principles they are using are sketched onscreen as well as the explanation of any problems that occur. Once the machines are built, they compete against each other to determine which team built the best machine.
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is the nation's leading regional membership organization focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and non-polluting, renewable energy technologies. They work to bring clean electricity, green transportation, and healthy, efficient buildings into everyday use in order to improve the environment, protect human health, and nurture local economies. NESEA works to bring hands-on, project- and problem-based learning experiences to K-12 teachers and students by providing teachers with resources, professional training on using energy and transportation issues in the classroom, and opportunities for networking with fellow teachers.
This is the first and original penpal club for kids by kids and we make sure you are safe in here.
Here you will find all kinds of cool ways to communicate, to find friends, relatives and classmates on the Internet, to get yourself a new pen-pal in your town, across the country, or anywhere in the world, be part of chat on the web, just like on the online services. Or even to get a free new e-mail address of your very own--where you can read and send e-mail from home, school, or any library with a Net computer.
In 1991, Bob Barraza and Shawn Patrello pursued their passion for improv and kids as they formed a duo named Kidprov® in order to teach the art of improvisation comedy in day-care centers across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Finding little response, they put their idea on the back burner. Meanwhile, Brad Newton, a teacher of elementary-aged gifted students chanced upon Bob and Shawn as they performed with a Dallas-area improv troupe. Little did they realize that this serendipitous encounter was the conceptive moment of what exists today.
This website is devoted to Lego 3D Cad. LDraw.org has links to a variety of programs that allow you to make, edit, and render 3D Lego models. LDraw.org also has links to the latest 3D Lego parts, and a reference section containing many articles on Lego 3D CAD.
Legoland is a fantastic themepark, located in California just north of San Diego. It is not nearly as crowded as Disneyland, and has great rides, shows, and fun activities. The rides include the Dragon Coaster (a mild roller coaster), the TechniCoaster (a fast roller coaster with a big drop and fun turns), and the AquaZone Waveracer (where you might get wet). There is also a great play structure. Children will also have a chance to build, program and control their own robots after creating them from scratch.
This website includes useful information about legos from designs to information about locating your missing pieces. It also provides information on LEGO gatherings, Clubs and other people's creations.
Located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, this Science center features three floors of exhibits and demonstrations, as well as the Davis Planetarium and an IMAX theatre. Exhibits rotate seasonally, and many of the exhibits feature hands-on and interactive demonstrations.
This website allows users to play games and get virtual pets (Not real animals).
This website is a Scholastic website dedicated to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. This series currently includes: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. At the site, the child can choose one of the books and read a brief description or read one chapter from the book. The child can then look at various educational activities in Fun and Games with Harry or can submit an answer to the Reading Circle questions. There is also information about the fourth book in the series, which will take readers through Harry Potter's fourth year at wizard school. Discussion guides are available for parents and teachers These guides aid a discussion on just the first book in the series, or on all three books. The guides allow the parent or teacher to easily discuss various themes in the books, points about the setting and characterization, and different conflicts in the book. They also include 10 discussion questions ranging from how the character's name describes the character to how one character's actions impact the story. Also available are transcripts of an interview with the author and the transcript of the online chat she participated in. These discuss the authors writing process, previous and future books, and interests away from writing.
This website allows users to buy, trade and sell virtual stickers using sticker points. You can then put the stickers on your sticker page. You get points by doing things around the stickerworld site.
This website allows you to write an email to people serving in the United States Army, Navy, Airforce or Marines. You can thank them and tell them that you are happy they are helping us.
This website will reveal your secret Hobbit name. Simply type in your everyday monniker, and your identity as Olo Fallowground Muddyroot will come to life. Also available is the Elven name generator.
Check out this zoological museums's online galleries which include: (1) Mammals & Birds, (2) Lord Rothschild's Office,(3) Fish, Large Animals & Invertebrates, (4) Zebras, Horses, Tapirs & Rhinos, (5) Deer, Pigs, Antelopes & Aquatic Mammals, (6)Amphibians, Marsupials, Reptiles & Domestic Dogs.
Do you think you've created some wacky inventions? This website features strange inventions with actual government patents. The site has been featured on the Rosie O'Donnell Show, ABC World News, and the Learning Channel.
This page of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is designed for kids. It contains games, puzzles, information on contests, and links to other websites kids may find interesting. It also answers common questions about patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
This interactive website sponsored by the Association of Children's Museums contains a searchable database of national and international children's museums.
Winged Sandals is a website about Greek Mythology that seeks to inform, educate, and entertain. The site has animated stories and interactive games and an online version of the Delphic Oracle all presented with a focus on entertaining and engaging a young audience.
We have included activities to encourage our website visitors to step away from their computer and have some fun. Kids can use what they have learned as a source of inspiration to create their own artworks.
This website is Yahoo's web guide for kids. Just like Yahoo's home page, from the Yahooligans' home page you can surf the Internet for many things kids might be interested in.
This website was designed to improve the general awareness of corrosion causes and solutions. Corrosion is often perceived as a curse we have to endure helplessly and it is a shock to many to learn that there are many ways to prevent and control this natural force. The Corrosion Doctors' educational focus is centered on a series of Information Modules designed for training in corrosion science and engineering.
Cottonwood Press often uses an offbeat approach and a sense of humor to get students’ attention, especially when it comes to topics that can be perceived as boring. They challenge the students to think and encourage them to tap into their natural creativity. The basics are addressed — "but with flair!"
This website offers information that can be downloaded in book form (153 pages), or viewed on line. The book offers a simplified view of what design considerations and science a mechanical/civil design engineer must know when designing a rollercoaster. It is intended for the middle or high school teacher, however, profoundly gifted students with an interest in physics, math and/or rollercoasters may enjoy reading the book/website.
This website, a component of American Mensa, provides students both educational resources and fun games and activities.
This website is designed for those interested in computer programming. Children are given the opportunity to create software and cartoon simulations and share them over the web. Designed for children ages 8 and up, Scratch can be useful for teaching mathematical and computational ideas.