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Updates 30 July 2004
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KNE Project Manager
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Jul 30, 2004 16:02 PDT
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HOT SITE
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American Centuries...view from New England (Memorial Hall Museum Online)
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html
American Centuries features a digital collection of approximately 1,800
objects and transcribed document pages from Memorial Hall Museum and
Library. It includes a large library of primary resources, curricula,
and interactive student activities. The classroom lessons cover the
elementary, middle, and secondary levels and were written and tested by
classroom teachers. Activities are designed for independent and
cooperative learning. With the click of the "Add to My Collection"
button available on each Item Page, a user can compile a virtual
collection drawn from the museum’s Digital Collection. This "collecting"
can be done just for fun or as part of a user’s research project. My
Collection can be printed out in its own format and can be placed on any
of several themed chonologies to create a customized Chronology. The
page on "How to Read Old Documents" provides an interesting look at
Primary versus Secondary sources with questions that can be discussed.
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High
School, College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Education (Alternatives), History & Social Studies
(United States History) [Dewey #973]
Application type: Lesson Plans, Information Resources, Activities
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NEW SITES
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Anatomy of a Refugee Camp (Canadian Broadcasting Company)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/iraq/presentations/refugees/refugee.html
This Flash-based interactive map of a refugee camp in part of a large
site created by The Canadian Broadcasting Company. The Flash version
uses a small compass to maneuver through the overhead view of the
refugee camp. There is also a drop-down menu at the top. A text
counterpart is located at
http://www.cbc.ca/news/iraq/presentations/refugees/text_only_print.html.
Just about every aspect of a refugee camp is covered: where to put them,
length of stay,gates & security, reception center, shelters, minimum
space recommended per person, water, food storage and distribution,
malnutrition, role of women, health, Cholera, latrines, lighting,
school, and more.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Community Interest (Current Events/News), History &
Social Studies (Current Events), History & Social Studies (Human
Rights), History & Social Studies (World History) [Dewey #361]
Application type: References, Activities
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Center for Digital Storytelling
http://www.storycenter.org/
The Center for Digital Storytelling is a non-profit project development,
training, and research organization dedicated to assisting people in
using digital media to tell meaningful stories from their lives. Their
focus is on developing large-scale projects for community, educational
and business institutions. Case Studies provide examples. Articles &
Publications such as the Digital Storytelling Cookbook
(http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf) provide information for
getting started.
Grade Level: College, Adult/Professional
Content Area: Community Interest (General/Other), History & Social
Studies (Sociology) [Dewey #390]
Application type: Information Resources
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Cool Cosmos (California Institute of Technology)
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html
The “Cool Cosmos” portal involves students in science with
multi-disciplinary educational materials. Communicating the world of
infrared astronomy to the public is the main topic of the “Cool Cosmos”
portal but certainly not its only goal. In the past few years the “Cool
Cosmos” team has created a wide variety of educational products that
explain the infrared as well as the multi-wavelength universe. These
include: websites that explain Infrared Astronomy, its timeline, as well
as the many benefits and uses of Infrared. There are award-winning web
activities where students perform a version of the experiment in which
infrared light was discovered. There are web tutorials about
multi-wavelength astronomy and a multi-wavelength gallery that shows
celestial objects observed in different wavelengths. The Ritter
experiment is a simple classroom activity similar to the experiment
Ritter first discovered the ultraviolet light. The “Heat & Temperature”
website introduces the concepts of heat and temperature, heat transfer
and detection. Use the Site Map to get a full list of what's on the site
(http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/sitemap.html). There is a Flash
version and an HTML version. Cool Cosmos in also available in Spanish.
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle School, High School
Content Area: Foreign Language (Spanish), Science (Astronomy / Space),
Science (General/Other) [Dewey #520]
Application type: Lesson Plans, Information Resources, Tutorials,
Activities
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Federal Court Concepts
http://www.catea.org/grade/legal/index.html
This unit is designed to introduce secondary and postsecondary students
to the American federal court system. It contains basic information
about the structure of the federal courts, what kind of cases that
federal courts hear, and how to use federal court decisions in research.
After completing this module, students should be able to: 1) Understand
the differences and similarities between the various types of federal
courts; 2) Identify the levels of the federal court system; and 3) Grasp
the basic principles of legal research. Developed by Curtis D. Edmonds,
J.D.
Grade Level: Middle School, High School
Content Area: Community Interest (Government/Politics), Education
(Alternatives), History & Social Studies (Government) [Dewey #320]
Application type: Lesson Plans
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AOL USERS
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<A HREF=http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html>American Centuries...view
from New England</A>
<A
=http://www.cbc.ca/news/iraq/presentations/refugees/refugee.html>Anatomy
of a Refugee Camp</A>
<A HREF=http://www.storycenter.org/>Center for Digital Storytelling</A>
<A HREF=http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html>Cool Cosmos</A>
<A HREF=http://www.catea.org/grade/legal/index.html>Federal Court
Concepts</A>
Linda L. Woods, Project Manager,
SBC Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.kn.sbc.com/
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