Resources for teachers (and overviews of such resources); curricula; lesson plans; organizations and associations; conferences and workshops; on-line activities; national programs; extracurricular activities; and answers to frequently asked questions.
And here are some pages on topics that are often discussed in middle-school classrooms: The solar system ... the Civil War ... humpback whales ... prime numbers ... Little House on the Prairie ... the Louisiana Purchase ... a spelling bee ... Mozart ... Oregon.
The following links give some idea of the diversity of resources available on the World Wide Web:
Sandwich shops; software companies; clothing stores; book sellers; telecommunications services; personal ads; commercial scams and pyramid schemes.
Colleges and universities; middle schools; alumni associations; adult education groups.
Government agencies; research laboratories; office-holders; libraries; countries, states, regions, and cities.
Farmers; amateur radio fans; musicians; classic car enthusiasts; dog lovers; TV preachers; basketball fans; and ordinary folks.
Movies; television shows; computer games; outdoor recreations; magazines; contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways; joke collections; and recipes.
News services; newspapers; news magazines; weather forecasts; telephone directories; street maps; dictionaries; information about health, sports, current events (from various perspectives), physics experiments, economic policy, cosmic occurrences, and foreign languages.
Literary societies; poetry collections; historical documents; biographies and works of great philosophers.
Computer freeware; collections of graphics and backgrounds; computer magazines; advice, information, and on-line help about computers; computer users' groups.
Art exhibits (including exhibits of computer art and photography) and galleries; architects.
Finally, here are some of my own favorite links:
American Voter '96 (Congressional Quarterly) ... Amnesty International ... Anagram generator ... Astronomy picture of the day ... The Center for Defense Information ... CSICOP ... EPIC Cryptography Policy pages ... League for Programming Freedom ... Molly Ivins column ... National Public Radio ... Natural Resources Defense Council ... Office of Human Radiation Experiments ... RISKS Forum ... Sunrise and sunset ... Mark Twain ... U.S. Bureau of the Census ... U.S. national debt ... U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock time ... U.S. population ... USPS ZIP+4 lookup form ... VOTELINK ... Vote Smart Web ... The World Lecture Hall ... The Year 2000 Information Center ... Zero Population Growth
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