e-Books
- LibriVox Free audiobooks in the public domain. Read or record.
- History and Politics Out Loud Speeches, historical information and more, all in audio format.
- Project Gutenburg Free text and audio books in the public domain.
- Free Books.org Classics online in audio format.
- Free E-books & Resources for Your Summer Reading! http://bit.ly/95F10d
- Ultra Condensed Classic Books (on twitter) http://bit.ly/6h9Q5y
News
- Channel One News Network for Teens
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ IT’S FREE!
Videos
Education Podcast Network
“An an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.”
American History
- Journey to America (an online exhibit from the Tenement Museum)
Biological Sciences
- Learn the Science Behind Athletes’ Movements
- The Secret Life of the Brainhttp://quackwatch.com/ … helping folks make intelligent about health/related products/services
- http://quackwatch.com/ … helping folks make intelligent about health/related products/services
- Turning the Pages http://bit.ly/asTWge offers online access to world’s oldest surgical document
Careers
- O*NET Online (a free online career research database)
Environment
Geography
- Haiti: A Photographer’s Reflection And Plea a poignant look before the quake…
Government
- FantasySCOTUS…Civics for FANTASY FOOTBALL fans! Predict Supreme Court Decisions
Linguistics
- Listen to American English Dialects (from the Library of Congress)
Mass Media
- Check out RADIO DAYS Old Time Radio
- 24 Times per Second A blog focusing on Film Studies…
- Access Hollywood movie clips at http://movieclips.com …think of the possibilities in the classroom!
Peace Studies
- Here’s is a great online curriculum out of the UK focusing on non-violence and peace. http://peaceoneday.org
Physical Sciences
- EngineerGirl is a NAE project to connect girls to engineer careers. http://engineergirl.org/
- Art, Science, & Technology at http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/sciarttech
- “What Earth Would Look Like With Rings Like Saturn?” http://bit.ly/54RFeP TRULY AWESOME VISUALIZATION!
Skepticism
- As a non-science sort, I have to say this blog http://bit.ly/sr6Ud (BadAstronomy) is great fun!
- Likewise http://badscience.net … there’s just something so appealing about a good debunk!
- Probably shouldn’t leave out http://www.snopes.com … to check on those unbelievable emails family and friends send
- http://quackwatch.com/ … helping folks make intelligent about health/related products/services
Sports
- Official Olympic Site with great info on past and present games…