Cal Young Middle School

"Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one. We've done all 118 - but our job's not finished. Now we're updating all the videos with new stories, better samples and bigger experiments. Plus we're making films about other areas of chemistry, latest news and occasional adventures away from the lab. Most recently we've started a new series - The Molecular Videos - featuring our favourite molecules and compounds."

Science-related videos from Wired Magazine and PBS: "Each week, WIRED Science correspondents take viewers to the frontiers of discovery across the country and around the world, spotlighting the cutting-edge innovations and research that are defining 21st-century culture, and introducing the high-tech mavericks who are making it happen."

Useful websites organized by School and Eugene 4j, Curriculum and Web 2.0, and State and National. Compiled for the Cal Young staff by Sam.

"A list of reviewed resources that offer a chance for you and your students to get to know one another." Click on the "TeachersFirst keyword search" link to narrow the results by grade level and topic.

The premier site for primary sources. Click on the "Classroom Materials" link for Lesson Plans, Themed Resources, Primary Source Sets, Presentations & Activities, and Collection Connections

The U.S. Department of Census presents extensive population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Quirky information includes such items as time spent commuting to work.

"A collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920."

"This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)."

"The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels." The site includes etensive Educational Resources and Earth Science Literacy Maps, and allows you to narrow your search by Grade Level, Resource Type, Collections, and Standards.

"Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes fourteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs." Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Previously named FirstGov.gov, this portal opens to a staggering array of information about the United States. Pull down "Explore Topics" and/or "Audiences" to "Teens" for a plethora of choices.

"Science.gov searches over 42 databases and over 2000 selected websites from 14 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results."

Search Engines and Subject Directories

"Primary sources, high-quality online teaching modules, and instruction on critical thinking skills."

"An image database of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955."

American History Sites, General History and Social Studies Sites, World and Ancient History Sites from a premier librarian