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One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way. The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way.

A 7th grade student gives a tour of her personal learning environment, sharing how she uses Google Docs, blogs, Evernote, Skype, and more in her life science class.

"Study the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on specific groups such as African Americans, women and children by studying images, maps, documents and life histories. Trace the history of labor unions. Access photographs taken by Works Progress Administration photographers and read expert commentary on Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" picture."

The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is your chance to show off your smarts and demonstrate how science is at work in everyday life. Just create a short video and submit it online. You could win a bunch of great prizes, including $50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds!

"The literature, life and times of Edgar Allan Poe....in Baltimore and beyond."

"Skype in the classroom is a free directory for teachers who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms. Join today to share resources, chat with teachers and even pair classes. Start by creating a profile, then explore the directory to find teachers and resources that match your interests. You can then share inspiring links, videos and tips with other teachers."

Phuser describes itself as a social network for "your real-life friends", and as such allows users to host private spaces to plan events and meetups with each other. Users amass friends and then can contact them via "phuses"by SMS or email. Phuses are similar to message board topic discussions, with the distinction that phuses are only open to the friends you select to send them to.

Storycorps allows users to listen to the weekly interview; share life stories via email, Facebook, and Twitter; get tips for recording interviews on mobile devices.

A collection of interactive lessons for Math and Science on Place Value, Number Lines, Order Whole Numbers, Estimate Whole Numbers, Integers, Expanded Notation, Roots & Stems, Plant Cells, Photosynthesis, Plants With Seeds, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Flowers, Plants Without Seeds, Mosses & Ferns, Plant Adaptions, The Kindoms of Life

Educate your pupils using ARKive's many thousands of videos, images and fact files in a wide range of science, ICT, art and English projects. Use the ARKive multimedia materials to engage your class in key biology topics, such as variation and adaptation, habitats or life cycles, or use them as creative inspiration for art & design projects. All our photos, video clips and authenticated fact files are free and easy to use in your classroom activities and presentations.

Math Apprentice answers the question that nearly every student will ask during his or her math career: When are we ever going to use this stuff in the real world? Sure, there are some obvious real world connections. Money, time, and measurement are all very relevant concepts. Other areas of math, such as number theory and functions, are more cryptic and can seem disconnected from real life. Math Apprentice reveals the connections by showing students how math is used in a variety of interesting professions.

WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.

WordSift provide a place where user's can put text into a box and then press sift to bring the text to life with a visualization.

"With classes, homework, and projects-not to mention your social life-time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time."

With classes, homework, and projects-not to mention your social life-time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.

100+ google tricks that will save you time in school provides lots of great tips.

"Definition: "... refers to using new digital tools to help ordinary people to tell their own real-life stories." (Wikipedia)" Hotlist of resources and examples.

facts about population, life expectancy, mortality, migration

"MinyanLand is a virtual community designed to engage kids and families in games and interaction that are entertaining and educational. The world was conceived by Minyanville, a leader in financial infotainment and home to the icons of Wall Street and finance, "Hoofy" the Bull and "Boo" the Bear. Joining the effort is the Council for Economic Education, the nation's leader in economic and financial literacy. We created MinyanLand as a platform to entertain and educate a young generation so they understand the concept of a market and the basics of economics and finance on a real world level. The economic system of MinyanLand mimics the real-life pricing of general goods and services. As players participate in the system, their actions will affect the overall MinyanLand economy. This is how they will learn. "

The website offers a complete Educators Packet, which includes a biographical timeline of Poe's life and several fun and informative lessons plans for the classroom. To receive the packet, middle and high school teachers may use this link to fill out the request form and provide their school's address.

"Book Drum's remarkable range of interactive content is particularly valuable to students and teachers, with over twenty A-level/GCSE set texts already profiled, including Wuthering Heights, The Bell Jar, Frankenstein, Wide Sargasso Sea, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Teachers can create new profiles as class projects, encouraging students to dig deeper into a book with Book Drum's fun, easy-to-use online interface."

"Book Drum is the perfect companion to the books we love, bringing them to life with immersive pictures, videos, maps and music."

Compare statistics about where you live with other countries, in categories about what your life would be like.

"Teach and test the basics of online life" Great site where teachers can set up their class to earn their own digital passport. Free-teachers can track individual student progress through the lessons, games, and assessments found online. Works great on computer/Chromebook but it is Flash based and only works on iPad with a paid app.