Chapter 12

    The Internet and Online Research for Teachers

Other Topics of Interest

Chapter Twelveprovides links to web sites that are of general interest and often just for fun.

Just for Fun

American Philatelic Society
http://www.stamps.org

Amateur Speedskating Unionof the United States
http://www.speedskating.org

Archery
http://usarchery.myicontrol.com/

The Aviary
http://www.theaviary.com/

Beer Can Collectors of America
http://www.bcca.com

Cat Bathing as a Martial Art
http://www.castle.net/%7Etina/humordata/animals/catwash .html

Cat Fanciers
http://www.fanciers.com/

The Cat Fanciers’ Association
http://www/cfainc.org/cfa/

Children’s Television Workshop
http://www.ctw.org

College Football Hall of Fame
http://collegefootball.org/

DC Comics Online
http://www.dccomics.com/

The Dilbert Zone
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/

Disney
http://www.disney.com/

The Disney Urban Legends Reference Page
http://www2best.com/~snopes/disney/disney.htm

Walt Disney
http://www.usa.net/home/art.html

Dr. Toy
http://www.drtoy.com

Family Tree Maker Online
http://www.familtreemaker.com/

Ferret World
http://www.ferret-world.csc.peachnet.edu/

The Figure Skating Page
http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/sji/skate.html

The Freestyle Frisbee Page
http://www.frisbee.com/

Jon’s Yo-Yo Page!
http://www.li.net/~autorent/yo-yo.htm

Joseph Wu’s Origami Page
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami

Juggling Information Service
http://www.juggling.org/

Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org

Land of the Lunchboxes
http://www2.ari.net/home/kholcomb/lunch.html

Looney Tunes Home Page
http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~swishart/

Monty Python Home Page
http://www.iia.org/~rosenrl/python/

The Museum of Advertising Icons
http://www.toymuseum.com/

Museum of Pez Memorabilia
http://www.spectrumnet.com/pez

National Cowboy Hall of Fame
http://www.horseworld.com/nchf

PoochNet
http://www.simbra.com/poochnet/

Professor Bubble’s Homepage
http://bubbles.org

The Pulitzer Prize Winners
http://www.pulitizer.org/

The Refrigerator
http://www.aimnet.com/~jennings/refrigerator

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.rockhall.com/media/indes.html

Royal Network
http://www.royainetwork.com/

Stones World—The Rolling Stones on the Web
http://www.stonesworld.com/

True Magic
http://www2.netdoor.com/~cowden/magic.htm

Games

A general guide to games you can play on the World Wide Web is found at:

Games You Can Play on the WWW

http://www.grouper.com/play/html

Other game play and game-related sites include:

BU’s Interactive WWW Games

http://www.bu.edu/Games/games.html

The Games Domain
http://www.gamesdomain.com

GNU WebChess
http://www.delorie.com/game-room/chess

Happy Puppy Games
http://www.happypuppy.com

Maxis
http://www.maxis.com/whats_hot/whats_hot.html

Online Fun and Games Overdose
http://www.infocom.net/~romann/gamefun.html

Funhouse: Play Now!
http://starcreations.com/abstract/funhouse/ga-pin01.htm

The Movies

All Movie Guide
http://allmovie.com/amg/movie_Root.html

Health and Fitness

Aerobics & Fitness Association of America
http://www.afaa.com/main/main/html

Runner’s World Online
http://www.runnersworld.com/

Newspapers and News Services Online

AJR/News Link
http://www.newslink.org/

The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/

Boston Globe-World Wire
http://www.boston.com/globe/cgi-bin/globe.cgi?ap/apworld. htm

The Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotte.com/

Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/

Christian Science Monitor-International News
http://www.csmonitor.com/todays_paper/graphical/today/int l/index.html

CNN Interactive World News
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/index.html

Detroit News
http://www.rust.networkers/strike.html

Houston Chronicle Interactive
http://www.chron.com/index

The Irish Times
http://www/irish-times.com

The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.co.il/

Los Angeles Times News
http://www.latimes.com/

The Miami Herald
http://herald.kri.com/usa

Newsday
http://www.newsday.com

The New York Post
http://nypostonline.com/

The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com

The New York Times-International
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/world

San Jose Mercury News
http://www/sjmercury.com/

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com

USA Today Nation
http://www.usatoday.com/news/digest/nd1.htm

USA Today World
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/nw1.htm

The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/public/us

The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Magazines

The Atlantic Monthly
http://www.TheAtlantic.com

Barron’s
http://www.enews.com/magazines/barrons/

Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com

Harpers Magazine
http://www.harpers.org/

Life Magazine
http://pathfinder.com/Life

Mother Jones
http://www.mojones.com

The New Republic
http://www.enews.com/magazines/tnr/

The Paris Review
http://www.voyagerco.com/PR/

Smithsonian Magazine
http://www.si.edu/resource/simag/start.htm

Sports Illustrated
http://www.pathfinder.com/si/welcome.html

Time Magazine
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/timehomepage.html

U.S. News Online
http://www2.USNews.com/usnews/main.htm

Wired Magazine
http://www.wired.com

Television News Services

ABC News
http://abc.go.com

CBC News World Online
http://.newsworld.cbc.htm

CBS News—Up to the Minute
http://uttm.com/topstories.html

C-SPAN
http://www.c-span.org/

National Public Radio On-line
http://www.npr.org/news/

Television Networks

ABC
http://abc.go.com

CBS
http://wwww.cbs.com

Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com

NBC
http://www.nbc.com

PBS
http://www.pbs.org

Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.us.dhhs.gov/

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/

U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/

U.S. National Debt Clock
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

U.S. Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/

Looking for a Job

CareerMosaic
http://www.service.com/cm/cm1.html

CareerNet
http://www.careers.org

CareerBuilder
http://www.careerbuilder.com

CareerWEB
http://www.employmentguide.com