Marco Polo Resources

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The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines. 

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Proper Citation Methods:



Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html


Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement from Dartmouth College
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/
Citation and Style Guides from Concordia University Libraries
http://juno.concordia.ca/services/citations.html
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American Architecture:


American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov:80/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html

Architecture and Nature Lesson Plan
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cs/lesson/archnature.html

Architecture in America: State Houses to Skyscrapers
http://memory.loc.gov:80/ammem/detroit/archamer.html

Architectural Clues Lesson Plan
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cs/lesson/archclues.html

The Built and Natural Environment Lesson Plan
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cs/curric/environ.html

Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/flw.html

Learn More About It: Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
http://memory.loc.gov:80/ammem/ndlpedu/got/gotfile.html

Medieval New York
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/medny.html

Spaces and Places Study Unit at Getty Institute ArtsEdNet
http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Sampler/b.html
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On Baseball Statistics:



The Art and Science of Dinger Distance
http://archive.espn.go.com/editors/other/sills/

Does More Wins Mean More Fans at the Ballpark?
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/ballpark.htm

Economics of Professional Sports
http://www.econedlink.org/newsline/sports/index.html

Homerun Numbers
http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_9_28_98.html

Math and Science in Baseball
http://library.thinkquest.org/2917/

New Kids in the Hall: Analyzing Baseball Hall of Fame Statistics
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/990107thursday.html

Probability and Sports
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/pm7.html

Pythagoras Plays Ball
http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathland_3_25.html
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On Dinosaurs:

A Dinosaur’s Backyard
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/familyxpeditions/activities/01/02.html

Chicago Children’s Museum: Dinosaur Expedition
http://www.chichildrensmuseum.org/dinopages/index.htm

Comets and the K/T Event at Jason X
http://www.jasonproject.org/expedition/jason10/research/blast.html

Dinosaur Timeline
http://www.educ.sfu.ca/people/staff/jmd/archaeology/timeline.htm

Elephants on the Range
http://ehrweb.aaas.org/scinetlinks/sciupdate/elephants.html

Woolly Mammoth
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/woollymammoth/index.html

Zoom Dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html
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On Harriet Tubman:

Fugitive Slaves and Northern Racism
http://www.pbs.org:80/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr3_txt.html

Harriet the Moses of Her People
http://metalab.unc.edu:80/docsouth/harriet/harriet.html
Harriet Tubman Integrated Study Unit
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cs/curric/tubman/

Harriet Tubman Profile
http://www.pbs.org:80/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

Music and the Underground Railroad
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/9899/pdf/undergroundrrcover.pdf

The Progress of a People: Work Among Our Women
http://memory.loc.gov:80/ammem/aap/aapwomen.html

Resources for Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/harriet.html

Spirituals Lesson Plan
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/spirituals.html
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On Robert Frost:

“After Apple-Picking” with a brief commentar y
http://www.wsu.edu/%7ewldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/frost_apple.html

“After Apple-Picking” Video
http://learner.org:80/collections/multimedia/literature/vvseries/ vvspot/video/frost.html

A Frost Bouquet: An Exhibit on Robert Frost and his Family
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/frost/home.html

Frost reading his poems
http://www.poets.org/LIT/poem/rfrost01.htm

http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH.html

Frost’s comments on “Stopping by Woods” and “The Road Not Taken”
http://www.libarts.sfasu.edu/frost/PopPoems.html

Frost’s poetry up to 1920
http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

Robert Frost resource page
http://learner.org:80/collections/multimedia/literature/vvseries/ vvspot/Frost.html
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Other Resources:

The Hub 
http://ra.terc.edu/alliance/HubHome.html
provides teachers, curriculum specialists, and principals with online resources to support educational reform goals in science and mathematics. The site is maintained by the Regional Alliance for Math and Science Education at TERC, a nonprofit research and development organization in Cambridge, Mass.

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/ 
put its entire database of articles online; at no cost, users can access the articles as well as multimedia clips and links to other online resources selected by
experts.


Boston Globe 
http://www.boston.com/globe/
a teacher or student can download the complete text of any current article and access limited information on articles going back to 1979 without cost.

Space Science News 
http://science.nasa.gov/
aimed at K-12 teachers and students, which provide information on current NASA research and related science content.

Thursday’s Classroom
http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/
aimed at K-12 teachers and students, which provide information on current NASA research and related science content.

Main NASA Education site
http://education.nasa.gov/
search to find information on a topic of interest across the full range of NASA-supported education sites.

ProQuest 
http://proquest.com/ 
subscription-based online services that allow subscribers to access the full text of current and past issues of hundreds of newspapers and magazines as well as other content such as photographs and maps.

Electric Library 
http://www.elibrary.com/
subscription-based online services that allow subscribers to access the full text of current and past issues of hundreds of newspapers and magazines as well as other content such as photographs and maps.
Webivore 
http://www.webivore.com/
subscription-based online services that allow subscribers to perform searches that directs the user to carefully screened websites. A search gives a student or teacher a preview that describes the content and scope of the site.
GEM (the Gateway of Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org/
U.S. Department of Education funded the creation of GEM From this site, a teacher can search multiple databases of lesson plans.
Journey North 
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
"A Global Study of Wildlife Migration." Journey North supports in-depth student inquiry by providing up-to-date information on the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Weekly or biweekly updates on each species (e.g., manatee or monarch butterfly) and sign of spring (e.g., "leaf-out" or "ice-out") are based on local sightings reported by participating students, satellite tracking, and experts.
OnLine Class 
http://www.onlineclass.com/
Offers 9 separate curriculum units concurrently; these units are appropriate for a range of subjects and grades. Each unit provides resources for project-based learning, links classes to one another via e-mail for exchange of ideas, and hosts online displays of the work of each class.

One Sky, Many Voices 
http://onesky.engin.umich.edu/
was created at the University of Michigan to provide innovative, inquiry-based weather curricula for K-12 classes. Activities are designed for collaboration among classes at different schools.
Science Brainium 
http://us.brainium.com/ 
includes science content and activities for students and teachers, K-8.
WhaleNet 
http://www.whalenet.org/
is an ideal place to find a range of resources about whales and other marine mammals. Through satellite tracking of miniature transmitters attached to animals, students are able to follow individual animals and conduct research about their migratory paths.
Knowledge Network Explorer
http://www.filamentality.com/
which has several tools for teachers. One tool, Filamentality, supports teachers in selecting a goal and then choosing a format—including Hot Lists (annotated links) and WebQuests (structured web-based research activities).
nschool.com 
http://www.nschool.com/
has several tools for teachers.

SchoolNotes.com
http://schoolnotes.com/
has several tools for teachers.


Blackboard.com 
http://www.blackboard.com/
has several tools for teachers.
Science NetLinks 
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
designed specifically for K-12 science educators, teachers can locate lessons, online resources, or benchmarks (national standards), searchable by grade level and topic area.

Additional Resources:



Digital Classroom 
http://www.nara.gov/education/
website of the National Archives and Records Administration 


The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory 
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/media/bulwark.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/tribune.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic-firemap.html
Connecting Students
http://www.connectingstudents.com/
Mission: To assist teachers by locating and listing web sites that are worthwhile for students to visit. The purpose of this site is to provide teachers with links to: 
     1.Quality content oriented web sites students can visit, 
     2.Educational interactive sites students can participate in, and 
     3.Internet ready lesson plans. 

Professor Freedman's Math Help
http://www.mathpower.com/
This site provides information about basic math and algebra and specifically addresses the needs of the community college adult learner. A student who is frustrated by college math can be helped by identifying his individual learning style and recognizing the instructor's teaching style. This site provides links for students and teachers to information about learning styles, study skills tips, and ways to reduce math anxiety.

World War I Documents Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History
               List (WWI-L). 
The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.