Sites of Interest

The following list of web sites is given to enhance the curriculum of Central A&M High School and to aid the students in their lifelong quest for knowledge.  This listing is assembled alphabetically by subject area.  As you explore and use these sites, remember to return and check out this listing as it is constantly being updated. 

Animals & Plants | Art Books | Career/College | Chemistry | Government | History & Social Sciences | Humanities |Languages | People | Science | Search Engines | Social Issues & Research Paper Topics | Space | Sports | Travel & Geography | Weather |

   Animals and Plants


Desert Animals --- http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html
National Audubon Society --- http://audubon.org/
NetVet Veterinary Resources Home Page --- http://netvet.wustl.edu/
NetVet Electronic Zoo --- http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Univ.of Kentucky Dept.of Entomology-Youthfacts---http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm

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Art

Art History Resources on the Web ---http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Electric Gallery (art online) --- http://www.egallery.com/
Fractal Images and Fractal Software ---http://www.iconbazaar.com/fractals/index.html
Infinite Grid Selector (dynamic online art work) --- http://www.sito.org/
National Gallery of Art --- http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm
Virtual Library Museums Page ---http://vlmp.museophile.com/



Books, Stories, Poems, and More


Cyberkids magazine --- http://www.cyberkids.com/
KidNews (Internatl Student Newswire) ---http://www.vsa.cape.com/~powens/Kidnews3.html
Project Bartleby --- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby
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Career/College


Careerbuilder.com --- http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Peterson's Guide --- http://www.petersons.com/

Chemistry


Cornell math and science gateway -- Chemistry -- http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/     
Science Links -- http://www.gwi.net/brhs/sci.html  -- Scroll down to the Chemistry links.
The Internet Public Library -- http://www.ipl.org/ --has several sites they suggest. 
            Go to reference and then do a search on "periodic table." The result is 4 web sites.
Pharmacy Student Reference Center -         
          http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2128/science.html 
Chemistry Tutor -- http://library.thinkquest.org/2923/
WWW Virtual Library -- Chemical Engineering -- http://www.che.ufl.edu/WWW-CHE/index.html


                                                                                                                                             
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Government


EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) --- http://www.epa.gov/
House of Representatives --- http://www.house.gov/
Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page ---http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
National Institutes of Health Home Page --- http://www.nih.gov/
Senate Information --- http://www.senate.gov/
Thomas (Legislative Information on the Net) --- http://thomas.loc.gov/
United States Census Bureau --- http://www.census.gov/
White House --- http://www.whitehouse.gov/     

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History and Social Studies

A to Z Altaphedia Online ---  http://www.altapedia.com/online/contents.htm
Africa Information Center ---  http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html
American Memory from the Library of Congress --- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem
Anne Frank Online --- http://www.annefrank.com/
Ask Asia ---  http://www.askasia.org/
Colonial Williamsburg --- http://www.history.org/
Country Directory ---  http://lanic.utexas.edu/
Country Library ---  http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries
Links to Embassies ---  http://www.escapeartist.com/embassy1/embassy1.htm
Electronic Embassy ---  http://www.embassy.org/
Flags ---  http://www.theodora.com/flags.html
History Channel ---http://www.history.com/                            
History Net --- http://thehistorynet.com/
Library of Congress --- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Population Clock ---  http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw
Statistical profiles ---  http://www.unicef.org/pon96/statprof.htm
Travel ---  http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx
Valley of the Shadow (Civil War) ---http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2


Humanities


BUBL--link to several British Journals--click on BUBL Journals link --- http://bubl.ac.uk/
Literary Index --- http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/LitIndex.html
 

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Languages

 

Math


Math Ask Dr. Math --- http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math
MathMagic! --- http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/

Medicine

Medicine Centers for Disease Control --- http://www.cdc.gov/
Health Hotlist --- http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/health.html  
Merck Manual (click on Publications-Merck Manual) --- http://www.merck.com/  
 

Kidlink --- http://www.kidlink.org/english/index.html
Native Web ---http://www.nativeweb.org/

Museums

World of Coasters --- http://www.rollercoaster.com/
Museums African-American Mosaic --- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Holocaust Museum --- http://www.ushmm.org/
San Francisco Exploratorium --- http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Virtual Museum of Computing ---http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/computing.html
 

Music

Music Music Resources on the Internet ---http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources
Ultimate Band List --- http://www.ubl.com/
 

News

CNN Online --- http://www.cnn.com/
CRAYON (Create Your Own Newspaper) --- http://crayon.net/
MSNBC --- http://www.msnbc.com/

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People


Cambridge Biographical Dictionary ---http://www.biography.com/find/find.html

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Science


Cascades Volcano Observatory Home Page (USGS) ---http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
EnviroLink --- http://www.envirolink.org/envirohome.html
Environmental Organization Web Directory --- http://www.webdirectory.com/
Eye of the Storm (Hurricanes and tropical storms) ---http://www.orlandosentinel.com/hurricane/
Greenpeace --- http://www.greenpeace.org/
Hot news on Earthquakes from the USGS. in Calif. --- http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
JASON Project (Ballard's Titanic Site) --- http://www.jasonproject.org/
Museum Hotlist --- http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/museums.html
NPR Science Friday Kids Connection --- http://www.npr.org/sfkids
Ocean Planet Homepage --- http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Terraquest --- http://www.terraquest.com/
Volcano World Home Page --- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

 

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Search Engines (Keyword search)


Excite --- http://www.excite.com/
Google -- http://www.google.com/ 
HotBot --- http://www.hotbot.com
Infoseek (Ultraseek) --- http://www.infoseek.com/
Lycos --- http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu/
MetaCrawler --- http://www.metacrawler.com/
Newstrawler --- http://www.newstrawler.com/
Snap --- http://www.snap.com/
WebCrawler --- http://webcrawler.com/
Yahoo --- http://www.yahoo.com/
All The Web --- http://www.alltheweb.com/

 

 


Social issues and research paper topics


Knowledge Source - Hot Topics --- http://www.sirs.com/tree.social.htm
Prevention Yellow Pages (Topics: Gangs, drugs, etc...)  --    
           http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention/40001ref.html
Research paper topics --- http://www.researchpaper.com/

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Space


NASA --- http://www.nasa.gov/
NASA projects online --- http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Galileo homepage) --- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Mt. Wilson Observatory --- http://www.mtwilson.edu/
Nine Planets ---http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html



Sports


SportsLine USA --- http://www.sportsline.com/

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Travel and Geography

Color Landform Atlas of the United States ---http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
How Far is it? --- http://www.indo.com/distance
National Geographic Magazine --- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The Perry-Castaneda Library MapCollection---http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Travelocity --- http://www.travelocity.com/
Virtual Tourist II (information) --- http://www.virtualtourist.com/

 



Weather


WAND Weather Dopler --- http://www.wandtv.com/
Weather Channel Online --- http://www.weather.com/
Weather Net --- http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet

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