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The intent of this page is to gather references and source of '''content''' that can be used to '''demo''' the XO around. |
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* Subjects (in descending priorities) literacy, math, health, great images, geography/science/landmarks/art/history |
* Subjects (in descending priorities) literacy, math, health, great images, geography/science/landmarks/art/history |
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=English= |
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== Literacy == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.logosdictionary.org Lit01a]<br />''[http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/27/Translation_Dictionary_Images.txt Lit01b]'' |
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| child x-y |
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| Translation Dictionary for Children<br />''Replacement images can be found here:'' |
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| ''many'' => ''many'' |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://www.fullbooks.com Lit02] |
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| adolescent |
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| Contains many books in full-text |
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| [http://www.fullbooks.com en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/spanish.htm Lit03] |
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| portal |
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| Kennesaw resources for learning Spanish |
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| [http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/spanish.htm en->es] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.storyplace.org/ Lit04] |
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| child x-y |
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| Charlotte and Mecklenberg countries children's library |
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| [http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp en], [http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp es] |
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| style="background:yellow" | free? |
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| [http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/languages.shtml Lit05] |
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| child 4-11 |
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| BBC's Introduction to Languages: from English to French & Spanish |
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| [http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/ en->fr],<br />[http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/ en->es] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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== Math == |
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{| |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html Math01] |
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| parents K-3 |
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| Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html en] |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/funmath.html Math02] |
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| parents K-5 |
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| Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/mathhome.html en] |
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| [http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/index.asp Math03] |
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| child+ |
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| An online graphing tool. ([http://nces.ed.gov US Gov]) |
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| [http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/index.asp en] |
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| [http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/grabbag/math_teasers/challenge.asp Math04] |
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| child+ |
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| Math teaser problems, fun for kids.([http://nces.ed.gov US Gov]) |
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| [http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/grabbag/math_teasers/challenge.asp en] |
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| [http://www.nsa.gov/teachers/teach00006.cfm Math05] |
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| teachers |
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| NSA Collected learning units. Aside from some mention of U.S. currency, thoroughly appropriate lessons in mathematics |
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| [http://www.nsa.gov/teachers/teach00006.cfm en] |
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| [http://www.nsa.gov/teachers/es/arith_score_with_soccer_sub.pdf Math06] |
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| child x-y? |
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| Football/Soccer related math activities for kids |
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| [http://www.nsa.gov/teachers/es/arith_score_with_soccer_sub.pdf en] |
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== Health == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs.cfm?from= Hea01] |
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| various / parents |
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| The milk matters campaign plus others! (Some decent kids materials, re: calcium, brushing teeth.) |
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| [http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs.cfm?from= en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements Hea02] |
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| K-12 |
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| NiH Curriculum Supplements (Elementary, Middle & High school sections). Needs to be parsed extensively, there are some amazing interactive activities. '''Deserves more examination.''' |
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| [http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/ Hea03] |
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| child x-y |
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| National Institute of Environmental Health Science (US Gov) |
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| [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/ en], [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kidspan/home.htm es] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://www.smallstep.gov/kids/flash/index.html Hea04] |
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| child x-y |
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| Smallstep Nutrition (US Gov) (Kids, Teens, Adult & Teacher sections) |
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| [http://www.smallstep.gov/kids/flash/index.html en], [http://www.smallstep.gov/kids_esp/html/index.html es] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm Hea05] |
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| child x-y |
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| US Food and Drug Administration for kids (US Gov) |
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| [http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://kidshealth.org/kid/ Hea06] |
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| child x-y |
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| Kids' Health |
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| [http://kidshealth.org/kid/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/ Hea07] |
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| child x-y |
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| MyPyramid.gov food pyramid (US Gov) |
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| [http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/ en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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| [http://www.bam.gov/ Hea08] |
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| child+ |
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| BAM! Body and Mind. Lessons on disease, nutrition and fitness (US Gov) |
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| [http://www.bam.gov/ en] |
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| style="background:white" | unk |
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== Great Images == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://photobank.unesco.org Img01] |
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| ''all'' |
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| A UNESCO collection of images |
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| [http://photobank.unesco.org en], [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=es es], [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=fr fr] |
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| style="background:red" | [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/copyright.htm?lang=en not free] |
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| [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/photography/ Img02] |
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| ''all'' |
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| National geographic photos |
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| [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/photography/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://pro.corbis.com/sectionfront/royaltyfree.aspx Img03] |
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| ''all'' |
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| Corbis - ''Royalty free images apparently, the site claims you can use them "any way you want."'' |
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| [http://pro.corbis.com/sectionfront/royaltyfree.aspx en], es, fr, pt, others |
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| style="background:green" | [http://pro.corbis.com/creative/terms/ free] |
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| [http://pics.tech4learning.com/ Img04] |
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| ''all'' |
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| Tech4Learning images |
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| [http://pics.tech4learning.com/ en] |
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| style="background:green" | ©-friendly donated images |
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|- style="background:orange" |
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| [http://images.com/rf_front.shtml Img05] |
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| ''all'' |
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| More royalty free images (from images.com) |
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| free? 403-Forbidden |
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== Other == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library Other01] |
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| adults? |
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| New Zealand Digital Library |
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| [http://nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.digital-librarian.com Other02] |
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| portal |
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| Digital Librarian, massive compendium of "librarian's choice" links |
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| [http://www.digital-librarian.com en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://portal.unesco.org Other03] |
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| adult |
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| UNESCO |
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| [http://portal.unesco.org/ar ar], [http://portal.unesco.org/en en], [http://portal.unesco.org/es es], [http://portal.unesco.org/fr fr] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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== Misc Resources == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.free.ed.gov/ Misc01] |
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| K-12 |
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| Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Primarily a portal to free educational resources, often to US Gov't sites |
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| [http://www.free.ed.gov/ en] |
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| style="background:green" | free license |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html Misc02] |
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| parents (& child?) |
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| The helping your child series, from the US Dept. of Ed. Its good stuff, though directed to adults instead of kids. Still, easy enough to understand, and fun enough to include? |
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| [http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html en], [http://www.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.html?src=gu es] |
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| style="background:green" | [http://www.ed.gov/notices/copyright/index.html public domain] |
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| [http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/classrooms.html Misc03] |
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| K-8 + teachers |
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| Almost certainly free, electronic classrooms from Los Angeles Country Dept. of Ed. Good stuff. Direct link to the classrooms |
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| [http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/classrooms.html en] |
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| style="background:yellow" | free? |
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=== For Students === |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.syvum.com/ Stud01] |
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| K-12 portal |
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| Syvum - Education portal |
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| [http://www.syvum.com/ en], [http://www.syvum.es/ es], [http://www.syvum.fr/ fr], [http://br.syvum.com/ pt] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.jsp?state=intl&go.x=46&go.y=16&go=About+submit+buttons Stud02] |
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| child x-y |
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| Eduplace.com international |
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| [http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.jsp?state=intl&go.x=46&go.y=16&go=About+submit+buttons en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://pbskids.org/ Stud03] |
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| child x-y |
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| PBS Kids + teachers & parents |
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| [http://pbskids.org/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.getty.edu/education/for_kids/ Stud04] |
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| K-12+ |
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| Getty Foundation for kids (includes [http://www.whyville.net whyville] and other games) |
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| [http://www.getty.edu/education/for_kids/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | [http://www.getty.edu/legal/copyright.html not free] |
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| [http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Stud05] |
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| child x-y |
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| UMich Internet public lib kidspace |
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| [http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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=== For Teachers === |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index_grades35.htm Tea01] |
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| K-12 teacher |
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| Scholastic (not free), however we're in talks to receive some of their content |
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| [http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index_grades35.htm en] |
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| style="background:red" | [http://www.scholastic.com/terms.htm not free] |
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| [http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ Tea02] |
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| K-6 teacher |
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| Teaching Ideas. Decent site, lots of (primarily lesson plans) with what appear to be an excellent collection of activities |
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| [http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ en] |
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| style="background:yellow" | [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ CC-by-nc-sa 2.5] |
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== Geography == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.davidrumsey.com Geo01] |
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| child+ |
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| Huge collection of maps, nearly 15,000 from numerous historical periods |
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| [http://www.davidrumsey.com en] |
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| style="background:yellow" | [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ CC-by-nc-sa 2.0] |
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| [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/mywonderfulworld/ Geo02] |
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| child+ |
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| Geography from the Smithsonian institution |
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| [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/mywonderfulworld/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.flags.net/fullindex.htm Geo03] |
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| child+ |
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| World Flags |
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| [http://www.flags.net/fullindex.htm en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ Geo04] |
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| Nat'l Geographic Map Machine |
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| [http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ en] |
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| style="background:red" | not free |
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| [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm Geo05] |
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| child+ |
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| UN Maps |
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| [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm en], [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/french/htmain.htm fr] |
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| style="background:orange" | [http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/about.htm not free for 'by'/free else] |
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| [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Geo06] |
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| child+ |
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| Perry-Castaneda maps (UTexas) |
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| [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ en] |
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| style="background:green" | [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/usage_statement.html?maps=yes most public domain w/ exceptions] |
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== Science == |
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{| |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ Sci01] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Interactive solar system exploration. Has a low bandwidth version (US Gov) |
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| [[english]] |
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| ''free''? |
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| [http://nsdl.org/browse/?GEM_cat=true Sci02] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| National Science Digital Library collections by topic (primarily National Science foundation) |
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| [[english]] |
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| ''unable to determine'' |
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| [http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ Sci03] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cool Science (mostly Biology) |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/science_nature.htm Sci04] |
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| ''undeteremined'' |
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| Smithsonian for students (Science and Nature) |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/basics/index.html Sci05] |
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| ''undeteremined'' |
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| "My first garden" |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/lr_learn.html Sci06] |
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| ''undeteremined'' |
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| US Geo. Survey - biology (US Gov) |
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| [[english]] |
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| ''free''? |
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| [http://whyfiles.org/ Sci07] |
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| ''undeteremined'' |
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| Whyfiles - Science behind the news |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://portal.unesco.org Sci08] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| UNESCO Exploratorium - Children's digital museum |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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== Art == |
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{| |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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|- |
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| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Showcases_for_Kids'_Art/ Art01] |
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| ''various'' |
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| Open Directory Showcase for Kids Art |
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| [[english]] |
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| ''free?'' |
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| [http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/ArtTeacher/ Art02] |
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| child x-y |
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| Kids art site |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.icaf.org/resources/ Art03] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| International Child Art foundation resources |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp Art04] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Metropolitan museum of art resources |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.classicalarchives.com/ Art05] |
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| ''various'' |
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| Classical archives - 7300 classical midis |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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== History == |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/worldhistorygeneral.htm Hist01] |
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| child x-y |
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| Social Studies for Kids - History links |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list Hist02] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Sites List |
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| [[english]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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=Português= |
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! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! © licen. |
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| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Portugu%c3%aas/Atividades_Escolares/ Misc04] |
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| ''various'' |
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| Open Directory, Educational activities |
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| [[portuguese]] |
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| '''--mostly not free--''' |
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| [http://www.dmoz.org/World/Portugu%c3%aas/Artes/ Art06] |
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| ''various'' |
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| Open Directory, Art links |
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| [[portuguese]] |
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| '''--mostly not free--''' |
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| [http://br.syvum.com Stu06] |
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| K-12+ |
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| Syvum Learning, comprehensive educational site, resources k-12 and beyond |
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| [[portuguese]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br Misc05] |
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| search |
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| Brazilian Public Domain (Dominio Publico) Search |
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| [[portuguese]] |
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| [http://www.mre.gov.br/ Misc06] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Brazilian External Relations Ministry (with texts and images from Brazil) |
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| [http://www.mma.gov.br/ingles/cgmi/cantoave/canto.html# Sci09] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Brazilian birds (Brazilian govt) |
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| [http://www.syvum.es/ Stu07] |
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| K-12+ |
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| Syvum Education Portal |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://portal.unesco.org/es Misc07] |
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| ''undtermined'' |
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| UNESCO portal |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--not free?--''' |
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| [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/search.htm?lang=es Img06] |
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| ''all'' |
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| UNESCO Fotobanco |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kidspan/home.htm Hea09] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US Gov) |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| ''free?'' |
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| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Espa%c3%b1ol/Actividades_escolares/ Misc08] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| Open Directory School activities |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--mostly not free--''' |
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| [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden_sp/basics/index.html Sci10] |
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| child x-y |
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| Mi primer jardin |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/En_Espanol.html Sci11] |
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| ''undtermined'' |
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| NASA Interactive solar system exploration (US Gov) |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| ''free?'' |
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| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD7/index.html Misc09] |
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| ''various'' |
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| A CD titled "Activities with Free Software" (''Actividades con Software Libre'') with subjects ranging mathematics, language, drawing and transportation/road-sign codes |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| free |
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| [http://www.arrayaneduca.cl/ Misc10] |
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| ''various'' |
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| A Chilean publisher with text subjects in math, science, language, and social science |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| CC licensing |
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| [http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp Lit07] |
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| child x-y |
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| Story Place (US local Gov.) |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| ''free?'' |
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| [http://www.educar.org Misc11] |
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| ''various'' |
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| Great site in Spanish with lesson plans, articles, and forums for teachers |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| NC license |
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| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/ Misc15] |
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| K-12 |
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| Collection of several CD's published by [http://www.educ.ar educ.ar] |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| ''NC / undetermined''? |
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| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD4/contenidos/recursos/bancos-de-imagenes/imag_educar.html Img07] |
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| child x-y |
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| Collection of schooler images |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| ''NC / undetermined''? |
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| [http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/CAMVA/scamva.html Img08] |
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| ''undtermined'' |
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| Central American and Mexican Video archive<br />''(es - needs to be checked by a Spanish speaker)'' |
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| [[spanish]]? |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/ Hea09] |
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| child x-y |
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| kidshealth.org |
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| [[spanish]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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=Arabic (اللغة العربية)= |
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| [http://typo38.unesco.org/ar/unesco-home.html UNK01] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| UNESCO |
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| [[arabic]] |
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| '''--not free--''' |
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| [http://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/bf/bflibrary/Arabkid.htm Misc12] |
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| K-12 portal |
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| Arabic Kids Sites (US local) |
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| [[arabic]] |
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| free linking to non-free probably |
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| [http://www.arabo.com/links/,200,230,199,200,199,202/,199,225,216,221,225/ Misc12] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| More Arabic Kids Sites |
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| [[arabic]] |
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| '''non-free/commercial'' |
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| [http://www.tps.edu.ee/nastik/ar-en/ Lit08] |
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| ''undetermined'' |
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| القاموس. Arabic to English (and English to Arabic dictionary) |
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| [[arabic]] |
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| ''not free? university'' |
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| Ed.Inst. portal |
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| Open Directory - Educational Institutions |
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| [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%aa/ Misc14] |
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| ''portal'' |
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| Open Directory - Languages |
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| [[arabic]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:05, 6 April 2007
The intent of this page is to gather references and source of content that can be used to demo the XO around.
Currently, the constraints are:
- In english (the intended targets are Nigeria and Rwanda)
- In spanish (the intended targets are Argentina and Uruguay).
- In portuguese (the intended target is Brazil)
- Open - compatible Creative Commons licenses are: CC-Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc) & CC-Attribution (by)
- Subjects (in descending priorities) literacy, math, health, great images, geography/science/landmarks/art/history
Literatura
- أدب | literature | literatura | littérature | literatura
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lit01a Lit01b |
child x-y | Translation Dictionary for Children Replacement images can be found here: |
many => many | unk |
Lit02 | adolescent | Contains many books in full-text | en | unk |
Lit03 | portal | Kennesaw resources for learning Spanish | en->es | not free |
Lit04 | child x-y | Charlotte and Mecklenberg countries children's library | en, es | free? |
Lit05 | child 4-11 | BBC's Introduction to Languages: from English to French & Spanish | en->fr, en->es |
not free |
Lit06 | child x-y | Story Place (US local Gov.) | en, es | free? |
Lit07 | undetermined | القاموس. Arabic to English (and English to Arabic dictionary) | ar->en, en->ar | unk |
Música
- موسيقى | music | música | musique | música
Warning: Most of these resources are protected by intellectual property laws, those that are not have been so flagged
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Mus01 | all | Argentina's National Anthem lyrics | es | assume not free |
Mus02 | all | Brazil's National Anthem | en, es, pt | assume not free |
Mus03 | all | Libya's National Anthem | en | not free w/o trivial auth |
Mus04 | all | Nigeria's National Anthem (.mp3) | .mp3 | assume not free |
Mus05 | all | Rwanda's National Anthem | en | not free w/o trivial auth |
Mus06 | all | Thailand's National Anthem (.mp3) | .mp3 | assume free |
Mus07 | all | Uruguay's National Anthem | en | not free w/o trivial auth |
Mus08 | child+ | World music (in mp3) | en | assume not free |
Mus08 | child+ | Classical Music (in Midi) | en | free? |
Mus10 | child+ | National Geographic World Music | en | not free |
Mus11 | child+ | [.br] Bossanova Guitar | en+pt | assume not free |
Mus12 | child+' | [.br] Samba Carnaval | en | unk |
Mus13 | child x-y | [.br] Brazilian Midis | pt | free? |
Mus14 | child+ | [.ng] Nigeria-arts.net, a participatory site for Nigerian artists to share their music digitally | en | not free |
Mus15 | child+ | [.ar] Argentine Tango Site with clips | en | not free |
Mus16 | unk | [.ar] Jose Gonzalez and Juana Molina in Concert from NPR | en | not free |
Mus17 | unk | [.ly] Libyanet.com Music Page (in Arabic) | ar | not free |
Mus18 | all | [.ly] Libyana Organization - Cultural Music | en | not free |
Mus19 | child+ | [.uy] Ritmos de Candombe | es | not free |
Mus20 | unk | [.th] eThaiMusic - Learning Thai through music | en+th | not free |
Matemáticas
- الرياضيات | mathematics | matemáticas | mathématiques | matemática
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Math01 | parents K-3 | Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. | en | |
Math02 | parents K-5 | Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. | en | |
Math03 | child+ | An online graphing tool. (US Gov) | en | |
Math04 | child+ | Math teaser problems, fun for kids.(US Gov) | en | |
Math05 | teachers | NSA Collected learning units. Aside from some mention of U.S. currency, thoroughly appropriate lessons in mathematics | en | |
Math06 | child x-y? | Football/Soccer related math activities for kids | en | |
Math07 | unk | El Aula de Mate (too many ads, but CC) | es | CC-by-nc-sa 2.5 |
Salud
- الصحة | health | salud | santé | saúde
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hea01 | various / parents | The milk matters campaign plus others! (Some decent kids materials, re: calcium, brushing teeth.) | en | unk |
Hea02 | K-12 | NiH Curriculum Supplements (Elementary, Middle & High school sections). Needs to be parsed extensively, there are some amazing interactive activities. Deserves more examination. | en | unk |
Hea03 | child x-y | National Institute of Environmental Health Science (US Gov) | en, es | unk |
Hea04 | child x-y | Smallstep Nutrition (US Gov) (Kids, Teens, Adult & Teacher sections) | en, es | unk |
Hea05 | child x-y | US Food and Drug Administration for kids (US Gov) | en | unk |
Hea06 | child x-y | Kids' Health | en | not free |
Hea07 | child x-y | MyPyramid.gov food pyramid (US Gov) | en | unk |
Hea08 | child+ | BAM! Body and Mind. Lessons on disease, nutrition and fitness (US Gov) | en | unk |
Hea09 | child x-y | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US Gov) | en, es | free? |
Hea10 | child x-y | kidshealth.org | en, es | not free |
Buenas imágenes
- صور جيدة | great images | buenas imágenes | bonnes images | imagens boas
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Img01 | all | A UNESCO collection of images | en, es, fr | not free |
Img02 | all | National geographic photos | en | not free |
Img03 | all | Corbis - Royalty free images apparently, the site claims you can use them "any way you want." | en, es, fr, pt, others | not free |
Img04 | all | Tech4Learning images | en | ©-friendly donated images |
Img05 | all | More royalty free images (from images.com) | not free | |
Img06 | all | UNESCO Fotobanco | en, es, fr | not free |
Img07 | child x-y | Collection of schooler images | es | unk |
Img08 | unk | Central American and Mexican Video archive (es - needs to be checked by a Spanish speaker) |
en, es | not free |
Otros
- آخرون | other | otros | autres | outros
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Other01 | adults? | New Zealand Digital Library | en | not free |
Other02 | portal | Digital Librarian, massive compendium of "librarian's choice" links | en | not free |
Other03 | adult | UNESCO | ar, en, es, fr | not free |
Other04 | news | TeleSur News channel | es | CC-by-nc-nd 2.5 |
Recursos varios
- متفرقات الموارد | misc resources | recursos varios | ressources diverses | recursos variados
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Misc01 | K-12 | Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Primarily a portal to free educational resources, often to US Gov't sites | en | free license |
Misc02 | parents (& child?) | The helping your child series, from the US Dept. of Ed. Its good stuff, though directed to adults instead of kids. Still, easy enough to understand, and fun enough to include? | en, es | public domain |
Misc03 | K-8 + teachers | Almost certainly free, electronic classrooms from Los Angeles Country Dept. of Ed. Good stuff. Direct link to the classrooms | en | free? |
Misc04 | portal | Open Directory, Educational activities | en, es, fr, pt | mostly not free |
Misc05 | search | Brazilian Public Domain (Dominio Publico) Search | pt | not free |
Misc06 | adult? | Brazilian External Relations Ministry (with texts and images from Brazil) | en, es, pt | unk |
Misc07 | adult? | UNESCO portal | ar, en, es, fr | not free? |
Misc08 | undetermined | Open Directory School activities | en, es, fr, pt | mostly not free |
Misc09 | various | A CD titled "Activities with Free Software" (Actividades con Software Libre) with subjects ranging mathematics, language, drawing and transportation/road-sign codes | es | CC-by-sa |
Misc10 | various | A Chilean publisher with text subjects in math, science, language, and social science | es | CC licensing |
Misc11 | various | Great site in Spanish with lesson plans, articles, and forums for teachers | es | CC by-nc-nd |
Misc12 | K-12 | Collection of several CD's published by educ.ar | es | not free |
Misc13 | K-12 portal | Arabic Kids Sites (US local) | ar | links to non-free? |
Misc14 | undetermined | More Arabic Kids Sites | ar, en | non-free/commercial |
Misc13 | Ed.Inst. portal | Open Directory - Educational Institutions | ar, en, es, fr, pt | mostly not free |
Misc14 | portal | Open Directory - Languages | ar, en, es, fr, pt | mostly not free |
Misc15 | portal | UNESCO | ar, en, es, fr | not free |
Para alumnos
- الطلاب | for students | para alumnos | pour des étudiants | para estudantes
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Stud01 | K-12 portal | Syvum - Education portal | en, es, fr, pt | not free |
Stud02 | child x-y | Eduplace.com international | en | not free |
Stud03 | child x-y | PBS Kids + teachers & parents | en | not free |
Stud04 | K-12+ | Getty Foundation for kids (includes whyville and other games) | en | not free |
Stud05 | child x-y | UMich Internet public lib kidspace | en | not free |
Stu06 | K-12+ | Syvum Learning, comprehensive educational site, resources k-12 and beyond | en, es, fr, pt | not free |
Stu07 | K-12+ | Syvum Education Portal | en, es, fr, pt | not free |
Para docentes
- المعلمين | for teachers | para docentes | pour des professeurs | para professores
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tea01 | K-12 teacher | Scholastic (not free), however we're in talks to receive some of their content | en | not free |
Tea02 | K-6 teacher | Teaching Ideas. Decent site, lots of (primarily lesson plans) with what appear to be an excellent collection of activities | en | CC-by-nc-sa 2.5 |
Tea03 | portal | Open Directory - Lesson plans | ar, en | mostly not free |
Geografía
- جغرافيا | geography | geografía | géographie | geografia
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Geo01 | child+ | Huge collection of maps, nearly 15,000 from numerous historical periods | en | CC-by-nc-sa 2.0 |
Geo02 | child+ | Geography from the Smithsonian institution | en | not free |
Geo03 | child+ | World Flags | en | not free |
Geo04 | Nat'l Geographic Map Machine | en | not free | |
Geo05 | child+ | UN Maps | en, fr | not free for 'by'/free else |
Geo06 | child+ | Perry-Castaneda maps (UTexas) | en | most public domain w/ exceptions |
Ciencias
- العلم | science | ciencias | science | ciência
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sci01 | child+ | Interactive solar system exploration. Has a low bandwidth version (US Gov) | en, es | may be required |
Sci02 | K-12 | National Science Digital Library collections by topic (primarily National Science foundation) | en | unk |
Sci03 | child x-y | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cool Science (mostly Biology) | en | not free |
Sci04 | child x-y | Smithsonian for students (Science and Nature) | en | not free |
Sci06 | child x-y | US Geo. Survey - biology (US Gov) | en | free? |
Sci07 | child x-y | Whyfiles - Science behind the news | en | not free |
Sci08 | child x-y | UNESCO Exploratorium - Children's digital museum | en, es, fr | not free (by-nc-nd for edu) |
Sci09 | child+ | Brazilian birds (Brazilian govt) | en, fr, pt | unk |
Sci10 | child x-y | Mi primer jardin | en, es | not free |
Sci11 | child+ | NASA Interactive solar system exploration (US Gov) | es | may be req. |
Sci12 | child+ | Palaeos - The Trace of Life on Earth (Fossil Galore!) | en | not free |
Sci13 | child+ | xeno-canto :: bird songs from tropical america | en, es, pt | CC-by-nc-nd 2.5 |
Sci14 | child+ | The Encyclopedia of Earth (plenty of topics) | en | CC-by-sa 2.5 |
Sci15 | unk | El Aula de Mate - Ilusiones Opticas | es | CC-by-nc-sa 2.5 |
Arte
- فن | art | arte | l'art | arte
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
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Art01 | portal | Open Directory Showcase for Kids Art | en | free? |
Art02 | child x-y | Kids art site | en | not free |
Art03 | child 8-12y | International Child Art foundation resources | en | not free |
Art04 | teachers | Metropolitan museum of art resources | en | not free |
Art05 | all | Classical archives - 7300 classical midis | en | public domain not free |
Art06 | portal | Open Directory, Art links | ar, en, es, fr, pt | mostly not free |
Historia
- التاريخ | history | historia | histoire | história
Site | Audience | Content | Lang(s) | © license |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hist01 | portal child x-y | Social Studies for Kids - History links | en | not free |
Hist02 | undetermined | UNESCO World Heritage Sites List | en, fr | not free? |
Language names
- languages
- english | المجلس | inglés | anglais | inglês
- portuguese | البرتغالي | portugés | portugais | português
- spanish | الاسبانيه | castellano/español | l'espagnol | espanhol
- arabic | árabe | arabe | árabe | اللغة العربية