Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Missing City
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine maps of a crime spree in order to figure out if any locations have been unreported. The lesson is not math-intensive and instead forces students to use...
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online
This site provides both physical and political maps of countries of the world in full color. Also contains key facts and statistics.
Mythweb
Mythweb: Hercules
How is Greek mythology relevant to you right now? This site gives you examples of the connections between ancient Greek myths and your world today, in terms of figures of speech. Ever perform a Herculean task? Been tantalized by...
Information Technology Associates
Information Technology Associates: Quick Maps
View countries of the world. Maps are quick and easy to read. Some are designed to be printed out for coloring and/or labeling.
Other
Guia Del Mundo
A valuable resource to help students find information about countries. It also provides an interactive atlas.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
Bulfinch's collection of Greek and Roman myths is available here in full text format. A little known feature of this work is its sections on Eastern mythology, Northern mythology and a section on Druid religion.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Atlas of the Historical Geography of United States
Review America's history with over 700 individual maps that address a broad range of issues with this atlas. This atlas maps a variety of historical topics: "exploration and settlement of the continent, the location of colleges and...
Other
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
The collection of more than 150,000 maps focuses on rare 18th and 19th-century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps,...
BBC
Bbc News: 'Big Bang' Experiment Starts Well
Watch a narrated animation on the Large Hadron Collider, its experiments, structure, and computer system. Then, browse this site's sections to explore facts about and functions of CMS, ATLAS, ALICE, LHCb, the LHC Computing Grid, and the...
Nine Planets
The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Creating an Edible Map
This imaginative lesson uses food products to demonstrate the physical characteristics of maps.
Read Works
Read Works: The Difference Between Maps and Globes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares the difference between maps and globes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Toad Hop
Toad Hop is a multiplayer geography game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while matching countries and capitals!
Center for Educational Technologies
Cotf: Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains how the Earth works.
Other
Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month
A large Greek mythology site focused on students and expressing a great love of Greek myth. Contains the Myth of the Month, as well as Homework Help concerning myths. Humorous and colorful.
Other
Cern: Experiments
Read about the six experiments at the Large Hadron Collider: ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment), ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS), CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid), LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty), TOTEM (TOTal Elastic and...
Other
Matthew White: Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
An interactive atlas of the world, The different maps show how the governments, populations, socio-economic trends, and religions have changed over time throughout the world.
Other
Encyber Pedia: Atlas
Gives several links to atlases online that contain information on capitals, cities, states, and countries.
Other
National Atlas of the United States
This National Atlas of the United States site gives maps and atlases online.
EL Education
El Education: Springfield, Usa an Atlas
Students from Springfield, Massachusetts learn about geography by creating maps and gathering information about the cities and towns named Springfield throughout the United States of America. Students gather information through book and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Reference Sources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews different reference sources including, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, almanacs, atlases, and periodicals.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Introduction to Continents
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart providing a simple introductory lesson to the study of continents prompting further map work away from the computer.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: A Village in India
[Free Registration/Login Required] This presentation has been designed to assist with the teaching of a Geography Unit - A Village in India.