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Geo Beats: Guided Video Tours and Reviews of Travel Destinations Around the World
Sample the unique character of some of the most popular travel destinations in the world at the award-winning video network site GeoBeats.
World InfoZone
World Info Zone
Detailed, comprehensive information on countries and people all over the world. Great tool for discovering facts on world issues, seeing photos, and just exploring the world in general. Also includes quizzes based on the website's content.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Let's Go Luna!
Let's Go Luna is a PBS KIDS show that follows Luna the Moon and her adventures with Andy, Carmen, and Leo as they travel around the world. Explore cities from all over the globe with these fun videos, and check out the support materials...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Capital Cities
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around capital cities. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Jules Verne
This site focuses on the author Jules Verne. It includes a link to his biography and links to the full text of eleven novels: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, Five Weeks in a...
Library of Congress
World Digital Library: Manhattan Lying on the North River
A historic map of Manhattan created by cartographer Joan Vinckeboons around 1639 for the Dutch West India Company. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: A Moo Ving Experience
Students gain an understanding about non-profit organizations and the role they play in our economy. Students then learn about a relatively new type of fundraising effort, known as CowParade, for non- profit organizations that has been...
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: 9/11 Memorials Around the World [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
New York Times
New York Times: International
[Free Registration/Login Required] The New York Times is an internationally recognized daily newspaper published in New York City, New York. Content of the international section includes top news and issues from around the world, special...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Aspire: Seasons Exercise: Temperature vs. Date
Explore this interactive to see what season it is in different cities around the world at different times of the year.
NASA
Nasa: Precipitation Towers: Modeling Weather Data
This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...
The Washington Post
The Washington Post: World
The Washington Post, an internationally renowned newspaper published in Washington D.C., provides the latest news from around the globe. Content includes international headline news, in-depth reports, various editorials, as well as...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Lost World of the Maya
Read about the ancient civilization of the Maya in and around the Yucatan Peninsula. Find information on the lost city of Copan and understand the social hierarchy of the Maya.
Other
E Volo: Skyscraper Competition
Every year since 2006 eVolo, an architecture magazine, sponsors a futuristic skyscraper design contest in which architects from around the world communicate their visions of the future in architectural terms. Browse the winning entries...
Other
Accu weather.com: Precipitation Maps
A comprehensive site of precipitation maps for the entire U.S., regions of the U.S., individual states, and areas around the world. Includes maps showing predicted precipitation, actual precipitation, and accumulated precipitation. It...
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Time and date.com: The World Clock Time Zones
This website has a variety of time resources. You can find a major city and its time. If you click on that city it will give you lots of information.
BBC
Bbc: Weather: Search
Find information about current weather conditions anywhere in the world by entering the city and country. The site breaks down the information into specific areas and regions, which makes it convenient to search through.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Air Quality in Megacities
Article discusses the impact of air pollution on human health, and surrounding environments, in large urban areas around the world. Compares the levels of smog in the cities of Los Angeles and London, discusses air monitoring programs,...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Geo Game
Test your knowledge of capitals around the world. Play this game to see if you can identify 10 different capitals. Then read other information pertaining to that city.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:city in the Sea: Defending Coral Reefs
Research current threats to coral reefs around the world. Write letters to conservation organizations urging support for coral reef protection.
Other
Numbeo: Cost of Living
A world map breaks down the cost of living. Select nations and cities to discover more about what the costs of living are around the world.
PBS
Pbs: Shakespeare's London
Discover London as it was during the time of Shakespeare, a small world, but very ethnically mixed. This article discusses the "uneasy mix of cultures" found in the city around 1600.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Little Little G
Could the altitude of the city hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games have an effect on performance in the long jump? This challenging activity encourages mathematical reflection, investigation and discussion as students explore how...
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The Mercury Theatre on the Air
Listen to many of the original Mercury Theatre of the Air broadcasts, with Orsen Welles, John Houseman, Agnes Moorehead and others. Also on the site you can find broadcasts of many of the programs from Campbell Playhouse, which is what...