US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Conservation
Official site with information and resources relating to all aspects of environmental conservation: data, maps and laws. Specific environmental information by zip code provides immediate relevance to your world.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Station Monitor
Students can type in their zip code to find and explore the nearest live earthquake station data.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Engineer a Speedboat
This challenge has students using a zip line to guide a boat to move through the water for long distances. To help the students build a fast and steady boat this site contains a lesson plan as well as tips. Students can also document...
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Gazetteer Files
The U.S. Gazetteer Files provide a listing of all geographic areas for selected geographic area types. The files include geographic identifier codes, names, area measurements, and representative latitude and longitude coordinates. There...
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Dna Origami Inspired Structure
Using pasta students will design and construct a container that can travel along a zip line to deliver a cargo which is candy. This challenge is explored on this site as well as tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document...
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Smile Program: Optimization Methods
Students in this lesson explore the benefits of the network model to learn about optimization, while discovering cost reduction through efficiency. Download the ZIP file to access the resources. Includes a PowerPoint, a student handout,...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 9: Las Actividades
In this ninth unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn about the sports and other activities Spanish-speaking peoples enjoy, vocabulary for discussing them, and how to compare and contrast them between cultures. Includes...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 4: Web Authoring / Intermediate Html
In Module 4 of this course on web design, students learn how to add hyperlinks, images, and tables to a web page using the hypertext components in HTML.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Fermentation in a Bag
A hands-on inquiry activity using zip-lock plastic bags that allows students to observe the process of fermentation and the challenge of producing ethanol from cellulosic sources. Students are asked to predict outcomes and check their...
Other
Bbc: Dimensions: How Big Really?
An interesting way to connect students with world events. Enter in your zip code and this site overlays a world event, such as floods in Pakistan, to show the extent of the event. Included at Ancient Worlds, Evironmental Disasters,...
Other
National Christmas Tree Assoication: Ncta
This site is all about how to find the perfect Chritmas tree. Search by zip code to find the species of tree that you want. Also, learn about many interesting and useful ways to recycle Christmas trees.rec
Other
One Man's Initiation: 1917
Need to find a chapter of Dos Passos' book in a hurry? This is the full-text version, available for free from this site. Also available to download as a zipped file.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Magnetic Personality
Young scholars learn about magnets and how they are formed. They investigate the properties of magnets and how engineers use magnets in technology. Specifically, students learn about magnetic memory storage, which is the reading and...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
Copies of the work by David Livingstone that can be downloaded at this site from the University of Pennsylvania. No additional information is given. Both text and zip files are available.
Starfall
Starfall: Make a Word: Ip
Play interactive game building IP words. Also practice identifying initial sounds and matching pictures. Short I words: zip, rip, dip, sip.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Zippy Boxes
Zippy Boxes is a fun stress-free puzzle game that will keep you entertained for hours. Move the colored boxes to the square containing the same colored key to unlock the crazy creature trapped inside. Parents and children will have a...
A&E Television
History.com: The World Trade Center, by the Numbers
When the World Trade Center's Twin Towers opened to the public in 1973, they were the tallest buildings in the world. Statistics: They rose a quarter-mile in the sky, contained 15 miles of elevator shafts, and nearly 44,000 windows. From...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a Rubber Band Paddle Boat
Build your own bathtub or pool toy from simple craft materials in this fun activity. You will build a rubber-band-powered boat that can zip across the surface of the water after you wind up the rubber band.
Employment Spot
Employment Spot: Employment Resources
EmploymentSpot.com was designed to simplify the search for the best employment and career resources online. Quickly and easily find the great job-hunting sites, salary and benefits information, resume- and job-posting opportunities,...
Computer History Museum
Computer History Museum: Magnetic Disks
A brief history covering magnetic disks, developed as efficient random access memory device. Additionally, a discussion on how a disk drive works is provided. The artifacts are on display at the Computer History Museum. This site...
US Department of Education
Oeri Publications Guide: Dashes and Hyphens [Pdf]
This article contains information regarding the em-dash, the en-dash, and hyphens. Many examples are included. Site is extremely detailed and thorough.
AulaClic
Aula Clic: Como Descomprimir Un Archivo
This article describes the steps necessary to unzip a file. It has screen shots and a video tutorial.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Tech Savvy Tips and Tricks
In this tutorial, get tips and tricks to use your devices as efficiently as possible.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: The Exploding Lunch Bag
This site contains a simple procedure for observing an acid-base neutralization reaction (baking soda and vinegar), in which the product, carbon dioxide, causes a zipped bag to explode.