Geography
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Quia
Reviewed March 7, 2000 by Janet G., a reader from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who is not affiliated with the site.This site offers many different subjects, levels, and languages. Originally having gone there for a geography quiz, I was pleased to find many different subjects that my second grader is studying in school! We’ll be visiting on a regular basis.
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Project Change
"Project Change, sponsored by Levi-Strauss, is an online network supporting a variety of anti-racism groups. Best clicks are Symbols of Hate and Oppression (an outstanding interactive animation that explores a dozen racial stereotypes), AntiRacism.Net (an archive of news stories and a great for resource for research papers) and Publications (for community activists working to fight racism.)"
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Population Reference Bureau
""The number of young people under age twenty-five has more than doubled since the 1950s: from 1.3 billion to 2.9 billion in 2000. The decisions that today’s youth make about when to have children and how many to have will determine future population growth. In sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, childbearing rates have remained stubbornly high, and childbearing is common among teenagers." This comprehensive population study includes links to additional articles (both online and print) and graphs (click on Population Story: Presentation Graphics)."
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Photo Hunt in Yellowstone
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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PBS: Yellowstone River Otters
"Yellowstone’s hot waters are the secret to the river otter’s survival through the cold, icy winters. The same energy that shoots geysers into the air, stops Yellowstone rivers and lakes from freezing over, thus insuring the otters a steady supply of fish to eat. A relative of the sea otter and the weasel, Yellowstone’s river otters are fun to watch, as they are constantly in motion, avoiding predators. Best clicks are Life of the Otter and Inside the Hot Zone."
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PBS: Yellowstone: America’s Sacred Wilderness
"Eloquent prose, fabulous photographs, amazing 3-D tours and three marvelous Webquests (for students in grades four through six) make this my pick-of-the-day site. Start your adventure with the virtual panoramic tours of Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Fall and Old Faithful. Other great clicks are Reflections on Yellowstone (a look the land and the threats closing in on it), Featured Creatures (bears, wolves, elk and bison), and the Yellowstone screensavers for Mac and Windows."
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PBS NewsHour Extra: Intervention in Iraq
"Created specifically for students and teachers, NewsHour Extra includes news, student editorials, lesson plans, and links to the main ""Intervention in Iraq"" feature. Best click is Debating the News which presents two sides to the Iraqi dilemma. ""Does the U.S. have the right to go into a country and remove its government? Should the U.S. go to war with Iraq now or wait until Hussein does something against the U.S. directly?"" Each argument includes quotes from experts and dignitaries that have appeared on Jim Lehrer’s NewsHour television show."
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PBS Africa for Kids
Reviewed by Edward Gregory, a reader from New York who is affiliated with the site. "This new site lets kids play a thumb piano, make a Dogon Rabbit mask, hear an interactive Swahili folk tale, and more. In the ‘My World’ section, students from different regions, such as the students at West African Secondary School in Ghana, have posted photographs to offer insight into their lives. Young visitors can e-mail questions and learn more about the lives of African students."
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Partners Against Hate
"An alarming and disproportionately high percentage of both the victims of hate violence and the perpetrators are young people under 18 years of age. This website offers guidance (in the form of printable manuals) for anyone wanting to combat this terrible trend. There are separate sections for students (start an anti-bias program at your school), parents, teachers and law enforcement. To search for answers to commonly asked questions, click on Hate Response Network."
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PanCanal: Know Details About The Canal
"From the official Panama Canal site, these how-the-canal-works animations (complemented by the sounds of rushing water and ship horns) offer a more detailed look at the physics of the canal than the previous animation site. "The three sets of locks of the two-lane Canal work as water elevators that lift the ships to the level of Gatun Lake, twenty-six meters over sea level, and later lower them again to sea level on the other side of the Isthmus of Panama.""
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