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Water to cook with, clean with, or no showers. Websites for Students Below are several websites on the Internet that can provide students with resources and provide parents with information on gifted education. The National Gallery of Art invites children of all ages to design a virtual model, create a collage, painting or a geometric sculpture online, or design and texturize 3-dimensional shapes. To try your hand at virtual art, visit: www.nga.gov/kids/zone/ The National Archives has a website that allows students to view and download actual documents that chronicle U.S. history from 1776 to 1965. www.ourdocuments.gov The Library of Congress offers a Learning Page with an abundance of features and activities, including American Memory Timeline, Elections Over Time, Port of Entry (Immigration), Women Pioneers and Historical Detective, a sleuth game on the web. The American Society of Newspaper Editors has established sites that host electronic versions of middle and high school newspapers from across the country. Dibdabdoo is a database of over two million kid/teen safe sites. All of the search results within this site have been reviewed for safe content. The New York Times Learning Page is an exceptionally comprehensive site on high quality that offers readers the option of turning on two “knowledge tools” to enhance their understanding. National Geographic’s Interactive MapMachine allows users to select from numerous map themes and then click and zoom to select political, economic, environmental and other data. |
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