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The Natural World The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is another taxpayer-supported website that is probably worth our
money. Sea life, weather, satellites, and much more are here in . It is constantly updated with current events and maintains
live webcams in fascinating places. Take a look at the exterior webcam on the Aquarius, an underwater laboratory in Florida
that "rests in a sand plain adjacent to deep coral reefs and is currently home to a team of six people." This is a fascinating
site! Contains features for educators and students. Highly recommended. Koday's Kids Amazing Insects is a site from a school in Illinois that is a great place to start
learning about insects. Although the index list is not alphabetized, it doesn't take long to read through it and find your
target. Good photographs, clearly written information, and links to more sites all make this very useful. Insects.org describes itself as being devoted to "shameless promotion of insect appreciation." This site includes color photographs,
general information about insects and classification of insects, and links to other insect-loving sites. A section called
CEDigest provides a large collection of connections between insects and human culture, including family crests, cricket cages,
Escher's designs, and religious symbolism. The Insects Home Page is aimed at students. Colorful illustrations, clear explanations, and a well-organized index make it easy to use.
Yahoo Directory: Insects is a link-filled listing of places to find out much more about
the bug of your choice. Well-organized and extensive. A great place to start looking for lots of places to go for specific
information. The Virtual Insectary is a site with only a small amount of information on less than 20 insects, but the photographs are beautiful and the
information is clearly explained. Singing Insects of North America is an ambitious site and not easy for young studetns to use. However,
iIf you want to learn more about cicadas, crickets, or katydids, this is definitely a place worth visiting.
Insects on WWW is a site of links. Although it doesn't seem to have been updated recently, all the links I tried were still good. Well
organized into categories, but it may need some patience to find what you're really looking for. Insects Hotlist is another page of links, this one from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Not all of the links are good, unfortunately,
but it won't take long to find that out and go to the ones that work. User-friendly. Aliens Explore Earth: INSECTS is part of a larger site for kids with an assortment of information
about the earth, apparently taking the viewpoint of aliens who are eager to learn about this place. Well organized and well
written information make this a very useful place to learn about insects and other creatures (go to their home page for more
choices), even if you aren't an alien. Recommended. Yahooligans Directory: Insects is another site of links for students. Lots of places to go from here. EdHelper.com Insect Theme Unit is aimed at both teachers and students. This site contains a lot of basic information about common insects and also offers
some interesting activities to support a general classroom study on insects. Insecta Inspecta World is a site created by a group of seventh graders with their teacher's guidance. Although limited in the "bugs" that it
includes, the information that is here is accurate and well-written. Enchanted Learning is a site that not only provides information but also gives advice about how to write a report for school. It includes
many kinds of graphic organizers to help you get your facts together in the right places. The link here will take you to the
section that deals with insects, but this is a much more broad-based site that will be useful for many other topics. Some
adult advice may be needed to take full advantage of its features. Highly recommended!
Monarch Watch is an organization devoted to -- yes -- monarch butterflies. Lots to learn and do here. Antlion Pit is a site that contains information about the antlion or "doodlebug." Why is it called a doodlebug? Find out here!
Insectclopedia contains a LOT of links to information about almost any insect you can think of. A good starting place.
Butterflies of North America is a site filled with beautiful photographs and briefly written information. The images are excellent!
Ocean.com is an elegant site dedicated to marine conservation and education. It contains wonderful images, lots of information
about habitats and creatures that students could use for classroom projects, and a strong message about the need to care for
the watery part of our world. A good example of a website that offers both worthwhile content and beautiful design.
About Earthquakes is richly illustrated and clearly explained. NASA photos, diagrams, and drawings help us connect the explanatory text
with places on the earth that contain the geological features that lead to earthquakes. Glacier is really about Antarctica. Learn about ice, polar expeditions, weather at the "bottom" of the planet, and more. A good
browsing site. Snow Crystals "This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes, and how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures
appear, quite literally, out of thin air. The many facets of snow crystals are described here, along with our
attempts to understand their formation." The newly-developed high-resolution photographic techniques developed by Patricia
Rasmussen are showcased here, with stunning photographs of snowflakes that look like Waterford crystal. It represents an exponential
step forward from the groundbreaking photographs by Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, whose site is listed further on here.
Grow a Borax "Snowflake" comes from About.com and offers a nice little experience in growing crystals on pipe cleaners in a supersaturated borax
solution. Something to do on a day on which school is closed because of (yes!) snow. Electron Microscopy: Snow Page contains beautiful high-tech photographs of snow crystals. Provided by your tax dollars from the USDA. Definitely worth
a look on a snowy day or perhaps a very hot day in August. All About Snow tells about avalanches, blizzards, snowflakes, lake effect snow, and more. Wilson Bentley "attracted world attention with his pioneering work in the area of photomicrography, most notably his extensive work
with snow crystals (commonly known as snowflakes). By attaching a microscope to a bellows camera, and years of trial and error,
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