Hot Links and Cool Sites
Hot Links for
Teachers...Cool Sites for
Kids
Busy teachers don't have time to
surf for the cool sites, right? Well, here are some great ag-related sites
identified for both you and your students. |
A Science Fair Project Resource Guide--Internet Public Library, University
of Michigan
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
Africanized Honey Bees on the Move: Lesson Plans--University of Arizona
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/
Agriculture Fact Book 1998--U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/fbook98/content.htm
Agriculture in the Classroom--U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.agclassroom.org
Agriculture Network Information Center--National Agricultural Library
and Land Grant Universities
http://www.agnic.org/
Ag-tivities for Soil-minded Citizens--Agricultural Research Service
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=16299
AIPL Kid's Corner--Agricultural Research Service
http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/kcindex.html
America's Largest Classroom on Agriculture--Agriculture Council of
America
http://www.agday.org/
ARS Image Gallery--Agricultural Research Service
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html
Educator's Reference Desk--Information Institute of Syracuse
http://www.eduref.org/
bioSURF--Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
http://www.biosurf.com/index.html
Biotechnology Educational Resources--National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Education_res/
Breeds of Livestock--Oklahoma State University
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/
Chemicool Periodic Table--MIT alumnus http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/
City Bugs--The University of California, Berkeley
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/explore/index.html
Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental
Education--U.S. Department of Education http://www.ericse.org/
Discover Magazine--The Walt Disney Company http://www.discover.com/
Educating about Agriculture--American Farm Bureau Foundation
for Agriculture http://www.ageducate.org/
Educating Young People About Water--University of Wisconsin
http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw
Electronic Zoo--Washington University http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Agriculture and
Horticulture--Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/agriculture.htm
EPA Student Center--Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/students/
Food, Land & People--Agricultural education
organization http://www.foodlandpeople.org
Food Safety and Nutrition Information--International Food
Information Council http://ific.org/food Genetic
Science Learning Center--Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of
Utah http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
Great Plant Escape--University of Illinois Extension
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs)--University of Kentucky
Entomology Department http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm
Kid Links--Department of Labor http://www.msha.gov/SOLICITOR/KIDS/kidlinks.htm
Kid's Ag Page--Illinois Department of Agriculture
http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/index.html
Kids' Castle--Smithsonian Magazine http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/
Kids' Science Page--National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids
Kidz Korner--Michigan Department of Agriculture
http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/main.html
Natural Inquirer--USDA Forest Service http://www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov
Planet Ag--Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services http://www.florida-agriculture.com/planetag/index.htm
Science in Your Shopping Cart--Agricultural Research
Service http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/shopcart/shopcartintro.html
Science News Online--Science Service http://www.sciencenews.org/
Scientific American.com--Scientific American, Inc. http://www.sciam.com/
The Science Club--Non-profit Educational Corporation
http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/
USDA Educational Resources--U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/news/special/edreso.htm
USDA for Kids--U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html
Virtual Tour: The Story of Milk--dairy producers
http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm
Weed Wizard--Agricultural Research Service http://www.mrsars.usda.gov/morris/kids/weeds/gamerule.htm
Note:
Though we have reviewed these sites for general suitability, we
haven't investigated every nook and cranny, nor validated every fact. Accuracy
and completeness of information is the responsibility of individual site
owners. Also, links to these sites should not be taken as an endorsement by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture over similar sites, publications, products, and
services not included.
If you have any difficulties with these links or
have concerns about them for any reason, please let us know. Please also tell
us about any additional sites we might want to include! |
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