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CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Clinton, CT  06413

 

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We continue to develop pages of links for each school.  Please click below to find links appropriate to your grade.  If you have any links you would like to see added, please contact us with the exact link and a brief description of the site. 

 

Flags of the World - the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags)

Wikipedia - great online dictionary

West Point bridge-building contest - http://bridgecontest.usma.edu

- This site from the U.S. Military Academy offers free software to build a bridge and put it through a simulated-load test. Students from age 13 through high-school seniors may register for the competition, whose goal is the strongest bridge for the lowest cost.

. Construct virtual bridges, skyscrapers, etc. - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig

- This Public Broadcasting website allows students to take part in the construction of virtual domes, skyscrapers, and other structures.

. The history of wind tunnels and flight from the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission http://centennialofflight.gov/essay/Evolution_of_Technology/first_wind_tunne

ls/Tech34.htm

. Rocket technology and a lunar design challenge - http://www.quest.arc.nasa.gov

- This NASA site has a teacher's guide about rocket technology and a lunar design challenge for students in grades 6-8.

. The physics of water rockets -

http://www.et.byu.edu/~wheeler/benchtop

- The Dean's Benchtop site is for rocket enthusiasts who want to explore the physics of rockets.

. Mechanics and motion -

http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/index.html

- The Flying Pig website has information and animations showing linkages, cams, pistons and the six types of motion. It's a great resource for Rube Goldberg-type activities.

. Difficult concepts explained, including knee surgery - http://edheads.org/index.htm

- The Edheads website is sponsored by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and features explanations that help teachers integrate technology into their classrooms.

. Significant inventions -

http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/home.shtml

- This ThinkQuest site focuses on great inventions in history.

. Technology teacher resources - http://www.iteaconnect.org - The International Technology Education Association's website has a wealth of professional resources for technology educators.

 

 

 

Grades K-3:  American Library Association and FirstGov for Kids

 

Grades 4-5

 

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Grades 9-12

 
 
  StudyGuide Zone:   Free study guides for a lot of different tests.
 

An article in The Hartford Courant listed the following as Must-See Websites from 2005 as chosen by Jim Regan of the Christian Science Monitor.

Google Maps http://www.maps.google.com "This site takes the prize for having the biggest impact on the Web in 2005. A practical tool that's probably used more for entertainment than any genuine need to locate addresses.  GoogleMaps created a minor cartographic arms race among develops in 2005.  Its capabilities are evolving at such a pace that there's a blog (googlemapsmania.blogspot.com) dedicated entirely to that single application."
The Theban Mapping Project http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ "A recent redesign has made this archaeological website spectacular.  With interactive maps of every known tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, an interactive and narrated "walk-through" of one of the better-documented tombs, and an interface that manages to keep everything straight, the Theban Mapping Project is probably the most impressive website I've encountered."
Future Vision www.vodafone.com/flash/futures "Vodafone's website takes an optimistic look - with obvious commercial motives - at future wireless technologies and the roles they might play in daily life.  But this project's high-tech mode of exploration and presentation was even more important than its predictions.  Future Visions was an engaging example of pushing the Web Interface envelope for its own sake."
Library Thing http://www.librarything.com/ "Here's an example of the Web offering something you probably never knew you needed:  the ability to catalog your books and then store or share your anthology online.  More than 1 million books have been cataloged on the site since its launch Aug. 29."
McGonagall Online http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk "This site was also chosen purely because of content - in this case, the works of a man Scots embrace as "The World's Worst Poet.  (As in, "A chicken is a noble beast, The cow is much forlorner; Standing in the pouring rain, With a leg at every corner.")
Unusual Articles http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:UA

 

 "At the other extreme, Wikipedia's website was chosen strictly on the basis of content.  With essays covering everything from "Apollo Moon Landing Hoax Theories" to "Extreme Ironing" to the scientific study of "Navel Lint," Wikipedia doesn't need flashy displays to hold the surfer's attention."
300 Treasurers http://www.gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl
/schatkarner/300_schatten/index.en.html		 "I can't say I was looking for anything in particular when I found this site for Amsterdam's municipal archive.  Viewing tax assessments didn't seem like choice subject matter, but as I explored, the artifacts on display (including letters for Oliver Cromwell and Charlie Chaplin, a 1942 report of the theft of Anne Frank's bicycle and a 1950s pop hit about Amsterdam's canals) made for a fascinating tour."
Raid on Deerfield:  The Many Stories of 1704 http://www.1704.deerfield.history.museum "This site demonstrates a "made in heaven" marriage between project goals and Web capabilities, as it recounts an attack on the English settlement of Deerfield, Mass., three centuries ago.  Using Flash interactives to permit parallel accounts from the perspectives of all five native and European cultures involved in the raid, Deerfield uses the advantages of the Web to show that there can be more than two sides to any story."
The Tofte Project http://www.tofteproject.org "This site uses the Web to spread the word about sustainable architecture.  Even its design is soothing, as it presents a cabin home so efficient that, in the summer, it generates more power than it uses."
The Monticello Explorer http://www.explorer.monticello.org "With 3-D tours of Thomas Jefferson's estate, this site offers an extensive survey of a more traditional property.  Explorer was as impressive for its ease of navigation as for the quality of its interactive tours"