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Curricular Areas

Music & Film
Science & Health
Social Studies

 

Arts

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Arts
Artcyclopedia
Chico Instrument Encyclopedia -- Explore musical traditions
Flash Face -- Create a sketch of a face
The Getty -- Resources for teachers, lesson plans, school visits
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
KinderArt.com -- Art projects and lessons for K-12
Library of Congress – Prints & photographs on popular topics
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art -- Virtual exhibitions, collections, online tours
Timeline of Art History
Web Gallery of Art
World Wide Art Resources

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English

Bibliomania -- Brewer's Phrase & Fable -- look up the meaning of phrases and expressions
Cliché Finder -- Search for clichés by keyword/subject
College Bound Reading List -- American and world literature, biography/history, science, drama, and poetry
Folklore & Mythology Electronic Texts -- University of Pittsburgh database of folklore and mythology
Glossary of Literary Terms
Greek & Latin Roots -- Roots, prefixes, and suffixes and their meanings in a handy chart
Literary Devices -- definitions of a variety of literary devices
Literary Resources on Net -- Rutgers University database of literary resources
Online Etymology Dictionary -- Roots, suffixes, prefixes in dictionary format
Poets.org -- from the Academy of American Poets

English/ Language Arts
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Math

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Math
APlusMath.com
Ask Dr. Math
CoolMath.com
CoolMath4Kids.com
Geometry
Math
Math.com
MathIsFun.com
Math Terms -- English/Spanish
PurpleMath.com
Sudoku

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Music & Film

All Music.com
Billboard.com
Essentials of Music.com
Music.com
Music History
Music & Film
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Science & Health

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Science
Body Mass Index calculator
Body Quest (Body systems)
CDC (Center for Disease Control)
Chemical Elements (Periodic Table)
Cow’s Eye Dissection
Earth & Sky
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Inventions & Inventors
Los Angeles Times -- Science News
Marine Biology Lab
Microscope Imaging Station
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
National Geographic News
News @ Nature.com
NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
OLogy -- American Musuem of Natural History
Science & Space/Science & Nature
ScienceHack.com
Simulation -- Circuit Construction
USGS (United States Geological Society)

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Social Studies

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America’s Library -- Library of Congress  
Awesome Stories -- includes primary sources, lesson plans
California Courts
California Law -- Laws, Codes, & Regulations
CA State Library -- History and Culture of the Golden State
Calisphere -- UC Library System -- History of California
Characters of Greek Mythology
CIA Fact Book
Civil Rights -- The Dirksen Congressional Center
Dirksen Center's Editorial Cartoon Collection
DoYouHaveTheRight.org -- Bill of Rights Institute
Edison Invents: All about Thomas Edison and His Inventions
Human Rights Around the World (English & Spanish mode)
Human Rights Watch
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (Calisphere)
Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
Library of Congress – Country Studies
Los Alamos National Laboratory -- History of national security and the Manhattan Project
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Mythology in Modern Society
National Air and Space Museum – Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age
National Geographic.com Education
OAC -- Online Archive of California
Southern Poverty Law Center -- Active Hate Groups in the United States
Travelpod.com -- Travel IQ challenge

Social Studies
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