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October
28, 2002
MapQuest World Atlas
http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=index
This website lists every country, every state in
the U.S., and every Canadian
province. One click takes you to a map
of that area. The map page also shows
the country’s flag and gives important data about the country – the capital,
land area, population, languages, religions, life expectancy, money,
government type, agriculture, manufacturing, exports, and much more. In the past, you’ve needed an atlas and an
almanac to find these kinds of information.
This site can be used in most geography classes but is useful to
anyone who wants to explore the world and know where current events are
taking place.
October 21, 2002
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
This website offers a complete annotated
guide to Shakespeare resources available on Internet and presents new
Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere.
The site includes the life and times of William Shakespeare, including
a history of the Globe Theatre, where his plays were first performed, links
to all the plays, and much, much more.
Under the “Works” link, students and teachers can find study guides
for each play, links to the SparkNotes study guides
(written by Harvard students), teacher guides to the Signet editions, and
Lambs’ “Tales from Shakespeare,” which are re-writes of the Shakespeare
stories for children (these may even help some adults understand what the
stories were about). This site is an
important resource for students and teachers in high school English
classes. It also has lots of resources
that can help parents help their students with interpretation and meaning –
as well as the histories of the times in which the stories are told.
October 14, 2002
Stephen Hawking
http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html
Stephen Hawking is the world’s most famous
scientist since Einstein. He has
worked on the basic laws of physics that govern the universe, unifying
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity (which covers big things like stars,
galaxies, and the universe) with Quantum Theory (which covers small things
like atoms, electrons, quarks, and others).
At age 21, Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease – known
as Lou Gehrig’s Disease in the United States – that
progressively causes the nervous and muscular systems to fail. In 1985, he lost his ability to speak
because of an emergency tracheotomy. He
now uses a computer attached to his wheel chair to select words from a screen
and to send those words to a speech synthesizer. Using this technology, he speaks at
scientific gatherings worldwide and writes books and articles about the
physics of the universe. He points out
that he has had motor neuron disease for almost all his adult life; yet, it
has not prevented him from having a very attractive family or from being
successful in his work. Dr. Hawking’s website includes a history of his life, a
discussion of his disability and its impact on his life, copies of his
lectures, a list of his publications, and other information related to his
life and work.
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