Academy for College and Career Exploration

General History Websites

• Facing History and Ourselves http://www.facinghistory.org/
• Digital History at www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
• History Matters at http://historymatters.gmu.edu
• Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov
• National Archives (Student and Teacher Section) at http://www.archives.gov/education
• National History Education Clearinghouse (scheduled to go live in March) at http://teachinghistory.org

American History

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at http://www.gilderlehrman.org
• National Museum of American History at http://americanhistory.si.edu
• National Museum of African American History and Culture at http://www.nmaahc.si.edu
• Explore Native American history and culture through multiple perspectives at http://catlinclassroom.si.edu
• National Museum of the American Indian at http://www.nmai.si.edu
• National Portrait Gallery School Programs (including Civil War@Smithonsonian, American Origins, Cold War, Colonial America, and the American Revolution) at http://www.npg.si.edu
• Curriculum Guide for Philippine and Filipino American History program at http://www.apa.si.edu/filamcentennial/filam_story/index.html
• National Postal Museum at http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu
• The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar at http://www.tredegar.org
• “American Memory” online documents at http://memory.loc.gov
• Silhouette Activity online at http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/silhouette.html

Latin History

• Smithsonian Latino Center at http://www.latino.si.edu
• Learn about the OLMEC culture at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/test/anthro/sol/

Asian History

• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Programs at http://www.apa.si.edu/ and http://www.apa.si.edu/filamcentennial
• Asia for Educators at http://afe.easia.columbia.edu
• Asia Society Education Department at http://www.asiasociety.org/education
• Asian Art Museum at http://www.asianart.org
• East Asia Resource Center at http://jsis.washington.edu/earc/index.shtml
• Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at http://www.asia.si.edu
• Japan Information and Culture Center at http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/

Natural History

• National Geographic One-Stop Research Finder at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/onestop/
• National Museum of Natural History at http://www.mnh.si.edu and http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth
• Lewis Clark: Mapping the West at http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/lc/lcmapping
• North American Mammals Lesson Guide at http://www.mnh.si.edu/mammals/
• National Museum of Natural History’s Division of Mammals at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/
• Search for Giant Squid at http://www.mnh.si.edu/natural_partners/squid4/
• Living Fossils of the Deep at http://www.mnh.si.edu/livingfossils
• National Stone, Sand, & Gravel Associations at http://www.nssga.org
• United States Geological Survey at http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals
• AnthroNotes on the web at http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/anthronotes.html

Science

• National Science Resource Center at http://www.nationalscienceresourcescenter.org
• Live Science on the web at http://www.livescience.com/
• Newton’s Apple answers science questions at http://www.newtonsapple.tv/
• Podcasts aim to make science more accessible—and enjoyable at http://feeds.feedburner.com/bytesizescience/
• Neuroscience for Kids: Brain Games at http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chgames.html
• Show Me: Online Science Games at http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO631.html
• Engaging Science: Online Activities at http://www.engagingscience.org/games
• Science Niche Website; science resources for teachers and students at http://scienceniche.com/science/science.cfm
• Journal of Visualized Experiments (Science Videos) at http://www.jove.com
• SciVee (Science Videos) at http://www.scivee.tv
• LabAction (Science Videos) at http://www.labaction.com
• DnaTube (Science Videos) at http://www.dnatube.com
• Classroom Lessons that infusion critical thinking skills at http://www.nctt.net/lessonsarticles.htm (only 2 science lessons are good for 6-12 range)
• National Air and Space Museum (including Udvar-Hazy Center online at http://www.nasm.si.edu; and educational programming at http://www.nasm.si.edu/education
• Explore air, soils, forces, and more at http://forces.si.edu
• Planetary websites: http://www.nasm.si.edu, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov, http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html, http://hubblesite.org, and http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center onsite programming and distance learning programming at http://www.serc.si.edu
• See a baby seal being born at http://www.livescience.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=eoe_quest&plugin=f
• National Zoo online at http://nationalzoo.si.edu
• See the Pandas online at http://fujifilmusa.com/pandas

Math

• Khan Academy - lessons on a large variety of math topics at http://www.khanacademy.org/
• “Mobilizing Minds: Teacher Math and Science in the Age of Sputnik” at http://americanhistory.si.edu/mobilizing
• Illuminations website with many online math and reasoning activities at http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

Business

• “NEFE High School Financial Planning Program at http://www.nefe.org/HighSchoolProgram/tabid/146/Default.aspx
• Gain personal financial skills to manage your money especially to help teens and young adults gain personal financial literacy at http://www.themint.org
• "Financial Smarts for Students" at http://www.jumpstart.org

Health, Nature, and Conservation

• Games for Change at http://www.gamesforchange.org
• Global Kids at http://www.globalkids.org
• Ayiti: The Cost of Life (online interactive game) at http://www.thecostoflife.org
• Children’s Health and Education Center at http://www.bluekids.org
• Smithsonian Institution, Horticulture Services Division (including information on the Butterfly Garden Exhibit) at http://www.gardens.si.edu
• Conservation Central at the National Zoo at http://www.fonz.org/conservationcentral
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute at http://www.stri.org

Technology & Engineering

• Technology is built on math, science, and engineering, check out opportunities from Intel at http://www.intel.com/education/
• Girls Go Tech: get girls interested in math, science, and technology at http://www.girlsgotech.org/
• Trends and Advance for K-12 Technology Leaders at http://www.edweek.org/dd/toc/2007/09/12/index.html
• State Educational Technology Directors Association at http://www.setda.org
• International Society for Technology in Education at http://www.iste.org
• Ed-Tech Action Network at http://www.edtechactionnetwork.org

• A Brief list of some key terms in literature (many of which are found on the SAT) at http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellibst/lsl01-tm.html
• Guide to Grammar and Writing at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
• Grammar Slammer at http://englishplus.com/grammar/
• Citation Machine online at http://citationmachine.net/
• Barron's Booknotes at http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/barrons/booknote.asp
• Cliffs Notes online at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/
• Literary Criticism at http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
• San Antonio College LitWeb at http://www.alamo.edu/sac/english/bailey/litindex.htm
• Classics at the Online Literature Library at http://www.literature.org/authors/
• Great Books Online at http://www.bartleby.com/

Art

• Smithsonian American Art Museum “Picturing America: Resources for Educators” (including signing up for an online newsletter and free art videoconferences) at http://www.AmericanArt.si.edu/education
• Search Smithsonian American Art Museum artworks at http://www.AmericanArt.si.edu/
• National Museum of African Art at http://africa.si.edu
• Latino Voices in American Art at http://delcorazon.si.edu
• Learn about art through interactive games at http://midnight.si.edu
• National Portrait Gallery School Programs at http://www.npg.si.edu
• Luce Foundation Center for American Art at http://www.LuceFoundationCenter.si.edu
• Smithsonian Institution Architectural History and Historic Preservation Division at http://www.si.edu/ahhp

Music

• Using music in your classroom from the American Music Education Initiative online at http://www.usamusic.com/amei.html
• Global Music at http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/
• Smithsonian Folkway Recordings: Music for Children at http://www.folkways.si.edu
• Jazz Appreciation at http://www.smithsonianjazz.org