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links to information about South Carolina was provided courtesy of Jackie Davis at
the Spartanburg
Regional Technology Center.
- South Carolina Standards and
Assessment
- Citing Internet
Resources
- Columbia Online Style: MLA-Style
Citations of Electronic Sources
- Copyright
- 10
Big Myths about copyright explained
- Copyright for
Educators
- Online Plagiarism
- Us
Copyright Office
- The Copyright
Website
- I Saw it on TV information:
Names, addresses, phone numbers etc. for TV
networks, producers, program offices etc. List of companies or broadcast departments
connected with commercial and PBS television.
- Copyright Law in
the Electronic Environment
- Copyright and
Fair Use: Standford University Libraries
- Digital Cameras
- Lesson Plans
- South Central Service
Cooperative Digital Camera Projects
- 1001
Uses for a Digital Camera from Casio
- Camera Information
- Kodak
Digital Camera
- Casio Cameras
- Cannon
- HP PhotoSmart
- Sony
- Video
- Instructional Technology Resources for
1997-98 The South Carolina Department of Education currently offers over 6,000
instructional television programs via the South Carolina Educational Television Network's
32-channel satellite delivery system. This Web page provides up-to-date information
about broadcast schedules, program descriptions, special programming and
teleconferences, as well as distance learning information.
- Know-it-All
SCETV's resources for teaching and learning.
wNetSchool - NTTI Strategies Scroll
down this page to locate the strategies for effective use of video in the classroom.
- NTTI Lesson Plan Database -- New Search Locate lesson
plans that integrate Instructional Television
programs into your curricula. Search this database of more than 200 lesson plans created
by NTTI Master Teachers nationwide.
- SCETV's National
Teacher Training Institute - Lesson Plans Standards-based, multimedia enhanced,
hands-on math and science lesson plans created by South Carolina teachers.
- SCETV Use the Education link to locate all
educational programs broadcast by SCETV. Web sites for Ready to Learn
programs.
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- Research South Carolina
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Municipal Association of South Carolina
South Carolina state profile from the Census Bureau.
South
Carolina Aquarium
South Carolina
Natural Resources
South Carolina Wildlife
Federation
South
Carolina Online Tours
South
Carolina Botanical Garden
South Carolina
Forestry Association
South
Carolina National Parks
Beidler Forest
ParkNet
(www.nps.gov/) The National Park Service has virtual tours, historical and
nature facts, and of course, park information.
Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina
Detailed information and pictures of Sassafras Mountain
South Carolina General Assembly
Happenings at the State House; general information including bills, regulations, laws, the state constitution
South Carolina
Judicial Department
South Carolina Literacy
Resource Center
South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Controll
- South Carolina Weather
- Local weather
- South Carolina Travel Guide
- Guide to attractions and events in SC
- South Carolina Railroad Museum
- Information about the museum
- South Carolina maps, satellite imagery
- Links to different maps of SC
- South Carolina State Government
- Governor
SC Government
Education
Commerce and Tourism
History
Health and Human
Services
Information Services
State Jobs
State Y2K Information
State Telephone
Numbers
Search the SC Home
- South Carolina State Library
- broad range of information about South Carolina
- South Carolina
Heritage Corridor
- Designated by Congress in 1996 as a National Heritage Area, the Heritage Corridor runs from the foothills of Oconee County in the northwestern corner of the state,
along the Savannah River, through the Edisto River Basin, to the port city of Charleston.
South Carolina State Library
South Carolina Reference Desk
South Carolina Schools on the web
(Web66
list, SC
Dept. of Ed. list)
South Carolina Information Highway
Statistics on everything from agriculture to transportation in SC
- South Carolina Kid Links
- Links about South Carolina from Yahooligans
- Geobop's South Carolina Symbols!
- Information on SC; ex: state flower
- Encyclopedia Entry - SC
- General information on SC
Palmetto Economic Analysis and
Research System
South Carolina Employment Security Commission, Labor Market Information
- K-12 Teaching
and Learning Center's South Carolina Links
Threatened
and Endangered Species System
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- South Carolina - history, genealogy
- Historical information on SC
- Anyday in History
- WORLDWIDE HISTORIC DATES & EVENTS
- An Internet Treasure Hunt: Black History from Past to Present
- Use the Internet links below to uncover some "Treasures" of African American history past
and present.
- Caroliniana Collections
- Photographs representing various aspects of South Carolina culture.
- Historic
Plantations
- Genealogical Research in South Carolina
South Carolina Historical Society
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- South Carolina Natural Resources
- Information about SC wildlife
- Yucky Worm World
- Neat and yucky facts about worms that kids will enjoy!
- Bird Pictures
- Pictures from Conagaree Swamp Nat. Mon., SC
- Birding on the Web, The Next Generation
- Includes many helpful links about birds in general
- South Carolina Aquarium
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- Ripley's
Aquarium Online
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- Brookgreen
Gardens
- South Carolina Forestry Association
- Information on forestry issues including important legislation; Amazing forest facts; Resources and activites for the classroom
- South Carolina Wildlife Federation
- Activities. Can the SCALE site become a wildlife habitat.
- Familiar Trees of South Carolina
- A tree study manual has been prepared to aid people who want to identify or to know more about the trees of SC
- The South Carolina Native Plant Society
- Links, field trips, important information specific to SC
- The Newsroom of The Nature Conservancy
- Nature conservancy in SC
- Carolina Gardener Magazine Online
- Profile links to profiles of plants.
- The Farmer's Almanac
- Weather predictions for the US
- NCDOT Wildflowers
- THE SOUTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN
- Web site includes learning opportunities, visitor information, and a stroll
throught the gardens.
- J.C. Raulston Arboretum
- Pictures and information about local weather and plants
- Spicer's Photo Gallery
- Pictures of plants native to SC
- South Carolina Gardener - USDA Map
- Plant hardiness map for South Carolina
- A Short
'Shroom Primer
- General information on mushrooms
- Fungi Images
- Information on and pictures of mushrooms
- Duke Mycology: Mushrooms of North Carolina Species List
- List of mushrooms native to NC; links to pictures
Careers
in Arboriculture Many opportunities are waiting for you in the
tree care industry. If you become an arborist, you can help
improve the quality of life in our urban environments.
Fall
Color in the Carolinas Learn the
science behind color changes in leaves and the best trees for fall color
in South Carolina.
Familiar
Trees of South Carolina An
identification manual for 60 of the most common trees of our state.
Plant
the Idea! South Carolina Arbor Day - The first Friday of December.
Big
Trees of South Carolina A searchable registry of nearly 200
state record trees. We challenge you to find bigger!
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- South Carolina Geology
- Geological information about SC, includes a classroom section
- The South Carolina Gold Museum
- descriptions of past mining techniques and methods that were used to extract gold from ore
- South
Carolina Earthquakes
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- Exploring the mysteries of the ocean: student activities - grades 3-5
- This lesson utilizes Internet resources to explore interesting topics related to oceans
- PBS: Secrets of the Ocean Realm
- Fun facts, classroom activities, underwater photography
- Treasures@Sea
- Exploring the ocean through literature; includes resources for teachers
- Welcome To Eastern Beaches of the USA!
- links to web sites containing specific information about SC beaches
- Along the South Carolina Coast
- Describes the coast line of SC
- Mystic Aquarium / Institute for Exploration
- Fun facts about marine life
- Internet Exploration: Hot Sites
- Links to several sites of interest, from the US Census Bureau to the Webmaster Reference Library
- Internet Resource Directory Page
- annual publication that offers access to current, accurate, and useful information about the Internet
- Teacher Links
- supplemental information for teachers of environmental education
- WedNet from NASA & SAIC
- Instructional material on oceans
- Smithsonian
- Educational materials about the ocean
- Tide and Ocean Current data - Mostly US
- Harmonic tide and current predictor for the World Wide Web
- Wind and Sea Resource links at NOAA
- links to science and policy sites
- Sea Surface Temperatures
- OTIS is an optimum interpolation (OI) based objective analysis scheme designed to produce analyses or
"nowcasts" of ocean
temperatures
SC Lesson Plans Online
Town Meeting in Turtle Beach
The
Cotton Gin
Research South
Carolina
South
Carolina Crazy Paper Quilt of Facts
Teaching with Historic
Places' primary offerings is a series of classroom-ready lesson plans.
Created by National Park Service interpreters, preservation professionals, and
educators, these lessons use historic sites to examine developments throughout
American history and across the country.
The
South Carolina Governance Project in Civic Education
South Carolina-related lesson plans for Geography Awareness Week
High School Earth
and Environmental Science Project This site created and
maintained by the Center for Science Education,
Teaching Kids about the
Environment KATE Lesson Plans
Teaching KATE Coalition prepared lesson plans
Teaching KATE teacher prepared lesson plans
StudyWeb
Teacher Resources
South Carolina Forestry
Commission, Project Learning Tree
South Carolina Teachers’ Tour
Teaching Sustainable Forestry in Environmental
Education
Smokey
The Bear
Activities for Rivers
of South Carolina Poster
South Carolina
Geographic Alliance
Lesson Plans for other States
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- Ask Jeeves
- Excite
- GoTo.com
Google
- Infoseek
- KidsClick! Web Search
- web search for kids by librarians
- LookSmart
- Lycos
- Netscape Search
- Snap!
- Web Directory
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- (Dictionary...epage.html)
- Picture dictionary
- ICONnect: KidsConnect
- question-answering, help and referral service to K-12 students on the Internet.
- Berit's Best Sites for Children: Seek out some cool sites on the Internet!
- safe web sites for kids, from art to world travel
- Blue Web'N
- learning sites on every topic from business to community interests
- globalearn.com: A K-12, multi-disciplinary online education site
- live, interactive expeditions for students around the world
- webquests
- A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web; includes link to WebQuest in Spartanburg, SC
- StudyWeb(TM)
- a place for anyone doing research to find the information they need as easily as possible. The categories are sorted according to the approximate appropriate grade level which makes them valuable tools for teachers looking for lesson plan and curriculum ideas.
- Interactive Atlas
- interactive world atlas,
information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred
cities, and a database of public holidays worldwide.
- train13's Bookmarks
- links from a Library Information Specialist
- Tutorials on the Web
- Netscape Communicator, http://home.netscape.com/browsers/using/newusers/basics/index.html
or http://www.curtis1.com/netscape/
MS Office, http://www.microsoft.com/education/k12/classroom/tutorial.htm
Windows98, http://www.microsoft.com/education/curric/win98/
- Inspiration, http://www.inspiration.com/
This site has a download with tutorial for Inspiration. It is the same
program on the 30 day demo disk that you might have received in class.
Internet Quick Search Tool from SEIR
TEC
- Rubrics
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics
- Rubrics
for Web Lessons - Nancy Pickett and Bernie Dodge
- Multimedia
Rubric example - MidLink Magazine and SAS inSchool
Chicago Public Schools Performance Assessment Ideas and Rubrics
- Web Activities
- Carolina
Coastal Science The Carolina Coastal Science Web site is an innovative, inquiry-based science resource that utilizes the interactive technologies of a Web browser to
explore science in coastal Carolina. Coastal Explorations: Carolina Coastal Science has been created based on the goals stated in the National Science
Education Standards and has been aligned with the North Carolina Science Curriculum Standards.
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