Online Educator's Weekly Super Sites for August 10,1997

[Gina Yarbrough]

Hello From Online Educator,

Here are the five Education Super Sites for the week of August 10, 1997
from The Online Educator, creators of "Point, Click and Teach.".


1. Math

Give your students some math news they can use with CALCULATING A CAR PAYMENT.

This real-world math lesson comes from GirlTECH, a program sponsored by the
Center for Research on Parallel Computation at The Rice School in Houston,
Texas. It requires students to go on the Internet to find cars for sale.
Using a scientific calculator, the students then figure out the total cost
of the car payments. NOTE: The suggested Internet car lot in this lesson
plan has been shut down, but don't fret. You can send your students to The
Car Network (http://carnetwork.com/) to work through this lesson plan.


2. Science

Mix a little fun in your science curriculum with CHEM-4-KIDS.


Many students resist being led to the chemistry lab because they find the
subject boring. Send those students to CHEM-4-KIDS first to convince them
the subject doesn't have to be dull. Although this site is still growing,
it contains enough basic material to make visiting worthwhile.


3. All categories

Help your students develop critical thinking skills with MISSION CRITICAL.


Many educators consider critical thinking skills the most important thing
they can teach their students. San Jose State University has developed a
very thorough Web site devoted to this important topic. The site will walk
your students through increasingly difficult issues and exercises, all
designed to increase their ability to think.


4. Language

Deliver fun, interactive language arts lessons to your students,compliments
of A LANGUAGE ARTS WEBSITE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

This well designed site delivers more than a dozen lesson plans designed to
sharpen your students language arts skills, including reading, writing and
spelling. This is a good URL to bookmark for future reference.


5. Health

Make sure your students get good online health information with help from
Reuters Health Information Services INTERNET HEALTH WATCH.

If your students are doing online research on medical and health topics,
this is a must-visit site. Reuters Health Information Services has reviewed
about 40 of the top health and medical sites on the Net, indicating which
sites contain good information and which are not recommended. Visiting this
site will help your students learn how to evaluate the information they
receive on Web sites.


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Teachers page at: http://ole.net:8081/educator/LINKS.hbs

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