100 Best Ed Sites for 1999

THE TOP 100 EDUCATIONAL WEB SITES OF 1999
Presented by The Education Source and Looksmart.com

When reviewing Internet sites we based our selection on the following criteria:
* Is the site educational?
* Is the site well organized?
* Does the site make good use of modern Internet technology or is it text only?
* Is the site interesting and informative?

After much consideration, and after reviewing thousands of sites, we have selected the following 100 Internet sites as our top picks for 1999 and believe that these sites contain the best educational content on the Internet today.

Note: To find the best educational sites, The Education Source used Looksmart, a special search portal with 750,000 unique URLs--the largest collection of editorially reviewed and categorized sites on the Web.

ART

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
LouvreW3
Webmuseum, Paris
A. Pintura, Art Detective
The @rt-room
Exploring Leonardo
Inside Art
Children's Music Web
K-12 Resources for Music Educators

GARDENING

KinderGarden
The Telegarden

FUN

Kids Space

VIRTUAL TOURS

Auto Factory Tour

READING

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
The Children's Literature Web Guide

WRITING

WWWebster Dictionary
On-line English Grammar
Cyberkids
Ink Spot
MidLink Magazine
Researchpaper.com
Writing Den
CNN Interactive
Crayon
Internet Public Library
KidsConnect

MATH

Archimedes and the Crown
Ask Dr. Math
Gallery Of Interactive Geometry
Lessons by Susan Boone
Mega-Math
Great Economists and Their Times
On-Line National Budget Simulation

SCIENCE

Explore Science: Interactive Science Education
The MAD Scientist Network
Science Learning Network
Museum of Science, Boston
Mars Team Online
Imagine the Universe!
NASA Jet Propulsion Labratory
StarChild
Virtual Galapagos
NASA
U.S. Space Camp
Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy
Microscopy Primer
Missouri Botanical Gardens: MBGnet Home
CNPS Kids
Seeds of Change
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Renewable Energy Project
Human Genome Project Information
Guided Tour: Visible Human Project
InnerBody
Neuroscience for Kids
Ocean Planet Home Page
Yale Center for Cell Imaging
The Electronic Zoo
Chem4Kids
U.S. Geological Survey
Virtual Cave
Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience
Learn Physics Today!
The Franklin Institute
St.Louis Science Center
Exploratorium
Miami Museum of Science
Backyard Birding

GEOGRAPHY

National Geographic Society
Jason Project
Galapagosquest
Discover America Through Postcards

HISTORY

American Memory
America's Homepage: Plymouth, MA
Montcalm and Wolfe
Colonial Williamsburg
Spanish Missions of California
Lewis and Clark
Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
NativeAmerican Indian Resources
The Oregon Trail
WestWeb
The American Civil War Homepage
The Civil War Homepage
Civil War Page
Civil War World Wide Web
Edison National Historic Site Home Page
African American History
The White House for Kids
Justice for Kids and Youth
The World of Viking
The European Middle Ages
Rennaissance
K-12 Africa Guide
Canada museum
The First Ladies of the United States of America

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Digital Librarian: Languages
Foreign Language For Travelers

MISC

Project-Ask an Expert Page
Homeschool.com

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