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CALIFORNIA CONTENT STANDARDS
Curriculum and Instruction
Content standards were designed by the California State Board of Education to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.

U.S. Education Standards
Several national and education organizations have taken on the voluntary challenge of creating educational standards or guidelines to be used on a national level.

ART
Ansel Adams
One of the world's most famous photographers.  Learn about his life, and view his photographs of the natural world.
Ala's Art Sites for Children
Recommended Art Sites from the American Library Association
The Art Room
"A virtual learning environment for exploring the world of art"
Architecture Through The Ages
Learn how cultures built their homes, temples, and cities.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Guides to looking at art, current and past exhibits, and more!

HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION
American Heart Association
Official site.  Information about healthy living, tips on nutrition and fitness
Food And Nutrition Information Center
Health Information
Health A To Z
A searchable site which addresses all questions concerning health and diseases. 
National Library Of Medicine-Pubmed
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE,
and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.
Webmd Medical Encyclopedia
Offers Thousands Of Health And Medicine Entries
Yahoo Health
A directory of disease and health conditions

LANGUAGE ARTS
Children's Literature Web Guide
Resources related to books for children and young adults
Literature And Language
Recommended sites by the American Library Association
Online Literary Criticism Collection
The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 4492 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

LIBRARY / REFERENCE
Ala's 700+ Great Sites For Parents And Children
By the American Library Association
Ask Jeeves!
Search the Internet by asking Jeeves a question
Britannica.Com
Chosen web sites by the editors of the Britannica Encyclopedia
Digital Librarian
A librarian's choice of the best of the web
Kidinfo.Com
Homework help, reference resources, and search engines
Librarians Index To The Internet
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 8,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. LII is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources.
Library Of Congress
Our nation's library
The Library Spot
The best library, newspapers, government resources, and more in one spot
Mapquest
Online maps and directions
Maps On Us
A map, route, and yellow page service  
New York Times Learning Network
Connections for students, teachers, and parents 
Topozone.Com
Online USGS topographic maps (United States Geological Survey)
The Virtual Reference Desk
Sponsored by Purdue University

MATH
AAA Math
Offers pages of basic math skills, with practice examples
Ask Dr. Math
Math students from Swarthmore College can help you with math assignments.
Elementary School Math
Math-Elementary
Math Forum
Webmath
Stuck on a math problem? Put in the problem and WebMath will not only give you the answer, but it will show the steps needed to get to that answer.

MUSIC
Classical Net
Site contains composer biographies, an overview of music history, and classical music links.
Music Heritage Network: Instrument Encyclopedia
Features musical instruments from around the world
The National Association For Music Education

SCIENCE
How Things Work
Think of this site as a radio call-in program that's being held on the WWW instead of the radio. If you ask how something works,  an answer will try to be provided.
Mad Scientist Network
"The laboratory that never sleeps."  Ask a scientist.
Molelcular Expressions:  Images From The Microscope
A website featuring acclaimed photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy  
Nasa's Quest Project
NASA's "Internet for the classroom"
National Science Digital Library
NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections
Newton's Apple
An award-winning national science program for kids and adults, produced by KTCA-TV and PBS
Sciencefair Central
A comprehensive guide to creating your science fair project
Scientific American
The site version of the popular magazine
Space Link
NASA'S Internet resources
Volcano Live
Volcano Live aims to provide the most up to date, accurate and informative volcano information on the web.  Volcano Live also provides opportunities for people to learn about volcanoes through guided tours and provides assistance to people affected by volcanic activity.
Weather Underground
Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Country
Web-Elements Periodic Table
The Periodic Table of the Elements on the Web!
Periodic Table Of The Elements interactive guide to the elements
Webelements information and illustrations relating to each element
Visual Elements unique look combining art and science

SOCIAL STUDIES
African American Odyssey
A Library of Congress exhibition
Afro-American Almanac
A comprehensive site for information about the history of Africans in America
American Civil War Homepage
A comprehensive list of Civil War links listed by topics
American Memory
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
Ancient And Lost Civilizations
From Crystalinks--extensive and indepth information  on Ancient Civilizations
Background Notes: U.S. Dept. Of State
Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically.
Ben's Guide To U.S. Government: Grades 9-12
A comprehensive guide to government organization and powers
Best Of History Web Sites
Best of History Web Sites is a portal created for students, history teachers, and general history enthusiasts. The site now features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its pages.
Blue Web'n
A library of award winning learning sites on the web 
Biography.Com
The Web's best bios online
Biographies (Pbs History)
More biographies from the Public Broadcasting System
Biography Dictionary
A searchable dictionary of over 27,000 notable men and women
Black Facts Online
Internet resource for Black History information
Cia World Factbook
Country by country factbook
CNN:  America Votes
General info about the 2004 elections
Civil War Photographs
Library of Congress collection containing over a thousand photographs
Constitutional/Social Issues Links-Amendment Issues
Links to Web sites divided by Amendments
E-Museum
From Minnesota State University, a virtual museum covering the history of mankind
Fedstats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Festivals.Com:  Celebrating The World Of Festivals & Events
Interactive, clickable maps to find festivals and information on every country in the world
Fiftystates.Com
A fabulous resource for information about the fifty states--there are hundreds of facts and links for each state.
Firstgov
Your first click to the US Government
Govspot
Federal, State, and Local Government resources
The History Channel
The Web Site of the television network
The History Place
The Web site presents a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity.
History Wizard
Step into the pastand let the Wizard take you to a different time. Click on a picture that interests you.
Innovative Lives
If you need information on inventors--check this site out!
Internet Public Library Biographies
Biographical resources  which provide numerous links.
Invention Dimension
The Inventor Archives are now organized alphabetically by inventors' last names.
The Labyrinth:   Resources For Medieval Study
The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through the World Wide Web.
Lives:  The Biography Resource
Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more
National Archives And Records Administration
NARA ensures, for the citizen and the public servant, for the President and for the Congress and the Courts, ready access to essential evidence.
M r. Lincoln's Virtual Library
All about Abraham Lincoln
National Geographic
Online site of the National Geographic Society
New York Times Learning Network
Find here a daily news photo activity, a detailed lesson plan on one current story, news summaries, word of the day, questions about the week's news and separate links. 
Opensecrets.Org
Your guide to the money in United States elections
Our Documents
Explore 100 milestone documents in American History which reflect our past, our future, our diversity, our unity, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to form a "more perfect union."
Pbs--American Experience
A Spectacular presentation of selected topics in U.S. history with an extensive combination of graphics, text, maps, timelines, biographies, and animations 
Perseus Digital Library
An extensive guide to the Ancient World which includes images, maps, and texts.   Searching may be done by either keyword or phrase. 
Policy.Com
Web's most comprehensive public policy resource and community
Portals To The World
Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
Teacher's Guide To The Holocaust
An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust through photographs, documents, art, music, movies, and literature
Thomas--U.S Congress On The Internet
A primary site for all legislative information including legislation, Congressional Record, and Committee information
United States Census Bureau
Census & economic information, state facts, maps, and more
United States Federal Government Agencies
A list of Federal Agencies on the Internet
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
United States White House
Women's History
Web links from Mining.com to women history sites
World History:  3,000 Years Of World History Timelines
Links to the award winning project HyperHistory Online.

SPORTS / HOBBIES
Chess
United States Chess Federation
Sports Illustrated For Kids
World Wide Web Of Sports
Sports information from around the world
Yahooligans! Directory Of Hobbies

TECHNOLOGY
How Stuff Works
Hundreds of links to learn how things work!
History Of Computing Timeline
Traces the development of computers across history.