Family Links
Below are some links we think you and your family will enjoy. If you have some links you would like to share please email them to .
Arts | History | Texas History | Science | Math | General Reference |
Cooking | Food Manufacture | Miscellaneous |
ARTS
Smithsonian American Art Museum:
americanart.si.edu
Museum of the Americas – virtual museum for the arts of indigenous cultures of the Americas
www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Group/250950
HISTORY
Headlines the Day You Were Born:
dmarie.com/asp/history.asp?action=process
The History Place – Dedicated to Students, Educators and all who enjoy History!
www.historyplace.com
Eye Witness to History – a fabulous site containing eye witness accounts of historical events through time:
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Today In History – Look up a birthday, anniversary, or just enjoy a daily visit. One of the best collections of histories on a calendar basis. All from The Library of Congress.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Library of Congress – You just can’t beat it!
www.loc.gov
National Museum of the American Indian
www.nmai.si.edu
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
www.ushistory.org/march/
The African American Odyssey
memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
TEXAS HISTORY
Texas State Capital Building – State Preservation Board
www.tspb.state.tx.us/tspb.htm
Institute of Texan Cultures
www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/
The Rosenberg Library collection of photos, manuscripts, and oral history from the 1900 Galveston Hurricane is an extensive collection that is viewable online.
www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms/
Deadliest Natural Disaster in the US History – Galveston Hurricane, September 8, 1900. An estimated 6,000-10,000 people were killed.
www.1900storm.com
The Rosenberg Library on The Storm
www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms/
The Handbook of Texas Online
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
Texas Beyond History
www.texasbeyondhistory.net
The Alamo
www.thealamo.org/main.html
Texas State Cemetery
www.cemetery.state.tx.us
Williamson County Graveyards and History
three-legged-willie.org/cemetery.htm
SCIENCE
Astronomy Picture of the Day
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Star Date
www.stardate.org
Earth & Sky
www.earthsky.com
Heavens Above – tracks the satellites passing overhead
www.heavens-above.com
NASA Images Gallery
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery
Scientific American
www.sciam.com
National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com
Science News
www.sciencenews.org
Science Behind The News
whyfiles.news.wisc.edu
Smithsonian Institution
www.si.edu
Smithsonian Educational Resources:
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org
MATH
Fractals:
www.mbfractals.com
Fractals, Chaos
astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/fractals/
Knot Plot – a site full 3-D pictures of knots and mathematical knots
www.pims.math.ca/knotplot/
Soda Play – a graphic site of fun for constructing wire frame, movable sculptures:
sodaplay.com/constructor
GENERAL REFERENCE
Reference Desk – incredible collection of reference information
www.refdesk.com
Bartlett’s Quotations
www.bartleby.com/100/
The Gutenberg Project – digital production of previously printed books
www.gutenberg.lib.md.us
COOKING
Your family loved it in the restaurant, you might find the recipe for it here:
www.copykat.com
FOOD MANUFACTURERS CAN BE FUN
Some of these have recipes, some have history.
Jif Peanut Butter
www.jif.com
Kraft Foods
www.kraftfoods.com/kf/
General Mills:
www.generalmills.com/corporate
Smucker’s:
www.smuckers.com
Kellogg’s:
www.kelloggs.com
Betty Crocker:
www.bettycrocker.com
Duncan Hines:
www.duncanhines.com
MISCELLANEOUS
Haunting Education
www.graveyards.com
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