Mega Educational Website Collections

	ThinkFinity This is an outstanding resource for teachers.FreThe MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines. Formerly, MarcoPolo now merged with Verizon Foundation, ArtsEdge, ReadWriteThink, EconEdLink, EDSITEment, Science NetLinks, Literacy network, Iluminations, Smithsonian's History Explorer.
	Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (F.R.E.E.) "In summer 1997, more than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group to make hundreds of federally supported education resources available at this web site. Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Subjects include: arts. educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies, and vocational education."
	Gateway to Educational Materials (G.E.M.) "The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. Teachers, parents, administrators can search or browse The Gateway and find thousands of high quality educational materials, including lesson plans,activities, and projects."
	Internet Archive The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections. Need to locacte an old website? The Wayback Machine will find it for you.
	Internet Public Library  The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. Has a great reference section, links to online magazines and newspapers, and subject trees for both youth and children.
	Library of Congress  Portal to outstanding collections and websites compiled by the U.S. Library of Congress. These are: (1) American Memory Project with links to more than 5 million items relating to American history. (2) America's Library "is a new site designed especially for children and their families. This easy-to-use interactive presentation of some of the Library's most fascinating materials makes learning history fun. " Also, includes links to the U.S, Copyright Office, Exhibits, and much more.
	Education World Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom.  Subject trees in all content areas, article archives, reference center, and much more.
	700+ Great Sites Compiled by the American Library Association for kids and parents. Links to outstanding websites in the following categories: Arts and Entertainment, Literature and Language, People Past and Present, Planet Earth and Beyond, and Science and Technology.
	Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators An outstanding "categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning."