Earth Science

 

 

• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center - at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Intute: Science, Engineering, & Technology
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- http://www.noaa.gov
• National Weather Service -- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
• US Geological Survey -- http://www.usgs.gov/, Includes areas of: Biology, Geology, Water, Mapping, Glossary
• Weather Underground -- http://www.wunderground.com

 

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Education

 

Directories & Gateways & Portals

• The Educator's Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/
• Florida Smart:  Educational Subject Directories -- http://www.floridasmart.com/subjects/reference/directories.htm
• Google Education Directory - http://www.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/
• Internet Public Library: Education -- http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/edu00.00.00
• Yahoo Education Directory - http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/

   

Regional

• Florida Community College System -- http://data.fldoe.org/ccdir/colleges.cfm
• Florida Department of Education  -- http://www.firn.edu/doe

• Polk County School Board -- http://www.polk-fl.net/

• United States Department of Education: Topics from A-Z -- http://www.ed.gov/help/site/index/topics_az.jsp 

 

Associations & Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers - AFT  -- http://aft.org/
• Education Week's links to Education Associations & Organizations -- http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
• National Education Association - NEA -- http://www.nea.org/index.html
• National Association of Secondary School Principals - NASSP -- http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/index.asp?CID=1138&DID=54609

 

Reference Sources & Teacher Resources

• Annenberg CPB Video on Demand --  http://learner.org/vod/login.html
• Education Week  -- http://www.edweek.org/
• ERIC Digests  -- http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/index/
• ERIC Education Resources Information Center -- http://www.eric.ed.gov
• Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators (Discovery Channel School) -- http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
• National Center for Educational Statistics -- http://nces.ed.gov/
• Office of Academic Achievement Through Language Acquisition -- http://www.fldoe.org/aala/omspubpg.asp
• Scholastic's Instructor Magazine  -- http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor.htm
• Sunshine State Standards (Florida Department of Education)  -- http://www.fldoe.org/bii/curriculum/sss/

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Energy

 

Traditional Energy Resources

• American Petroleum Institute -- http://www.api.org/
• Edison Electric Institute -- http://www.eei.org/
• Electric Power Research Institute -- http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt?
• National Petroleum Council -- http://www.npc.org/

 

Alternative and Renewable Energy

• American Wind Energy Association -- http://www.awea.org/
• Electric Drive Transportation Association -- http://www.electricdrive.org/
• Florida Solar Energy Center -- http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/
• HYWEB: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Information System -- http://www.hydrogen.org/index-e.html
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- http://www.nrel.gov/
• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion -- http://www.nrel.gov/otec
• OTECNews.org -- http://www.otecnews.org/aboutus.html
• RMI: Rocky Mountain Institute -- http://www.rmi.org 

   

Policy and Regulation

• Cambridge Energy Research Associates -- http://www.cera.com/aspx/cda/public1/home/home.aspx
• National Energy Policy Initiative -- http://www.nepinitiative.org/
• Natural Resources Defense Council -- http://www.nrdc.org
• U.S. Department of Energy -- http://www.energy.gov/ 

   

Energy Economics

• International Association for Energy Economics -- http://www.iaee.org/en/index.aspx
• United States Association for Energy Economics -- http://www.usaee.org/

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English Composition

 

• DiscoverySchool's English Homework Help Pages - http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjenglish.html
• OWL Online Writing Lab
• PCC's Citing Page - Handouts & Citation Generators; several locations on how to create a works cited page
• Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers - Online assistance to accompany the textbook 
• Social Issues from the Homework Center - ideas and resources for creating a grade "A" paper

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English Literature

 

• 100 Greatest Books Lists
• American Verse Project

  Electronic versions of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920, courtesy of the University of Michigan's Humanities Text Initiative.

• Annotated Modern Library 100 Best Novels List
• Book Reviews - from Cornell University Library
• The English Server 

  Vast coverage of topics of interest to English students, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University.

• Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection

  Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.

• Literary Resources on the Net 

  Listing of links to English and American literature resources

• Luminarium

  Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century literature.

• Perspectives on American Literature

  A research and reference guide. 

• Project Gutenberg 
• SparkNotes.com
• Today in Literature http://www.todayinliterature.com/ 
• Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature

 

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Environment

 

• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center - at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Earth Trends - http://earthtrends.wri.org
• Eco-Portal - http://www.eco-portal.com/
• Environmental Data Services - http://www.ends.co.uk/
• Environmental Media Services - http://www.ems.org/
• Intute: Science, Engineering, & Technology
• National Association of Environmental Professionals - http://www.naep.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- http://www.noaa.gov
• National Weather Service -- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
• Oneworld - http://us.oneworld.net/
• Planet Ark - http://www.planetark.org/index.cfm
• US Geological Survey -- http://www.usgs.gov/, Includes areas of: Biology, Geology, Water, Mapping, Glossary
• Weather Underground -- http://www.wunderground.com 

   

Federal Government & Non-Governmental Organizations

• UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme -- http://www.unep.org/

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- http://www.epa.gov

• U.S. Department of the Interior -- http://www.doi.gov

• U.S. Department of Energy -- http://www.energy.gov

• World Watch Institute -- http://www.worldwatch.org/

   

Advocacy Groups - Non-Profits

• Conservation International -- http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx

• Florida Public Interest Research Group -- http://www.floridapirg.org/

• Earth Charter Initiative -- http://www.earthcharter.org/

• Global Response -- http://www.globalresponse.org/

• Center for Health, Environment and Justice -- http://www.chej.org/

• Natural Resources Defense Council -- http://www.nrdc.org/

• The Nature Conservancy -- http://www.nature.org/

• Sierra Club -- http://www.sierraclub.org

• Resources for the Future

   

Environmental Education & Scientific Information

• NAAEE:  North American Association for Environmental Education

• National Association for Humane and Environmental Education

• NEETF:  National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network

   

Environmental Policy  

• Brookings Institute
• Institute for Policy Studies: Ideas Into Action for Peace, Justice, and the Environment
• Pacific Research Institute: Environment
• PIRG:  Public Interest Research Group 

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Film

 

• All Movie Guide - http://www.allmovie.com/
• Movie Review Query Engine - http://www.mrqe.com/lookup
• Greatest Films of All Time - http://www.filmsite.org/
• Internet Movie Database - http://us.imdb.com/

• AV Review Database - http://us.imdb.com/

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Florida

 

Government, Laws, Agencies, Departments

• Florida Statutes

• MyFlorida.com 

• Myflorida.com FAQ

• Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability OPPAGA
• Online Sunshine - Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature
• Polk County Information Page

 

History

• Florida Biography Page

• Florida Heritage Collection

• Florida History Internet Project

• Florida Memory Project

• Florida State Archives

• Historical Museum of South Florida

 

Native American Tribes

• Seminole Tribe of Florida

• True Natives - The Prehistory of Volusia County

 

Statistics & Demographics

• Florida Charts - Florida Health Assessment Resource Tool

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Foreign Languages

General

• DiscoverySchool.com Homework Help  http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjforeign.html

• YourDictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html

 

Spanish

• Learn Spanish.Com

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Gay & Lesbian

 

• Carleton College: Queer Resources on the Web- http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/Other/qstudies/
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation - http://www.glaad.org/
• Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation & Youth: A Primer for Principles, Educators, and School Personnel - http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund - http://www.lambdalegal.org/
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force - http://www.ngltf.org/
• ONE Institute: International Gay & Lesbian Archives - http://www.onearchives.org/
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays - http://community.pflag.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=194
• Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy - http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/index.html

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Globalization

 

• ASIA Foundation - http://asiafoundation.org
• Global Distribution of Poverty
• Global Policy Forum
• Globalization 101: A Project of the Carnegie Endownment
• International Forum on Globalization
• International Monetary Fund
• The World Bank's Globalization Page

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