SEAS Library
Student Links
Sites listed within this website are not under the control of Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools and are not guaranteed to be or remain acceptable for student use. If a student enters a site that has inappropriate material, they must leave it at once. Please notify our Technology Director, Cindy Mason at chodge@gtacs.org so that the link can be removed from our web site.
Michigan Electronic Library (maintained by the Michigan State Library)
Awesome Library http://awesomelibrary.org
The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
Ask Jeeves for Kids (a filtered search engine)
Library Spot http://libraryspot.com
National Geographic Society (Interactive features, maps, kids, info on National The Geography Bee, and an index of publications including its magazine.)
Yahooligans! (a filtered search engine)
World Book Encyclopedia www.worldbookonline.com
Science in the News www.onlinenewspapers.com
Greek Architecture www.ancientgreece.co.uk
American History
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/ http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
The Presidents of the United States http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Presidents of the United States http://www.presidentsusa.net/
Best of History Websites http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory.shtml
Library of Congress America’s Story http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Annenberg: A Biography of America http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/index.html
Library of Congress: American Memory http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Historical Maps of the United States http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
13 Originals http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Astronomy
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space http://www.seds.org
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/home/
Science@NASA http://www.science.nasa.gov/
Windows to the Universe http://windows.ucar.edu/
Welcome to the Planets (NASA) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
Aztecs, Mayas, Incas
The History Channel http://www.historychannel.com
National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
National Museum of Anthropology: Cultures of Ancient Mexico http://www.mesoweb.com/features/jpl/index.html
Smithsonian Institution: Unmasking the Maya
http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/maya/pastpage1.html
Worldviews: Maya Ceramics from the Palmer Collection
http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/Online%20Exhibits/Worldviews/WorldViewHome.htm
Science Museum of Minnesota: Maya Adventure
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/index.html
Bacteria and Viruses
http://www.microbe.org/index.html
http://www.beyondbooks.com/lif72/2.asp
Biography
Biography.com (A & E Television) http://www.biography.com
Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://nobelprizes.com
Biology
Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm
Microbe Zoo http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/
Nanoworld Image Gallery http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
Monarch Watch http://MonarchWatch.org/
Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
The National Library of Medicine Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/
The Whole Brain Atlas http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
Natural Perspective (Kingdoms) http://www.perspective.com/nature/index.html
Phylogeny of Life http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html
Careers
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Career Explorer http://www.careerexplorer.net
Mapping Your Future http://www.mappingyourfuture.org
Career Voyages http://www.careervoyages.gov/
Health Opportunities for Today & Tomorrow http://www.mihott.com
Life Works http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks.nsf/feature/index.htm
Catholicism
Catholic Online http://www.Catholic.org
The Vatican http://www.Vatican.va/phome_en.htm
American Catholic http://www.americancatholic.org
Catholic.net http://www.Catholic.net
Catholic Community Forum http://www.Catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
New American Bible http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm
Chemistry
Chemistry www.chemicool.com
WebElements http://www.webelements.com
Periodic Table http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm
Element Tables http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-pertab
Copyright
Copyright Kids http://www.copyrightkids.org/
What Is Copyright? http://www.whatiscopyright.org/
Countries
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Library of Congress Country Studies http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
UN Infonation http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
World Bank http://www.worldbhank.org/countries
Geographia http://www.geographia.com
Country Reports http://www.countryreports.org
Country Watch http://www.countrywatch.com/
World Flag Database http://www.flags.net/index.php
Canada http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Canada Inventors http://www.inventors.about.com/cs/canadianinventors/
Earth Science
Understanding Earthquakes http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov
EPA Student Center http://www.epa.gov/students/
Oceanic: The Ocean Information Center http://diu.cms.udel.edu
PSC Meteorology Program Cloud Boutique http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html/
Volcano World http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
Earth Day http://earthday.envirolink.org/
Fun Educational Sites
FunBrain.com http://www.funbrain.com
Disney Online http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html
Geography
Geographic.org http://www.geographic.org/maps
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asian_Geography.htm
Health
Human Anatomy Online http://www.innerbody.com
Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm
MedScape from Web MD http://www.medscape.com/px/urlinfo
Health Finder (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services) http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/
Environmental Health Factsheets and Pamphlet http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/fsmenu.htm
Net Wellness Consumer Health Information http://www.netwellness.org
KidsHealth http://www.kidshealth.com
MedlinePlus Health Information http://www.medlineplus.gov/
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
Holocaust
Cybrary of the Holocaust http://www.remember.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://ushmm.org/
Inventions
Free Patents on Line http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Canada Inventors http://www.inventors.about.com/cs/canadianinventors/
HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com/
National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/
Inventors Museum http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/
About.com: Inventors http://inventors.about.com/
Mathematics
6th, 7th, and 8th grade math textbooks' web codes are in each textbook http://www.phschool.com
Absurb Math http://www.learningwave.com/abmath
Brain Boosters http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/
Explorlearning (experience math and science with gizmos) http://www.explorelearning.com/
Figure This! http://figurethis.org
Math Journey http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html
Math Stories for the Internet Generation http://www.mathstories.com
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies http://www.mathgoodies.com
Wolfram Research Mathworld http://mathworld.wolfram.com
Science
6th, 7th, and 8th grade science textbooks' web codes are in each textbook http://www.phschool.com
Science Learning Network http://www.sln.org
Science A GoGo http://www.scienceagogo.com
HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com/
National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/
Explorelearning (experience math & science with gizmos) http://www.explorelearning.com/
Frank Potter’s Science Gems http://www.sciencegems.com
Mad Sci Network http://www.madsci.org
SciCentral http://www.scicentral.com
Bill Nye the Science Guy http://www.billnye.com/flash.html
Internet History of Science Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
A Science Odyssey http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso
Eurekalert http://www.eurekalert.org/
Popular Science (magazine) http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com
Science Magazine Online http://www.sciencemag.org
Science News Online http://www.sciencenews.org
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu
Scientists
National Inventors Hall of Fame http://www.invent.org/
Black Inventors http://www.inventors.about.com/science/inventors/cs/blackinventors/index.htm
Inventors Museum http://www.inventorsmuseum.com/
Women Inventors http://www.inventors.about.com/science/inventors/cs/womeninventors/
Distinguished Women http://www.distinguishedwomen.com
National Women’s Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php
4000 Years of Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/
Sports
2004 Olympics http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp
US Olympic Team http://www.olympic-usa.org/
The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ent80.00.00/
Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Health_PE/Sports/Sports.html
U.S. Government
Project Vote Smart (enter zip code and find your government representatives) http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html
The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal http://usa.gov
Federal Statistics http://www.fedstats.gov/
GovSpot http://www.govspot.com
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov
National Park Service http://www.nps.gov
U.S. Department of the Interior http://www.doi.gov/
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
U.S. States
A Guide to American Flags http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/
Netstate http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
50 States http://www.50states.com/
The US 50 http://www.theus50.com
Explore the States http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
World Wars
Library of Congress: America’s Story http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Library of Congress: American Memory http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Smithsonian National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu
BBC History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/timeline.html
World War I – Trenches on the Web http://www.worldwar1.com
Scholastic http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
USAF Museum http://www.wpafb.afmil/museum/history/wwii/wwii.htm
National Museum of the United States Air Force http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/