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Learn the Constitution, a page full of learning references is
provided courtesy of Cathy Travis, author of The Constitution
Translated for Kids.
The
dawning of a new age in science! "The solving of problems
previously
imagined to be unsolvable."
KidKountry:
"Matching Creative & Talented Kids With Agents & Directors"
Snow Crystals
(awesome photos)
To learn some interesting stuff about automobile insurance, have a
look at a
site that belongs to a friend of mine in Michigan.
EU- Virtual
Learning in Eureka Springs
Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Homeschooling - A to Z Home's Cool
BookCrossing
offers and absolutely fabulous approach for turning the whole world
into an interactive library with a highly unique (and cost free) Read
and Release program!!!
Students
Against Testing (A group after my own heart!)
Choir
Music Free downloads, complimentary copies. Check it out.
Declaration of Independence, full text.
SCUP (Society for
College and University Planning) has a lot of interesting info about
traditional and e-education options.
Come read stories!
(Trust me, this is a great site!!!)
My latest collection of interesting
links:
swaraj.org
demos.co.uk
theartclub.org
pioneersofchange
theworldcafe
partnershipway
21stcenturyagora
thewisdommeme
SeattleWisdomSchool
wcbe.org
Creating Learning Communities is, according to Bill Ellis (one
of the "doers" of this group), this body of work was inspired by Ivan Illich's book, "Deschooling
Society," that was written in the 1970s. Illich pointed out, as did
Paulo Friere about the same time, that conventional schooling amounts to
little more than "brain washing future citizens with the culture of the
past, preventing natural social evolution." Thus A Coalition for
Self-Learning set out in 1999 to "deschool" society. Its mantra is:
"Envision a world without schools. Create a world of learning
communities." (And I, as a long-time unschooling homeschooling mom --
having extricated my eldest daughter from the dog-eared halls of public
education way back in the early 1980s and being presently in the throes
of upbringing four more fine young citizens exactly this same way --
highly recommend this Website and commend its self-learning modality of
thought.)
New
Jersey Homeschool Association
Alliance of Home Educators
Unschooling in the Ozarks
Take Our Word
For It, the weekly word-origin webzine
Have you ever heard of
Frost
Flowers?
Here's an awesome Website about science,
plants and people:
www.edenproject.com
Homeschool
Headlines is an excellent homeschooling resources
site maintained by the homeschoolers in Pennsylvania.
Familiar
story books translated into Latin
Free
teaching packets with activities from the US Geologic Survey
Free
History Materials
The Magic Eye
(interesting and fun 3-D imagery).
Three links to find info, re:
"A Day In History"...
http://www.historychannel.com/today/
http://www.scopesys.com/today/
http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory
The Shakespeare Mystery: "Who, in fact, was he?"
Read more about it and join the debate! Click
here.
This fall, the 5th annual "Symbolic Monarch Butterfly
Migration" will be launched in collaboration with Mexico City's
Museo del Nino (Children's Museum) and classrooms across North America.
You're invited to join the celebration as students across the United
States and Canada create thousands of paper butterflies that will
"migrate" to Mexico for the winter. See
the website for more information:
Home
Schooling in the United States: 1999 -- This
report, based on data from the Parent Survey of the National Household
Education Survey Program, 1999, contains information about the
characteristics of home schooled children and their families, parent's
reasons for homeschooling, and public school support for homeschoolers.
The National Home
Education Network is chock-full of topical articles and
resource info for and about homeschoolers. To read a sample copy of
their excellent email newsletter, click here.
On this page, called Newspaper
Icosahedron, you will find a really neat learning project PLUS a
whole bunch of links to interesting stuff about geometry (such as the architectural
structure of viruses).
A
Chemical Engineering Timeline traces historically significant
events from 440 BC (when Democritus proposed the concept of an
atom to describe the indivisible and indestructible particles that were
thought to compose the substance of all things) to date.
Roadside Geology is the subject of this informative
article with photos. And it can also be the game plan for a
wonderfully invigorating field trip. A visit (with a magnifying glass)
to one of the Arkansas places depicted, or just about any "road
cut" local to your neck of the woods, is a wonderful way to laze
away an educational afternoon. Take along a picnic basket, sketch pad
and camera -- or just sit and weave basketsful of daydreams while you
watch the children play with rocks.
"Unschooling" as a topic and a practice is near and
dear to my heart, and The
Unschooling List FAQ offers one of the most comprehensive, well
written, and richly insightful dissertations on the subject that I've
ever found. In addition, there is a way to sign-up to be on a topically
focused interactive email discussion list -- and if you've never been on
an "interactive" list like this you owe it to yourself
to sample the experience.
Wanna learn more about the interwoven complexities
of being an "astronaut" on this thing called "Spaceship
Earth"??? Well the sE
Website, focused on the work of Buckminster Fuller (lovingly
known as "Bucky" to those of us who hold his life-message near
and dear), is filled with plans to develop resources and stimulate ideas
to empower our analytical thinking and problem solving skills in harmony
with our ever-evolving knowledge about the world we all share.
After this virtual visit, maybe you'd like to
continue your space explorations with a look at this article about how
the future
colonization of Mars is being strategize today, right here on
Earth!
When your cyber-vessel lands, you may want to take
your class on a Web-flight field trip to London and a visit with
the Sherlock
Holmes Museum.
And, when you're ready to give your own back yard
some well deserved thought, learn more about the Ozarks by strolling
though on-line excerpts from the excellent book, A
Living History of the Ozarks. Topics
include: The origin of the name Ozarks, the Real Ozarks, the
Misunderstood Ozarks, the Allure of the Ozarks, and much, much more.
Ever hear of a "cyberdome"??? It's
a planetarium-style theater that seats 170 people, has realtime computer
generated movies, and each seat has a 5 button control pad, so the
audience can explore the space in realtime.
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Click
here to read about the very first cyberdome, built in
Chicago.
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Click
here to visit the Website of the Cyberdome in Wichata,
Kansas.
Next, this interactive tutorial about the "The
Power of Ten" is awesome!!! And the site it's on is filled
with other totally fantastic Science stuff. Really, it's like taking a
really neat field trip and is great fun to explore with a small
group.
Wanna learn a bit of higher math in a fun
way...??? Build a model of a
geodesic dome!!!
Project
Gutenberg is a huge online library of classic texts that are
available for free download, and the history of how this project came to
be is an interesting lesson in itself.
"This is a great GEOGRAPHY lesson,"
wrote Carol. "It is a mind-boggling testimony to SCIENTIFIC strides
of our century. It is a vivid reminder of environmental issues; no
WONDER we don't see the Milky Way like we used to as youngsters!
Wherever YOU are 'coming from', this photo
of earth at night is for you!"
In the ''free fun and educational games"
department, our age-12 daughter highly recommends NeoPets.
And, if you're looking to spend some quality time
around the computer, pull up those family chairs and explore JigSawPuzzles.
"Stereograms
is a marvelous site - if you like these things and have time to play
with them," wrote our loyal friend, Mary Alice. "To view the
pictures it is necessary to relax your mind and look deeply into the
picture, as if you are trying to see the other side. The 3D view will
become stronger and stronger once you begin to see it. Enjoy!"
The following links offer lots of information
about various approaches to homeschooling. For more educational
fun, please visit gozarks Learning
Resources page.
Eclectic Homeschool Online
Fort
Smith Public Library Page of Links
Homeschool Organizations in Arkansas
Homeschool Teachers' Lounge
Homeschool Legal
Defense Association (More than the name implies, this site has many
interesting articles and useful links.)
Homeschool World
Learn in Freedom
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If you know of a site that should be added to the
list on this page, please send info to editor@gozarks.com.
Thanks!
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