Explore the world of art, science and history!
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Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius.
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Learn from Carl Rungius, one of America's finest wildlife artists, how
to use art principles to compose a powerful art composition. Get acquainted
with the the principles, then create your own composition and submit it
to the Critique Gallery for review! (Middle school and up)
Art
Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Awarded "Best of the Web: Educational Site" at Museums &
the Web 2001!
Explore art at this museum in ways you never could before! Tell a story,
illustrate it with wildlife, put it to music, and publish it on the Web!
(Third grade to adult)
Arts
Workshop
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Awarded "Best of the Web: Educational Site" at Museums and
the Web 2000!
Create a multimedia puppet show by writing the story, casting the characters,
selecting the music, and choreographing the action—then publish it
online for everyone to enjoy! Also explore sculpture and more. (Second
grade to adult)
Surrounded by Beauty: The Arts of Native America
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
There is no equivalent in the many Native American languages for the
word art. Yet Native Americans are a
highly spiritual people who create objects of extraordinary beauty.
Explore dozens of works of art in this online exhibition.
A Lifetime of Color
ArtEdventures and Art Education Resources
Sanford
Explore the world of art! Play the ArtEdventures—learning about Leonardo
da Vinci, color theory, landscape painting, and much more. Make your own
masterpieces. And find valuable teaching resources for art and classroom
teachers. (Kindergarten to adult)
Kinetosaurs: Putting
some teeth into art and science
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Explore the art and science behind kinetosaurs, mobile dinosaur sculptures
featured in a new exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
(Third grade and up)
Building
Surprises: The Architecture of the Weisman Art Museum
Weisman Art Museum
Explore this unusual building and think about architecture in a new way!
(Fifth grade to adult)
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Art history disguised as a noir mystery. (Fourth grade to adult)
Inside Art
Explore a painting from the inside out. (Fifth grade to adult)
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Kid's Design Network
(KDN)
DuPage Children's Museum
Have you ever wanted to invent a gadget? With KDN, you can! You're
the engineer! (Third - fifth grade)
Monetary
Mania!
International Monetary Fund
How much do you know about money? Test your knowledge with this quiz show
about macroeconomics and global monetary policy. (High school and up)
The
IMF in Action.
International Monetary Fund
Learn the difference between a hard and soft currency, how a country can
recover from economic crisis, and how the International Monetary Fund
works with member countries. (High school and up)
Order
in the Court.
Colonial Williamsburg
You're a justice of the peace in colonial Virginia, sitting in judgment
of three cases. Call on the plaintiff, defendant, lawyers and witnesses,
then compare your verdict with that of history! (Fifth grade and up)
Go West,
Young Artist
Sanford Corporation
It's 1870, and explorers and artists are discovering the wonders of the
American West. Travel westward and meet six landscape artists to learn
the basics of landscape composition. (Fifth grade and up)
Understanding
Slavery
Discovery Channel
Explore the ways that slavery has been woven into the fabric of societies
in America and around the world. (Sixth grade to adult)
Enslaved
Colonial Williamsburg
(Go to Sample Electronic Field Trip Site) What's the story
behind slavery in America? Explore the history of the slave trade with
actual diaries and documents from the eighteenth century. (Fifth grade
to adult)
Crossroads
Colonial Williamsburg
(Go to Sample Electronic Field Trip Site) How did people
travel from place to place three hundred years ago? Take the journeys
of a slave, poor family and newly-elected politician. Can you reach your
destination safely? (Fifth grade to adult)
Loyalty or Liberty?
Colonial Williamsburg
(Go to Sample Electronic Field Trip Site) Gather secrets
for both Loyalists and Patriots in revolutionary Virginia, then decide
where your own loyalties lie. (Fifth grade to adult)
Leonardo's
Workshop.
Sanford
Someone has changed history! You must travel back in time to the Renaissance
and explore Leonardo da Vinci's workshop in search of clues. (Fourth grade
to adult)
Amazon Interactive
Learn about the people and geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Try running
a community-based ecotourism project. (Fourth grade to adult)
Tracking
The Tiger Trade
Tiger Information Center
Go undercover to Asia to expose the illegal trade in tiger parts. (Sixth
grade to adult)
The
Watershed Game
Bell LIVE!
Manage human activities in a watershed to preserve water quality. (Fifth
grade to adult)
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In Search
of the Ways of Knowing Trail
Brookfield Zoo (Chicago)
An immersive adventure in Africa's Ituri Forest--and an encounter
with the cultures of the people who live there. (Third grade and up)
Be a Spacecraft
Engineer
The JASON Project
Design a new spacecraft based on the STARDUST comet-sampling craft. (Fourth
grade to adult)
Build-A-Prairie
Bell LIVE!
Can you turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie? Choose the right species
and watch the prairie come to life! (Fifth grade to adult)
CosmicQuest
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Design a space station, learn about the planets and famous astronomers,
find out what's in the sky tonight, and more! (Third/Fourth grade to adult)
The
Dirt on Soil
Discovery Channel
Dig into soil horizons, come face to face with bizarre critters, and take
a virtual journey underground! (Sixth grade to adult)
Geo
Mysteries
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Discover the fascinating science of geology with these Geo Mysteries about
rocks, fossils, and minerals. (Third grade to adult)
Kinetosaurs: Putting
some teeth into art and science
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Explore the art and science behind kinetosaurs, mobile dinosaur sculptures
featured in a new exhibit at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. (Third
grade to adult)
The
Watershed Game
Bell LIVE!
Manage a watershed to preserve water quality. (Fifth grade to adult)
Who's Out There? A Space
Science Adventure
The SETI Institute
How to lead a search for other life in the universe. (Fifth grade to adult)
Digital Lab: Observing a Coral Reef
The JASON Project
Dive into Bermuda's coral reef to examine corals and analyze environmental
change. Demo only. (Sixth grade to adult)
Tiger Adventures
and Activities
Tiger Information Center
Learn about tigers by pursuing a runaway tiger, planning a zoo exhibit,
tracking down tiger poachers, and more! (Age varies)
Amazon Interactive
Learn about the people and geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Try running
a community-based ecotourism project. (Fourth grade to adult)
Subscription sites (We have developed
many Digital Labs for the JASON Project's subscription site. Potential
clients may contact us to request permission
to review them as part of our portfolio.)
Subscription sites (We have developed
about a dozen Web adventures for Colonial Williamsburg's Electronic Field
Trip program. Potential clients may contact us
to request permission to review them as part of our portfolio.)
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