A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.

Loads of information! Read a short description of the actual Battle and a piece that was written by Maj. Gen. Couch after the War, and much more. Includes the official descriptions and descriptions of the battle from various sources.

Shows British maps of trench warfare and gives a brief explanation.

Journey back over a million years ago and see how the common frog has adapted and changed.

NASA website with current news of the International Space Station, with links to past articles, operational details, photographs, a virtual tour, and crew biographies.

Excellent NASA sponsored site on the principles of rockets. The site relates Newton's 3 laws to the flight of a rocket. Site also has links to activities related to rockets in addition to links about practical rocketry.

Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...

The tension between Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union at end of World War II is surveyed with an excellent presentation with many links and images, a time line, glossary, and archive.

Have questions for NASA human space flight crews? You have three options .. shuttle flight crews, mission control crews, or station crew. There are existing archived Q&As, but you can also email your own questions.

Students investigate how people throughout history have used myths to understand natural occurrences.

On this site you will find the political party platforms of all parties from 1840 to the current year. A great resource and an interesting way to do comparing and contrasting.

Investigation shows that gas takes up space and has mass, and that the motion of gas molecules is affected by heating and cooling.

Students investigate how low temperature causes water vapor to condense into a liquid and then freeze to form a solid.

Observe how heating and cooling affect the density of water. Combine the concepts of temperature, molecular motion, and density to learn that hot water is less dense than room temperature water and that cold water is more dense.

How can you trace the history of a community? What are the historical clues and tips you can use to find out what shaped its past? This site explains the techniques historians can use and provides great examples.

This resource analyzes the science of hockey from a variety of angles. Explains why ice is slippery, what affects the reaction times of goalies and more. Requires RealPlayer.

This site contains the full text of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre," including prefaces to the second and third editions.

This Library of Congress site provides a brief description of Crane's life as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American War and then provides some excerpts from some of his war correspondences. A bibliography of related works of...

Scroll through the interactive timeline to learn about the U.S. Constitution.

Learn about one of the current space observatory launched into space: The Spitzer Space Telescope. Discover its purpose, activities, and how the telescope was built.

Are you looking to help sort out your feelings on changing careers? The Amby career resources offer activities to explore identifying change and investigating your identity.

Are you interested in identifying your skills? Use the Amby career resources to match your skills to possible career choices.

This teacher resource includes imagesand historical documents, alllowing readers to trace the creation of our government from the Continental Congress through the Articles of Confederation. An overview helps to clarify the policies and...

The BBC brings together a lot of useful information about the moon and related topics, such as the lunar landings, and publishes it in the form of a traveler's guide.