Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Shadow Drawing
Have fun in the sun with shadow drawing.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Bubble Domes
Try making your own bubbles at home, helping with learning about math and science.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Make a Cardboard Train
Show off your artistic skills by creating your own cardboard train using recyclable materials in your home.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Egg to Go
Activity is based on Dr. Seuss's book, Horton Hatches the Egg. Decide on how you would keep your egg safe by devising an eggcellent carrier.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Create a Shaker Percussion Instrument
Percussion instruments produce sound through vibration, so if you hit, scrape, rub, or shake the instrument, it makes a sound. Making your very own shaker to accompany your song is easy.
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Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Color Blending Top
Put a new spin on blending colors by creating your own spinning top. Mix colors through motion and make this optical illusion spring to life.
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Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Skele Fun With Skeletons!
Did you know that you have a skeleton inside your hand? Wiggle your fingers, can you feel the bones? What if you could see them too? Use colorful paint to draw your bones on your hand. It takes a lot of tiny bones to help our amazing...
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Fingerprint Art Bookmark
In this activity, you will make some fingerprint art into a bookmark, whether it's for yourself or a unique gift for a special person in your life!
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Nature Sculptures
Have you ever wanted to make your own sculpture? You can use materials readily available in your garden, neighborhood, and local park to design a nature sculpture.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Mackinaw Jackets
A one-page description of Mackinaw jackets which were designed by Metis women and later used by the military and loggers.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Traditional Metis Clothing
Traditional clothing of the Metis is described, along with decorative features and the commercialization of it. The article also has questions and activities and a bibliography.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: North West Mounted Police Photos
This set of historical photos shows various scenes related to the North-West Mounted Police.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Edouard Beaupre, Metis Giant
Edouard Beaupre was known as the Giant of Willow Bunch. This is a set of photos related to Edouard Beaupre.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Gabriel Dumont Historical Photos
A collection of historical photos related to Gabriel Dumont.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Samuel Brannan's Bank
This site contains a poster of a new bank started by Sam Brannen in San Francisco during the gold rush.
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Walker Art Center
Use this site to visit the Walker Art Center's permanent collection and virtual artist studio. Also, read about artists and past and upcoming exhibits.
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History Blog: Family Looking for Broken Sewer Pipe Finds 2,500 Years of History
A fascinating story about a family in Lecce, Italy, who made a major archaeological discovery while digging under their house to find the source of a problem in the pipes that led to a toilet. What they found instead was an entire...
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (British Columbia)
The homepage of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, chiefly known for its impressive collection of Asian art, provides a variety of ways to access its collections and special exhibitions: through interactive virtual exhibitions, show...
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3 D Mekanlar: Sites in 3 D: The Pyramids
Take a virtual tour of the Egyptian pyramids. There are thirty-one tours in all. Instructions on how to navigate through the tours are given below, and the set can also be downloaded to your computer for easier viewing.
Google
Google Maps
Explore the entire world or your local area through Google's maps, Street View photos, satellite images, and in a 360-degree panorama. Take a virtual field trip to an Arctic town or a Pacific island, a famous landmark, a bird sanctuary,...
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Whyville
Your students can become a citizen of Whyville, an on-line town. They can build a face, build a house, and build a business. There are tons of science experiments for them to try as well as art games at the Getty Museum. This is a great...
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Department of Transportation: Maritime Career
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
University of California
Ucmp: Online Exhibits
Visit the virtual exhibits at this site to learn more about paleontology, the history of the earth, and life on earth. Use the information on this site to understand geology, geologic time, evolution, and phylogeny.
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Cmc: Mysteries of Egypt: Tutankhamun
Site provides extensive information about King Tut, the boy king. Content includes a focus on King Tut's life and times, the cause of his death, his funeral, his tomb, his treasure, and the Mummy's Curse. Numerous photographs and a...