Virtual Breakroom

Just a fun site to visit for a "break." There are some actual job postings, e-cards and movie trivia.

http://www.virtualbreakroom.com/

Open Culture

An index to podcasts available on the web. There are language lessons, concerts, news, lectures, book reviews, and more!

http://www.oculture.com/weblog/

Everyday Mysteries

From the Library of Congress.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/archive.html

Egyptology Online

An introduction to the study of Ancient Egypt.

http://www.egyptologyonline.com/introduction.htm

Celebrating Wildflowers

From the USDA Forest Service.

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers

Shorpy: The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog

Quality photographs from the past.


http://www.shorpy.com

Millsbury.com

Millsbury (as in General Mills) is a virtual community where kids can play games to earn points to "buy" things, visit a virtual museum, mix their own music, and lots more. Some advertising.

http://www.millsberry.com/

A.K.A. Houdini

An online exhibit with Teacher Resources, trivia, etc.

http://www.akahoudini.org/htdocs/index.php

World Ice Art Championships

From Fairbanks, Alaska.

http://www.icealaska.com/index.html

The Training Station

Animated Exercises -- little diagrams show you how to do over 100 exercises.

http://thetrainingstationinc.com/exercises.html

HP Activity Center

Currently featuring several nice St. Patrick's Day printables (bookmarks, party invitations, greeting cards, etc.).

http://www.printsville.com/

Blinkx

The largest collection of digital video on the web.

http://blinkx.com/

8notes.com

Free sheet music & "lessons"

http://www.8notes.com/

America's 400th Anniversary

Jamestown, Virginia 1607-2007

http://www.jamestown2007.org/

Music-Map

This is a fun site to play around with -- just type in a favorite musical artist and see what other artists the site recommends.

http://www.music-map.com/

gethuman

The purpose of this website is to improve the quality of telephone customer support services. The gethuman database tells you how to get through to a real person at many major companies and government agencies.

http://gethuman.com/

The Circus in America: 1793-1940

The people, sounds and history of the American circus.

http://www.circusinamerica.org/public/welcome

Storyline Online

Books for kids read (using streaming video) by members of the Screen Actors Guild including Jason Alexander, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood and Amanda Bynes.

http://www.storylineonline.net/

American President: An Online Reference Resource

From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia

http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/

National Postal Museum

Part of the Smithsonian.

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/