Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: One Man's History in Wood: The John Mc Crea Collection
Explore this collection of models created by artisan John McNeely. The exhibit features furnishings, homes, and buildings used by Ontario pioneers. Excellent annotations accompany each artifact.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Work of the Blacksmith Green Family Forge, Trinity, Nl
Learn about the tools used by the blacksmith at the forge and how iron was worked with to create such things as horseshoes and the iron bands for cart wheels. Selecting the print story provides for more detailed information.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Greek and Roman Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on Greek and Roman mythology including essential questions, key terms, background information, reading assignments from both Greek and Roman mythology, influences of them today, assignments such as creating a...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Millertown 1900 Men Horses Oxen Steam
The founding and development of Millertown in central Newfoundland is profiled. One man's vision created this logging town in the wilderness. Archival photographs and documents are included
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The History of Olympic Bids
Whistler,B.C. ..host to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games! This exhibit follows the history of Whistler and recognizes how previous unsuccessful Olympic bids worked to create this present day world tourist locale.
Other
Virtual Online Steamboat Museum: Steamboat Museum
This resource was created to help save the Delta Queen, the magnificent steamboat that still makes her way up and down the rivers. There are hundreds of photos and stories, collections, and research links available to the steamboat...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of the National Inventors Hall of Fame to learn about America's rich history of invention and innovation. Here you will find the museum's online exhibits and information about America's many inventors and the products...
Other
Old State House Museum: Arkansas Depression Era Photos
Take a pictorial journey back in time to experience the Great Depression as it occurred for many Arkansas people. Photos of the time create a visual history of the 1930's.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Creation's Journey
A virtual tour of two exhibits that were created for the National Museum of the American Indian but students from four American Indian schools. The exhibits display a wide variety of American Indian artifacts with descriptions of each...
Other
Royal Armouries: Web Quest: Creative Textiles: Create a Wall Hanging
After virtually exploring galleries at the Royal Armouries Museum, students design and create a wall hanging for the museum entrance using textile techniques.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Go React
Experience chemical reactions with this virtual drag-and-drop laboratory. This site allows you to create chemical reactions by combining elements from the Periodic Table.
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Color Mixing for the Senses
Learn all about color mixing and how layering primary colors can create a brand new color in this fun activity.
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: 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.
Other
Virtual Instrument Museum: Musical Instrument Materials
This interesting site is part of the Virtual Instrument Museum and it lists a variety of materials (clay, stone, wood, gourd, skin, and more) and then it lists a number of instruments created from that particular material. Each...
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.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Romare Bearden (Lesson Plan)
This 4-day lesson plan asks young scholars to explore artistic points of view, explore the elements and principals that contribute to mood, and discuss social themes that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance. The 4-day process...