The Internet basically expands the resources available. It offers powerful and varied ways for students and teachers to interact, manipulate data, and conduct research. It makes additional information resources available, and it can enhance communication.
We selected a few links that can make the lesson fun and more interesting:
One in 8 Million
A compilation of three-minute miniature portrait of a remarkable person or just an ordinary New Yorker. Great inspirational stories, really interesting.(Mature content, check it first)
Mind Lab
How is our consciousness connected to the world?
Explore the unconscious functions of the brain with visual illusions
and mysterious perceptual phenomena.
Not Exactly Rocket Science
Written by Ed Yong, a British Science writer whose work has appeard in New Scientist, The Times, Wired and more, "Not Exactly Rocket Science" is an attempt to talk about the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science to as many people as possible.
Fakebook
Teachers and students can create imaginary fakebook pages, it is very cool!
Historical Scene Investigation
The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed to give students experiences that closely resemble the work of a real historian.
