Hot Links and Cool Sites

Hot Links for Teachers...Cool Sites for Kids

Busy teachers don't have time to surf for the cool sites, right? Well, here are some great ag-related sites identified for both you and your students.

A Science Fair Project Resource Guide--Internet Public Library, University of Michigan

http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Africanized Honey Bees on the Move: Lesson Plans--University of Arizona

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/

Agriculture Fact Book 1998--U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/fbook98/content.htm

Agriculture in the Classroom--U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.agclassroom.org

Agriculture Network Information Center--National Agricultural Library and Land Grant Universities

http://www.agnic.org/

Ag-tivities for Soil-minded Citizens--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.florence.ars.usda.gov/kidsonly/hb.htm

NewAIPL Kid's Corner--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.aipl.arsusda.gov/kc/kcindex.html

America's Largest Classroom on Agriculture--Agriculture Council of America

http://www.agday.org/

ARS Image Gallery--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html

AskERIC Lesson Plans--Syracuse University

http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons

bioSURF--Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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

Biotechnology Educational Resources--National Agricultural Library

http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/Education_res/

Breeds of Livestock--Oklahoma State University

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

Careers in Agriculture--FFA

http://www.ffa.org/careers/index.html

Chemicool Periodic Table--MIT alumnus

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/

City Bugs--The University of California, Berkeley

http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/explore/index.html

Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education--U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ericse.org/

Discover Magazine--The Walt Disney Company

http://www.discover.com/

Educating about Agriculture--American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

http://www.ageducate.org/

Educating Young People About Water--University of Wisconsin

http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw

Electronic Zoo--Washington University

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Agriculture and Horticulture--Smithsonian Institution

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/agriculture.htm

EPA Student Center--Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/students/

Experiments for the Classroom--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.uswcl.ars.ag.gov/exper/exper.htm

Food, Land & People--Agricultural education organization

http://www.foodlandpeople.org

Food Safety and Nutrition Information--International Food Information Council

http://ific.org/food

Genetic Science Learning Center--Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

Great Plant Escape--University of Illinois Extension

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html

History of American Agriculture--U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.usda.gov/history2/back.htm

Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs)--University of Kentucky Entomology Department

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm

Kid Links--Department of Labor

http://www.msha.gov/SOLICITOR/KIDS/kidlinks.htm

Kid's Ag Page--Illinois Department of Agriculture

http://www.agr.state.il.us/kidspage/index.html

Kids' Castle--Smithsonian Magazine

http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/

Kids' Science Page--National Agricultural Library

http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids

Kidz Korner--Michigan Department of Agriculture

http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/main.html

Natural Inquirer--USDA Forest Service

http://www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov

Planet Ag--Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

http://www.fl-ag.com/PlanetAg/index.htm

Ranger Rick--National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/rangerrick/index.html

Science in Your Shopping Cart--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/siysc.htm

Science News Online--Science Service

http://www.sciencenews.org/

Scientific American.com--Scientific American, Inc.

http://www.sciam.com/

The Science Club--Non-profit Educational Corporation

http://www.halcyon.com/sciclub/

USDA Educational Resources--U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.usda.gov/news/special/edreso.htm

USDA for Kids--U.S. Department of Agriculture

http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html

Virtual Tour: The Story of Milk--dairy producers

http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm

Weed Wizard--Agricultural Research Service

http://www.mrsars.usda.gov/morris/kids/weeds/gamerule.htm

Note: Though we have reviewed these sites for general suitability, we haven't investigated every nook and cranny, nor validated every fact. Accuracy and completeness of information is the responsibility of individual site owners. Also, links to these sites should not be taken as an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over similar sites, publications, products, and services not included.

If you have any difficulties with these links or have concerns about them for any reason, please let us know. Please also tell us about any additional sites we might want to include!