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Academic Decathlon United States Academic Decathlon, program begun in 1968 by Dr. Robert Peterson (1920-2003)with headquarters in Minnesota |
Air Zoo Air Zoo - air and space museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan |
Alaska Alaska state government website |
Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (1879-1955) spent his last 20 years at Princeton University. This site is from the Historical Society of Princeton. |
Algal blooms information on harmful algal blooms by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
Amelia Earhart Official website of Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), pioneer woman aviator |
AmeriCorps AmeriCorps: Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency serving at more than 60,000 locations throughout the country |
Animal Diversity Web encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom written over many years by professors and graduate students at the Univ. of Michigan |
Anne Frank Sapling Project in US From her window in her hiding place, Anne Frank noted the change of seasons by a large Chestnut tree. That tree toppled in 2010. Eleven sites in the US have saplings from the tree. |
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Website for the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon on July 16, 2019, sponsored by Buzz Aldrin Ventures --- Buzz Aldrin was one of three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission and the second man to walk on the moon. |
Arkansas Arkansas state government website |
ArtPrize ArtPrize, the largest art contest voted by people who view art placed at venues in Grand Rapids, Mich. each fall |
Barringer Meteorite Crater Barringer Meteorite Crater, also called Meteor Crater, is located east of Flagstaff, Arizona. It was created about 50,000 years ago when a meteorite struck the Earth. |
Barron Prize for Young Heroes Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, an annual prize given to 25 students, ages 8 to 18, for their significant impact on people, their communities and the environment |
Big Ten Big Ten athletics - 14 member schools |
Bird Studies Canada Bird Studies Canada, partner in the Great Backyard Bird Count by the Cornell Lab of (GBBC) Ornithology |
BirdLife International an organization with 121 partner organizations located around the world to support birds; global office is located in the United Kingdom |
Blue Star Museums Blue Star Museums, a list of museum by the National Endowment of Arts that offer free admission to active duty military; |
Blueberry Council U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council - celebrating 100 years of blueberries in 2015-2016 |
Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation site dedicated to keeping the legacy of Bob Hope (1903-2003), Hollywood star who entertained troops overseas from World War II through the Persian Gulf War in 1991. |
Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum in Boston; visitors can experience the Boston Tea Party on a period ship and see one of the two remaining crates from the 1773 Boston Tea Party protest |
Breaking Through the Clouds Breaking Through the Clouds, a documentary by Heather Taylor about the first National Women's Air Derby in 1929 |
British Museum The British Museum: founded in England in 1753; the first national public museum in the world; opened to the public on Jan. 15, 1759; |
Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum in New York City, one of the oldest museums in the U.S. |
Brown vs. Board of Education The case of Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954), a case that made it illegal to segregate children in schools based on race; |
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park park in Buffalo, New York where the 'USS The Sullivans' is on display as a tribute to the five Sullivan Brothers who were all killed in November 1942 when their ship, the 'USS Juneau,' sank |
Caldecott Medal Caldecott Medal award winners (American Library Association) |
Campus Martius Museum Museum of the Northwest Territory in Marietta, Ohio, the first settlement in the Northwest Territory |
Candy Bomber - Gail Halvorsen site dedicated to Col. Gail Halvorsen, the Army Air Corps pilot who dropped candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948-1949 |
Car Safety Research on automobile safety features as a partnership between the National Safety Council and the University of Iowa (at mycardoeswhat.org) |
Careers at NASA A wide range of expertise is needed by NASA from engineers and scientists to artists and public relations specialists |
Carnegie, Andrew The story of Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) by the Carnegie Corporation of New York |
Carpenter's Hall historic building in Philadelphia that was home to the first Continental Congress and the first Bank of the United States; |
Cascades Volcano Observatory website devoted to Monitoring activity of volcanoes in the Cascade Range by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists |
Chaffee Planetarium Chaffee Planetarium in Grand Rapids, Michigan named to honor Roger Chaffee, NASA astronaut who was killed on Jan. 27, 1967 in a fire on the Apollo 1 command module; planetarium is at the Grand Rapids Public Museum |
Challenger Center Challenger Center - nonprofit organization formed by families of the astronauts killed in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle accident |
Chihuly Garden and Glass Chihuly Garden and Glass, an indoor-outdoor exhibition of Dale Chihuly's glass art, located at the base of Seattle's Space Needle |
Child Labor Act of 1916 Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (transcript - National Archives) Primary Source Document |
Choose My Plate Choose My Plate - dietary guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
Chrysler Museum of Art Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, founded by Walter Chrysler, Jr., son of the founder of the automobile company |
CIA World Factbook CIA World Factbook by the Central Intelligence Agency - detailed information on the population, government, education, and economy of every country in the world |
Climate by NOAA Climate and weather information by NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Clinton Library William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas |
Cloud Chart Pictures of 27 categories of clouds with symbols people use to report observations; chart by the National Weather Service |
Cloud types In 1803, Luke Howard described four core types of clouds, names still used today. This is an excellent introduction to clouds by the National Weather Service. |
Cold War Museum The Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Virginia, the site of a previous U.S. Army Security Agency Field Station |
College Park Aviation Museum in College Park, Maryland; memorabilia from Elaine Harmon, WASP who is subject of a book by her granddaughter - Final Flight, Final Fight by Erin Miller |
Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia - historic village telling the story of colonial America and the Revolutionary War |
Colorado Colorado state government website |
Copper sheathing The history of copper sheathing from the 18th century on to today as told by the USS Constitution Museum in Boston - excellent site |
Crop Prgress reports (USDA) Crop progress reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are issued weekly during the summer growing season and fall harvest; This site has state-by-state information. |
Crops for the Future Crops for the Future, established in 2009; Mission: facilitate the wider use of underutilized crops |
Cryptologic Museum National Cryptologic Museum, the public museum of the National Security Agency (NSA) in Maryland |
D-Day Squadron organized the flight of 15 transport airplanes that flew during World War II to fly across the Atlantic Ocean for the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019 to reenact the early hours of the invasion when paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines along the Normandy coast in France |
Dangerous Decibels excellent website on preventing hearing damage from noise; by the University of Northern Colorado with support from the CDC; educator resources available |
Dark Sky Places Dark Sky Places, locations reducing light pollution in order to see the night sky - International Dark Sky Association (IDA) |
Day of Infamy speech by FDR good study guide and video (4:47) of President Roosevelt's famous "Day of Infamy" speech delivered to Congress on Dec. 8, 1941, one day after the Pearl Harbor attack |
Delaware Delaware state government website |
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum train depot in Dennison, Ohio that operated one of the largest Canteens for soldiers during World War II; thousands of women operated the Canteen 24/7 for four years |
Derecho weather phenomenon The National Weather Service (NWS) explains, in text and graphics, a derecho, a rare weather phenomenon characterized by high winds. |
Desert Dome Desert Dome at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium; zoo also has a large indoor rainforest; |
Discover the Forest public service campaign by a partnership of nonprofit and government agencies to help people locate parks and forests; |
Eagle Cam Bald Eagle Cam from Washington D.C. by the American Eagle Foundation - live feed of bald eagles in their nest at the National Arboretum |
Eclipse 2017 Information on the Total Solar Eclipse, including how to protect your eyes, on Aug. 21, 2017 |
Edison - Thomas Thomas Edison (1847-1931) papers at Rutgers University in New Jersey |
Eisenhower Memorial New Eisenhower Memorial in Washington DC is opening on May 8, 2020, the 75th anniversary of V-E Day (Victory in Europe) marking the end of WWII in Europe |
Electricity How electricity is delivered to homes (U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA) |
Electronics Museum National Electronics Museum in Maryland has a permanent exhibit on radar used during WWII |
Eliza Scidmore Eliza Scidmore (1856-1928), the woman who traveled the world and worked tirelessly from 1885-1910 to bring cherry trees from Japan to line the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, now a tradition that attracts thousands of tourists each spring. The first trees were planted in 1912. |
Ella Sharp Museum Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, Michigan; also the site of the Hurst Planetarium |
Endangered Cats International Society for Endangered Cats (Canada); devoted to "working for the smaller cats" |
Endangered Species Act Overview of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 with link to complete document (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - USFWS) |
Every Kid in a Park Every Kid in a Park - free admission to national parks for fourth graders and their families from Sept. 1, 2015 through Aug. 31, 2016 |
Exchange Club National Exchange Club - community service organization |
Exploratorium The Exploratorium - museum and learning lab in San Francisco |
Exxon Valdez 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill near Alaska (audio of Capt. Hazelwood calling the Valdez Vessel Traffic Center informing them of the leak) |
Exxon Valdez oil spill State of Alaska website with information on the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 known as The Great Alaskan Oil Spill |
Falcon Cam Falcon Cam of peregrine falcons in the clock tower of the Wood County Courthouse in Bowling Green, Ohio; The mascot for Bowling Green State University is the peregrine falcon. |
Families of Flight 93 Families of Flight 93 - relatives of 40 passengers/crew killed on Sept. 11, 2001 on the fourth hijacked airplane that crashed in Pennsylvania |
FDR Presidential Library and Museum FDR Presidential Library and Museum, the official library and museum of President Franklin D, Roosevelt (1882-1945) located in Hyde Park, New York |
Find a national forest The U.S. Forest Service, part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), has 153 national forests that it protects and preserves. Find one here! |
Fire Administration U.S. Fire Administration (within FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency) |
Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention Week sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA |
Fish Count The Great Annual Fish Count by the Reef Environmental Education Foundation |
Flag House The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore where the flag was sewn that inspired the national anthem |
Flanders Fields poem Biography of Lt. Col. John McCrae, surgeon and poet who wrote the In Flanders Fields poem in 1915 from the battlefields in Belgium (Bio by Veterans Affairs Canada) |
Florida My Florida state government portal |
Flyways State links to flyways, the four patterns of spring migration: Atlantic, Pacific, Central, and Mississippi Flyways |
Food Safety Food Safety, a site by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
Ford, Gerald R. Educator resources about President Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president, by National Geographic and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation |
Future City Future City - a national competition for middle school students to imagine and design future cities, associated with Engineering Week |
Gail Halvorsen Aviation Education Center Gail Halvorsen, 98 as of Aug. 28, 2019, is a WWII veteran and pilot best known as the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift (1947-1948) when he dropped candy from planes to starving German children. His education center is in Provo, Utah. |
Geneva Protocol the 1925 Geneva Protocol, an international ban on chemical weapons (Source: U.S. Department of State) |
George Eastman House George Eastman House - International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York |
Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum, an art museum, located in Los Angeles, California |
Glass Art Society Glass Art Society: organization for glass artists with 2,700 members in 50 countries; based in Seattle |
Globe at Night international effort to call attention to light pollution; |
Go Red for Women Go Red for Women - heart health campaign by the American Heart Association |
Goddard, Robert The life of Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry (NASA) |
Great Lakes - TEACH educational resource by the Great Lakes Commission through a grant from the EPA |
Great Northern Festival The Great Northern Festival in Minneapolis-St. Paul; an unbelievable array of winter activities in late January into February including huge ice sculptures, autonomous snow plowing, pond ice hockey, outdoor feasts and more.. |
Green Bank Observatory Green Bank Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation, located in West Virginia, and is focused on radio astronomy |
Greensboro Four On Feb. 1, 1960, four African American North Carolina A&T State University students sat at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro and would not leave until served. Their peaceful sit-in eventually led to the elimination of Jim Crow laws in the south. |
Hampton History Museum Hampton History Museum in Hampton, Virginia where NASA's Langley Research Center is located |
Hawaii Hawaii state government website |
Heart Health Heart Health - Go Red for Women (American Heart Association) |
Heart Truth The Heart Truth (National Institutes of Health) |
Hermione Frigate 2015 Hermione Frigate - replica of French ship that brought Lafayette to the United States to assist George Washington in the Revolutionary War |
Honey production March 2016 report on honey production by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
Hoover Dam Hoover Dam - U.S. Department of the Interior |
Hurricanes in history Notable hurricanes in history beginning with the 1900 hurricane that devastated Galveston, Texas |
Ice Age Trail Alliance Ice Age Trail Alliance in Wisconsin, a 1,200-mile trail maintained by the alliance in partnership with the National Park Service. |
Idaho state of Idaho government website |
Illinois Illinois state government website |
Imagining the Internet history of communications from Elon University Department of Communications (North Carolina) |
Independence Seaport Museum Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, home of the USS Olympia, the oldest steel warship still afloat in the world; launched in 1892 |
International Observe the Moon Night International Observe the Moon Night, held since 2010 each fall to bring the world together to learn about the moon, Earth's closest neighbor -- planned by a committee led by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Education and Communications Team |
Iowa Iowa state government website |
Iowa State Fair Iowa State Fair - famous for the butter cow sculpture and one of the largest state fairs in the nation |
Italian Space Agency Italian Space Agency, NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) partner on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn that ended on Sept. 15, 2017 |
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. |
JC Raulston Arboretum JC Raulston Arboretum on the campus of North Carolina State University - in August 2019, opened Air Bee & Bee, a habitat for pollinators |
Jesse Owens The official website of Jesse Owens, Olympian who won 4 Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics |
JetStream an online school about weather topics from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
Juneteenth On June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, slavery ended even though President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. The anniversary celebration is now called Juneteenth. Resource is the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
Kansas Kansas state government website |
Kentucky Kentucky state government website |
Last Man on the Moon The Last Man on the Moon, a documentary on Capt. Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander, NASA's last mission to the moon |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the Berkeley campus of the Univ. of California, a research lab established in 1952 to work on national security issues |
Lightning Five ways lightning strikes people (NOAA information, with animation) |
Lino Tagliapietra Lino Tagliapietra - considered the world's greatest living studio glass artist who lives and works in Italy |
Lions Club Lions Clubs - community service organization |
Lunar and Planetary Institute Lunar and Planetary Institute located in Houston, Texas; in existence for more than 40 years conducting research and outreach to the public and scientific community on lunar and planetary topics |
MacArthur Memorial The MacArthur Memorial, a museum dedicated to General Douglas MacArthur who fought in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War. The museum is located in Norfolk, Virginia. |
Mackinac Bridge Mackinac Bridge in northern Michigan, the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere |
Maine Maine state government website |
Manhattan Project during World War II Department of Energy (DOE) traces its history to World War II and the work to develop the atomic bomb that ended the war. This link has resources on the Manhattan Project, the name assigned to the top secret effort because early work was done at Columbia University in New York City |
Marbury vs. Madison Marbury vs. Madison, an 1803 Supreme Court case that allowed it to determine the constitutionality of actions by the other 2 branches of government; |
Mariners Museum The Mariners' Museum and Park - located in Newport News, Virginia - USS Monitor artifacts |
Maryland Maryland state government website |
Math Moves U MathMovesU, an educational site (by Raytheon) to promote STEM with resources for Pi Day (March 14) |
Mazza Museum Mazza Museum of International Art in Children's Picture Books - on the campus of Ohio's Univ. of Findlay |
McCrae House in Guelph, Canada McCrae House in Guelph, Canada: home of John McCrae (1872-1918), soldier, physician, and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields in 1915 during WWI |
Merci Train (Gratitude Train) Merci train: railroad boxcars sent to each state in 1949 as a gift from France for America's role in WWII liberating France. |
Mexican Museum The Mexican Museum - established in 1975 in San Francisco |
Michigan Michigan state government website |
Michigan apples Michigan Apples shipped to more than 25 states; bumper crop of 31 million bushels in 2016 |
Microbiology Online Microbiology Online by the Microbiology Society, an organization based in London with 4,000 members representing universities, industry, hospitals, and research institutes |
Mineral Museum A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, Michigan, a museum of Michigan Tech University showcasing minerals found around the world and minerals of the Great Lakes region |
Missouri Missouri state government website |
Missouri River This is a fascinating article from Montana Outdoors (2005) on the source of the Missouri River and the role the Lewis and Clark Expedition played in determining the source. |
Monitor The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship built by the U.S. Navy in 1861 |
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA): preserving the shipwreck of the Civil War ironclad ship, the USS Monitor, off the coast of North Carolina |
Montana Montana state government website |
Montpelier Montpelier - the estate of James and Dolley Madison (Virginia) |
moon - NASA NASA information about the moon, Earth's natural satellite |
Morton Arboretum The Morton Arboretum near Chicago was founded in 1922 and today is a leader in tree conservation and research. |
Motown Museum Founded in 1985, the Motown Museum in Detroit is celebrating 60 years of Motown music in 2019; |
Museum of Tolerance Museum of Tolerance, a Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum; located in Los Angeles, California |
Music for All organization promotes high school bands and orchestras through regional and national competitions and championships |
MusiCorps MusiCorps: "Helping wounded warriors play music and recover their lives" |
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
National Poppy Day National Poppy Day by the American Legion held the Friday before Memorial Day to "Remember the fallen and support the living" |
National Warplane Museum National Warplane Museum - located in Geneseo, New York and home of Whiskey-7, an operable C-47 cargo plane flown on D-Day |
Nautilus Live Nautilus Live - Explore the ocean live with Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of scientists |
Nebraska Nebraska state government website |
Neon Museum The Neon Museum in Las Vegas - opened in 2012 to preserve iconic neon signs |
Nevada Nevada state government website |
New York New York state government website |
Newseum an online only museum devoted to journalism and journalists |
Ninety-Nines The Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots; founded in 1929; Amelia Earhart was the first president; |
Normandy 1944 Normandy 1944: primary source written histories of the Normandy invasion, WWII, and the Holocaust by Frank Everards |
Oak Ridge National Lab Oak Ridge National Lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, site of the Manhattan Project during WWII |
Observe the Moon Night International Observe the Moon Night, an international day held since 2010 to observe and learn about the moon |
Ohio Ohio state government |
Old Sturbridge Village Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, an 1830s New England living history museum; note the online exhibit of childhood in 19th century New England |
Olympics The Olympic Movement (International Olympic Committee) |
OnGuardOnline resources for digital literacy and digital citizenship (FCC) |
Orbital ATK private space company that is a NASA partner (example of a public-private partnership) |
Oregon state of Oregon government |
Outreach Program The Outreach Program (based in Iowa) with a focus on meeting global needs for food, safe water, medical care, and education |
Paul Revere House The Paul Revere House: Paul Revere (1734-1818) is famous for his midnight ride on April 18, 1775 from Boston to Lexington at the start of the American Revolution. |
Peace Corps Founding of the Peace Corps through Executive Order No. 10924 by President Kennedy in 1961 (Primary Source Document at the National Archives) |
Pearl Harbor Extensive site on the Pearl Harbor attack of Dec. 7, 1941 including video of FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech (Pearl Harbor Memorials) |
Pennsylvania Commonwealth of Pennsylvania state government website |
Pi Day Pi Day - March 14 to celebrate the mathematical constant of 3.14159...... |
Pilchuck Glass School Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, co-founded by Dale Chihuly, master glass artist |
Play, Clean, Go Play, Clean, Go - how to prevent the spread of invasive species by the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources |
Plessy and Ferguson Foundation Descendants of Homer Plessy and John Ferguson, opponents in the Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1896 have formed a foundation together to teach the history of the Civil Rights movement |
Pollinators a section within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)site explaining pollinators |
Project SNOWstorm Project SNOWstorm - study of Snowy Owl winter migration south from the Arctic to the United States |
Quidditch U.S. Quidditch - teams that compete in Quidditch tournaments, the game made famous in the Harry Potter novels |
RAGBRAI Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa - bicyclists ride from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River across Iowa in one week! (sponsored by the Des Moines Register) |
Restore the Gulf Restore the Gulf - a recovery effort for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
Riding Through History - RAGBRAI Riding Through History, an exhibit on RAGBRAI at the Iowa State Historical Museum; RAGBRAI is a bicycle ride across the state of Iowa form the Missouri River to the Mississippi River |
Ringling The Ringling, an art and historical museum in Sarasota, Florida |
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on the Boston Common honors the Union Army leader of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all-black regiment in the US Army during the Civil War |
Rocket Boys Festival Rocket Boys Festival, held annually in West Virginia near Coalwood to honor the Rocket Boys, Homer Hickam and his high school friends who built and launched rockets; Homer wrote a book - Rocket Boys - that was made into a popular movie - October Sky |
Rocket Contest Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) - Rocket contest for high school students sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) |
Rockwell Museum The Rockwell Museum - art museum in downtown Corning, New York located in the Old City Hall building |
Roosevelt (FDR) Day-by-Day log primary source log of FDR's daily activities during his four terms in office from 1933 to his death on April 12, 1945 (FDR Presidential Library and Museum) |
Roscosmos Roscosmos - the Russian Federal Space Agancy |
Safety Council National Safety Council with the sole mission of promoting safety; based in Itasca, Illinois |
Science Friday Science Friday by the Science Friday Initiative; radio program aired by many NPR stations |
Shackleton Centenary Shackleton Centenary - descendants of Ernest Shackleton retrace his 1908-1909 expedition to Antarctica |
Silk Road The Silk Road, a trade route dating back to ancient Asia and the Roman Empire; information from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization) |
Simon Wiesenthal biography of Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor who spent the rest of his life bringing Nazi war criminals to justice |
Sluth Carolina official website of the state of South Carolina; Columbia (capital) |
Smithsonian Learning Lab Smithsonian Learning Lab, an online digital resource with more than one million artifacts from their vast collections |
Snow Crystals website by Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of Physics at Caltech |
Solar Decathlon Solar Decathlon - college competition sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy |
Space Needle Seattle's Space Needle, built for the 1962 World's Fair |
SpaceX SpaceX, a private contractor to NASA to advance America's goals for space exploration |
Spirit of '45 Spirit of '45 - keeping the history of World War II alive |
Sputnik Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the Earth; developed and launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 |
Spy Museum International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. |
State Parks Click "Find A Park" on the home page for a list and link to all state parks in your state |
Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist who was international known for his work studying the cosmos |
Sun by NASA excellent illustration and explannation of the sun's layers by NASA |
Tennessee tourism The Soundtrack of America: Made in Tennessee - state tourism website |
Texas Texas state government website |
Thanksgiving origin Two pilgrims who attended the First Thanksgiving in 1621 wrote about the event - primary source doc from the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts |
The Alamo The Alamo: The Mission, The Battle, The Legend (in San Antonio, Texas to commemorate the 1836 event) |
Titanic Belfast Titanic Belfast - in Ireland - museum devoted to the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic |
Tony Awards The Tony Awards, named after Antoinette Perry after she died in 1946; awarded since 1947 for achievement by theatre professionals; |
Tri-State Warbird Museum historic aviation museum in Batavia, Ohio (near Cincinnati) that was founded in 2003 to preserve WWII aircraft |
Tuskegee Airmen Red Tail Squadron - a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II who trained in Tuskegee, Alabama |
Tuskegee University Tuskegee University, founded in 1881 as the Tuskegee Institute with Dr. Booker T. Washington its first principal |
U.S. Capitol history history of the U.S. Capitol by the Architect of the Capitol (excellent 5-minute video of the history of construction) |
U.S. Congress Congress.gov is the main legislative information system website for the U.S. Congress. |
U.S. Space & Rocket Center U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, a mission of NASA, with partners, to educate students about space careers and space programs |
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
Unity College Unity College in Maine; has a major in park management, one of a few schools that offer the degree |
USS Constitution USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy (1797); home port is Boston with a museum next to the dock |
USS Iowa Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California opened in 2012; The USS Iowa took FDR to the Tehran conference in 1943 where D-Day was planned by three Allied leaders (Churchill, FDR, and Stalin) |
USS Monitor The USS Monitor Center in Newport News, Virginia |
Utah Utah state government website |
Vermont Vermont state government website |
VEX Robotics Competition VEX Robotics Competition to connect students, mentors and schools to technology-based programs and careers (The Robotics Education and Competition Foundation) |
Violins of Hope Violins of Hope: violins once played by Holocaust victims that have been restored by Amnon Weinstein of Tel Aviv, Israel |
Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia state government website |
Virginia tourism Virginia is for Lovers: Commonwealth of Virginia state tourism website |
Wallenberg Legacy an award given annually by the University of Michigan in honor of Raoul Wallenberg, a UMich graduate who saved thousands of Hungarian Jewish citizens during WWII |
Washed Ashore Washed Ashore, a nonprofit based in Bandon, Oregon that turns plastic ocean debris into beautiful sculptures |
Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing State Park (Pennsylvania), the site of George Washington and his Continental Army crossing the Delaware River on Dec. 25, 1776. |
WASP Museum WASP Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, a tribute to women pilots who served during WWII |
Water Streamer - USGS interactive map to trace river and streams upstream and downstream; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
Water Watch Real time updates of water conditions throughout the United States, including flood and drought conditions by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
Women in Aviation International Women in Aviation International is a nonprofit organization that supports women in all aviation career fields and interests; scholarships offered for high school girls; |
Women of the 6888th The only African American female battalion in the U.S. Army to be deployed overseas was the 6888th, the Central Postal Directory Battalion |
World Food Prize World Food Prize, founded by Norman Borlaug, Iowa native and winner of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in agriculture |
World Living Statues Festival World Living Statues Festival in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Robert Shangle from Michigan has represented the United States at the festival three times, most recently in 2017. |
World Water Day World Water Day - March 22 (sponsored by the United Nations) |
World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund - based in Washington D.C.; 1 million members in U.S., works in 100 countries protecting the future of nature |
Wright Brothers Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (National Park Service) |
Wyoming state of Wyoming government website |
Xerces Society The Xerces Society, an organization dedicated to conservation of invertebrates; based in Portland, Oregon |
Yankee Air Museum Yankee Air Museum near Detroit - home of the B-24 Bomber Plant during World War II |
Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service) - in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, the first national park |
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey; Yogi Berra (1925-2015) was a famous pro baseball player |
Yorktown Battlefield Yorktown Battlefield, part of Colonial National Historical Park (National Park Service) |
Yukon Quest An international 1,000-mile dog sled race retracing the route during the late 19th century and early 20th century Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska and Canada |
Zooniverse organization that conducts research through crowdsourcing; administered by research institutions in the United States and England; |
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