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Electronic United
Nations
Grades: 9-12
Ongoing? No
Delegations of classroom "countries" research and discuss
timely political, economic, and social issues. Participants present
proposals, vote on measures, and complete online surveys in this
simulation of the United Nations.
Heritage
Gateways
Grades: 1-12
Ongoing? No
Students (and adults) participated in a simulation of the Mormon Trail
Wagon Trek that took place 150 years ago. The site features audio, text,
and video files depicting pioneer life.
Interactive
Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Resources
Grades: 9-12
Ongoing? Not sure
This site provides detailed descriptions of high-quality resources such
as a virtual frog dissection website and mathematical modeling software.
Mars Academy
Grades: 9-12
Ongoing? Yes
Students work on "collaborative projects to study the problems
involved in the design of a manned mission to the Red Planet. " The
site includes "courses" on topics like Mars basics and space
medicine, a trajectory calculator, and a guidebook on scientific design.
Taking
Stock
Grades: 5-12
Ongoing? No
This site contains activities, worksheets, and information that will
help students launch into a simulation/study of the stock market.
Westside
High School Model United Nations Day
Grade: 10
Ongoing? Not sure
Students from around the world were invited to collaborate in a United
Nations simulation with a Nebraska high school. Students performed
research and debated resolutions on environmental issues, reform of the
UN, human rights, population, endangered species, weapons of mass
destruction, and embargoes.
Westward
HO!
Grades: 3-8
Ongoing? No (But will resume Spring 2001)
Students share travelogues, stories, and classified ads, written from
the viewpoint of pioneers. The look, the language create a digital
ambiance that will take you and your students back in time.
Where
in the World is Cynthia San Francisco?
Grades: 4-12
Ongoing? No
Clues and online weather resources aided students as they went on a
virtual search for the fictional Cynthia San Francisco, "the United
States' leading nuclear physicist," who had been kidnapped by an
evil gang.
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