************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** The full Scout Report can be read at: //www.freelists.org/archives/networknewsletters/ From: "Internet Scout Project" <scout@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <scout-report@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:56:38 -0600 Subject: The Scout Report -- February 21, 2003 ======== The Scout Report == ======== February 21, 2003 ==== ======== Volume 9, Number 6 ====== ====== Internet Scout Project ======== ==== University of Wisconsin ======== == Department of Computer Sciences ======== == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ======== ====== ====== == Index for February 21, 2003 == ====== ====== 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences The fourth issues of the second volumes of the Life Sciences Report and Physical Sciences Report are available. The Topic in Depth section of Life Sciences Report annotates sites on carnivorous plants. The Physical Sciences Report's Topic in Depth section offers Web sites and comments about the concept of lubrication. 2. Fostering Community-Driven Development: What Role for the State? [.pdf] http://econ.worldbank.org/files/24036_wps2969.pdf 3. War Report -- Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath http://www.comw.org/warreport/ 4. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/ 5. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education http://www.highereducation.org/ 6. Interpol http://www.interpol.int/ 7. The Geoffrey Chaucer Website http://icg.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ 8. Eco-Index http://www.eco-index.org/ 9. Water Environment Federation: This Week Worldwide http://www.wef.org/OperationsCentral/ 10. The Official George and Ira Gershwin Web Site http://www.gershwin.com/ 11. The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color [Flash, RealPlayer] http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/ 12. The Israel Museum [Shockwave] http://www.imj.org.il/ ********************************************************************* HELP FOR THE NEW TEACHER Classroom management skills is the number one concern. Find practical advice, How-To's, Survival Kits, ice breakers, and online resources that integrate technology into the classroom. <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacher.html> ********************************************************************* 13. The Essential Vermeer Lover http://essentialvermeer.20m.com/index.htm 14. The Franklin Institute Online http://sln.fi.edu/ 15. The Edge of Enchantment: Sovereignty and Ceremony in Huatulco, Mexico [Flash] http://www.nmai.si.edu/edge/flash_eng.html 16. The Annexation of Hawaii: A Collection of Documents http://libweb.hawaii.edu/libdept/hawaiian/annexation/annexation.html 17. SurfSaver 2.3 http://www.surfsaver.com/productinfo.asp 18. Lyrictracker X 4.2 http://lyrictracker.com/main.php?action=x 19. Attempt to Circumnavigate the Globe Ends Round-world Trip Ends after 200 Miles http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-585445,00.html Adrian Sails to Save Antarctic http://web.onetel.net.uk/~mhathaway/Press/Guernsey%20Press.htm Sailing: Peyron Sails into New World Speed Record http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/archive/6-5-19102-23-11-40.html Sea Routes to Polynesia http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/thor/ Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Around the World http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1519magellan.html Aviation's Last Great Challenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/11/98/great_balloon_challenge/223362.stm Around the World in Eighty Days http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/55/100/frameset.html ====== ==== == Subscription and Contact Information == ==== ====== To receive the electronic mail version of the Scout Report each week, join the scout-report mailing list. This is the only mail you will receive from this list. 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