ONLINE EDUCATION SITES
The links below are a representative sample
of online education sites designed by Pat Raney
THE ADVENTURES OF DAKOTA SANDSTONE
SUNDIVER - MANATEE EDUCATION SITE | DOORWAY
TO HISTORY
KEEPERS OF THE WATER | JOURNEY
OF THE KEEPERS | COOL KIDS KEEPERS CONNECTION
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THE ADVENTURES OF DAKOTA
SANDSTONE challenges students to explore natural gas issues
and apply their knowledge in inventive creative writing exercises.
The units guide students through the origins of natural gas,
the technology of drilling and transporting natural gas, as
well as the important consumer issues of safety and conservation.
This site is sponsored by the Colorado Springs Utilities Gas
Department.
Click here to view THE ADVENTURES OF DAKOTA SANDSTONE
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The Florida Manatee is
marvelous, curious, delightfully unusual and very endangered.
This site is chock full of information on the manatees - What
they eat, where they live, how they communicate. Many underwater
photographs, plus student drawings of their interactions with
Manatees are available here. Sundiver Productions has created
books, lesson plans and support materials for teachers, plus
an array of items for students. Check it all out at: http://www.sundiver.com
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JOURNEY
OF THE KEEPERS is a medieval "virtual tour" inviting
middle school students to join a snow boarder for an exhilarating
and problem solving trip down the mountains, following the path
of water from the high country to the home faucet and on into
wastewater treatment. Along the way they'll glide of over the
Great Divide, shred the pipeline, meet the knights and wizards
of the Finishing Fortress, blade the mains and dive the drains.
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KEEPERS OF THE WATER is an award winning
middle school curriculum. This online teacher's guide presents
interdisciplinary water activities designed to help students
appreciate the complexity of the water management system
serving semi-arid Colorado Springs. Geography, climate and
human development all interact to create demands on the
water system. Ultimately, the message
of these units encourages stewardship and the conservation
of our limited water resources.
Sorry, this program is temporarily not
available online.
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COOL
KIDS KEEPERS CONNECTION is an interactive site where student's
water related research, creative writing and artwork can be
displayed on the Internet. This site also includes a Treasure
Hunt, challenging students to use their internet navigation
skills to find "treasures" in the other KEEPERS programs.
Sorry, this program is temporarily not available
online.
NOTE: All "KEEPERS" sites are sponsored by Colorado
Springs Utilities and the Colorado
Springs Water Resources Department.
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An Architecture in Education
project featuring the Carnegie Library in Colorado Springs.
Through this site, students can take a virtual tour of the original
Colorado Springs library, learn about the architect and become
acquainted with the architectural details of the building. This
information is integrated with the Blueprint for the Future,
an interactive architecture curriculum with links back to the
Carnegie Library pages.
Sponsored by the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration, a draft
version of this site will soon be available
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Internet Sites for Colorado Springs Utilities were
developed in collaboration
with the Discovery Partnership and the Colorado Architecture Partnership
in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
 
 
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