Summer Research Program
for Science Teachers
Web Sites



Fun, Music and Games, Etc.

Fun,
Movies, Music and Games, Etc.
-
123Greetings.com Cyber Birthday cards. All free!
- The Official Boston Homepage This site has
all the information on the group (not the city) Boston. Our own Rachel Berger is the
Webmaster!
- Comedy Central Online Lots of funny
things here. If you are not familiar with Comedy Central's Cable network, be warned that
it holds nothing sacred!
- Hot Coupons A site devoted to coupon
fanatics. Print out coupons on everything from dry cleaning to dry dog food.
- Cyber Cards Huge collection of
cards for just about every occasion. Select your category, fill out a form and send the
card. The personalized cyber card is displayed on a private web page for 7 days. A message
is sent to the recipient by e-mail indicating your name and the URL for the card.
- Dining Guide World Wide Restaurant
Resource
- Disney This site is Walt Disney's
multimedia extravaganza minus the monorail. Songs from The Lion King fill the
air, photos from Toy Story pop up on your monitor. NetGuide
Magazine gave this site 5 stars on a 4 star scale!
- Free
E-Cards Online
A collection of
free e-cards for all occasions. Birthday cards, love cards, funny cards,
etc.
- Fun Stuff For kids and parents
- Girl Talk This funny website
makes Thelma and Louise look like the Stepford wives. Men should enter with caution!
- Interactive WWW Games
Tic-Tac-Toe, Pegs, Hunt The Wumpus and Minesweep
- KidsWeb
- Late Show with David Letterman Top
10 Lists...and more.
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno In
the interest of equal time........
- Lottery Results for the United States
- Movies.com Type
in your ZIP code to find the reviews and show times for current
features. Movie trailers are also available.
- MoviePhone Find the movies (and their
show times) playing in YOUR neighborhood. By typing in your zip code, you will see a list
of movie titles, theaters and show times.
- Paramount Pictures Online Studio Preview
the film studio's latest releases and get the inside scoop from star-struck TV shows like
Entertainment
Tonight.
- Phone Numbers Skip
dialing 411. Use this site to find residential or business phone
numbers.
- Phone Book Reverse Numbers
Plug in the number or e-mail address and the "owners" name appears.
- Riddler Trivia game with CASH prizes (game
is free and supported by advertisers).
- Sony recording artists
- TV Tickets Planning a trip to
southern California and want to be in the studio audience of a TV show?
Head to this site to order your tickets.
- Video Locator
Enter your ZIP Code and the videotape you want to rent, this nifty site
will identify the store that carries the movie you want to see.
- Virtual Teddy Bear Gram
Send a free online greeting card featuring Vermont Teddy Bears for Birthday,
Christmas, Valentine's Day, Thank You and other occasions
- Who Where? If you are looking for a college
buddy or long lost relative on the Internet, start here.
- White Pages Online This site lets you
look up phone numbers plus street and e-mail addresses for people around the United
States.
- Neil Young Web Page For the TRUE Neil Young
Fan
The Reading
Corner
- Chicago Tribune The online
version of this highly regarded newspaper has a meticulous design and use of multimedia
makes it fun and easy to read.
- The Los Angeles Times Must reading even
for those who are not Los Angelenos.
- New York Daily
News Every tidbit you could
possibly need on the Big Apple can be found here.....movies, restaurants and bar databases
to a city guide that searches for everything from the best place to kiss to the best
street vendors.
- New York Times - Web Edition Entire
contents of the paper for the previous 7 days plus articles dating back to 1980.
- Rolling Stone Magazine News, reviews,
features, columns, random daily notes, photos and letters.
- Time Inc. Home Page
- The Village Voice The famous New York
publication is now on the web. Chock full of articles, classifieds and reviews.
- The Washington Post The traditional
paper has been directly transferred into cyberspace! All sections of the paper are here.

- ESPNET Sports Zone Multimedia sports
information service. Up-to-the minute game reports, photographs, extensive statistics and
player profiles.
- SportsLine USA Provides game summaries,
box scores and a searchable archive of players with streams of statistics.
Shockwave-enabled.
- Ballparks You can visit legendary Polo
Grounds, Oriole Park and other major league fields from the past and present at this
trivia-rich site.
- Instant Baseball
Baseball scores are updated every few minutes. Play-by-play accounts will seem to take you
out to the ball park.
- CNN Interactive Sports Comprehensive
sports coverage in a nicely styled format, including news, schedules and scoreboards.
- Major League Baseball MLB's
Official Home Page.
- National Basketball Association NBA's Official
Home Page.
- National Football League NFL's Official
Home Page.
- National Hockey League NHL's Official Home
Page.
- Olympics
Your online resource for Olympics.
- Total Baseball A comprehensive
encyclopedia of Major League Baseball. Up-to-date archive of statistics and all-time
records on every player ever to don a uniform.
Cyber
Travel.....
These are well known "Super Sites" for quick access to airfares, car rentals and
hotels:
Travel sites for specific needs:
- Accommodations Search Engine Allows
you to conduct a search through a long list of hotels and other accommodations. Easy to
use image map and text-based selections.
- Air
Travelers Handbook One stop resource that includes links to airlines, online
reservation systems, courier services, tourist information, car rental agencies, travel
agencies, tour operators, currency exchange information, weather news, travel industry
professional associations and even information about how to launch a career in the travel
industry.
- Australia Online
- Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Information
about the Bahamas' history, culture and tourist attractions.
- Bali Online
- Bed & Breakfast/Country Inns
Showcases hundreds of bed and breakfast establishments, country inns and small hotels
throughout the U.S. and Canada.
- Belize The
consummate Web site for all things Belize. Facts, news, guide to Maya Ruins, weather,
relevant links, diving and fishing information.
- Campground Directory State listings for
searches of privately-owned campgrounds with links to grounds with web sites.
- Canadian Parks Canada's official
national parks Web site.
- Centers for Disease Control Travel
Advisory If you're headed to a destination that requires you to get
a visa, chances are you will also need inoculations. This site will
tell you which vaccines you'll need, which over-the-counter and prescription
medications to pack and how to avoid contracting travel related illnesses.
- CitySearch An interactive Web guide to
selected US cities. CitySearch offers a search engine and database of updated information
about events, entertainment, restaurants and more.
- Comfort Zone Hate hotels? This site
will assist you in renting furnished apartments in 600+ U.S. cities and 125 overseas
cities.
- CubaWeb The National Web Site of the
Republic of Cuba. Very slick site. Your choice of English or Spanish. No other site has so
much propaganda in one place!
- Currency Converter
Easy to use site.
- Cyber Cafes Need to
check your e-mail while on the road? This site lists 6,000 plus cyber
cafes in 168 countries.
- Eat Here.com Lists of recommended
restaurants which gives you full details down to specialties and prices.
- Educators
Bed & Breakfast Travel Network For a small annual fee, you can travel
the globe and stay at other educator's homes.
- Educators Value Travel
A bread and breakfast site for educators. Opportunities to House Sit
or Home Exchanges.
- Festivals.com Extensive
listing of events worldwide.
- Flight Tracker Avoid waiting for
arriving flights. Enter the airline and flight number (or just the city and time) and
you'll be shown the flight's distance from the airport and the estimated arrival time.
- Flyer Talk
An interactive community with ongoing discussions about frequent flyer miles,
hotel points, airports, travel in general. (Free) registration is required to
post messages.
- Fodor's This world travel resource caters to
the moderately well-heeled tourist, and focuses its best energies on Europe for Americans.
Includes trip planners, maps, currency converter, language prompter (with WAV files!),
weather and ski forecasts. Create your own mini-travel guide.
- Frequent Flyer Authority The
complete authority for airmile junkies.
- (Virtual) Galapagos The
volcanic archipelago off the coast of Ecuador is one of the most storied places on earth.
Go on a real-world journey. Net Magazine calls this site
"A masterpiece of Web design".
- Hotels on the Web More than
10,000 listings. Click the region of interest and find rates, pictures, descriptions and,
in many cases, e-mail addresses for making a reservation.
-
International Phone Calls Type in the country you're calling from and
the country you wish to reach. It will tell you what you need to dial to place
the call.
- (Welcome to) Jamaica The official
site of the Jamaica Tourist Board. Plenty of information on
hotels, resorts and upcoming cultural events.
- Last Minute Travel This
site will find you a cheap airfare and hotel.
- MapBlast! Enter
your point from A to point B. Try the unique LineDrive directions to
get a handy combination of text and graphics to display your route.
- MapQuest Free Directions. Pull into
MapQuest and find your way anyplace in the United States. Look up an area and identify
specific restaurants, gas stations, national landmarks, and libraries for your road trip.
Then print out a map and hit the highway!
- MetroPlanet
No matter what city you find yourself in, taking mass transit is usually
cheaper and faster than taking a taxi. Learn about subway/metro systems,
with maps of 21 mass transit systems in the U.S. and dozens more from around
the world.
- Mexico Connect Lots of no nonsense
travel advice. In the FAQ section find out about the dreaded Montezuma's Revenge!
- National Parks
Guide Find the perfect campsite. Search by name,
location or activities...and make reservations for those coveted summer
campground spots!
- The New York Web
Highlights of Activities in the Big Apple.
- QuickBook
Plenty of travel sites can help you book a decent hotel room but Quickbook
goes upscale, giving you the lowest rates in quality hotels, so you won't
end up in some dive just because you want to save a few bucks. Each hotel
listing gives you "Q Ratings" that score the hotel and room
features, service levels, and business amenities.
- Radar Detector/Scanner
Laws by State If you're wondering whether there are laws restricting or banning
radar detectors in your area, consult this web page.
- Speedtrap Registry For those
who drive in the fastlane with their modems AND their automobiles. By clicking on a
state's name, you get a listing of some of the major speed traps in that state. DISCLAIMER: In no way does Columbia University or
the Webmaster of this page encourage breaking the law....but if you don't care what we
think.........
- The Subway Page Contains
a system map for just about every city in the world, along with hundreds of subway-related
images.
- Time Zone Converter
Find out the time anywhere in the world
- Travel Languages This
site is devoted to translations and language instruction. Close to 200
dictionaries, including Esperanto and Latin! Also provides some useful
phrases in other languages so you can order a restaurant meal.
- Travel Web This site lets you choose
from dozens of features and price ranges. You can even see photos of prospective hotels.
- Thetrip.com Navigate your way through maps
of the biggest U.S. airports. Find available ground transportation, view regional maps,
phone numbers and pricing for hotels in major U.S. cities
- The Virtual Tourist Tour the
world without leaving your chair! Lots of maps and facts.
- Visas Online visa
application can help you obtain visas to more than 160 countries and expedite
your passport renewals. Not every country will let you apply online, but the
site provides a postal address and phone numbers for embassies that require
conventional mail or in-person applications.
- Yahoo Maps Helps you find restaurants in
major cities. Even provides driving directions!
The Dining & Cooking
Corner
- Berks County Recipes Real
American cuisine can be found here: scrapple, boa shankel and funnel cake.
- Chili Related Resources
and Recipes Ultimate resource for chili pepper lovers. This site includes recipes,
books, cook-offs and more.
- Cooking Light Magazine This site has
plenty of light recipes, tips, innovative menus, etc.
- The Creole and Cajun Recipe
Page Learn about the history and common background of Cajun cooking. More than
100 recipes.
- Epicurious Bon
Appetite and Gourmet Magazine articles are included here. Plenty of recipes.
- European Cuisines
Recipes from the Adriatic to Gibraltar to Lapland. Most of the recipes are actual pointers
to other sites.
- Le Cordon Bleu
Restaurant One of the few French food sites that is in English! Dozens of recipes
with beautiful photos to wet your appetite.
- Malaysia Recipe
Authentic Malaysian recipes. This site includes a search engine for finding specific
recipes and ingredients.
- Recipes Folder
- Online Chef Recipes and interviews from
well-known chefs, plus cooking tips and techniques.
- SOAR The
Searchable Online Archives of Recipes
- TuDoc The Ultimate Directory
of Cooking Sites
- Turkish
Cuisine Over 100 recipes well organized and explained. Most dishes include a
picture to show how the end product should look.
- Vegetarian
Kitchen Author Nava Atlas shares some of her vegetarian recipes from her library.
- Vegetarian Times The Virtual
Vegetarian. Cooking and information.