Canadian Atlas Online 
Since learning is at heart of the Canadian Atlas Online, you can explore different aspects of our nation, geography and people through a series of thematics. We have 16 themes available in four categories. Using the categories displayed in the navigation sidebar – The Land, The Regions, The People and The Issues – you can explore the multi-faceted aspects of Canada’s environment, history, society and economy. http://canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/intro.aspx?lang=En
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Ancient Web 
Ancient Web includes the Art, Culture and History of Ancient Patagonia, Ancient Gaul, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, and Spain: http://www.ancientweb.org/
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ARKive
ARKive is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species. ARKive is leading the ‘virtual' conservation effort - finding, sorting, cataloguing and copying the key audio-visual records of the world's animals, plants and fungi, and building them into comprehensive and enduring multi-media digital profiles.
Using film, photographs and audio recordings, ARKive is creating a unique record of the world's biodiversity - complementing other species information datasets, and making a key resource available for scientists, conservationists, educators and the general public. http://www.arkive.org/
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British History Online
British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
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Classroom Earth
Classroom Earth, a program of The National Environmental Education Foundation,
defines environmental education as the process, activities and
experiences—across disciplines—that lead students to have a greater
understanding of how the earth’s resources and natural systems work and
interact with each other and with human-made systems. http://www.classroomearth.org/
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Earth Science Animations
Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/topics.asp?mc=Other%20Resource%20Links&ca=95&cad=Earth%20Science%20Animations |
Earth Science World Image Bank
The Earth Science World Image Bank has photographs of all
aspects of Earth Science available to the public, educators, and the geoscience
community. http://www.earthscienceworld.org/images/index.html
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Earth Trends
Welcome to EarthTrends, an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives responsible decisions by governments and individuals, EarthTrends offers the public a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data in easily accessible formats. http://earthtrends.wri.org/ |
Encylopedia of the Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public. http://www.eoearth.org/
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Food Museum
The Food Museum
is committed to connecting people of all ages with the essential subject of
food. The Food Museum
celebrates food, and through its collections, educational programs,
publications and website engages people in an exploration of what we eat and
how we eat it, where it came from, how it has evolved, what its impact is on
the world, and what its future may be. The
museum is committed to the identification and preservation of sites and
artifactsassociated with our rapidly disappearing local and global food
heritage. http://www.foodmuseum.com
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Geography Animations 
Animations in geography, particularly in physical
geography, can help you to understand the complex processes that take place at
or close to the surface of the earth. The animated diagrams and maps speed up
time, giving you the opportunity to see and understand the long term changes
that take place at or near the surface of the Earth. Many of the animations are
also interactive. http://whs.moodledo.co.uk/course/view.php?id=1365
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Google Earth Lessons
GELessons.com - A Free Public Resource - Providing Teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using Google Earth®, the free program that brings the world to the classroom! A Website By and For Teachers. http://gelessons.com/
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Google Lit Trips
This
site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different
way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the
greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more! http://googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
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GPS Visualizer
GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagged photos, "GPS drawing," etc.). http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
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History of Nations
Welcome to History of Nations! This site has a history of every nation in the world. Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history. All information is based on content from the US State Department with new material added. http://www.historyofnations.net/
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Interactive Geological Time Scale
Select multiple time periods from a list and display them on
an Interactive Geological Time Scale. http://www.earthscienceworld.org/timescale/index.html
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Library of Congress - Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
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My Wonderful World
My Wonderful World is a National Geographic-led campaign-backed by a coalition of major national partners-to expand geographic learning in school, at home, and in the community http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/index.html
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National Geographic Education Network (EdNet) 
Welcome to the Education Network, a new online service from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. For more than 14 years, educators have trusted the Foundation's quality outreach programs and educational services. Now we've added EdNet—a one-stop shop for education news, resources, discussion, and much more. (LIFE Note: Some fee based material, but included because of the quality and wealth of free content.) http://www.ngsednet.org/
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Planet Connect
Planet Connect, a component of Classroom Earth, is an online social
network where high school students can learn about current
environmental issues, funding opportunities, green colleges and
environmental careers. Students can also share and exchange ideas about
how they are playing a critical role in solving today’s environmental
issues. http://www.planet-connect.org/
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Polar Discovery
Polar Discovery brings you the stories of science on ice. The polar regions are experiencing unprecedented environmental changes that are having significant impacts on global climate, ecosystems, and society. Using the latest engineering advancements, scientists are studying the changing climate at the heart of the icy Arctic Ocean, the melting glaciers of Greenland, and the creatures of Antarctica's Southern Ocean. http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/
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Portals to the World
Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
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Sacred Destinations
Welcome to Sacred Destinations - a catalogue and travel guide to more than 1,500 (and counting!) sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, historical sites, religious buildings and religious artifacts around the world. Our hope is that this information on sacred sites will be useful to spiritual travelers as well as anyone interested in religion, history, archaeology, architecture or travel. Start your exploration with one of the links below or the search box above or browse our fancy new interactive world map. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/
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The Earth Portal
The Earth Portal is a comprehensive resource for timely,
objective, science-based information about the environment. It is a means for
the global scientific community to come together to produce the first free,
expert-driven, massively scaleable information resource on the environment, and
to engage civil society in a public dialogue on the role of environmental
issues in human affairs. It contains no commercial advertising and reaches a
large global audience. http://www.earthportal.org/
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World Lecture Hall
World Lecture Hall publishes links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver course materials in any language. Some courses are delivered entirely over the Internet. Others are designed for students in residence. Many fall somewhere in between. In all cases, they can be visited by anyone interested in courseware on the Internet - faculty, developers, and curious students alike. http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/browse.cfm
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World Music
World music is Israeli reggae and Japanese klezmer. It's rock and roll from the Sahara and flamenco with a hip-hop breakbeat; it's digital bossa nova and Irish sean nos with an African pulse. It's downhome country music from someone else's country and smooth, urban R&B from the mega-cities of the Southern Hemisphere. It's cowboy music from Venezuela and Persian classical music from L.A. It's music that transcends borders. http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/
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