Top Ten Educational Sites

From the Sunday Times, October 26, 2009

Title	Description	Access
National Geographic	The American magazine covers a huge range of subjects, from space and the environment to animals and even world music (where you can listen to thousands of artists) . . . .	nationalgeographic.com
NASA	Videos, podcasts, a vast photo archive, 3-D image files and pages for missions where you can view raw data as they stream in . . . .	www.nasa.gov
How Stuff Works	Expertly written articles explaining everything under the sun, from how a Taser is put together to the history of the jeep. Hundreds of videos add to the experience.	howstuffworks.com
Discovery	. . . the dozens of microsites here are uniformly excellent. [Great] links to the websites of sister channels (Military, Science and more) . . . .	discovery.com
Smithsonian Magazine	The Smithsonian Institution in Washington is the world’s largest museum complex, and its magazine is a rival to National Geographic. . . .	smithsonianmag.com
BBC Nature	Possibly the best BBC microsite—a simple collection of videoclips. . . . 370 animals . . . .related footage . . . .	bbc.co.uk/nature
TED	TED is an organization that invites inspirational people to an annual conference to share their thoughts on the world, technology, design and more.	ted.com
Arkive	Videos and photos that live up to the simple tagline “images of life on earth.” Endangered species are a specialty. . . .	arkive.org
History Today	Once registered for free, you can browse through hundreds of articles culled from the popular magazine.	historytoday.com
PBS	PBS is a publicly funded American TV channel with an emphasis on science, the arts and history. . . .	pbs.org