Internet2 Program, Project and Content Links
The links provided here are a representative sampling of programs, projects and content that can be found via the NYSERNet Research and Education Network and Internet2.
The links are arranged by topic area and the web sites generally have a program or programs designed for specific grade levels. Some of these web sites are also available on the commercial Internet, but when using the NYSERNet Research and Education Network you will find better performance and an overall better experience with regard to applications you currently use.
Be sure to check back regularly for updated and new links. For additional listings, please go the Internet2’s K-20 Web site called MUSE, http://k20.internet2.edu/.
ASTRONOMY/SPACE
Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Animations and Videos
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy
EU Universe Awareness – Space Scoop
NASA Distance Learning Network – Video Conference
NASA Goddard Science Center – Space Station Spacewalk Simulator
NASA Goddard Science Center – 3D Virtuality
NASA Goddard Science Center – 3D Resources
NASA Goddard Science Center – Extreme Planet Makeover
NASA Goddard Science Center – Latest Interactive Features
Shuttle Launch Simulation – Cadet (enter any code and any password)
Shuttle Launch Simulation – Commander (follow on screen login instructions)
Space Station Docking Simulator
Space Shuttle Landing Simulation
Space Shuttle Landing Simulation – Enhanced
Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval
Space Shuttle Mission Games for:
K – 4th grade
5th – 8th grades
9th – 12 grades
Higher Ed.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/The Big Blue on I2
electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (eVLBI)
electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (eVLBI): Outreach
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST): Outreach
BIOLOGY
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Penn Museum – Surviving: The Body of Evidence
CONTENT - VARIOUS
American Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Vanderbilt Virtual School – Video Conference
Center For Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) – Repository of Content Providers. (Must type Internet2 into search box)
Twice: Two Way Interactive Connections in Education
DATA COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum (London, England)
The National Science Digital Library
Unified Data Resource for Electron Microscopy
EARTH SCIENCES
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab
Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab Classroom
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observation System
European Ocean Observatory Network
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): Education
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): Education
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Education
United States Geographical Service: GIS Data
HISTORY
America at Work/America at Leisure, 1894-1915
Origins of American Animation: Notes
New York City Films: Home Page
American Memory from the Library of Congress
Finding Missouri video series | eMINTS
UCLA Experimental Technologies Center
Uncle Tom’s Cabin & American Culture
Viewing Pompeii: University of Virginia Digital Media Lab
University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Online Exhibits
HUMAN ANATOMY
LIBRARIES and MUSEUMS
American Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Cleveland Museum of Art – Video Conference
MULTICAST
Multicast can be viewed using VLC. The application can be downloaded from www.videolan.org (and can also be used for playing mpg, avi and DVD videos).
PERFORMANCE ARTS
Manhattan School of Music – Video Conference
Digital Worlds Institute – Hands Across the Ocean: The Lost Cord
Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
PHYSICS
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
CERN: links to the various experiments
LHC Machine Outreach – Home Page
Fermi Video – Search – Visual Media Services
Exploratorium Webcasts: Origins: CERN: Live
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
Exploratorium I2 Gateway Webcast Browse
United States Department of Energy: Nevada site Office Nuclear film library
University of Colorado at Boulder Physics Education Technology Simulations
POLITICAL SCIENCE/CIVICS
The 1999 Political Methodology Videos
U.S. Presidents of the Twentieth Century
SCIENCE
Ann Arbor Hands on Museum – Video Conference
Challenger Learning Center– Video Conference
Natural History Museum (London, England)
Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach – Video Conference
Mote Marine Laboratory/SeaTrek
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): Education
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): Education
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): Education
Open Science Grid (OSG): Outreach
Internet2 Support Sites
Internet2 Teaching and Learning SIG
Internet2 at Stanford: Projects
Internet2 Spring Member Meeting
Internet2 Primary Members (Participants)
Internet2 Sponsored Connectors (Participants)
Performance and Master Class Production Workshop
Internet2 Special Interest Groups
Open Student Television Network
Texas Education Telecommunications Network
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