Resource Center Technology Support Netscape Basics Here you can find a wealth of helpful information about your Netscape software and how to overcome any problems you might encounter with it. Finding Information Finding what you want on the Internet can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Online search tools help you track down whatever it is you're looking for. Classroom Connect Searching Page If you or your students are trying to find a particular site, document, or piece of software on the Internet, use one of the comprehensive online search engines listed here. Citing Internet Resources "This original document has been newly updated and revised by the staff of Classroom Connect for the 1996/97 school year, and beyond! Just as students cite the books and periodicals they use to support their research, so must they also cite their online sources in their bibliographies. This document will show you how to do it right, from start to finish." Getting Started Slide Show "Endangered Means There's Still Time!" Endangered Species Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service WWF CITES Site CITES (pronounced "site-ease")--the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species-- is the only global treaty that aims to regulate trade in threatened and endangered species. During the 10th CITES meeting(June 6 to 20, 1997) in Harare, Zimbabwe, WWF's Dana Lauren West filed daily reports to this site. Student CITES Project Students to the rescue! Five teams of high school students located in Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Chicago/Dolton (that's us!!!) and New York City are working on a project to educate consumers about the impact of wildlife trade on endangered and threatened species. WWF Unveils Fourth 10 "Most Wanted" List Each year, billions of dollars are swapped for scaled, winged, shelled and deboned species. These species are among the world's "most wanted" plants and animals--10 of the most threatened species in significant demand for international trade. EE-Link Endangered Species Pages The EE-Link site provides a variety of useful information relating to endangered species. Included are endangered and extinct species lists, natural history information, images, classroom materials, policy information and other related endangered species information. ZooNet THE place to go when you want to know about Zoos! Databases: Species Information Searches Animal Diversity Web The Animal Diversity Web is a collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts of individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pictures and sounds if available. CITES Home Page "The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, entered into force on 1 July 1975 and now has a membership of 136 countries. These countries act by banning commercial international trade in an agreed list of endangered species and by regulating and monitoring trade in others that might become endangered." Endangered and Extinct Species Lists Search endangered species by common or scientific name or click on the regional map shows which species are threatened and endangered in each state and lists fact sheets for some of those species. Animal Omnibus (The Birmingham Zoo)   1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals   Periodicals: News/Updates/Features ESA-ACTION listserv. This archive of ESA-ACTION gives daily updates on events affecting the Endangered Species Act. You may also subscribe to the listserv ESA-TODAY for the same information. Note: On 10 October 1995 ESA-TODAY's listowner sent out this message: "THANKS!" Today's issue of ESA TODAY will be received by over 1000 subscribers for the first time. About 80% of subscribers receive their copies through the Endangered Species Coalition's e-mail network. ESA TODAY is written by Jim Jontz and distributed by Roger Featherstone of the Coalition's staff. To subscribe, send a one line message to listproc@envirolink.org using your name as follows: subscribe esa-action firstname lastname." Save The Endangered Species Act From EnviroLink, information about what is currently happening with the ESA and ideas for making your opinion known. The Endangered Species UPDATE This journal published approximately 8 times per year by the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment focuses on issues related to species protection. Along with articles like the sample articles shown here, the UPDATE includes book reviews, announcements of current events, editorial comments and more. Each UPDATE includes a current issue of the Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Bulletin. Endangered Species Earth Watch Radio Scripts Produced by the Sea Grant Institute and the Institute for Environmental Studies (IES) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The complete set of scripts is on the EE-Link gopher in the "Facts and Data" directory. E/The Environmental Magazine A substantial magazine, E is chock full of everything the budding environmentalist needs to know, from "rainforests to recycling" and from the "personal to the political." Environmental Journalism Home Page The online home of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) "provides critical support to journalists of all media in their efforts to cover complex issues of the environment responsibly." Factsheets, Success Stories, and Recovery Plans From the US Fish and Wildlife Service, brief reports on many different individual species from all over the U.S. Artificial Reproduction: A Last Hope For Some Endangered Species An article from the Smithsonian News Service.    Additional Resources Exhibits at Brookfield Zoo "Located on 216 acres 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, Brookfield Zoo is home to nearly 3000 animals and more than 500 native and exotic plant species in 25 exhibit areas. These exhibits highlight the connection between people and the natural world and inspire action on behalf of the environment." The Chicagoland Environmental Network Provides visitors and the general public with information about how they can help protect the local environment. Each year, the zoo librarians and other staff answer several thousand requests for information on caring for wildlife.   Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie On February 10, 1996, United States President Bill Clinton signed into law the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995, transferring the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and established the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. The nation's first federally-designated tallgrass prairie encompasses 19,195 acres, 40 miles southwest of Chicago. FishEye View Living Theaters "The Fisheye View Cam is used by marine biologists to study coral behaviors at Fisheye View labs in Coral Gables, Florida. A remote camera feeds a Macintosh 840av, which captures one frame of 640x480 video every 3 seconds. When viewed at 100-1,000 times normal speed, these time-lapse motion studies allow scientists to better understand these unusual slow-moving marine animals." Fisheye View Cam QuickTime & MPEG Movies You can download these quicktime and MPEG movies from the FishCam using your Netscape Browser. Hitachi's Viewseum Using Hitachi's exclusive Digital Image System (DIS), a high-technology digitizing tool, there are a variety of beautiful images for your viewing pleasure. Endangered Species Stamp Collection U.S. Postal Service E-cards "Postcards of the Internet". You may send an E-Card to anyone with Web access and an e-mail account. Every E-Card you send contributes to the World Wildlife Fund. Author: Shelly Peretz, Thornridge High School in Dolton, Illinois Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab. Funded by the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium based at the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). Created: July, 1997 Updated: August, 1997