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AREA HISTORY - FRANKFORT,
KENTUCKY
Read a brief History of Frankfort"
AREA HISTORY - GOVERNORS
MANSION
Photographs and
history of the Governors
Mansion
AREA HISTORY - MAYSVILLE,
KENTUCKY
Historic Maysville,
Kentucky
See also: Kentucky Gateway Museum
Center
AREA HISTORY - SEE ALSO MUSEUMS (Below)
ARTS - ARTISTS - PAUL
SAWYIER
Kentucky
Department of Libraries and Archives: The "River
Artist" of Kentucky, Paul Sawyier
ARTS - FOLK ARTS AND
CRAFTS
Explore the
history of Kentucky crafts at the Kentucky Artisan
Center in historic Berea,
Kentucky
ARTS -
COMPREHENSIVE
KET Arts
Toolkit
ARTS -
GALLERY
Experience fine
art "first hand" at the Clara M. Eagle
Art Gallery on the campus of Murray State University.
ARTS -
MUSEUM
The Speed Art Museum in
Louisville is Kentucky's oldest and largest art
museum.
KOAR (Kentucky Online
Arts Resource) - "a project of the Speed Art Museum, this is a free
image database devoted to
documenting the state's decorative arts, fine arts, folk arts, and
design."
ARTS -
MUSIC
Mountain Arts Centers;
"Home of the Kentucky
Opry"
ARTS -
MUSIC
Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour,
features independent artists from around the world. Listen to live
broadcasts on the Internet.
ARTS -
THEATRE
The Tony
Award-wining Actors
Theatre of Louisville.
ARTS - SEE MORE LISTING UNDER MUSEUMS
EXPLORE
COVINGTON
Cathedral Basilica of the
Assumption. Online virtual
tour.
EXPLORE
COVINGTON
Covington Arts
District
EXPLORE KENTUCKY STATE
PARKS
Kentucky Department of
Parks
Offers a great way
online to compare the different activites and sites
available at all of our state parks before planning your next
visit.
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EXPLORE LAND BETWEEN THE
LAKES EXPLORE
LOUISVILLE EXPLORE
LOUISVILLE EXPLORE NORTHERN
KENTUCKY GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY -
ATLAS GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY - CITIES
AND COUNTIES GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY -
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GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY -
LAND FORMATIONS - KENTUCKY RIVER PALISADES
An informative article on the Kentucky River Palisades from The Nature
Conservancy.
GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY -
LAND FORMATIONS - KENTUCKY RIVER PALISADES
An informative article on the Kentucky River Palisades from The Nature
Conservancy.
GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY - LAND
FORMATIONS - MAMMOTH CAVE
Mammoth Cave National
Park
GEOGRAPHY - KENTUCKY - LAND
FORMATIONS - NATURAL BRIDGE
Virtual
Field Trip to Natural Bridge State Park
GOVERNMENT - OFFICIALS -
KENTUCKY
"Kentucky's
Past Officials from the Kentucky Department for
Libraries and Archives"
GOVERNMENT - GOVERNORS -
KENTUCKY
Kentucky's
Governors - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
provides short biographical outlines
and photographs of Kentucky governors.
GOVERNMENT - STATE
Who's My
Legislator
GOVERNMENT -
STATE
"Kentucky General
Assembly student's
pages
Information on the General Assembly, State Capitol, How
a Bill Becomes a Law, and more.
HISTORY - PEOPLE - DANIEL
BOONE
Web site maintained by the University of Virginia
presents "Daniel
Boone" -- interesting facts and speculation. Includes a
chronology of his life.
KENTUCKY
INFORMATION
Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives
KENTUCKY
INFORMATION
Links
to County and State Newspapers
KENTUCKY
INFORMATION
Kentucky
Virtual Library
LIBRARY - INTERNET -
PUBLIC
Louisville Free
Public Library Homework Help
LIBRARY - INTERNET - PUBLIC - HOMEWORK
HELP
Lexington Public Library -
Homework
LIBRARY - INTERNET -
SCIENCE
NSDL is the
National Science Foundation's online library of resources for
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
MUSEUM
The Kentucky Museum on the
campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green offers
educational hands-on activities in exploring Kentucky
artifcacts.
MUSEUM - ANTHROPOLOGY
The NKU Museum of
Anthropology offers online exhibits.
MUSEUM - ART
University of Kentucky Art
Museum
MUSEUM - ARTS AND CRAFTS
The Kentucky Museum of Arts
and Crafts
MUSEUM - CHILDREN
Explorium of Lexington,
Kentucky, formerly known as the Lexington Children's Museum.
MUSEUM - HISTORY
Frazier International History
Museum
MUSEUM - HISTORY - KENTUCKY
The Kentucky History Center, in
downtown Frankfort, offers "A Kentucky Journey", a permanent
exhibition with artifacts and displays representing over 12,000
years of Kentucky history.
MUSEUM - HISTORY - LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
Louisville Slugger
Museum - Main Homepage
MUSEUM - HISTORY - SHAKERS
The Shaker Museum at South
Union, (KY), preserves the Shaker history in the Commowealth of
Kentucky.
MUSEUM - MUSIC - BLUEGRASS
Visit the International Bluegrass Music
Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky and discover why folks around the
world love bluegrass music.
MUSEUM - SCIENCE
The Highlands Museum and Discovery
Center in Ashland, Kentucky offers "interactive exhibits and
educational experiences".
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE -
AMPHIBIANS
Livingunderworld.org Amphibian Information
Resource. Their web site states: "An education web project about
amphibian species. Providing information about frogs, toads,
salamanders, newts, and caecilians"
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
Kentucky Down Under "Australian
themed animal park" at Horse Cave, Kentucky provides visitors with a
bit of Australia in the Bluegrass. A family fun adventure
experiencing animals and nature upclose.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - BIRDS
Patuxent
Bird Identification InfoCenter. (The site offers "photographs,
songs, videos, identification tips, maps, and life history
information for North American birds."
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - BIRDS
eNature.com "Birds and Birding". From the creators of the
Audubon Field Guides this comprehensive web site offers much
information and photographs.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - BIRDS -
KENTUCKY
Hosted on the
web site of Eastern Kentucky University the Kentucky Ornithological
Society offers a Checklist of
Kentucky Birds
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NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE -
BIRDS - KENTUCKY NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE -
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NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE -
COMPREHENSIVE
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
National Zoo The
Smithsonian National Zoological Park is a wonderful learning site
for kids.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - COUGARS
Cougars
in the Appalachian Mountains
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - DINOSAURS
Dinosaur World Has parks in
Kentucky, Florida and Texas. Over 100 life size dinosaurs on
display. Fossil digs and a museum are also available. The Kentucky
park is in Cave City.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - FISH SPECIES -
KENTUCKY
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
list 242
species of fish found in Kentucky in their "Wildlife Species
List"
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - INSECTS
The University of
Kentucky Department of Entomology has special sections for
teachers and students, based on the age of students with lots of
"bug" files.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - REPTILES
"Frogs and Toads of
Kentucky" is an informative web site section maintained by the
Western Kentucky University Center for Biodiversity Studies that
offers photographs, a range map, and audio clips of the calls of
frogs and toads."
NATURE- ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
The International Museum of the
Horse offers interactive content including: "Horse Breeds of the
World", "Legacy of the Horse", and the "Horse in Sport and
Recreation".
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
The Kentucky Derby Museum
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
KET Electronic Field Trip to a
Horse Farm
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
Jesse James
Riding Stables at Cave City, Kentucky offers guided trail rides for
two-year olds and up. The stables are part of the Kentucky
Action Park.
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE
The home page of Nature Serve
Explorer states: "Welcome to NatureServe Explorer, an
authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants,
animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer
includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered
species."
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE - KENTUCKY
KET
Electronic Field Trips presents an "Electronic Field Trip to the
Forest", an exploration of Kentucky's forests.
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE - KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE
Big South Fork
Scenic Railway - Ride the "K&T Special" 16 miles through the
pristine landscapes of the Big South Fork National
River and Recreation Area.
NATURE - KENTUCKY - NATURE PRESERVES
Kentucky State Nature
Preserves
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Plant Facts, an informative
interactive database with photos and videos, maintained by The Ohio
State University. Their web site states they have: "merged several
digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an
international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center".
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
USDA Plants Database can be
searched by scientific or common name, or do a state search and see
a listing of plants in your state. There are over 30,000 images of
plants, and a wealth of knowledge available on this site.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Fast Plants,
home of the Wisconsin Fast Plants program, a science education
program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (The web site
requires flash.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Bernheim Arboretum & Research
Forest
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - NATIVE KENTUCKY
TREES
An informative web site maintained by the
University of Kentucky Horticulture Department on trees.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - NATIVE KENTUCKY
TREES
Native
Trees of Kentucky. An introduction to native tree species found
in Kentucky and adjacent states.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - RARE PLANTS -
KENTUCKY
KSNPC Rare Plants
Database - Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission provides a
searchable database where you can search by "common name",
"scientific name", your "county name", or get a listing for
statewide rare plants.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - TREES - KENTUCKY
Kentucky
Trees. From the UK College of Agriculture
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - TREES - KENTUCKY
Kentucky Division of Forestry - Just for Kids
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - BOBBIE ANN MASON
A short
biography
of Bobbie Ann Mason from Georgetown College.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - CRYSTAL WILKINSON
Eastern Kentucky
University - Crystal
Wilkinson. (A short bio)
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - HARRIETTE SIMPSON ARNOW
Biography
of Harriette Simpson Arnow on the web site of Somerset Community College.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - KENTUCKY WRITERS
The
English Department at Eastern Kentucky University maintains this web
site KYLIT -
A site devoted to Kentucky Writers. The site contains
biographies of numerous Kentucky authors.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - JESSE STUART
The Jesse Stuart Foundation
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - SILAS HOUSE
"About Silas
House"
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - SUE GRAFTON
Official web
site of Sue Grafton
PEOPLE - INNOVATORS - THOMAS EDISON
Thomas
Edison House - experience upclose some of the famous inventor's creations.
SCIENCE -
AQUACULTURE
Kentucky State University
Aquaculture
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SCIENCE -
ASTRONOMY SCIENCE - ASTRONOMY SCIENCE - COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE-COMPREHENSIVE |
SCIENCE -
COMPREHENSIVE
National Science
Foundation Classroom Resources has sections on the various
branches of sciences.
SCIENCE - COMPREHENSIVE
"Windows to the
Universe"
SCIENCE - GEOLOGY - KENTUCKY -
COMPREHENSIVE
The Kentucky
Geological Survey Site maintained by the University of
Kentucky
SCIENCE - GEOLOGY - KENTUCKY - KENTUCKY
AGATE
Kentucky
Agate Great photo gallery of Kentucky agate, the official state
rock
SCIENCE - GEOLOGY - KENTUCKY - ROCKS AND
MINERALS
Rocks
and Minerals from the Kentucky Geological Survey as provided on
the web site of the University of Kentucky.
SCIENCE - GEOLOGY - ROCKS
KET Electronic
Field Trips: "Electronic Field
Trip Through Geologic Time", learn how to identify and date
rocks.
SCIENCE - MARINE LIFE
Newport Aquarium
SCIENCE - MUSEUM
Barren River Imaginative Museum of
Science or BRIMS, for short, offers "unique hands-on exhibits
for all ages". The facility is located in Bowling Green,
Kentucky
SCIENCE - SPACEFLIGHT
Skywatch
from NASA. Find out when spacecrafts, including the
International Space Station will be visible in the sky from your
home.
SCIENCE - SPACEFLIGHT
Internet
Home of the International Space Station
SCIENCE - SPACEFLIGHT
National Space Science Data
Center, NASA's permanent archive for space science mission
data.
SOCIAL STUDIES - AMERICAN FLAGS
A Guide to American
Flags provided by the University of Oklahoma.
SOCIAL STUDIES - STATE
FLAGS
Pictures
of the 50 state
flags
