Real World Data on the Internet  

General

• Central Intelligence Agency - http://www.odci.gov/
  
  
• 2000 World Fact Book - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/
  
  
• The Gallup Poll - http://www.gallup.com/poll/trends/
  
  
• Federal Reserves - http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/
  
  
• FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/
  
  
• StatLib: Datasets Archive - http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/
  From the Carnegie Mellon University Statistics Department. Datasets from articles and books, and other sets submitted by readers.
  
  
• TRACK & FIELD STATISTICS On-Line - http://www.sci.fi/~mapyy/tilastot.htm

Science

• National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
  
  
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - http://www.noaa.gov
  
  
• National Geophysical Data Center -  http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov
  
  
• Regional Climate Centers - http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/other_rcc.html
  
  
• National Climatic Data Center - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
  
  
• National Oceanographic Data Center - http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
  
  
• MIT Center for Space Research - http://space.mit.edu/
  
  
• The TOPEX/POSEIDON Informational CD-ROM: Perspectives on an Ocean Planet - http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/tecd.html
  
  
• NSF Geosciences Integrated Earth Information Server (IEIS) - http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/

Social Studies

• United States Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior - http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/index.html
  Locators & Catalogs, Collections, and Libraries include: Geodata (geographical information), Geologic Data, Geospatial Data, Water Data, and Water Use, etc.
  

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Elementary School

General

Math

Science

Social Studies

Language Arts

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Middle School

General

Math

• Mathematicians Are People, Too!   http://manassas.k12.va.us/round/classweb/Volz/database_lesson.htm

Health

Science

• Solar System Project  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/may99/database.html
  

Social Studies

• Our Brilliant Careers    http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=career
  
  
• Presidents of the United States   http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1619.html

Language Arts

• Hot Books   http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=book

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High School

General

• For the Record  http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=record
  

Math

Science

Social Studies

• Our Brilliant Careers   http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=career
  
  
• Traits are Us   http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=trait
  
  
• Giants of the Century   http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=giant

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