The Louvre Web site offers a number of thematic trails designed to give you an overview of the scope and richness of the museum's collections. Each trail is based on a selection of works that typify a period, an artistic movement, or a theme. They can be viewed online or printed out prior to a museum visit.

29 trails currently

Many choices of all sorts of interesting topics from history.  18 interactives, including Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Gilbert Stuart.

Create your own art! Try creating your own virtual mobile or 3-D twirler. Also check out the collage machine.

Experience Walt Disney Concert Hall in an engaging and interactive tour that will guide you through the cam

"The Virtual Body, Copyright HCA 2005"

Try your hand at dissectin

Learn by doing! A variety of online activities test your knowledge and demonstrate the principles of aviation and spaceflight. From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.         

Dozens of activities. Examples: Desert Rats Virtual Test Site, Rockets to Racecars, Extreme Planet Make-over. 

What makes an airplane fly? How does a spacecraft stay in orbit? Why does a balloon float in the air?

What are you waiting for? Come and find out!

Scroll down in the center for 3D visualizations; use the blue bar on the right for models. Games and activities, including NetworKing, Station Spacewalk Game, Eyes on the Earth 3D, STS-125 Simulation (Public Beta), and model kits

This series of tracks introduces the basics of helicopter flight, quantum theory, special relativity, wave mechanics and particle physics, providing practical applications of physics and historical footage of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. Material is taken from The Open University course S207 The Physical World. TRY: 28: How sound waves work,  29: How radio waves work, and 30: Make your own radio. TO ACCESS: Open iTunes, Search "The Physical World" and 'filter by media type' iTunesU. 

Fossils are on display, and you can watch paleontology in action. 
1. Click on “sneak peek” for a video about the tar pits & museum. Also take a look at the timeline. 
2. Click on “discover” and then scroll down to the Exhibits tab below. Hover each segment for more information about the animal pictured.
3. Click on the Fish bowl tab and use the arrows to see more about the scientists at work.

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are committed to opening the doors of the White House and truly making it the People’s House. Watch exclusive "Inside the White House" videos, Tour the West Wing, Residence, East Wing and South Lawn. 
video series

The GOLD RUSH drew wealth seekers from around the world.  Tens of thousands of people flocked to California beginning in 1848. 

Downloadable teachers guide.

Take a journey through time and discover fascinating stories from America’s past as you explore this interactive timeline composed of items from the National Museum of American History’s online collections, exhibitions, and programs. You can browse by historical era or select one of eight themes to highlight specific objects across time. Each timeline entry contains an image, a brief description, and a link to find more information about that object or topic.

In this interactive game, students select a mystery character from the Civil War and examine objects that hold the key to their identity, video footage, first person reenactments, oral history interviews, and lesson plans.  This resource was developed in conjunction with the exhibition The Price of Freedom: Americans at War.

Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring a wide selection of historical games and activities. 

Note: “Hands on History” links don't work in U.S.

Want to walk around the Sphinx? Clamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza and seek out the pharaoh's burial chamber? Visit the magnificent tombs and temples of ancient Thebes?You'll see Old and New Kingdom tombs and temples, pyramids and statues, and a 140-foot-long wooden boat that is 4,600 years old. 

- Take a 3D virtual tour around this reconstruction
Battlefield Academy: Romans vs Ancient Britons
 Take the role of a Celtic chieftain and defend your hill fort from the Romans. One of four missions to hone your strategic military skills.
Be a Roman SleuthHousesteads Fort
Gladiator dressed to kill game
Notes: The 'hands on history' links are not available in the US.  

Yellowstone's trips share the resources and treasures of the world’s first national park. 

Live full-motion video and sound of several    rural locations in Africa.     
Also includes pre-recorded videos of animals & research (warning: some graphic) Includes a live twitter feed.

Find facts about the people and places from each continent. Continent trivia will appear on the bottom of the screen when  you click on a continent.  Not all countries are rep

Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction.

Note: A very rich site: movies, audio memoirs, interactive maps. Try out the SOE quiz under “Special Section: The Secret War.” There's also a tab for Genocide under the Nazis. 
Teacher-created support document for WWII section of this site.

The sections included are titled:  Axis Aggression, America Enters the War, Mobilizing for War, "You're in the Army Now", Battle of the Atlantic, The Mediterranean Theater, Storming Fortress Europe, The Pacific Theater; So Others Might Fight; Morale Boosters and Victory and Peace. This is one section of a complete America at War timeline.

This is the official YouTube page of World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, National Park Service. 
18 videos from US and Japanese perspective. Also an underwater view of the USS Arizona

Listen to oral history recordings and examine related primary source materials to uncover the history within the stories of the men and women who built and sailed on Liberty ships to support the allied war effort during World War II. Source for primary source materials and historical questions.

War in the Pacific National Historical Park is located on the tropical island of Guam, approximately 13 degrees north of the equator and about 3,300 miles southwest of Hawaii.

This website includes a timeline of WWII, warships that were active in the Pacific, and even a Flat Stanley Tour of this historical park.