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Camper Links

Welcome campers! We're glad you're here. We know you'll like hopping around the World Wide Web with us. Here are a few places for you to explore.

Past Technology and College/Career Preview Camps

• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2007 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2006 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2005 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2004 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2003 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2002 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage College Preview and Internet Camp Pages 2001 - home page created by campers.
• Internet and College Preview Camp 2000 - home page created by campers.
• Anything Goes Web Design 1997 - home page created by campers.
• Camp Courage home page - information about Courage camps.

Technology and College/Career Preview Camp Curriculum

Robots

• ScribblerRobot.com
• RoboWorx Robotic Terminology
• Teaching Robotics with Legos
• Lego Robotics Lab 2
• Mindstorms LinksLego Robotics Lab 2
• OliverBot

College/Career Preparation

• What can I do with a major in? - explore how different college major areas of study connect with careers.
• Major to Career Converter - learn what postsecondary education careers of interest to you require.
• ISEEK Skills Assessment - match current and future skills with career positions..
• Princeton Review Career Quiz - find out what careers might be a good matchfor you.
• Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities - get answers to frequently asked questions.
• Learning-styles-online.com
• A Learning Style Survey for College - learn your best study strategies for college./li>
• O-Net Skills Search - take a skills test to help select a career.
• AccessCAREERS - students with disabilities participating in work-based learning opportunities.
• Resume Tips - learn how to highlight your interests, skills, and experiences.
• Minnesota Career Information System (username: courage; password: center).
• College Preparation Resources for Students - explore a collection of resources compiled by DO-IT.
• University of Washington - take a tour of the UW campus.

Financial Aid

• FinAid - explore financial aid options.
• College Funding Strategies for Students with Disabilities - explore your funding options..

Role Models

• Role Models - find some role models with disabilities.
• Famous People - learn about the disabilities of famous people.
• DO-IT Snapshots - send email to the DO-IT Scholars, successful teens and young adults with disabilities.
• Taking Charge: Stories of Success and Self-Determination - take advice for success from DO-IT participants.
• Independence, Inc., Famous People with Disabilities - learn about the disabilities of famous people.
• CeDIR's Famous People with Disabilities - read about the lives of famous people with disabilities

Accessible Technology

• Technology and Universal Design.
• http://www.washington.edu/doit/ - explore options for accessing and using information technology.

Summer Travel

• Africa For Kids - read all about it! Learn about African music, travel, and kids.
• Virtually Hawaii: Virtual Field Trips - aloha from the islands! Find a volcano.
• WebCam Central - under Location, find cameras from around the world.
• KIDS WEB JAPAN - how do Japanese kids take baths and much, much more.

Summer Fun

• American Camping Association - find other fun summer camps.
• Frost's Summer Camp Guide - get information about other camps.
• YMCA Camp Loowit campfire songs - here are the words to all those camp songs.
• spaceKids.com - what can you find out about the solar system?
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - look what the satellites sent us today. Do you see any aliens?
• The Butterfly Zone - how many different types of butterflies are there?
• The Visible Human Project - a man gave his life so we could see his insides. Is that a lung?
• ARS Science 4 Kids! - click on the bee to find out about the living fossil that is half worm, half insect.
• Amusement Park Physics - build a roller coaster and see who falls off.
• Science of Baseball! - learn to hit a home run!
• Fantastic Forest - take a walk through the forest and find the animals hiding there.
• Funology.com -- The Science of Having Fun!
• dizABLED: Sports links - all kinds of wheelchair sports.

Science

• MuseumStuff.com - 1000's of Museum related websites, virtual exhibits, games, contests, freebies and more
• You Be the Historian - what the heck is that thing? Can you figure it out?
• Science Museums - list of science museums.
• Exhibitions at the Canadian Museum of Nature - birds, dinosaur eggs, Trading post, and Mammals.
• The Exploratorium - an on-line science museum in San Francisco. Play with the exhibits!

Web Page Creation

• NCSA -- A Beginner's Guide to HTML - want to make your own homepage?

Disability Sites

• Disability-Related Resources on the Internet.
• dizABLED: Wheelchair Stuntman Cartoons: Wheelchair Sports - a cartoon strip featuring a person with a disability.
• Links of Interest for Persons With Disabilities - magazines, organizations, and much more
• SNOW Kids: Get Active: Activities - what can you do to be active today?

Stories Online

• A Little Rock on Mars - read about what a red rock observes when company comes.
• Dragonfly - an online magazine.
• Disney Books: Story Time - listen to a story online.
• BAB Books On-Line - a site dedicated to children and children's stories. Read along on-line.

Fun Places for Kids

• Free Arcade - free online games.
• Tornado Games - more free online games.
• The Headbone Zone - work with other kids and play a game about Getting to Mars. Play trivia games against the Mighty Sciencopolis Machine.
• Walt Disney - find out about your favorite Disney movie or character.
• The Science of Star Trek - ever wonder if tricorders and warp drive might be invented someday? Check out the answers here.
• Yahooligan's Cool Links - what's new and interesting for kids today on the Web?
• WorldKids Network - visit homepages of other kids or investigate the Clean and Green Club for kids who care about the environment.
• The Internet Public Library--Youth Division - explore Culture Quest and learn about other areas of the world. And make a car in the So You Want to Make a Car section.
• Index of Native American Resources. - see Native American art, visit a museum, watch a movie.
• Seussville University - visit Dr. Seuss's land.
• Kid's Domain - KIDS - is your brain strong enough to tackle these puzzles?
• Lemelson Center - who is your favorite inventor?
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet - barfing, snot, weird noises and more.
• Nutty Sites - What is a 'lizard dance?'
• Coloring.com - color a picture online and print it out.
• Look Learn and Do publications, games, and fun facts

Government

• The White House - send the President a letter from the Kids White House page!
• Federal Government - want to know what the CIA and FBI are up to?

Health Sites

• KidsHealth - play some games about health, ask a doctor a question, watch a video about your muscles.
• LD Resources - read articles written by people who live with Learning Disabilities, find software that will help to organize you, and find out the latest information about Learning Disabilities.

Science

• AccessSTEM - a comprehensive alliance helping increase the participation of people with disabilities in STEM careers.
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet - everything about worms you never thought of to ask. Watch a video of a baby worm being hatched.

  Dinosaurs

  • The University of California Museum of Paleontology - learn about fossils and much, much more.
  • NMNH Virtual Tour of the Dinosaurs - step back in time.
  • Dinosaurs - Hawaii Community College sponsors this exhibit of dinosaurs. Rick Zeigler, a History instructor, talks about each exhibit.

  Space

  • NASA Homepage - find out how to become an astronaut
  • Space Images - want to see pictures of Mars?

  Geography

  • Volcano World - ever wondered what makes a volcano blow? Find answers to your questions here and view videos of actual volcanos.
  • USA CityLink Project - find out about your home town and other cities.
  • Virtual Tourist services - what's it like to live in another country?
  • Seismology and Earthquakes - how many earthquakes were in the Northwest today?
  • Smithsonian Museum - what could I see if I was in Washington D.C.?
  • National Geographic Society - great pictures from around the world.

  Science TV

  • Newton's Apple - science experiments to try at home.
  • Bill Nye the Science Guy - find out what Bill Nye is doing this week.

Family Resources

• DO-IT Pals - an electronic community of students with disabilities, and mentors.
• DO-IT - how can I get involved with DO-IT?
• National Resources for Parents of Children and Youth with Disabilities - useful Web links for parents.

Search for Yourself

• Google - type your topic into the box, press return, and follow the links Google finds for you.

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DO-IT Contact Information
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doit@u.washington.edu
Modified: October 8, 2007