Each year at this time, I pick five sites that best show off the Web's ability to teach us something new. As always, choosing just five sites was tough. I like the following sites because of the range of their educational content: history, science, litera
The History Channel brings us not just one generic This Day in History, but nine topical ones on subjects as diverse as Automotive History, Civil War History, Crime History, Literary History, Technology History and Wall Street History.
The imaginary Kapili Islands are home to a variety of research labs which produce the wonderfully educational Kapili.
With artwork by Quentin Blake, the Official Roald Dahl Web Site is both familiar and unexpected much like a Dahl novel.
The more you learn about the science of tobacco, the less likely you are to smoke.
Time for Kids covers tough issues such as the war on terrorism, along with sports, fun features and challenging games.