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Welcome! The Exploratorium presents ten cool science, art, and education sites for the month of June. Thanks to everyone who contributed this month. While you're here, don't forget to visit our 23 categories with over 350 reviewed sites. From arts to weather, if it's cool, it's here. If it's not here, let us know. Don't forget to check back July 1st for ten more Cool Sites!

The New Venue - Check out this site to see state-of-the-art movies produced just for the Web! Best viewed with a fast internet connection. Cool Site: June 1998 KinderArt- This site boasts over 130 art lessons (and growing) that teachers and parents can use in their home or school classroom. Users can add their own lesson ideas to the site as well. Cool Site: June 1998 The Literary Traveler- This site explores the human enthusiasms for travel, self-discovery, and literature. Its correspondents wander a different region of the world each season, examining life and writing along the way. Cool Site: June 1998 NASA Infrared Astronomy Center- This clear, informative site includes the first images of a possible planet around another star. Cool Site: June 1998 Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Student- This site offers a range of online resources related to traditional arts, folklore, anthropology, and oral history, including RealAudio interviews. Cool Site: June 1998 The Calcite Palace - Visit this site for beautiful pictures of a unique group of microscopic fossil algae, some as old as 200 million years! Cool Site: June 1998 Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? - Produced by High School students, this site has a rich store of information about the life, art, and science of Leonardo da Vinci. Check out the MIDI recordings of da Vinci's musical compositions! Cool Site: June 1998 WALRUS- A succinct site, with a clean look, offering good information on this strange marine mammal, including how to pronounce "walrus" in Cup'ik Eskimo! Cool Site: June 1998

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Carolina Coastal Science- A quality educational resource with inquiry-based activities covering the Carolina coastline, including barrier island erosion, development pressures, and habitat conservation. Cool Site: June 1998 DNA: the Instruction Manual for All Life- Aimed at a younger audience, this site offers a good basic introduction to the workings of DNA, with a clear, colorful design. Cool Site: June 1998 New sites are posted on the first of every month, so remember to stop back on June 1st. Thanks again to everyone who has contributed. If you have a cool science, art, or educational site that you would like us to consider, send mail to: Noel Wanner noelw@exploratorium.edu. Please put the word "cool" in the subject of your e-mail message. © 1998 The Exploratorium