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Experiencing
Chemistry
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry
A virtual home for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Resources
exist on ten thematic units relating to chemistry experiments in the K-8
environment. |
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ABC Stamping
Game
http://www.fisher-price.com/us/littlepeople/fun/games/abcgame/default.asp
One of 10 exciting activities from Ready for School Toddler, an
interactive learning program from Knowledge Adventure, Inc. |
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PE Central
http://pecentral.com
The latest information about developmentally appropriate physical
education programs for children - lesson plans, assessment ideas,
instructional resources, and more! |
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Family
Education Network
http://www.fekids.com/kln
Wonderful educational games, school help and daily stuff! |
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The Why?
Files
http://whyfiles.org/
Publications, briefs and news all science related offered by the
University of Wisconsin. Teaching to science standards link as well. |
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Microsoft
Office Design Gallery Live
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
Clip of the day, monthly highlights, categorical pictures, and a
searchable clip art database all for downloading. A great resource for
enhancing your printed material or for students' use in presentations.
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Play Kids
Games.com
http://www.playkidsgames.com/
Arcade games in math, vocabulary, problem solving, and more. Kids practice
basic skills while having fun. |
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Thesis
Builder
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
This website will help draft a clear thesis statement for a persuasive
essay. Fill in answers to questions: topic, main opinion, arguments for
and against, click Build Thesis and a opening paragraph is created;
optional outline too. |
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EvaluTech
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/
A searchable database that contains more than 7000 reviews of
instructional materials recommended for classroom use in K-12. |
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Ask-An-Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com/
Ask-An-Expert connects you with hundreds of real world experts ranging
from astronouts to zookeepers. These experts have volunteered to answer
your questions for free! |
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PBS
TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm
A teacher's resource for technology and teaching. Tutorials, technology
integration ideas, lesson plans, communication with other teachers, and
more. |
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Purple Math
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/modules.htm
Algebra lessons that give tips, hints, and examples as well as point out
common mistakes. Maybe students who miss a lecture or need additional help
can benefit from the tutoring on this site. |
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GeoGame
Project
http://gsh.lightspan.com/project/gg/description.cfm
Helping students learn about our world, its maps and its people through
collaboration with other students across the world. An interesting project
for the GATE classroom? |
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Better
English Exercises
http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
A site of interactive exercises to practice English vocabulary, spelling
and grammar. Great for ESL students. |
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Country
Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/
A resource on world countries. Information on economy, defense, geography,
government, people, history, flags, songs, etc. |
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ExploreMath.com
http://www.exploremath.com/
Shockwave Activities that create real-time correlations between equations
and graphs that help students visualize and experiment with many of the
major concepts from Elementary Algebra through Pre-Calculus. |
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GeoNet
http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/index.html
The game questions are organized according to the National Geographic
Standards. The games are designed to help children think geographically
and to help them build a global context for the information they learn.
Grades 4+ |
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Changemaker
http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
Figure out how many of each bill or coin you expect to get back when you
pay for something. US, Canda, Mexico, United Kingdon, Australia money
choices. |
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Colors,
Colors - Neuroscience for kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html
The the color of the word, not the word - called The Stroop Effect.
Tougher than you think! |
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Who Wants to
Win a Million Dollars - The Science Game
http://education.jlab.org/million/
Test math & science knowledge as you work your way to the million dollar
level. |
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Handwriting
Worksheets
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/
This site is a handwriting worksheet generator (D'Nealian and Basic print
as well as cursive). You supply the text you want students to practice
(their name or a short sentence), and a worksheet will be generated with
multiple practice lines. The print worksheets displays a yellow dot to
show students where the letter formation starts. |
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Attribute Set
daily puzzle
http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm
Here's a higher level thinking skills puzzle that should challenge
students. The object of the game is to identify the 6 'Sets', of three
cards each, from 12 cards laid out on the screen. Each card has a
variation of color, symbol, number and shading. A 'Set' consists of three
cards in which each feature is EITHER the same on each card OR is
different on each card. Try it! |
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ScribblebugTM
software review
http://www.polyester.com/products/index-tours.html
ScribblebugTM is a powerful - and relevant - writing, creativity and
communications software. The technology helps grade 2-6 educators teach
fundamental writing structures such as Narrative, Expository, and Compare
and Contrast. Thanks to teacher and system prompts, it scaffolds children
through the process of writing - from brainstorming and organizing to
drafting, editing and revising.
Take a software tour at:
http://www.polyester.com/products/index-tours.html then follow this
link: Launch your ScribblebugTM product tour by clicking here.
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Classroom
Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/ |
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Yahooligans
Downloader
http://www.yahooligans.com/content/dl/
Pictures, sound files and video files |
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Pics-4-Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com/
many picture categories to link to |
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Bill Nye the
Science Guy
http://www.nyelabs.com
If you enjoy the TV show, I think you'll enjoy this web site too. Fun,
chemically arranged links (Hd = Home Demos, Qw = Question of the Week,
etc.) provide ideas and activities for the classroom or home. |
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Bry-Back
Manor
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/
A site filled with activities for young children and special needs
children. |
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K-12 Web
Sites for Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
Resources for band, choral, orchestra and classroom music teaching.
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Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com
If you haven't visited Jan Brett's web site lately, it's worth another
visit. Her Hedgies Holiday Workbench link has many ideas for activities
and printouts - some great "student gift" ideas like beautiful, printable
bookmarks to give your students. |
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Timelines
I located two templates for creating Timelines that would be useful for
students to use in a timeline project. One is for use in Excel and one in
Word. They can be used in either PC or Mac versions of Word and Excel. The
templates are posted to our Download web site at:
http://www.bcsd.k12.id.us/district/downloads.html |
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Line Jumper
http://www.funbrain.com/linejump/index.html
On this web site, students are shown a number line and a math problem
(easy, medium, hard, really hard, super brain), and they must click on the
number line at the correct answer. |
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Golly Gee
Blocks
http://gollygee.com
GollyGee Blocks is quite simply the coolest 3D kids program around. You
build stuff with it, anything you want to. Use regular block shapes to
build towering skyscrapers or futuristic spacestations, or throw a few
animals in the scene and make a farm. Spin things around, stretch them
out, or twist and turn them every which way. Download the 10-day trial
from our download page at
http://www.bcsd.k12.id.us/district/downloads.html PC or Mac!
Pricing at:
http://www.gollygee.com/ggstore/ |
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Game Goo -
Learning that Sticks
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/index.cfm?bhflver=5
Educational games that help develop early reading skills identified as
important language arts building blocks in state standards. |
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NREL 6-Trait
Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/lessonplans.asp?odelay=2&d=1&MORE
Grade-level specific and trait-specific lesson plans on the 6-Trait
Writing process. |
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Cable in the
Classroom
http://www.ciconline.org/default.htm
Video and online content can help you and your students make
meaningful connections to new information, reinforce previous learning,
interact with other learners, and create original content. Locate what's
upcoming on cable by grade-specific or content-specific searches. Check
out the Features while you visit this site. |
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Interactive
Word Games
http://www.wordplays.com/
Great games like Boggle, Crossword, word morph and more - even multi
lingual games (Spanish, German, French and others). All games are online
interactive. These are nice thinking-skills games. |
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Book Plates
http://myhomelibrary.org/bookplates.html
A site full of wonderfully illustrated book plates for printing and
attaching to your classroom or personal books. If you're giving books as
Christmas gifts, or just purchased elementary school Book Fair books for
yourself, include one of these beautiful plates inside to artistically
identify who's book it is! Both black/white and color plates are
available. |
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Online
Cluster Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com
You provide a word to look up in the thesaurus and a visual list of
synonyms displays - highly graphical and fascinating. This can be a slow
loader due to the java script, but very worth the wait! |
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Math
Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html You choose a grade level and a math concept (Numbers & Operations,
Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Probability) and a variety of interactive
manipulative screens can be chosen. |
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Literacy
Center
http://www.literacycenter.net
Exercises in the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, words, and writing
in English, Spanish, French and German. |
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A Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org
A children's digital library full of stories and activities in both
English and Spanish. |
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Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read.
Teachers may request free writing journals for classroom use that
reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book.
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Bembo's Zoo
http://www.bemboszoo.com
Art, design and the alphabet come together in this fascinating web
site based on the children's alphabet book called Bembo's Zoo. The site
uses Flash technology and audio. It really is a must see for kids of all
ages. |
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Sony Wonder
http://www.wacona.com/kindergartengames/kindergartengames.html
A large collection of fun, educational games using shockwave
technology for primary students. |
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Time Teller
http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/time/index.html
On an interactive clock, you drag the hands of the clock to tell the
correct time. |
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Printable
Charts for foreign language diacritics
Spanish (PC keyboard):
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/spanishWin.pdf
Spanish (Mac keyboard):
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/spanishMac.pdf
French (PC keyboard):
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/frenchWin.pdf
French (Mac keyboard):
http://www.colby.edu/lrc/help/frenchMac.pdf
Examples: á é í ó ú |
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Mini
Whiteboards
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson251.shtml
Ideas for making your own individual student "mini" whiteboards and
five lesson plans for utilizing the whiteboards. |
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Fiction
Teachers
http://www.fictionteachers.com/classroomtheater/theater.html
Downloadable stories for children to perform, lesson plans, activities
-- all centered around the theme of fiction. |
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The Little
Animals Activity Center
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
Fun, interactive activities for young learners -- math, word games,
music, rhyming, and stories. |
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Flat Stanley
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/
Last school year Carla Scanlon introduced me to Flat Stanley -- a
project that involves students in developing writing, communication and
geography skills, based on the children's book titled Flat Stanley by Jeff
Brown. Visit the above web site for more information on the project -
also, the author is writing a new story and is seeking ideas from
children. The new story is called Stanley - Flat Again, and children can
submit ideas for how Stanley gets flat, new adventures and characters.
Interested in a printable template of Flat Stanley? Visit the following
site:
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/template.htm |
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Illuminations
- Math Investigations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
The math investigations on this site are online, interactive,
multimedia math investigations. They are built around interactive math
applets, and some also include video clips. Complete i-Maths include
investigations for students, teacher's notes, answers, and related
professional development activities. Activities range from grades K-12.
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Thirteen
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/
An affiliate of PBS, this broadcasting web site has an online
educational component. View the monthly theme, lesson plans, instructional
TV calendar, and other classroom content.
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U.S. Mint.gov
http://www.usmint.gov/kids
Created and reviewed by teachers to meet your curricular goals, the
lesson plans and activities will help you inspire students to learn about
the history in their pockets - along with math, social studies, science,
language arts, music, and art.
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Research It!
http://www.radiatorinfo.com/research.html
This is a great site that has consolidated the major research needs
into one site. This nice web tool includes: lookups for dictionary,
computing terms, rhyming dictionary (isn't that handy for poetry
writing?), pronunciation, law dictionary, thesarus, language translator,
language identifier (type in foreign words and it will tell you what
language it is), French conjugator, anagram finder (ie parliament is an
anagram of partial men), acronmyn finder, bibliography search, quotation
finder, maps, telephone search, fact book, currency converter, stock
prices, zipcode search and package tracking. Wow!!
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Seussville
http://www.seussville.com/seussville/university/parents.html
a site where children can have "lots of good fun that is funny" while
learning reading, math, science, and reasoning skills.
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Primary Games
http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm
Educational interactive math games with immediate feedback.
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Where Am I
Hiding?
http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/coolstore/v2/17/ActionStation/animal.html
A cute interactive game for locating and learning about animals.
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Simple
Machines
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
An explanation of six simple machines with interactive activity sheet,
quiz, and nice links to definitions and uses.
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Rollercoaster
Physics
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster
A simulator for designing thrilling coaster rides - a cool activity to
simulate the application of physics.
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Seismic
Monitor
http://www.iris.edu/seismon
Monitor global earthquakes in near real-time, visit seismic stations
around the world, and search the web for earthquake or region-related
links. |
