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| How to search - KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching | ||
| Search Engines | Databases Login required for most sites - contact school for that information |
Other Refernce Sites |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | United Streaming Videos and images |
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| World Book Online | Visual Thesaurus/Dictionary | |
| EBSCO | Ivy's Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Thesauri (and Translators!) | |
| Facts on File | ||
| Gale Database | ||
Kids AOL Homework Help |
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ThinkQuest Library |
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Public Library Homework Center Websites listed by topics |
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Homework
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BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper AOL Homework Help IMLS Virtual Reference Desk - ask an expert Citation
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FunBrain
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Dr. Seuss's Homepage
Kaboink.com
KidsCom
The Kaboose Network
Nickelodeon's Home Page
Crayola
Children's Television Workshop
FreeZone
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Scholastic
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Curriculum
Resources (Subject Links) |
TEACHERS! |
**You can find other Internet projects within our curriculum links.
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Eduscapes
Collection - and links to other collections!
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Midge
Frazel's WebQuest Page - scroll down to the section called "Look
for WebQuests at these sites" to find links to other WebQuest collections.
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The
WebQuest Page -
Click
on Examples to see a matrix of WebQuests by subject and grade level!
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| United Streaming | Collection of videos for multimedia learning. |
Staff Development Resources Technology Training Manuals - the district manuals have been retired. Please see your CIT for any manuals you may need. The Basics - video vignettes teaching basic skills with NISD software. Excel Extras - learn how to make spreadsheets interactive, make pictographs, and embed or link files into your spreadsheet. Weaving the Web into Your K-12 Curriculum - a WebQuest to help you integrate the Internet into your teaching.
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| Smithsonian Education | Lesson
plans and links to hundreds of resources in the arts, social studies, science/technology, and language arts utilizing the vast collections of the Smithsonian. |
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| Gayle's Preschool Rainbow | Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans that give preschool children choices. Ideas for pre-k and kindergarten teachers that enrich classroom curriculum are arranged by theme. Plus easy at home fun learning games. There's even a search function and an opportunity to submit your own ideas. | |
| eThemes | Collection of Website resources for over 750 topics. | |
| Recommended
Literature: K thru 12 |
Database of books - search by reading level, classification (picture books, chapter, etc), genre, author, title, keyword, curriculum connection, awards, culture, or language. Parents looking for a list of books at their child's reading level? Search and print! | |
| Science Benchmark Assessments | Find TEKS based questions for your grade level to help prepare your students for the TAKS. | |
| Scholastic | Resources for Teachers, Kids and Parents. Teachers can find lesson plans in all subject areas, online learning activities and projects to get involved in (Scholastic Explorers where you learn about new worlds and cultures or Writing With Writers where you learn to write from the experts themselves), tools/time savers like research starters, and interact with online interviews of authors. Kids can interact with some of their favorite stories and characters through games and activities, and parents can keep informed on parenting issues and how to help their child be a successful learner. | |
| Houghton Mifflin K-8 Resources | Activities for Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Check out the Edugames (Wacky Web Tales and Brain Teasers), print out some Graphic Organizers, find activities and resources for Monthly Themes, search for activities/lesson plans for any subject, and get textbook support with lesson extensions and online activities to go along with each chapter. Kid's Place has educational games and activities and textbook support activities. Parents Place has Home Activity Center, Homework Help, and Kids' Publishing Corner. | |
| EPals | Connect with other classrooms around the world. | |
| Teacher Vision | Visit the Lesson Plan Center where you can find lesson plans, themes, worksheets, graphic organizers, quizes, outline maps, assessment resources, research center, and online student activities (games for each subject area). Also check out Advice for Parents under the Classroom Management section to find print outs for parents on many common topics and ways to help their students at school. | |
| Upcoming Events on the Calendar | A page for each month of the year with activities, poems, famous birthdays, intesting dates, and links to other sites that build on the themes of that month. | |
| The Teacher Tap | An awesome site which "helps educators address common technology integration questions by providing practical, online resources and activities" | |
| Houghton Mifflin Education Place | Resources for elementary-school teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/ Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, searchable activity database, educational games, printable graphic organizers, a link library and more! | |
| The Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources | Collected as part of a college class, here are some very worthwhile links dealing with management techniques. | |
| Library Hot Five | The Library Hot Five features the best sites the Web has to offer, brought to you weekly by Sharon the Cybrarian. 5 sites are chosen based upon a current theme. You can find all the archives on this site. Look for easy-to-use lesson plans, ask-an-expert lists, and curriculum connections. Check out our staff favorites, holiday highlights, science discoveries, special attractions, and ready references! You can also receive this list each week via email by signing up for the Library Hot Five mailing list! | |
| Midge Frazel's Home Page | Web site with lots of teacher resources. Check out featured web sites of the month - usually resources for thematic units. Under Web Pages for Workshops you can find a page for Snow Thematic Units and Virtual Field Trips and Web Museums. | |
| Teach-nology | Many teacher resources - scroll down and click on Worksheet Generators to create your own crossword puzzles, word searches, and much more. There are also hundreds of pre-created worksheets available to you, rubrics and rubric makers, graphic organizer generators, lesson plans to search through and much more! | |
| Classroom Connect Calendar | A question each day and a click of the arrow takes you to a web site with the answer! Click on "Visit", "Community" tab, and then "Connected Calendar" along the left side of the window. | |
| International Society for Technology in Education | Great Teacher Resource section with links to tons of different sites. | |
| Sites for Teachers | TONS of sites and resources for EVERY subject matter. | |
| Enchanted Learning | So cool, go here! | |
| The Web Quest Page | Click on Examples to see a matrix of WebQuests by subject and grade level! | |
| Blue Web'N | Library of blue ribbon learning sites - search for Internet projects, lesson plans and other resources | |
| MindWrite | Clipart and sound clip resources, lesson plan collection, assessment resources, kid safe search tools, citation guide, list of professional sites for teachers, free tutorials/ templates/ materials. | |
| Discovery School | Lesson plans, puzzlemaker, Kathy Schrock's guide, brain boosters, teaching tools, and much, much more! | |
| Assessment Strategies | A collection of classroom-based assessment strategies, their descriptions, examples of use, and places to find further info. | |
| ABC Teach | Woah! Teacher resource heaven. | |
| Teaching Ideas | Ideas and resources for all subject areas | |
| 42eXplore | Definitions, activities, links and resources to over 150 thematic units. | |
| Eduscapes | Check out the "Literature Ladders" link (awsome ideas for connecting books and Internet resources) and the "NatureScapes" link (different topics in three sections: living things, living spaces, and living together. Each includes great information written at three reading levels and a unique webquest activity). | |
| Education World's Working With Parents | Suggestions for how to bridge the home-school gap with activities and homework ideas, and suggestions for successful parent-teacher conferences. | |
| Busy Teacher's Cafe | Units and lessons, worksheets, links for every subject, learning center ideas, teacher tips, online quizes and activities - everything a busy teacher could ask for! | |
| Multicultural Teaching Toolbox | Activities, songs, handouts, book list, and an online awareness quiz - see how multicultural you are! | |
| Lesson Plans Page | Over 2000 lesson plans submitted by teachers | |
| iEARN | Get your class involved in online collaborative international projects! | |
| Multiple Intelligences Learning Wheel | Take this test to see which of your intelligences are the strongest and which are the weakest. Have your students complete it also to find out how they learn best! | |
| Links to Literature | Organized by book title, this site provides activities, links and lessons for children's literature. | |
| Distance
Learning Opportunities through Region 20 |
Find virtual field trips for your class or professional development courses for you! Check out the latest newsletter to see upcoming programs that are already scheduled. Or choose any of the programs you find on the sites below and set up your own time.
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Internet Safety
Surfnet Internet Safety and Security
SafeKids.com
To Filter or Not (ALA Article)
The Parents' Guide to the Information Highway & Online Safety Presentation
U.S. Dept. of Education - Parent Guide to the Internet
National
PTA Website
Disney.com -
fun family activites
Family Fun Magazine
The
American Library Association's Parent's Section
Surfnet Parents - info and tips on all things parenting
Children's
Software Review
Enchanted
Learning - activities, lessons, even stuff for little ones!
Scholastic
