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Links to Web Sites:

Technology Standards
1. http://www.iste.org/
2. http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS
3. http://www.macul.org/
Technology planning
1. http://www.techplan.org/
2. http://www.sl.universalservice.org/apply/step2.asp
3. http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm
4. http://www.free.ed.gov/
5. http://www.monkinstitute.org/
Paid Subscriptions Many of these sites have free trials and other services including student activities,
but for they charge a subscription fee for there premium content.
1. $ Learning A-Z family of websites provides a number of dynamic curriculum delivery websites
with hundreds of thousands of teaching and learning resources for PreK-6 educators and students:
http://www.readinga-z.com/
http://sciencea-z.com
2. $ Kuta Software Test and Worksheet Generators for Math Teachers:
http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html
3. $ An NSF supported project that developed a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual
manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction
(K-12 emphasis): http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html
4. $ Quia helps educators teach better by giving them the tools to create, customize, and share
learning activities: http://www.quia.com
5. $ Sesame Street eBookstore http://ebooks.sesamestreet.org/
6. $ Compass Learning creates curriculum and assessment solutions that motivate todays
students to engage, think & learn: https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/
7. $ World Library The World Public Library Association contains 125 of the finest eBook and
eDocument collections published on the Internet today. http://worldlibrary.net/Collections.htm
8. $ Scholastic & Scholastic News http://www.scholastic.com
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp
9. $ Visual Thesaurus The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which
creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words.
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
http://corporate.classroom.com/
10. $ Lexia reading education that provides a research-proven method for students to acquire
foundational reading skills. http://www.lexialearning.com/
11. $ BrainPOP BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students,
supports educators, and bolsters achievement.
a. http://www.brainpop.com/
b. http://www.brainpopjr.com/
c. http://www.brainpop.com/games/
12. $ PebbleGo The Emergent Reader Research Solution. http://www.pebblego.com/
13. $ Starfall reading program is designed to be fun, exciting, and to instill confidence in young
children as they learn to read: http://www.starfall.com
14. $ Teacher Web TeacherWeb offers website solutions for teachers, schools, and districts.
http://teacherweb.com/
15. $ Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: http://goenc.com/
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Free Web Sites the content on these sites are for the most part free for educational use. Some sites may
have stores or other ways to generate income, including advertising.
Teacher Resources Resource Websites
1. Thinkfinity.org is free, comprehensive digital learning platform
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
2. Discovery Education offers a broad range of free engaging digital classroom
resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell.
http://discoveryeducation.com
3. Technology Tidbits A Resource for Integrating Technology into Your Classroom
http://teach.fcps.net/trt14/Default.htm
4. Sites for Teachers rated by Popularity http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
5. Kathy Schrock Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators: http://www.schrockguide.net
6. TeacherTube A good resource for videos to use in the classroom.
http://teachertube.com
7. Classroom 2.0 The social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in
education. http://www.classroom20.com/
8. K-12 Tech Tools A new website called K-12 Tech Tools features more than 1,000 free online
technology tools. The tools are categorized by subject, grade level, and standards. Teachers can
share their own tech tools, success stories, and can learn from one another.
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/
9. Khan AcademyWith a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to
physics, finance, and history, we're on a mission to help you learn whatever you want,
whenever you want, at your own pace. http://www.khanacademy.org/
10. PBS LearningMedia PBS LearningMedia is a dynamic platform offering the best of public media
content and produced specifically for PreK-16 teachers, with free access to over 14,000 highquality resources tied to national standards. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
11. MindShift KQED Technology is revolutionizing the world of education replacing familiar
classroom tools and changing the way we learn. MindShift explores the future of learning in all its
dimensions covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy
and more. http://mindshift.kqed.org/
12. edHelper.com edHelper.com is dedicated to providing teachers a single shop for educational
resources. edHelper was created by a team of teachers who have edhelped (!) in its development.
http://edhelper.com/
13. PBS Teachers PBS' national web destination for high-quality preK-12 educational resources:
http://www.pbs.org/teachers
14. Wordle is a website for generating word clouds from text that you provide:
http://wordle.net
15. Library of Congress Teachers, bringing the power of primary sources into the classroom:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
16. Teachers Teaching Teachers A weekly webcast on the EdTechTalk channel of the World
Bridges network: http://teachersteachingteachers.org
17. Elmo Document Camera Lessons A practical list of interactive instructional ideas that cover
all grades levels and many subject areas for ways to enhance your instruction with a document
camera: http://www.elmousa.com/lesson-ideas
18. PowerPoint Lessons With over 200 presentations ranging in size from a dozen or so slides each
to over 145 slides, there is a chance that you can find something to use:
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19. Sheppards Software Software programs that are listed below are completely free to
teachers and schools and homeschools: http://sheppardsoftware.com
20. Wimp is a mainstream, user generated, family friendly video website. We are dissimilar to most
video websites on the Internet as we avoid featuring uploaded videos that are either unsuitable
for all ages, or are generally sensationalistic in nature: http://wimp.com
21. The Greatest Engineering Achievements website celebrates a remarkable century of technological
achievement. The website contains detailed historical information, timelines, and personal essays by
key innovators for each of 20 major engineering accomplishments of the 20th century:
http://greatachievements.org
22. RubiStar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
23. DOCS Teach is a free tool from the National Archives. It contains more than 3000 primary
sources, teachers and students can view. Activities can be created and shared using available
artifacts. http://docsteach.org/
24. USAToday News and a lot more. http://www.usatoday.com/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/snapshot.htm
25. Online Stopwatch This website can be displayed on your desktop and does not require
downloading. This site has a variety of timers, stopwatches and clocks.
http://www.online-stopwatch.com
26. Puzzlemaker Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
27. FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) Teaching and learning resources from
Federal Agencies. http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm
28. Blackboard Engage Create your own personal website.
http://www.schoolworld.com/teachersites.cfm
29. John Stossel in the Classroom Free resources are available with some of the most popular John
Stosssel topics. http://stosselintheclassroom.org
30. TeacherVision TeacherVision is dedicated to helping teachers save time. Find 20,000 pages
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WikiSummarizer... Wiki Summarizer is a Web-based application specializing in automatic
summarization of Wikipedia articles. http://www.wikisummarizer.com
Free Clip Art Floridas Educational Technology Clearinghouse website with over 65,000 pieces of
educational clipart. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/
Animoto Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with
everyone. http://animoto.com/
The Educators PLN Personal Learning Network for Educators. http://edupln.com/
Fact Monster Part of Family Education Network sponsored by Pearson Educations.
http://www.factmonster.com/
KidRex Safe search for Kids, by Kids. http://www.kidrex.org/
Pics4Learning Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education.
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Classtools Create free educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds!
http://www.classtools.net/
Triptico The Triptico resource application currently contains 23 different interactive resources
- all of which are easy to edit, adapt, save and share. http://www.triptico.co.uk/
Into the Book Into the Book is a multimedia package designed to improve students' reading
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41. Carnegie Library of Pittsburg Kids Multiple activities for little kids 0-5 and big kids 6-12.
MyStoryMaker allows students to control their characters and object within the story.
http://www.clpgh.org/kids/
42. KidsKnowIt Our Mission Is To Provide The Highest Quality Educational Activities, Products,
Movies, Music, Games, Articles, Text Books, Learning Programs, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, And
Distribute Them Completely Free of Charge. http://www.kidsknowit.com/
43. Education Apps Review A community effort to Grade Educational Apps.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews
http://educationappreviews.com/
44. ClassroomTech providing effective technology resources for teachers.
http://classroomtech.org/
45. Dositey.com: http://www.dositey.com/2008/index-page-home.php
46. The Educators Network: www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/index.htm
47. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than
100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy.:
www.funbrain.com
48. Kiddy House (all around with lots of primary material):
www.kiddyhouse.com
49. School Express: www.schoolexpress.com
50. Surf Net: www.surfnetkids.com
51. Super Kids: www.superkids.com/aweb/tools
52. TeAch-nology.com: www.teach-nology.com
53. TeacherVision.com: www.teachervision.com/index.html?nav
54. TeachingZone: http://www.teachingzone.org/
55. Sites for Teachers: www.sitesforteachers.com
Lesson Plans
1. LessonPlans.com: www.lessonplans.com
2. Lesson Planning: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/
3. Discovery Lesson Plan Library: http://www.discoveryeducation.com//teachers/free-lessonplans/?campaign=flyout_teachers_lesson
4. HotChalk Lesson Plans: http://www.lessonplanspage.com
5. Teachers.Net: http://teachers.net/lessons
Rubric Generators
1. The Educators Network Rubric Tools: www.rubrics4teachers.com
2. Rubric Builder: www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
3. Rubric Generator: www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics
Teacher Resources Search Websites
1. Top Visual Search Engines If you are looking into innovative ways to browse and explore search
engine results, visual search engines may provide exactly what you have been looking for. Instead
of long lists of page titles and URLs, visual search engines deliver visually rich maps of content
results.
Link: http://www.masternewmedia.org/top-visual-search-engines-the-most-interesting-ways- tovisually-explore-search-engine-results/#ixzz1p7Blq35q
2. AskKids A search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12.
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3. Quintura You can find the information you need by simply clicking the words in the cloud.
When you point to a word, new words will appear to make your query more specific and help
you receive results more relevant to context you search. http://quinturakids.com/
4. Boolify Boolify helps students bridge that gap by visualizing the process and letting students
interact with the abstract concept behind the search process in a tangible and hands-on way.
http://www.boolify.org
5. KidsClick Web Search KidsClick is owned and run by the School of Library and Information
Science (SLIS) at Kent State University. http://www.kidsclick.org/
6. MarcoPolo Search Engine: http://www.marcopolosearch.org/index.html
Student Resources
1. Create-a-graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing
2. Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/
3. 50states.com: http://www.50states.com
4. Fact Monster - Games and Quizzes: http://www.factmonster.com/games.html
5. Dr. Seuss's Seussville: http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville
Cross Curricular:
1. FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program:
http://www.freerice.com/
2. The FunTheory this site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the
easiest way to change peoples behavior for the better: http://www.thefuntheory.com
3. Tag Galaxy is a very good flash application that uses Papervision3D with beautiful transition
effects to explore Flickr photos via virtual planetary systems: http://taggalaxy.com
4. Sporcle provides fun and addictive quizzes ranging from trivial diversions to educational study
guides. http://www.sporcle.com/
5. TED Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. http://ted.com
6. KidsKonnect portal pages for kids in elementary school. http://www.kidskonnect.com/
7. Globio Our mission is to engage children in cross-cultural dialogue and understanding
http://www.globio.org/
Interactive Educational Games and Activities:
1. ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary
students to learn on the web: http://abcya.com/
2. Software 4 Free Handpicked, Safe and 100% free selected free software titles, reviews,
screenshots: http://www.software4free.org
3. Sporkle is a game site with some games that can apply to education use: http://sporkle.com
Information Management/Delivery/Presentation:
1. SchoolNotes Teachers can post information homework and other class information on their
own personal page for parents to access. Free service with banner advertising:
http://new.schoolnotes.com/
2. VoiceThread group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the
world. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds voice (with a mic or
telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam): http://voicethread.com
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4. Wolfram Alpha enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram Alpha uses its computational
power and ever growing collection of knowledge to compute the answer:
http://www.wolframalpha.com
5. Bubbl Brainstorming Brings many improvements to the brainstorming workflow.
https://bubbl.us/
Reference Sites
1. Awesome Library: http://www.awesomelibrary.org
2. Bartleby Searchable resource of reference works, verse, fiction, and nonfiction: www.bartleby.com
3. Ellis Island Web Site: www.ellisislandrecords.org
4. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/education/index.html
5. The National Archives and Records Administration: www.nara.gov
6. NASA: www.nasa.gov
7. National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
8. Ocean Remote Sensing: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu
9. Public Broadcasting System: http://www.pbs.org
10. Reference Desk: www.refdesk.com
11. U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov
12. The WWW Virtual Library: http://vlib.org/:
13. Public Library of Cincinnati Virtual Library: http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/virtuallibrary/
Internet Only
1. Internet hoaxes Exposed: http://hoaxbusters.org
2. Internet hoaxes Exposed: www.scambusters.com
3. Internet hoaxes Exposed: www.vmyths.com
Miscellaneous
1. Discovery School: Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
2. Eduscapes Resources for Life Long Learners: http://www.eduscapes.com
3. Filamentality http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/
4. Landmark Project: http://landmark-project.com/index.php?stamp
5. PresentationMedia: http://www.presentermedia.com/
6. FreakyFreddies Funhouse: http://www.freakyfreddies.com
7. Personal Educational Press: www.educationalpress.org
8. PrimaryGames.com: http://www.primarygames.com
9. NOVA Trillion Dollar Bet: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/stockmarket/virtual.html
10. BrainPop: http://www.brainpop.com
11. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards for School Mathematics:
http://www.nctm.org/standards
Museums Sites
1. Adler Planetarium in Chicago: www.adlerplanetarium.org
2. The British Museum: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: www.metmuseum.org
4. The Museum of Modern Art: www.moma.org
5. The United States Holocaust Museum: www.ushmm.org
6. Smithsonian Institution: www.si.edu
7. The San Diego Zoo site: http://sd88.reachlocal.net/

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Virtual Sites
1. Earth Cameras: BEWARE OF ADULT SITES http://www.earthcam.com
2. Real Time Data Sites: http://ciese.org/realtimedatasites.html
3. Virtual Free Sites CAUTION use virus protection: http://www.virtualfreesites.com
Video Resources:
1. Video in the Classroom: From an article on the effective uses of video in the classroom comes a
variety of resources. Open Courseware Consortium, Open Learning Initiative, OER Commons,
OpenLearn, Academic Earth, Video Lectures, Einztein, Federal Resources for Educational
Excellence, Apple iUniversity, Scitable, World Public Library, Video Lectures, and Lecture Fox.
2. Teachers' Domain A free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting
and its partners. http://www.teachersdomain.org
3. TeacherTube Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We
seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home
learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching
teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order
to learn a concept or skill. http://teachertube.com
4. YouTube For Schools http://www.youtube.com/education
5. Learning is Messy Digital video is a powerful, transformational, educational tool.
http://learningismessy.com/
Language Arts:
1. WritingFix Home of interactive writing prompts: http://writingfix.com/
2. SpellingCity Free teaching resources with lists and lesson plans for teaching high frequency
words, compound words, sound-alike words (their, there, they're), contractions, possessives, and
more. http://www.spellingcity.com/
3. Rhyming Words With this website students get the opportunity to play a rhyming matching
game. http://pbs.org/lions/games/monkeymatch.html
4. Lexiles A Lexile measurement is the most widely adopted reading metric, measuring both
reader ability and text difficulty on the same scale. www.lexile.com
5. SuperWhy This is a free website that allows students to read along while listening to the
computer and interacting with a variety of different reading level games.
http://pbskids.org/superwhy
6. Visuwords online graphical dictionary Look up words to find their meanings and
associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net.
Learn how words associate. http://www.visuwords.com/
7. Aesop fables A listing of 600+ fables: http://www.aesopfables.com
8. Shakespeare and the Internet: http://shaksper.net/scholarly-resources/shakespeare-on-theinternet
The Arts:
1. GrooveShark a song site http://grooveshark.com
2. Music Teacher provides music technology links, quizzes, resources and information to all
music teachers interested in using technology to enhance music instruction:
http://www.musictechteacher.com/
3. Classic Motown Information on Hitsville USA: http://classicmotown.com
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5. Blank Sheet Music... allows visitors to create free printable staff paper and manuscripts:
http://blanksheetmusic.net
6. The mission of The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is to offer public school-based jazz
education programs for young people around the world. http://www.monkinstitute.org/
7. The ART Education 2.0 Ning Created by an associate professor of art and history at
University of Florida this is a free social networking service. http://arted20.ning.com
8. Arts Educator 2.0 A professional development project funded by US. Dept. of Ed, brings
together art, music, theater, and dance educators from three counties in PA. These educators are
documenting their learning processes on this wiki where anyone can view.
http://artseducator20.wikispaces.com
9. Crayola Art projects for kids: http://www.crayola.com
10. National Gallery for Kids: http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Health:

1. Livestrong Foundation has two websites: http://livestrong.com

http://livestrong.org
2. Out on a Limb A guide to getting along from University of Illinois Extension:
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/conflict/index.html
3. My Life deals with (you guessed it!) life and the stuff that kids deal with every day:
http://Pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html
4. PECentral Welcome to the premier site for health & physical education teachers, parents and
students. Our goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical
education programs for children. http://www.pecentral.org/

Math Sites & Tools

1. Math Is Fun Offers mathematics as well as some fun bits, and to combine the two wherever
possible: http://mathisfun.com
2. A+ Math A web site developed to help students improve their math skills interactively:
http://aplusmath.com
3. AAAMath: www.aaamath.com/index.html
4. ABCTeach Math Generator: www.mathfactcafe.com
5. Math Forum Dr. Math: www.mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
6. CooIMath.com: www.coolmath.com
7. Math Flashcards: http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html
8. Calculator: http://www.calculator.com
9. Online Converters: http://www.onlineconversion.com/
10. Martindale's Calculators On-line Center: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html
11. Fun Brain: www.funbrain.com/math
12. National Resource for Computational Science Interactive Tools: http://www.shodor.org
13. Manipula Math with Java: http://www.ies-math.com/math/java/
14. Kathy Schrock's guide for Education (Grade K - 12) List of great math sites
http://schoolnew.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/math.html
15. Worksheet Factory Math: http://www.worksheetfactory.net/
16. Super Kids Math Worksheet Creator: www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math
17. The Awesome Library (Grade K - 12)
www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Worksheets/Math.html
18. Boxer Math: http://www.boxermath.com
19. Xtramath A free web program that to help kids master basic math facts for students,
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Science Sites
1. The Constellations and their Stars: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations
2. Ecology.com deals with ecological issues: http://www.ecology.com
3. The eNature Observer: www.enature.com
4. Office of Naval Research's Science and Technology Site: http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean
5. Period Table: www.webelements.com
6. ScienceNet Links: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
7. The Science Spot: http://www.sciencespot.net
8. Kids Astronomy: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
9. Solar System Explanation: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/
10. The Natural Resources Conservation Service: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov
11. U.S. Census: http://www.census.gov
12. StatCrunch: http://www.statcrunch.com
13. Plato Learning: http://www.plato.com
14. The Globe Program: http://www.globe.gov/
15. Jason Learning: http://www.jason.org/
16. Archimedes Laboratory: http://www.archimedes-lab.org/index_optical.html
17. Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
18. The Planetary Society: http://www.planetary.org/
19. (NOAA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://www.noaa.gov
20. Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/education
21. NASA's Center for Distance Learning: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/912/features/F_Distance_Learning_9-12.html
22. Visual Basic A beginner's guide is designed for people with little or no prior knowledge of
computer languages, who want to learn to program using the Visual Basic language:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/default.aspx
23. Michigans 4-H childrens Garden Tour Our mission is to create a parallel virtual experience
that in its own virtual way is as rich in exploration, surprises, learning, and fun as the real
children's garden: http://4hgarden.msu.edu/kidstour/tour.html
24. The Concord Consortium Our mission is to stimulate large-scale, technology-based
improvements in teaching and learning. Education is the single most important investment a
society can make in its future.
http://www.concord.org/
25. Their Molecular Workbench (MW) is a free, open-source tool that creates and delivers
visual, interactive simulations for teaching and learning science and engineering.
http://mw.concord.org/modeler/index.html
26. Scitable Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool. It currently concentrates on
genetics and cell biology. http://www.nature.com/scitable
27. AP Biology Help An AP Biology teacher from Bozeman, Montana, has put together some
great podcasts. http://www.youtube.com/user/bozemanbiology
28. Pushes and Pulls On this websites students are able to push or pull a rolling toy horse on a
track. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml
29. NOAA online games The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers two
free online games for middle school students. http://games.noaa.gov
30. Jason Project The JASON Project's approach to science education immerses students in
challenging, real-world situations where they are connected with and mentored by top
scientists from organizations like NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Energy and parent
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National Geographic Education http://education.nationalgeographic.com/

National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Interactive Simulations Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena
from the PhET project at the University of Colorado. http://phet.colorado.edu/
34. A-Z Animals An online animal encyclopedia. http://a-z-animals.com/
35. KidsBiology http://www.kidsbiology.com/
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History:

1. Boston Childrens Museum Founded in 1913 by a group of teachers in Boston's Jamaica Plain
neighborhood, Boston Children's Museum began a "hands-on" tradition long before that phrase
became commonplace. http://bostonkids.org/educators/about.html
2. The Plantation Letters This teaching resource includes digitized selections from the Cameron
Family Papers extracted from the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. The resource is
designed for non-commercial use by educators and students interested in themes associated with
antebellum plantation life. http://plantationletters.com/
3. Founding.com Project of the Claremont Institute: www.founding.com/
4. Cultural Landscapes: http://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscape/

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