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Helpful Web Sites For Teachers and Parents!    

http://mustang.coled.umn.edu

provides content for integrating the world wide web into the curriculum, students can make their own web pages, lesson plans available

 

www.webopedia.com **

lesson plans on all subjects, has good computer terms, computer word of the day

 

www.nyphilkids.org

great site for music teachers elementary and lower middle school grades

 

www.pbs.org/teachersource/index.htm

teachers find lesson plans by grade and subject to go along with PBS programs

 

www.Dell.com

a site to use to check our computers if you’re looking to buy one

 

http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/Butterfly.html

great site if you’re raising butterflies

 

www.Mathstories.com **

site where children can practice problem solving and critical thinking

 

www.Northpole.com **

activities for students and teachers for holidays

 

www.intel.com/education

hints for using software and hardware to improve student learning

 

www.teacher.scholastic.com

excellent site for plans, activities , games for teachers, students and parents

 

www.janbrett.com

has lessons for Jan Brett’s books, well organized

 

www.kidsdomain.com

friendly kids site, word searches, crossword puzzles, levels of difficulty

 

www.looksmart.com

search engine that narrows down the search quickly

 

http://www.ditto.com

search engine for pictures , gives you larger data bases to choose from

 

www.yahooligans.com

easy to follow site for students and teachers, research, pictures, chat areas

has almanac and teacher’s guide

 

www.google.com **  excellent

simplistic web search, “I’m feeling lucky” search

takes you to highest ranked site by topic

 

www.hotbot.lycos.com

ideal for classroom use with children, won many awards as search engine

 

www.oingo.com

latest search engine, search gives you open directory of text and website hits

meaningful symbol marked with a lightbulb

 

www.dogpile.com ** excellent

mega-search engine, search by words, favorites or directories, Boolean logic not necessary

 

www.lycos.com/

overwhelming site, no direct Boolean searching, visually stimulating

 

http://conbio.rice.edu/vl/search

specific key word search. Good for Science and Social Studies topics, narrows down the search

 

www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html

for students, parents, and teachers, Information and games about safety

 

www.nvo.com/ecnewletter

provides valuable connections between curriculum areas and technology

each month highlights thematic units

 

www.education-world.com

needs Java, teacher centered site but students may use the on-line reference tools, great lesson plans, references for teachers

 

www.channelone.com

excellent current event source, students can see videos, participate in polls, post comments, engage in games and contests, student oriented

 

www.educationplace

user friendly for parents, teachers and students, games for students, provides bilingual resource links

 

www.olemiss.edu/mathed/problem.htm

challenging math problems for fun or extra credit, contests

 

www.funbrain.com

teachers, parents, and children on-line quizzes and games, premade or make your own quizzes

 

www.pde.psu.edu

check out school profiles, professional vacancies

 

www.onvia.com/usa/products/

let’s you purchase computer supplies online

 

www.skewlsites.com

examines hundreds of educational sites each month

 

www.studyweb.com

valuable tools for teachers looking for lesson plans and curriculum ideas, lacks kid appeal

 

www.discovery.com **

great site, visually appealing, videos and lots of pictures

great resources for animals and science topics

 

www.webBrain.com

topics are expanded and expanded,too much information

 

www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

very informative when dealing with foreign country statistics

good site for students to hone their web searching skills

 

www.civilwar.com

excellent source for information on the civil war, interesting data

 

www.phschool.com/science/planetdiary

good for student use and teacher research, goes well with current events projects

 

www.100hot.com

educational subjects, has great links to animals and environmental sites, links automatically to really great sites

 

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html

excellent site for teachers, theme related resources, with  complete lessons for individual or interdisciplinary units

 

www.discoveryschool.com **

good for educators and students, Kathy Schrock’s site for educators is a real plus, has a good clip art gallery

 

www.teachers.net **

great website for educators, chat rooms, advice ,lessons on all topics and levels, easy to maneuver

 

www.imaging-resource.com

articles, hints, tips on technology, simple , clear site

 

www.dep.state.pa.us/educators/default.htm

a reference source for teachers, has useful information

 

http://school.discovery.com **

 

has ideas and information for students, teachers and parents, relevant materials for the classroom

 

www.LhsL.com **

provides excellent translating ability for teachers, good for sending letters home to parents of non-English speakers

 

www.westnet.com/~rickd/kids/kidsmenu.html/

good middle school site for computer buffs, history and use of computers, informational purposes

 

http://forum.swarthmore.edu./dr.math/

good for middle school students, students can consult Dr. Math for answers that arise in math course in school

 

www.pbs.org/

easy to use, 1400 lesson plans and activities, good links to other sights

 

www.coolmath4kids.com **

set up as an amusement park of learning activites, for students, teachers and parents, well-organized, attractive

 

www.ccclearn.com

simply a sight for teachers who use CCC, to better understand it

 

www.bonus.com

kids love this sight, great games and graphics but it also has an academic section with a special corner for Harry Potter fans

 

www.family.com

storehouse of activities and information for family and consumer science. Has 8 areas with subdivisions

 

www.mainfunction.com

great sight for information concerning technology and computers, has products, curriculum and a good newsletter

 

http://umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/latest.html

strictly a science sight for solar images and links to environmental centers and observatories, great images but heavy duty stuff

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