Welcome to my portaportal site.
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Learning links and activities.
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Books: monthly featured book/choices
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Create and send to Printer - K-2
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Summarize a mystery/before writing a mystery story to summarize the elements
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Find what you need for your grade
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Different activities for your writing program
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This page, sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum, offers list of lesson plans that were created by teachers. The emphasis is on th
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Put together by PBS.
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Geography of the Land/ Mr. Dowling
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Interactive. Student and Teacher Friendly
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How to and good resources.
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Flags, maps, masks, animals, etc... great pictures
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Africans talking about their lives.
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RL 3-4 Well put together.
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Speaking about the griots (story tellers).
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Connects students to sites on each one of the countries.
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Kids' Africa/go on a quest for the Magic Calabash!
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Explore all the traditional African safari destinations.
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RL 3 - 6 Learn about the Peace Corps while traveling. Pack your Bags!
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Ready to prepare some African dishes?
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Put together by High School Students/ well done.
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snippets of information
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Notable African Scholar:Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Explore the regions of Africa
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Efforts made to save these species/Ck. Photo Gallery also
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General Facts About Various Types of Animals
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Animals/Exhibits:East Zone, Central Zone, West Zone
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Check out the
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Picture Gallery
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Sited created by students from Poulsbo Elementary RL 3 - 6
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RL 6 - 12 Very good resource.
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Create and share online. Navigate to the end of the world.
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Explorer
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Older site/interesting
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Gr. K - 6 Lesson Plans, Activities, Study, & Play/Interactive
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Resource/Programs at different age levels.
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Gr. 6 - 12 Educational Resource
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Solve the case.
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Explore how music can communicate a story.
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Gr. 9-12 View, take notes, & discuss.
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Gr.9 - 12 Analyze the effect of extreme dynamics, tempo, and more through a variety of listening, reading, and movement activiti
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Gr. 5 - 8 Batter up! This multimedia exploration introduces the all-stars of the orchestra: the instruments.
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Gr. 5 - 8 Consider how the artist altered or embelished "ordinary" objects, images of pop culture, or iconic images.
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Through the use of games and challenging activities, like direct your own clips,this site hopes to stimulate children into readi
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K-6 paper and pencil are needed, step by step instruction, does have ads
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Gr. 3 -6 Basic way to start
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K -6 click on your favorite animal and learn how to draw and much more. (ads appear on this site)
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Gr. 3 - 6 Just pick what you want to draw from the top of the page, and you'll find easy to follow step-by-step instructions.
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Gr. 3 - 6 You'll find three simple steps to drawing six of these beautiful birds from outline to shading stages. You'll know a l
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Gr. 3 -6 Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo teach you the steps of drawing for animation, from creating characters out of basic shape
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Information arranged in ABC order.
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Family Trek to these countries.
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There is a fee if you want to print.
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Information, Lessons, Korea-Japan-China
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Art through the Ages
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Gr. 4+Interactive
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Find Lesson Plans
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Interactive/ 6+
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assortment of sites on China
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PBS/ Karin's Story (Gr. 6 - 12
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RL 4 - 8 Sites to gather information
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Electric passport to SE Asia
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Chapter dedicated to the Great Wall
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Central & SE Asia - Nepal
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Great ideas
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School Project/K - 3
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Also:Oz Fossils, Our Animals K - 5
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Alfy's Great Resources on Australia
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Student Project
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Great Site for Primary Students
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Good information but the printable material has a fee.
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Click on My Planet then on Australia
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RL 4+
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Australia's reptiles, birds and mammals from the Cretaceous to the present
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Created by a six grade class - well done!
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RL 3 - 6
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Beautiful Pictures and Captions
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Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
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The first American Civilization to fall to the European Explorers.
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An Introduction
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Designed by students
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Deals with the Archeology and Anthropology of the Americas.
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Hands on Activities
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Excellent site for teachers and students.
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One section of a project having to do with architecture
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Myths that are written for Beginners(Gr. 3) to Advanced Readers (Gr. 12)
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Many ideas for management, rewards, charts, etc.
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Responsive Classroom/visiting two schools
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How children become more independent learners and more considerate people.
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The Home Site
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Concerns, ideas, resources
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overview and ideas
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Good Read and Resources
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A combination of reward ideas suited for both primary and intermediate students.
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Students Get 'Paid' for Doing Jobs in the Classroom
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Classroom management tips!
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Put together by a NY Second Grade Teacher and her Class
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African American Pioneer Aviators
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Plantation and Underground Railroad RL 3 - 12
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Interactive Treasure Hunt RL 4 - 6
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Bibliography and Guide to Web Resources RL 3+
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Video Profiles of prominent African-American personalities
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highlights from the lives of select African-American leaders, art projects for children, and discussion starters. RL 4+
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Interactive Site: Pick your activity RL 6 +
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Explore the ways that slavery has been woven into the fabric of societies in America and around the world. RL 5 - 12
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Photos and captions RL 3 - 12
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Canadian Government Site/ many illustrations RL 3 - 6
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Eyewitness accounts of early American exploration and settlement RL 7+
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Each map is accompanied by detailed explanations. RL 7+
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This collection of photos of Canadian Landscapes and landforms RL 7+
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The national museum of human history RL 3 - 6
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Canada's seven major cultural areas and numerous tribes are described here. RL 3 - 6
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The early years, adventurers, 20th century, life in the past, amazing archives and tales from the bay. RL 7+
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They are making a come back. RL 3 - 6
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Learn more about your favorite musical instrument.
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A valuable PBS resource for teaching and learning about the rich history of this region.
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Online Dictionary and Vocabulary Practice Gr. 5 & 8
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This is a great resource.
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Explore your environment and learn how to protect it.
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how classroom and community projects can improve the local environment and benefit communities beyond one's own. Gr. 3 - 5
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From time to time Planet Pals holds a contest here on Earth Zone.We would be very happy if you submit something!
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Earth Day Clock and activities
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Can the decline of frog populations around the world be stopped?
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activities and information
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Videos
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Gr. 3 - 9 Video and report with other information.
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Gr. 6 - 12 Educational Resource
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Beginning activities: you chose
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Beginning activities: summary, how to, assessment, QT movies
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Quizes and Games/choose levels
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Identifying parts of speech.
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If you're curious about world geography, you've come to the right place!
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About Weather and Weather and People K - 5
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Many items to choose from. K - 6
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K - 12 (Satellite, physical, and map themes)
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Interesting way to learn about world. K - 8
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This is the place to find information on world records in earth science and geological formations and to also read about key sci
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Interactive Map: Photos, profiles, and more.
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The Education Place Web site, from Houghton Mifflin, presents this fun geography game aligned to the National Geography standard
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This National Geographic World feature is a game that familiarizes students with the geography of the seven continents.
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Grades 3 - 12 Excellent Site!
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RL 3-6 Interactive Expedition
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Grades 9 - 12
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Grades 3 - 8 Learn about Who and What they did.
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Grades 6 - 12 What do you know?
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The site was created by students in Venezuela to showcase the history of these important civilizations.
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What is going to happen?
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Project by Ms Hos-McGrane's Grade 6
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Interactive
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Journeys to some spectacular places.
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Well put together site.
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Interactive
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Teacher's Guide/ Math/Science Activity provided
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National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency
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Concepts about maps and statistics through games.
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Online Atlas
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Printable Maps/Membership fee
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Award winning site.
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Information about Dr. and Mrs. King
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Seattle Times: Excellent Resource
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Historical Perspective
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Assortment of ideas for different age groups.
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RL 1-3
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Good Lessons but I question the age level?
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Interactive and great way to display information.
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Terrific Photos
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K-12 whole school or classroom activity
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Videos about and by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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ThinkQuest/ Interactive/ High School
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Activities across the grades with resources
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RL PreK-6 with a Book List
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Lessons, Practice, Games
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Can set the level of ability.
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Lessons, Activities, Standards, and Web Links
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National Library of Virtual Manipulativess - there is a fee
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K -8 Interactive Practice of Math Skills
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Newsletter
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Elementary School Math: Check this one out.
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Little difficult to read the first page.
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Gr.4 - 6 Learn about the Maya System/Interactive
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Gr. 4 - 6 /Interactive
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Site created for students to improve math skills.
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Games that are interactive on graphing.
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Concepts about maps and statistics through games.
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K -12 Discover how the language of mathematics influences our world and helps us in our daily life.
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Come for the games - Stay for the lessons!
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Math Playground, action packed site for elementary and middle school
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Great ideas and ways to practice!
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Good information/supplements can be bought
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The Writing System
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One Day in Chichen ITZA/virtual tour with interesting characters
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Extremely accurate!
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Virtual Tour/You are right there!
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These stories were told to Fernando Peñalosa1 by don Pedro Miguel Say2, a famous Q'anjob'al storyteller from San Miguel Acátan,
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Tourism-a virtual guide-center of Mayan civilization- well done
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Expedition People/William Henry Holmes
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Expedition People/William Henry Holmes
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Grades 7 - 12 For the past twenty years, a Maya cooperative, named Sna Jtz'ibajom, The House of the Writer, has given a new voi
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Ineractive/ Solve the Mystery
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The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and informatio
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Grades 8 - 12 Interactive study
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Join Michael Wood as he sails back half millennium to time when the Americas were new and Spain was a superpower.
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(Grades 6 - 12) a Web site, which deals with the Archeology and Anthropology of the Americas.
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To promote the film Mystery of the Maya and its theme, a stylized Maya pyramid-temple was erected outdoors on the Museum's Plaza
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Maya rulers used the jaguar as a symbol for the divine right of kings
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The Maya homeland, called Mesoamerica, spans five countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
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Excellent site!
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Learn about Maya architecture and all of its splendor.
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Under enemy attack, a Maya king and his courtiers fled their city, leaving astonishing pieces of their lives behind.
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Mundo Maya Magazine online
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Join newsletter and free song each month. Plus much more!
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many tribes
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Print outs some are free
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Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Brooklyn Public Library.
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Witness accounts of early America explorations and settlements RL 7+
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About Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment)
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OCW shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum.
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eduCommons will help you develop and manage an open access collection of course materials.
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Carnegie Mellon Improves Learning Outcomes
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Can easily search, download, and play course content.
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Teaching and Learning/ Blog
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Free to use resources.
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Information about Moodle
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Here are some of the best resources for teaching math.
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Learn how to create and produce your own clay animation films.
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Wonderful interactive science site.
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United Nations global teaching and learning center.
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Teachers Resources and Ideas
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Free resources for teachers.
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Lesson Plans, Interactives & More for all ages.
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Wonderful resource for science all ages.
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All you want to know about and how to use Everyday Math.
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This series of classroom ideas is designed to help young people develop an appreciation and respect for African peoples, their c
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Not all items here are free.
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All you need to know about this wonderful museum.
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Comparing the continents Gr. 3 - 5 Lesson Plans and other lessons, activities, and NG Atlas
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Access materials to go with the texts being used.
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Template for a calendar.
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The Web site of what there is to know about the Lake Champlain Basin.
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Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children
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Educators Learning and Sharing Together.
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The Alfy portal has chosen several sites for teachers to use while teaching a unit on Australia...great resources.
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RubiStar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.
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Best known for its accurate and authoritative reference content as well as its intelligent organization of full-text magazine an
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Ideas and research for supporting children with speech and learning difficulties.
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Site for K - 8 Parents, Teachers and Kids
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Find links to government and other kids' sites
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Fun and safe Activities Free for Schools
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Well done source for Primary Grade Units
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web-based state assessment preparation programs and standards based learning programs.
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AIMSweb Progress Monitoring and Response to Intervention System
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Standard Sites for Grades K-1, 2 -3, 4- 5
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Teachers TV has an extensive range of engaging programmes covering the whole curriculum.
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Information about Reading Recovery and how it works for First Graders.
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There is a fee but it is well worth a look.The website offers the following resources: Downloadable pdf files, Word documents, L
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Best of K - 12 English/Lang. Arts resources
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Easy way to make a classroom more fun.
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Mapping the mystery just read
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Very good resource great pictures, but lots of ads. RL 3+
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Learn about different rocks/slide show and info. K - 2
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Enter the world of minerals. Games K - 4
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Earth Science Unit On Geology GR. 4 Ideas and activities are wonderful.
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Their hands-on explorations of rocks in this lesson and documentation of their observations K - 2
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Chose what you want to learn about today. Gr. 4
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Discover how rocks are formed. K - 4
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The World Behind the Hysteria
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Documentary and Archive and Transcription Project
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Experience the Trials
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Join ASU scientist on the front lines of scientific discovery!
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Game/ starts with one step and moves on.
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A way to solve multi-step word problems
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Pages focusing on vocabulary instruction.
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Easy ways to improve vocabulary
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Type in the word, select, click on rhyme
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Just a list
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reprogrammed for superior word power Gr. 5 - 12
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Practice your spelling words, and much more
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Enroll by October 15, 2008
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Modules and activities/ grades 5 - 12
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Before writing a mystery story to summarize the key elements
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Find what you need for different grades
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writing projects for your grade level