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Student Research Tools

SweetSearch
Student Search Engine
EncontrandoDulcinea
Credible internet sites in Spanish
Internet Public Library
All The Web
Find it all!
Search.com
Hundreds of channels or categories
Omnibiography.com
Search by name, country or alphabetically
Infotopia
online searching
CIA World Factbook
Information about world entities
NoodleTools
Variety of information needs......
Smithsonian Education site
Explore, discover & learn
SearchEdu
School & university sites
AJR Newslink
Newspaper Index
OWL-Purdue Online Writing Lab
Research documentation (bibliographies)
NewsLink
Top sites, newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, etc.
Best List of Search Engines
list of reliable search engines
Virtual LRC
Subject directory
Shmoop
We speak student!
CO School Research Topics
Notable Internet sources from Colorado government

Web 2.0 Tools

Cool Tools for Schools
Web 2.0 tools
Block Posters
Create wall posters from images
OpenOffice
Word processing, spreadsheets & presentation programs
Ubuntu
Computer operating system-thousands of programs
Digital Booklet, Brochure & Ad Maker
Royalty Free Music
Free Music Loops
Free Music Archive
Cacoo
Create diagrams online in Real time
FindSounds
Book Cover Creator
Type & illustrate front and back covers or full dust jackets
Image Chef
personalize banners, buttons, etc. to post to webpages
Animoto
Create stunning video slideshows
CoolText Graphics Generator
Logos, buttons, fonts, etc.
Tagul
Word cloud generator
Wordle
Word cloud generator
VoiceThread
Share images, documents and videos with added narration
Prezi.com
Presentation tool - links, images, video and audio
Purple Planet Royalty Free Music
View Pure
You Tube without the 'other' things
PhotoPeach
Free digital storytelling website
Stylz
multi-platform stick figure animation program

Images

Shambles Clipart
Discovery Images
Pictures 4 Learning
KidsNet
Morgue File
free pictures
Free Digital Photos
Big Foto
WHHHS
Free Clipart
Getty Images
Pictures
Microsoft Clip Art
fair use clip art site
Image Chef
fair use clip art site
Joyce Valenza
Copyright friendly clip art
Open Clip Art
photos or clip art?
Wise Owl
Images
Finding Dulcinea
Images
Morgue Files
Images
ImageBase
photo images
Wikimedia Commons
a database of 11,784,704 freely usable media files
Images For Your Project
Clip Art Gallery
Free Images
Fotopedia
wikipedia for photos
I think Icon
Free icons

Science

Treehugger
Information on "thinking green"
Celestia
Planetarium program with 3-D space simulation
What's Up with the Weather?
global warming
Project Noah
Wildlife images to see and share
Interactive Periodic Table
Renewable Energy World
News, events, products, etc.
Natural Disasters
National Geographic
Extreme Science
Biggest, baddest & the best of science
Space Today Online
Brightstorm
Free science homework help
Chemistry Now
Videos, documents, images and articles explain chemistry
World Wide Science
Global science gateway - search national & international scientific databases & portals
Encyclopedia of Life
Global access to knowledge about life on Earth
National Science Digital Library
Websites, instructional resources, tools and classroom-related content
Weather Spark
Weather graphs & maps

Books

What Should I Read Next?
Teen Ink
Magazine and book reviews
Fantastic Fiction
JacketFlap
Series & Sequels
Book Release Dates
Planet Esme
Children's Literature Site
Read Kiddo Read
James Patterson's site
Free Classic Books
Classic audiobooks to download
Free E Books
Largest collection of electronic books to download
BookSpot
A Book and a Hug
Project Gutenberg
Free e-books
YA Books in Series & Sequels
Bettendorf Library
E-Books Directory
Categories, reviews, downloads...
YA Books Central
Connecting with favorite books
Guys Read
Website just for guys and books
Teenreads
Upcoming books and interviews, etc.
Fantastic Fiction
LibriVox
Free audiobooks
Read alikes
Read Alike lists
YA Lit
book release dates

Social Studies

Historical Newspapers Online
Links to historical US newspapers
Links - US States
Includes all states plus US commonwelaths & territories
Explore the States
Click on the name of the state you want to explore
Primary Access
free tools to use primary source documents
US Government
Best History Sites
Library of Congress - American Memory
Zoom Into Maps
Library of Congress
Balanced Politics
Non-partisan discussions of societal issues
ProCon.Org
research on controversial issues
Colorado State Information Resources
American Fact Finder
Source for data about America
Awesome Stories
Thousands of hand-selected and relevant pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, documents and other primary sources
Visual Geography Series
Country Information
Map Tech
Maps
Primary Sources/Infotopia
Search selected primary source reference and research sites
CongressLink
links to 18 of the best lessons about Congress
Country Info (NY Times)
news, photos, and info organized by country
Worldmapper
collection of usable maps
Old Maps Online
Fullscreen 360
360-degree panoramas of destinations around the world
World History Sources
Civil Rights Data Collection
TimeMaps
maps, timelines and chronological narratives

Language/English

PicLits
Inspired Picture Writing
Lit2Go
MP3 Audiobook Stories
NoteStar
collaborative research papers
OWL-Purdue Online Writing Lab
Research documentation (bibliographies)
Book Cover Creator
Type & illustrate front and back covers or full dust jackets
Wordnik
Definitions and word's meanings from multiple sources

Games/Activities

Make Belief Comics
Create your own comics
SecretBuilders
Safely chat and assist in constructing new virtual knowledge
ProProfs
Brain games
Purpose Games
Create your own game
ClassTools.net
Create games, quizzes, activities & diagrams
Edheads
Creative activities
The Wikipedia Game
Use the fewest clicks in the shortest time!
Financial Football
fast-paced, NFL-themed video game
Tinafad
Free Online Educational Math and Physics Games
Dodgers Educational Games
FUN games
Virtual Middle School Games
Word Games
Merriam Webster
iCivics
Government and citizenship games

Health & Medicine

Learn to be Healthy
Students learn about healthy choices
Environmental Health Portal
National Library of Medicine
CAPHIS Top 100 Health Websites
Quality health websites
Mayo Clinic
Symptom Checker
Healthfinder
Medications
Web MD
medical news
Medline Plus
medical information
HealthCentral
Medical info.
Nutrition for Eveyone

Math

MangaHigh
Math games
Interactive Math
Concepts explained clearly
Brightstorm
Free math homework help
Just Math Tutorials
Free math videos
After School Math
Homework help

Test Prep

shmoop
FUN test preparation!

Teacher Tools

Research Project Calculator
Share assignments, take notes and more
Teachers First
The web resource by teachers...for teachers
VuSafe
Find & share educational videos
Blackline Masters
Free printable blackline masters
Plagiaisma
Online plagiarism checker
DOC Cop
Plagiarism detection tool
Teaching Books
Integrate multimedia and books
E Pals: Where Learning Connects
Project for collaborative learning
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Categorized list of sites
Roobrix
A tool that helps educators avoid grading errors when scoring rubrics
Smithsonian Education site
Lesson plans, resources, standards
FreeTranslation.com
Free translation website
Free Teacher Resources
Federal resources for educational excellence
HotChalk
Lesson plans
Teaching Channel
teaching videos
NEA Tools & Ideas
Lesson plans, Classroom management, advice, etc
Read-Write-Think
Lesson plans
SOS for Information Literacy
Lesson plans
4Teachers
Online tools & resources
Library of Congress Teachers Page
Investigating & exploring resource
SchoolTube
K-12 moderated video-sharing website
Videos Online - Free
Free Video Streaming
Teacher's Domain Videos
Digital Media for the Classroom

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