Welcome Wiggins Researchers!
Student Research Tools
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SweetSearch
Student Search Engine -
EncontrandoDulcinea
Credible internet sites in Spanish
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All The Web
Find it all!
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Search.com
Hundreds of channels or categories
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Omnibiography.com
Search by name, country or alphabetically
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Infotopia
online searching
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CIA World Factbook
Information about world entities
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Smithsonian Education site
Explore, discover & learn
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OWL-Purdue Online Writing Lab
Research documentation (bibliographies)
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NewsLink
Top sites, newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, etc.
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Virtual LRC
Subject directory
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CO School Research Topics
Notable Internet sources from Colorado government
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USA Government Publications
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Google - Advanced
Use the specialized search tools
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About.com
Learn more....do more!
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Library of Congress
Get it Online - Words, Picures & Sound, Primary Sources
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World Digital Library
a collection of thousands of digital primary sources from all over the world
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Digital Public Library of America
online collection of photographs, maps, sounds, manuscripts, books & more, that provide primary source examples
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RefDesk
Online Reference Material Help
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Wikipedia for Schools
Search engine
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InfoPlease
Subject directory
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Biography.com
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MagPortal
Access to magazine articles
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Virtual Library
The world wide web virtual library!
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Beaucoup
the ultimate source of free information
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National, State & Local Newspapers
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InfoTrek
Great for information searches!
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Collections Search Center
Smithsonian Institution
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Paperity
Multidisciplinary aggregator of Open Access journals and papers
Web 2.0 Tools
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Ubuntu
Computer operating system-thousands of programs
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Cacoo
Create diagrams online in Real time
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Book Cover Creator
Type & illustrate front and back covers or full dust jackets
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Image Chef
personalize banners, buttons, etc. to post to webpages
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Animoto
Create stunning video slideshows
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CoolText Graphics Generator
Logos, buttons, fonts, etc.
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Tagul
Word cloud generator
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Wordle
Word cloud generator
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VoiceThread
Share images, documents and videos with added narration
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Prezi.com
Presentation tool - links, images, video and audio
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Stykz
multi-platform stick figure animation program
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Brainy Betty
Free Sound Clips and Music for Presentations!
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EverNote
Capture & save anything!
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Create a Graph
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Instagrok
Research, customize and share
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infogr.am
embed infographics and charts
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SoundGator
free, downloadable recordings
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Edmodo
For teachers and students to 'connect'
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Wideo
Make professional videos in minutes
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Makerbook
A hand-picked directory of the best free resources for creatives.
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Soundzabound
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Anybody Can Learn to Code
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Pix Teller
Create online posters
Images
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Discovery Images
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Pictures 4 Learning
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KidsNet
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Morgue File
free pictures
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Big Foto
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Wise Owl
Images
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Wikimedia Commons
a database of 11,784,704 freely usable media files
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School Clip Art
Free Education Clip Art
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Infotopia Images
Image finders
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Internet Picture Dictionary
Bfrowse by letter or category
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Digital Collections of Colorado
a selection of photographs, maps, broadsides, architectural drawings and other documents from the collections of the West
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Creative Commons Images
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Imagebase
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Photos for Class
Science
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What's Up with the Weather?
global warming
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Project Noah
Wildlife images to see and share
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Interactive Periodic Table
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Renewable Energy World
News, events, products, etc.
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Natural Disasters
National Geographic
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Extreme Science
Biggest, baddest & the best of science
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Brightstorm
Free science homework help
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NBC Learn
Videos, documents, images and articles explain chemistry
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World Wide Science
Global science gateway - search national & international scientific databases & portals
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Encyclopedia of Life
Global access to knowledge about life on Earth
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Weather Spark
Weather graphs & maps
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NASA Science
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NeoK12
Educational videos, lessons and games for K-12 kids
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Science.gov (First Gov for Science)
Government Science Portal
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3D Models of the Human Body
human body maps
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A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
Study 2-D images of the human body
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Climate.gov
Science and information for a climate-smart nation
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Decoded Science
Science in the news......
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Bioscience
Articles, links and information
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Explore Curiosity
Where science matters
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Science News & Videos
Books
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What Should I Read Next?
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Fantastic Fiction
Information on 350,000 books
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JacketFlap
Connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books
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Series & Sequels
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Read Kiddo Read
James Patterson's site
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BookSpot
Almost everything you could ever want to know about books!
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A Book and a Hug
User Links, Read Alikes, Recommended Books, Resources
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YA Books Central
Connecting with favorite books
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Guys Read
Website just for guys and books
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Teenreads
Upcoming books and interviews, etc.
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YA Lit
book release dates
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Find a Book, Colorado!
Free, online and customizes books for reading levels
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Lit Pick
the latest in YA literature reviewed by a community of young adults
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Book Talk
Collaborative book discussion with live author chats, publisher & books links, and games
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Digital Book Talk
100 video book reviews for teen and YA books
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Google Books
Free previews of digitized books
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The Book Seer
Free interactive readers' advisory; engaging, curious and fun
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What's Next?
Books in series
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YALSA Book Awards and Booklists for Libraries
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Your Next Read
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Good Reads
Book suggestions, reviews and a lot more!
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Book Talks
Click on "New Listings"
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BookBrowse
Your guide to exceptional books
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Book Trust
Book Finder
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Little Book of Big Ideas
book suggestions
Social Studies
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Historical Newspapers Online
Links to historical US newspapers
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Links - US States
Includes all states plus US commonwelaths & territories
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Explore the States
Click on the name of the state you want to explore
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Primary Access
free tools to use primary source documents
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US Government
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Best History Sites
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Library of Congress - American Memory
Primary sources
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Balanced Politics
Non-partisan discussions of societal issues
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ProCon.Org
research on controversial issues
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Colorado State Information Resources
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American Fact Finder
Source for data about America
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Awesome Stories
Thousands of hand-selected and relevant pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, documents and other primary sources
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Visual Geography Series
Country Information
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Map Tech
Maps
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Primary Sources/Infotopia
Search selected primary source reference and research sites
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Worldmapper
collection of usable maps
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World History Sources
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Civil Rights Data Collection
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Colorado Government
Current events & Updates
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Colorado Statistics
QUICK GUIDE TO COLORADO STATE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL INFORMATION
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Country Studies
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Allsides.com
Pro/Con website
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Wiggins, CO Town Info.
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Maps-National Geographic
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American Memory
US History & Culture
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Media History Digital Library
Online Access to the Histories of Cinema, Broadcasting & Sound
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Timeline Generator
TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
A gateway to American history
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Colorado Virtual Library
Colorado history
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HSTRY
Timeline builder supporting video, images, audio and text
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Newseum
News website
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Countries of the World
Basic facts about countries
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Listen Current
current events
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Zoom In!
Primary & secondary sources
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ScribbleMaps
Easy way to draw and share maps
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We're History!
Tells the story of how America came to be what it is today
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Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
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Old Maps Online
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GovInfo
Discover U.S. Government Information
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NationMaster
Great resource for students doing research on countries and needing to compare them to the United States
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David Rumsey Map Collection
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Ancient History Encyclopedia
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Colorado Historic Newspapers
Language/English
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Lit2Go
MP3 Audiobook Stories
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NoteStar
collaborative research papers
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OWL-Purdue Online Writing Lab
Research documentation (bibliographies)
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Book Cover Creator
Type & illustrate front and back covers or full dust jackets
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Wordnik
Definitions and word's meanings from multiple sources
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Citation Machine
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Biblio Nasium
Reading activities for K-8 children.
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Reading Rockets
Reading with videos, podcasts, books/authors, quizzes, & guides.
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Wonderopolis
Everyday thinking & learning
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Zotero
Free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
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Ebsco Cite Feature
bibliography
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KnightCite
bibliography
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Cite This For Me
citation help
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IXL.com
Practice that feels like play!
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InkleWriter
Write your own interactive stories
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Literature Map
The Tourist Map of Literature
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OSLIS Citation Maker
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Duolilngo
Learn a new language
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Grammar Base
Instant grammar checker
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OneLook
"multiple definitions from numerous dictionaries in one place."
Games/Activities
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Make Belief Comics
Create your own comics
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Edheads
Creative activities
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Virtual Middle School Games
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iCivics
Government and citizenship games
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Geoguesser
Let's explore the world!!
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Seterra
Learn geography while having fun!
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Whyville
career exploration through games
Health & Medicine
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Learn to be Healthy
Students learn about healthy choices
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CAPHIS Top 100 Health Websites
Quality health websites
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Mayo Clinic
Symptom Checker
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Healthfinder
Medications
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Web MD
medical news
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Medline Plus
medical information
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HealthCentral
Medical info.
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Nutrition for Eveyone
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A Guided Tour of the Visible Human
Study 2-D images of the human body
Math
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MangaHigh
Math games
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Interactive Math
Concepts explained clearly
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Brightstorm
Free math homework help
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Just Math Tutorials
Free math videos
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After School Math
Homework help
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Worldometers
Real time statistics
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XPMath
Math Games
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IXL.com
Practice that feels like play!
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Desmos Math
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Symbolab Math
Test Prep
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Quizlet
Simple Tools That Let You Study anything!
Homework Help
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Khan Academy
online global classroom
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Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
education and homework resources for students, teachers and parents
Audio Books
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Free Classic Books
Classic audiobooks to download
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LibriVox
Free audiobooks
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Lit 2 Go
Free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 audiobook format
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Easy Audiobooks
Download audiobooks, iPod and digiral audiobooks
E-Books
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Project Gutenberg
Largest collection of electronic books to download
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E-Books Directory
Categories, reviews, downloads.....
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E-Discover
Free e-books for libraries
News Websites
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Newsela
Current news articles
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TeenTribune
Smithsonian
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Politifact
Fact checking US politics
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SRNews
Current news articles
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CNN Student News
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NewsRound
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PBS Newshour
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Parallax News
3 viewpoints on each topic!
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Newslink
Top sites, newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, etc.
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News in Levels
world news