Help yourself!
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Virginia Career View
http://www.vaview.vt.edu/ -
Virginia Jobs
State Jobshttp://jobs.virginia.gov/ -
Monster Job Search.com
http://www.monster.com/ -
CareerBuilder.com
http://www.careerbuilder.com/ -
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Current Year)
Fantastic site that gives vital information on all careers + outlook for the career over the next several years.http://www.bls.gov/oco/ -
CareerShip
Search careers and match interests for choosing your career!http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfm
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Tippity Witchet's Magic Paint Brush
http://www.meddybemps.com/MagicPaint.html -
Ambleside Primary's Awesome site from Cumbria
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/index.htm -
Artsology
Great site (Might have to override though) for art investigation and other great stuffhttp://www.artsology.com/ -
Mural Maker!
See 'em; then be 'em!http://www.channelone.com/fun/mural_maker/ -
Art Institute of Chicago Stuff
This links to video but there is so much morehttp://www.artic.edu/aic/visitor_info/podcasts/video/education_videos/index.html -
A Natural State
Projects, folkart, submission possibilities and morehttp://www.knowitall.org/naturalstate/html/workshop_resources.cfm -
Color Matters
Everything about Color---Symbolism-fractoids and morehttp://www.colormatters.com/optics.html -
NIEHS Kid's Pages on Color
For younger kids! Color with magic crayons and more. Sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Healthhttp://kids.niehs.nih.gov/color.htm -
Integrating Art and Curriculum
Wonderful!http://thewalters.org/teachers/
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CapWiz!
Tell your representatives what you think about key issues! Get action fast through this auto email great!http://www.capwiz.com/nea/va/directory/statedir.tt?lvl=state&state -
Taking it Global-Begun by two students in 1999
This website offers an assortment of free, interactive, educational games to inform youth about global social and political issuhttp://www.tigweb.org/games/ -
Virginia House of Delegates
Great site!http://dela.state.va.us/chamber.nsf/b643a28327005d77852570f30010b362/8cdc36dd86ec777b8525781800505ed2?OpenDocument -
Virginia General Assembly
Current information on YOUR reps.http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform -
Write your representatives!
Great site to compose and email your government reps.http://www.capwiz.com/nea/va/directory/statedir.tt?lvl=state&state -
Find your poling place!
https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/PublicSite/(X(1)A(0PCJhwAdTLIcJhahDvV3qTDE0nPN7u-GDcEuYKQYlilPN2gg4kX7BalAWjciPX3flDrfzxv6RxBYjE7__Mp59F_DsVdgzpcfdJLSI-C00D0p7X9k8X42_4HH-cdd39H6l68EfYca-qdsrexG_HDn8d86E4g1))/Public/FT2/PublicPollingPlace.aspx -
Virginia's Judicial System
Find that court case in civil, appeals, or supreme courthttp://www.courts.state.va.us/ -
National Service Site
Includes links to all kinds of service organizations! Wonderful.https://pubs.nationalservice.gov/
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Planet Science
Science inspiration abounds for under 11's and more.http://www.planet-science.com/home.html -
History Videos
History archived videos are absolutely great and wonderfully organized.http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/ -
How it's made Candy Videos and More
http://clickschooling.com/2010/09/virtual-tour-of-tootsie-pop-and-dot-factory/ -
Clickschooling's Best offerings
http://clickschooling.com/ -
Open Culture
Anything and Everything from video to audio to courseshttp://www.openculture.com/
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Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximhttp://creativecommons.org/ -
Wikipedia Commons
Might need an override from PCShttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page -
Open Photo
openphoto.net is a meager stock photo gallery started in 1998. our primary audience is artists, developers, teachers and studehttp://www.openphoto.net/ -
Google Images
Click advanced image search and choose "labeled for reuse" in the usage rights barhttp://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en -
Library of Congress Collections
Provides copyright statushttp://www.loc.gov/pictures/ -
New York Public Library Collections
NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vasthttp://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm -
Pics4Learning
Free for educational use...donated by educatorshttp://www.pics4learning.com/ -
Free Public Domain Photo Database
http://www.pdphoto.org/ -
Free Photo.com
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp -
Eduscapes
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm -
Educational Technology Clearinghouse of Florida
Clipart, Clippics, presentation backgrounds, maps and more. Arranged by subject and issueshttp://etc.usf.edu/
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Copyright Brochure from Government for Educators
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf
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DI-Rubrics
Includes rubrics for all DI strategies including RAFTing, and morehttp://www.eht.k12.nj.us/~jonesj/Differentiated%20Instruction/Rubrics.htm
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Driver's Ed Coursework
http://www.dmvnow.com/ -
Suggested Videos for purchase
http://www.vadets.org/documents/video%20resources.pdf -
Partners for Safe Teen Driving-Prince William Network
videos and morehttp://www.safeteendriving.org/resources/article.php?id=166&type=fuel
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QUIA links to ESL goodies
http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=10004&adv_search=true
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English helps, different types of writing
http://eleaston.com/ -
English Teacher
http://webenglishteacher.com/ -
English Lessons Online
http://www.smic.be/SMIC5022/ -
Anagram fun
http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html -
English Activities
http://www.english-to-go.com/ -
Great Literary Device Site
http://www.pwcs.edu/Ellis/fig%20lang/process_page_1.html -
Wacky Web Tales
http://eduplace.com/tales/ -
Free Books and more
http://www.free-books.org/ -
Read My Writing, Please
http://readplease.com/ -
Elementary games and stories CUTE
http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/audiostories/index.html -
AAA Spelling
Great activities forhttp://www.aaaspell.com/ -
Professor Pen
Help writing research papers, thesis statements and morehttp://writing-for-kids.com/
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Language from Manchuster U
English Timeline, speakers from all over the world, and morehttp://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/
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Grammar Bytes
Awesome! Powerpoints that are too much fun. Youtube video clips are AWESOME!http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm -
Daily Grammar
Links to hundreds of grammar lessons with scroll-down to answers.http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html -
Azar Grammar
Worksheets, teaching ideas, drills and more!http://www.azargrammar.com/materials/FWG_TOC.html
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No Fear Shakespeare
Sparknotes provides a modern day translation side-by-side with the original. Great!http://nfs.sparknotes.com/
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Myths and Legends
You can choose one to be read to you to the cartoonish artwork or you can create your own.http://myths.e2bn.org/index.php
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
www.ascd.org -
Copyright Alliance
http://www.copyrightfoundation.org/ -
Google Scholar
Great site for all types of research. Includes link to right if full text is available and Citation help that's out of this worlhttp://scholar.google.com/ -
ERIC
Wow! Government site with links to may full text articles. Citation has to be done independentlyhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/ -
What Works Clearinghouse
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ -
CIPP Evaluation Checklist
List for evaluating educational programshttp://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/archive_checklists/cippchecklist.htm -
Carolyn Danielson's FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING
Research based components:Planning and Preparation, Classroom Environment, Instruction, Professional Responsibilitieshttp://www.danielsongroup.org/Default.aspx
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Education in ancient Greece
http://www.greeceindex.com/greece-education/greek_education_ancient_greece.html -
1902 Encyclopedia (Education)
Free 9th ed. Britannica Encyc. onlinehttp://www.1902encyclopedia.com/E/EDU/education.html
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Medieval Education
Beautifully illustrated and informativehttp://www.medieval-life.net/education.htm -
Neo-Scholasticism
http://www.history-of-philosophy.com/neo_scholasticism.htm -
1902 Encyclopedia (Education)
Free 9th ed. Britannica Encyc. onlinehttp://www.1902encyclopedia.com/E/EDU/education.html -
Science and Education
From JRank's fantastic search engine comes the Science Encyclopediahttp://science.jrank.org/pages/7644/Education-in-Europe.html
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Consumer Information Catalog Online
Order freebies or for a small fee!http://pueblo.gsa.gov/
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GED for Free
Sign up for a free GED coursehttp://www.gedforfree.com/faq.html -
Test Preview for GED
http://www.testprepreview.com/ged_practice.htm -
Study Guide Zone for GED
http://www.studyguidezone.com/gedtest.htm -
4 tests
http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=38 -
Learning Trends-GED Worksheets
http://www.learningtrends.com/ -
Suite 101 AND GED
http://www.suite101.com/content/free-ged-test---printable-sample-practice-exam-online-for-prep-a228210 -
ACE (American Council on Education)
Offers sample questions by category + math videos in English and Spanishhttp://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/test/prep/sample_questions.htm
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The People's Pharmacy
Stuff from which the radio program is taken. Excellent!http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/ -
WebMD
provides a wealth of health information and tools for managing your health from an award-winning Website, continuous updatehttp://www.webmd.com -
Health Central
provides a collection of Websites providing trusted medical information from doctors, researchers and expert patientshttp://www.healthcentral.com/ -
My Optim Health.Com
Health A-Zhttp://www.myoptumhealth.com/portal/ -
Merck Manuals (Online Medical Library)
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index.html -
Mayo Clinic Site
http://www.mayoclinic.com/ -
Yahoo! Health
http://health.yahoo.net/ -
CNN Health
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/ -
Discovery Health
Great feature stories such as on the Plaguehttp://health.discovery.com/ -
National Institutes of Health
Government sponsored sitehttp://health.nih.gov/ -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alphabetized topic link listhttp://www.cdc.gov/az/ -
Iowa's Virtual Hospital
http://www.uihealthcare.com/vh/ -
Carle Healthgate
http://www.carle.com/HealthGate/default.asp?id=Conditionshttp://www.carle.com/HealthGate/default.asp?id=Conditions -
Family Practice Notebook
http://www.fpnotebook.com/ -
Wrong Diagnosis
One of the world’s leading providers of online medical health information. The site is an independent, objective sourcehttp://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/ -
MedLine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html
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I Keep Bookmarks On the Web
http://ikeepbookmarks.com/ -
Rubrics R Us
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?&skin=default&lang=default& -
Virtual Office
http://eofficehours.com/ -
Great Links!
http://4teachers.org/ -
Trackstar! Create lesson plans or retrieve others.
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp -
Forms! Forms! Forms!
http://casanotes.4teachers.org/ -
Photo Cube!
http://www.trivista.com/products/downloads.htm -
Calendar Creator! Easy to use. Downloads to Word
http://www.printablecalendar.ca/ -
Testmaker! Multiple Choice, FIB, T/F You name it!
http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx -
Internet Resources about Technology and much more
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm#ins -
PBS for teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm -
PBS for teachers
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm -
Pictures! Copyright Friendly pics for teachers
http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php -
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/index.html -
Terra Server
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ -
Find it Virginia
http://www.finditva.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi -
PBS 2
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/ -
Quia Testmaker Testtaker
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol12.html -
Quotation find and lots of neat quotations and funny ones too
http://www.quotationspage.com/ -
VDOE
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/ -
Picasa Photo Editor (free download)
http://picasa.google.com/ -
Hot Potatoes
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/hotpotatoes/index.html -
Build your own interactive quizzes by Syvum
http://www.syvum.com/authoring/init.html -
Kathy Schrock's Fab Site for Teachers
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ -
Aol's Teacher sites Build a Coaster
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/BalanceandMotion/activities/rollercoaster.html -
Build a ripping coaster
http://dsc.discovery.com/games/coasters/interactive.html -
Flashcard Machine
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/Login/ -
Tools for Teachers (Everything imaginable)
http://www.suelebeau.com/freetools.htm#quiz#quiz -
Discovery Schools Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ -
Bingo Card Maker from Teach-nology
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/ -
Graphic Organizer Sheets (Printable)
http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools&tool=graphicorganizers -
WebQuests Made Simple
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/ -
Bingo cards, calendars, dominos, greeting cards and more
http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bing1.asp -
Paper Rater
Awesome site! Just cut and paste your document and paper rater checks for plagiarism, spelling and grammar errors, vocabulary anhttp://paperrater.com/free_paper_grader -
Weekly Reader Reproducibles
Includes most subjects and by grade levelhttp://www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/18 -
Prezi!
A new way of making presentations. Must register for FREE and educator/student registration available.http://www.prezi.com -
Whole lotta Teacher tools
You won't believe this stuff!http://www.suelebeau.com/freetools.htm
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Rubrics a plenty! Get others or create.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?&skin=default&lang=default& -
Quia's Testmaker
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol12.html -
TestMaker! FIB with word bank, Matching, T/F, Short Answer/
http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx -
Copyright Skinny for Educators
http://www.techlearning.com/content/speak/articles/copyright.html -
Worksheet Wizard
http://wizard.4teachers.org/index.php3?PHPSESSID=369aadf7492ecb4f673fc954bacba816 -
Timeline Maker
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ -
Recipes for Success T4
http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=home -
Free Music For Educators
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ -
Camera Views of Everything
http://www.earthcam.com/ -
Scholastic Page Builder
http://homepage.scholastic.com/CHBuilderWeb/jsp/StudentParentLogin.jsp -
Apples 4 the Teacher
www.apples4theteacher.com -
Education Planet
www.educationplanet
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Groliers
http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-bin/authV2?bffs=N -
InfoTrac
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/centralshl -
SIRS
http://ars.sirs.com/ -
National Archives and Records
http://www.archives.gov/ -
InfoPlease
http://www.infoplease.com/ -
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ -
Old Farmer's Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/ -
Farmer's Almanac
http://www.farmersalmanac.com/ -
Britannica Encyclopedia
http://www.britannica.com/ -
Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/default.aspx -
Ref Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/ -
Free Books
http://www.free-books.org/
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Presidents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/ -
World Civilizations SOL Help
http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/History.htm -
Terra Server
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ -
Digital History-lots of audio/video/images
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ -
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html -
World Religions
http://www.uri.org/kids/world.htm -
Underground Railroad material from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/ -
Maps! Games and more
http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF -
History Cartoons! Make your own
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ngo/cartoons/frogs/index.html -
Civil War
http://americancivilwar.com/ -
Geography Quizzes
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm#Geography -
Animated Atlas
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html -
History Teacher
http://www.historyteacher.net/index.htm -
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/home/ -
World Religions, UK site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ -
U.S. Department Country Profiles
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/ -
World Geography
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm#Geography -
World Geo Quiz
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html -
Earth Cams from all over
http://www.earthcam.com/ -
Chris Williams' History movies
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/personalized/myContent_school.cfm?guidFolder=e1f23ced-b0d4-412d-956d-40204d53e9b4&rand=B1A03476-BCDE-F2E8-76E9DF640845279F&tabDisplay=schoolContent&rand=B1A03495-BCDE-F2E8-7104D6585A9AF92F -
U.S. History Practice SOL Review Test
http://www.roanoke.k12.va.us/schools/Fleming/social_studies/us_hx_sol_ptest.htm -
Maps of War
Interactive with marvelous short video clips on major conceptshttp://www.mapsofwar.com/ -
Medieval Studies
Student created and great!http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/pedagogical/k12/k12.html -
America's Library.gov
www.americaslibrary.gov -
Geography Facts at your Fingertips
http://www.aaawhere.com/geog-world.htm -
Playing History
Access to tons of history gameshttp://playinghistory.org/ -
National Archives: Docs teach
Teaching activities for historyhttp://docsteach.org/activities -
Catalhouyuk! Archeaological Dig
http://www.smm.org/catal/virtual_tour/ -
Explorers Biography
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004237/english/nond/balboa.html -
Traveler IQ
Quizzes!http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/usa -
America: History and Life
Login required! A search engine identifying journal articles about U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the presenthttp://www.ebscohost.com/academic/america-history-and-life -
biography and genealogy master index online
Source from Gale, updated annually, millions of bios. Free trials available.http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=GAL1&type=4&id=110194 -
Biography Reference Bank
From H.W. Wilson. Free trial availablehttp://www.hwwilson.com/Databases/biobank.htm -
Directory of Genealogical and Historical Libraries
Find genealogy libraries close to home!http://www.gwest.org/gen_libs.htm -
The President's Budget
Fiscal info on the current administration's budgethttp://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/ -
Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress
Wonderful site sponsored by the Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/rr/ElectronicResources/full_description.php?MainID=1067 -
Historical Census to 1960
Hosted by the University of Virginia Library, search by ethnicity, general population, and demographics from 1790 to 1960http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ -
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The National Data Book of the U.S. Search everything! Wonderful and current!http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ -
National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Archivist's Paradisehttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ -
United States Newspaper Program
A microfilm collection (searchable by state) published in the 18th century to presenthttp://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html -
Teaching History Org
Includes lesson Plans and Contenthttp://teachinghistory.org/ -
All About Explorers
Explorers A-Z, teacher toolshttp://allaboutexplorers.com/ -
BBC Virtual History Tours
Let's get going!http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/virtual_tours/ -
A Puritan's Mind
Everything you wanted to know about the Puritans...http://www.apuritansmind.com/ -
History through Newspapers
Awesome Archives!http://www.historybuff.com/ -
Who wants to marry a founding father?
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marry.htm
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Congress for Kids and MORE
Great info yet the graphics are for middle schoolhttp://www.congressforkids.net/ -
iCivics
Free education project teaches students about civics through engaging computer games in which the student "wins" by mastering knhttp://www.icivics.org/
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Serious State Stuff!
Capitals and much more!http://www.aaawhere.com/index.htm#topic272 -
Mission US
This amazing site teaches American Revolutionary history, including the French and Indian War, through free, multi-media, interahttp://www.mission-us.org/ -
CIA Factbook
Government sponsored megafile of the world's nations and their pertinent informationhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
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BBC Ancient History
Interactive presentations and more! Loved the Viking one.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/ -
Nova's Viking series
Neat video clips and animationshttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/
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Science and Technology and WWII
http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/
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National Geographic Wonderful World
Everything from maps to music and back again!http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/games.html -
National Geographic Education
Music, Movies, Research and morehttp://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/edu/
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Museum of Yo Yo Histories
http://www.yoyomuseum.com/
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How to guide for Photostory
http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf -
Microsoft's Photostory Trainer
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx -
Instructables
Make about anything from food to technologyhttp://www.instructables.com/
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Translator! Lots of options and languages
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ -
Spanish PowerPoints
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/ -
Translation service
http://wordreference.com/ -
Learn Spanish for Free
http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm -
Language tutor
http://www.abroadlanguages.com/ -
Learn Spanish
http://www.spanishunlimited.com/members/denegado.asp -
Learn Japanese
http://www.japanese-online.com/ -
Japanese Lessons
http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/ -
Digital Storytelling
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/ -
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm -
Abiator's Scrambled Sentence Activities
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lscr/lscrindex.html -
Abiator's Matching Activites
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmatch/lmatchindex.html -
Abiator's Interactive English Multiple Choice
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/lmcindex.html -
Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/ -
Learn French
Games, songs, exercises, activities and more!http://www.saberfrances.com.ar/ -
Destiny
http://destiny.pcs.k12.va.us/
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Spanish for Kids
Great matching games for beginners' vocabularyhttp://www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/spanishforkids.htm -
Spanish Proficiency Videos
From the University of Texas, beginner to proficient, from a variety of dialects. Awesomehttp://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html
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The Big Read (Bradbury)
http://www.neabigread.org/books/fahrenheit451/filmguide.php -
RIF
http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/activities.htm -
Midcontinent Library Port
Find books in series, author info, bestsellers for teens and MOREhttp://www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music -
Library of Virginia
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ -
Tumblereadables
Generously brought to us by the Library of 'Virginiahttp://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/LDND/tumblebooks.htm -
Library of the Year 2010
Harry Byrd Middle in Henrico Co.http://blogs.henrico.k12.va.us/byrdlibrary/ -
Library of Congress
Fantastic!http://www.loc.gov/index.html -
Digital v Print! The facts are in
Great article! But will we heed?http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/378 -
Kindles
Great help in setting up a Kindle reading programhttp://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=165142&sid=1392971 -
Scope Notes!
Elementary Librarian Travis Jonker created this marvelous site in 2007! Book reviews, predicted winners and so much more!http://100scopenotes.com/ -
Free Classic Audio and Ebooks for the classics
http://www.clicweb.org/e_discover/e_discoverhome.html -
Connections: Connecting Books to SOLs
Using keywords, SOL subject, subcategory, and grade searches!http://itweb.fcps.edu/connections/index.cfm -
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Links to authors, stories, guides for teachers, parents and storytellers, recommended book lists and more.http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html -
Booklists Online
Booklists of all kindshttp://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx -
Better than sparknotes...which are great
Read it online, analysis of characters, themes and morehttp://www.litcharts.com/
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Marc download from
http://www.clicweb.org/e_discover/e_discoverhome.html
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E-Discover the Classics
http://www.clicweb.org/e_discover/e_discoverhome.html -
The Literature Network
Read tons of books online. Organized by author with author notes and facts.http://www.online-literature.com/crane/ -
The Literature Network
Read tons of books online. Organized by author with author notes and facts.http://www.online-literature.com/crane/ -
The Literature Network
Read tons of books online. Organized by author with author notes and facts.http://www.online-literature.com/crane/ -
Mysteries to Solve
For a younger audience up to age 14.http://kids.mysterynet.com/ -
Children's Books Online
Beautiful illustrations and antique books!http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm -
Classics from the Library of Congress
Classics read in original with illustrations-Children thru adulthttp://www.read.gov/books/ -
Lit2Go
Audio and full text of hundreds of great titles. Arranged alphabetically by author, title, subject.http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm
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Stuarts Draft High School Library
A fantastic site, well organized with tons of helpful stuff on just about anything!http://www.augusta.k12.va.us/668742823113234/site/default.asp
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
Compiled and updated by a librarian, provides current links of dozens of reading awards.http://www.dawcl.com/calendar.asp
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Literature Search for Science and Math
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/ll/ap/searchlist.asp -
Scholastic-You Are What You Read
Get book suggestions on themes and more!http://youarewhatyouread.scholastic.com/adults/
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AASL-American Association of School Libraries
WOW-- I'll say it backwards-WOW Keep current, get ideas for librarians, teachers, and students!http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/index.cfm -
South Carolina's School Librarians Org.
Conference handouts with links to awesome help stuff.http://scasl.net/conference-handout/
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My Savings Quest
You get to budget your money for the pricey new TV or Laptop you choose to buy. GREAT!http://www.mysavingsquest.com/ -
Just Think Twice
Drug Education by the DEAhttp://www.justthinktwice.com/ -
Budgeting and Investing Game
http://www.genirevolution.org/ -
Reality check!
Gives students a chance to see how much they would need to make to support their lifestylehttp://www.jumpstart.org/reality-check.html -
Money Skill
Free online reality financial instructionhttp://www.moneyskill.org/ -
Gen i Revolution
Online personal finance gamehttp://www.genirevolution.org/ -
Practical Money Skills
Lessonshttp://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/foreducators/lesson_plans/teens.php
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Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII).
Wonderfully easy search for literary criticism onlinehttp://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ -
Schmoop!
Easy to search, read, and understand; yet full of great insight.http://www.shmoop.com/ -
Author links!
Author Biographies and morehttp://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx -
Literary Resources on the Net
Points the way to some useful info on literature, drama and world history but doesn't contain much information outrighthttp://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ -
Poets.org
Find a poem, have it read to you and MORE! Great teacher tips and lesson plans, too.http://www.poets.org/ -
Portal to Links on Literature
American Literature Linkshttp://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2739 -
Literature, Psychology and Medicine
For the unusual project that hopes to link the three subjects in analysis!http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Main?action=new -
PAL: Perspective in American LIterature
Great easy to use and read site about American authorshttp://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML -
ipl critical index of great references
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/guide.html -
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/hslit.html
Literature Site from a Multnomah Libraryhttp://www.multcolib.org/homework/hslit.html -
The Educator's Reference Desk
Utilizes ERIC and GEM + much more.http://ericir.syr.edu/ -
Library Spot: Literary Criticism
http://www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htm -
Lit Charts of many titles
Read it online, analysis of characters, themes and morehttp://www.litcharts.com/
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Shakespeare Info!
Biography, Globe, Elizabethan Drama, Plays, Poetry! The Whole Thang!http://www.william-shakespeare.info/
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http://www.meddybemps.com/Index.html
http://www.meddybemps.com/Index.html -
Holiday Calendar
Great printable calendars plus info and sites about the holidayshttp://www.holidaysmart.com/2011/year2011.htm -
M & M.com
Games, history, research, recipes and more.http://www.m-ms.com/us/ -
Tootsie Rolls are made how???
Tootsie rolls, Tootsie Pops, Dots and more!http://clickschooling.com/2010/09/virtual-tour-of-tootsie-pop-and-dot-factory/ -
Tunstall Sports and more
Easily search great photos from sporting events, scores and morehttp://www.maxpreps.com/national/national.htm -
Bob Hope's Library of Congress Site
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/ -
Bubble Wrap!
Pop it! and more.http://www.bubblewrapfun.com/
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Thanksgiving Music and More
http://www.lilesnet.com/thanksgiving/midi/ -
Christmas Music
Suggested on PD 360http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/index.htm -
Track Santa!
NORAD Using Google Earth! Cute as can be.http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html -
Merry Christmas from Santa and his Deer
Cute interactive as each deer lends his aid in wishing a merry Christmashttp://www.glenn.tapley.us/MC.swf
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Cool Math
http://www.math.com/ -
That Math Test!
http://www.thatquiz.com/tq/index.html -
RiverDeep Math
http://rivapprod2.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=353,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL -
Online Java Appelates of Math related stuff
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=all -
Cut the Knot math games
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/content.shtml -
Algebra Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.com/algebra.htm -
Geometry Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.com/geometry_highschool.htm -
Algebra Planet Buster
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/PlanetBlast/index.html -
Jefferson Labs
http://education.jlab.org/index.html -
King of Math Activities
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/KING/math.htm#----- -
Cut the Knot Activities
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml -
For the Higher Maths Sine/Cosine Function. Unit Circle etc.
http://www.ronblond.com/ -
Virtual manipulatives from the abacus to graphing of trinomials
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Virtual Manipulatives (abacus, graphing, fractions, etc)
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_4.html -
Probability and Dice
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/ -
Yucky Science!
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/index.html -
Archimedes Math
http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html -
XP Math
Games Careers and Morehttp://www.xpmath.com/ -
Helping with Math.com
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/ -
Codes and Ciphers and Math! O My!
Make 'em, Break 'em. Wrap 'em up, I'll take 'em.http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home.shtml -
AAA Math
Basic math, geometry and morehttp://www.aaamath.com/aaamath.htm -
Calculation Nation
By Illuminations. Requires registration (FREE) Games about perimeter, area and more.http://calculationnation.nctm.org/ -
Illuminations
All kinds of superb math activitieshttp://illuminations.nctm.org/WebResourceList.aspx?Ref=2&Std=4&Grd=0 -
Vihart Math Videos-Wow!
Wild, Wacky and incredibly interesting!http://vihart.com/ -
WolfRam for Teachers
http://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/ -
Yay Math Video Lessons
Worksheets, too.http://www.yaymath.org/video.html -
Knots and Math
Untangling the Mathematics: Complicated knot patterns and the math concepts they require to execute.http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/knot/knot.html -
Math Dude
Neat tricks for doing mathhttp://mathdude.quickanddirtytips.com/categoryindex/all/Page/1/sortbyalpha/
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Practice SOL Tests
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html -
Tami Maloney's 2004 SOL Practice Test
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/2004vasol/eocgeom/eocgeom04v5.html -
Tami Maloney's 2003 SOL Practice Test
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/2003vasol/EOCgeom03v5.html -
Tami Maloney's Interactive 2002 SOL Test
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/EOCgeo02v5.htm -
Constructions Play
www.nvcc.edu/home/tstreilein/constructions/default.htm -
Step by Step Constructions
http://whistleralley.com/construction/reference.htm -
Geometry Construction Playtime
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/tstreilein/constructions/default.htm -
My Worksheet on Constructions
wizard.4teachers.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID=84911 -
Geo Boards
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_277_g_1_t_3.html -
Eyeball the perfect place
Bisect angles, find midpoints and more...by sighthttp://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html -
Paper Models of Polyhedra and MORE!
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/index.html
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Joy of Pi
Histories, Mysteries, and more.http://www.joyofpi.com/pilinks.html -
Great St. Louis's Pi Links
http://megsl.org/pi.html
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Cool Math
Great presentation on tons of math conceptshttp://www.coolmath.com/
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Rock and Rock related lessons
http://rockhall.com/ -
Bristol's Great Activities Page for all curriculuk
http://www.bristolvaschools.org/mwarren/onlineactivites.htm -
DSO Kids Listen by Composer
Great site with short snippets of dozens of famous composers.http://www.dsokids.com/listen/composerlist.aspx -
Music Theory Interactives
http://www.musictheory.net/ -
8 Notes
Theory, lessons and more (OVERRIDE required)http://www.8notes.com -
Kevin MacLeod's Royalty Free Music
AWESOME!http://www.incompetech.com
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Greek Mythology
Includes Bullfinch's Mythology Full Text + tons of other great stuffhttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembersFrames.do?org.apache.struts.taglib.html.TOKEN=9fb7420eff028f2959755a7e1888a1b5&number=270400&password -
Mythweb
www.mythweb.com -
Encyclopedia Mythica
Norse, Greek, Roman mythology and morehttp://www.pantheon.org/
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Joan Pfaff's Portaportal
Lots of math and other stuff toohttp://guest.portaportal.com/pfaffj -
Sharon Bolan's Site
Sharon taught summer SEDI courses at IALRhttp://guest.portaportal.com/sbolan68 -
Jo Davis Portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/furmata -
Pittsylvania Co. Schools Portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/pcs -
Laramie Library's PP
For elementary but some neat stuff could be incorporatedhttp://guest.portaportal.com/tlaram00
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Mason Crest
Nicely organized by curriculum topicwww.masoncrest.com -
Gale
School Library Referencehttp://www.gale.cengage.com/
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Infotrac
Wonderful research tool with a myriad of helpful databases Username: va_s_071_1730 Password: schoolshttp://infotrac.galegroup.com/default -
Pro/Con.org
Wonderful database for researching both sides of controversial issueshttp://www.procon.org/ -
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Great site for all medical research. Wonderfully organized.http://www.cdc.gov/ -
Google Scholar
Search everything!http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search -
OWL Purdue Citation Help
Searchable database of the latest MLA formatting ruleshttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ -
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Reader's Guide Online
240 magazines in full text PDF or word, translation, read aloud and more! Username ths1 Password: trojanshttp://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/login.jhtml?_requestid=16355 -
ipl2: Information you can trust
Find most everything here!http://www.ipl.org/ -
Top Net Sites
For most every category!http://www.nettop20.com/ -
Answers.com
Everything about anything! Gives access to different databases coverage of subjects!http://www.answers.com/ -
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ -
United States Newspaper Program
A microfilm collection (searchable by state) published in the 18th century to presenthttp://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html -
Landmarks in the US
The Grand Canyon, The Gateway Arch, Lincoln Memorial, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Paul Revere House, Everglades National Pahttp://www.partsgeek.com/parts/famous_us_landmarks.html -
Source Watch from Wikipedia
Editable but viablehttp://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch -
Open Secrets
For inquiring minds...financial info on campaigns and lots of other dramahttp://opensecrets.org -
History of computers
From Calculators to Silicon Valleyhttp://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/ -
History of Gaming
Especially video games!http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/ -
The Great Idea Finder
Awesome site about inventions past and present + inventors and more. Citation availablehttp://www.ideafinder.com/home.htm
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E! Online Celebs
http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/index.jsp -
CelebHoo
Authors, actors, singers, models, sports figures and morehttp://www.celebhoo.com/ -
Forbes Celebrity Site
Includes pay scale, of course!http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/22/lady-gaga-oprah-winfrey-business-entertainment-celeb-100-10_land.html -
Starpulse
http://www.starpulse.com/ -
Absolute Now
Alphabetical links to celebritieshttp://celebs.absolutenow.com/ -
Bio!
http://www.biography.com/ -
Undying Celebrity
http://www.undying.com/ -
Who 2
3,200 Celebritieshttp://www.who2.com/ -
The Literature Network-Author Biographies
Lots of authors!http://www.online-literature.com/ -
cademy of Achievement
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html -
A Million Lives
Hard to search but great information on current bioshttp://www.amillionlives.com/ -
Nobel Prize Winners' Biographies
http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/nobel.html -
Meet Amazing Americans
Library of Congress-Famous Americans in every fieldhttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php -
Explorers Biographies
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004237/english/nond/balboa.html -
Biographies-Current and Historical
Images for reports available.http://www.s9.com/ -
Clara Barton Virtual Museum
Clara's Life, Work, Home life, + Great information about her involvement with the American Red Crosshttp://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/clba/ -
Movies and more
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/texaschainsaw.php -
Tracking the world
http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000094713/
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EasyBib
Create, email, print your citations BUT remember...Sometimes you must TWEAK the citation to fill in information.http://www.easybib.com -
Worldcat!
Just type in the ISBN number, title or author. Searches books, film, articles. APA and MLA citations offered.http://www.worldcat.org -
Bib Me!
APA as well as MLA, Print, website, film and more ....and FREE!http://www.bibme.org/ -
New Tech Laws or Lawbreakers!
Article about new ruling on what is permissiblehttp://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/apple-loses-big-in-drm-ruling-jailbreaks-are-fair-use.ars
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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Archived data of all sortshttp://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ -
23 and Me
Offers genealogy help by analyzing your DNA. Paid servicehttps://www.23andme.com/ -
Ancestry.com
Paid service, but offers free trial. Humongous genealogy database.http://www.ancestry.com/ -
Government Archives
http://www.Archives.gov/genealogy -
DNA Ancestry Project
http://www.DNAAncestryProject.com -
Family Search
http://www.FamilySearch.org -
Family Tree DNA
Paid subscriptionhttp://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com -
Pro Genealogists
http://www.ProGenealogists.com -
US Genealogy Web
http://www.USGenWeb.com
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Baseball Reference
Statistics and more!http://www.baseball-reference.com/ -
The Baseball Cube
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/ -
Sports Haven
Wonderful and informative!http://www.sporthaven.com/ -
Africa South of the Sahara Sports News
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/sports.html -
CBS Sportsline
Sports news up to the minutehttp://www.cbssports.com/ -
ESPN
http://espn.go.com -
Excite: Sports
http://sports.excite.com -
FOXSports
Sports news and morehttp://msn.foxsports.com/ -
History of Women in Sports Timeline
Searchable from 776 BChttp://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm -
International Association for Sports Information
Searchable databases, journals and morehttp://www.sportquest.com/iasi/home.html -
Top 10 NBA teams of all time
Click on the link to get NBA encyclopedia's historyhttp://www.nba.com/history/toptenteams_index.html -
NBA.com
Everything NBAhttp://www.nba.com/
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Proposed Uranium Mining in Virginia
Check out the resource list at the bottomhttp://pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,391,1319,0,html/Proposed-Uranium-Mining-in-Virginia -
Southern Environmental Law Center
http://www.southernenvironment.org/cases/uranium_mining_in_virginia -
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals. and Energy
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/vaenergyplan.shtml -
Uranium Mine Ownership-USA
You must click on the map to find Coles Mill site.http://www.wise-uranium.org/uousa.html -
Virginia Uranium
The company that owns the site and proposes to mine there.http://www.virginiauranium.com/ -
Virginia Energy Resources Documents
http://www.sedar.com/DisplayCompanyDocuments.do?lang=EN&issuerNo=00008986 -
Virginia Energy
Check out the news releases. Also note the fact that stock is already being sold in the Coles Mill project.http://www.santoy.ca/s/Home.asp -
Danville Register and Bee
Danville Register's links to uranium articleshttp://www2.godanriver.com/search/
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Science Encyclopedia
http://science.jrank.org/
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Bartleby Reference Station
Includes links to dictionaries, thesauri, and topical references for anatomy to zoologyhttp://www.bartleby.com/reference/ -
Google Scholar
Search anything. Legal opinions by states and more.http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search -
Fact Monster from Info Please
Do ask, Do tellhttp://www.factmonster.info/ -
Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/ -
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/ -
Farmer's Almanac
Crop planting by the signs, weather predictions and MOREhttp://www.almanac.com/ -
Publically accessible databases from the Library of Congress
Too much to describe here!http://eresources.loc.gov/ -
Visual Dictionary
Definitions and more...much more!http://www.infovisual.info/ -
Virginia Memory
Library of Virginia's Digital History Gatewayhttp://www.virginiamemory.com/ -
Open Access Journals
Organized by subject...Hundreds of themhttp://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=browse&uiLanguage=en
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Quia!
Dozens of wonderful links to worksheets, sample tests and morehttp://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=18064&adv_search=true
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http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/ -
Ask a Scientist!
Well arranged by subject for browsing or ASK A QUESTION and get a SCIENTIST'S ANSWERhttp://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/archive.htm -
Biology Corner
http://www.biologycorner.com/ -
Bizarre Labs!
Great kitchen chemistry, physics, and other concentrations experimentshttp://bizarrelabs.com/control.htm -
Britain's Fast Periodic Chart
Interactivehttp://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/ICI/periodictable/periodictable.html -
Build A Prairie
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/ -
Candy Experiments!
Just what it sounds likehttp://www.candyexperiments.com/p/experiments.html -
Cell Movies
http://www.cellsalive.com/ -
Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/ -
Chemical Elements.com
Designed by an 8th graderhttp://www.chemicalelements.com/ -
ChemiCOOL!
Interactive Periodic Charthttp://www.chemicool.com/ -
Chemistry: Acids/Bases
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/acids/index.htm -
Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com/ -
Dissection Enactment
http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html -
Dutch (Lenntech) Periodic Chart
Includes health affectshttp://www.lenntech.com/periodic/periodic-chart.htm -
Forensics science lab
Fantastic site for doing autopsies and making determinations about cause of death.http://forensics.rice.edu/ -
Free Optical Illusions
http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/ -
Fun Video Series on Sir Isaac Newton
From actors at North Carolina Schoolhttp://www.opendreamensemble.com/webseries.html -
Geologic Timeline
http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/depth/geology/timeline/timeline.htm -
Geologic Timeline 2
http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/depth/geology/timeline/timeline.htm -
Geology timeline
http://www.nps.gov/yose/education/depth/geology/timeline/timeline.htm -
Hip Surgery
http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/ -
Human Anatomy
http://www.innerbody.com/image/skelfov.html -
Human body
http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/skin.html -
Jefferson Labs
http://education.jlab.org/index.html -
Jefferson's Lab Chemical Elements
Interactivehttp://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html -
Kid's Science
Might be for kids but kids of all ages will enjoyhttp://www.kidsciencelink.com/ -
Lemelson Center from the Smithsonian
Clouds, inventions, puzzles and morehttp://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/iap/playhouse_main.html -
Los Alamos' Interactive Periodic Chart
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm -
Micro-organism Videos and Pics
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/amoeba/index.html -
Micro-organism Videos and Pics 2
http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station/gallery_intro.html -
National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/feature/index.htm -
Optical Illusions
http://www.torinfo.com/illusion/directory.html -
Orkin Virtual Roach dissection
http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach -
Planet 10
http://www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10/ -
Planet Science
Great for under 11's but could be useful for a fun activity at any age.http://www.planet-science.com/home.html -
Rat Dissection
http://educatus.com/main/samples/viewAll.asp?lid=801486&scid=8014860018 -
Science, Optics & You
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/colorseparation/index.html -
Simple Machines
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ -
Snowflakes and Ice Crystals
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/ -
Virtual Anatomy
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp -
Virtual Knee Surgery
http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm -
Virtual Pig Dissection
http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html -
Visual Periodic Chart--Gorgeous!
View in Flash or HTMLhttp://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/periodic_table.html -
Weather Ed Heads
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm -
Web Elements
Interactivehttp://www.webelements.com/ -
Scientific American's Home Page
Links to incredible information including video, articles, slide shows and more.http://www.scientificamerican.com/ -
Goo recipes of all kinds
paper mache, clay, bread doughs and morehttp://classic-web.archive.org/web/20050414073557/www.geocities.com/Heartland/3893/Goo.html -
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
Awesome and you don't have to get your hands dirty!http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm -
Cosi science resources
wonderful, includes virtual knee surgeryhttp://www.cosi.org/visitors/online-activities/
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Anatomy Arcade
For teens! Great games to learn body partshttp://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html
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Creative Chemistry!
Practical stuff, worksheets, and morehttp://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm -
Chemistry Labs and More
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/freestuff.html
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Environmental Health Science Education
National Institute of Health (Government) sponsored site for teachers and studentshttp://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/ -
Environmental Health by Subject
Sponsored by NIEHShttp://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/tours/request.cfm -
ToxMystery
For the young but very informative. Find the toxic hazards in each room. Print a certificate at the end.http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/ -
ARKive Education
Great photography, PowerPoint presentations, classroom activities and more. Organized by grade level, etc.http://www.arkive.org/education/
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Science Buddies
Projects and Fair ideas for Serious Studentshttp://www.sciencebuddies.com/ -
Hunkins Experiements
Weird, wild cartoon format for some dingy fun. Food, Clothes, Office, Sound and more categorieshttp://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/
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NASA Planet Quest Timeline
Audio and videohttp://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/timeline/timeline.html -
Planet Quest
NASA made!http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm -
We Choose the Moon
Virtual Apollo 11 Launch...Awesome sitehttp://wechoosethemoon.org/ -
Space Museum (Natural History Museum)
Awesomehttp://www.amnh.org/rose/spaceshow/journey/
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Physics Central
Free Downloadable Comics/Coloring books, experiments, ask a physicist and morehttp://www.physicscentral.com/experiment/colormephysics/index.cfm
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Jefferson Labs!!!!
http://education.jlab.org/index.html -
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/ -
Virginia SOL
http://www.virginiasol.com/test.htm -
SOL Pass Practice Tests
http://solpass.org/ -
Test Resources
http://etest.ncs.com/customers/virginia/vasol/resources.htm# -
Quia's activities and tests
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol12.html -
Virginia SOL-Anchor Papers
This site shows several actual SOL writing samples and the scoring used on each. Fantastic help for the to-be writing SOL taker.http://perspective.pearsonaccess.com/perspective/appmanager/va/educator?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=edu_anchorpapers&wsrp-urlType=blockingAction&wsrp-url=&wsrp-requiresRewrite=false&wsrp-navigationalState=edu_anchorpapersresourceId%3D_token_%26_action%3D
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Quizlet
Tests on AP, SAT, GMAT, Praxis and More.http://quizlet.com/standardized-tests/ -
Channel One's Quiz Site
Cute quizzes and some serious ones too.http://www.channelone.com/archive/quiz/life/
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Digital Wish
Grants, Lesson Plans, Reviews and Techno advice for teachers and studentshttp://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home -
Free Technology for Teachers
Library of Congress offers this.http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/professional-development-at-library-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+freetech4teachers/cGEY+(Free+Technology+for+Teachers) -
Kindle Stuff
Creekside Library takes you through the process of getting and circulating Kindle e-readershttp://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=165142&sid=1392971
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1st-12th grade sites
http://www.guest.portaportal.com/varegion8 -
All kinds of cute activities
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm -
Cute games from UK
http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm -
Dynamo's Den Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/den.htm -
Ed Heads Surgeries and more
http://www.edheads.org/ -
Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html -
Fun Brain Hangman's
http://www.funbrain.com/hangman/index.html -
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html -
Internet Resource Teacher Sharon Bolan's PortaPortal
http://guest.portaportal.com/sbolan68 -
Lots of Lessons and other stuff
http://wbra.org/html/edserv/ntti/toc.html -
Meddy Bemps Fun and Amusements
http://www.meddybemps.com/ -
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html -
PowerPoints on every subject
http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-math.html -
Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/index.htm -
SchoolHouse Rock Songs/lyrics and more
http://www.school-house-rock.com/GrammarRock.html -
Sharon Bolan's Fabulous Websites for Educators
http://guest.portaportal.com/sbolan68 -
Surfing web capabilities and link
http://www.surweb.org/default.asp -
Teacher's Pet Activities
http://www.teachers-pet.org/ -
Tons of Stuff for Reference/English too
http://eleaston.com/ -
Trackstar! Tracks lesson plans and anything else.
http://4teachers.org/trackstar/ -
United Streaming
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ -
Wise County's Site
http://www.wise.k12.va.us/alted/SOL/sol.htm -
Wise County's Wonderful Websites
http://www.wise.k12.va.us/alted/SOL/sol.htm -
Brain POP!
Everything and more!http://www.brainpop.com/ -
ipl2: Information You Can Trust
Librarian's Dream site for finding many things.http://www.ipl.org/ -
Rockingham County Elementary School SOL Resource
Great resource that categorizes core SOL resources, smartboard, powerpoints and morewww.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elementary/soltechintegration.htm -
Rockingham Portal to Techno Wonders
Everything at your fingertipshttp://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/techportal.htm -
Education.com
Searchable by subject, activities and morehttp://www.education.com/ -
Education World
Heralds as The Educators Best Friendhttp://www.educationworld.com/ -
Ed Helper.com
Great but sometimes you have to pay for featureshttp://www.edhelper.com/ -
Fun Brain!
It is!http://bb7.liberty.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_998811_ -
Kids Know It!.com
www.kidsknowit.com -
Oracle ThinkQuest
Categorized Links to everything!http://thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library -
Kids OLR: A California Based Site of Monstrous Scope
http://www.kidsolr.com/ -
Thinking Tracks
Links to great stuff for every curriculumhttp://thinkingtracks.weebly.com/ -
Wolfram
Lesson Plans in STEM + Social Studieshttp://www.wolframalpha.com/educators/ -
Thinkfinity!
Verizon sponsored Megasite for teachershttp://www.thinkfinity.org/ -
Open Culture-Video, Audiobooks, Lessons and more
http://www.openculture.com/ -
National Institute of Environmental Health
Government sponsored link to Department of Health and Human Serviceshttp://kids.niehs.nih.gov/ -
Teachers First
Resources of all kinds by subject and grade levelhttp://teachersfirst.com/index.cfm -
Quia Shared Resources
From accounting to zoology-this site is awesome!http://www.quia.com/shared/ -
ALA suggested Websites
Everything about Everything!http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm -
IPL.org
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ -
Utah's Treasure Chest
http://www.uen.org/curriculum/multimedia_resources.shtml -
PBS Programs
Alphabetical listing of a wealth of programs including interactives, videos, curricula and MORE!http://www.pbs.org/programs/ -
Down and Dirty Tips
About most everything from the law to parenting, math to grammarhttp://www.quickanddirtytips.com/
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TV Okay .com
Streaming video from TV episodes and morehttp://www.tvokay.com/movie/homeless-to-harvard.htm -
Brain Pop!
Everything and more. Free videos too.http://www.brainpop.com/ -
Hulu.com
May take overriding but lots of choices.http://www.hulu.com/ -
Maps of War
Interactive video site for historyhttp://www.mapsofwar.com/ -
History vintage clips
History, English, Science and More!http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/ -
Teacher Tube
http://www.teachertube.com/ -
TV School House
Vintage TV for educators arranged by subject. OVERRIDE Necessaryhttp://tvschoolhouse.com/ -
National Geographic Videos
Great clips with animals, etc.http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/bugs-animals/other-bugs/assassinbug_feedingonbat.html -
Insect video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQZAiuDoTg -
10 most amazing insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQWf31S8G8&feature=related -
10 most venomous insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNYCDlzWnWs&feature=related -
Assassin Bug v Bat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmV6TjVNZGM -
Glory Road Videos
http://www.channelone.com/video/glory-road -
Film Ratings
Film ratings and more!http://www.filmratings.com/filmRatings_Cara/#/home/ -
How Baseballs are Made
http://www.reliableplant.com/view/25724/how-baseballs-are-manufactured -
Ray Bradbury
5 and 20 minute video about readinghttp://www.neabigread.org/books/fahrenheit451/filmguide.php -
Johnny Smoke
Vintage anti-smoking videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLBMwIcaKbA -
NOVA science videos!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/video/ -
Bill Nye-Science Videos
http://www.billnye.com/media/video-segments/ -
Media Convert (FREE!)
A little clumsy to use but, hey, it's FREEhttp://www.media-convert.com/ -
Flick's Candy-How it's made
http://www.flickscandy.com/about.html -
Hubig's Pies-How they're made
http://www.hubigs.com/pg-2-14-tour.aspx -
Open Culture
Videos, audio books, and so much more.http://www.openculture.com/ -
Free Documentaries ONLINE!
AWESOME!http://www.documentary-log.com/ -
Ted.com Ideas worth catching!
Video Conversations with Fantastic Speakershttp://www.ted.com/ -
Bob Edwards Sirius Radio
Fantastic interviews. Really wonderful stuff!http://www.bobedwardsradio.com/ -
PBS Video
Awesome selection and opportunity.http://video.pbs.org/ -
Top Documentaries
Awesome site! Documentaries are presented by subject-biographies, technology, history and so much more.www.topdocumentaryfilms.com -
Channel One
Behind the Scenes, Features, Hear it now!, Pop Quiz, Glory Road, More...http://www.channelone.com/video/ -
Vega Science Videos and More
http://www.vega.org.uk/
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Toyota Virtual Museum
In English or Japanese, tour the building via floorplan and morehttp://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_e/a03_01.html -
Martin Luther King's Birthplace
Floor plan + 360 degree video of MLK's birthplace by the National Park Service.http://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0001/BirthHomeTour/ -
Dinosaurs Halls at the American Museum of Natural History
360 degree coverage of these halls.http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/fossilhalls/virtualtours/ -
BBC Virtual History Tours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/virtual_tours/ -
Cymbal Factory-How they're made
Great music, great graphics!http://www.sabian.com/EN/aboutus/factory_tour.cfm -
Tom's Toothpaste from Maine
Great for a tour of how toothpaste is made, packaged, etc. + recycledhttp://www.tomsofmaine.com/video-catalog/video-detail/made-in-maine -
Lego!
http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/visits/video.aspx -
Lego Production
On YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRRDIFNxoM&feature=player_embedded#%21 -
Smithsonian Museums and Zoo
http://www.si.edu/Museums
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The ABC's of Writing. Cute and Fun
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/ -
Creates Citations for Research papers Yeah!!!
http://citationmachine.net/ -
Proofreading practice
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html -
Easy Bibliography
http://www.easybib.com/ -
Columbia's Citation Info
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html -
Paper Rater! Free online paper grader
Checks for plagiarism, vocab, spelling and more! Wonderful! and FREE!http://paperrater.com/free_paper_grader -
Free Rhyming Dictionary
http://rhymer.com/ -
Free Rap Dictionary
http://rapdict.org/Main_Page -
Poetry 4 Kids Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes -
WikiRhymer
http://www.wikirhymer.com/
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KODAK Zi8 Extended Users Guide
http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19161/selected/true -
Sanyo Exacti CG20 Guide
http://www.amnh.org/rose/spaceshow/journey/
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Virginia Learns Tech
Video explains the processhttp://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-profile-virginia-video -
HashTags
Gives the trend power of ANYTHING through a line chart-AWESOME Toolhttp://hashtags.org/ -
Flat Classroom 15 Digital Challenges for TEACHERS
Awesome! Must do these.http://www.flatclassroombook.com/flat-classroom-15.html
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Super Social Safety
A Teen Review of Safe Websites for Kidshttp://supersocialsafety.blogspot.com/ -
PikiFriends
A Unique and Safe Pen Pal site for Middle and High Schoolershttp://www.pikifriends.net/ -
Digiteen
Digital Citizenship social site for Teenshttp://www.digiteen.org/ -
Woogie World
Internet safety and ethics for young childrenhttps://www.woogiworld.com/login/ -
Wired Safety
http://wiredsafety.org/ -
NetSmartz
http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents -
Help List
http://www.puresight.com/Useful-tools/organizations.html
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Annual Credit Report Site
This site offers a totally free (once a year) credit report from the big three. You will probably be asked to PAY for a credithttps://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
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Smithsonian Lessons
African art to National Zoos to Folk Music and morehttp://www.si.edu/Educators -
More Smithsonian education
Games, Videos, and so much more.http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/idealabs/idealabs.html
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Animoto Video Maker
Make awesome videos and morehttp://animoto.com/ -
Comet Docs
Document Hosting and Sharinghttp://www.cometdocs.com/ -
Prezi
PowerPoint on Steroids - Movement!http://prezi.com/ -
ToonDoo
Cartoon Makerhttp://www.toondoo.com/Latestw.toon -
Weebly
Make your own website...for FREE!http://education.weebly.com/ -
Fakebook Slide Show on Slideshare
See how it's done!http://www.slideshare.net/npro6979/facebook-template -
Free Clipart (astronomy, animals, history and more)
Includes sound and video too.http://classroomclipart.com/ -
Clipart Pal
http://www.clipartpal.com/ -
Free Music for Videos
My music is 100% completely free! You DO NOT need to ask my permission to use the track! Just please think about donatinghttp://freemusicforvideos.com/ -
Open Clip Art
Free! ...Really!http://openclipart.org/ -
ViewPure
Removes blogs etc from YouTube videoshttp://viewpure.com/ -
Technorati
Blog Searcherhttp://technorati.com -
Tagxedo!
Word Clouds with Stylehttp://www.tagxedo.com/ -
Wordle!
ordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.http://www.wordle.net/ -
WordItOut
ordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.http://worditout.com/ -
ODDCAST
Changer of voices - Text to speechhttp://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php
