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Beauty and The Best
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Class Procedures Quiz
Comfort Zone
Friendly Financials
Friendly Financials- 2
Grades for 4th Nine Weeks
Hats and Packs
Keep in Touch
Memorial Day Questions & Activities
Off Limits
Rounding
what to do when working with money
Student Grades are online
Sudoku rules and tips
Sweet Tooth
They did, why not you?

Automobiles, finding one

1- See me, first!
Car Loan Calculator
Car Reliability Ratings
Cars.com
Find a car
Consumer Reports
How reliable is it?
Edmunds
Find a car
How much is it worth?
Some banks use this guide to determine the car's worth.
What if I saved that car payment instead?

Bikes ( motorcycles)

400 horsepower bike!
Best Waterproof Boots
Biking is very dangerous
Deal's Gap, NC
Cases - from a camera store
Florida Motorcycle Roads and Trips
Helmet speakers comparison
Ipod remote
Modular Helmets
comparison tests
Motorcycle Equip
reasonable prices. I check here first.
Motorcycle Routes
You choose your state or country
My Bike
I have a blue 2005 with 20,000 miles on it.
My Dream Bike
My Other Dream Bike
Ride Safe
If you're stupid enough to ride take a course! BTW- I ride.
Riding techniques
Sunday Morning Rides
Vanson mesh 129
Wheels of Faith
wind noise soln

Biking and Hiking

Books You Might Like

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
A good book for adults too!
All Your Worth
By Dr Elizabeth Warren
Artemis Fowl
Play the game about Artemis' world
As a Man Thinkth
audiobook
Bible Gateway
Look up passages. Any version you like. it will even read it to you!!!
Books By Teens For Teens
Books Online
Children's Books
Dangerous Book For Boys
Some of everything. Mom/Dad supervise your child when they get ahold of this book.
Faith Hunt
Deer hunting & God? That makes no sense or does it?
Free Audio for kids
books & podcasts of stuff worth hearing
Free Books Online
Classics
Have books read to you.
This is just 1 option. There are other program.
Michael Wynn's books
He's a great motivational speaker and author. He's all about helping educate young people.
Pursuit of Happyness
Release Your Brilliance
by Simon T. Bailey
Scholastic book fair books
The ABCs of Making Money for Teens
The Adventures of Beowulf
Translation & historical facts
The Daring Book for Girls
The Edge Chronicles
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
The Fragile Middle Class
By Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook
The Life and Death of the Great American School System
It got excellent rewiews on Amazon
The Sea of Trolls
Dragons, trolls, ice giants
The Two-income Trap
By Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
Time Warp Trio
With heroes like Joe, Fred and Sam, history (or the future, for that matter) is never boring.

Giver

Joey Pigza

Amish - Lancaster County, Penn
How long does it take to walk 1 mile?
How much does a pack a day cost?
Joey Pigza Books ( They are VERY SILLY.)
by Jack Gantos
Odds of being struck by lightning
vs odds of winning the lotto. ( U need to look that up, yourself.)

Where the Red Fern Grows

Business

Young Entreprenuer Foundation

Caleb

Joan of Arc

A kid's report.
Brief History
Natural Reader
It might help you w/ the big words.
pics

Multiplication rock

Character

Character by month
Character Counts
Character Education
Strengthens Communities and the Nation
Leader Traits
School gets an A for character

College & Trade schools - start planning for it now. (esp you)

Western Michigan University
Ms Ralston went here.
1-Osceola County Graduates
Best Colleges 2012
US News magazine article.
Bethune-Cookman College
My coworker's school. Go Wildcats!
Central Michigan University
Ms Rasmer went here.
Davis & Elkins College
Mr Keech went here.
Dowling College
Ms Sandman went here.
FAMU
My brother's school. Go Rattlers!
Florida State
Go Noles!
Graduation Attire
HBCU list
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
How much will your future job pay?
Scroll down to Ways to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook site
Howard
My sister's school.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Ms Abreu went here.
McDaniel College
Mr Keech went here.
Saginaw Valley State University
Mr Bacome went here.
St John's University
My school psychologist's school.
Stetson University
Ms Leonard went here.
Trade School Search
Search by subject or state
University of Central Florida
Ms Leonard went here.
University of Florida
My principal's school. Go Gators!
University of Puerto Rico
Ms Feliciano went here.
University of South Florida
Mr Pridham and Ms Hyett went here.
West Point
My school. Not for the faint-hearted. Go Black Knights!
Western Governors University
Mr Jones went here.

College Project - Find the one for you

College Major Quiz
Find out what you'd like to study
College Project Rubric
How you'll be graded. IF I give it for a grade.
Search by Major

Comics Anime superheros

Batman history
Black Panther history
Captain America history
Goku history
Howl's Moving Castle
Lord of the Rings history
One of the best fantasy novels ever
The Hobbit
Granddaddy of all fantasy
Vegeta history

Cross Country Team

Attendance
6 Solutions to Midrun Mishaps
Basic Training article
Phase 1 Base building should happen BEFORE the season begins.
Best training guidelines
I wish we could do this. I will start much earlier next year.
Coach's Message
College articles
Lots of scholarships are out there
Latest News
Narcoossee
Did I spell that right? Read the whole thing.
What are you thinking?

Dead Doctors Don't Lie

12 Bad Foods
These foods will shorten your life.
Daily radio program by Dr Wallach
Dead Doctors Don't Lie
Dr Wallach was nominated for the Nobel prize. He sued the FDA several times and won.
Health Self Evaluation: My email is iamLareAllen@gmail.com
Are you as healthy as you think? You decide.
High Blood pressure and Cataracts
Radio show where people call in to speak to the Dr.
Los médicos muertos no mienten
Este es el unico sistema en el mundo reconocido por los mejores en la salud natural y holistica para contrarrestar la OBESIDAD,
Someone needs to go to jail
Many diseases humans have were eliminated by vets because animals don't have health insurance.
Who Made MD's King?
MD's do not know everything about medicine.

Division

Double Digit Division
not video, but good
Two digit division video- Khan Academy
short video

FCAT

Buckle down for the FCAT
tons of free reading and math resources
FCAT home base of info
FCAT Schedule
Who takes which test when
Fcatexplorer
Practice online with explanations of the answers
Old FCAT Tests Questions & Answers

Florida

Florida on a Tankful Trips
There are some cool places to visit in Florida.
Visit Florida-official site

Fractions

Adding Fractions
Adding Fractions w/ manipulatives
Colorful Fraction Lessons
Coloring Multiples
Cookies for Grampy
Circle Fractions
Divide Fractions
Draggable Fractions
Equiv Fractions -
drawing
Factor Tree Practice
Factor Tree practice, more
Fraction Addition
Fraction Bars
Fraction Freeze
Use shapes to make fractions
Fraction Freeze
Use shapes to make fractions
Fraction Match
Fractions percents & decimals
Fractions, Decimals & Percents
Are you a quick draw?
Guide the Gecko
Make a Match
Make the Fraction
Make the Fraction
Math is Fun
Multiplying Fractions
Mult fractions w/ Manipulatives
Multiply Fractions
Multiplying & Dividing Fractions
Multiplying fractions & mixed numbers
You make up the problem, it gives you the answer.
Name the Fraction
Pie Charts
Make them to explore %'s & fraction
Subtract Fractions
Visual Fractions
lots of manipulatives
Who Wants Pizza?
Who Wants Pizza?

Game Design Info/ideas

8 Free Game Design and Development Courses and Resources Online
links to courses online
Computer and Video Game History
Designing Video Games for Dummies
Game Design Article
The Art of Toys
UCF Gaming Summer Camp
Xtranormal
text to animation
Youth Digital Arts School

Games or Favorite Sites

3D checkers
Academic Games
Ascending Order
a game for the quick-witted
Bridgecraft
Concentration
How fast can you match the pairs? 2:10 sec is my best
Crazy Chess
Cross the River
Cyberchase
Games, adventures, quests
Cyberchase Games
MY NEW FAVORITE SITE
Discovery Channel Games
fun, but educational too
Dominoes
Fowl Words
stupid funny AND fairly educational. Turn up the volume! HOW can this be primary???
Free Rice
For every word you define correctly 20 grains of rice are donated to help end hunger!
Geometry & Stuff
Try the Pattern Blocks
Illuminations
an NCTM -based site
checkers
Numbers Munchers
Throwback Game!
Scrabble
Scrabble Blast
The Quest
Scavenger Hunt
Thinkfinity
Vector TD
Vector TDX
Whizz Ball
Writer's Block
Rubik's Cube & words combined

Genealogy

Geography

Atlapedia
Facts about & maps of the world's countries
Census Facts about the States
CIA facts about different countries
CIA for Kids???
Currency Converter
How many of their dollars equals one of ours?
Earth Structure
Tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes,etc
Find it on a map of USA
Capitals, States, & Landscapes games
Flags of the World
CIA Factbook
Geo Net
Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
Geocaching with Kids
Geospy
Global IQ
Map of the WORLD
Learn how to read a map & you won't need GPS! Where is DIS?
Map Test
Rank Order of Countries
Population, death/birth rates, oil production
Read a Map
Top 100 Wonders of the World
US Census
Population Info
Web Geography for Kids

Geometry

Advanced Geometry problems & examples
Airline Builder
Perimeter & Area relationship
Alien Angles
Area
Area & Perimeter
2 figures
Area and perimeter comparison
Area-2
Banana Hunt
Bloxorz
Spatial geometry?
Cyberchase
Fill it
I used to be WORLD CHAMP!
Find the Planets
Flip It
Symmetrical patterns
Flips, slide, reflect it in the hole
Fractals- Koch & Sierpinski
Geometric Solids and Their Properties
Geometry Manipulatives
Hands on Geometry
Geometry Quiz
Geometry Workshop
click play & don't register. Protractors, rulers, area
Kinds of Symmetry
Make a Square
It's sort of like tangrams
Math League
Good explainations but kind of dry
Nets
Which will form a cube?
parallelogram examples
click & drag them
Perimeter
Polygon links
Scroll to the bottom for "everything" about polygons
Robo Packer
rotate, translate, reflect
Shape and Space
Forming mental pictures
Shapes, solids, nets
Spirograph Demos
Starlight
Use a protractor
Visual Puzzles
What are Fractals?
collection of links

Grad School

Health & Fitness

Active.com
A variety of events to keep you active
Advertisement Decoder
American Heart Association
Want to live longer? Listen to them.
Are you average height?
Are you overweight???
Body & Mind
Physical Activity section helps you find which fitness activities best suit your style, & an interactive activity calendar
Food Pyramid
Interactive learning about a healthy lifestyle
Healthy Nation
short videos on everything
How many calories do I need to burn to lose 1 pound of fat?
How old are you really?
Try this on your parents
Innerbody
Are you a future doctor? Explore the different body systems.
Kid-netic.com
Guys, this is the one I couldn't find!!! Go to the Fitness Challenge. Don't cheat yourself.
Kids Health
Parent, Kid, Teen Sections
Oct 8, Orlando Race Details
P90X ( as seen on TV )
Is this for real?
Race For The Cure
...because the strong are supposed to help the weak
Race For The Cure Events around the USA
Sigma Delta Psi
Are you an athlete?
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Are you an athlete?
The Infant Years
Reasons to think twice before having children. lol
TobaccoFree.org
If you have EVER thought about smoking go here.
Tour De Cure - Diabetes Fundraiser
Track Shack
Local Sponsor of running events. A great source of info. I bought my 1st pair of running shoes there, 2-300 years ago.
Web Md

Cancer

charities- You help make it happen

Alzheimer's
Go Red For Women
Wipe out heart disease and stroke

Health - Yours Can't Wait

12 Bad Foods
These foods are actually killing you.
Dead Athletes Don't Lie
audio - exercise w/o supplementation is suicide
Dead Doctors Don't Lie
World's most watched health lecture
What Makes Youngevity Unique
Why this is like no other nutrition company
Who Made MD's King?
MD's slander other types of medicine. Why?

I want to know...

I Can Learn

1- Driver's lic & high school diploma
2- Driver license/school attendance
Read # 10, too.
Class Expectations 2010-2011
Do Not Play!!!
Game of the Week 1
Game of the Week 2
Grading Policy
Updated 2/23
How does this class work?
Liberty High
runners-click Charger Dash 5k on right
MJ3 ADV Lesson Order
MJ3 REG Lesson Order
Need Extra Time on the Computer???
Come on! I told you this back in Sep/Oct.
Notebook Sample Page
Update week of 17Jan
Test 7 Review
Download if it doesn't open right away
Translate text or webpages to different languages
Copy and paste or translate whole web pages
Virtual Math Book
Ask me for the username and password

Skills

% change increase or decrease
Add / sub integers practice
Adding and subtracting integers with Like and Unlike signs
Algebra Games
Some good, some lame
Algebra vs Cockroaches
Combining Like Terms
Exponent Properties
Exponent Videos
He has about 15 - 20 different videos
Functions
multiplying and dividing integers with Like and Unlike signs
Number Sense
PEMDAS
Planet Hop
coordinate grid
Polynomial Practice
Practice your basic facts
Slope intercept
Speed reading Site
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

internet

Kites

Language

Break the Code
Chicktionary
Stupid funny. Make as many words as possible from the eggs laid. You'll see.
Dictionary
Earobics
Language Arts games
English Grammar
English Study & Learning Stuff
The best reading, writing, listening, vocab, grammar, & pronunciation site, yet???
Fairy Tale Mad Lib
FCAT Express Prep
Get ready for FCAT reading Test 4th, 8th, & 10th grades. Well put together by the Univ of South Florida.
For ESL Students
There's a lot of English Grammer practice here. I STILL use my old 5th Grade text book when I have a paper or something to write
Freerice
Hangman
How do you say this word?
Letter Sounds Online
Check out more free stuff from Owl & Mouse Software link in the top right of the page.
Mad Libs Jr
Make Your Own Comic
Duh? Make your own comic book.
Missspelled Words
National Geo Mad Lib
Parts of Speech Help
What is a noun, adjective, etc?
Power Proofreading
Reading Skills. Work on your SPEED
Reading Workshop
Put together by elementary school teachers. Go to the
Scrabble
Spanish - English translations
56,000 translations, 10,000 audio
SPEED Reading
Work on cloze activities. Check how fast you can go.
Starfall
From phonics to letters to comprehension. My son loves this site!
Super Short Stories
More Short stories especially for ESL students. (That means they're good for everybody.)
Toon Univ - language - all levels
Translate text or webpages to different languages
Language tools. Copy & paste your text. Translate Text . Or translate the whole page.
Wacky Web Tales
Web Adventures
A comic book online?
Webster's Word of the Day
Has podcasts
Wild Word West
Word Scramble
Word Snap
Unscramble words
Wordly Wise
Learn & practice new words. It reads them to you & give examples.

Look Here!!!

Hybrid Cars
Nanogel
The Tweel
new as of 20 May

Math

AAA Math
Timed games! Can u beat me? Nope! Sorted by subj or grade.
Adding Decimals
addition facts drills
Algebra - Equation matching
Algebra-Planet Hop
Use coordinate grids
Algebra-Postman Phil
Algebraic equations
Area & Perimeter
Play to better yourself and have fun. DO NOT PLAY to try to beat me, just play for your own enjoyment. A Funbrain site.
Area & Perimeter - Advanced
Area Tool
Customary Unit Concentration
Customary Units- estimation
length
Dividing Decimals
Demonstation of how to do it
draggable math
Elab Measuring
Measure with a virtual ruler
Elapsed Time
Your choice of Quiz
Elapsed Time
Elasped Time Concentration
Elasped Time on analog clocks
Exponent Calculator
Fact Drills
add, sub, or mult
Fact Drills
add, sub, or mult
Factor Tree practice, more
Facts Dash
by McGraw- Hill
Flash cards
add, sub, mult, or div
Flashcards - Math Facts Cafe
Fractals : What the heck are they?
Geometry Mini Games
All kinds of games that just happen to teach math skills.
Grand Slam Math Word Problems
Great "Smart Kid" Math Games
Well, are you a smart kid? ( The answer is yes! Try them.)
Hands On Math
National Library of Visual Manipulatives put this together to help you
Head 2 head division
buzz in your answer first!
Head 2 Head times tables
buzz in your answer first!
How to tell analog time - 1
You Tube video
How to tell analog time - 2
Nobody has to know you're practicing
How To Tell Time
Try it, no one will know you're practicing.
ILX - math
k to 6th grade
Make 24
Pre-Algebra
Make your own Graphs
Your work will look outstanding
Math & Language Games
Math Central
Has a prob of the month from Canadian Math Society
Math Facts
Test your skill on basic facts for at least 2 mins straight. You choose the facts.
Math Games
Math Goodies
Student, teacher, and parent sections.
Math Hunt
reading + math = success
Math is Fun!
numbers section
Math is Fun! - Geometry
Math is Fun! -Algebra
Math is Fun! -Data
Math is Fun! -measurement
Math Madness
? times ? = a number
Math Playground
Action-packed math site for elementary and middle school students
Math Skill Builder
Math.Com
Get homework help on all levels. Lots of pictures, examples, and self quizzes to test yourself.
Mean, Median, & Range
Measure with a Ruler
Measurement grades 6-8
Solve puzzles & learn
Measurement - Liquid Puzzle
measurement - U fix it
Measurement Games
Measurement- Comparison Estimator
Measurement- Fill & Pour
Meteor Multiplication
Mind Reader
Multiflyer
Multiplication Facts Challenge
How fast can you do 20 problems?
Multiplication games
Check out Target the Answer
Multiplication Tricks
Multiplication.com
An easy way to study times tables...because it's fun!
Multiply 2 digit x 2 digit on paper
Multiply 2 digit x 2 digit w/ an array
Multiplying w/ regrouping on paper
manipulatives really explain it
My Math Book
Number Munchers
Number Patterns
What comes next?
NumberNut
Enough Math Can Make Anyone Nutty!
Numbers, the TV Show
Math activities for each episode
Online Conversions
Convert between different units like pounds to kilograms or miles per hour to kilometers per hour.
Order of Operations
pretty good rap video
Our Math Book
Ask me for the username and password
PEMDAS game
High Stakes Heist
PEMDAS game
add numbers to make the answer correct. Quite challenging!
PEMDAS Jeopardy Review
Great review game for teachers
PEMDAS quiz game
Perimeter of a rectangle
drag the corner to change the measurements
Placce Value decimals
Hockey Slap shot
Place - Value game
This is a relatively easy game. Warm up with this one.
Place Value Blocks
Base 10 Blocks let you picture the numbers.
Place Value song ( Rude parody )
Millions to thousandths
Place Value Video
Watch & Learn. It explains why you should know it.
Place Value w/ base 10 blocks
Pre-Algebra Book/resources
Glenoe Publishing
Proportional Relationships Introduction
video
Rainforestmaths
Over 800 interactive mathematics activities for Kindergarten to 6th grade.
Ratios & Proportions
Roman Numeral Calculator
Rounding
When/how to round money
Rounding Practice
flash cards, etc
Safari - Numbers Game
Slope Intercept
video
Slope Intercept
Hoop Shoot game
Squares and cubes
Subtract to win a million
subtraction machine
Subtraction puzzle
Subtraction with regrouping game
Subtraction Word Problems, HOW TO DO THEM
Surfnet Kids Math Games
A bunch of games
Surfnetkids Math Games
The Problem Site
Logic Puzzles, codes, other games
Time - What time will it be?
Times Table Chart
Times Tables Speed Test
Times Tables Tester
U think you're good with numbers? hah!
Even I was challenged...more than I usually am.
Unit Conversions
ie - miles to inches
Video Word Problems
Videos
How to...
Wolfram Alpha
math & other cool stuff
Word Equations
What are they asking me???
Word Problems for Kids
Word Problems Video
How do I solve these?
Word Problems with Katie
World Math Day!
register & play

Graphs

Make your own Graphs

Measurement

Can you fill it?
Measurement - Bill Nye
Introduction
Measurement - Bill Nye
standard unit; metric system
Measurement - Bill Nye
area & volume
Poodle Weigh In

project ideas

Military

Air Force
Do Something Amazing
Apache Helicopter
Army
Army Strong
ARMY
Which branch is the coolest? Air Def, of course!
Army height/weight standards
Army PT Standards Females 17-21
Army PT Standards Females 37-41
Army PT Standards Males 17-21
Army PT Standards Males 37-41
Army vs Navy Game
Beat Navy!!!
Artillery Game
Beat Navy!
Go Army!
Buffalo Soldiers
Do you know what % of soldiers that helped win the West were Black?
Bugle Notes
We had to memorize this stuff or get terrorized by upperclassmen.
Castles For Kids
Parts of a castle. No gory stuff.
Coast Guard
Protecting our seas & shores
Crazy stuff my classmates do
F-16 Fighting Falcon
Iwo Jima
WWII Battle in the Pacific
Lock n Load with R Lee Ermey
Again, if you like things that go boom...
M163 Vulcan Air Defense System
Can you believe I had a platoon of these?
M2 & M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles
Mail Call
If you like stuff that goes boom, you'll love this show.
Marines
The Few. The Proud
Medal of Honor
The bravest of the Brave
Navy
Accelerate your life
Normandy 1944
Encylopedia Britannica
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Stinger missle
Survival Straps
Swords and Armor
Tanks!
How stuff works
The Military Channel
Torpedos - How do they work?
Tuskeegee Airmen
Possibly the best US Military unit, ever. You decide.
US Army Weapons
US Military Academy @ West Point
Duty, Honor, Country
US Military Service Academies
Of course West Point is the best, but here are all of them. Will you serve your country?
USS Arizona ( Pearl Harbor )
War Diary of Colonel Young
West Point
How do you get into the best academy ever?
West Point Class of '87 Home page
West Point Pictures
West Points Graduates
Make our country great

Money/Investing

Budget Article & Worksheet
Budget spreadsheet - advanced
Candlestick Chart Patterns
Chicks Laying Investment Eggs
An easily understandable guide to investing
Chris Gardener
The Pursuit of Happyness man
Credit Card Calculator
Dave Ramsey
You can be debt free!!! Cold hard truth about money & finances.
Flashback Economy
Future Investors Club of America...
uses this site.
Genirevolution
Personal Finance for kids
Investment sites for TEENS
Maxed Out!
Borrower Beware
Money Tips for Kids,Teens, & Parents
oanda.com
Money exchange rate for 164 Currencies
Option Chain lookup
Sharpcharts
Charting program
Social Security: Will it be there for you?
Stock Market Games for all Ages
Stock Scanner - Stock Charts
Stocks for TEENS
When will you be debt free?
You can make it happen.
You can invest in stocks
Young Entrepreneur Foundation
Young Investor Network
Younginvestor.com
For children and investing, but has a

Moodle

Moodle for Discovery

Motivation & Positive Mental Attitude

Chicken Soup Stories
Change your attitude and change your life.
Mission Statement Builder
What's your purpose in life? Why do you think you're on this planet???
Mission Statement Builder
This company has good stuff. "World Leader in Personal Development Since 1961"
Teen Success Stories
These

Multiplication Stuff

National Parks & Forests ( U should go 2 )

1-Search the USA's National Parks
The official government site. There's a lot to see in America
2- Park Photos
3- Park Photo search
Bear Safety
Chaco Canyon
Colonial America ( Jamestown, Yorktown) & Shenandoah
Visit a lot of history here. Visit a city that looks just like it did when Gen Washington was around. On top of that, you have
Death Valley
Dude, it's hot! Actually I was about 30 miles away at the Nat'l Training Center playing laser tag while in the Army.
Everglades Nat'l Park
Actually there are 4
Grand Canyon Nat'l Park
Going there for Dakota's 14th B-day
Great Sand Dunes
Surf down sand dunes
Great Smoky Mtns Nat'l Park
My favorite park!!!
Mammoth Cave
Like 300 miles of caves. Scaaaaary, but fun! You will fear the boogyman!
Mesa Verde
Cliff dwellings
Mount Rushmore
National Forest Search
Photos to the left
Sequoia
Giant ancient trees
Shenandoah
USS Arizona
Vicksburg Nat'l Park
Site of a SERIOUS Civil War Battle
Yosemite

online money

Organization Ideas

30 Boxes
online calendar

Parents

1 of 4 Women Dies of Heart Disease
Become Aware!!!
Career One Stop
Govt site w/ info about your future career
College & Career Info
They seem to have EVERYTHING you could think of about college/careers.
Federal Aid Resources
Florida Academic Counseling & Tracking for Students
Florida Grants, Scholarships, and Applications
Free Application For Federal Student Aid
Free Scholarship Counseling
Get Into College Info
I haven't looked at all the sources but this'll give you a place to start.
Grades
Check yours online
How much will your future job pay?
Scroll down to Ways to use the Occupational Outlook Handbook site
Just Read Families
Activites that'll make you a better reader.
Kid Safe Sites
They review sites to make sure your child is safe.
Komen Race - Orlando
Let's do this!
Longer School Day
Longer School Day 2
Multiplication Tricks
PBS helps kids learn!!!
Try some of the games, parents.
Race For The Cure
...because the strong are supposed to help the weak
Recession-Proof Careers
Stop Bullying Now
USA Jobs
Complete & submit applications online
What's going on in my class
updated 1/29/8
Why Newsweek is bad for kids

People Who Helped Change The World

African- American & other Heritage Months
Biography
MTVU's Cause Effect
You can make a difference,too
Notable American Indians
From A to Z

Explorers

Marco Polo

Leaders/Politicians

People Who Impress Me

Pursuit of Happyness
Spartacus
He defied Rome.

Scientists/Inventors

Sports

Jack Johnson
This guy was a men among boys...but do your own research and draw your own conclusions.
Jackie Robinson
Joe Louis

Podcasts

BCES Podcaster
What she thinks about making your own podcast
Florida Digital Educators
Neat things being done in different classrooms
Osceola County Schools Postcasting
Find the title you want. click the blue words next to "Podcast:"
Podcasting 101 for K–12 Librarians
Podcasting Patent?
RSS
RSS from Wikipedia
Science Stuff

Powerpoint & other stuff

Adobe Digital Kids Club
Advanced Powerpoint
Put your Powerpoint on the Web
Advanced Powerpoint
Hyperlinks
B & H Photo
Clip art
Copyright Free Music
Countdown timer
Hollllllllywood Squares example
How to put your pic into a shape
Jeopardy Examples & Templates
I'll probably add more specific requirements to my School notes page later.
Make a survey w/ Google Docs
More fun with autoshapes
Mrs Cannon's Computer Lab
Photo to Drawing Fade
Cool Photoshop Stuff
Pics 4 Learning
Royalty Free Pictures for your projects
Podcast in Powerpoint
Powerpoint 2000 & Quicktime Pro
Read the reviews of QT Pro before you buy
Powerpoint Do's & Dont's
Powerpoint games you can make
Powerpoint Games-more of them
Powerpoint Movie
Powerpoint Templates
Powerpoint tutorial
Re color clipart
TECHtorials
Typing Game

Graphing

Make your own Graphs
Your work will look outstanding

Powerpoint

Powerpoint Do/ Don't
Powerpoint Tutorial
Basic Functions

Psychology

IQ test
Learning Styles
What's yours? How do you learn best?
Multi Intelligences & Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences
What are they? Take the test find out yours.
Optical Illusions
Stereograms
3d objects
The Benefits of Meditation
article

Puzzles Worth Playing

Boxes
Memory game
Brainbashers
Logic puzzles
Concentration
a pretty dang hard memory game
Cross the River
logic puzzle
Hangman
Click "play game"
Kakuro.Com
Learn how to play and play online
Nobel Prize Games
Rectangles
logic puzzle using area
Rush Hour
Use your logic skills
SERIOUS, Tangrams
You can also print out a paper copy to challenge your parents or friends.
Sudoku Puzzles
Sudoku Puzzles w/ Hints
Sudoku Rules - video
Tangrams
Sagwa from PBS
Tangrams for Beginners
Tangrams from Cyberchase
Wooden Path
Read the tutorial.

Reference

Bibliographies made automatically
Bibliography
Encyclopedias Online
Try Grolier's Encyclopedia
Facts, facts, facts
Google
My favorite search engine
Translate text or webpages to different languages
Language tools. Copy & paste. Click Translate text. Or trnslate the whole page!!!
Webster's Dictionary
Has podcasts & pronounces the word for you
Worldbookonline
Paid for by Osceola County. See Mr A for the user and pass.

Rodeo Day & Rodeo related links

Safety

Lawn Mowers aren't Toys
Guess how many accidents there are each year.

Science

"20 Questions"
find the mystery animal
110 MPG Jeep!
12,000 miles per gallon
About the Earth
Earth Introduction
Dissection Lab
Not for those with a weak stomach
Edheads
Explore virtual surgery, weather, machinery
EPA for Kids
Forensic Science Videos
Fueleconomy.gov
How Stuff Works
I was the kid that got whuppin's because I would take stuff apart to see how it worked.
hybrid cars - mpg
invent - PBS kids
Invention Nation
Make the world a greener place!
My Science Book
Nanogel
NASA
NASA for Kids!
Future Astronaut Site
Odds of being struck by lightening
Physics in the Classroom
Written by Tom Henderson, science teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois
Preserve Our Planet
Are you doing your part?
Rinspeed's Car Collection
Save our Earth
What can u do? Glad u asked!
Science Daily
Science Daily
The latest in science research news.
Science Fair Projects
Science Rocks!!!
There's always something new
Smartuki
SpaceSuits of NASA
The Real Lost World-Science Fact?
After reading the article scroll to Suggest Reading at the bottom and click Venezuela in Pictures.
Toho Water
Toon Univ-Science - different grade levels
Nice graphics
Wooden SuperCar
Young Meteorologist
Hurricanes, Tornados, & more

Astronomy

Biology

Chemistry

Earth Day

Alternative Energy News
Alternative Energy Sources
You can even sign a petition if you like.
Earth Day - Take Action
Earth Day Books
Earth Day Crafts, Food, & Activities
Earth Day Games
Earth Day IQ Quiz
Earth Day Quiz
You don't know, what you don't know.
Foreign Oil Dependency
Great Green Web Game
Green Homes 4 Sale
Green Products
Green Schools
Green Tips Podcasts
Hoover Dam
Living with Ed TV Show
Make a wind turbine
Oil Dependency
OZONE depletion crossword
Recycle City
Save our Earth
SEVILLE’S SOLAR POWER TOWER
Surf your watershed
Find out about where your water comes from.
The Nature Conservancy
Turbine pic for Angel
What's your carbon footprint?
Wild Life
World's Largest Wind Turbine

Earth Science

Germy water fountain folder

Physics

Search 4 Info / Current Events

Time For Kids
Time Magazine for the "younguns"
World Book Encyclopedia
username=osceola56 password=rodeo
Yahooligans
Usually kid-friendly & reliable sources.

Social Studies & History

Adventure Magazine
WOW, the pictures are fantastic!
African American History Month
Links to all History Months
CIA's Factbook
Flags and other info about countries
GeoNet
I'm a geographical guru!
Google Maps
Find any place on the Planet!
Ireland Cyberhunt
John Hanson
LIFE
Your world in pictures
Mesoamerican Ballgame
My Wonderful World
Geography is more than places on a map.
National Geographic for KIDS
Cool animals, places, info, and games
Poverty
You are one of the world's richest people!
Rodeo Day
Why we don't get President's Day off
Toon Univ- Social Studies - grades1 thru 6

9/11

America's Saddest Day
Time Magazine for Kids Photo Gallery
Attack images & timelines
Keep scrolling down
Building on Ground Zero
Flight 93
What was Flight 93's target?
Freedom Tower Photos
Growing Up at Ground Zero
Library of Congress Exhibits
Other 911 Links
Through a kids eyes
Time Remembers 911
Timeline
Where is P.S. 234?
World Trade Center
Google map

Black History is African AMERICAN History

Little Known Black History Facts

Blacks in the Old West

Bubonic Plague

Bubonic Plague Webquest

Civil Rights

Great Depression

Great Depression Webquest

Inauguration Day

Martin Luther King Jr

MLK - webquest - 3
When is MLK Day celebrated each year?
MLK -webquest - 1
Nobel Prize. org is a reliable source
MLK Day. gov
What's it all about?
MLK info
by the Seattle Times
MLK info - 2
by The King Institute
MLK- webquest - 2
The King Center
The King Center
The OFFICIAL WEBSITE of The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

More Thanksgiving Stuff

Plimoth Plantation
Yep, like Plymouh Rock
Thanksgiving Trivia most ppl don't know

Rosewood ( We read Roll of Thunder in class.)

Remembering Rosewood
Includes history of the massacre, survivors, grants and scholarships, bus tours, and organizations.
Rosewood Investigation
Documented history of the January, 1923 events, presented to the Florida Board of Regents in 1993.
The Real Rosewood
Organization founded by Lizzie Jenkins, historian and author keeping alive the memory of this town destroyed in racial violence

The Real 300

World Village

Check out language and Education
Check out the Gallery
Miniture Earth Movie
Download it if you like
World Village Book

Sports/recreation

1-Most dominant player ever, Jordan or Woods?
2-The real most dominant player ever.
2008 Summer Olympics Official Site
AAU Local Clubs
Archery Game
Arena Football
You can't run out of bounds. Hit or be hit.
Dodgeball
Ah, why am I not in the Hall of Fame???
Dodgeball Rules
Football
Steelers Rule!
Get Active! Do something
Type your city's name & Search!
How to shoot a bow & arrow
Lacrosse
This is a serious sport!
My Trophy
They just misspelled ALLEN.
NFL Rush
Games, teams, players, news
Orlando Predators
OrlandoVolleyball
Be a better player
Rafting in the Smokies
We've used this company twice and loved it!
Rugby
This is a M. A. N.'s sport. OK, ladies play it too
Ultimate!
USA Volleyball

Running

5k Training Program for Beginners
Avoid Knee Injury
Choosing a Shoe
Just because it's expensive doesn't make it good for you.
Health/Injury - The Running Times Magazine
Live Longer
Run Injury Free
This is a great philosophy. It's working for me!
Running shoes
Brooks rock!
Summer Training - 10 week
Track Shack
Running events & stuff
Ultra Marathon Man

steelers

Official site

Stop Bullying Now

Stop Bullying Now

Survival or Great Outdoors Stuff

Life or Death at Sea
Your choices determine your fate?
Life or Death in the Jungle
Life or Death in the Snow
Man vs Wild game
Would you live through this?
Survivorman Q & A

Teacher Stuff

ABCteach.com
AFT resources for teachers
best buy money
Bibliography
Bibliography Guidelines
powerpoint presentation
certificates
College Search for NC Students
webquest
College/career based on Multiple Intelligences
webquest
Donors choose
give/need something to/for a classroom
DOsomething.org
Get kids up and moving
Educationworld.com
Electronic Fieldtrip - Buffalo Soldiers
From Concept to Classroom
Getting Help from Home
Article
Google Spreadsheets Tutorials
Grid paper
All kinds of math paper - PDF
Hotchalk
How Stuff Works Videos
Science is pretty cool
Just Do The Right Thing
links to other sites
Listening Skill activities
Make your own graph paper
and other math tools
Math Counts
Math manipulatives
SMART board compatible
Math worksheet generator
Math worksheets
Math247
mathcasts library
Mrs Otten's Computer Class
Has a tech assessment link
National Archive of digital experience
I LOVE AMERICA! Good or bad, I'm all in.
Plagiarism Checker
Powerpoint Project Ideas
Quiz Let
FREE - quizzes, flashcards, etc that YOU make!
Resources you can use today
Creating a Learning Environment
Safari Montage
Safari Montage
login here
Science manipulatives
SMART board compatible
St Georges- nice tech lesson format
Staples Foundation
Grant application deadlines
Teacher Tax Deductions
The NEA encourages you to Register Your Opinion w/ Congress
Teacher Tube
online community for sharing instructional teacher videos
Tech Standards
The Stock Market Game
Translate text or webpages to different languages
Language tools. Copy & paste your text. Translate Text . Or translate the whole page.
triangle graph paper
PDF's
web quests
Webquest motherload
search for ready-made Webquests
webquest site
Why Powerpoint?
Windows Tutorial Videos

Resources and articles from the NEA, AFT, or OCTA

FEA
Loan Forgiveness
OCTA
Osceola Classroom Teacher's Association

Tessellations

1-What is a Tessellation? - 1
1
2-Rubric- 2
2-Roughly, how your work will be graded
3-EXAMPLES of more complicated Tessellations- 3
3
4- The Slice method & other methods
Go to lesson 10
5 - M. C. Escher
6 - Slice method
7- Tiling by regular polygons - 7
9 - Template Example
Escher's Notebook
Historical Image Gallery of Tessellations
History, Math, & Science connections
How is this math?
A High School Project
How is this math???
reflections & stuff
How these high school students did it
step by step instructions for my advanced students
Makoto Nakamura is a great tessellation artist.
More complicated Tessellations- 3
3
pencil paper example
Student examples
Tesselations, & how to make them
Tessellations in the real world
Tilings and Tesselations
You tell me the difference...no, really.
Totally Tessellated

Time

How to tell analog time

Travel

50 Best Places to Live
Adventure Magazine
Stories and great pictures about outdoor adventure and things to see before you die.
Atlantis
Going there for Cheyenne's 16th? B-day
Best Places to Find Cash & Treasures
EVERY kid has dreamed of finding a treasure map. You can actually do this. My kids & I are Rockhounds.
Egypt
On my list of places to visit
Egypt
On my list of places to visit
Festivals.com
Looking for something to do? Pick a state or activity and they'll find a fest for you.
Florida Bike Trails
a PDF file of safe places to ride
Florida Bike, Hike, & Canoe Trails
Interactive Maps
Florida Caverns
Yes Fl has caves and other state parks
Florida on a Tankful Videos
Florida Road Trips
New Zealand
On my list of places to visit before I die
New Zealand
On my list of places to visit before I die
Offbeat Roadside Travel Destinations
Scenic Drives Throughout the USA
Sliding Rock
A Natural waterfall. We drove about 8 hours to get there. We get there & Dakota and I went down ONCE. It was ridiculously co

Trouble shooting

True Story! ( really ! )

Anti- Cavity Candy
Giant Rat pictures
Giant Rats!
Happy Meals last forever?
Longer School Day
Longer School Day 2
Ripley's Believe It or Not
Stop Cheating
Stop Cheating 2
Stop Cheating 3
No I'm not going to cheat for ya'll. Good luck!

TV That Is Worth Watching

Animal Planet
El Tigre
The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Feasting on Asphalt
Invention Nation
I can't understand why we depend on oil.
Numbers
We use math everyday
Sesame Street
Smash Lab
Survivorman
Just in case...
Wild West Tech

Discovery Channel

Mythbusters
Goofy guys use special effects experience to figure out if myths are true or bologna.
Planet Earth
Great photography about the Earth and its animals.

Union

NEA member benefits

weather

Kissimmee
Find weather for your address.
Pollen Count
4 day forecast
Sunrise / sunset times for Kissimmee
Weather effects your Housing, Clothing, & Sports.
What is Weather?

Weseed

Basic Charts
5 day open/close
Chris Gardner
The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner picture
How long 'til I'm a millionare calculator
How old should you be to invest in stocks?
Interactive Charts
Social Security: Will it be there for you?
Start Investing
A lot of good advice
Stocks for TEENS
WeSeed

World Village

Check out language and Education
Check out the Gallery
Miniture Earth Movie
Download it if you like
World Village Book

writing, how to

APA - You Tube tutorials
APA FAQ's
APA tutorial
APA tutorials
Basics & new for 6th edition
Easy Bibliography
Grammer examples
Lots and lots of help
How to cite - Calvin.edu
How to document references
Research Paper help
includes APA help

Young Earth?

Dinosaurs lived with humans?
Explosive Evidence - Mt St Helen's Eruption
Man and Dinosaurs Coexisted?
After you watch this video do your own research.
Soft tissue in Dinosaur bones

Young Kids

Dr Seuss
coloring & other activities
Horton Hears a Who?
Download NTL end of March
PBS Quality Stuff
Games and Resources for giving your child a headstart.
Starfall
sounds, letters, comprehension