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On-line Study Site
http://pinkmonkey.com/
A place to read hundreds of  Monkey Notes and Barron's Book Notes literature summaries at any time for free. They offer hundreds of free book notes, chapter summaries, and study guides online.

Learning About Science
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
Get home as well as school science project ideas and experiments so students can learn science the easy, hands-on way.

Kids Connect
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/schlibrariesandyou/k12students/k12students.htm
A question-answering, help and referral service for K–12 students on the Internet. The goal of the service is to help students access and use the information available on the Internet.

Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp
A site to inform children on ways to stay healthy. This site gives students recipes, advice, ways to deal with feelings, and many more tips for then to use.

Children's Television Workshop
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/
Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit educational organization making a meaningful difference in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their critical developmental needs.

Scholastic News
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp
Scholastic News has created quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them.

Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
A weekly classroom news magazine packed with stories about world and national events, scientific discoveries, sports, entertainment, kids in the news and much more.

Discovery Channel School
http://school.discovery.com/
This site provides innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and smart advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school.

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
A site that makes the Internet easier for educators to use with a goal to make it convenient for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom.

The Math League
http://www.mathleague.com/
The Math League specializes in math contests, books, and computer software designed to stimulate interest and confidence in mathematics for students from the 4th grade through high school.

New Century School House
http://www.landmark-project.com/ncsh/
This site is an opportunity for educators to begin to express what their knowledge, experience, and imagination tells us about how schools should be like, and to better prepare our students for their future.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
 http://www.goenc.com/
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse provides the resources and support for math and science educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital subjects.

Technology & Learning
 http://www.techlearning.com/
An excellent publication that addresses technology-based products and provides resources for integrating technology into the curriculum.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Provides an easy-to-use, subject-based list of sites on the internet that can be used to enhance both classroom activities and professional growth.

Learn About Instruments
http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/
Listen to and learn about instruments in the string, woodwind, brass and percussion families.

Astronomy for Kids!
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
Take a journey through the stars and visit the planets, solve word search puzzles, or send a friend an out-of-this-world postcard.

America's Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Take a fun and educational look at the stories of America's past, brought to you by the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world.

Kid's Lab
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW.htm
Provides practice for K-2 Reading comprehension, phonics skills and vocabulary development. Online quizzes and printable materials.

School House Rock
http://www.school-house-rock.com/
A fun way for students to learn about history, grammar, mathematics, and science while watching fun and exciting videos with entertaining music as well.

Activity Idea Place
http://www.123child.com/
Over 2400 activity ideas for Early Childhood Education professionals ranging from themes for the different months to information dealing with space.

Back to School
http://www.teachingheart.net/ultimate.html
A resource that is extremely helpful to new teachers and first year teachers as well as a place where veteran or somewhat experienced teachers can come to find fresh ideas.

Alphabet Soup
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/
Contains thematic units, holiday units, games and activities for kids; teacher and parent resources; and crafts, humor and recipes for all.

Music Education Online
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/index.html
Music Education Online, presented by the Children's Music Workshop, is a one stop source of information for anyone interested in music education.

Energy Fast
http://www.earthdayenergyfast.org/
Earth Day Energy Fast seeks to create a “greater public awareness of the consequences to nature from energy use by asking all persons everywhere to participate in an energy-conservation activity each Earth Day.”

Personalized Adventure Letter Series
http://www.readersarewinners.org/
A kindergarten-2nd grade school to home reading program to get teachers, students, and parents reading together weekly, and motivate children to become strong readers.

Carnegie Hall: Listening Adventures
http://www.education-world.com/awards/2006/r0906-08.shtml
This site is designed for youngsters 6-12 to learn about sound, music notation, text, and instruments through engaging Web-based games. Each listening adventure provides a visual interpretation of a piece of music using animated images, activities, and stories.

Exploring Space
http://www.pbs.org/exploringspace/
Exploring Space examines the mysteries about the origin of life that may exist in space. This is a companion site to the PBS television broadcast of the same title. It includes essays, fun activities, and quizzes.

The History Lab
http://hlab.tielab.org/index.php
Offers teachers a template for creating primary source based lessons and activities for their students. The completed labs are archived for use by anyone.

The Gateway
http://www.thegateway.org
Huge database of sites organized by subject area

Simple Machines
http://www.cosi.org/files/Flash/simpMach/sm1.html
Find out how machines work by clicking on a variety of different machines and what them in motion.

Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Offers a timeline of chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

 

 

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