WEBSITES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS & TEACHERS!

Child-Safe Search Engines

One Key (Google)

http://www.onekey.com

Kids Search Tools

ksearch.htm

Kids Click (School of Library Science, UC Berkeley)

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick/

Education World

http://www.education-world.com

Ask Jeeves for Kids (to find actual WebPage URL, click on 'no frames' on blue banner/title)

http://www.ajkids.com/

Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com

Reference WebPages

Ref Desk (LOTS of reference resources!!!)

http://www.refdesk.com

Meet BJ Pinchbeck (16-year-old whiz... and homework helper)

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Information Literacy

The Internet Detective

http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html

PBS Internet License

http://pbskids.org/bts/license

The Quality Information Checklist

http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

Curriculum Resources

LESSON PLANS

Ask Asia

http://www.askasia.org/teachers/

Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx

McREL Lesson Plans (Mid-continent Research for Education & Learning)

http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/

National Geographic’s Lesson Plans

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.html

PROJECT BASED LEARNING

Buck Institute

http://www.bie.org/pbl/index.php

Project-based Learning with Technology (ISTE)

http://coe.ksu.edu/pbl

The Web Project

http://www.webproject.org

The Virtual Schoolhouse

http://virtualschoolhouse.visionlink.org

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org

Teaching That Makes Sense (Focus on Writing)

http://www.ttms.org/

Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com

The Write Site (ThinkTVNetwork.com)

http://www.writesite.org/default.htm

Writer’s Workshop

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/ww_sites.html

HISTORY

Conversations with History

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/

Eyewitness to History

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

History and Politics Out Loud

http://www.hpol.org/

Hyper History

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

A Walk Through Time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/

MATH

National Library of Math Manipulatives

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

SCORE Mathematics

http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/standards.matrix.html

PE/HEALTH

PE Central Lesson Ideas

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html

Kids Walk to School

http://www.walktoschool.org/getstarted/index.cfm

CDC Nutrition & Physical Activity

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/resources.htm

SCIENCE

Scholastic’s Activities in Science

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/index.htm

Forensics in the Classroom

http://www.courttv.com/forensics_curriculum/

Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu