Cybrarian (reference site with child safe links)
http://www.cybrarian.f2s.com/

Scholastic Network Online
http://www.scholastic.com/

Search Tools (Search Engines) for Children

Filtered databases considered "safe" for children, which have been screened by the staff of each organization.

Yahooligans Search Engine for Children K-12
http://www.yahooligans.com/

Ask Jeeves for Kids K-12
http://www.ajkids.com/

Scholastic has created a great website for teachers, parents and students.
http://www.scholastic.com

KidsClick! K-12 (Created by librarians for schools is a subject directory with advanced search features)
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!

Smart Zone K-12 (Searchable subject directory)
http://school.edview.com/search/

Study Web K-12 (Large database with curricular and special features)
http://www.studyweb.com/

Searchopolis 6-12 (Filtered search engine with daily updates and special features)
http://www.searchopolis.com/

Alfy: The Web Portal for Kids PreK-4(Icon driven subject directory for early readers)
http://www.ALFY.com/

http://www.searchenginewatch.com

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Sites for Teachers and Students

http://www.olympics.com/x/f/frame.htm?u=/news/slocmain_front.asp
The official site of the 2002 Olympics

http://www.uen.org/2002/
Utah Education Network's coverage of the Olympics

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/ or http://discovery.com/ then search for Kathy Schrock’s Page

Classroom Connect
http://www.classroomconnect.net/

The Learning Edge (Top Sites for Kids including Info/Fun Sites, Puzzles/Games, Animals, Museums/Field Trips)
http://www.the/learningedge.com

American Library Association Home Page (Site with links to appropriate sites for educators, students and parents)
http://www.ala.org/

Berits Best Sites for Kids
http://dbcochran.com/

Crayola Art Education
http://www.crayola.com/

Cool Links for Kids
http://www.acekids.com/

Kid’s Tree House
http://www.4kids.com/

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Phil Reinhardt’s Sites for Educators (Presenter at workshops includes many reference sites for educators)
http://www.technology%204u.com/

Kid’s Web (Digital Library for K-12 students)
https://eduref.org/

Internet Public Library Youth Division
http://www.ipl.org/youth

CyberKids
http://www.cyberkids.com/

Education World
http://www.education-world.com/

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com/

Encarta
http://www.encarta.msn.com/

Research Paper
http://www.researchpaper.com/

Philadelphia News Technology Section
http://www.phillynews.com/

The WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.stanford.edu/

Study Web (Includes Study Buddy, a popup window whose icons give instant access to an online calculator, dictionary, measurement converter, phone book and maps)
http://www.studyweb.com/

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Diversity University
http://www.du.org/

Public Broadcasting (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org

Here are some helpful web sites with excellent descriptions.   They were acquired from an Issue of Curriculum/Technology Quarterly.

Lesson Plans on the Net

WebQuests

WebQuests are online activities that engage students in learning about a topic or problem by posing questions that need to be answered by the class. Students then complete WebQuests, individually or in groups, by using the resources listed. In the process, they become active learners who are on a quest for knowledge.

 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: WebQuests in Our Future
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
This site defines the concept of a WebQuest and offers some top-notch examples.

• Ozline.com: WebQuests for Learning
  http://www.ozline.com/webquests/
  This site, which provides a more advanced understanding of WebQuests, offers tips for writing your own quests, a designer's checklist, and a rubric to decide if your WebQuest is ready for prime time.
• These sites offer a listing of WebQuests in different content areas:
• The WebQuest Page
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
• Webquests and Resources for Teachers
  http://e-skolar.com/docs/resources-for-educators.php
• WebQuests in Middle School
  http://www.siue.edu/~jandris/north/questn.html

Inquiry-Based Learning

• Project Approach in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
  http://www.project-approach.com/
  Sylvia Chard at the University of Alberta maintains this site, which includes advice on how to select suitable topics for inquiry-based learning, examples of projects from around the world, and links to resources that can help teachers understand and implement project-based learning.
• The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
  http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
  San Mateo County Schools in California have long been innovators in education, and this site is an excellent resource for learning more about project-based learning, including how to use it to assess student work and examples and ideas for using it in your classroom.
• The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
  http://www.IBO.org/
  The IBO was started more than 25 years ago as a system of education without national bias for children ages 3–18 around the world. The Primary Years Program (PYP) for students ages 3–12 is the newest portion of the program. The PYP is dedicated to helping children become lifelong learners.
• Project Zero, Harvard University
  http://pzweb.harvard.edu/
  Project Zero's mission is to "understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines." This site includes research projects from Project Zero's graduate education program that aim to provide models for teaching students to think critically and creatively.
• iwonder
  http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/burris/iwonder/
  This inquiry-based learning and teaching Web site includes planning strategies and information about asking good classroom questions. Iwonder includes many links to activities, teaching tools, and other classroom resources.
• Make It Happen!
  http://www.edc.org/FSC/MIH/
  This site, Make It Happen: Integrating Inquiry and Technology into the Middle School Curriculum, is dedicated to interdisciplinary learning. Judy Zorfass, author of the ASCD book Teaching Middle School Students to Be Active Researchers, and the Education Development Center are the developers of this Web site.

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

• Tales from the Electronic Frontier
  http://www.wested.org/tales/
  This site offers an account of 10 teachers' experiences with the Internet in their K–12 science and math classrooms. The educators' colorful reports are complemented by links to Web sites addressing technology issues, tools, resources, and projects.
• Computers in the Social Studies Journal
  http://www.cssjournal.com/sites.html
  Social studies teachers who would like their students to use the Internet for classroom projects or independent research can point them to this site. Here they'll find an index of 17 topics in the social sciences, with multiple links to related Web sites.
• The Technology Education Lab
  http://www.techedlab.com/k12.html
  For a thorough list of online resources on education and technology, go to K12 Educational Resources on this site. This annotated directory has links to Web sites, listservs, newsgroups, and online forums related to curricular applications of technology.
• Teachers@Work
  http://teachers.work.co.nz/
  This site from New Zealand offers a searchable database of more than 3,000 useful education Web sites that have been reviewed and rated.
• Teachers Helping Teachers
  http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
  Visitors to this site will find teaching ideas and tips for many subject areas, including classroom management. Participate in chat sessions, where you can exchange ideas and concerns with other teachers, or submit your own great ideas to share with others.
• Busy Teachers' WebSite K–12
  http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
  This site offers an extensive and diverse list of subject areas. Archaeology, chemistry, ecology, and paleon- tology are a few of the interesting subjects covered. The Recess section has games that can be played online during those dreaded rainy days.
• Teacher Tips by Trevor VanTine
  http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tvantine/
  This site offers tips on how to use the Internet in your classroom, provides resources for teachers of gifted and talented students, lists science and history resources, and provides links to sites that offer ideas for lesson plans.

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Colonial America Links

Colonial Education
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-boysgirls.htm

Great site with lots of information
http://www.cybrarian.f2s.com/colonial.htm

A list of trades with a small amount of research done by children. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/forestoakms/geddes/index.html

A great site for Brickmaker, Blacksmith, Wigmaker, and Silversmith.

http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonial_Trades/Trademain.html

Exploration
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

Animated Map
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html

Colonial America
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/colonial.htm#Religion
http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/cs/colonialamerica/index_2.htm

Clothing in Jamestown, Southern Colonies
http://www.jamestowne.org/Fashion.htm

Religion
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

Revolutionary War
http://americanhistory.about.com/homework/americanhistory/cs/colonialamerica/index_2.htm
http://www.cybrarian.f2s.com/colonial.htm

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PTA Web Links

The internet is an exciting place with many resources to educate and entertain us.  The following sites are related to the Orchard Hill PTA mission or programs.

• Montgomery Township Schools and Educational Partnership Home Page - This page provides links to the other schools in the township
• Orchard Hill Elementary School Home Page
• Montgomery Township Municipal Home Page
• The web site of the National PTA
• New Jersey PTA
• List of links to other PTA web sites
• FamilyEducation Network - Commercial site that is a partner to the National PTA and provides resources to parents and educators
• Montgomery Township Schools pages on the FamilyEducation Network
• The home page of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
• Directory of links recommended by the Girl Scouts
• The Boy Scouts of America home page
• The Franklin Institute - The Philadelphia science museum which assists with the OHES Science Fair
• Scott Foresman Addison Wesley - The publisher of the math materials used in grades 3-5 provides resources to parents and teachers
• Berit's Best Sites for Children - A set of links to sites of interest to children

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Inspiration Resources

Below are some web sites that we have compiled to show you how Inspiration and visual learning are being used across the country.

Using Graphical Organizers: Patty Acheycutts, a technology consultant from  AEA 7 in Iowa, developed this web site which focuses on using graphical organizers to construct meaning. This site features teacher created graphical organizers using Inspiration and Kidspiration.
 http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/classroom/visual/index.html

Inspiration and the Web Based Learning Model:  Mary Seamon, Assistant  Superintendent for Instruction at Spartanburg School District 3 in South Carolina, developed this site which focuses on using Inspiration with the Web Based Learning Model.  http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/wblearningmodel.htm

Example Diagrams:  View diagrams from across the curriculum and  throughout the grade levels.  These diagrams were created by K-12 teachers during a 10-hour workshop at the Putnam County School District in New York. http://PutnamValleySchools.org/Lakeland/EDTECH/Inspir.htm

Inspiration Tutorial:  Bernie Dodge, a professor at San Diego State University and the creator of the WebQuest concept, has developed a comprehensive tutorial on visual organizers using Inspiration. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpfs98/mod3.html

Review:  A review of Inspiration written by Brad Johnson for the International Electronic Journal For Leadership in Learning, a refereed
academic journal.  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/volume4/johnson_v4n10.html

Education Research: Classroom Instruction That Works, Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock
 http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/marzano01book.html#chapter6

Science Curriculum Examples: Linda Preston of Jefferson County Public School District in Colorado has created a comprehensive science curriculum organization web site with examples.
http://204.98.1.2/isu/science/

Why Visual Learning?  Learn more about visual learning and view example lesson plans on the Inspiration website.  Go to http://www.inspiration.com/ and click on Visual Learning.

If you have Inspiration installed on your computer, try the link below to learn information about the day you were born.

The Day I was Born Project

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Science Web Sites

Curriculum Resources
http://www.carolina.com/stc/index.asp
http://www.kendallhunt.com/elhi/paintTemplate
http://www.delta-education.com/teachers/science/foss.html

National Standards in Science
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/
http://www.nationalacademies.org/education/

Immigration

http://www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/index.html

This site is absolutely perfect to introduce immigration and Ellis Island.  It has pictures of everything we talk about with the kids.  It even has a cookbook of various recipes of famous immigrants

http://www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/process.html

This site is connected to the first site.  It goes through the entire processing process of immigrants through Ellis Island.  From the arrival to the departure to their new homes. 

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/cquest/europe/europe.html

This site is great for basic immigration research.  It has holidays, games and recipes for almost every nationality.  Perfect for easy immigration research.

The Biographical Dictionary - http://www.s9.com/biography/

Lives, the Biography Resource http://amillionlives.com/

Biography.com http://www.biography.com/

PBS Biographies http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history

Gale http://www.galegroup.com/free_resource/

Who2 http://www.who2.com/

For food go to groliers - Lands and People - type in your country - Then click on the button for recipes in the encyclopedia article.

go.grolier.com

http://www.recipesource.com/

Other Encyclopedias

www.encyclopedia.com

www.encarta.msn.com

Census information needed for graphing