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    Comic Creator
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    Third Grade Skills
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    Jamestown Interactive Web Site
    NJ Scavenger Hunt
    NJ Legislature
    Symmetry 
    What's My Angle?
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    Sites for Teachers & Students
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    National Association for the Education of Young Children
    Http://www.naeyc.org

    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    http://www.nctm.org/

    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


    Sites for Teachers and Students

    Free step-by-step video instructions with printables for a wide array of fun activities for children.
    http://www.activitytv.com
     
     
    Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators, Students and Parents (Teacher created site with lesson plans, links to curriculum areas, tutorials and much more)

    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

    • AskERIC Lesson Plans
      https://eduref.org/lessons
      The Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) hosts a wealth of lesson plans contributed by educators. These plans can be searched by content areas such as social studies, health, and physical education. A search of the language arts section of this ERIC site yielded a listing of 11 categories—from spelling and storytelling to journalism and composition—and featured more than 100 language arts lesson plans spanning grades K–12.
    • Collaborative Lesson Archive
      http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
      Lesson plans on this University of Illinois site are organized by grade level. A click on 3rd grade, for example, might yield a lesson on weather and one on insects. This site encourages teachers to submit their lesson plans online.
    • McREL
      http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lesson.asp
      From Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), this site offers an extensive list of resources that provide lesson plans for all discipline areas, including the arts and technology. There were 119 links under science alone, so you should find plenty of useful information.
    • The New York Times Learning Network
      http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
      At the New York Times, you can feel pretty safe about the accuracy and authority of the resources presented. The Learning Network, for grades 3–12, shapes lesson plans around articles that have appeared in the print version of the newspaper. These lesson plans, focusing on current events, are generally most useful in social studies or English classes.
    • Explorer
      http://unite.ukans.edu/
      The University of Kansas UNITE Group and the Great Lakes Collaborative have been working together for the past seven years to bring educators the Explorer Web site. This site features some great resources for K–12 mathematics and science educators and can be navigated by topical area. You can also search the entire site by key words or phrases.
    • Education World
      http://www.education-world.com/
      "Quick Browse Our Database" comes right up on this site, which offers lesson planning help in all content areas. Education World acts as a warehouse of information and resources to educators, featuring not only lesson plans but also information on education in the news, summer reading lists for students and teachers, and reviews of other education-related Web sites.

    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.

    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


    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

    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


    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

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