Faculty Bridge
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Enrichment Links
- Little Clickers A simple-to-use homepage of categories to find report topics with links to safe places to learn independent research skills.
- Education World Resource for Educators, including lesson plans, technology integration, professional development, and issues.
- TeacherOZ Extensive portal of sites for teachers, particularly strong for history. Click on the Table of Contents to begin search.
- School Wide Web AOL@School offers resource links for students and educators.
- Smithsonian Education Content for teachers and students. Find teaching materials, links to online resources, and access to Smithsonian museum complex.
- Everyday Mysteries Everyday phenomena explained scientifically through the Library of Congress' collections.
- ABCya Range of activities "where education and technology meet" (grades K-5)
- Enchanted Learning Large variety of learning resources including picture dictionary, geography maps and flags, science themes and Zoom School (online lessons and activities)
- Discovery School Major starting point for exploring the "Web Universe" for teachers and students.
- Kids Net AU Search engine for kids, with multiple educational categories, and links to local areas.
- World Info Zone Topical world issues that add international perspective to education.
- Community of Learning Instructional and professional development resource page for VSTE's Virginia's Community of Learning. Try entering "webquests" in the Quick Search box.
- Project Interactivate Lesson plans and activities for the exploration of Science and Mathematics.
- Living History Farm Innovations in agriculture presented through chronicled farm life with video clips; includes a wealth of related topics and lesson plans.
- Ask Dr. Math Browse an archive of Math questions.
- USGS Learning Web Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as land, water, plants, animals, and maps.
- Bill Nye the Science Guy Explore science questions and experiments. (requires "Flash" to see some experiments)
- Online Resources Variety of Engaging Resources Guide with links, including subject integration, lesson plans, tips, and activities
Interactive Websites
- WEBQUEST: Plagiarism
- Complete the webquest to learn about plagiarism, and how to prevent it.
- NY Philharmonic for Kids Explore the parts of the orchestra, the music, the people, and design an instrument in this interactive site.
- DSO
- Games and activities from music classes
- National Geographic GeoSpy Identify countries, continents or states with this fast-paced geography game for elementary through middle school.
- World Conflict Map Nobel Peace Prize organization provides an interactive map that shows conflict areas in the world from 1900 to 2001
- Great Wall Interactive tour of the Great Wall of China and Beijing
Games
- After-school Activities
- Activities for computer in the library (Please do not go to other unapproved links.)
- Tangrams Puzzles Seven-piece puzzles organized by ability and difficulty.
- Crayola Online activities, printables, and plan to celebrate Crayola turning 100
- Fun Brain Educational games designed for learners of all ages and in all subject areas.
- Cyber Chase Games, online stories, free stuff from PBS, all related to math, using numbers and logic to solve problems.
- Math Baseball Funbrain.com has different games and different levels that make practicing math skills fun.
"Ah-Ha!"
- Bible Gateway Free service for reading and researching Scripture online. Click on Advanced Search to choose different versions and passages.
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Garfield
Jim Davis' educational website with art activities, music, reading, trivia, etc.
- Comix Create and print (not save) a comic strip to present a dialog reflecting character or beliefs
- How-to Clear instructions on how to do anything from tying shoes to mosaic tile
Lessons
Language Arts
- Read, Write, Think Resources, lesson plans, and interactive practice in reading and language arts. Check out the Persuasion Map and the calendar of literacy events.
- TeachNet Help for teachers for integrating web-based lessons into classroom instruction.
- Kathy Schrock Wide variety of lesson plans and professional development links.
- Children's Literature Web Guide Guide to sources of information for authors and illustrators on the web. Link back to the CLWG homepage for other literacy resources.
Science
- EdHeads Interactive science activities for simple machines, weather, and dinosaur units.
- NASA for Kids Kids interactive site (with link to nasa.gov) with activities and games.
- USGS Learning Web Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as land water, plants, animals, and maps.
- Windows to the Universe This is an entertaining site to explore, a great source of information, with lots of activities.
- Earth and Moon Viewer Get an astronaut's-eye view with this little tool that lets you look at the earth or moon from various places in orbit. Get an up-to-date image of the earth or the moon showing day and night, or see what the earth looks like above major cities, or from satellites in orbit.
- Powers of 10 View the Milky Way down to DNA
- Solar System Trading Cards Name and collect trading cards in this solar system game.
Social Studies
- Interactive U.S. History
- Comprehensive history search for historical figures,events, or issues, including maps, tables,eras, and a glossary
- National Geographic National Geographic Education has lesson plans, maps and photos, current events and professional development
- Learning Network The New York Times Teacher Connection offers daily lesson plans and resources (grades 6-12) focusing on current news issues. The News Snapshot series posts a newsworthy and provocative photo witha basic set of questions.
- U.S. Mint Download lesson plans for The 50 State Quarters Program.
- CIA World Factbook A snapshot of the world, a collection of detailed maps, and gazillions of fascinating facts; a data-mining resource and starting point for geography-oriented WebQuests and projects.
- Way Back U.S. history for kids, with a current issue and archives, produced by American Experience
- Xpeditions Explore oceans, the Middle East, or a museum of geography on this National Geographic site.
- Thinking Things Marvelous units and ideas from Snaith School in the UK
Mathematics
- Virtual Manipulatives Contains a library of resources for online math manipulatives.
- AlgebraHelp A collection of tools to assist teachers and students, including online lessons and interactive worksheets. (If you don't see the index list, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Some browser displays vary.)
- Math Tutorial Provides lesson plans and examples for students
Specials
Music
DSO Interact with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Bible
- Bible Search Extensive search engine featuring eight Bible translations
Spanish
- Anacleta's Spanish world language and culture resources
Art
- Adventures with Art Online activites that focus on art; includes mobile maker and cake decorator as well as resources on artists
- MrPicassoHead Use "Mr. Potato Head concept to add graphics to make Picasso-style picture.
- WebMuseum Paris Source for information and pictures by artists
- National Gallery of Art In addition to the numerous research links, explore the Collections section.
- Silicon Valley Art Museum Houses exhibits and accesses art activities designed to teach specific artictic concepts. Explores the relationship of art and technology for different ages. Includes art lessons.
Professional Development
Tips and Tools
- Kathy Schrock's Discovery School Extensive categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
- Marilyn Western Teacher site with loads of tips and relevant links for integrating technology
- i4c Internet 4 Classrooms, multiple links for grade-level units of content, for effective use of the Internet
- Teaching Tools Discovery School offers an array of tools to create materials, including Puzzlemaker, Quiz Center, Worksheet Generator, and a Clip Art Gallery.
- Landmark Project Includes a Library of Links that are searchable, and some Web Tools, including a Rubric Builder, and Citation Machine
- Timely Topics Study Plans designed for educators, using a monthly navigation page, to find lessons, ideas, projects and Internet information fast.
- 50 Coolest Sites Tech Times's links to cool and current sites
Tutorials
- Filamentality The Knowledge Network Explorer combines the 'filament' of the Web with the learner's mentality to help you design worksheets to search the Web for content-rich sites to complement instruction. Projects can be stored on the web for at least a year. an example of a Web experience created tool is Danika Hill's "".
- Aim High Provides a complete breakdown on Bloom's Taxonomy
Technology (and other Portal pages)
- Sonia Coleman Extensive collection of free PowerPoint templates to download
- Tools 4 Teachers Help for integrating technology into the classroom by offering free online tools and resources
Web Design
Free Clip Art
- Graphics for Teachers Links for backgrounds, graphics and fonts for teachers
- Discovery Clip Art Free clip art for Discovery School
- Templates Free templates for designing a web page, including buttons and folder tabs. Cite the source if you download a file.
- Great Sites Large collection of background textures and web graphics, including button maker utility.
- For You From Eos Original web art including textures, backgrounds and graphic sets. From the home page, click on Web Graphics.
- Web Image Textures Textures for fills and backgrounds. Use TextureView to see a sample page.
- Free Backgrounds Offers a variety of background colors and textures, and includes color suggestions.
- Clip Art Variety of free clipart that can be serached by category.
- Classroom clipart Clipart website designed for students
Tools
- Image Editor After finding a digital icon or clipart, use this online image-editing tool to rework the graphic.
HTML
- Tutorial Try this set of lessons and quizzes to learn the basics of HTML code for web page design
Check This Out
- Make a Snowflake "Cut" an online snowflake, then add it to the Gallery and view other unique snowflake creations.
- Color in Motion Animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism. (Needs Flash and runs as pop-up. Select English to Start)
- Power Cards Try this mathmatical puzzle...an amazing card trick. (If it doesn't work, you may need a JavaScript on that computer.)
- Google Art Here is a museum of google art. You may not copy, but you may enjoy!
Research
Searches:
Searches for web information may begin with a search engine.
- Alta Vista
- Yahoo
- Yahooligans
- TeacherOz (check the Table of Contents for History sites)
- Ixquick (metasearch engine)
- KidsClick (web search by librarians)
Libraries
- Fairfax County Public Library From the FCPL homepage, click on Databases and select a particular database for your research. Note: You will need your library card to log in.
- Library of Congress The nations's oldest federal cultural institution, with collections that are an online treasure trove. is a starting point for education links for U.S. history and culture.
- KidsClick Web search links by librarians
Museums
- Smithsonian This site presents information on exhibitions and research, and offers links to the Smithsonian Magazine and publications.
- National Gallery of Art In additon to numerous resources, the Collections are beautiful and detailed.
Support
Almanac, Encyclopedia, Dictionary
- Dictionary Provides access to word definitions from multiple dictionaries, as well as free vocabulary learning activities.
- Word Central Student dictionary
- One Look This dictionary search indexes multiple resources to help find meanings.
- Atlas Move the cursor over a continent to find a link.
- Fact Monster This site provides an extensive online almanac, encyclopedia and dictionary for elementary and middle school. Caution: Multiple pop-ups.
Vocabulary Builder
- Vocabulary University These free interactive word puzzles and other vocabulary enrichment tools build word skills.
- Roget's II Bartleby.com's online version of the Thesaurus with a searchable database of synonyms and cross-references
Newspaper
- USA Today Read all about today's news online. Includes lesson plans for Top News stories.
- Schloastic News Online News articles and interactive activieis, quizzes, maps, photographs, and a section for student reporters.
Bibliography
- MLA Format
- Easy Bibliography Create a MLA bibliography online.
- OWL: Online Writing Lab Online writing resources from Purdue University with handout materials, workshop and presentation materials. The materials are detailed and have examples, especially for different electronic resources.
- Citation Machine Create citations by selecting the resource (print or electronic), enter the information, and make the formatted citation (MLA or APA) that can be copied into your document.
Plagiarism
- Turnitin This website defines plagiarism, offers ways to evaluate sources accurately, and encourages academic integrity.
E-Magazines
- T.H.E. Journal T.H.E. Journal is dedicated to providing educators with information about new technologies in education.
- New Horizons Education information site; search for multiple topics
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