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Mathematics Resources

On this page you will find links and resources for web based resources related to the Mathematics curriculum.


1.)    Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 is a free download from Microsoft. Mathematics 4.0 is a set of math tools for students to use. It helps students learn how to solve equations step by step along with learning the fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus.
2.)    ACT Question of the Day is a site that takes ACT type questions.  When you right-click and press play, it will go through the steps of how to solve the problem.  A great Bellringer activity site.
3.)    Geogebra is a free mathematics software download for Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus.  With the software you will get free interactive graphics to use with your students.
4.)    Math247 is a site that organizes and makes videos available of how to solve various math problems.  There are several available for all grade levels, so it is important to take some time to search through the links on the left hand side.  My first suggestion is the Mathcast Library link.
5.)    Bridgeport Mathematics is a school district that has put complete Pacing Guides on the web for Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Trigonometry.  Each webpage for the classes provides links to the resources needed to teach the curriculum.  There are also several other resources worth checking out.  VERY COMPLETE RESOURCE!
6.)    Web2.0calc is a free online scientific calculator. While it won't replace the TI-84 Plus, it can do what your average high school student needs it to do.
7.)    Yummy Math is a website designed for the purpose of sharing mathematics problems and scenarios based on things happening in the world today. For example, the activity for December 4th was based on Lebron James's return to Cleveland. Yummy Math lists activities chronologically as well as by mathematics subject area. Two mathematics teachers, Brian Marks and Leslie Lewis, developed Yummy Math and welcome suggestions from other mathematics teachers. Source: Free Technology for Teachers
8.)    If you have a SMARTBoard or a SMART Airliner then here are 80 Pre-Made Graphs to download that you can use with those tools.  Scroll down the page beneath the images to find the link to the download.  You will find instructions for how to locate the graphs with the link above.
9.)    MathCentre is a website from Britain that offers various resources for teaching mathematics curriculum.  On the site you will be able to view videos, download PDF’s of Practice and Revision Booklets.  You will also be able to have students take online test yourself quizzes and exercises.  There is also a section with videos showcasing everyday practical uses of math.  You can check the FAQ to learn how to navigate and use the website.
10.)  Interactivate provides activities, lessons, and discussions for Algebra and Geometry.  The activities provide interactives that you can use with your students on your computer to teach various concepts from Algebra and Geometry.  I recommend seeing how you could adapt these to the lessons that you are already teaching and get students talking about the interactives.
11.)  WebMath from Discovery Education is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.
12.)  From Jefferson County Schools, are High School Math Resources separated by the various curriculums.  You can find links to specific resources for Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus.  There are some valuable links here that I could make available in this document, but it makes better sense to no reinvent the wheel and just share it here.
13.)  Online Math Learning is a site that provides video explanations for all content areas and grade levels.  They also offer links to other resources such as ACT and SAT Math, Word Problems, Interactives and games.  It is a one stop shop for all things math online.
14.)  Mathademics YouTube channel is another site that you can share with students to get video help with various mathematical concepts, formulas, and equations.
15.)  Amby’s Education Site has link to Algebra and Geometry Resources and interactives that you can use in the classroom.  You can also find resources for upper level math classes as well.  Once again, I could link to these individually, but that would be reinventing the wheel.  This is another great site with valuable resources to search through.
16.)  XP Math is a website that contains tons of links to Math Games.  You can find games for Algebra and Geometry as well.  You will also find links to a discussion board, eBooks, career database, and worksheets.
17.)  Maths Online consists of interactive multimedia learning units on various issues that shall facilitate understanding. Technically, most units are Java applets, some are graphical supplements or other programs (JavaScript).
18.)  Virtual TI-83 will provide you with a download link and instructions for having a desktop version of the Texas Instruments calculator on your computer.  If you have a SMART Board or Airliner, this will be a valuable asset.
19.)  Math Interactives is a multimedia resource includes interactive math activities, print activities, learning strategies, and videos that illustrate how math is used in everyday life. The resource addresses the following mathematics topics: Fractions; Integers; Percentages; Rate/Ratio/Proportion; Square Roots; Exponents; Patterns; Algebra; Linear Equations; Polynomials; Angles; Circles; Surface Area and Volume; Area and Perimeter; Triangles; Pythagoras; Trigonometry; Similarity and Congruence; Transformations; Shape Classification; Data Display and Graphs; Central Tendency and Distribution; and Probability.
20.)  Math and Movies is a site that shares movie clips where math plays a role in the scene.  Each clip comes with a description and activity worksheets to use with the students.
21.)  COUNTDOWN is a challenging interactive television math program which has engaged tens of thousands of students through broadcasts on cable television in Chicago. Capitalizing on the one on one relationship a student viewer has with television, COUNTDOWN makes math “work”. Each week the program introduces a different math concept through direct instruction and reinforces lessons with literature, manipulatives, activities and related computer instruction.
22.)  “The YAY MATH video project is a free service dedicated to meeting the growing need for math success in a POSITIVE, LIVELY, and CONFIDENCE BOOSTING way. YAY MATH stands as the only online video lesson series filmed in a live classroom, with real student interaction. Since its inception two years ago, and fast-approaching a million YouTube views since, gone are the days of the "I just can't do math" style of thinking. It's time to evolve. It's time to re-invent our entire approach to success.”  Videos are available for Algebra I, II, and Geometry.  The videos are very entertaining and take a new approach to teaching math. 
23.)  Brightstorm is a site that offers over 2000 math videos for Algebra, Algebra II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Trigonometry.  The explanations are provided by teachers.  Below each video is a Homework Checker that students can use to get assistance with their homework as well as a transcript of each video. 
24.)  Illuminations website provides a library of 105 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home and a collection of 600 lessons for preK-12 math educators.  More interactives to enhance the lessons that you are already teaching.
25.) Math Contest from the University of Mississippi provides a problem of the week and Algebra in Action.  Students can submit an answer and then be listed in the database of students who got it correct.  To learn more about the program, watch the video.
26.) Virtual Math Museum is a website that shares how math can be portrayed as art.  Through the site, 3D software creates artistic renditions of Plane Curves, Space Curves, Conformal Maps, Fractals and Chaos, Surfaces, Polyhedral, and others.  An interesting look at Math.
27.)  A complete list of Math Resources is available for all subject matter.  There are over 100 links to various resources for Math.
28.) SMARTBoard Resources is a great place to find manipulatives that you can use with your students to teach various math concepts.  These tools will also work if you have an Airliner as well.  Definitely worth checking out to get your students engaged.
29.) InterMath is a professional development effort designed to support teachers in becoming better mathematics educators. It focuses on building teachers' mathematical content knowledge through mathematical investigations that are supported by technology. InterMath includes a workshop component and materials to support instructors.
30.) Wow Math is a personal website for an Algebra 1 and 2, as well as AP Calculus teacher.  Through his site he offers various videos through YouTube to help convey to his students various math concepts.  Worth checking out to see what you might be able to do with your students.
31.) MathTV is a website that provides videos explaining various concepts related to mathematics curriculum.  You can see explanations from teachers for all subject matter.  A great supplement to what you already teach.
32.) Real World Math is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards and all while using Google Earth.
33.) That Quiz are math activities for students and teachers to help prepare for various math tests and learn various math concepts.
34.) Math-Drills.com is a site that provides various worksheets for mathematics classrooms.  There are several to choose from and are available in links at the top of the page.  Each worksheet is available in PDF format.  Another option is The Math Worksheet Site.
35.) AplusMath is a site for students who need a little extra help learning math.  There are several activities, games, and even a homework helper.  There is even a flashcard creator. 
36.) Virtual Math Tutor is a blog where the author provides a math problem, the steps to the solution, and the solution every day of the week.  The blog creates a bank of solved math problems.
37.) Mathematics Illuminated is a thirteen-part series for adult learners and high school teachers. The series explores major themes in the field of mathematics, from humankind's earliest study of prime numbers, to the cutting-edge mathematics used to reveal the shape of the universe.
38.) Interactive Mathematics is another website that provides lessons, activities, and interactives for all levels of high school mathematics.  
39.) "Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in math. 
40.) Show the Math is a simple site that allows you to show your work when solving equations where the computer won't do anything for you. Right now it is still in the beta testing stage. Eventually you will be able to publish your work and then copy it over into a document, post to a web page, or email a link to your published work. 

Algebra Specific Resources
1.)    Algebrahelp.com is a collection of lessons, calculators, and worksheets created to assist students and teachers of algebra.  You can easily search through the various lessons and worksheets to use with students.
2.)    An entire 38 week Algebra curriculum by Dan Meyer is complete with slides, handouts, and just about everything you need in order to deliver the lessons. You can download each week individually or download the entire collection as one file.
3.)    WiredMath is a free math website with games, lessons, challenges and enrichment. It is created for middle or junior high school grade 7, grade 8 and grade 9 students, teachers, parents and tutors.  Many of the exercises increase enjoyment, confidence and ability in mathematics and are good for homework and test preparation.  The exercises can also be used for enrichment with students in grades 4, 5 and 6 as well as for remediation to help students with basic math skills in grade 10. 
4.)    Algebasics is a site dedicated to providing tutorials for teaching Algebra I.  Students who get stuck at home and need some extra guidance could use this site.  As a teacher, you might want to show the tutorials in class to teach a concept in a way you might not, or to even reinforce the way you are teaching the concept.  Each tutorial is broken down by the curriculum in the Algebra I classroom.
5.)    Mathalicious will help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available.  Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards and emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications.  For example you can use linear equations to pick the right cell phone plan, and percents to get healthier.  It means you can use proportions to compare the iPhone and the iPad, and explore whether the Olympics are fair.
6.)    Get the Math is a multimedia project about algebra in the real world. See how professionals working in fashion, video game design, and music production use algebraic thinking. Then take on interactive challenges related to those careers.

Geometry Specific Resources
1.)    Math Open Reference is a free online reference for geometry teachers and students. Math Open Reference features animated and interactive drawings to demonstrate geometry terms and concepts. The table of contents on Math Open Reference is divided into four basic categories; plane geometry, coordinate geometry, solid geometry, and function explorer tools. Click on any subject in the first three categories to find definitions, examples, and interactive drawings. In the function explorer category users can select linear functions, quadratic functions, or cubic functions to explore how changes in variables affect the graphed output. Source: Free Technology for Teachers
2.)    Dan Meyer also has his entire 38 week Geometry curriculum available for free. Again, you can download each week individually or download the entire collection as one file.
3.)    Free Graph Paper online for download.  All various types available. 

Calculus and Trigonometry Specific Resources
1.)    Deadline is a site to analyze, solve, and plot various mathematic equations.  DeadLine recognizes the most used Math functions: trigonometric (sine, cosine, tangent, inverse sine, inverse cosine, inverse tangent), hyperbolic (hyperbolic sine, hyperbolic cosine, hyperbolic tangent, inverse hyperbolic sine, inverse hyperbolic cosine, inverse hyperbolic tangent), natural logarithm, exponential, square root, absolute value. DeadLine supports "implicit multiplication", so you can simply enter 2sin(x^2)(ln(abs(x))+1). The evaluation point will be automatically displayed on the graph.
2.)    Touch Trigonometry is a simple Flash product that hopes to help math learners of all ages get an intuitive understanding of trigonometry. It aims to do that by letting you just play with the trig functions, with no buttons to get in the way.



History

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http://www.nhd.org/ohiopage.htm
http://www.wearemulticolored.com/
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-socst.htm
 http://www.educational-freeware.com/category-Social%20Studies.aspx


Social Studies Resources from The Pursuit of Technology Integration Blog

On this page you will find links and resources for web based resources related to the Social Studies curriculum.

History Resources
1.)    For U.S. History teachers there is Mission U.S.  The site is designed to be a free online role-playing game where you play the role of an American during the American Revolution and you have to make decisions that determine where his loyalties lie.  This is currently the only chapter/level available.  The next game, available this spring will be focused on slavery.  It appears the goal is to release a new chapter/game every year. Another role playing video game option is American Dynasties that is worth checking out as well.
2.)    For both U.S. History and World History is Footnote, which is a site for finding primary documents online.  There are several collections of interest: World War II, Holocaust, Black History, Vietnam, and the Civil War.  Footnote hosts 70 Million original documents.  You can browse by title, time period, keyword search, or search by state.  Great for State History classes.  Another option is Digital Docs in a Box.
3.)    Maps of War is a great site for studying the impacts that war has had on the world.  The maps provide a visual history of war, religion, and government.  There are currently 7 maps that can be used in the classroom to enhance the subject matter. 
4.)    The Historical  Marker Database is a great resource for U.S. History teachers.  So much history has happened in the United States and this site helps bring the location of those events to reality for students.  These markers are all over the country and throughout each state.  Using the Database, students will be able to find local markers and research historical events within their hometown.  Using a FLIP camera or digital camera students could log their "field trip" to the marker.
5.)    Critical Past is a historical video and picture site.  With over 57,000 videos and 7 million pictures, it is your one stop for digital primary sources.  You can watch the videos on the website in a small screen and view the photos with a watermark/copyright.  If you want a full screen and HD versions of the video and non-copyrighted photos, they will have to be purchased.  You can also have a Pro account that offers more services.  Another great feature is that you can "edit" the information that comes with the videos in case there are discrepancies. So the site is free, and the videos can be free, but there are paying features.
6.)    DocsTeach is a great site that takes primary documents and allows users to CREATE activities related to the documents OR use activities previously created.  There are over 3000 primary sources available to use from the National Archives.  I highly recommend using this site!
7.)    Playing History is a site dedicated to sharing games that relate to history.  There are various games based upon the units that you are teaching.  There is a huge tag cloud to help find games as well.  It is basically a searchable database to outside websites.  If students are going to play video games, why not play some that relate to content?
8.)    Newspapers are a great way to teach history.  There are two great sites do find archived newspapers.  The first is Rag Linen, which "is an educational archive of rare and historic newspapers, which serve as the first drafts of history and the critical primary source material for historians, authors and educators."  The second is Chronicling America from the Library of Congress.  "This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present."
9.)    OurStory is a site that offers American Stories and Activities that teachers can do with their students.  "OurStory is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through children’s literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities."  There are several activities that are worth exploring and implementing in your classroom.
10.) Shmoop for U.S. History has some great resources and study guides to use with students.  There are several resources for teachers that can be used inside and outside of the classroom.  All the resources are broken down by the units that are taught by social studies teachers.  For students there are supplements to help them learn about the subject matter, such as timelines, biographies, and assessments.
11.) TimesMachine is a site from the New York Times that has digital copies of Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922.
12.) The Zinn Education Project is a site that has valuable resources and lessons plans for teaching U.S. History.  I am a huge fan of his books, and the lessons seem very in depth and practical.  It is worth checking out.  The lessons are divided by subject matter and easy to sort through.
13.) Primary Access is a site that offers three activities for using primary sources.  Students can create a “Movie,” Story Board, or Rebus from primary documents.  I really like this site. 
14.) A Social Studies Resource with links to several other Social Studies Web Sites.  Another resource is Historyteacher.net which is updated by a teacher and provides links to tons of resources.  101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class is another valuable resource worth examining. 
15.) From the Library of Congress comes a great Map Collection of historic maps.  Maps are broken down into 6 different categories and can be used to enhance a lesson and show maps from the actual time period that you are studying.
16.) The Greatest Inventions of All Time is a great resource to share with students when it comes to talking about this time period in history.  It provides the invention, date, inventor, and country.  When you click on the invention you are provided even more information.
17.) State of the Union is a great resource for discovering and learning about ALL the State of the Union Speeches from the past.  It does a great job of comparing key words and content of each speech.  Worth checking out.
18.) World War II Database is a great site for resources for World War II.  A great place to find images and information to share with students for projects or for your own lecture.  Another option is the Science and Technology of World War II.  60 Years of Tension is a great resource for learning about the Korean War.
19.) History World provides information, timelines, and quizzes about all things history.  It is a great resource for a synopsis of time periods.  Would be valuable to share with students working on a project as well.
20.) SepiaTown is a website that provides historical photos of actual places.  You can find photos using the map and then see a comparison of the old photo with the present day location. 
21.) American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Read the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. View, search, print, or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts, and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
22.) The Price of Freedom: Americans at War is a valuable resource for learning about the perspective from Americans in various wars. 
23.) EyeWitness to History is a resource providing real person and real time accounts of historical events.  You can find photos, journal entries, articles, etc.  All the documents are divided by time period and are easy to search.
24.) Teaching American History is a site offering lesson plans and resources for U.S. History Teachers.
25.) The United States National Archives has a valuable and useful YouTube Channel worth checking out and bookmarking to share videos with your students.
26.) A great video that explains the Civil War in 4 Minutes.  Great for an introduction or a review.
27.) The Old Photo Album provides a walk down memory lane by providing vintage photography of war and everyday life.  You can search through the photos by category or by tag.  It is a blog that has been around since April of 2009.  Visitors can submit photos as well.  A great primary source website.
28.) Nikon's This Day is a neat little "this day in history" resource. Everyday This Day posts one new image with a short story about something that happened on that day of the month in years past. You can scroll along the timeline at the bottom of the screen to see what was posted on previous days of the year. (Source: Free Technology for Teachers)
29.) 65 Twitter Feeds for History Teachers is a great blog post for teachers looking for ways to integrate Twitter into the Social Studies classroom.  A great list of hashtags and usernames. 
30.) The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities.
31.) HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
32.) History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history and is designed for high school and college teachers and students.
33.) Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom.  Resources are available for K-12 classrooms.
34.) European History Interactive Map is a great way to see how the continent of Europe changed over time.  There is also a lot of statistical data available for those changes as well.  A great resource. 
35.) History Tours is a Wiki that gives teachers access to pre-made Google Earth tours on various topics in American and World history. These tours provide an excellent backdrop for visual learning. They allow students to view people and places of historical importance while the teacher presents essential background knowledge.
36.) American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
37.) Rulers is a site that contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries, as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.
38.) Real Military Videos is website that provides videos of real war time footage.  A great primary resource for social studies teachers.  
39.) Historical Scene Investigations is a website that lets students use primary documents to investigate various events in history from the time period.  As a history teacher, this seems like a promising website. 

Government Resources
1.)    iCivics is a GREAT site.  They have various games and interactives that students can use.  The site does a great job of helping students learn about the Supreme Court, play a game Executive Command and be a President for four years, or learn what it takes to become a citizen through Immigration Nation.  That is not the only games; their Games Section has over a dozen games broken down by the subject matter in government classes.  There is also a section for teachers as well where you can find the curriculum for the standards for your state.  This site is intended for middle schools, but I think the site is very applicable for 9th and 10th graders.
2.)    If it is an election year, Project Vote Smart is a great site to learn about candidates and voting.  There is a special section for teachers that has lesson plans for all grade levels.  You can also visit their partner site; Vote Easy which provides a great background on the candidates for each state and their stance on the various issues/hot topics.  A great resource for understanding elections.
3.)    From PBS, comes a great resource for learning about the Supreme Court.  One of their sites contains games and interactives that contain 9 games to help students learn about court cases and how the Supreme Court works.  So many of the Supreme Court cases have defined our future, and students need a good understanding of how it works. 
4.)    You're the Candidate provides an opportunity to create a Presidential Election platform.  Students create a character, create stance on issues, determine their level of importance on those issues, and choose states to spend time campaigning in. 
5.)    The Three "Branches" of Government would be a great review tool or tool to use with an Interactive Whiteboard.  Each section of the tree represents one of the three branches and students place leaves that contain facts of each branch on the tree.  When done, a score is provided.
6.)    Original documents are a huge part of understanding our American Government and its history.  The first site is the Avalon Project by Yale Law School which provides historical documents in law, history, and diplomacy all the way back to 450 BC and through the present.  The other is Our Documents which contains the top 100 Documents to help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy
7.)    Harper's Weekly has a great collection of political cartoons.  You can search by date or by topic.  For more modern cartoons, a great site is Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoonists Index.  
8.)    The Constitutional Rights Foundation has a great section dedicated to education and teachers.  There is a section that contains lessons that you can search through for teaching government.  You can also find information on Mock Trials, which is becoming a growing sensation in government classes.  Although the site seems more focused on California, it still has great resources for any teacher. 
9.)    A great collection of American Foreign Policy Resources.  You can browse and search for various texts related to foreign policy.  The collection covers the election of Abraham Lincoln to the end of World War I.
10.) For current events, I suggest newsmap which organizes news by location and topic and color codes those topics as well.  Another site is 10x10 which helps organize and share 100 words and pictures that define the time.  You can choose a time and find the stories that matter to what you are teaching.
11.) C-SPAN Video Library provides links to videos from the C-SPAN channel for completely free.  You can search their archives for videos to use in your classroom.
12.) Open Congress is a site that allows visitors to track bills, votes, senators, and representatives in the U.S. Congress.  This would be a great site for government teachers to share with students who are doing current events that relate to how the laws are changing and what is going on with Congress, especially this year with all the change over. 
13.) StreetLaw has put together a great site for Landmark Supreme Court Cases.  Whether you are teaching them or students are learning them, this would be a great starting point. 
14.) Legistalker is a great website for staying up to date on what legislators are up to.  Always good to see current events in real time.  A great resource for studying government trends and happenings.
15.) Reading Between the Battle Lines of the Constitution: An Annotated Guide is a valuable resource for U.S. History and Government teachers.  I highly recommend sharing this with your students.  It does a great job of explaining several parts of the U.S. Constitution that can be difficult for students to understand. 
16.) Congressional Bills and Votes is an interactive from the New York Times that explains the votes, results, and opinions on old and current bills going through Congress.  A valuable tool for Government teachers.

Geography Resources
1.)    Google Earth (I can download this for you if you would like) is by far the best tool to explore the continents, countries, cities, and oceans.  I am a huge fan of Google Earth and it is only getting better.  One way to use Google Earth is to zoom into a location in the world.  Zoom in really close.  Then have students ask yes or no questions.  Every question that gets a yes, you zoom out just a little bit.  This is a great method to teach kids Absolute and Relative location.  Google just released version 6, so I suggest downloading it.  If your district blocks access to it, create a list of ways you plan to use it and submit it showing it as a powerful education tool.  If you need help with Google Earth, check out the following resource.  Other Resources include: How to Teach With Google Earth, and Google Earth Lessons, and Google Earth for Educators: 50 Exciting Ideas for the Classroom. 
2.)    Use Google Maps to "Trek" across places in the world.  This is a great way to teach the movement and places themes. 
3.)    If It Were My Home is a great site for students to understand the themes of Place and Region.  It allows you to compare sizes of several countries and natural disasters to your home town.  Students have a hard time grasping the actual size of countries, so if you can put it over your home town, they will better understand is size. 
4.)    TargetMap is a site that allows users to create their own maps with data sets they can determine based on research.  When students are done with the maps, they can then submit them to the teacher to be graded.  This site can help cover all 5 themes of Geography.
5.)    ShowWorld helps compare countries based on certain data and then alters their physical size compared to the data selected.  You can choose between 5 different categories, which then break down into sub-categories, which then provide options for different data sets.  A great tool for teaching the five themes of Geography.  Each map provides information as well in terms of ranking and numerical data.  Another option comes from FedEx.
6.)    Atlas of the Biosphere is a site that presents maps from each continent based on 4 areas - Human Impacts, Land Use, Ecosystems, and Water Resources.  Each of the 4 areas is then broken down into specific data (Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy, etc).  There are also schematics available that show processes in motion, like the Hydrologic cycle. 
7.)    Country Studies is a "website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy."  Another great option is Atlapedia. 
8.)    Scribble Maps is a site that allows you to digitally write on top of Google Maps.  This would be a great site to use to teach about different countries or aspects of the earth (Longitude and Latitude, rivers, borders, etc) because you would be able to draw and highlight specific lines for students to see.  Each STRAIGHT line you draw gives you a distance and latitude and longitude point.  You also get all the regular features of Google Maps.
9.)    Map Maker is where students can decide what goes on a map in terms of borders, cities, and categories of data.  This would be a great tool to use in the classroom as an introduction to a lesson.  Another great website is Gapminder, which allows students to see data change over time in relation to statistics, like World Population.  You are able to pause the interactive to discuss why the data changes (World events like WWII).
10.) A growing area of study in the Social Studies classroom is the Middle East, and thankfully there is a site for Teaching the Middle East which provides links, resources, and activities for teaching this part of the world across the social studies curriculum. 
11.) DataMasher provides the data available from the United States and allows users to create mashups to visualize them in different ways and see how states compare on important issues. Users can combine different data sets in interesting ways and create their own custom rankings of the states.
12.) Time Zone Converter is a valuable tool when teaching geography to help students understand time.  It is always a struggle for students to understand how it is a different time and day in other parts of the world.  This would be a great supplement. 
13.) The CIA World Factbook and Google Earth are great resources for teaching Geography.  Now thanks to a one man project by David Tryse he has combined the two into the KML Factbook.  Awesome is an understatement.  You might be interested in checking out his other Google Earth Projects.
14.) Tripline is a website designed to share trips through images, audio, and stories.  I wrote previous post about it and that is where I will direct you for more information. 
15.) Mapping the Measure of America provides "an easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding well-being and opportunity in America and to stimulate fact-based dialogue about the issues we care about: Health, Education, and Income."  These are some very useful interactive maps that you can use in the classroom.
16.) QuizGeo allows you to create and play quizzes based on geography using Google Maps. This can include anything from locating all of the countries in the world to locating all of the playground equipment at your local park or school.

Economics Resources
1.)    The Economics of Seinfeld is a website that shares parts of the television series that relates to economics.  You can click on Economic terms and find all the clips that relate to that topic.  The site previously did not have the clips on there and now they do as well as a description of the clip. 
2.)    Common Craft has put together some great videos discussing money as it relates to economics.  The topics include Borrowing Money, Insurance, Investing Money, Saving for Retirement, Saving Money (Compound Interest), and Stock Markets.  I highly recommend adding these to your lessons.
3.)    We Seed is a free site for educators to teach students about the Stock Market.  "We Seed is a virtual tool that uses actual companies, stock prices and data — but all trades are made with fake money. Students can buy and sell shares anytime — and see first-hand how the market is affecting the portfolio they build."
4.)    Economics Lesson Plans are available by categories and subject matter.   Many of the lesson plans involve the integration of technology as well.  This would be a great starting point when looking for Economics Lessons.  There are also several lessons available from PBS and the Council for Economic Education.
5.)    The McDonalds Video Game allows students the opportunity to build a McDonalds franchise, and control all aspects of production and consumption.  The game is available in 9 different languages.  "Making money in a corporation like McDonald's is not simple at all! Behind every sandwich there is a complex process you must learn to manage: from the creation of pastures to the slaughter, from the restaurant management to the branding."
6.)    The Story of Stuff is a great website that looks at how stuff is made and done.  There are two great videos: Bottled Water shows the implications of all the bottled water in the world and how it is produced and consumed.  Another great video is Cap and Trade which is perfect for Economic lessons.
7.)    The Economics Search Engine is a site that allows you to find specific resources, websites, and links for Economics.  This would be a great way to search for specific terms or stories related to economics.  The words that you search for will then be highlighted, thus making it easier to see connections. 
8.)    From econedlink - Free Online Economic and Personal Finance Resources for K-12 comes a great resource that contains several interactives that students and teachers can use to have a better understanding of economics and personal finance.  You can search for interactives based on grade level, concept, and interactive tool.  Some of the interactives are Flash and others are videos.
9.)    SimCity has grown so much since the first version, and because of that growth students can play the original version of SimCity online for free.  Registration is required.  I like this type of game because students have to make economic decisions.  They have to determine Supply and Demand as well as have an understanding of Opportunity Cost. 
10.) LavaMind is a site that provides links to Business Simulation Games.  The three games of interest are Gazillionare, Zapitalism, and Profitania.  Each game has a business economic goal in mind.  Gazillionare is a cross between business strategy and Wall Street in wonderland.  Zapitalism goal is to become a retail tycoon. Build your company from the ground up, open larger stores, and outwit your wiley competitors in a game of super sales and savvy shoppers.  Profitania puts you in the role of a manufacturing mogul. Buy up commodities in real-time, expand your factory, and invent new products. In no time, you'll be on your way to becoming an industrial tycoon.

HISTORICAL MAPPING SITES: 
http://www.historypin.com/
http://www.whatwasthere.com/
http://www.historvius.com/

Arts and Humanities


Graphic Design Links:

1. http://www.designingwithtype.com/cooper0/index.html
2. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/classifications.php
3. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/characteristics.php?whatImage=1
4. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/id_typefaces.php

1. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/origins.php
2. http://ilovetypography.com/2010/08/07/where-does-the-alphabet-come-from/

1. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/basics_terminology.php

1. http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/basics_measurements.php?whatImage=1

1. http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/index.htm
2. http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/dykes_typography/blueprint.html
3. http://abc.planet-typography.com/

1. www.acidfonts.com
2. www.freemacfonts.com
3. www.dafont.com/
4. http://www.urbanfonts.com/
5. http://www.fonthead.com/freeware
For an entire page of type foundry links: http://www.designingwithtype.com/typefaces_foundries.html
1. http://www.littleboxofideas.com

1. http://poynterextra.org/cp/colorproject/color.html

1. http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm
2. http://www.interaction-design.org/encyclopedia/gestalt_principles_of_form_perception.html
3. http://www.artinarch.com/vp12.html
4. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/03/04/the-rules-of-the-gestalt-theory-and-how-to-apply-it-to-your-graphic-design-layouts/
5. http://kevinchiu.org/uw/hci/gestalt/index.html
6. real world examples: http://homepages.ius.edu/RALLMAN/gestalt.html
7. video: http://www.revver.com/video/590441/gestalt-principles-of-perception-do-you-see-what-you-want-to-see/

1. http://www.davidairey.com/logo-of-the-month-4/

1. http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/
1.  http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/index.htm
2. http://www.davidairey.com/5-vital-logo-design-tips/
3. http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/

1. http://www.logomoose.com
2. http://www.coolhomepages.com/sort/?catName=Logos&sortType=RANK&nRPP=54&setLarge=Yes&pageNo=1       3.  http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bcollections%3A%22Chermayeff%20%26%20Geismar%20(1960-2006)%22/_/grid/relevance/asc/0/48/90    
4. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/08/logo-design-inspiration-cool-logos-part-i/             5. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/08/logo-design-inspiration-cool-logos-part-ii/
6. http://logopond.com/

1. http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs

1. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=letterhead%20design&w=51071363%40N00
3. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/11/best-of-business-stationary-letterhead-business-cards-inspirational-corporate-identity-design/

1. http://www.gettingraphic.net/portfolio-packaging.php
2. http://www.youthedesigner.com/2008/08/25/12-wild-wine-label-design-samples/
3. http://www.phrizbie-design.com/spa-label-designs.html

1. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2010/01/the-dos-and-donts-of-a-successful-portfolio-part-i/
2. http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2010/01/the-dos-and-donts-of-a-successful-portfolio-part-ii/

1. http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2009/03/19/40-examples-of-beautiful-typography-in-advertising-design/
2. http://designreviver.com/inspiration/25-astonishing-examples-of-creative-photoshopped-ads/


http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/projects/Student_Examples/quantum/logo_design.htm

http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/tech/pantone_colors/pantone.htm

http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/projects/exercises/technology/colorseps.ai/colorseps.htm





Digital Photography Resources:






ordinary to extraordinary (use "ordinary.jpg" on the files page)-    http://blurbomat.com/2006/10/31/how-to-turn-an-ordinary-photo-into-an-extraordinary-photo/1



1.)    Picturing America, from the National Endowment for the Humanities brings masterpieces of American art into the classroom.  Students can gain a deeper appreciation of our country's history and character through the study and understanding of its art.
2.)    The Google Art Project has received quite a few blog posts in the blogosphere but I thought I would share it here as well.  Through the Google Art Project you can explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces. 
3.)   ARTSEDGE: Multimedia Library is a website that provides images, audio stories, music, video, and interactives from the Kennedy Center.  There are valuable resources for teaching about the arts as well as lessons for educators.


Science
 http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/physics.html
http://www.educational-freeware.com/category-Science.aspx
http://www.nsta.org/
http://www.khake.com/page86.html
http://www.educationworld.com/science/hs/9_12.shtml
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-science.htm 
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVscience.htmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
http://education.usgs.gov/common/secondary.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Educational_Resources/
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Educational_Resources/
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/edu.html
http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/Educational.html

Science Resources From the Pursuit of Technology Integration Blog

On this page you will find links and resources for web based resources related to the Science curriculum.

General Science Resources
1.)    Periodic Table of Videos houses videos of experiments for every single element on the Periodic Table.  A favorite site of Science Teachers. 
2.)    Homespun Science Tunes is a site dedicated to taking popular music and making lyrics to the music based on science content.  There are about 20 different tunes currently available to download the lyrics and the chord sheets. 
3.)    The Open Science Resources (OSR) portal enables you to access the finest digital collections in European science centers and museums, to follow educational pathways connecting objects tagged with semantic metadata and to enrich the contents provided with social tags of your own choice.  You will have to create an account to access this site.
4.)    Eskeletons is a site that offers virtual tours of skeletons of various animals, more specifically, primates.  Great for teaching the Theory of Evolution.  You might also be interested in eLucy and eFossils as well.
5.)    Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.  Scitable currently concentrates on genetics and cell biology, which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms.
6.)    CAST Science Writer is a tool that supports students in writing lab and class reports.  Help students understand how to properly write and organize Hypothesis, Procedures, Data, etc.
7.)    The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here you can watch music videos, download songs, read lyrics and find links relating to the messages conveyed by the music.
8.)    The Concord Consortium is a non-profit organization that helps develop technologies for math, science and engineering education. Their free, open source software is available for teachers to download to use in their classes. They include visualizations and models for a broad range of topics
9.)    Science Fix is a website/blog created by a teacher who shares videos of the experiments that he does in his classroom with his students. 
10.) Chemicool is a website that provides an interactive Periodic Table that can be integrated into the classroom. 
11.) CSI: The Experience allows students to participate in a Forensics online interactive.  There are three different cases that students can explore. 
12.) Science Teachers’ Resource Center is a web site for science teachers to share ideas. I would like to provide labs, demonstrations, and any other information which teachers can access. Permission is hereby granted to use and reproduce all materials at this site as long as the activities are not sold.
13.) Interactive Simulations provides various online demonstrations/interactives that are available for all science subject matter.  You can explore the various interactives through the menu on the left hand side.
14.) CELLS alive! represents 30 years of capturing film and computer-enhanced images of living cells and organisms for education and medical research. The site has been available continuously and updated annually since May of 1994 and now hosts over 4 million visitors a year.
15.) Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.  On the site you will find Internet-based learning activities for your classroom, engaging interactive activities and suggestions for using them in your classroom, reviewed websites to support standards-based teaching and learning.
16.) Microscope Measurement is a free interactive website to learn about microscopes.  This site provides information for how to calibrate a microscope and then how to use that calibration to determine size of objects. 
17.) Wikispecies is a site dedicated to sharing information about all the species found on the planet.  Like Wikipedia, all the information shared is user submitted, so make sure students have an understanding of that. 
18.) The Science of Everyday Life is a website for students, teachers, and parents to learn how science plays a role in our lives and impacts everything that we do. 
19.) Science Review Games provides fun and interactive site to help you study for science exams.
20.) Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress presents everyday Mysterious that most students have a question about and that can be answered scientifically. 
21.) OnlineLabs provides science simulations for biology, chemistry, and physics.  There are dozens of links to resources and simulations available. 
22.) ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web sites.  You can find articles, activities and other resources that you can use in your classroom.
23.) Virtual Cell Animation provides students the opportunity to walk through the still images and movie included for each topic, viewers are in control of choosing the learning style that best fits their needs. 
24.) The Science of the NFL provides students an opportunity to learn how the NFL uses science to better understand the physics and science of the game.  From understanding concussions to momentum, the videos are a great addition to the classroom.
25.) The Periodic Table Applet and The Dynamic Periodic Table are two resources for assisting you and your students in learning about the elements.  Here is a 3rd Periodic Table as well.
26.) Need a video for your class?  The Science Video Search Engine is probably a good starting point.  You can also search for videos in the different subject areas as well.
27.) :60 Second Science is a video competition for students to submit science videos.  There are several other resources available on this website and you can also find the rules for the contest.
28.) Sumanas Multimedia Development Services offers animated tutorials in a variety of formats for the various scientific disciplines.  The Science in Focus section offers animations for science that is currently in the news.
29.) DnaTube is a scientific site providing video based studies, lecturers and seminars. One of the best features of the DnaTube, is that it supports other types of scientific works through flash animations, power points, in addition to videos.
30.) Planet Foss is a science photo sharing website for students.  Students are enlisted to help capture science in the real world through pictures and share them with other students around the world.   Students choose a science course to investigate, see what photo challenges exist within the course, and then take a picture of science as it happens. (Source: iLearn Technology)
31.) The Science Museum provides a great website with resources, activities, interactives, simulations, and games that students can participate in to learn science concepts.  There is an educators section that has classroom resources, one if which is a game called Thingdom, a fun game about genetic inheritance and selective breeding – adopt a thing, care for a thing, make baby things!
32.) Extreme Science is a website to find the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind what makes each the most extreme example of its kind.  On the site you will find world records in natural science, including earth science and the plant and animal kingdom.
33.) The Molecular Workbench is a free, open-source tool that creates and delivers visual, interactive simulations for teaching and learning science and engineering.
34.) 101science.com is your internet science PORTAL to more than 20,000 science web pages. Help students improve their grades in class, increase content knowledge, make work easier, and enjoy learning.  This site is free with no sign-up required.  There is a huge list of topics to choose from.
35.) "Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in science.

Earth-Space Science
1.)    The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by students ranging from middle school, high school, or college classrooms.
2.)    NOAA Education Resources provides lessons and activities for teaching weather.  This is a newly updated site, so it might be worth checking out if you have not been here before, or used the old site.
3.)    A blog post providing several looks at the Scale of the Universe.  Interesting and easy tools to use at your disposal.
4.)    From NASA comes Solar System Exploration which allows visitors the ability to learn more about the planets, stars, and other aspects of the solar system.  There are videos and specific resources for educators as well.
5.)    Sky-Map features a high resolution sky map with celestial objects that are outside our solar system mapped out. The sky map interactive chart is useful for both amateur and professional astronomers. There are options you can pick to view the skies. Sky-Map is still an ongoing project.
6.)    Gigagalaxy Zoom shows the full sky as it appears to the unaided eye. The second zoom view is of one that appears with a hobby telescope. The final zoom level reveals the details of an iconic nebula. The idea behind the project is to serve as an aid for the untrained observer when he (or she) looks up at the night sky without the help of a telescope. The ultra-high resolution zoom levels can be used as a visual aid.
7.)    Visible Earth is a catalog of images and animations of our planet taken by NASA cameras.
8.)    Neave Planetarium is a browser-based simulated planetarium that allows you to observe stars, constellations, and planets by specific location. The interactive website is Flash based and the most surprising thing about it is that it’s the handiwork of one man who loves designing interactive tools.
9.)    We Choose the Moon was set up to commemorate that historic event. But you can still take a peek into the past on this interactive website. The mission is recreated in precise detail right from pre-launch with actual voiceovers. You can change the views and also click on hotspots to view related media galleries. The site is divided into 11 sections where you can watch photos, videos, and other archival content.
10.) Explore Mars Now simulates a tour through the Martian landscape and a human colonized habitat. The walkthrough is a lesson in the science, technology, and design challenges that will be required to land man on the Red Planet.
11.) Teach the Earth provides visuals, classroom activities and course descriptions for everything from oceanography to “red tide and harmful algal blooms.”
12.) Stellarium is a planetarium for your computer. Just input your location and explore the sky outside or the view from any other location. The program offers up information on stars, nebulae, planets and constellations according to 12 different cultures.
13.) Impact Earth is a tool that was developed for Purdue University, your students can enter the projectile parameters, angle and velocity to calculate what would happen if the object were to actually hit Earth. You can also get the details on the projectiles that caused famous craters.
14.) Space Science is a site that has valuable resources for learning about Space.  They currently have a download where you can learn all about the sun.
15.) HubbleSite is the home page for the Hubble Telescope.  There are various resources available related to the telescope as well as the images that it has captured through the years. 
16.) "Eyes on the Solar System" is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time.
17.) The Cassiopeia Project is an effort to make high-definition education videos available to anyone who wants them. 
18.) Encyclopedia of Earth provides a resource for educators to help students learn about the earth.  You can also find articles and books.  If interested, you can become an author on the site as well. 
19.) So You Always Wanted to Ask NASA is a site that has real scientist and astronauts answering the questions we all want the answers to when it relates to being in Space.
20.) The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by students ranging from middle school, high school, or college classrooms.
21.) Google Sky is taking the premise of Google Maps and applying it to the Universe.  Through Google Sky you can explore the Solar System, Constellations, Hubble Images, Spitzer Infrared, GALEX Ultraviolet, and Chandra X-Ray.  You can also view the sky as if looking through a telescope from the backyard.  You can search, Twist, Turn, and Zoom through the Universe.  
22.) Sun Motions is a Flash based interactive that allows users to see the angle of the sun from months, latitudes, and times of day.  You can play an animation of the motion of the sun as well to help students see how the sun acts through certain time periods. 
23.) The Apollo 13 Mission Transcripts is a site that provides all students would need to know about the Apollo 13 mission.  You can get the transcripts that are divided into 6 difference phases of the mission.  An excellent personal and primary document resource.  The site Spacelog also has transcripts for other missions as well that are worth checking out.
24.) 3D Solar System Simulation is a simple simulator to learn about the location of the planets and other aspects of the solar system.
25.) SPACE.com, is the world's No. 1 source for news of astronomy, sky watching, space exploration, commercial spaceflight and related technologies.
26.) NASA Quest Challenges are free web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. The solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel.
27.) Lunar Phases is a Flash interactive that allows users to see all the phases of the moon and animate them as well. 
28.) Zooniverse is home to the Internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects.  There are several projects that are currently in the works: Milky Way, Planet Hunters, Old Weather, Moon Zoo, to name a few.  This site seems very promising.

Biology
1.)    Practical Biology provides teachers of biology at all levels with experiments that demonstrate a wide range of biological concepts and processes. Each practical may be used alone or as a starting-point for open-ended investigations or enhancement activities, such as clubs or open-day events.
2.)    Biological Animations is a site that provides online animations for various biological processes. 
3.)    The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers.  It contains a variety of lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests, and information on science topics.   You can find lessons related to biology topics in the links listed under “topics” on the sidebar.  Topics include:  Ecology, Genetics, Anatomy, Cells, Scientific Method, and Evolution.
4.)    The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. The Biology Project is fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000s of students. It has been designed for biology students at the college and high school level.
5.)    Explore Biology is a resource for teachers of high school biology and especially AP Biology.  I highly recommend it for AP teachers.  On the site you will find lecture notes, blogs, handouts, and Activities and Labs. 
6.)    The Encyclopedia of Life is a valuable resource for science teachers and students in the science classroom.  Students can learn about the various species as well as get the latest news on life sciences. 
7.)    The Arthropod Story takes you on a tour through the amazing evolutionary history of arthropods. Along the way, you'll get a healthy dose of taxonomy, paleontology, natural history and principles of evolution.  Looks like a great webquest from the Understanding Evolution website that has other valuable resources for science teachers.
8.)    The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts).
9.)    Biodiversity Snapshots will help you to learn more about the animals around us every day by combining mobile technology and science. We provide you with a field guide, identification tool and way to record your observations all on a mobile device — your phone, netbook, or tablet. You make the observations and participate as a citizen scientist.

Chemistry
1.)    The ChemCollective provides online resources for teaching and learning about Chemistry.  The Virtual Lab is a place to conduct experiments virtually on the computer using various chemistry tools, compounds, and chemicals. 
2.)    Practical Chemistry provides all teachers of chemistry with a wide range of experiments to illustrate concepts or processes, as starting-points for investigations and for enhancement activities such as club or open day events. It also enables the sharing of skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom.
3.)    ChemEd DL! is a site where you will find exemplary digital resources, tools, and online services—your 24:7 aid for teaching and learning chemistry. A collaborative, community-driven effort, ChemEd DL is the place for sharing your work and benefitting from what others have done.
4.)    2011 is the International Year of Chemistry and they have a great resource site for Chemistry teachers.  You can find ideas and activities for the classroom as well as other various resources. 
5.)    DNA from PBS is a great site to learn about DNA.  The site has videos separated into five sections.  There is also a section for Teachers with resources for using the site. 
6.)    The Molecular Workbench is a free, open-source tool that creates and delivers visual, interactive simulations for teaching and learning science and engineering.
7.)    The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements is a cool resource for students.  It takes a look at comic book characters and their special powers and how they relate to the various elements of the Periodic Table.
8.)    Web Elements is another interactive Periodic Table of Elements.  There are 2 dozen different ways to examine each element.  A very thorough Periodic Table interactive.

Physics
1.)    Practical Physics is a website for teachers enabling them to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom.
2.)    Physics Demonstration Films provides 8 videos of Physics experiments that you can share with students.
3.)    Sixty Symbols are 60 videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy.  Some videos contain viewer questions as well.
4.)    The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students.  The Tutorial covers basic physics topics using informative graphics and an easy-to-understand language. Each unit is broken up into lessons and sub-lessons. A lesson resembles the type and extent of coverage given to that physics topic in class.
5.)    The Institute of Physics has a great YouTube channel of videos to share in physics classrooms.  The power of online video is changing the landscape of classroom teaching.
6.)    APlusPhysics is a free online physics resource that focuses on problem solving, understanding, and real-world applications in the context of introductory physics courses.

Anatomy
1.)    MEDtropolis provides a free virtual body that you can explore.  The body offers you the ability to examine the Human Brain, Heart, Skeleton, and Digestive Tract.
2.)    Google Body Browser is another option for a virtual tour of the human body.  This requires no download, but does need an updated version of the latest Browser to work. 
3.)    The purpose of DirectAnatomy, a completely free site is to familiarize more people with the human body, using an interactive interface that allows you to navigate through the body, annotate the anatomic plates, and check your knowledge.
4.)    From the BBC, the Human Body and Mind where you can play games about the human body, and take tests to challenge your mind.
5.)    Artificial Anatomy is a site dedicated to playing a game to learn about the anatomy.  It is completely free and easy to use. 
6.)    Learn Genetics includes interactive visualizations, 3D animations and activities. Student activities include taking a “tour” of DNA, a chromosome or a protein, building a DNA molecule, or exploring the inside of a cell.
7.)    Anatomy Corner is devoted to compiling human anatomy resources for both students and teachers of anatomy.   Worksheets, notes, quizzes and power point presentations can be found on the “Anatomy Topics” menu.   Resources are developed for high school anatomy but could be modified to work for younger students or college-age students.
8.)    The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research explains the discoveries of scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute through 3D animation.  Intriguing and interesting animations.
9.)    InnerBody.com is a website that provides animations, 100's of anatomy graphics, and thousands of descriptive links.  Study the anatomy of the human body online using anatomy charts, models, and diagrams.  It's fun, interactive, and an ideal reference for anatomy students.

Language Arts

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/language_arts/languagearts.html
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/language_arts/912/
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Frameworks/pages/BrowseFrameworks/ela9-12.aspx
http://www.youth.net/cec/ceclang/ceclang-high.html
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/experience/languageartshs.html
http://etc.usf.edu/language/index.htm


English Resources from The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness Blog

On this page you will find links and resources for web based resources related to the English curriculum.

I am a big fan of Twitter, and they have a chat dedicated to teaching English.  You can learn more at the #engchat wiki and see what it is all about.  I recommend it for all English teachers.  


General English Resources
1.)    TES English provides and publishes printable and editable teaching resources, worksheets, lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English at secondary level.  This is a British based website, so it will be good to use for British Literature.
2.)    WordNet is a large lexical database of English that provides nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms, each expressing a distinct concept.  Think of it as a dictionary and thesaurus in one.
3.)    My Vocabulary provides Lesson Plans, Thematic Puzzles, Word Lists, and Test prep.  You can also find literature and book activities as well.
4.)    10 Technology Alternatives to the Standard Book Report is a great list created by a fellow teacher and writing specialist in Colorado.  Provide them as an option for your students. 
5.)    Skype an Author Network is a website that provides information about authors who would be willing to Skype into the classroom and talk about the book with your class.
6.)    Reading Games and Activities is a site that provides various Literacy activities for students to participate in.  It does take some navigation to find what you are looking for, but there seems to be a wealth of information available.  These activities work great with an interactive whiteboard or Airliner.
7.)    Figment is a website where students can join a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you're into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels, you can find it all here.
8.)    VocabSushi is the premier Website for anyone looking to learn vocabulary and have fun doing it. It is ideal for students studying for standardized tests, and is also perfect for anyone looking to expand his or her vocabulary to communicate more precisely.
9.)    Lexipedia is a site dedicated to giving words meaning.  You type in a word and it provides an interesting graphic showing you the various aspects of a word.
10.) Conjugation is a site dedicated to learning all there is to know about Conjugated Verbs and providing information about how to conjugate a verb. 
11.) Word Games provides various activities and games for students to play that relate to vocabulary.  Help them find a game with vocabulary that is needed for your classes.  You can find Word Search and Crossword Puzzles for your students as well as some other vocabulary enrichment games.
12.) Wordia is a site that intends to bring words to life by having people share a video defining the word and also showing an example of the definition in the video.  You could take this very concept and use it in your classroom.
13.) Author Website Listing is a site that has links to an Authors website.  So if you are reading a book and want to know more about the author, you can visit his or her website.
14.) Lit2Go is a website that makes it easy to download various pieces of literature into an MP3 file that can then be played on an audio device such as an iPod.  You can browse by author, title, reading level, and subject matter. 
15.) Stories in Flight takes text that students write and then finds images from Flickr to turn what they write into a story with pictures.  Do be careful because some images on Flickr can be inappropriate and it might not show up on computers at school due to it being blocked, but I wanted to share it anyway.
16.) From the Educator’s Reference Desk, are lesson plans for Language Arts and English.  Worth investigating to see if there are any that you could use in your classroom.
17.) 60 Second Recap is a great resource.  The concept is it takes important parts of books and discusses them in videos for 60 seconds.  You will find several videos for the books that our students are reading: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Beowulf, Fahrenheit 451, Hamlet, etc.
18.) Common Errors in the English Language is a great way to share with students what grammar is correct and incorrect.  For example: accept and except.
19.) Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
20.) Grammar Bytes is a site that provides definitions of Grammar, exercises, handouts, presentations, and quick tips for learning about grammar.
21.) The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience.You will find resources for teachers and students as well as valuable resources for teaching poetry.
22.) Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year.  
23.) PoemHunter is a website that provides a directory and search engine for poetry.  A valuable resource to find and share poetry. 
24.) Write Rhymes is a website that as you type provides available words that rhyme with the words that you type.  Another valuable tool for writing poetry.
25.) Phrays is a site that provides a word-a-day and allows visitors to write a sentence using that word.  Visitors to the site can then vote on the best sentence that was created. 

Writing Resources
1.)    Paper Rater is a site that allows students and teachers to copy and paste a document to the web.  It will check spelling, grammar, word usage, and other aspects of the paper.  It will then provide statistics for the paper as well.  Another option is After the Deadline.
2.)    Future Me is a site that can allow students to write a letter to their future self, or to the teacher.  This might be a great opening semester activity to do with students about expectations for the class.  The letter will be emailed to them on the date that they choose.
3.)    Writing Fun is a site that provides text organizers that can be downloaded and printed and used in class with your students.  The text organizers are broken down by the various parts of the writing process.
4.)    Folding Story is a Group Story Telling Game.  A student can start a story and then other students add parts to finish the story.  Think of it like the game “telephone” but with writing the story instead of trying to repeat it.
5.)    Magnetic Poetry is a site that provides words and phrases for creating poetry using virtual magnets.  There are 9 subjects that students can choose and that will determine the types of words that are available.  This is an interesting way to get students to write a poem. 
6.)    PicLits is a site that students can type over an image.  If doing a poem, it needs to be limited to 12 lines to fit on the image.  Students can also free write about the image as well.  An account will need to be created for it to work.
7.)    StoryJoin.com is a free website, that let’s your creative side out, by story telling. We’ve made it fun and easy to use. A unique concept, that allows you to create a story and have other members contribute to it. Once the story is complete, read it and be surprise. When you start your free account, pick any of the eight categories, from Mystery to Romance. You can begin your story, by writing one paragraph, to as many as you want and any uncompleted paragraph, will be completed by other members of StoryJoin.com. Make your story open to allow anyone to contribute, or make it private and you decide who will contribute. Click on How it Works , to view step by step instructions on how it works.
8.)    Wordcounter ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use this to see what words you overuse (is everything a "solution" for you?) or maybe just to find some keywords from a document.
9.)    The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.  There are some resources that you can use for teaching poetry on this site.
10.) Plagiarism Checker is a site that does just what its title suggests.  It searches Google to find similar text on the web to find if a student has copied and pasted any work.  If you don’t like this option, you can also look into Doc Cop.
11.) The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world.  Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today.
12.) Write for Ten is a writing project with one simple rule: write for 10 minutes about anything. Describe where you are. Ramble about your day. Imagine a scenario between two strangers. What you write doesn't have to be perfect nor complete. Just write it.
13.) Provide these links to students so that they can get assistance with writing bibliographies and work cited pages.  OttoBib and EasyBib make it easy for students to track and document soruces in various formats.  Another option is KnightCite.
14.)  VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.
15.) The English Room 30 Days of Poetry is a website that provides 30 days of student activities for teaching poetry.  Add these to the great lessons that you are already doing. 
16.) The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.
17.) The Rhyming Dictionary is a great resource for students to use when writing poetry.  It provides synonyms, definitions, homophones, and same consonants. 
18.) Acrostic Poems are a type of Poetry and here is a website interactive to help students prepare to write their own poem.  Diamante Poems are another type of Poetry that students might want to try and here is another website interactive to help them in their preparation.
19.) Letter Generator is a website interactive that teaches students the different parts of creating a general letter. 
20.) Wordfaire is a "live" writing/blogging/publishing platform.  The site advertises that as you write, it is published to the web.  There is no waiting for the post to appear.  The program is currently in beta, but if you are someone always looking for a new tool to try with your students, this might be worth looking into.
21.) Random Logline Generator will create a random sentence or topic that you can utilize in the classroom for students to write freely and creatively.  It will provide students with a good starting thought point.
22.) QuietWrite removes the editors so that you can focus on writing.  Create an account and it saves your writing, and it saves it automatically as you type.  This would be a great way to create a blog as well.  You can export to a WordPress blog and even edit the writings on an iPad.
23.) Creative Writing Prompts provides just what you think; prompts to help write stories, poems, blogs, etc.  There are over 300 possible prompts...almost enough for every day of the year.
24.) The National Writing Project focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners.
25.) Daily Writing Tips is a blog that provides visitors a daily tip for help with writing.  You can search through the various categories as well as take some tests.  This could easily be used for a daily assignment in English classrooms to practice various writing.
26.) 750 Words is a website where the idea is to have students write 750 words, or the equivalent of 3 pages.  It is a simple concept and to learn more just check out the website.

Reading Resources
1.)    103 Things to Do Before, During, and After Reading is a great list of ideas for classroom use.  Lots of ideas here fir engaging students in reading.
2.)    The Reading Lady has resources for Comprehension, Author Studies, Poetry, the Six Traits of Writing, Assessment, and Reader’s Theater.  You can also click on the Documents link to get to printable resources as well.
3.)    CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, and teacher-selected web sites.  Some links might be broken due to lack of funding.
4.)    Spreeder is a website that can help students increase the speed at which they read.  It is meant for use on the Internet, so if there is a document you want kids to read, you can use this site to see how quickly they can read.  It will also help them with the words per minute they can read.  Another option is ZAP Reader.
5.)    RepeatAfterUs is an award-winning online library with the best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings. Our free audio clips provide an excellent resource for students and literature lovers of all ages.
6.)    The Online Books Page has over 1 Million books available online for free.  It might be worth investigating to see if a book your students are reading or that you would like for them to read is available.  You might also check Books Should Be Free which has audio editions available.  Another option is Bartleby.  You might also want to look at Read Print.  If that is not enough you might try ManyBooks.net.  Still not having luck, one more resource you should investigate is Project Gutenberg. 
7.)    BookLamp.org matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles.  Do you like Stephen King’s “It,” but thought it was too long? BookLamp allows you to find books with a similar level of tone, tense, perspective, action, description, and dialog - while at the same time allowing you to specify details like... half the length. It’s impervious to outside influences - like advertising - that impact socially driven recommendation systems, and isn’t reliant on a large user base to work. Take a look at the above video to see how we do it in detail.
8.)    50 Places to Find Free Books Online is another list of sites where students and teachers can find books online. 
9.)    18 Strategies for Struggling Readers provides resources, lessons, and activities for assisting students in understanding what they read.

British Literature
1.)    Luminarium is an Anthology of English Literature.  It provides resources for Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century, and the Restoration time periods.
2.)    Romeo and Juliet - An Interactive Folio is a great way to study this classic.  I don’t know how to explain it, but if you teach this, use this site!
3.)    Shakespeare Animated is a YouTube Channel that has animated versions of several of Shakespeare’s greatest plays and stories.  Scroll down past the gray area to see the list of videos.
4.)    Shakespearean Insults is an interesting site.  It provides you the ability to insult someone using Shakespearean language.  Kind of funny.

American Literature
1.)    Poe in the Pit is an interactive comic that provides videos and other resources related to the poem “The Pit and the Pendulum.”  The site takes advantage of social media and mobile technology to explain the works of Poe.

World Language
http://www.digitaldialects.com/
http://etc.usf.edu/language/index.htm



Technology Tutorials

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm






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