Content+Area+and+Grade+Specific+Links+and+Ideas

= ** Content Area Links and Ideas K-12: ** =

=** Grades K-3: **= Starfall [|www.starfall.com] Internet 4 Classrooms [|www.internet4classrooms.com] Gamequarium ** [|www.gamequarium.com] ** ** [|lessonview_en.htm] ** - Play and beginning reading skills   1.  **** Web-Quests **__ [|www.webquest.org] __ = 3. ****Photo Story 3**** [|www.microsoft.com]  My photostories on Yahoo: http://video.yahoo.com/people/4480518?s=4480518= Many more digital photo stories are available by clicking on "Digital Storytelling" in the box at the left of the page
 * Additional Resources ** :
 * **[|http://www.literacycenter.net/]**
 * **[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/ adventures/index.shtml] ** – games and stories
 * **[|www.abcya.com] ** – math and reading activities by grade level k-5
 * **http://www.webquest.org/index.php - ** ready made web-quests by grade level or subject
 * **http://bestwebquests.com/search.asp - ** ready made web-quests by grade level or subject
 * **[|http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/ k3webquests.htm]** - many lower grade web-quests based on children’s books
 * **[|http://www.wartoft.nu/software/sebran]** - games for beginning reading and math skills
 * **http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ ** - reading and sound games for beginning reading
 * http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ - worksheets and fun for language arts
 * Kidspiration (software program) – has computer-based graphic organizers to create retell graphs, character outlines and more
 * Grades 4-5
 * 2.  **** United Streaming **__ [|http://streaming.discoveryeducation]. com __

=**4. Windows** ** Movie Maker ** [|www.microsoft.com] (Check your computer - you may already have Windows Movie Maker already installed) My Movie Maker movie on Yahoo: http://video.yahoo.com/people/4480518?s=4480518= =** Additional Resources ** : = Look on-line for **virtual fieldtrips** ( Museum  of Science  and Industry, etc) =Grades 7-8=
 * ** [|www.funbrain.com] ** – highly recommended by 4th graders
 * ** [|www.mathbrain.com] ** – my 4th graders love this one too
 * ** Microsoft Word ** – try using Word to create interactive timelines (using hyperlinks) – kids love it
 * ** Power Point ** – create books or presentations
 * ** Google Earth ** – 3D images of Earth (very cool)
 * ** Place the States ** – great U.S. geography tool
 * ** Google ** -- web-pages (fast and free)
 * ** [|http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/ ref/] __games/__ ** -- an awesome tool to create review games such as Jeopardy
 * ** Voycabulary.com ** – put in any text and get a link to each word (with definition and pronunciation)

Additional Resources: Grades 9-12 ** Handheld Gaming ** http://www.nintendo.com/ds [ustsvc/tguide/gettingstarted.htm|http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/] [ustsvc/tguide/gettingstarted.htm|ustsvc/tguide/gettingstarted.htm] **** Blogging **** Wikis **** Discussion Board ** ** Additional Resources ** :
 *  1.  ** Dictionary [|www.dictionary.com]
 *  2.  ** Greek Vocabulary __ [|http://socrates.berkeley]. edu/~ancgreek/ __
 *  3.  ** Quia [|www.quia.com]
 * Google – a great search engine
 * E-mail – allow students to create study guides and then e-mail them home
 * Power Point – students can create presentations that are imaginative and intriguing
 * Ask.com – provides a wide range of links for students
 * Word – a great tool for students to create documents that include maps and pictures of their research
 * United Streaming – great for background info
 * Free-reading.net – innovative and fun literacy activities for free. __[|http://www]. Free-reading.net/index.php?title= Main_Page__
 * Check out the great web-quest sites with already made web-quests (or for great ideas to create your own)
 * 2.  **** Online Delivery **** : **** Web 2.0 Tools:
 * 3.  **** A+dvanced Learning System ** [|http://www.waregroup.com/wgnew/ aplus.php?tabsel=1]
 * 4.  **** Weaver Instructional Systems ** http://www.wisesoft.com/
 * ** Lexia ($) ** – program designed to help dyslexic students and support ESL students at very basic levels.. __[|http://www.waregroup]. com/ wgnew/aplus.php?tabsel=1__
 * ** Reading Plus ($) ** – great program for reading comprehension, speed and fluency.[|http://www.waregroup.com/ wgnewaplus.] [|php?tabsel=1]
 * ** Free-reading.net – ** innovative and fun literacy activities for free. __[|http://www]. Free-reading.net/index.php?title= Main_Page__

K - 12 Math and Science Resources - http://www.goenc.com/

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 * Emu quiz" for K-3rd grade (really cute)! || [|www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/emu/emuquiz.htm] ||
 * "Super Sleuths" for 4th-8th grade (don’t wait for Sherlock’s picture to appear, click to the right of the words). It downloads very slowly. || [|cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/99/teams/searching/index.htm] ||
 * "Surfing for ABC's" for K-1st grade || [|www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/abc] ||
 * "The Atoms Family" for 6th-12th grade || [|www.miamisci.org/af/sln/] ||
 * "At Home in the Heartland" for 4th-8th grade || http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/welcome.htm
 * "Amusement Park Physics" for 9th-12th grade || [|www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/] ||
 * "Great Plant Escape" for 2nd-8th grade || [|www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/] ||