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Education & Computer Connection Newsletter ISSN# 1092-6011
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Texas Schools, Resources & Links
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CTE Resouces & Links
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TAKS ELA/Reading
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TAKS Math
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TAKS Science
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Texas Teacher/Educator's Employment, Jobs and Resouces
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TAKS Test Tips & Strategies
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"StateTest-taking" Strategies, Resources and Links
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TAKS, TEKS and H.O.T.S
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TAKS-M/TAKS-Alt/TAKS-A
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Texas Educator's Resources
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Texas School Librarian
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Fort Worth, TX/Tarrant County Resources & Links
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Texas History Teachers
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Texas Independent School Districts (A-I)
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Texas Independent Schools (J-Z)
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Texas Charter Schools
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Teachers
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Bilingual Links & Resources
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ESL/TESL/TEFL/TESOL/EFL/ESOL
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Graphic Organizers/Templates
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Creating Rubrics
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Hot Links for Educators
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Novel Units
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Student/ Beginning Teachers
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Technology Integration
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Teacher's Tools
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Teacher's Tools & Printables
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Old English Fonts, Letter, Alphabet
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DYI/Do It Yourself Tools
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Students
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On-line References/Facts
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The Homework Connection
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Federal Resources for Students
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Safety Resources for Parents and Students
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NIE: Newspapers in Education
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Study Skills
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For Kids Only
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Coloring Pages
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Doodle,Doohickey & Thingamajig
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Canada for Kids
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50 States for Kids
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For Kids Only
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Interactive Websites for Kids
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Home Schooling
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Home Schooling Resources & Links
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Thematic Unit: Farm Animals
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Holidays
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Black History Month
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Earth Day
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National Craft Month
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Native American Indian Hertiage Month
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Presidents' Day
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National Women's History Month
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Units of Study
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Thematic Units
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Presidental Election of 2008
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Sunflower Thematic Unit, Resources and Links
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Units & Themes
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Curriculum Units
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Holocaust Links
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Lesson Plans
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Metacognition/H.O.T.S
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Best Lesson Plans
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SDAIE Lessons & Strategies
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Technology Resources
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Technology Coordinator
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Education & Technology
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Public School Administrator
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School Administrators Resources
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Alaska School Districts
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Arizona School Districts
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Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS)
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Arkansas Public Schools
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Canada Schools
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Colorado School Districts
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District of Columbia Charter, Public & Private Schools
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Florida School Districts
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Georgia School Districts
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Idaho School Districts
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Illinois Public Schools
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Indiana Public Schools
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Iowa School Districts
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Kansas Public Schools
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Kentucky School Districts
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Louisiana Parish School Districts
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Maine Public Schools
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Minnesota School Districts
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Mississippi School Districts
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Missouri Public Schools
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Montana Public Schools
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Nebraska Public Schools
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New Mexico Public Schools
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North Carolina School Districts
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North Dakota Schools
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Ohio School Districts, Resources and Links
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Oklahoma Administrators/School Districts
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Oregon School Districts
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Pennsylvania School Districts
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South Carolina School Districts
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South Dakota School Districts
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Tennessee School Districts
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Texas Independent School Districts from A to Z
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Texas Independent School District Administrators
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Utah Public Schools
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Virginia School Districts
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Washington Public Schools
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West Virginia County School Districts
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Wisconsin Public Schools
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Wyoming Public Schools
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State Departments of Education (DOE)
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State Boards of Education
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State Tests
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US Depts of Education: State Assessments
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Dee Ann Hill
Education & Computer Connection
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New Homework Links
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State Website for Kids
Students you will find new homework sites on this page. Bookmark this site to see new additions.
New Florida History Website:
 Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers
Description:
Browse thousands of Florida History resources for students and teachers, including photographs, maps, movies, music, VRs, lesson plans, and reading passages.
URL:
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
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SAT Math Pro
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SAT Math Pro contains over 125 video lessons designed to help students prepare for the math component of the SAT. This free program, created by a high school math teacher, features 20 interactive practice modules, timed quizzes, and lessons on test strategies.
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SAT Preparation
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An educational website to help high school students prepare for the
vocabulary section of the new SAT exam. The site is also useful to anyone that would like to improve their English vocabulary. There are over 3,000 multiple choice questions divided into 21 groups. There is also a database browser to review and print the questions and the correct answers.
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Dictionary Link
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A nice compilation of free online dictionaries, thesaurus, language
translators, encyclopedias, crossword solvers, quotes and other language
resources. Also contains an alternate page with links to major news
sources and newspapers:
http://www.dictionarylink.com/news.html
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The Art of Crime Detection
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Subject: Become a police sketch artist and learn how to use your left and right brain to create composite sketches. (Requires Flash)
Audience: Middle school and up
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Optical Illusions
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For the fun side of physics, try some of these puzzles and see what tricks your eyes can play.
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Firstgov for Kids
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"Welcome to the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. It provides
links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject."
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Fact Monster
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Fact Monster is unique in combining reference materials, fun facts and features, and homework help - all in one safe, searchable environment created especially for kids.
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Homework Help by Grade
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"From how to study for weekly quizzes to tips on writing research reports, help your child tackle his homework at every age and stage."
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Fast Food Facts.com
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"Do you know how many fat grams were in that McDonald's
Sausage McMuffin with Egg you ate for breakfast? Look it up on this site! Fast Food Facts.com provides information on menu items offered by more than 50 of the most popular chain restaurants."
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Welcome to OnlineConversion.com
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Convert just about anything to anything else
Volume, weight, metric weight, computer, time, cooking,angles, area, power,energy, density, force, pressure, astronomical,numbers/base, finance, misc., flow rate, frequency,light, torque, fun stuff and clothing.
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Britannica.com
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"Just because school's out doesn't mean kids should slack off in the learning department. The most famed of encyclopedia makers has a wonderful Web site, allowing you to either read the top news stories, or go on an exploration of whatever topic interests you."
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King’s Math
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"This hotlist organizes most of students’ basic math needs into categories, then links the user to directly to webpages that have a tool or game to meet that need."
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English Space
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A free English language course on the Internet. There are puzzles, games, exercises, and projects to help students practice their English skills. (Developed for students 11 - 16 years old).
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Colorworm wants to explain color, so...
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"We have always believed that the two closest disciplines are art and science, because both are completely dependent on observation skills and are
realized through technical skills. It is our hope that children, parents, teachers, caregivers, and librarians
will use this book: to explore artists and schools of art,to sharpen observation of the colors around us,to investigate the sciences of light and color, and to encourage young artists and scientists."
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Library Spot
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Do you have library, reference, or search needs? Just about anything you would need a library for, you can find here, without having to find a librarian and ask for help. Statistics to a Subway Navigator. This is a site to bookmark, especially if you need it for research. purposes
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Pinkmonkey.com
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Barron's study guides online....for literature and SAT, ACT, GED prep. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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Kids Planet
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A great place for teachers and children to learn about endangered animals.
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BrainPOP
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"What's really at the end of the rainbow? Can you even reach the end of a rainbow? Find out on BrainPOP! Join Tim, Moby the Robot, Cassie,Rita, and the rest of the BrainPOP gang for
delightfully engaging animated movies and POP quizzes about a variety of health, science and technology topics. BrainPOP also serves up fascinating facts, activities, experiments, and
subject area history timelines."
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Voycabulary
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Simply type in the URL of any web page and this awesome tool quickly converts all the words on it into links to
Dictionary definitions, Thesaurus entries, and more. Also, translates into different languages and dialects.
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Biography.com
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Top Ten:
•William Shakespeare
•Fidel Castro
•Janet Reno
•Joseph McCarthy
•Dr. Laura Schlessinger
•Samuel L.Jackson
•Edward Norton
•Russell Crowe
•Oprah Winfrey
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Internet Learning Network
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"Internet Learning Network offers voluntary, no-risk self-assessments in science and math with real-time results that are benchmarked to the results of students worldwide. The site has science and math sections in two pathways: a practice path that is fun and learning oriented, and the REAL Challenge that simulates a test environment."
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Venture into Hawaii's Coral Reefs
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"This is an excellent site for children and also adults. It is filled
with fabulous pictures and videos. It tells all about Hawaii's coral
reefs and the organisms and creatures that live there. It stresses that
coral reefs must be protected."
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Create-a-Paper (Language Arts)
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"Welcome to the Rio Salado College "Create-a-Paper Template." This template is designed to guide you through the first stages of creating the rough draft of a standard five-paragraph paper. If you fill in the blanks, carefully following each set of instructions, you will leave this page with a rough draft ready to format, revise, and polish for submission.
Please let us know if you find this template useful!"
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Eyewitness Encyclopedia
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"Do you (or your kids or students) just love those 'Eyewitness Encyclopedias' with the awesome pictures and subjects for justabout everything under the sun? Well, the books areavailable online for free..."
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CALCULATOR PATTERN PUZZLES
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"This course was originally designed as a gifted lesson plan for grades K-3, but it can be adapted easily for general classroom use. Children explore number
patterns and relations, as well as calculator functions."
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
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"Recent News: Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off July 23 at 12:31 a.m. EDT. Activation and checkout of the Chandra X-ray Observatory is now well underway. At 7:47 am EDT, the STS-93 Columbia crew began the process of deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory. More Info (23 Jul 99). "
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DNA: The Instruction Manual for All Life
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"DNA is more than a pretty molecule. It contains the information needed to construct and operate a human body. Type your name as have it converted into a DNA alphabet." This manual is for
younger students.
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Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
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"If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway."
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How Stuff Works
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"This site is fascinating and informative for both children and parents. It's fun to learn how things work and why! Excellent resource for science projects and reports."
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INVENTION DIMENTION
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They present a different inventor each week with a biographical sketch covering
his or her accomplishments and their impact upon society.
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Kids Web - The Digital Library for K-12 students
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"Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level. Each subject section, contains a list of links to information that is understandable and interesting to schoolkids."
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Neuroscience for Kids
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"This home page has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord."
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Planetpals Earthzone
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"Planetpals Earthzone is an interactive site featuring characters that help teach kids the importance of caring
for our planet and everything in it. Filled with free and fun activities for kids; a valuable source of earth
science and ecology information."
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Quia Math
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Great math sites for students and others.
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Ronald J. Riley's Inventor Resources
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"Benefiting from over 4400 hours of research, this is the most comprehensive Web-based resource about invention available for children. No commercial advertising, all original content. Reasonable use of graphics makes for very fast downloads."
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State of Alaska Facts
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Student Guide to Facts
State Symbols
Alaska Natives
Economy
Population & size
Wildlife
Transportation
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The American Experience: Way Back
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U.S. History for Kids
A new PBS online magazine, WayBack-US History for Kids,
buzz, Postcards, road trip, features, past issure and Back yak. Includes the Gold Rush! Topics include gold fever, journey of the Forty-niners and the Californios.
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Virtual Fly Lab
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"In this laboratory, students can cross-breed many different stocks of Drosophila, the humble fruit fly most frequently used in experiments designed to study Mendel's laws of genetic inheritance, the geneticists' favourite guinea pig since Morgan's times."
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Virtual Earthquake
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"Virtual Earthquake is an interactive computer program designed to introduce you to the concepts of how an earthquake EPICENTER is located and how the RICHTER MAGNITUDE of an earthquake is determined. The Virtual Earthquake computer program is running on a Web Server at California State University at Los Angeles. You can interact with Virtual Earthquake using your Web browser."
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Wild Texas: Parks, Nature & Travel Guide
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Free postcards.
"Breathtaking 360 degree panoramas of some of Texas' most scenic natural areas in our Quicktime Movie."
Wildlife identification & viewing guide. Worth the visit.
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WonderNet
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Chemistry activities for kids, parents and teachers.
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World Of Escher
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"M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist, most recognized for spatial illusions, impossible buildings, repeating geometric patterns (tessellations), and his incredible techniques in woodcutting and lithography..."
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World War ll Posters: Powers of Persuasion
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"This online exhibit features 33 posters and 1 sound file from a more extensive exhibit that was presented in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, from May 1994 to February 1995. Like the original, this exhibit is divided into two parts, which represent two psychological approaches used in rallying public support for the war."
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Your Nation
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"...this tool allows you to compare characteristics for two countries, find the top and bottom five countries for any characteristic, or summarize data for a particular country. There are more than 80 characteristics to choose from."
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