Web Ways

Other:
Basic Steps in the Research Process
Easy Bib
E-notes
*Lingro (dictionary/translation tool)
Noodle Tools (access through Google apps)
PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next (access on Student Portal)
Power Library (access through Google apps)
Shmoop
World Book Online (access on Student Portal)

Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship

BeInternetAwesome (digital citizenship and safety lessons and games from Google)
Common Sense Media (parent reviews of popular media for children and youth)
Digital Citizenship (preparing students/technology users for a society full of technology)
Growing Up Online (Advice for teachers, students and parents from the PBS Frontlineinvestigation/program)
iKeepSafe (guidelines for parents and educators helping students develop safe and effective online lives)
Internet Safety Tips from the FBI (concise list of tips and best practices)
Onguard Online (practical tips for online privacy and security; includes games, videos and tips for parents)
Surfing Among the CyberSharks; Parent's Guide to Protecting Children and Teens from Online Risk (co-authored by former Holy Child parent Vince Schiavone)
Understanding COPPA (guidelines for complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)
Web Literacy Tips (tips for young Internet users from PBS Kids)
Webonauts Internet Academy (online simulation designed to help students develop safe and productive online habits)
Parent Quizzes - helpful tools for developing safe but reasonable guidelines for student Internet access and use:
- From School and Family
- Internet Safety 101

Media and Information Literacy

8 Best Fact-Checking Sites for FInding Unbiased Truth
Campaign Ad Critique
Center for Media Literacy
Common Sense Media
Critical Evaluation of Information - Website Evaluation (Kathy Shrock)
Fact Checking Sites (ISTE)
Family Education.com (Search for Media Literacy)
Google News (fact checking and headlines from different perspectives)
Internet Searching Tips (TechRepublic)
Living Room Candidate (presidential campaign commercial archive)
Ten Google Search Tips for Students
Ontario Media Literacy Homepage
Web Literacy Resources (November Learning)
Web Search 101 (Lifewire)

Language Arts

Bibliography Tools:
BibMe (Use "Manual Entry Mode" and remember to indent all but first line)
NoodleTools - see Google apps

Exercises:
1st through 8th Grade Language Arts Skills (use purple arrows to move to desired grade)
Comma Use
English Grammar Connection
Literacy Net (select a story then an activity from the left-hand pane)

General:
Classic Notes (Grade Saver)
E-notes
InstaGrok (connective dictionary)
Lingro (dictionary/translation tool)
Read-Write-Think
Sparknotes
Storybird
StoryCenter

Online Books and Stories:
Aesop's Fables
Children's Storybooks Online
International Children's Digital Library
Online Storytime
Oxford Owl
Project Gutenberg
Speakaboos
Storyline Online
Storyplace

Folk Literature and Myths:
American Folklore
Greek Myths 4 Kids
Mythman

Reading and Literature:
60 Second Recap
Into the Book
Story Arts Online

Writing:
300 Fun Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Common Errors in English
Fact Monster - Punctuation
Writing a Book Review

Math

Early Childhood & Lower School
AAAMath
Basic Math Skill Builder
Computation Demonstration (from Everyday Mathematics)
Everyday Mathematics
*Fuel the Brain
Math Playground
Max's Math Adventures

Middle School
Big Math Ideas
Interactivate
Math Matters, Apply It
MathVids
Mathway
Open Reference
Seeing Math

All Learners
Cool Math
Coolmath Games
FigureThis!
Math Central
Math.com
NumberNut
Online Chart Tool
Purplemath
Virtual Manipulatives
Webmath
Xpmath

Practice/Worksheet generators
A+ Math
Math-Drills.com
Math Goodies
Math Worksheet Site

Music

Parents

Executive Functioning
Enhancing and Practicing Executive Fuction Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence (PDF)
Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning (video)
Executive Functioning: Strategies for Home
Strengthening Executive Funtion in Children: Tips For Parents and Practitioners (PDF)

General
Family Fun
Family Education.com
Noodle Education/Schools Advice for Parents
Teachers and Families

Physical Education and Health

POWER Library

POWER Library

The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. The POWER Library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You'll find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults.

To access the POWER Library go to your Google apps and click on the PO (Power Library) app.

Religion

Science

Summer Science:
Hathor's Hidden Treasures
Mummification
Mummy Maker
FBI Kids
Spot the Difference
Hidden Pictures Puzzles
Disguises
Crack the Code

General Science:
American Museum of Natural History
Arizona Science Center Online Exhibits
The "Atoms" Family
Breathing Earth
Earth Science Explorer
Earth Science Modules for K-4
EPA Explorers Club
Exploring the Environment
Exploratorium
FOSS Web
Franklin Institute Science Museum
*Inner Body
Interactive Simulations
InventNow
Mad Sci Network
Protist Lab
Science Day: Learning by Doing
Science Master
Science Spot
Science Vocabulary Hangman
Science Clips (from BBC)
STEM Clearinghouse
Try Science
The Weather Channel
WISE Web-based Inquiry Science Environment

Animals:
Biomes
Creature Feature (From Nat. Geo.)
Dolphin Institute
National Wildlife Federation
National Zoo Home Page
PenguinWorld
Penguin InfoBook
Penguinscience
San Diego Zoo Animal
Sea World Animal Bytes
Shedd Aquarium
Switcheroo Zoo
Switcheroo Zoo Lesson
Whale Migration Game
*WIldscreen Arkive

Astronomy:
Amazing Space
NASA Kids
Nine Planets (multi-media tour of the Solar System)
Space Place
Star Child
Tiny Planets

Dinosaurs:
Age of the Dinosaurs
Digging Up Dinosaurs (WebQuest)
DinoDatabase
Dino Dictionary
Dino Directory
Dino Profiles
Dinosaurs (from Mother Goose Caboose)
Zoom Dinosaurs

Interactives:
Compound Machine
Design a Cell Phone
ElectroCity
Simple Machines
Snowflakes

Science Fair:
Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
IPL Science Fair Guide
Science Buddies
ScienzFair Project Ideas
Super Science Fair Projects

Search Engines

Search Help:
Search Strategies
Search Engine Showdown

General Search Sites:
About.com
Answers.com
Ask.com
Google
Library Spot
Lycos
Yahoo
Webcrawler

Student Friendly Search Sites:
Ducksters
Infotopia
Kiddle
KidRex
SafeSearchKids
SweetSearch
Wackysafe

Special Searches - Remember to follow good copyright practices!
Educational Videos:
Glean Search

Images:
AP Photo Archive (via Access PA)
FreeFoto.com
Photos for Class
Pics4Learning
PreKinders (Resources for Pre-K Teachers)
Wylio (Creative Commons licensed images)

Sounds:
Soungle (royalty free sound search)

Social Studies

Middle School Social Studies Text Companion Site

Africa:
Africa (PBS)
Africa Review Game (must have Power Point to open)

Ancient Cultures:
Ancient Egypt (from The British Museum)
Ancient History (from the BBC)
The Cave of Lascaux
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
The Greeks (from PBS)
Odyssey Online

Asia:
Ancient China (from The British Musuem)
Historical Propaganda - Japanese Internment
Samurai Archives

Civics:
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
Bill of Rights Institute
Constitutional Rights Foundation
National Constitution Center
State and Local Government on the Net

Colonial Period/Revolutionary War:
America's Lost Colony
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battles, Campaigns and Skirmishes
Lost Colony of Roanoke
Major Events of the Revolutionary War
The Philadelphia Campaign
Revolutionary War Campaigns

Colonial Trades:
Trades in Colonial Williamsburg

Explorers:
Explorer Sites (from Kid Info)
Explorers (from Enchanted Learning)

General:
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Eye Witness to History
A History of the World
History Timelines
Newzbrain
Ology (from the American Museum of Natural History)
National Park Service

Geography:
Continents (from Enchanted Learning)
Countries of the World (was CIA World Factbook)
Geography Knowledge Quiz
The Seven Continents

Global Learning:
BBC News Country Profiles
CIA World Factbook
Countries of the World (was CIA World Factbook)
Foreign Embassies (from Embassy.org )
Library of Congress Country Studies
Library of Congress Portals to the World
US Dept. of State Background Notes

Ice Age, etc.:
Beringia and First Nations
Ice Ages

Jamestown:
History of Jamestown
Jamestown Online Adventure
Jamestown Settlement
Virtual Jamestown

Japan:
Activity Village
Avatar Creator
Anime Face Maker
Bento Box Pictures 1
Bento Box Pictures 2
Bento Box Pictures 3
Easy Origami Chopstick Holder
Haiku
Ikebana
Japanese Flower Arrangement
Japanese Folktales
Japanese Folktales - Pitt U
Kids Web Japan
Paint Program
Quest in Feudal Japan
Renga
Sadako Links
Time for Kids

Lewis and Clark:
Discovering Lewis and Clark
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark.com
Lewis and Clark.org
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark Trail

Native Americans:
Canku Ota (Native American Newsletter)
Native Web

Pennsylvania:
PA State Home Page
Visit PA

South Korea:
Activity Village/Korea
Hidden Korea
K-12 Teacher Resources (from The Korea Society)
Korean Culture for Children
Korean Folktales #1
Korean Folktales #2
Korean Folktales #3
Korean Folktales #4
Korean Folktales #5
Korean Folktales #6
Korean Folktales #7
Korean Folktales #8
Folktales and Lesson Plans
National Geographic Kids
South Korea (from Nat Geo Kids)
Time for Kids/Korea

USA:
50 States.com
American Folklore
America's Story (from the Library of Congress)
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
Civil War at the Smithsonian
Congress.org (find your elected officials)
Constitution (from Congress for Kids)
Democracy Rules (video series)
Digital History
iCivics
Major Events of the Revolutionary War
Memorial Hall Museum
National Archives
US Mint

Vietnam War:
Battlefield: Vietnam
Return with Honor
Vietnam Era Editorial Cartoons
Vietnam Online
Vietnam War
Vietnam War - Pictures
The Virtual Wall
Washington Post - Cartoons

World War II:
Eyewitness to History: WWII
What did you do in the War, Grandma?
WWII Air Force Stories
WWII in the Pacific

Spanish

Teachers

21st Century Learners and Learning
Literacies and Skills:
21st Century Learning
NCSS 21st Century Skills
NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies
NETS Standards (for Students, Teachers and Adminsitrators)
Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Towards a Comprehensive Definition of Digital Skills

Education Blogs:
50 Must-Read Uo and Coming Blogs by Teachers
100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators
Top 100 Education Blogs
Web 2.0 Tools

General Resources:
*51 Education Podcasts for the 21st Century Teacher
Assessment and Rubircs (from Kathy Schrock)
Awesome Library
Childrens Literature Web Guide
Crossword-Puzzle Maker
Discovery Learning Adventures
Education place (HM, Co.)
Education Week
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Global SchoolNet
Idea Box
Internet Geography
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
Misunderstood Minds
New York Times Learning Network
PBS Learning Media
Pearson
Puzzlemaker
Rubistar
Rubrician
Rubrics for Assessment
Scholastic Network
Smithsonian Education
Superkids
Surfnetkids
Teachers' Corner
Teachers First
Teaching History
4Teachers

Differentiated Learning:
The Definition of Differentiating Instruction
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
How to Differentiate Instruction

Professional Development:
Concept to Classroom Workshops
Intel Teach Elements
Learner (from the Annenberg Center)
Library of Congess - Teaching with Primary Sources
National Science Teachers Association Web Seminars

Professional Organizations:
ADVIS - Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools
ERB - Educational Records Bureau
Holy Child Network of Schools
ILA - International Literacy Association
ISACS - Independent Schools Association of the Central States
NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools
NAECTE - National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children
NCEA - National Catholic Educational Association
NCSS - National Council for the Social Studies
NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NEA - National Education Association
NSTA - National Science Teacher Association
PAIS - Pennsylvania Assocation of Independent Schools
PA Department of Education
PSLA - Pennsylvania School Librarians Association