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Argus Billed as the internet’s premiere research library featuring a selective collection of topical guides

http://www.clearinghouse.net/

AskERIC In response to questions received at AskERIC, our network information specialists have compiled over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues. This collection includes Internet sites, educational organizations, and electronic discussion groups.

http://www.askeric.org/

Blue Web’n A library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web. Browse by contents table, subject or grade level.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Bibliomania Here you will find full text Bibliomania has thousands of e-books, poems, articles, short stories, plays study guides and reference resources, all of which are absolutely free.

http://www.bibliomania.com

BookSpot provides online books, book reviews, reading lists, authors info and links to related resources for grades k-12.

http://www.bookspot.com

Curricular Integration in grades k-8 is a collection of educational links organized by subject area. Categories include art, language arts, math, music, physical education, science, social studies and special needs.

http://www.teachtech2kids.com/

Creative Writing for Teens

http://www.teenwriting.about.com/

Links and writing lessons.   For technical writing, go to:

http://www.teenwriting.about.com/library/writinglessons/bllifebeyond11_3.htm

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eBooks from the International Children's Digital Library

   Here you will find over 200 children's books available in a digital format.  To use these books you will need to download

and install Acrobat eBook Reader  and Java Virtual Machine.

	http://www.icdlbooks.org

Education Week on the Web

http://www.edweek.org/

ERIC Universal access to all the ERIC sites all over the United States is provided here. ERIC is an indispensable source of useful ed info. Brought to you by the National Library of Education. ** Please note: Full text articles are available at BOCES.

http://www.accesseric.org/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Subjects include: Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health and Safety, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies and Vocational Education

http://www.ed.gov/free/

The Franklin Institute Online Search the Learning Resources section for excellent information and materials.

http://www.fi.edu/

Funbrain Sponsored by the Learning Network, Funbrain features a variety of games and quizzes covering a variety of subjects

http://www.funbrain.com/

The Graphic Organizer

http://www.graphic.org

Graphic Organizer Fact Sheet

http://www.ttac.odu.edu/Articles/Graphic.html

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Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org

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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators provides an incredible variety of material for classroom use covering too many topics to list! Presented in a straight-forward, easy to use format you will find categorized lists of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Sponsored by the Discovery Channel.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

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McREL, is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development. Hot links feature lesson plans, links and resources in the areas of The Arts, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Civics, Economics, Foreign Language, Geography, Health/PE, History, Language Arts, Math, Multi/Interdisciplinary, Science, and Technology.

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp

MiddleSchoolTeacher.Net is dedicated to helping middle school teachers and students integrate technology into their daily classroom activities. It is primarily a collection of links to internet resources in the following areas: academic and exploratory subjects, search and research, professional development, school improvement, teacher timesavers, integrating technology and tutorials.

http://www.middleschoolteacher.net/

National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) offers extensive resources for teachers of mathematics and science. Main headings include This Week, Curriculum Resources, Web Links, Professional Resources and Topics.

http://www.enc.org/

New York State Department of Education

http://www.nysed.gov/

The OOPS website is both a Classroom Use and Professional Development website. It offers K-12 educators with Just-In-Time resources for the chaotic or "OOPS" moments of teaching. Here you will also find activities for students, such as I'm Done, Now What, and an online scavenger hunt for early finishers. The site has search options, Bloom's Taxonomy, and curriculum materials in most core subjects.

http://oops.bizland.com/

PBS TeacherSource includes more than 1,000 free teaching guides, as well as professional development resources like PBS MATHLINE and SCIENCELINE. Resources are organized into subject areas (Arts & Literature, Health & Vocation, Math, Science, TechKnow), and can be searched by subject, grade level and keyword, and are correlated to 46 sets of national and state educational standards. The site compliments the resources that PBS provides and helps teachers to incorporate video and the Web in the classroom.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

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Random House Teaching Guides provide many resources including a large portion of their teacher guides. First link is for middle and high school students:

http://www.randomhouse.com/BB/teachers

Sun Associates Tech Training: Teacher's Resource List Compiled by D. Baratta for unit development

Grade 6, Team Y

Lisa, Michele, Ed, Chris, Laura, and Marc

Focus: Middle Ages

Compare surgical techniques during the Middle Ages and today.

Would you be more afraid of disease today or during the Middle Ages?

Annenberg/CPB(Corp. for Public Broadcasting)

Health background information

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/health.html

Georgetown University Search for Medieval resources by category

(no health, but many other topics for other curriculum areas)

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

The Online Medieval and Classical Library from the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/

BBC- the Middle Ages including Anatomy and Surgery (check the links that appear in the center of the page as little books)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/menus/maphmenu.shtml

Medieval Technology Timeline

http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Timeline.html

Primary Source Documents from Brigham Young University

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/medren.html

Castle Learning Center…everything you wanted to know about castles!

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

Daily life in Elizabethan England

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html

The History of Medicine in the Middle Ages

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/classroom/gcse/medicine6.htm

Leonardo DaVinci’s Anatomy sketches

http://historymedren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sinera.org%2Ftot-art%2Fcatala%2Fexpos%2Fdavinci%2Fnorth.html

Grade 6, Team O

Alli, John, Darrell and Michelle

Focus: Stream Study

How do you measure the water quality of a stream based on the benthics you find there?

Benthic Macro invertebrates chart (PDF doc) courtesy of the Citizen’s Environment Watch in Toronto, Canada

http://www.utoronto.ca/envstudy/cew/resources/BenthicsKey.pdf

Pollution Indicators Table

From the Field Manual for Global Low-cost Water Quality Monitoring by Stapp and Mitchell, 1995

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/LOCAL/Mark_Harsha/pollution_indicators.htm

GLOBE students make a core set of environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data via the Internet. Scientists use this data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education. Results are posted on the website. Globe is supported by NASA, NSF, EPA and the US Dept. of State.

http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html

Grade 7, Team K

Kelly, Mike, Maureen and Melissa

Focus: Heroes

Are all leaders heroes?

Are all heroes leaders?

How could you become a hero in your community?

Paul Harvey official website

http://www.paulharvey.com/

National Public Radio (search for heroes)

http://www.npr.org

PBS (search for heroes)

http://www.pbs.org

Heroes and Icons from Time Magazine

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/

Time for Kids Heroes

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/heroes/index.html

Heroes of September 11^th

Powerful photos that play in a slide show format to Mariah Carey’s Hero…worth downloading the plug in for the audio if the computer you are using does not play the music.

http://usa.corporateclicks.com/

Chief of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/

CivilRights.org is a collaboration of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Its mission is to serve as the site of record for relevant and up-to-the-minute civil rights news and information.

http://www.civilrights.org/

US Senate Leadership

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm

Grade 8, Team W

Theresa, Madeline, Zhanna, John, and Mario

Focus: Cold War

How did the Cold War affect the quality of life of individuals?

CNNinteractive

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/

The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world.

http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409

The Cuban Missle Crisis from Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761579929

The Cold War Museum interesting photos, posters and trivia game

http://www.coldwar.org/

The Soviet Archives Exhibit from the Library of Congress

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html#tour

US News Online: Cold War Archive

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/991018/histarch.htm

Fallout Can Be Fun: How the Cold War Civil Defense Programs Became a Farce

http://slate.msn.com/id/2078892/

Civil Defense in Nebraska