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Website of the Week
May 19, 2008 U.S. Memorial Day
Website full of links, activities, President's Remarks, speeches, history and more!
May 12, 2008 Earth and Moon Viewer
You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.
April 28, 2008 American Women Through Time
Study specific time periods in American women's history.
April 7, 2008 Create A Graph
You will find five different graphs and charts
for you to freely use. There is a Create a Graph Tutorial if you are not sure about which graph to use.
March 31, 2008 Library of Congress
So much to do on this site. This page for Kids and Families features Today in History, Portals to the World, Song of America Tour, Places in the News, Everyday Mysteries and so much more!
March 10, 2008 Math Playground
Excellent math site. Includes math games, word problems, logic puzzles, math videos, math manipulatives and worksheets, plus a collaborative math project!
March 3, 2008 Citation Machine
This easy to use interactive web tool is designed to assist students and teachers in creating citations.
Use it for books, journals, magazine articles, encyclopedias and more.
Feb. 25, 2008 Chart Jungle
This site offers free printables for many areas of your life. Print the online charts to help you get more organized in your life and activities. Teach the kids to get more organized and award them for doing a good job. Keep track of events with calendars. Remind yourself of daily tasks, maintenance, budgeting, help with parenting and more.
Feb. 18, 2008 I Like 2 Learn
Fun geography website. Choose any world map and take the quiz. This interactive quiz gives you 5 questions and keeps score for you! Great for review and
studying for tests!
Feb. 11, 2008 Random Name/Word Picker
Free web tool that selects a random word from a list that you provide. It is a great way to randomly select people to answer questions, review vocabulary words, important dates, or concepts.
Feb. 4, 2008 Newspaper ClippingGenerator
Generate your own newspaper clipping that looks authentic!
Jan. 28, 2008 Humorous Language Tool - The Dialectizer
This site converts text or web pages and instantly creates parodies of them!
Jan. 22, 2008 Games for the Brain - This is a great site full of fun games that stimulate the brain!
Click 'All Languages' at the bottom to choose from 17 languages the games have been translated into.
Jan. 14, 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. To learn more about Martin Luther King Jr., click on this link for activities, resources quizzes and more.
Jan. 7, 2008 Snopes - Also known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a website that is the most widely-known resource for validating or debunking urban legends, Internet rumors, email forwards, and other such stories of uncertain or questionable origin in popular American culture.
Before you forward that next email check out the validity of the email claim at www.snopes.com
Dec. 17, 2007 Ta-da Lists - Free site you can use to create your 'to do' lists. Share your lists with friends, family, spouses, collaborators, co-workers, or keep them to yourself. It's up to you.
Dec. 10, 2007 CircaVie - Free site you can use to create interactive timelines
with photos and video or use as a resource for research!!
Dec. 3, 2007
Elf Yourself! Turn yourself into an elf and then share it with others!
Nov. 26, 2007
Picnik - Free Photo Editing Tool
Resize, crop, add effects, fonts, shapes, and frames...all for FREE!