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Bloomington Junior High School

District 87

 

Educational Links

This search engine is excellent because you can click on a "safe" button that helps filter adult content.  It searches the content of Google, Ask, and other popular search engines. http://www.search.com

The United Kingdom's BBC website has some great education games and video clips for all ages.  It does take a bit of "fishing around" to located what you might be looking for- but the content is well worth the work! http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

Scholastic News Zone is a great resource for current events geared toward students.  http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews

BBC news, based out of the United Kingdom has a great website for current events.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/

Another current events resource, Yahooligans offers great pictures for their news events. http://kids.yahoo.com/news

 

Technology Links

A link for budding web techies.  The online FREE ftp program is relatively easy to use.  http://www.ftplive.com

Multiple free backgrounds good for websites, powerpoints, and other computer projects all FREE and easy to download.  http://www.allfreebackgrounds.com/backgrounds.html

Free clipart that is super cute.  http://www.cartoonsandcolorpages.com

 

Bloomington/Normal Area Links

Bloomington/Normal's area newspaper The Pantagraph. http://www.pantagraph.com

The Bloomington/Normal Convention and Visitor's Bureau. http://www.bloomingtonnormalcvb.org