WEBSITES
General
www.download.com/2001-2001_4-0.html?hhTest=1www.download.com
www.librarything.com (oakmontlibrary- oakmont)
http://flickr.com/ (Oakmontcomputerlab – oakmont)
www.schooltube.com
http://vixy.net/ (download online video)
http://www.actden.com/ (online tutorials)
http://webquest.org (inquiry-oriented lesson format)
www.clrn.org (ca learning resource network)
www.k12opensource.com (open source software and lesson plans)
http://cms.plrd.ab.ca/bytes/?q=node/66 (internet for teachers)
www.curriki.org (collaborative site for global education; oakmont, pw oakmont VERY COOL)
http://typing-lessons.org/
www.kidlink.org/english/general/intro (linking kids around the world – project based)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/ (hands on science workshops for teachers)
http://educatus.com/ (complete lessons; login ddupless@chsmail.claremont.edu pw Oakmont)
http://www.convergemag.com/mpc_gateway/index.php (technology in classroom handbooks)
http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm (teacher’s fair use and copyright guide)
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm (copyright free images and media links)
http://publicdomain4u.com/ (PD music)
www.muzic.com/ (free music – most original compositions)
www.teachertube.com
www.k12hsn.org/resources/showcase/gallery/index.php/showcase/ (student showcase)
Google
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
http://oakmontelem.googlepages.com/
http://maps.google.com/ (Oakmontelem – pw oakmontschool)
google sketch up – 3D designing (dowmload)
http://sites.google.com/site/oakmontcl/Home (example page(Oakmontelem – pw Oakmontschool )
Research/resources
http://www.kidsclick.org/ (web search, all subjects)
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/ (san diego stare university online research library)
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ (time magazine for kids)
www.notfrisco.com/almanac/ (ca almanac)
www.thinkquest.org/library/ (websites created by students in thinkquest competion)
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ (learning resources)
http://classbrain.com (more than games)
www.kidsolr.com/ (kids online resources)
www.answers.com/
http://www.thinkfinity.com/home.aspx?ShowIndex=Yes
http://www.askkids.com/
reading/literature/art
www.britishcouncil.org/kids-listen-read-write.htm (stories read aloud VERY COOL)
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/
www.starfall.com
www.highlights.com
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-listen-read-write.htm
www.firsthandlearning.org/minijournal.html (mini journal observations VERY COOL)
www.underthesun.cc (classic authors and literature)
www.readprint.com (free online library, complete works)
http://kids.nypl.org/ (New York public library)
www.britishmuseum.org/
www.ibiblio.org/wm/ (web museum of art)
www.alifetimeofcolor.com (learn about art and artist – interactive and hands on)
www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do (kid friendly poetry archive)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/ (writing with writers)
www.adobe.com/education/digkids/index.html (digital storytelling 101)
www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page (intervention program k-3)
www.googlelittrips.com/ (a literary road trip VERY COOL)
science/ geography
www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments
www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
www.howstuffworks.com/ (multi-categorical –good explanations)
www.kidsciencelink.com/
www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html (explore Smithsonian)
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/ (gross but cool body)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ (museum of science VERY COOL SITE)
http://agpa.uakron.edu/k12/ (k-12 science education)
www.stellarium.org (real time sky observed from earth VERY COOL)
www.shatters.net/celestia (travel the solar system VERY COOL)
http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/planets/ Celestia exploration activity – VERY COOL)
http://library.thinkquest.org/28327/ (virtual journey into universe)
http://www.earthsky.org/kids/ (kid friendly science)
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/SegwayEd/index.html (gateway to air & space)
www.nasa.gov/
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html (science thru mission based projects)
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/planner.cfm (celestial calendar)
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/ (interactive astronomy)
http://kidsastronomy.com (astronomy made fun and easy)
http://www.toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/ (environmental health concerns where you live)
http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/ (highly interactive; kids going green in schools)
http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/knowzone.htm (all about air)
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/ (earth science)
http://dlese.org/library/index.jsp (digital library for earth science)
http://www.plt.org/ (project learning tree environmental science)
http://www.kidsgardening.org/growingideas/projects/library.html (projects)
www.bbc.co.uk/sn/ (science and nature)
http://explorations.ucsd.edu/(scripps institution of oceanography)
www.marinemammalcenter.org/juniormembership/index.html (marine mammal center)
www.creswell-crags.org.uk (virtual ice age)
www.digonsite.com/ (archaeology magazine for kids)
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/index.php (museum of paleontology at Berkeley)
http://cfaitc.org/ (ca foundation for agriculture in the classroom)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://50states.com/ (yellowpages of states)
www.learner.org/jnorth/index.html (wildlife migration VERY COOL)
www.ploppy.net (watercycle for primary grades)
http://www.thinkfinity.com/parent_resource_list.aspx?feature=onlinegames (VERY COOL)
history/social studies
http://www.mercurytheatre.info/ (radio dramas of the 1930s VERY COOL)
http://publicdomain4u.com/ (musical heritage)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ (current events k-12)
http://www.izzit.org/ (current events VERY COOL)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/siteindex/education.html (ed index)
http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov/ (videoconferencing program, ca state parks)
www.washington.edu/burkemuseum (museum of natural history and culture)
http://64.78.32.69/webrangers/ (national park site for kids VERY COOL)
www.americaslibrary.gov (early America’s stories and history)
http://sbnature.org (santa Barbara museum of natural history – chumash Indians)
http://missions.bgmm.com/ (ca missions map)
http://californiamissions.com (ca missions, commercial)
http://ca-missions.org (ca missions )
www.usmint.gov/kids/ (all about coins from history to games VERY COOL)
www.intelligenic.com/where/ (podcast)
www.loc.gov/families/
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ (ancient to current)
math
www.aplusmath.com/
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_order_op.html
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm (cool math sites)
http://multiplication.com/
http://nlvm.usu.edu/ (virtual manipulatives)
www.metric.org (lessons using metric system)
Tux Math Command (download)
Games
Flipwords http://www.hipsoft.com/fw_flash.jsp
Bookworm http://games.yahoo.com/console/bw
linerider www.sosfactory.net/webdesign/linerider.com/playlinerider.html (requires pw)
tux type (download)
tux racer (download)
tux paint (download)
http://imaginationcubed.com/ (basic animation VERY COOL)
http://pbskids.org/
www.scholastic.com/kids/kids.asp
http://childrensmuseum.org/games/index.htm
http://www.seussville.com/ (dr. suess story book games)
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/ (all subjects and grade levels)
http://www.powerupthegame.org/home.html (rpg math /science to save a world VERY COOL)
htpp//chess.math.com (interactive chess game)
music, movie and photo production
www.eusd4kids.org/edtech/project_live.html pre to post production videography
http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php
http://www.pdinfo.com/link.htm (PD music)
http://www.soundtrack.net/ (online magazine)
picasa (photo program download VERY EASY LOTS OF FEATURES)