RESEARCH RESOURCES

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XCTgftv_f5uggwurPQn3NUrCnbYopfx-3GpxzXQLyck/edit?usp=sharing RESEARCH HELP CREATED BY SWAMPSCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY

www.galepages.com/mlin_n_swamps/mid MIDDLE SCHOOL PAGE Gale Databases providaed by Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

http://galesites.com/menu/massn List of all Databases provided by Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

http://www.noblenet.org North of Boston Library Exchange.

http://www.swampscottlibrary.org/ Swampscott Public Library - books, databases, CDs, DVD's and ebooks!

http://www.bartleby.com Looking for a quotation? Try Bartlett's online.

http://www.ajkids.com Reference pages for kids.

http://www.noblenet.org/category/kids/ NOBLE for Kids - resources, including homework help and pages for teachers & parents.

HELP FOR WRITING RESEARCH REPORTS

https://school.eb.com/resources/pdf/Ready_For_Research_Step-2.pdf ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA READY FOR RESEARCH: SELECT THE TOPIC AND PLAN THE PROJECT

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rXuqikq4vT1Q2F-SV9sw2XxfooNyHCVkyljtcwJTCTw/edit#slide=id.i0 GOOGLE UNDERSTANDING SEARCH ENGINES: THE KEYS TO SEARCH CITY

https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/global2.vic.edu.au/dist/8/5256/files/2019/02/50-Mini-Lessons-For-Teaching-Students-Research-Skills-Kathleen-Morris-1qxevz5.pdf 50 MINI LESSONS FOR TEACHING RESEARCH SKILLS BY KATHLEEN MORRIS

ENGLISH - LANGUAGE ARTS

http://booklists.yalsa.net/ Teen Book Finder from YALSA

http://www.ncte.org The National Council of Teachers of English includes sites on literature and writing.

http://www.writesite.org This is an interactive language arts and journalism project for middle students.

http://figment.com/ FIGMENT - place for posting your own writing.

http://www.teenink.com/ Teen Ink - a site for submitting your writing.

https://docs.google.com/a/swampscott.k12.ma.us/document/d/1BKXoObzQNUEgk7YhPXDCv96e5U1PJQS9H1nbHrX_wyw/edit?usp=sharing WORKS CITED template updated for MLA 8.

http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/browse/yma?showfilter=no Link to American Library Association Youth Book Awards. Includes Newbery Medal for best children's book of the year and Printz Award for best young adult book of the year.

SOME BOOK LISTS FOR FUN READING

ALSC Summer Reading through 8th Grade

YALSA 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults

NCTE 2018 Book Recommendations

NCTE 2018 YA & Adult Book Recommendations

SOCIAL STUDIES

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ CIA World Factbook - country overviews

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/ Smithsonian site for students

https://edsitement.neh.gov/ National Endowment for the Humanities' lesson plans for social studies

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history Khan Academy's history site.

http://www.historychannel.com This site covers most major historic events.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu This is an evolving digital library for searching the ancient world.

http://www.weareteachers.com/save-this-list-21-top-websites-for-social-studies-teachers-2/ 21 great websites for Social Studies - for students and teachers!

https://www.loc.gov/collections/ Library of Congress Digital Collections - great resources for teachers and students, including unique primary sources.

SCIENCE AND MATH

http://www.aaas.org The American Association for the Advancement of Science contains everything that's current in science from daily news stories to electronic product information.

https://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy - math, science, art history, test prep - all for free!

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html NASA for students.

https://scratch.mit.edu/ SCRATCH program PAGE.

http://www.blarg.net/~math This is the site of The Highline Advanced Math Program.

http://www.funbrain.com Try your math wits at Funbrain.

http://hmnh.harvard.edu/resources Harvard Museum of Natural History resources for teachers - videos and lectures.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/ PBS NOVA Education page.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

https://www.duolingo.com/ Free foreign language courses

http://reference.yourdictionary.com/languages.html#D List of free online language dictionaries

http://www.france.com There are vast amounts of information here about France.

ART

https://museu.ms/ Museums all over the world and educational activities

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/kids.html National Gallery of Art Kids ArtZone - Interactive Art & Art History site

https://www.moma.org/research-and-learning/teachers/online Museum of Modern Art section for students and teachers

MUSIC

https://www.carnegiehall.org/toolbox/ Free resources from Carnegie Hall

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/music.html Interactive musical activities

http://www.beatlab.com/create Beat Lab allows you to create and share tracks

http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ Free sheet music!

GENERAL INTEREST

http://www.cnn.com/cnn10 CNN site geared to students.

http://www.pbs.org Public Broadcasting

http://www.usatoday.com USA Today

http://www.nmsa.org National Middle School Association

http://nieonline.com/bostonglobe/ Boston Globe Newspapers in Education

http://teenshealth.org/en/teens/ Teen Health - site for health information

http://nieonline.com/bostonherald/students.cfm Boston Herald Newspapers in Education