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 Field Trip Earth
Environmental information has never been so lively.
Grades: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Field Trip Earth provides resources and information on field-based conservation research projects around the world as well as allowing classrooms and others the opportunity to interact with the researchers and other conservation experts.
 Google Docs and Spreadsheets
Another amazing tool from the company named after that really big number.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12, Professional
Google Docs and Spreadsheets is an easy-to-use online word processor and spreadsheet editor that enables you and your students to create, store and share documents and spreadsheets instantly and securely and collaborate online in real time.
The History of the Supreme Court
Tastefully designed site, sponsored by New York Life insurance, written by teachers.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
The History of the Supreme Court is a site funded by New York Life that complements a major television series that will air on PBS in January and February of 2007. It explores the history and impact of the nation’s highest court. Included are lesson plans and other curriculum resources for the classroom.
vPlants (Virtual Plants)
Info on 120,000 plants, including 50,000 images – all on your computer screen.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Professional
The Morton Arboretum, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Chicago Botanic Garden collaborated to develop this online database of specimen data and digital images of a broad range of plants and fungi found in the Chicago region, which includes twenty-four counties in four states surrounding the southern tip of Lake Michigan.
 Spelling Time
K-5 spelling with animated guidance and quizzes.
Grades: K-2, 3-5
Spelling Time is an interactive, fun online spelling tutorial for grades K-5 that promotes spelling success via multimedia reinforcement and independent learning. The site can be used by individuals or classrooms. Registration is required but it is free to everyone.
 Kid’s Vid
Online film school for teachers and students.
Grades: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Kids’ Vid provides resources and information for teachers and students to implement video production in the classroom.
The History Makers
African American movers and shakers.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
This site is a collection of biographies of accomplished African Americans that shares their stories “of success against the odds, of achievement in the face of adversity, and in all cases, they are stories of inspiration.”
 The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
Clicks to the Chiefs – an interactive timeline covering 12 presidents.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
The site was developed by the Learning Technology Center in The University of Texas at Austin College of Education with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It tells the story of twelve Presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton through a selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
 International Reading Association: Web Resources
Significant resource from one of the largest education organizations.
Grades: Professional, Parent
This site from the International Reading Association provides free lesson plans, resources and information for promoting high levels of literacy for all.
 Astronomy Online
The whole universe on one Web site? Maybe.
Grades: 6-8, 9-12
Astronomy Online was created by Ricky Murphy while working on a master’s degree in astronomy. It provides basic as well as more complex information about the world of astronomy and includes photographs, essays, and more.
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