Websites of the Week
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| Each week we examine ten websites worth a visit. | |
| Especially for Students . . . | |
| Noggin | |
| URL: http://www.noggin.com/games/ | |
| Games and more. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: Pre-School | |
| Count Us In | |
| URL: http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm | |
| "Games to help children understand basic number concepts." | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: K-2 | |
| Cyberchase Kids' Site | |
| URL: http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/index.html | |
| " . . . chock full of games, online stories, free stuff, and of course, MATH! It helps kids use numbers and logic to solve problems. " | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 3-7 | |
| Big Apple History: From New York to Your Town | |
| URL: http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/index-flash.html | |
| Learn about the history of New York, then delve into your own town's history. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 4-8 | |
| Career Voyages | |
| URL: http://www.careervoyages.gov/Index.cfm | |
| Explore career options. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 9 and up | |
| Especially for Teachers . . . | |
| National Teacher Training Institute: Lesson Plans by Master Teachers | |
| URL: http://www.scetv.org/ntti/lessons/index.cfm | |
| Quality lesson plans created by master teachers for grades K-12. | |
| Fun Facts About Education | |
| URL: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Topics.asp | |
| "Byte" sized factoids sorted topically. Collected by the National Center for Education Statistics. | |
| The Data and Story Library | |
| URL: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/ | |
| "Teachers use examples to illustrate statistics concepts. A good example can make a lesson on a particular statistics method vivid and relevant. DASL is designed to help teachers locate and identify datafiles for teaching." | |
| Drawing Conclusions | |
| URL: http://www.nelliebly.org/ | |
| Click on "Drawing Conclusions." "News of the week as seen through the eyes of political cartoonists." Printables containing political cartoons as well as thought-provoking questions for students to ponder. | |
| PreFound.com | |
| URL: http://www.prefound.com/index.php | |
| " . . . search PreFound and see what people have already found on the web about your topic." | |
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