Websites of the Week
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| Each week we examine ten websites worth a visit. | |
| Especially for Students . . . | |
| Animals & Nature by National Geographic | |
| URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/ | |
| Among other things, the site offers 6,000 plant and animal profiles. Find out what's in your backyard! | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 4 and up. | |
| Guy's Read | |
| URL: http://www.guysread.com/ | |
| Created by author Jon Scieszka, this website will "help boys find stuff they like to read." | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: All | |
| Way Back: U.S. History for Kids | |
| URL: http://pbskids.org/wayback/index.html | |
| Secret histories, presidential profiles, and way, way more! | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 3 and up. | |
| Music Education at DataDragon | |
| URL: http://datadragon.com/education/ | |
| Interested in music? Here you can learn to read music, learn about instruments, find links to more sites, and so much more. | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 4 and up. | |
| Answers.com | |
| URL: http://www.answers.com/ | |
| If you have questions, this site has answers. Great reference tool! | |
| Recommended Grade Levels: 6 and up. | |
| Especially for Teachers . . . | |
| Reviewer's Checklist | |
| URL: http://www.reviewerschecklist.com | |
| Here you can "search thousands of new and forthcoming titles by topic, publisher, series, author, illustrator, publication date, age level and grade level; or browse more than fifty categories of books by common themes, including holiday, crafts, health, poetry, science, folklore, gardening, biography and education." | |
| Answers.com for Teachers | |
| URL: http://www.teachers.answers.com/ | |
| Learn how to "get your students learning, not searching for reference with Answers.com." Offers newsletter and more. | |
| The Wayback Machine | |
| URL: http://www.archive.org/ | |
| Allows you to look back in time at websites as they appeared on certain dates. A tremendous archive. | |
| Discovery School's Clipart | |
| URL: http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ | |
| Free clipart in various categories. | |
| Awesome Stories | |
| URL: http://www.awesomestories.com/ | |
| Free to educators, libraries, and schools, this "awesome" site "is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose is to help individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, and government web sites." | |
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