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OUR FAVS!

http://www.avalon-arts.com/studio/ideas.html Wonderfully helpful site if you need art projects for your students.

http://www.behavioradvisor.com/ YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THIS SITE!!!!!! Every imaginable behavior problem that students can display is addressed here in a practical and effective manner. There are solutions for bullying, lying, cheating, spitting, defiance, swearing, etc. This is going to become one of your favorite sites ever!

http://www.besthistorysites.net/ Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/games.shtml Fun collection of interactive math activities and puzzles for arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability and proofs. i

http://free.ed.gov/ The redesign of the FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) website helps users to better navigate more than 1,500 resources from more than 35 federal agencies that range from an interactive program picturing phases of the moon from the National Science Foundation to video narratives by Holocaust survivors from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It organizes these resources according to academic subjects, using an appealing display of photos and illustrations for easy identification. i

http://www.graphicmaps.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm This is the site for you if geography is your passion. Continents, countries, states, rivers, mountains, etc. are all compared here! Wonderful maps....a fun site!

http://historywired.si.edu/index.html Fascinating site from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. This is an experimental site with an interactive feature to vote on which exhibits you like most. Novel navigation method. Definitely worth a look-see.

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/index/snapshots.htm A very usable site for World History that includes Teacher Notes, Student Tasks (based on studying original sources), background material, and links to other resources. Lessons reinforce chronological understanding, knowledge and understanding of events, historical interpretation and inquiry and organization.

http://mywonderfulworld.org/ One of the best sites we've ever seen! Almost every subject area imaginable is included in some form. Students can learn the most newly formed countries in the world, design their own maps. hear music from the Smithsonian Global Sound, study natural disasters or study geo-coaching. There are scads of games, trivia and interactive activities. This one really is worth a look!! i

http://www.neirtec.org/activities/math_portal.htm This is an amazing site of interactive algebra activities. Beginning with Integers, Fractions, Decimals and Percent and finishing with Probability, Equations and Functions, this comprehensive website will allow your students to participate in hands-on, interactive lessons. Don't miss this one! i

www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper Unbelievable collection of demographic, economic and sociological maps. I know it doesn't sound too exciting, but check it out - you'll be astonished!

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ This amazing site will keep your students totally involved while learning math. There are lots of interactive simulations for teaching geometry, algebra, fractions, graphing, statistics, etc. This site is definitely worth a visit!

http://www.techtrekers.com/ Wonderful site which will truly bring the world into your classroom. Discover history, math, simulated science, virtual tours and much, much more!

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php Yet another great site that uses short movies and activities to teach hands-on, real world science and math lessons. Don't miss this one! i

Alcohol & Drug Prevention Links

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org Good drug-free resource.

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov Alcohol & drug information from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

http://www.thecoolspot.gov/ Updated and graphically pleasing site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - has all sorts of information for teens on alcohol and resisting peer pressure.

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/?source=redirect&url=teachingtolerance Great site for information dealing with intolerance and other socially sensitive topics.

Arts & Humanities Links

http://www.aardvarkelectric.com/gargoyle Unique site depicting "A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles and Architectural Details in New York City." It's worth a visit!

http://www.afropop.org Information and resources for the varied musical cultures of Africa and the Carribean.

http://www.allposters.com Fabulous resource for purchasing all kinds of posters. Notice, these are NOT freebies!

http://www.artchive.com Visit virtual galleries featuring the First Impressionist artists, Goya and Rembrandt; browse the archives or visit the section on Theory and Criticism.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com Great fine arts search engine of over 80,000 works of art from more than 7,000 artists. Remember, this is ART and does include art in its purest and most natural form!

http://www.artjunction.org/ Unusual site that houses an online student art museum, showcasing work by students around the world. Easy how-to-join directions.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org A wealth of activities and lessons to put art at the core of the curriculum.

http://www.avalon-arts.com/studio/ideas.html Wonderfully helpful site if you need art projects for your students.

http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en Have your students take a virtual tour of the Cave of Alsace with Paleolithic wall paintings! Great site for art history lessons. i

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modmusic.html Wonderful site with links to selected musical texts and sounds which illustrate themes in modern history.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medfilms.html Links to movies that can be used in teaching medieval history.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbookmovies.html Links to movies that can be used in teaching ancient history.

http://www.geocities.com/missbreensartclass/Introduction.html Interesting page to help students see art in today's popular commercials.

http://www.getty.edu/education/ Includes a variety of teaching and learning materials, including many art images. Funded through the J. Paul Getty Trust.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm Site of the WebMuseum network. Special exhibitions of Cezanne and de Berry are currently featured; the Famous Paintings collection is also just a mouse click away! It is browsable by artist, theme or historic period. Wonderful site for the classroom!

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/flw.html Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's "Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1933"; from a Library of Congress exhibit.

http://www.members.tripod.com/dianajhunter/ Computer art using MS Paint. MS Paint is your answer on your PC (Macs use a similar program called AppleWorks or previously Claris Works). MS Paint is found on PC's under Start, Programs, Accessories and MS Paint. Previously it was PaintBrush. It is amazing what you can do with this simple program. i

http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html Straightforward, easy to use site where students can create a Picasso-like image by selecting specific facial expressions and images. i

http://www.nmwa.org From the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Take a tour, visit the permanent exhibits or study the artists from the Renaissance through the late 20th century. Includes painters, sculptors, silversmiths, authors, poets and architects.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/finearts.html An incredible resource for creative and imaginative lesson plans from the New York Times. Analyze trends in Grammy Award winners or explore the concept of the "tragic hero" in a lesson called Oedipus Wrecks.

http://www.pbs.org/ Just what you'd expect from PBS!

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm Great lesson plans and activities for integrating art and literature.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/highlessons.html Need help with art activities? This site has more than enough lessons! Be sure to check this one out!

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/ A comprehensive site from hands-on activities, lessons & resources to art history & artist biographies.

http://www.state.ok.us/~arts Web page of the Oklahoma Arts Council. Go here to find out all about the artist-in-residence program and lots of other arts and humanities resources.

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/art/index.html Nice collection of lessons and ideas from teachers. Some may appear too elementary, but they are easily adapted for the secondary student. i

http://www.theatre.ru/emain.html Website for the Moscow Theatre of Art. Some of the site is in Russian only, but much of it is in English.

http://www.tuxpaint.org/ This downloadable art/drawing program was developed for elementary school children, but its ease of use make it ideal for making illustrations, book covers, posters, etc.

Career & Job Training Links

http://www.okcareertech.org Oklahoma Career and Technology Centers

http://www.xpmath.com/careers/jobs.php Great database to help students find careers in a variety of fields.

Curriculum & Classroom Links

http://www.arcytech.org/java/java.shtml This site was started in November of 1997 with the purpose of providing Java™ Applets that can be used as tools to help and enhance the education of children both at school and at home. Content areas included are mathematics, biology and music.

http://www.awesomelibrary.org The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

http://www.bartleby.com/index.html Complete versions of classics, plus reference materials i.e., Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.

http://www.creativeteachingsite.com All sorts of ideas to make your students sit up and notice what's going on in class. Wonderful ideas for improving your teaching style are the norm here.

http://www.edhelper.com Huge site with worksheets, lesson plans and resources for over 40 subjects including upper level math and writing. Also has information from the latest educational news headlines.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks These pages are full of Snacks...but they're not the kind you eat. They're the kind you can learn from and have fun with.

http://www.free.ed.gov/ Another great searchable website featuring hundreds of resources in all major content areas.

http://www.field-guides.com Your students will love these virtual field trips where they can escape to another century or travel to the Iditarod. i

http://HighSchoolAce.com Just pick (a subject) and click (to see activities and lesson plans).

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org Nice site for parents and teachers of gifted children and youth.

http://home.about.com/homework/index.htm Need help with curriculum? This is the place for you! Direct links to sites for the Arts, History, Languages, Literature, Philosophy/Religion, Sciences, Social Studies and Study Skills/Tools.

http://internet4classrooms.com/ Good site for using the internet in your classroom - links to "safe" student sites.

http://www.ipl.org The Internet's public library.

http://www.kidsclick.org Student-friendly library; 15 searchable sections like Science & Math, Entertainment, Weird & Mysterious.

http://www.kidsolr.com/index.html This award-winning site offers a huge variety of activities for education, homework help, entertainment, games, fun & music.

http://www.lessonplansearch.com Another good location for finding supplemental lesson plans for a wide variety of topics.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com Excellent source for 100's of supplemental activities.

http://www.lessonplanz.com Great site for K-12 teachers. Includes lesson plans in the four core subject areas plus the arts and thematic units.

http://www.nextvista.org/ A free,online library of short video clips to jump start your lessons in Careers, History & Culture, Literature, Math, Performing Arts, Science, Technology and Writing.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning Just as good as you hope it will be - lesson plans galore.

http://www.pecentral.org This site is designed for physical education teachers in grades K-12. Included are lesson and assessment plans, products, best practices and research.

http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/edmenu.html Lots of helpful education resources on courseware you can download, online workshops and tutorials, and lesson plans. Don't miss the electronic field trips to aquariums, zoos, historical sites and art museums - spectacular! i

http://www.rhlschool.com Worksheets, lesson plans for English, Math, Reading and research skills.

http://www.scholastic.com Curriculum, teaching tools, lesson plans, etc.

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/misc/winnergame022500.html Unique site that provides Power Point presentations for student competitions using popular game show formats like "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

http://www.teachers.net/lessons/search.html An amazing array of subjects for K-12 teachers. Has affective as well as academic lesson plans.

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/index.shtml Age range 5-11; fun site filled with content-rich ideas for the basic skills and electives.

http://www.teachnology.com Huge website filled with educational resources, current trends, articles and ideas that work.

http://www.techtrekers.com If you're looking for new resources, you have to check out this link! There are lots of lesson plans for the four core academic areas along with PowerPoint ideas, an extensive catalogue of virtual field trips and a wealth of thematic units.

http://techlearning.com Gives a variety of information: grants, student writing contests, teacher-related articles, museum tours, etc.

http://www.webproject.org/ This site is devoted to innovative, project-based learning in the arts, humanities, and social sciences for people of all ages. Click on "engaging community projects" for detailed examples that can easily be adapted to your school or community.

Language Arts Links

http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/default.html This site includes biographical, historical and critical insights on authors and works and references to online as well as printed sources. Also, there are entire novel units complete with worksheets, projects, and tests already prepared for specific novels. Sponsored by the English Secondary Education Program at Brigham Young University.

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html This site is a clearinghouse for academic resources related to American Literature including searchable databases and an extensive listing of author biographies; maintained by Rutgers University.

http://nancykeane.com/rl/ ATN (All Together Now) reading lists; a must for language arts.

http://classiclit.about.com/homework/classiclit/mbody.htm Another useful site from the about.com people. Pick literature from Britain, Ireland, America, France, or even Native American lit. Also provided is a listing of writers by country and links to mythology and Ancient Greece.

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books Comprehensive website with information on Literature and Language Arts, Foreign Language, Arts and Culture, and History and Social Studies.

http://esl.about.com/homework/esl/mbody.htm Good activities and word lists for use with ESL students.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jesmith/ This is a fun page designed by an eighth grade teacher in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She shares her ideas, activities and classroom strategies for keeping students engaged in learning.

http://horrorbooks.about.com/homework/horrorbooks/mbody.htm Features award-winning books; links to sites from Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, John Saul and R. L. Stine; horror guides and conventions also available.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/english-hs.html#Interactive Everything you need for a high school English curriculum is here - grammar, composition, and literature - plus a whole list of interactive activities!

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm Interesting page with activities for the core subjects and art/drama as well.

http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound National Public Radio's Lost and Found Sound - wonderful archives of vintage music and its performers.

http://www.parlo.com Great foreign language site - learn Spanish, French, German, Italian or English with free online lessons. There are also options for book, tape or CD ROM lessons.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm Great lesson plans and activities for integrating art and literature.

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/notes1.asp A wealth of over 300 free literature summaries or you can download a printable copy of works for $3.95. This site is definitely worth a look!

http://www.rhymezone.com Just enter a word to find its definition, synonyms and rhymes. Also has word games and vocabulary lists, and a few units on Shakespeare and poetry.

http://shakespeare.about.com/homework/shakespeare/mbody.htm Search this exciting site by play type, actors, criticisms or festivals. An extensive array of information on the Bard and his works.

http://teenwriting.about.com/homework/teenwriting/mbody.htm Great site including creative ideas, short stories, poetry composition, story starters, lesson plans, pattern poetry and a publishing center.

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html The complete works!

http://yabooks.about.com/homework/yabooks/mbody.htm Youth-friendly site that highlights authors, book reviews, and has special sections for parents, teachers, librarians and students.

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/vocab.html Great resource site with links to student-friendly sites on spelling, the evolution of languages, puzzles and more.

Math Links

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/Women.htm Website full of wonderful biographies of women mathematicians. Great to teach along with English or history.

http://algebasics.com/ This site is full of algebra tutorials that show students how to solve almost any kind of algebra problem.

http://www.aplusmath.com Games, worksheets, flashcards and homework help for fundamental math skills.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html Lesson plans, software, contests and competitions; arithmetic through trigonometry.

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/menu.html Site located at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Hands-on lessons in Knot and Set theories, Algorithms and Finite State Machines. Also links to other resources.

http://www.coolmath.com Calculators, games, message boards and activities for algebra, geometry, calculus and trig.

http://cut-the-knot.com/games.html Fun collection of interactive math activities and puzzles for arithmetic, algebra, geometry, probability and proofs.

http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus A tutorial on using the abacus that could be boring, but the site also provides a history and directions for building an abacus with Legos!

http://www.escapefromknab.com/educational.html Students will enjoy this educational simulation which takes them through a series of financial decision-making experiences on a fictitious planet.

http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/math/onlineact.html Lots of interactive activities here from basic arithmetic to algebra and geometry.

http://forum.swarthmore.edu Sponsored by National Science Foundation; has great archive of weekly problems for elementary through H. S.

http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/calc/index.html A comprehensive site if you should find yourself teaching calculus!

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html Interesting and varied collection of over 200 individual math concept lesson plans; hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.asp The Illuminations Web site was developed by NCTM to help educators implement the NCTM Standards. Browse the site for lesson plans, classroom videos, and a wide range of tools and resources.

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/King/math.htm This site provides a huge array of interactive lessons for beginning math through geometry and algebra. Very user-friendly and comprehensive. i

http://library.thinkquest.org/2647/main.htm This mathematics site has tutorials in Algebra and Trigonometry and a very extensive section about Geometry. It also includes a lot of information about programming with Java, Chaos Theory, and fractal generation (Mandelbrot and Julia sets). There is even some software for creating stereograms, those three dimensional pictures that can only be seen inside your brain.

http://www.math.com Homework help for algebra, geometry, calculus and more. Also gives practice, test preparation and tutoring.

http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~matc/eBookshelf/index.html This site features a wealth of interdisciplinary activities involving mathematics and was developed as part of the "Math Across the Curriculum" project at Dartmouth College. This really is a must-see website!

http://mathematics.hellam.net/ Lots of interactive games, puzzles, and mazes to help students practice their math skills. This is an entertaining site!

http://www.mathforum.com Great site for math teachers of all levels, pre-K through postsecondary. Activities, lessons, projects and ideas, plus Q & A for students.

http://www.math.fsu.edu/Science/Software.html Lots of software to download for algebra, pre-college algebra, algorithmic art, graphing, calculus, geometry, physics and statistics.

http://www.mathgoodies.com Good site if you're looking for a problem-solving approach to stat, pre-algebra, probability, integers, number theory or basic geometry.

http://www.mathideas.mhschool.com McGraw-Hill site which offers free math lessons through an online service. You can also find links to ideas on how to teach specific skills such as fractions.

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html Site of the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics. Has wonderful Pre-K through 12 activities for Numbers and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability.

http://www.nationalmathtrail.org This site explains an interesting internet project. Students explore their communities and create math problems based on their findings. Teachers then submit the problems which are then posted on the website.

http://www.purplemath.com/ Purplemath's algebra lessons are written with the student in mind. These lessons emphasize the practicalities rather than the technicalities, demonstrating dependable techniques, warning of likely "trick" questions, and pointing out common mistakes. The lessons are cross-referenced to help you find related material, and a "search" box is on every page to help you find what you're looking for.

http://puzzlemaker.com Great puzzle-generating site to help teachers create word searches, mazes, math puzzles and crosswords using appropriate word lists.

http://www.quickmath.com Gives speedy online help for problems in algebra, equations, calculus, inequalities, matrices and graphs.

http://www.shu.edu/projects/reals/index.html Interactive Real Analysis is an online, interactive textbook for Real Analysis or Advanced Calculus in one real variable. It deals with sets, sequences, series, continuity, differentiability, integrability (Riemann and Lebesgue), topology, and more. The text is changing constantly.

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php Yet another great site that uses short movies and activities to teach hands-on, real world science and math lessons. Don't miss this one! i

http://www.webmath.com From Discovery School; provides assistance for algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus.

http://www.wordsmith.org/~anu/java/spirograph.html#def Cool interactive site which draws spirographs. i

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/beg_algebra/ Although not interactive, this site from West Texas A & M University offers short, easy to understand tutorials on all aspects of algebra.

http://www.xpmath.com/ This site from XP math games is highly entertaining - students won't even know they're learning math! Topic include fractions, decimals, geometry, measurement and probability. There are worksheets, videos, a math in careers database and games. i

Miscellaneous Links

http://www.baseball-links.com/ Everything you ever wanted to know about America's favorite pastime!

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/archives/contests.shtml This site will keep you updated on the latest competitions and contests for your students.

http://www.engineeringk12.org/educators/hands_on_learning/lesson_plans.htm#Indivlessonplans This site provides a list of websites where teachers can search for classroom activities, based on subject or grade level. Also included are suggested individual lesson plans. There are some wonderful engineering projects here!

http://www.funbrain.com/index.html K-8 site with activities and ideas for students, teachers and parents.

http://www.funtrivia.com/ If trivia is your game, then this is your site - tons of trivia games on a variety of subjects.

http://www.cybercitizenship.org Timely web site devoted to helping students understand the internet and the implications of cyber ethics.

http://www.genealogy.com/index_n.html Interesting site to help students discover their family trees.

http://internet4classrooms.com/ Good site for using the internet in your classroom - links to "safe" student sites.

http://learninglanguages.net/SPT--Home.php Games, lessons and vocabulary drills to help students learn Spanish, French or Japanese.

http://www.nativetech.org/ An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references.

http://www.nextstepmagazine.com/ Wonderful site for youth in transition. Contains worthwhile, archived articles on planning for college or a career.

http://www.number2.com Offers free test preparation for the SAT and the GRE.

http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/ This site offers a number of interactive downloadable games and simulations from airport security to PT Cruiser Cube Escape. Several are parodies on real life companies and their poor customer service strategies. i

http://puzzlemaker.com Great site that helps teachers make mazes, number blocks, crosswords, math squares, hidden messages and more.

http://www.senteacher.org/wk/certificates.php Easy to use certificate maker. You can personalize the name, award, date and signature. Options are available for graphics, colors and border designs .

http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/simulation/ This site provides a very diverse selection of simulation games. There are too many to describe here, but this site is worth a look to find enhancement activities for the core subjects. i

http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/ Visit this site for tons of educational and classroom forms to help keep you organized. i

http://www.wkkf.org Contains a report from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation describing nearly 150 internet sites that endorse philanthropy and volunteerism.

http://virtualstockexchange.com Excellent stock market simulation site. Students can set up their own portfolios and trade stocks.

http://www.wcvt.com/~tiggr Everything you need to have your students estimate the cost of building an Egyptian pyramid using today's materials and ancient methods. Would be a great class project for cross-curricular studies.

Oklahoma State Government Links

http://sde.state.ok.us Oklahoma State Department of Education

http://www.state.ok.us/~ethics Oklahoma Ethics Commission

http://www.lsb.state.ok.us Oklahoma Legislative Service Bureau

http://oklegal.onenet.net/statutes.basic.html Oklahoma Legal Research

http://www.osf.state.ok.us/ Oklahoma State Finance

http://www.oklaosf.state.ok.us Oklahoma State Government

http://okcareertech.org Oklahoma Career and Technology Centers

http://www.ossba.org Oklahoma State School Board Association

Research & Reference Links

http://almanac.com/ Site of the Old Farmer's Almanac - a great reference!

http://www.ascd.org/ Home site for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

http://www.awesomelibrary.org The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

http://www.bartleby.com/index.html Complete versions of classics, plus reference materials i.e., Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.

http://www.census.gov Everything you would ever want to know from the U.S. Census Bureau

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook - an almanac-style collection of information on countries of the world. Includes summaries of demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, military, and transnational issues.

http://deerford.com/surfside/index.html A website filled with links for safe surfing on the internet - most sites seem appropriate for upper elementary or junior high students.

http://www.eHow.com Fascinating site with more that 15,000 step-by-step how-to's for automobiles, gardening, sports, heath, travel and more; plus over 100,000 helpful products.

http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu A huge network of resources and contacts for parents with disabled children.

http://www.ipl.org The Internet's public library. Students can search content areas of Math/Science, Sports/Recreation, Art/Music or Health/Nutrition among others. There are also fun topics like knock-knock jokes and tongue twisters.

http://www.itools.com Very helpful site for research - not only reference books but discussion groups and a translator.

http://www.kidsclick.org Student-friendly library; 15 searchable sections like Science & Math, Entertainment, Weird & Mysterious.

http://www.schoolreportcard.org/ The Office of Accountability was created in 1990 by House Bill 1017 and operates under the governance of the Education Oversight Board. The Governor's Secretary of Education also serves as the office's Chief Executive Officer. The office administers two state programs, the Oklahoma Educational Indicators Program and the Oklahoma School Performance Review Program.

Science Links

http://animal.discovery.com/ Website for Animal Planet - fun and educational as well!

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/scienceg.html Great site if you need resources, lists or lesson plans for astronomy, biology, botany, ecology, geology or earth science.

http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html Classroom-ready astronomy activities from master teachers, university faculty, and NASA researchers.

http://biology.about.com/od/onlinedissections/a/aa112805a.htm This site will provide simulations (and in some cases actual footage) of various dissections including a cockroach, cow's eye, a frog and a rat. i

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/default.html Lesson plans and activities from the University of Arizona are available at this site. Topics include Cell Biology, Chemicals & Human Health, Developmental Biology, Human Biology, Immunology and Genetics.

http://brainconnection.positscience.com Fascinating site all about the brain and its functions from Scientific Learning.

http://www.cellsalive.com/ Great site for teaching about plant and animal cells, mitosis and the cell cycle; wonderful graphics!

http://www.ciese.org/collabprojs.html Great site for finding science and engineering projects.

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html Fabulous high-tech site involving infrared astronomy.

http://www.dinosaurnews.org/ Just what you'd think - a weekly newsletter all about dinosaurs!

http://dsc.discovery.com/games/games.html A Discovery Channel site where students can create a universe, launch a meteor, or be a passenger on the Titanic. i

http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov Watch changes on earth from a satellite in space.

http://www.eco-pros.com Comprehensive site with information and activities on everything from ecology and genetic engineering to coral communities and astronomy.

http://www.education.noaa.gov/ Website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

http://www.enn.com/ Website of the Environmental News Network - expansive site with tons of good (and fun!) information.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html The EPA's site for environmental protection.

http://www.exploratorium.edu From San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts; great hands-on site with a digital library, observatory, marina and sports science section.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/eyesg.pdf Great detailed lesson and lab experiment with teacher's guide, student guide, background concepts and related links. It's neuroscience for kids!

http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/ants/ants.htm This is a 3D online simulation of ant colonies and their use of pheromones. Students can pick up and move objects, add ants, make their own pheromone trail and manipulate many other factors. i

http://forestry.about.com/homework/forestry/mbody.htm You'll find everything from Smokey the Bear to tree identification and forest fires at this forestry website.

http://www.funbrain.com From the Learning Network, a site filled with games, puzzles and activities for teachers and parents of children in grades K-8.

http://www.geographyzone.com The Geography Zone was created to help spread geographical awareness and an understanding of the places and cultures across the world. Dynamic and interactive graphics.

http://www.geologylink.com/fieldtrips World-wide places to visit!

http://www.greatachievements.org/ Which innovations shaped 20th century engineering? This site provides a history and development of these inventions along with a look at how technology has shaped our lives.

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience Cool science for curious kids.

http://www.howstuffworks.com Just what you think it is!

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/movies/archive.html Another incredible site from NASA. This one features movies about the mysteries of our universe.

http://insects.about.com/homework/insects/mbody.htm Tons of information about animals and wildlife

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Online human anatomy! Students simply select one of the ten body systems they want to study. A simple mouse click within the “body” provides the requested information. i

http://inventors.about.com/homework/inventors/mbody.htm Fascinating site which includes famous inventions and their creators, how to sell your idea and avoid being scammed, all about patents and trademarks, and the history of everything from coat hangers to Kleenex and Liquid Paper.

http://www.jason.org The Jason Project was founded by Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic. This world-famous explorer and oceanographer sponsors this site to engage students in science and technology. A fabulous site!

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/ A basic study of how to study and report weather data.

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov Information, Q & A, links.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics Design your own roller coaster.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/index2.shtml All the information you could ever want to know about butterflies! Includes butterfly gardening, endangerment and conservation.

http://livingchildren.com/portfolio/exhibit-and-simulation-elearning-portfolio.htm Virtual science experiences.

http://www.madsci.org Great Q & A archives for science questions; searchable by topic & grade.

http://www.mbayaq.org/ Wonderful site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. There is lots of information on protecting the oceans and there are several live mini-cams that will allow students to view the habits of sea otters, penguins and sharks. i

http://www.minnesotazoo.org/education/kids_corner.asp User-friendly site from the Minnesota Zoo - games and activities for all ages.

http://www.msichicago.org Site of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Students can enjoy virtual tours of cardiovascular images or the only captured German U-505 submarine from World War II.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/ Science fair projects, experiments, and all types of agricultural statistics.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/14apr_sedna2.htm?list1099084 Astronomers examining Hubble Space Telescope images of distant Sedna say the planetoid is even more mysterious than they first thought.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28apr_lro.htm?list106905 Amazing story of astronomers' hopes to prospect for water on the moon!

http://www.nationalatlas.gov From the United States Geological Survey, lots and lots of maps. i

http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm A comprehensive catalog of pictures & information about animals.

http://www.noaa.gov From the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admin.; great photos and maps.

http://www.nps.gov/ Website from the National Park Service; filled with activities and lessons.

http://www.omniplex.org Web page of the Science Museum of Oklahoma, formerly the Oklahoma City Omniplex.

http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/kunkel Fascinating electron microscopy.

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html From the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum; exhibits & resources in oceanography and marine biology.

http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/landing.asp?id=3500 Fun and informative site with some interactive activities and debates on such varied topics as genetically modified animals, how to genetically engineer a rainbow and why our brains fall prey to illusions. i

http://www.seed.slb.com/index.html Fun simulations and interactive games for students including build your own star, a fishing game, friction explorer and an archery game. i

http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/projects/da 3-D views of dissection, organs. i

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/weather.html The Franklin Institute hosts this site with links to everything weather-related.

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov Simulations from your choice of time and location within the solar system.

http://www.spaceref.com Space analysis, calendar of events and launches from NASA. i

http://spaceweather.com Wonderful site with lots of information on the Sun/Earth environment.

http://www.state.ok.us/~odwc Web page of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

http://www.telescopesineducation.com Cool site that gives students access to a 24" telescope in Southern California. An evening observation time is reserved and students can download images to their own computers. Must pay for software.

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/index.php Yet another great site that uses short movies and activities to teach hands-on, real world science and math lessons. Don't miss this one! i

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/science/what_on_earth.php This site offers six interactive games dealing with the earth's surface and layers. The games are fun to play and the information is easy to understand.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html The Autobiography of Herman, the Squirmin' Worm.

http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu Sea and weather data from Port Aransas, Texas.

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/ Pictures and videos of currently erupting volcanoes.

http://weather.about.com/homework/weather/mbody.htm Curious about storm chasing? Have allergies every spring? Want a career in meteorology? Traveling out of state and need a five-day forecast? Just click!

http://www.weather.com/education The Weather Channel's Weather Classroom.

http://www.whaletimes.org K-12 students will learn about whales, seals, sharks, and penguins.

http://windows.engin.umich.edu:80 Sponsored by NASA; interactive presentation of earth and space sciences.

http://www.wnet.org/savageearth PBS site explaining volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. i

http://www.yucky.com Features the world of worms and roaches.

Social Studies Links

http://www.activehistory.co.uk/top_activities/index.htm Pick your grade level and a period in history and you are ready for amazing interactive history lessons. There’s even a place for the teacher to compose her own quizzes over what the students have been studying! i

http://www.americancivilwar.com/civil.html Great site if you're a Civil War enthusiast. Timelines, state battle maps, battle statistics, pictures, music and military biographies make this a wonderful history resource.

http://www.americanpresident.org/ AmericanPresident.org offers two perspectives on the presidency: the Presidency in History, and the Presidency in Action. For information on any of the 43 historical presidents, please visit Presidency in History. For information on the function, responsibilities, and organization of the modern presidency, please visit Presidency in Action.

http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/toolbox Journalist Toolbox through the American Press Institute - Links to newspapers around the world.

http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International.

http://www.annefrank.nl The Anne Frank website where you can visit her virtual house where she and her family hid from the Nazis. i

http://www.animatedatlas.com/index.html If you teach American History, you have to see this site! There's a free, 10-minute movie depicting the growth of America and how the states were formed. In addition, students can view a scrollable timeline that ranges from 1776 to the present. The timeline presents a horizontal display which includes information on states, presidents, territories, society and culture. This format also allows students to align world events vertically which will help them connect otherwise unrelated events. For example, the first steamboat on the Mississippi reached New Orleans the same year that Jane Austen completed Sense and Sensibilities.

http://www.apva.org "Virtual Jamestown" with documents, maps, art, and census data. i

http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc Need to create specific maps? Use the interactive technology available at this site to help!

http://www.askasia.org/ Comprehensive site which has lesson plans, readings, maps, photos, drawings and timelines - all about Asia.

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp Run by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School; provides historical documents from law, history and diplomacy.

http://www.bartleby.com/124/index.html Site where you will find the inaugural addresses of all the presidents.

http://www.catea.org/grade/legal/index.html Everything you want your secondary students to know about the Federal Court System may be found here!

http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/ Interesting information on countries worldwide including culture, economics, government and religion.

http://www.congresslink.org/ Link to the Dirksen Congressional Center. Explains how the Congress works, with information about its members and leaders, pending legislation and the public policies it produces.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/67hornbek/67hornbek.htm Maps, memoirs and classroom resources that tell the story of a Colorado woman who defied gender stereotypes to become a pioneer rancher.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en This site is dedicated to Europe's most famous pre-historic cave, the Cave of Lascaux. It has been closed to the public since 1963, but a virtual tour is still possible. Fascinating story of history and the chances for survival of this landmark.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ Great site that allows students to explore history through timelines, newspaper articles, court cases, documents, film and e-lectures.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html Fascinating look at pre-historic animals. Learn their sizes, what they ate, when they lived and who their closest living relative is. i

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm Extensive site which explores ancient world cultures in great depth.

http://education.usgs.gov The USGS and Science Education - The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life.

http://www.familysearch.org This site, created and run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is one of the most comprehensive genealogical databases in the world. Over 600 million names are categorized along with census legal and military records.

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu Official website of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York; includes photos and over 10,000 digitized documents.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Extensive set of collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, maps and articles. Ancient, medieval and modern history are included.

http://www.geolit.org/ Website of the Geo-Literacy Global Project. It is designed to address standards and help students become literate in local history, geography, geology and ecology. By working with local and internet resources, students learn to develop web pages.

www.History-Quest.com Fun site with games, simulations and thematic units for U.S. History.

http://www.historywiz.org/ This site presents a multi-media approach to history. The links are organized into time period, place, resource and topic. Well worth a look!

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Choose from people, events, maps or history, then pick science, culture, religion or politics. An interactive timeline will then be displayed. Simply click on the name or title you want and the information you want will pop up beside the timeline. i

http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/ Interesting site from the Library of Congress concerning life in the world before the 1492 voyage of Columbus.

http://www.keytech.com/~frizzell/ohspage.html The Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society consists of five departments within its structure. First and foremost is the Indian Archives. Created in 1934, the collection contains 3.5 million documents pertaining to 67 tribes who were indigenous to Oklahoma or were forcibly removed west of the Mississippi River and resettled within the borders of the state during the l9th Century. Of these records, the Five Civilized Tribes are most prominent.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic KIDS – Videos, activities, games, and stories for kids from National Geographic.

http://learning.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/gw/gwintro.html Consists of three lessons examining George Washington's leadership in the French and Indian War, at the Federal Convention, and as chief executive. They are based on primary source documents from George Washington Papers, 1741-1799. The lessons are intended for secondary students, grades 8-12. The documents from Washington's Letterbooks include focus questions that may be used in Socratic seminars, cooperative learning, individual and group work.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Provides a chronological, interactive perspective of American history; includes maps, paintings, photographs timelines.

http://www.lewis-clark.org Comprehensive website about the travels and discoveries of Lewis and Clark. Read their journal entries, study old maps and letters or follow their journey.

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html Explore American history with our collection of historic artifacts and documents
from New England.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/poetry/poem.html Personal stories collected by the Works Progress Administration. In particular, students write "found poetry" based on the stories found in this collection.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html Created by the Library of Congress, this site is searchable by keyword, topic, era or format. Gives access to everything from sound recordings of election speeches and vaudeville sheet music to maps, bubblegum cards and George Washington's letters.

http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mi/mi.asp Website for the Statistics Division of the United Nations - tons of data on most countries!

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/indian/index.html In the late 1800s, the United States supported an educational experiment that the government hoped would change the traditions and customs of American Indians. Special boarding schools were created in locations all over the United States with the purpose of "civilizing" American Indian youth . Thousands of Native American children were sent far from their homes to live in these schools and learn the ways of white culture. Many struggled with loneliness and fear away from their tribal homes and familiar customs. Some lost their lives to the influenza, tuberculosis, and measles outbreaks that spread quickly through the schools. Others thrived despite the hardships, formed lifelong friendships, and preserved their Indian identities.

Through photographs, letters, reports, interviews, and other primary documents, students explore the forced acculturation of American Indians through government-run boarding schools.

http://www.msichicago.org Site of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Students can enjoy virtual tours of cardiovascular images or the only captured German U-505 submarine from World War II.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic – products, lesson plan, and activities to help students learn about the world.

http://www.ncge.org National Council for Geographic Education – Resources, publications, events, and more relating to teaching geography.

http://www.ncjrs.org From the Justice Information Center, lots of data on the criminal system, law enforcement & corrections.

http://www.okbar.org Oklahoma Bar Association.

http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history PBS's history website - need we say more?

http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/news Society and politics from PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/ History Detectives is devoted to solving historical mysteries, searching out the true facts (and falsehoods) behind local folklore, family legends and interesting objects. Your students will love this site!

http://www.peacemakergame.com/ PeaceMaker is a single-player game in which one can choose to take the role of either the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President. The player reacts to in-game events, from diplomatic negotiations to military attacks, and interacts with eight other political leaders and social groups in order to establish a stable resolution to the conflict before his or her term in office ends. The two roles (the Israeli PM and the Palestinian President) are different in terms of gameplay, core balance and available actions. i

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/history_links.htm British site with lots of links and descriptions of great history websites for teachers and students.

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html Comprehensive site covering all aspects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire - photographs, maps, newspaper articles and eyewitness accounts. i

www.socialsecurity.gov Social Security and You is a set of materials for high school students that explains the Social Security system. It consists of five lessons plus an overview lesson that may be taught as a separate session. To support the lessons, fact sheets and student handouts, and quizzes are included. The handouts are in large print suitable for use as blackline masters for transparencies or overhead projectors. There is a 25 minute videotape.

http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/ Easy-to-use web site containing 10 themes of the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: Culture; Time, Continuity, Change; People, Places & Environments; Individual Identity; Groups & Institutions; Power; Production; Science; Global Connections; and Civic Ideals.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk British site giving a clear and in-depth analysis of such topics as the Medieval World, the Russian Revolution, British History, the USA 1840-1960, Railways, the Viet Nam War, and many others.

http://www.OK.gov The State of Oklahoma's web page.

http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html Anthropologists alert!. This site features stories from around the world on current discoveries and developments in the field of anthropology; from Texas A & M University.

http://www.thehistorynet.com Huge site filled with eyewitness accounts of wartime, personality profiles, and the great battles of world and American history. Well organized and easy to navigate!

http://themint.org Site from the National Council on Economic Education, it provides all you need for budgeting, saving or starting a business; there is a special section for parents and teachers with activities and lesson plans.

http://thwt.org/ Resources for Teaching History With Technology. Offers amazing site lists for e-texts for teaching, WebQuests, ThinkQuests, inquiry based learning activities and projects, PowerPoint presentations, Virtual Tours and Electronic Field Trips.

http://www.un.org/english/ We the Peoples – The United Nations on the Web.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/philosophers.html#l-z Research site which provides an alphabetical and/or chronological listing of all the major philosophers from Descartes to Sartre.

http://www.williamsontunnels.com An intriguing site that deals with a labyrinth of tunnels under a residential area in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

http://www.worldmapper.org/ Worldmapper - a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

http://www.wpafilmlibrary.com/ Over 8,000 film clips of historical events from the entire 20th century.

http://www.webteacher.org/winexp Are you totally lost on the internet highway and tired of the rest of the world speeding by at megabyte speed? This site is a self-paced Internet Tutorial that puts both basic and in-depth information about the Web at your fingertips!

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