Links+for+Students

=All Subjects=
 * 1) Michigan Electronic Library, []
 * 2) Etymology Dictionary, @http://www.etymonline.com/
 * 3) Dictionary, thesaurus, flashcards and quotes, http://dictionary.reference.com
 * 4) Newsela, [], Nonfiction Literature. Articles may be chosen by lexile level.
 * 5) thinkcerca.com, @http://www.thinkcerca.com, Has content which can be read to students.
 * 6) http://www.dogonews.com/, @http://www.dogonews.com/
 * 7) Dr. Jean, @http://drjean.org/
 * 8) Making Learning Fun, @http://makinglearningfun.com/
 * 9) Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots, []
 * 10) []
 * 11) Color Matters, @http://www.colormatters.com/
 * 12) @http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1

=Reading Street= = = =Search Engine=
 * Students will use their school logins replacing the hyphen with an underscore.
 * http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
 * Cybersleuth Kids, []

=All Subjects= = = =Math=
 * Fun Brain, @http://www.funbrain.com/
 * Highlights, @http://www.highlightskids.com/
 * ABC Ya, @http://www.abcya.com


 * 5th Grade Math Games
 * Multiplication Pre-test, @http://www.multiplication.com/quiz/quickquiz1-9/quiz1-9.htm
 * Civiballs 2, @http://www.mathplayground.com/logic_civiballs2.html

=Holiday Games=
 * Christmas Games, http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games.htm
 * Make a Flake, @http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
 * Civiballs, @http://hoodamath.com/games/civiballs2.php
 * Save the Penguin, @http://hoodamath.com/games/savethepenguin.php
 * Hide Caesar, @http://hoodamath.com/games/hidecaesar2.php
 * Mechanics, http://hoodamath.com/games/mechanics.php>

=English, Language, Reading, Writing, Spelling=
 * 1) Navajo Code Talkers Dictionary, @http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/navajo-code-talker-dictionary.html
 * 2) Wordle, []
 * 3) Guess the Wordle, [|http://guessthewordle.pbworks.com]
 * 4) Make Beliefs Comix, [|http://www.makebeliefscomix.com]
 * 5) BombyTV2, @http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/v2
 * 6) Voicethread, [|http://ed.voicethread.com]
 * 7) Roy the Zebra, [|http://www.roythezebra.com]
 * 8) GameGoo, [|http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html](For Beginning Readers)
 * 9) Scholastic's Character Scrapbook, []
 * 10) Mrs. P, [|http://www.mrsp.com]
 * 11) Storyline Online, [|http://www.storylineonline.net]
 * 12) Kids' Space, [|http://www.kids-space.org]
 * 13) Friendly Letter Writing Generator, []
 * 14) Poetry
 * Rhyme It, @http://rhymeit.com/
 * Rap Flocabulary, @http://www.flocabulary.com/multies.html
 * Instant Poetry Forms, []
 * @https://www.oncolink.org/coping/poetry/
 * How to Rap, @http://www.ehow.com/how_4543509_learn-rap-be-rap-superstar.html
 * @http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Freestyle-Rap-Battle
 * @http://www.rhymer.com/
 * 1) wnCarl's Corner, @http://carlscorner.us.com/
 * 2) Songwriting, @http://easy-song-writing.com/articles/songbasics.asp
 * 3) Songwriting, @http://www.musiciansnetwork.com/network/Songwriting/index.html
 * 4) Musicians' Network, @http://www.musiciansnetwork.com/
 * 5) Reading ECB, @http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html?login
 * 6) Story Bird, []
 * 7) Marvel Comics, []
 * 8) Wordless Comics, @http://kmgraphicstorytelling.blogspot.com/2009/09/wordless-comics-calvin-and-hobbes.html
 * 9) The Hole Truth, @http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113061/, The Hole Truth is a unit study based on Louis Sachar's book, __Holes__, winner of both the 1999 Newbury Award and National Book Awards.
 * 10) Greek Mythology: Gods, Titans and More, @http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110010/, This project explains the main figures in many myths of Greek mythology. This site does not intend to explain all of mythology, but to demonstrate how the main characters relate to one another.
 * 11) Unscramble the letters CHEAT, @http://www.design215.com/toolbox/wordfind.php
 * 12) Seussville, @http://www.seussville.com/
 * 13) Anagrammer, @http://www.wordplays.com/anagrammer
 * 14) Joke of the Day, @http://www.kidsjokesoftheday.com/
 * 15) Wacky Tales, @http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
 * 16) @http://www.wordcentral.com/
 * 17) http://www.gingersoftware.com/punctuation-checker#.VpwyQFMrJdA

Advanced Language
 * 1) Emily Dickinson, "I'm Nobody! Who are you?", @http://www.gradesaver.com/emily-dickinsons-collected-poems/study-guide/summary-im-nobody-who-are-you

=Digital Story Creation=


 * Digitales, The Art of Telling Digital Stories, @http://digitales.us/
 * Scott County Schools Digital Storytelling, @http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html
 * Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling, University of Houston, @http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
 * Center for Digital Storytelling, @http://www.storycenter.org/
 * Telling Their Stories, The Urban School of San Francisco, @http://tellingstories.org/index.html
 * Next Exit, @http://www.nextexit.com/nextexit/showframeset.html
 * Jason Ohler, @http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/index.cfm
 * Primary Access, @http://www.primaryaccess.org/
 * American Memory Library of Congress, @http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html


 * Create a Bibliography**, Give credit to the sources you use!
 * @http://www.bibme.org/


 * Audio Editing**,
 * Audacity, @http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
 * Aviary, @http://www.aviary.com/
 * Jam Studio, @http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm


 * Working with Images**,
 * LiveQuartz, http://www.rhapsoft.com/ (Mac Only)
 * Splash Up, @http://www.splashup.com/
 * SuperLame, @http://www.superlame.com/, Adding comic word balloons to your pictures.
 * Tagul, @http://tagul.com/, Wordie type tag clouds with shapes
 * Blabberize, @http://blabberize.com/
 * Morphthing, @http://www.morphthing.com/, Merge two photos into one.
 * GoAnimate, @http://goanimate4schools.com/public_index, lessons, tools and sharing libraries
 * Vovox, @http://www.vuvox.com/
 * Engadget, @http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/19/how-to-make-your-own-photo-mosaics/, Learn how to turn your photos into mosaics.
 * Multicolor Search Lab, @http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/
 * Liteflick, @http://liteflick.com/, Search Flickr
 * Behold, @http://www.behold.cc/, Search Flickr
 * Flickr Storm, @http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/, Flickr Storm for digital Storytelling.
 * How to Use Flickr Storm for Digital Storytelling, PDF


 * Storyboarding**
 * Vimeo, @http://vimeo.com/20028782, Video lesson explaining Storyboarding.


 * Royalty Free Media**
 * Soundz Abound, @http://www.soundzabound.com/, Royalty free music accessed online from anywhere
 * Digital Juice, @http://www.digitaljuice.com/, Royalty free video clips from Digital Juice
 * Freefoto, @http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
 * Dreamstime, @http://www.dreamstime.com/
 * American Rhetoric, @http://www.americanrhetoric.com/. Free speeches
 * Sound Clips, @http://www.findsounds.com/
 * Kids Music, @http://freekidsmusic.com/
 * Video, @http://www.kitzu.com/
 * Library of Congress Pictures, @http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
 * Library of Congress, Digital Collections, @http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html


 * Video Editing**
 * JumpCut, @http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/editingsoftware/p/jumpcut.htm
 * JayCut, @http://jaycut.com/


 * Copyright**
 * Fair Use Guidelines, http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm


 * Research**
 * @http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/pdfs/Dogan-DS-Research-2008.pdf

Study Guides
=Word Games=
 * Cursive Writing**
 * [[file:Cursive Writing Model.pdf]]
 * @http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/uppercase.htm
 * @http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/cursive.html
 * Chicktionary, @http://www.clubbing.com/Pages/Games/GamePlay.aspx?game=Chicktionary&mode=play
 * Seekadoo, @http://www.clubbing.com/Pages/Games/GamePlay.aspx?game=Seekadoo&mode=play
 * Spelling City, @http://www.spellingcity.com/brindlet/

= = =Science=
 * 1) American Lung Association, @http://www.lung.org/
 * 2) Ask Dr. Universe, @http://druniverse.wsu.edu/
 * 3) The Aurora Page, @http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
 * 4) Beakman and Jax, @http://www.beakman.com/
 * 5) Brainpop Science, @http://www.brainpop.com/science/
 * 6) Discovery Channel Online, @http://dsc.discovery.com/
 * 7) Earth Science Enterprise, NASA for Kids, @http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
 * 8) Exploratorium, @http://www.exploratorium.edu/
 * 9) Fear of Physics, @http://www.fearofphysics.com/
 * 10) The Futures Channel, [|http://www.thefutureschannel.com]
 * 11) The Human Journey, @http://www.humanjourney.us/index.html
 * 12) Hunkin's Experiments, @http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/
 * 13) Kids' National Geographic, @http://www.kidsnationalgeographic.com/
 * 14) Leonardo's Machines, []
 * 15) MIT - K12 Science Videos, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/
 * 16) NASA Kids, @http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
 * 17) NASA Kid's Club (Space Exploration), []
 * 18) Neuroscience for Kids, @http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
 * 19) National Air and Space Museum, @http://airandspace.si.edu/
 * 20) National Institute of Environmental Health Services, @http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/
 * 21) Nation Science Foundation Classroom Resources, @http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/index.jsp
 * 22) Oceanlink, @http://www.oceanlink.info/
 * 23) PBS Kids: Zoom Science, @http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
 * 24) Popular Science, @http://www.popsci.com/
 * 25) Rader's Biology for Kids, @http://www.biology4kids.com/
 * 26) Rader's Chemistry for Kids, @http://www.chem4kids.com/
 * 27) Rader's Geography for Kids, @http://www.geography4kids.com/
 * 28) Reeko's Mad Scientist's Lab, @http://www.reekoscience.com/
 * 29) Rex Rampage, @http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110026/
 * 30) Rob's Granite Pgae, @http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/index.html
 * 31) Science 4 Kids, Agricultural Research Service of the USDA, @http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
 * 32) Science Bob, @http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php
 * 33) Science Boot Camp, @http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/learn.php
 * 34) Science Made Simple, @http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
 * 35) Science TV, @http://www.science.tv/
 * 36) Smithsonian Museums, @http://www.si.edu/
 * 37) Steve Spangler Science YOUTUBE, @http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience/
 * 38) Steve Spangler Science, @http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/
 * 39) Switcheroo Zoo, @http://www.switcheroozoo.com/
 * 40) VideoJug: Science Experiments, @http://www.videojug.com/tag/science-cool-experiments
 * 41) Whale Songs, @http://www.whalesongs.org/
 * 42) Yuckiest Site on the Internet, @http://kids.discovery.com/
 * 43) 4th Grade
 * Unit 1: Heat Electricity and Magnetism
 * Motion from Heat, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/403/deploy/interface.html
 * Water Current and Electric Current, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/404/deploy/interface.html
 * ( ADVANCED ) Series and Parallel Circuits: A Water Analogy, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/series-and-parallel-circuits-a-water-analogy
 * Electri-Fried Circuits, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/electri-fried-circuits
 * Electricity from Solar Cells, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/electricity-from-solar-cells
 * The Blobz Guide to Electric Current, @http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html
 * Electric Circuits, @http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/main.html
 * Learning Circuits, @http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/
 * Electric Circuit Builder, @http://ictmagic.sharedby.co/share/1lYcJq
 * Unit 2: Properties and Changes of Matter
 * Heat Makes the Difference, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/501/deploy/interface.html
 * Zooming in on Matter, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/502/deploy/interface.html
 * Evaporation and Condensation, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/408/deploy/interface.html
 * Zooming in on Matter, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/502/deploy/interface.html
 * Unit 3: Relationships and Requirements of Living Things
 * A Typical Insect, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/415/deploy/interface.html
 * Science Net Links, @http://sciencenetlinks.com/collections/videos-grades-3-5/
 * Invertebrates: Krill: The Food Chain, @http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/invertebrates-kids/krill-kids/
 * Life Cycle of a Fern, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/416/deploy/interface.html
 * Animal Migration, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/417/deploy/interface.html
 * Nonliving Factors, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/413/deploy/interface.html
 * Antarctic Ocean Food Web, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/414/deploy/interface.html
 * Fossils, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/608/deploy/interface.html
 * Build the Food Chain: Chain Reaction, @http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm
 * Another Link in the Food Chain, @http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html
 * An Ecological System, @http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_ecosystem.html
 * Planet Pals, Ecosystems and Food Chains, http://www.planetpals.com/foodchain.html#chart
 * NOVA: Beneath the Waters of the Cocos Islands, @http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_vid_cocos/
 * Energy Flow on a Farm: Another Food Chain, @http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_int_energyflow/
 * Role of Decomposers in an Ecosystem, @http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_vid_decompose/
 * Endangered Species in Michigan, @http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/mi.htm
 * Michigan DNR Threatened and Endangered Species, @http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10370_12141_12168---,00.html
 * US Fish and Wildlife Service Michigan Threatened and Endangered Species Lists, @http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/lists/michigan-cty.html
 * Michigan Electronic Library, Use the Kids Link and Information sources such as Kids Infobits to find articles such as :"Classifying Animals." __Fun for Kidz__. May-June 2004. Vol. 3, i3. page 34. ONLINE: @http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=lom_accessmich&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&seg=0&c=3&sub=%2522Animal+Taxonomy%2522&ste=35&sitem=1&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=Animal+Taxonomy&citem=1_0&docNum=A116186160&bConts=2
 * Unit 4: Sun, Moon, and Earth
 * Full Moon to New Moon, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/410/deploy/interface.html
 * Phases of the Moon, @http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/509/deploy/interface.html
 * Reason for the Seasons, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/the-reason-for-the-seasons
 * Earth's Tilt: Land of the Midnight Sun, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/earths-tilt-land-of-the-midnight-sun
 * Teacher's Domain Web sites are moving to PBS Learning Media on October 15, 2013. @http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
 * 1) 5th Grade
 * 2) Space: So Close and So Far!, @http://k12videos.mit.edu/content/space-so-close-and-so-far
 * 3) NASA: Photojournal, @http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
 * 4) NASA Space Place, http://spaceplace.nasa.gov
 * 5) @http://quest.nasa.gov/
 * 6) Relationships among Living Things, []
 * 7) Lichen-Covered Trees for the Moth Study
 * 1) @http://quest.nasa.gov/
 * 2) Relationships among Living Things, []
 * 3) Lichen-Covered Trees for the Moth Study

=Social Studies=
 * 1) Central Intelligence Agency for Kids, []
 * 2) Michigan Government for Kids, []
 * 3) The 50 States (4th grade), @http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/us_state_games/
 * 4) Shadow Leagues, @http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112883/, This web site is about Negro League Baseball. It covers the history, players, teams, problems the teams had, the Negro Hall of Famers, and the Negro League Baseball Museum. This web site also has a quiz covering facts from the web site.
 * 5) Through our Eyes, Hearts, and Minds, @http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110055/, This site not only offers documentary style writing, but historical fiction, interviews, quotes and photographs about the events.
 * 6) @https://newsela.com/

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