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Map (including downloadable pdf version) of Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit numbers from the PAIU.

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Great Visual Aid when talking about the Electoral College. GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

An interactive Electoral College map for 2008 and a history of Presidential elections in the United States.

CFDA provides a full listing of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

The TerraServer-USA Web site is one of the world's largest online databases, providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.

Post with links to free images and sounds for student projects. Multiple websites for public domain images and sounds that are safe for student searching. You will find glorious photo landscapes, character illustrations of fairy tale characters, tornado sound effects, and more. In addition, the writer included suggested curriculum units that could be supported through the use of the websites.

A mediascape is composed of sounds, images and video placed outside in your local area. To see the images and video, and hear the sounds you need a handheld computer (PDA) and a pair of headphones. An optional GPS unit can automatically trigger the images, video and sounds in the right places. To create a mediascape, you start with a digital map of your local area. Using special, free software, you can attach digital sounds, pictures and video to places that you choose on the map (see below). By going outside into the area the map covers, you can experience the mediascape. Using the handheld computer and headphones, you can hear the sounds and see the pictures and video in the places the author of the mediascape has put them. All sorts of exciting things can happen as you explore the mediascape.

Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. Developed and approved by teachers and parents across the United States, Literactive is the acknowledged leader in early learning online. All the material is available for free from this site but you need to register.

The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects." The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by multimedia technicians who create the learning objects for the online environment. At present, 409 WTCS faculty members have authored learning objects. The Wisc-Online digital library contains 2542 objects that are accessible to all WTCS faculty at no cost and with copyright clearance for use in any WTCS classroom or online application. Other colleges, universities, and consortia from throughout the United States and around the world use the library with permission. Current use of the learning object repository exceeds 20,000 hits per day. Learning objects are designed and developed by a team of instructional designers, editors, technicians, and student interns.

Internet 4 Classrooms page that presents tips, instructional theories, research, and sample units on differentiated instruction.

The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) provides access through group or item records to more than 50% of the Division's holdings, as well as to some images found in other units of the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanie

Use this web site to search data bases on information involving the United States Congress.

"A series of lessons for creating and implementing a classroom economy. Students learn an introduction to economics by being actively involved in a mini economy, named MoneyInstructor-nomics. This 10-week unit is compressed into 15 lessons. Each lesson includes background, objectives for the teacher, a detailed, sep-by-step plan, a selection of student activities, questions, journal topics, examples, or templates. The lessons begin with an overview for the teacher, sample parent letter, background, objectives, and class activities."

Lesson plans and resources for using Howard Zinn's _A People's History of the United States_ in your classroom.

Use animals as 'non-standard' units to weigh others.   'We're going to weigh the duck! What shall we use to weigh with?' 'How many hedgehogs do you think we will need to balance the scales? Count with me.' 'I've put on 2, how many more do you think are needed? Come and count on some more to see if we are right.' 'Whoops, I've put too many on. How many shall I take off?'

lets you pretty much identify any job you want - in any location (in the United States) you want - and tells you the base pay for that occupation. The application is very accessible to English Language Learners.

We believe todays students have tremendous potential, are interested in making connections between their academic study and careers, and deserve widely accessible career information. Who are we? Our World Interactive is a not-for profit web and film project jointly produced by WHYY (the Philadelphia and Delaware public broadcasting affiliate) and GlenDevon Group (a private company), Life Science Career Alliance (an industry and education partnership) and the Chester County Intermediate Unit (an educational service agency). . WHAT We offer EXPLORE YOUR FUTURE is an interactive website for job and career exploration targeted to teenagers and young adults in middle school through college and the mentors who advise them. OUR WORLD is a film series highlighting a broad spectrum of careers within one or more industry clusters.

"Students at Asher Public School, Asher, Oklahoma, are currently collaborating with students in Illinois, Indiana, and Washington using a global platform that consists of the project Ning, Wiki, and Skype. The Ning is located at: http:dontextandrive.ning.com/. Membership into the Ning is representative of their pledge not to text and drive. The Ning sufficiently addresses current research, data, laws, and even legislation through active blogging and forum discussion exchanges. We are interested in collaborating with schools from within the United States to outside. This is a global issue and deserves global attention. We want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Please join us."

Cloud computing and gaming are among the six technologies that will have a major positive impact on K-12 education in the next few years, according to researchers. But education also faces some critical challenges in that timeframe, including challenges that may require fundamental changes to the way we educate in the United States.