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Study Ladder is filled with free activities created by educators. The activities are categorized by content areas. Within the categories items are broken down by topic or grade level. It's a free resource, thousands of activities are available.

Study Ladder is filled with free activities created by educators. The activities are categorized by content areas. Within the categories items are broken down by topic or grade level. It's a free resource, thousands of activities are available.

This National Geographic site, suitable for grades 6-12, makes excellent use of multimedia to explore the pyramids individually, and place themwithin historical context. It also includes photos and videos from King Tut's Final secrets as well as other ancient Egypt resources

This site offers an introduction to mathematics and its variety of topics. It's not just for kids, it's for everyone (even if you aren't a number nut).

This wesite provides math activities, lesson plans, projects, worksheets, homwork help, videos, games, flash cards and many more.

Ecokids the award-winning environmental education site from Earth Day Canada

Fun Science games This site allows the user to filter by experiments, comics, games and videos

This website is amazing. It is a maaaassive interactive list of web 2.0 tools, complete with links, tutorials, reviews, descriptions, strengths, weaknesses, and samples aimed directly at teachers. If you want to feel overwhelmed with possibilities, check it out. I've been trying to experiment with one or two things from their list each day and have already found a couple I'm in love with (see big think above).

This is a tool designed for history classrooms but able to be adapted to any discipline.

Free site that looks like it would be fun for kids.

Terminix has launched an educational website with insect lessons. The website is built around the character Harry, a praying mantis who guides visitors through resources for teachers and students. The educator center provides teachers with curriculum guides and lesson plans, created by entomologists at Audubon Insectarium and Terminix, that correlate with National Science Teacher Association standards.

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Conceptua Math has some free tools available for users. While there is a subscription with conceptua math, the free things look interesting and worth checking out.

Some free online fraction tools for teachers.

Shmoop, a publisher of digital educational resources, has added pre-algebra to its list of free learning guides. The online Pre-Algebra Learning guides contain hundreds of topics with succinct explanations, diagrams, interactive examples, practice problems, and real-world applications. Pre algebra is Shmoop's first foray beyond its core humanities offerings. At the home page click on the pre algebra tab

Free is always good to check out.

Collection of resources for teachers and especially students. Great number of study tools and skill builders. Especially great because it has resources on "The Outsiders" and "The Pigman" for 7th Grade Resources.

Bill of Rights Institute Resources and lessons.

The Bill of Rights Institute has released a new game, Life Without the Bill of Rights? This free click-and explor activity asks students to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms. Life Without the Bill of Rights? invites studetns to understand the significance of their constitutionally protected rihts, including freedom of religion, speech, and press; freedom from unreasonable search and seizure; and the rights of private property. Other free resources include an interactive module that allows studetns to "travel through time" to converse with the Founding Fathers and report on the Constitutional Convention.

This site has a variety of resources related to history.com. It includes topics for discussion, tv shows, this day in history, videos, and games.

Scholastic is a partner of thinkfinity.

Spanish version of AAA math

Spanish version of AAA math

Both of these presentations are excellent. If you have whiteboard or clickers in your school or use promethean software you will learn so much from Deb Pickerings presentation. I recommend that everyone take time to review these archived presentations.

Excellent keynote speakers. I highly recommend these archived presentations.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Picturing the 1930's.

Picturing the 1930's. This is through the Smithsonian. Learn about the 1930's through art, music , newsreels, memoriabilia, historic documents, photographs, etc.

The literature life and times of Edgar Allan Poe

Interesting site on Edgar Allan Poe for anyone who works with poetry.

Type racer is a global typing race. Looks like a great way to practice and have fun at the same time.

This looks like a fun site to motivate students to work on their keyboarding skills.

Online math test activities for students and teachers of all grade levels.