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"Today's kids connect, create, and collaborate through media. But who helps them reflect on the implications of their actions? Who empowers them to make responsible, respectful, and safe choices about how they use the powerful digital tools at their command? Our Common Sense Parent Media Education Program and our Digital Citizenship Curriculum give educators, administrators, and parents the tools and curricula they need to guide a generation in becoming responsible digital citizens."

Free materials on Internet safety, cyberbulling, digital citizenship, parent materials also included.

Records from the kennedy administration now online.

FREE federal resources for Educational Excellence. This site has it all--lessons, videos, documents and more. All content areas are included.

site that provides lesson plans and other resources for teachers. I signed up and found some interesting lessons. There seems to be a lot to go through. On the home page you will see a quick video tutorial about the site that I recommend you check out.

This site h as links to free worksheets for Math and Language Arts. This is the coolest site. It appears to all be free. The worksheets look great.

If you aren't into worksheets, some of these worksheets provide great ideas for flipchart pages and interactive activities.

TeAchnology is a site that has tons of resources for teachers. There are worksheets, lesson plans, rubrics, teacher resources, printables, tools, tips and there is a membership option. Some of the materials are available free as samples but if you want access to all of them I believe it is 29.99 a year.

This site contains tons of links to free teacher resources. The home page currently has 6 categories which users can clink on and then go deeper into a specific area. The categories are chatboards which can be by grade, subject and state; classified ads which are free teacher classified ads, classroom projects with hundreds of project ideas, lesson plans, teacher jobs, teacher mailings for teachers to subscribe to for free.

Posterous sites are the simple way to send your message where you need it. Posterous groups are great for sharing privately via email, mobile, or the web. Discuss, collaborate, or just keep everyone on the same page, whether it's colleagues, a club, team, group of friends, or family

"The tools listed below all give you the ability to not only star in, but create, edit, publish, and share your very own artistic video making awesomeness. The fun doesn't end there, from creating your own slide shows, to your very own karaoke videos, to niche market videos for all of your multi-purpose uses from your business to your creative endeavors"

Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.

"Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science. Scitable currently concentrates on genetics and cell biology , which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms. Scitable also offers resources for the budding scientist, with advice about effective science communication and career paths ."

Inside Japens Nuclear reactors.

Math by design is a math simulation where students are part of the TRC Architectural firm.

Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.

This math site was created to help students. It is an on-going work in progress and will be updated periodically. There are a lot of free math worksheets on the site.

Their passionate concern about climate change and love for the natural environment, and a grant from the National Science Foundation to Paul, created the opportunity to capture, in the form of "Video Storytelling," the voices of the Arctic, and the scientists who study it.

About.com search results page for Coriolis Effect

Video explaining the Coriolis Effect.

Video explaining the Coriolis Effect, as well as, a hands-on activity that could help your students better understand the Coriolis Effect.

Coriolis Effect - This site provides a definition of the Coriolis Effect; talks about air; describes the Coriolis in the real world; and provides a quiz. Caution - some spelling errors but visuals are good.

Interactive where you can see tropical cyclones that date back as far as 1950.