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The big myth is a website of stories from around the world of how the earth was created.

There is a free trial version of the materials in the National Library of virtual manipulatives. Math topics Numbers and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement and Data Analysis & Probablity are covered. I did not come across anything asking for money so I a not certain there is a cost. There are tons of manipulatives to access from each of the above categories. This site is associated with the Uta State University.

Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad is all about the underground railroad.

This page was shared by Joyce Valenza a teacher-librarian at Springfield Township High School in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania. This page has numerous links to resources for educators to use in creating online content.

If you are building online courses in Moodle, here is a link that was created by a teacher-librarian of a school here in Pennsylvania. She has organized numerous resources that can be added to your moodle course.

Cacoo is a site that allows the users to create diagrams online in realtime. It also has built in chat features for collaborating.

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A good way to get students blogging in a safe, secure environment.

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Middlespot is an innovative web site for social bookmarking that allows users to collect sites in a visual way. This would be a great tool for teachers to organize content appropriate web sites and then share them with their students.

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A fun site for creating animated slide shows that has lots of content to choose from. This site will let users create amazing slide shows and edit and share photos.

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This is a user friendly site that uses a drag-and-drop interface to edit and mix video. "Dragontape is a collaborative webservice that lets you create 3-hour mixtapes of your favorite YouTube videos and SoundCloud clips. Mixtapes are easy to use, simple to share with friends, and let you focus on having a good time watching videos."

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"Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials. Our emphasis is on making the Web site appealing by offering kids opportunities to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, we offer teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms."

"The History Place is a private, independent, Internet-only publication based in the Boston area that is not affiliated with any political group or organization. The Web site presents a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, with great care given to accuracy."

Sexting in America Part 2 full video

Sexting in American with privates go publich part 3 full video

Sexting in America when publics go private part 4 of the video

"AwesomeStories is a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose - since the site was first launched in 1999 - is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, useums, historical societies and government-created web sites"

Free subscription to articles on a variety of topics such as health & medicine, mind & brain, technology, space, human origins, living world, environment, physics & math. There are also videos, photos and podcasts

This is an online course called the Habitable Planet. Users can select content by unit which lists all of the topics coveredn in the course or content by type which lists what is available to users. The content by type includes the online textbook in pdf format, videos, interactive labs, visuals, scientists, professional development guide and a glossary. It looks very organized.

Absurd Math is an interactive mathematical problem solving game series. The player proceeds on missions in a strange world where the ultimate power consists of mathematical skill and knowledge. Many of the pages have hidden clues and areas. Anytime a player needs help, they may email our staff for assistance. We try to respond within two days. Teachers and parents, email us for answer keys.

Pi Trivia Game

Auto Leasing: The Art of the Deal A consumer's Guide to Smart Car Leasing.