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

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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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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.

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

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.

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

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Students can view and learn about museum artifacts and air and space history.

Site sponsored by the National Earth Science Teachers Association. Allows students to explore and learn about earth and space sciences and related topics in the humanities include mythology, art, poetry, and more.

Cells alive covers a variety of cell related topics with interactives that make learning easier due to the visuals provided.

This site links to the American Museum of Natural History. There are a number of topics to select and then learn about. It looks very engaging.

"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."

"Want to learn how to quickly square a number that ends in 5? Or how to tell if a number is divisible by 3? Or maybe you'd like to learn how to calculate square roots by hand? That's the kind of fun and fascinating math tricks and trivia you'll find here at CuriousMath.com."

Mathematics is a live science with new discoveries being made every day. The frontier of mathematics is an exciting place, where mathematicians experiment and play with creative and imaginative ideas. Many of these ideas are accessible to young children. Others (infinity is a good example) are ideas that have already piqued many children's curiosity, but their profound mathematical importance is not widely known or understood. The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together.

Explore the art of M.C. Escher, who used math ideas to create beautiful-and seemingly impossible-images.

Interactiaves British and Metric Conversions

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

Pi Trivia Game

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.

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.