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Registering for TED.com is free and open to anyone worldwide. With site membership you can create a profile page, contact other members, join the conversation on individual talks, save items to your favorites, and more. The user community, usability, aesthetic appeal, and quality of the content is all great! This site inspires new and innovative ideas, and can be appealing to teachers and students. I think it can be a great learning tool and provide for good discussion in higher grades, especially high school students. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

This is a free, easy to navigate resource for teachers where free worksheets, quiz ideas, and fun activities can be found. The website has free resources for Pre-K to Middle School grades.

This website is an interactive way for students to learn about famous historical figures and play fun games to check their knowledge. This website would be great for a student who has Existential Intelligence and loves to role-play and brainstorm ideas.

This free site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This site is very useful for implementing technology with teaching History. This particular site specializes in accommodating ages 4-11. Although teaching history to this age group can sometimes be a straining task, this particular website also offers educators an opportunity to stream their lessons for others to observe. This particular website also assists in interdisciplinary activities as the side bars include all subjects and lesson ideas. This particular site is extremely interactive and is can be an effective learning tool. Educators and students can also access the Contact Us link and receive assistance if needed. This site is also designed for student friendly access and is very easy for navigation.

This website offers teachers lots of great tools and ideas to incorporate in the classroom. Also there's a link to free worksheets and other fun stuff. There's a also a great link to some puzzles and games that you can use.

This website gives ideas for science fair experiments that can be done in the classroom. It is free and students can access it at home. The experiments do not require special equipment and specific skills.

This is a website for students from grades K -12 and after selecting the grade level students are provided with stories, play and learn games, picture dictionary, homework topics, "Career Corner". The section for educators has useful project ideas and websites that can be helpful in your science class. It is free and everybody with internet can access it.