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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.

Math Playground is a website in which the students can practice math in a fun way. This website give students big variety of math games, math word problems, logical puzzles, and math videos. It is a free website. Students can access the website if they have a internet access.

This website takes you step by step in the process of creating a quiz on excel. It is very helpful for creating a quick skill and drill worksheets.

This website provides quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). It is very helpful is you have ESL students in your classroom. It is a free website.

Educational games are a great tool for building foundation math and language skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free.

Portal to a collection of education sites.

This is a great website with tons and tons of resources for assessment. There are rubrics for incorporating technology in various subject areas.

FreshBrain is a free social networking site designed to give teens a chance to explore technology in a safe way. It allows students to create different projects and share them with other teens but the site focuses heavily on being a safe environment for students.

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 is a free website that allows you to use different media sources to help you supplement learning in your classroom. It's free and can be used from grades PreK to 12. Its very easy to use and can also help you align lessons to standards.

This website is very helpful when looking for tips on how to to integrate technology while differentiating instruction.

This free website provides innovative way for students to enhance their knowledge in Science, Social Studies and beyond. It provides games as well as videos that will promote investigative learning among students of all ages. If an educator chooses to utilize this site, it would be very helpful if the educator knew the concept as this website has many activities and links. It is fairly easy to navigate. The colors may not be as appealing as other websites, but the content of this site is very effective when being utilized as a learning tool. This particular site is designed for students in grades k-8, depending on the content.

This website provides the students an opportunity to allow History to come alive!! This site promotes the content while integrating the technology that makes History fascinating and fun. Students can also access different museums as well as interact with historical figures and places This site would be excellent when using web quests and virtual field trips. This site is easy to manipulate and navigate and this site also provides the educator with tips and guides for lesson design. I believe this is an effective learning tool, especially when differentiating instruction. This site is completely free, and the content is age appropriate, especially when conducting student lead activities.

This website would be great to use for web quests. It is a website created for kids to obtain knowledge about historical figures and events. It is also categorized for primary to middle school. This site lists governmental sites that are kid friendly and and also allows students to upload reports as well. I find this site particularly useful because each age group as well as the educator have separate links that can be accessed and used for educational purposes. This site also provides visitors to make suggestions on how this site can be improved. I think this is extremely helpful because you get the opinions of the students as well. This site is essential when learning about laws and constitutional vocabulary that may sometimes not be fully explained in the textbook.

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 is excellent for teaching world history. This is a free website is excellent for teaching world history to students in grades k-8. It provides students with time to interact with ancient artifacts from different parts of the world such as Egypt, Greece, China and etc. This site is very helpful in navigating through historical concepts as site is designed for student friendly access. The vivid colors and topics are appealing to all students, especially those who have display an appetite for historical adventures. This website also assists in the process of differentiated instruction due to the plethora of instructional avenues an educator can choose from. Due to this website being free, there is a section that an educator as well as student can access for assistance and frequently asked questions.

Free global learning community. This works for teachers who want to incorporate technology and projects with others all over the world. Students love talking to students from other places. Only downside is time for teacher to approve student accounts and students remembering their passwords.

This resource is great for the students to practice their math skills and it is free. However, I must point out that although Math Open Reference is not as attractive to the eye, is user-friendly and the students would not be overwhelmed with information when they get to the page. The information on the website is separated by math concept and there are links for each. Furthermore, the website features animated and interactive drawings to demonstrate mathematical terms and concepts.

This a interesting website that students can visit every day and find sections like "This Day in History", "Mind Benders", "Word of the Day", "Word of the Day". Give students the opportunity to choose a subject and a grade level and compare themselves to other students by taking a quiz. In the section "Graph" gives students a chance to create different types of graphs.

Free website with possibility to upgrade. Gives advice for how to work with photos and make a story. It's a little hard to navigate but I could see appeal for teachers and students.