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This site is a kid-safe search engine that is powered by google. It combines the google safe search with their own restricted elements. It also allows teachers to remove sites if desired. Great for elementary research projects.

I love to cook but don't get to as much as I would like. This is a great tool for searching for great recipes and saving money and space by not having so many cookbooks sitting around! I really liked the recipe of the day and how you could search by ingredients, chefs, or recipes. It gives a lot of freedom, so if you're just looking for something with chocolate in it, you can browse through tons of recipes!

This is a great site if you are a pet lover like me! This site is a good tool for people wanting to find a safe, reliable home for their pet or for people wanting to find a certain type of pet. You can search for any type of pet, even insects!! You can search by country, location, age, etc. It makes it very easy to find any pet you may be wanting, without wanting to contribute to puppy mills or other breeders. It is also great for people wanting to find a good home for a pet for people, for whatever the reason, can no longer care for it. There are photos to browse through as well. It is a great tool for keeping pets in good, loving homes.

This interactive web site combines Google Search with Google Maps to create truly interest-grabbing Scavenger Hunts called TerraClues. You can access lots of already-made hunts that involve your current curriculum, or you have the ability to create your own TerraClues to fit your particular classroom needs. Students learn about maps, curriculum content, and how to use a search engine.

If you like to travel this site be the right one for you. It gives user created reviews of various hotels. You can search for a city and availability dates and then see the reviews for the hotels that fit the search criteria. Not educational, but a neat site to look at if you are planning a trip.

A search engine tailored to K-8 students.

This site allows you to preview books. It is free to register. You can search by author, illustrator, subject, or genre. You can also browse new and highly rated books. This site would be great for librarians or teachers wanting to check out book before buying them!

Freecycle is an online community to help reduce waste. Members can post items they'd like to get rid of and others who contact them can come and get those items for free. You can search your local city or state to find items you're looking for and all you have to do (after discussing it online with the owner) is pick it up. This helps reduce waste and relieves owners from having to dispose of items on their own. Students can use this site when studying about the environment and recycling issues. They can also contribute a donation or participate by offering their own items to recycle to another member.

Create and share your own photo book by using flicker images. It's as easy as searching, adding text, and publishing. Check it out!

Research or track the appearance of an image online

This is a great collection of videos done by teachers on numerous topics. You can also upload your own videos to share with others. This has several applications.

This website has a lot of different videos, pictures, audio. etc that could be used in the classroom. All you have to do is type in what you want to search, and you will be amazed with what comes up! For example, I typed in "The Water Cycle" and had 10 different videos pop up!

like Youtube but customized content for teachers and education.