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"The site is called Spinners and it is a random number generator with the added facility of being able to select addition, subtraction, multiplication or division operations."

enter a word with 10 characters or less and this site will genereate a "poem" from the letters.

Upload an image to generate a color palette based on the image's primary colors. Useful for quickly grabbing a particular color within an image for inspiration. Would be a useful site for art, for color and toning, color families, etc.

good site for demonstrating online Inquiry in a data base

from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web Has * Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy. * Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part. Animal Diversity Web Is An Online Encyclopedia. ADW is a large searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every day, thousands of classroom students and informal visitors use it to answer animal questions. Other sites specialize in local, endangered, or particular kinds of animals. We aim to be as comprehensive as possible. A Science Learning Tool. ADW facilitates inquiry-driven learning, that is, teaching about science by leading students to use the methods of science. Our large database is structured, providing consistent information for all species to foster comparisons. An advanced search tool allows a user to call up species accounts fitting any combination of descriptors. Students can explore for patterns and relationships, learn how to frame and answer scientific questions and, with the help of a good teacher, experience the excitement and satisfaction of doing science. Our long-term goal is to create a database rich enough that students can discover for themselves basic concepts in ecology and conservation biology.

Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

"This is a free range of interactive teaching programs (ITPs) designed to support whole class teaching. The Flash Design and Development was carried out by Lightness Ltd. The games may be used with interactive whiteboards or on individual computers. The materials are based around phonemes and include prefix and suffix materials as well as more general tools such as magnetic letters and numbers."

 Using the Hohli Online Charts Builder you can create bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, Venn diagrams, scatter plots, and radar charts. To use create your chart first select the type and size of display that you desire. Then fill in the corresponding form with the information that you want displayed. Your chart will be generated as you enter information so that you can see how each piece of information influences the chart. When you're satisfied with your chart just click on it to save it to your computer or to grab the embed code to use on your blog or website.

Build your own face from the selections of eyes, noses, chins, hats etc... \n\nEach illustration is taken from portraits which are part of the collections of Museums Sheffield. (UK)

use full screen mode for IWB

There is a time traveler in each of us. Whether you are a litigator or an 8th grader, TimeGlider can quickly enhance your experience of the past, present, and future. Once you've explored a TimeGlider timeline, you'll wonder why you've never seen information organized like this before.

drag and drop words onto a picture to create a piclit.

Online, free font builder

Welcome to Myths and Legends. This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. Free online version of Kartouch Story Creator

Could be used to create characters for stories, etc.

create lego-like people.

"Turn your photos into incredible artwork with one click - free, no registration

Interactive page with which to create a simple bar graph. 6 columns from 0 - 80

Create your own handwriting font for use on your computer. No software required, simply print out, complete, and scan our font template.