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This site was pretty cool, especially for Nebraska educators. This was the Official Nebraska Government Website for Teaching Materials. This site was mainly aimed towards History teachers, but it could probably be used by a variety of teachers. As a substitute at Boys Town, I would use it to educate students from other areas of the country about Nebraska. The downfall on this site is that it's very Nebraska centered. This might limit its usefulness to teachers from other states.

This site was loaded with stuff for all levels Pre K - 12. The site featured tabs at the top of the page as well as the side for easy clicking. With tools focusing on Assessments, Tech Tutorials, K-12 Links and Daily Dose of the Web, there were a ton of references and tools for all teachers. You can also sign up for their newsletter on this site. The most appealing thing to me was the simple nature of the site, very easy to navigate. There were some ads, however, they were very toned down and easy to avoid if you wanted. Provided by Google, they were not obnoxious.

This site is specifically for teachers with lesson plans and all sorts of resources. There are of coarse any links for information on books as you would expect from Scholastic. Also information for students and parents who are interested in learning more about books.

Triptico offers many different activities for reading, math, science, and classroom management. Everything is free. The tools on this site are particularly useful with an interactive white board.

This is a Google index for educators. It has links to tools, links to many other sites and is a very good site for tutorials on other Google items that educators can use in their classrooms. Great stuff on Google Earth.

This is a fantastic site that not only lets kids know that they should be safe, but teaches them as well. There are resources for kids such as videos and links. There are also some great stories on the site too.

Teach-nology contains a wide array of teaching tools and information. This page is dedicated to multicultural ed and lists several links that may help you get started with adding multicultural elements to your curriculum.

LPS has a lot of parent information on their website, including how to recognize Cyberbullying, what to tell your kids, and what you can do about it.

Cox has an internet safety area on their website with information on parental controls, tips on talking with your kids about internet safety, videos, and several other links.

This website is directed mainly at gender differences and how to involve both sexes into your science classroom. The links are mainly to pdf's but a few web links are included. Within the pdf's are ideas based on research on how to empower females and males equally within science.

Organized resources for addressing gender stereotypes in Science.

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (link: www.nsf.gov), SciTrain works to help high school science and mathematics teachers provide the highest quality education to students with disabilities. The project includes research, instruction for teachers on how to make their coursework, classrooms and labs more accessible, and information resources for teachers including assistive technology for their courses."

This site offers a bullet point list of science safety tips broken down into different areas of technology.

This offers a parent section as well as an educator section. It also has "age and stage" internet advice that I thought really was common sense.

Good site for internet safety. Lots of down loadable presentations to use in the classroom. Also, extra material to put up in the classroom to remind students.

This site offers good resources for teachers, students, and parents about internet safety. I like the situation cards it gives as a resource for middle and high schools.

This "game" allows kids to participate in a science mission lead by scientists. They investigate if and why there is an increase in the shark population in an area. Information is incorporated in the game using online resources and video. They actually have to count the sharks in the area- so they have to go through stages in the scientific method. I think students will love this.

This is a great resource for Astronomy or Earth Science. Students have access to podcasts, NASA news, pictures from the Hubble Telescope, and activities.

This site offers lots of lesson plans and activities that focus on and work with multiculturalism and diversity. The lessons are broken up into grade ranges to make searches easier.

This is a National Geographic site that offers many student-centered lessons on geology, ecology, energy, and weather. It also has classroom organizational tools. lesson plan builder, lesson plans, and interactive games.

I like this because it gives you a tutorial of what types of information works best for certain types of graphs. Then, your students can build their own graphs. You can easily take your lessons on graphing from being teacher-centered to student-centered.

This is a site that I have used for years. There are many lesson plans, resources, and ideas for middle school science teachers. It even has a free alphabetical science term border for your classroom.