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Good compilation of websites for primary students' inquiry and research.

This is an article about tech in the curriculum, "Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process."

Using this digital platform students can visually balance out pros and cons they have created and listed on any subject. This could be used before or after researching a topic or issue even taking into account emotional and rational influences. The lists can then be shared and commented upon by their classmates as to whether they agree or disagree and why.

This is Nasa's website on Earth Science. It is excellent for researching different topics in Earth Science. It is also full of fun games and activities for the students to do.

Wolfram Alpha is an "answer engine" that responds to queries by computing answers from data. For example, if "Hong Kong" and "New York" are typed into the search box, Wolfram computes their relative populations, distance and flying times, time zone and current time, etc.

This is a really comprehensive, university-based math site. It is free, and no membership is required to access the resources, which are include help with math content, puzzles, discussion groups, and an annotated internet math library. There are sections for kids, teachers, parents, and researchers.

An experiment from IBM Research. A collection of data visualizations and a new social kind of data analysis. View and discuss, or create visualizations from data sets.

Graphic organizers galore! Help those students with writing, problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. Permission is granted to print and copy for classroom use.

This is a combination search engine and encyclopedia to get related digital content from multiple sources at once. Any topic can be entered to immediately find wikipedia entries, videos, news, images, etc., including suggested related topics. This would be a good research tool for students as well as learning instrument in evaluating online information relevance.