Web Sites for Teachers

 

 

 

Art

 

Artsonia

    

   The purpose of the site is to use the Internet to share students’ creativity with the world. In order to accomplish its goal, the site offers schools the ability to publish student art work free of charge. The process is easy and guards student privacy. (Parents and students can help with the publishing process.) A visit to Frequently Asked Questions will provide specific help in dealing with copyright and parental permission issues. There is also a section that provides lesson plan ideas for Pre-K through high school.

     Students can view the art work of their peers and even interact with them. Parents and extended family members can view their children’s creative work and provide them encouragement and appreciation online. There are even fundraising options available.

Artcyclopedia

  

   This site is striving to be a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. At present there are indexed over 2,300 art sites and offer, over 95,000 links to an estimated 180,000 artworks by 8,200 artists.

 

Photo Funia

 

 

This site offers easy, free photo editing. Any uploaded picture can be modified with special effects or inserted into different settings where it looks to be part of the original image. Your masterpiece can be saved to your local hard drive.

Chemistry

 

Journal of Chemical Education

  

   The website includes the Journal of Chemical Education --- some of the articles are freely accessible and others are available by paid subscriptions. Excellent links.

 

ACS Publications

    

   The table of contents of all of the American Chemical Society journals is accessible from this site. Look at the Chemical and Engineering News link. Also, check out the link to “What’s that Stuff” which will explain such items as ink, marshmallows, and other common chemical substances.

 

Chemical Heritage Foundation

  

   The home page has links to many items from the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Be sure to check out the sections entitled Resources for Teachers and Traveling Exhibits.

 

Scientific American

   This site gives the table of contents for issues of Scientific American.

 

WebElements

   The home page is a periodic table. Information is available on each element by clicking on the element in the table.

Consumer Economics

 

Shopping On A Budget

 

   This site provides an opportunity for middle school students to “practice” shopping on the Internet while, staying within a specified budget.

Language Arts & Reading

 

Carl’s Corner

   

   Cherry Carl, the creator of the site, retired in 2003 after 35 years as a teacher and Language Arts Specialist and is now an instructor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Reading Specialist Certification Program. Her website provides resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Visitors may download and print any of the resource, but are asked to leave her name on the activities. Teachers in grades 1-4 may profit most from a visit, but any educator will be inspired by this dedicated educator’s home page---it’s worth reading all the way to the bottom of the screen.

The Environment and You

    

   Television station KAIT in Jonesboro, Arkansas’s web site includes a page called, The Environment and You. Teachers can find more than a dozen children’s books with an environmental theme. There is a synopsis of each book and a link to lesson plan extensions.

Jan Brett’s Home Page

  

   This unique site offers thousands of activities based on the books written and illustrated by Jan Brett.

All About Thyme

  

Although this site does promote author Susan Wittig Albert’s books, it does much more. Folks who enjoy gardening and cooking with fresh herbs will enjoy this site. Podcasts and a weekly newsletter (http://www.abouthyme.com/dayletters/) expand on these topics. Susan, who now lives in Texas, was born and raised in Illinois. She graduated from Bismarck (IL) High School in 1958.

Storyline Online

  

This site provides streaming video featuring famous actors and actresses reading children’s books aloud. Each story is accompanied by lesson plans and activities.

The Story Bee

  

At this site, you can listen to professional storytellers. Click on an age group to see a list of story titles. Click on any title and the story will play. The site is volunteer-developed and run, so there is no subscription fee.

 

 

Aesop’s Fables (Digital Video, Mr. Olejarz Class)

 

  

   This 6th grade class brings Aesop’s Fables into the 21st Century. Visitors will see videos created by students. These videos include images from the Internet, with students doing a voice- over of the fable. Next, the students dramatize their version of a fable.

 

Netsmartz Workshop

 

 

   Real life stories at this site provide a springboard for important discussions about Internet safety with middle school and high school students.  Activities and related news articles are included at the site.

 

Between the Lions

 

 

   Audio-enhanced navigation allows young children to use this site on their own. Stories, games, and video clips are all designed to reinforce literacy skills. Audio, music, and character video downloads are also available at the site.

Math

 

 

Teaching Resources

  

   Western Illinois Math Professor’s List of Sites: problem solving databases, lesson plans, topic sites, computer hints, web page development, grant funds, and teaching careers  in Math

 

The Math Forum

  

   Drexel University Math Forum: problems of the week; advice from experts and volunteers about your questions; online tools; teacher exchange. Sponsored in part by Texas Instruments.

 

Math Central

  

     University of Regina: Resource Room of teaching resources and glossaries; Quandaries and Queries of mathematical questions answered; Mathematics with a Human Face of mathematicians and their careers; and Teachers Bulletin Board of Outreach Activities such as competitions and math camps.

Music

 

Arts Alive!

  

     This interactive site offers opportunities for students and teachers to engage in on-line learning about classical music. Home page tabs like Music Resources, Instrument Lab, Great Composers, and Activities and Games, offer information and activities for a wide range of interests and abilities.

NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Kid’s Page

  

     This site helps students learn about the impact of the environment on human health and explains possible careers in health, medicine, science, mathematics, and the environment. Music is considered an important part of our environment. There are hundreds of songs to choose. Lyrics and melodies are available along with links to terms in the songs that relate to environmental issues.

Popular Songs in American History

  

     This unique site offers information about the history of popular American folk songs from the 17th century to the early 1900s. Songs are categorized and alphabetized for easy use. Each song has melody, lyrics, history and links to additional resources, if available.

DSO (Dallas Symphony Orchestra) Kids

 

New York Philharmonic Kid Zone

  

     Both sites use a familiar room as an interface to entice students to explore music through instruments, composers, and listening activities. The Dallas Symphony uses a music room metaphor while the New York Philharmonic uses an orchestra hall. In both cases, the user simply runs the mouse over figures in the picture to uncover links. Clicking on an icon takes the user to a wide variety of engaging activities and valuable information. Each site has specific resources for parents and teachers too.

Creating Music

 

     The goal of this site is to allow children to experience creative play in the creation of music. Special emphasis is placed on the written tradition. Children will enjoy opportunities to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles

Play Music

  

     Designed for older students, this site’s goal is to communicate the value and importance of orchestras and the music that they perform. Visitors are invited to meet a young composer, concertmaster or instrument builder, take a seat in the orchestra, or try writing music. There is also a link to the Carnegie Hall’s Listening Adventure site.

KidzSing Garden of Song

  

     Everything from ATisket, A Tasket to Yankee Doodle can be found at this site. Melodies, lyrics, and cute graphics will make this site attractive to mothers, grandmothers, or teachers of young children.

E-board Interactive Piano

  

     Chris Kirwan of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Portslade, Hove, East Sussex created this interactive piano e-board in 2005. Click Notes to label the keyboard. Click Chords to play 7 major and 7 minor chords. Click Scales to play major and minor (harmonic) scales.

 

Teaching Peace through Literature and Song

  

   This site provides lesson plans using the story, Thank You, Mr. Falker. The lessons help students become more sensitive to the effects of teasing, bullying, and discrimination.

Physical Education

P.E. Central

    

   The goal of the site is “to assist teachers, parents, and others who work with youngsters to guide them in the process of becoming physically active and healthy for a lifetime”.

Science & Health

KidsHealth

    

   This site features thousands of in-depth articles, animations, games, and resources developed by experts in the health of children and teens. It was created by the Nemours Foundation’s Center for Children’s Health Media, with separate areas for kids, teens, and parents so that navigation is quick and information is age appropriate. Teachers will find excellent curriculum resource material that is constantly being updated. 

How to Use and Understand Nutrition Fact Labels

    

   This site is intended to help consumers use nutrition labels to make quick, informed food choices that contribute to a healthy diet.

Environmental Kids Club

           

   Grade school, middle school, and high school teachers can find information and activities for their students here.  The Environmental Protection Agency designed the site to help students explore their environment and learn how to protect it. There is also an Ask the EPA section where students or teachers can formulate questions to be answered by experts at the agency.

Global Warming/Climate Change Theme Page

          

   Community Learning Network, a site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom, provides educators with curricular resources and links to instructional materials related to global warming and climate change.

Global Warming for Educators

    

   Here, high school teachers will find a thorough lesson plan to address the issues surrounding global warming. This lesson is designed for social studies, debate, language arts, government/citizenship, and current events classes, grades 9-12.

IPL Kidspace: Science Fair Resource Guide

 

   This site links users to specific web sites that can help them to better understand the scientific method. There are also links to help in choosing project ideas, as well as ,,     completing and displaying their project. Each link is expertly summarized, so that students can quickly choose only the sites that they really need

 

All Science Fair Projects

 

 

   This site gives users over 500 science projects ideas divided into 10 different categories. The Science F    air “Coach” section reviews the scientific method, discusses how to conduct an experiment, record and analyze data, as well as, ideas for displaying projects. There are also tips for preparing for an oral presentation, if one is required. An encyclopedia, dictionary, and links to other helpful resources are provided.

 

Science Stuff.com

 

   In addition to walking readers through the steps needed to create a science fair project, this site discusses how the strengths and limitations of science can affect a science fair project. Another valuable resource on this site is a sample judging sheet.

 

Exploratorium Learning Studio: Science Fairs

 

 

   This site is designed for teachers who are planning science fairs and parents who may need help in finding specific supplies and materials (beakers, motors, extra strong magnets, etc.) thatst      students may need for specific projects.

 

Exercise Library  (American Council on Exercise)

 

This site provides a searchable database of exercise videos.

 

The Fitness Jump Site

 

An Activity Calorie Calculator and Fitness Library with information about nutrition and weight management are available at this site.

 

American Dietetic Association

 

   The purpose of this site is to help optimize the nation's health by providing reliable research-based information about food and nutrition.

 

Diet Site

 

  

   This site invites you to participate in a free program sponsored by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Wellness Service. This online program is a comprehensive wellness website developed to empower users to become heart-healthy.

 

Dole 5 A Day

 

   This site includes physical fitness activities, recipes, games, music, comics, and videos for kids. Educators will find lesson plans, resources, and activities.

 

Meals For You

 

 

This site, operational since 1996, provides users with recipes, meal plans, nutritional information, newsletters, and shopping lists, using a proprietary database of over 6,000 recipes and other content.

 

 

 

Social Studies

 

 

Palaeos: The Trace of Life on Earth

  

   One of geography’s most unusual topics is the SuperContinent of Gondwana. It is especially relevant if your students are studying Antarctica. Secondary and Middle School age appropriate.

 

Gondwana Animation

  

   For an animation of Gondwana’s formation, you can access both a Windows and Macintosh version. Shockwave plug-in is needed. There is also a “light” version (in terms of memory) available. See how it all came together, then was torn apart into the world we know today.

 

National Geographic

  

   This website features photos, maps, photo of the day, international sites, travels, history, culture, adventure, and explorations. There is a link just for kids (elementary age), including a parent link, cartoon factory, GeoBee Challenge, games, and more.

 

National Council for the Social Studies

  

   The National Council for the Social Studies website is strictly for teachers. It provides email bulletin sign-up, information on summer institutes, opportunities to publish your ideas, legislative updates and information on current events, government, and history.

Administrators

 

Education Resource Organization Directory

   The directory is designed to help you identify and contact organizations that provide information and assistance on a wide range of education-related topics.

 

Adopt-A-Classroom

 

This site connects educators with partners willing to provide funds to purchase resources for the classroom. It is easy to register so please take advantage of this opportunity to create a network of supporters.

Inclusion Teachers

 

 

National Information Center of Children and Youth with Disabilities

   This site provides information in either English or Spanish. It includes research-based information on effective educational practices. The website has an excellent Research Center which includes research news and publications for parents, students, and educators.

 

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

   C.H.A.D.D. website provides information regarding attention deficits and offers support for educators.

 

Funbrain

  

   This is a web site filled with games, quizzes, and activities for use by educators. Teachers can create accounts that give paperless quizzes graded by the online with results that are emailed to the teacher. Teachers may use prepared activities or create their own. This website is designed for all grade levels (preschool- high school) and is strong in helping students develop math and reading skills.

K-12 Teachers

 

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Teachers

 

   This is always my first stop when looking for web sites to help my colleagues. The excellent organization of this site, plus Ms Shrock’s brief description of each site she recommends makes the job of finding what you need fast and easy.

Out On A Limb, A Guide To Getting Along

 

   Created by the University of Illinois Extension, this website is designed to help teach students how to better manage conflicts and challenges they face on a daily basis. Although created with 3rd graders in mind, it could be adapted to other grade levels.

 

Celebrate the 100th Day in 100 ways

 

Education World offers a straight forward list of 100 different celebration activities. The list represents activities of varying degrees of difficulty and span several subject areas.

 

 

32 Quick & Fun Activities to Celebrate the 100th Day of School

 

Scholastic offers a shorter list of activities. Intermediate teachers could find ideas at this site.

 

Day 100

 

This list of activities is unique because the teacher who submitted the idea is listed beneath the description. Readers may also submit project ideas to the site

 

Graphing: Jelly Beans or M & Ms

 

This graphing activity is ready to print out and reproduce.

 

Reading List for the 100th Day of School

 

This reading list provides ISBN numbers, reviews and related links for each book.

 

100th Day of School Songs and Poems

 

Here you will find clever poems and songs that can be sung to simple, familiar tunes.

 

The 100th Day of School Poem

 

Mary O’Flynn gives readers permission to reprint her poem for use in their classrooms.

 

Adopt-A-Classroom

 

This site connects educators with partners willing to provide funds to purchase resources for the classroom. It is easy to register so please take advantage of this opportunity to create a network of supporters.

Nurses

Blackboards and Bandaides

 

Created by Joan Fleitas, Ed.D., R.N., the purpose of this site is to give children a way to give voice to the wide range of dilemmas that face children with chronic health issues. In doing so, the site also sensitizes readers as to what it is like for children to grow up with a medical problem. This is not a directory of diseases with a list of ways to diagnose and treat them. This site features opportunities for children to express themselves and for us to learn from them.

Preschool & Early Childhood

First School Preschool Activities and Crafts: Health and Nutrition

    

   Designed with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners in mind, this site has a wide variety of lessons and activities to help young children learn about health and nutrition.

BBC Ceebies’ Fun and Games

    

   This site offers pre-school and early-school content to encourage learning through play for both girls and boys aged six years and under.

Mrs. Alphabet

      

   Dozens and dozens of alphabet related songs, poems. Lessons, games, and other pre-school links are available here. Mrs. Alphabet is Anne Lynch, an author of children’s books and other successful phonics, reading and math programs.

Literacy Center

   Literacy Center provides letter, word, number, shape, color, and keyboard play-to-learn activities.

The Schoolbell

    

   Kathy Gursky’s site is as attractive as it is helpful. Visitors will find preschool curriculum ideas divided by monthly themes and topics.

Starfall

 

   Starfall provides research-based reading materials and activities modeled on the focus areas of phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and motivation. Both teachers and students will find the site easy to use.

Mighty Book

    

   Mighty Book is designed to entertain while improving reading skills. It specializes in illustrated, animated read-aloud eBooks for ages 2 to 10.  Fifty books, stories, songs, and puzzle samples are available free of charge. More than 500 stories, songs, and puzzles are available for a yearly fee of $24.95 per household or $29.95 per classroom.

Preschool Library

  

The Preschool Library contains activities that include on-line stories and activities, take-home and parent activities, as well as suggested readings.

 

Hummingbird Educational Resources

 

  Constantly being updated, this site provides a wide range of resources listed by theme alphabetically.

 

The Virtual Vine

 

   Created by a special education teacher with 24 years experience, this beautifully crafted site has a long list of themes and units, literacy and math resources, teacher inspirations and tips, plus additional links to explore. Teachers looking for classroom organization ideas will not want to miss the classroom tour.

 

 

Teaching Peace through Literature and Song

 

  

   This site provides lesson plans using the story, Thank You, Mr. Falker. The lessons help students become more sensitive to the effects of teasing, bullying, and discrimination.

 

 

Alex’s Scribbles-Koala Trouble

 

  

 

   This site features stories about a Koala named Max. The idea and pictures are by a 5 year old Australian named Alex. His father, Scott, designed the pages. The stories contain hyperlinks within the illustrations. The hyperlinks are a clever way to support reading/listening comprehension.

 

Bembo’s Zoo

 

Viewers of all ages will love watching letters turn into the animals that they spell.

Psychologists

 

School Psychology Resources Online

 

   This site allows users to research such topics as: learning disabilities, ADHD, functional behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, and mental health.

Social Workers

 

The New Social Worker

 

   Many of the sites listed here are among the 350 sites reviewed in the book, THE SOCIAL WORKER’S INTERNET HANDBOOK, co-authored by The New Social Worker editor Linda Grobman and University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration former Dean of External Affairs Gary Grant.  Sites are categorized and alphabetized for easy use.

 

Kids against Bullying (elementary)

 

Teens against Bullying (middle & high school)

   These sites were created to educate students about bullying prevention and provide methods to respond to bullying situations. Both feature animated characters, videos, games, and contests. Parents and educators will also find helpful tips, intervention strategies, and other resources.

 

The Kamaron Institute: Bullying

 

 

   This site provides video clips with ideas for teachers in bullying prevention, school violence prevention, character education, citizenship, and tolerance.

 

 

STOP cyberbullying

 

   This site explains clearly what cyberbullying is and how it works. More importantly, it also shares ways to take action to prevent this prevalent problem. There is a law enforcement component that is very helpful.

 

Cyberbullying Research Center

 

   This site offers quizzes to help educators, students, and parents measure their cyberbullying knowledge. Prevention tips and resource strategies for educators and parents are also included.

 

Kids Bullying Kids

 

Bullying Reality Quiz

   If students are apprehensive about discussing the topic of bullying, the survey and quiz provided by Education World will provide data that should help get the dialogue started.

 

No Name-Calling Week

 

   No Name-Calling Week is an annual week of educational activities aimed at ending name-calling and providing schools with the tools to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate bullying. There is a kit for sale on the site, but there are plenty of activities available without making the purchase.

 

Teaching Peace through Literature and Song

  

   This site provides lesson plans using the story, Thank You, Mr. Falker. The lessons help students become more sensitive to the effects of teasing, bullying, and discrimination.

Learning Games

Free Rice

 

   This site was featured on the CBS news last November. Its purpose is to strengthen our vocabulary while helping to feed the world’s hungry. To play, Click on the answer that best defines the word you see on the screen.  If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word. For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

 

Funbrain

  

   Funbrain is a web site filled with games, quizzes, and activities for use by educators. Teachers can create accounts that give paperless quizzes graded by the online with results that are emailed to the teacher. Teachers may use prepared activities or create their own. This website is designed for all grade levels (preschool- high school) is strong in helping students develop math and reading skills.

 

Quia (Quintessential Instructional Archives)

  

   This site includes online activities and quizzes in 150 categories and templates for creating 16 different types of online activities such as quizzes. Hangman, scrambled words, Concentration, challenge board games like Jeopardy, internet scavenger hunts, sequencing, and more. There are activities in 30 languages.

   Subscription information is available.

 

Thinks.com

 

   Enjoy Sudoku, jigsaw puzzles, chess, checkers and even Chinese checkers at this site.

 

Web Sudoku

 

   If you particularly like Soduko puzzles, try this site.

 

Just Jigsaw Puzzles

 

   If you particularly like jig saw puzzles, try this site.

 

Spin and Spell

 

   This site features an animated spelling game for ages 5-8. Children have an opportunity to spell words related to food, clothing, transportation, the animal kingdom, and items in or around the house. It is highly recommended for use in classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards.

Miscellaneous Illinois Sites

  

   Summer is a time for teachers to renew the spirit, rest the body, and prepare for the fall opening-of-school. Consider shared experiences to bring together your world with the diverse, multicultural multi-social worlds of your students. In the end, we are all more alike than different. We just need to explore ideas and to discover universal themes.

   Check out these web sites!

Official Site of the Chicago Cubs

 

Official Site of the Chicago White Sox

 

Official Site of the St. Louis Cardinals

 

Illinois State Fair

 

TiBconcerts/Illinois

 

City of Quincy

 

Town of Nauvoo

 

National Museum of Mexican Art

 

DuSable Museum of African American History

 

The Underground Railroad

 

Illinois State Parks (alphabetical listing)

 

The Museum of Science and Industry

 

Adler Planetarium

 

Field Museum

 

Shedd Aquarium

 

Cantigny Park (virtual garden tour)

 

Museums & Virtual Field Trips

 

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

  

   If you are unable to visit the Lincoln Museum in person, this site will give you a virtual tour of the various rooms and information available to visitors.

 

National Herb Garden

 

Take a short summer vacation without ever leaving home. At this site, you can tour the U.S. National Arboretum’s National Herb Garden with a click of your mouse.

Technology Integration Tips

 

 

Keyboarding Resources

 

  

   Many schools struggle with when and how to teach keyboarding. JeffCo. Public Schools, the largest school district in Colorado, has created a web site that addresses the issue with clarity and thoroughness. Both Windows and Mac platforms are included. Assessments, lessons, handouts, and even a letter for parents are provided at this site.

 

The One Computer Classroom

 

 

   The objective of this educational site is to share different technology strategies and methods that will enhance your curriculum, whether you are using computers in a lab situation or a classroom. An index on the left side of the home page offers links to a dozen different resources to help with everything from classroom management strategies to learning station ideas.

 

Delicious Computer Tutorials

 

  

   Don’t let the “no frills” home page fool you. Scroll down the blue menu on the right side of the page and you will find a treasure trove of links to helpful tutorials. The number to the left of each topic tells you how many tutorial links are available for that topic. Most topics have enough links to address almost any learning style or level of interest. This is a great site for teachers, but also retirees who want to learn to do more with their home computer.

 

 

Internet4Classrooms

 

 

  

 This is a second excellent site for linking to online tutorials. Apple and Mac software links are provided here. Many links to educational software like Kidspiration and Inspiration can be found.

 

Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers

 

  

   Tammy Worcester, this site’s web master, has over twenty years of educational experience. Her entire web site is filled with useful information, but if your time is limited, visit her tip of the week.  The tip may be a software shortcut, a new web resource, or a new web tool to try. To save even more time, sign up at the site and Tammy will email you when she posts the Tip of the Week.

 

4Teachers (Teach with Technology)

 

 

   Here teachers can locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also student resources. Professional development resources addressing issues such as ELL, technology planning, and special-needs students are also available.

 

Kent National Grid for Learning (NGfL): Interactive Whiteboards

 

    Whether your school has invested in Smart Board, Promethean, Hitachi, or Easiteach technology, you will find lesson ideas at this well organized site. For educators unfamiliar with interactive whiteboard technology, the opening page has an excellent explanation of what whiteboards are, their educational value, and the most and least effective ways to use them.

 

Engaging Learners the Smartboard Way

 

   By neatly categorizing links by subject or grade level, this site makes it easy for teachers with interactive white boards at their disposal to find appropriate activities for their students.  Although the activities lend themselves to the interactivity of a whiteboard, they are not exclusive to that technology.

Government Resources

 

This Nation.com

   This comprehensive guide to American Government and Politics makes a reliable reference  because all documentation is so thorough. Its resources include a large library plus “tools” for citizens, students, and teachers.

 

Library of Congress Legislative Information: Thomas

 

   Here you will find searchable full text of the U.S. House and Senate Bills, the text of the Congressional Record, and other Legislative Branch information.

FirstGov

  

This web site is designed to provide Americans with one-stop access to all online Federal Government resources.

Disability.gov

 

The Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities created this site to provide access to resources, services, and information available through the Federal Government. Ten different categories covering such topics as employment, health, transportation, or technology receive attention.

 

National Do Not Call Registry

 

 

   This site was created to make it easier to stop telemarketing.  If you are unable to register online you may call 1-888-382-1222 toll-free. Registration is free.

Search Engines

  

 

Noodletools

 

  

Noodletools is a web-based set of tools that assists in the research process and promotes ethical research strategies. Users are guided through decisions about source materials and questions about citing references. Even if you are not writing a research paper or preparing for a debate, you will enjoy learning more about the wide range of search engines available on the Internet.

 

Web Search Strategies

 

 

   Learn how to use search engines and subject directories with easy-to-follow tutorials from Debbie Flannigan. Flannigan teaches several Internet courses, including Introduction to the Internet and Advanced Search Techniques.

 

KidsClick

 

 

   KidsClick is owned and operated by the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. Its purpose is to address concerns about guiding young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. Worlds of Web Searching, a creative tutorial on how to search the Internet, features 9 different "worlds" that offers students activities for developing and improving their searching skills.

 

The Spider’s Apprentice

 

  

The major search engines are ranked in several categories at this site. Users are assisted in determining the most effective search engine for their specific needs.

IDEA Portal

  

   This site provides topics, summaries, pro and con arguments, plus a useful list of books and links for debaters. However, you don’t have to be on a debate team to take advantage of this well organized and content-rich site

 

 

 

 

 

 

  last updated June 7, 2011