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This
section of the site will begin to fill with exceptional interactive-learning
and teaching resources that can be accessed online. I hope
this page will be a good way to begin directing students, teachers,
and parents toward meaningful online destinations. If you
know of a a great Website that you feel we should include here;
send an email to Mark
Arnold with the address of the site and a brief description
of what you find most valuable about the site.
A reminder!
Check with your school's Library-Media Specialist if you are searching
for specific information or resources. They are the best people
for finding learning resources.
Evaluating
information resources: This is a nice and simple site
that will help students think about how to evaluate the information
found in the Websites they select.
iSafe,
Internet Safety: This site offers exceptional information
about how students can safely and responsibly take control of their
Internet experiences. Parents and teachers are highly encouraged
to explore this site with their children!
If you notice a link on
this site that is not working, please email the address of the link
to Mark Arnold. |
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| Art |
| Elementary |
Art
Takes Time - Created for elementary school
students, containing a collection of lesson plan that
meet the National Standards for Visual Arts. The
site covers various artistic movements from cave art
to modern art. |
| Crayola
Creativity Central - A site packed with fun
and creative activities for kids. |
| Imagination
Factory - 50+ activities and lesson ideas
for using recycled materials to create works of art. |
| Smithsonian,
Everything Art - A great selection of art
related learning activities for students to enjoy. |
| The
Artist's Toolkit - Artists use visual elements
and principles like line, color and shape as tools to
build works of art. Learn about these concepts in a
variety of ways. Explore the Toolkit with animations
and interactive modules. See Artists in Action as they
create compositions using the visual elements and principles.
Delve into the heavily illustrated Encyclopedia to learn
more about the elements and principles. |
| ArtEdventures
- An exceptional variety of learning opportunities for
students and teachers of art. |
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| Middle
Level |
| Art
Access - Hosted by the Art Institute of Chicago.
The site provides a wealth of art resources that include
lesson plans, activities, as well as art to see. |
| Imagination
Factory - 50+ activities and lesson ideas
for using recycled materials to create works of art. |
| Smithsonian,
Everything Art - A great selection of art
related learning activities for students to enjoy. |
| ArtEdventures
- An exceptional variety of learning opportunities for
students and teachers of art. |
| The
Renaissance Connection - this multi-faceted
Web site explores Renaissance visual arts and innovations
and their role in the making of the modern world. |
| World
Myths and legends in Art - Myths are stories
that explain why the world is the way it is. Throughout
history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends
and have given them visual form. Explore myths and legends
from around the world with these great works of art and
in-depth interpretation and interactive features. |
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Brush with Wildlife - learn how to use art
principles like balance, contrast, movement, and proportion
to compose a powerful art composition. They can create
their own composition and submit it to the Critique Gallery
for review. (a fine companion site to Art
Tales) |
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| High
School |
| Smithsonian,
Everything Art - A great selection of art
related learning activities for students to enjoy. |
| ArtEdventures
- An exceptional variety of learning opportunities for
students and teachers of art. |
| World
Myths and legends in Art - Myths are stories
that explain why the world is the way it is. Throughout
history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends
and have given them visual form. Explore myths and legends
from around the world with these great works of art and
in-depth interpretation and interactive features. |
| A
Brush with Wildlife - learn how to use art
principles like balance, contrast, movement, and proportion
to compose a powerful art composition. They can create
their own composition and submit it to the Critique Gallery
for review. (a fine companion site to Art
Tales) |
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ArtsEdge's
Teaching Materials - Teaching materials
based on the national art education standards.
This site offers high quality curriculum units, lesson
plans, activities, and ideas for integrating the arts
into your classroom.
K-12
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Getty,
for Educators - Teachers can find great
resources and innovative lesson plans for use with elementary,
middle level, and high school students.
K-12 |
Basic
Visual Arts Lessons - A nice selection
of diverse visual arts lessons (e.g. pencil/black pen
drawings, collages, art history).
7-12 |
Crayola
Art Education Lesson Plans - Lesson plans
that help students explore visual communication with
subject areas like math, science, and social studies
in mind.
K-8 |
Instructional
Materials in Art - A wealth of resources
and instructional materials for art teachers.
This site provides many links to other art sites for
teachers.
Hot-Links |
Utah
Museum of Fine Arts, Lessons - This site
offers a great selection of class learning resources
for the fine arts.
7-12 |
The
Incredible Art Department - A huge listing
of art lessons written and submitted by teachers.
K-6 |
ArtEdventures
- An exceptional variety of learning opportunities for
students and teachers of art.
K-12 |
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| Parents |
Crayola
Creativity Central, Parents Page - This
area of the crayola site has great activities for parents
to engage their children. Fun projects that the
whole family can enjoy!
K-8 |
Idea
Box - This is an early childhood education
site that lists a wide range of activities and resources,
including arts and crafts ideas.
K-3 |
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| Heath
& Physical Education |
| Elementary |
| Mouth
Power Online - Experiment to find the healthiest
choices about food, tobacco, and cleaning habits. Explore
the history of dentistry and the story of your own teeth!
Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits.
A great interactive Website! |
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| Literacy
& Language Arts |
| Elementary |
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Tales - Explore the world of wildlife art
and be inspired to create a story, write a field guide,
narrate a museum exhibit. |
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Tales - Explore the world of wildlife art
and be inspired to create a story, write a field guide,
narrate a museum exhibit. |
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| Math |
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| Multicultural |
| Elementary |
| Smithsonian,
People & Places - Students can learn
about the rich diversity of culture in America through
the stories and events that have shaped our nation. |
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| Middle
Level |
| Smithsonian,
People & Places - Students can learn
about the rich diversity of culture in America through
the stories and events that have shaped our nation. |
| World
Myths and legends in Art - Myths are stories
that explain why the world is the way it is. Throughout
history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends
and have given them visual form. Explore myths and legends
from around the world with these great works of art and
in-depth interpretation and interactive features. |
| Frontline/World
- is a national public TV series that turns its lens on
the global community, covering countries and cultures
rarely seen on American television. This site is a companion
to the TV series, but can be used independently. |
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| High
School |
| Smithsonian,
People & Places - Students can learn
about the rich diversity of culture in America through
the stories and events that have shaped our nation. |
| World
Myths and legends in Art - Myths are stories
that explain why the world is the way it is. Throughout
history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends
and have given them visual form. Explore myths and legends
from around the world with these great works of art and
in-depth interpretation and interactive features. |
| Frontline/World
- is a national public TV series that turns its lens on
the global community, covering countries and cultures
rarely seen on American television. This site is a companion
to the TV series, but can be used independently. |
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| Frontline
Teacher's Center - offers lesson plans and
activities for middle school and high school teachers
that are designed to take up no more than one or two classroom
periods. Lessons correspond with content on both Frontline
and Frontline/World programs and Websites. |
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| Science |
| Elementary |
| Kinetic
City - standards-based science program in
which kids complete activities in conjunction with a dynamic
Website. The Kinetic City Super Crew needs your kids'
help to save their virtual world of Vearth from the science-distorting
computer virus, Deep Delete. The more kids play, the more
standards-based science content they learn! |
| Smithsonian,
Science & Nature - An exciting experience
for students to explore and learn from one of America's
great institutions! |
| PestWorld
for Kids - (Insect) amazing facts, in-depth
information, interactive games, and curricular lesson
plans that get you up close and personal with these bizarre
yet all-too-familiar critters. You'll never look at an
ant or cockroach in the same way again. |
| Shedd
Educational Adventures - contains a treasure
trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and
students. SEA brings the Philippines to life for your
students with fact sheets and multimedia interactives
based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. |
| 5
Tigers - explore tiger biology, ecology,
and conservation through role play and simulations. Track
down a runaway tiger, design a zoo exhibit, and much more.
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| Middle
Level |
| Smithsonian,
Science & Nature - An exciting experience
for students to explore and learn from one of America's
great institutions! |
| Shedd
Educational Adventures - contains a treasure
trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and
students. SEA brings the Philippines to life for your
students with fact sheets and multimedia interactives
based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. |
| Marine
Reserves - work collaboratively to establish
plans for a marine reserve, one that meets your interest
and the interests of other stakeholders that use the marine
area. |
| A
Science Odyssey (PBS) - A Science Odyssey
takes you on a journey through the most spectacular 100
years in the history of science and technology. |
| Space
Station (NASA/IMAX) - This site was built
as a extending resource for the IMAX movie that was produced
for NASA about the International Space Station.
You can rent the movie at most larger video rental stores,
but seeing it in an IMAX theater makes it seem like you
are able to reach out and touch it yourself. The
resources at this site are great also! |
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| High
School |
| Smithsonian,
Science & Nature - An exciting experience
for students to explore and learn from one of America's
great institutions! |
| Shedd
Educational Adventures - contains a treasure
trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and
students. SEA brings the Philippines to life for your
students with fact sheets and multimedia interactives
based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. |
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Science Odyssey (PBS) - A Science Odyssey
takes you on a journey through the most spectacular 100
years in the history of science and technology. |
| Base Camp Earth - "virtual explorations"
sponsored at Base Camp Earth build a unique online resource
to interest students in science (e.g. Ecological Footprints,
Infectious Diseases). |
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| Social
Studies |
| Elementary |
| Smithsonian,
History & Culture - Students can travel
back in time, explore artifacts and stories of America. |
| Go
West Across America with Lewis and Clark
- It is 1804. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has asked
Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition across western
North America—unknown territory for all but Indians. The
goals: map the rivers, make friends with natives, open
the West to trade, and look for a Northwest Passage. |
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| Middle
Level |
| Smithsonian,
History & Culture - Students can travel
back in time, explore artifacts and stories of America. |
| The
Dakota Experience - In the last half of the
nineteenth century, the Great Plains attracted settlers
with the promise of a starting anew (though few left old
ways behind). Explore historical images, artifacts, and
documents. Delve into interactives territorial growth
and settlement. Journey to frontier Deadwood in search
of the real West. |
| Pre-European
Cultures of Wisconsin - Over the past one
hundred years, archaeologists have recorded and investigated
thousands of sites left by western Wisconsin's earlier
inhabitants. Explore what archaeologists have discovered
about how these early inhabitants lived in the region
we now call western Wisconsin. |
| Where
in the World & What in the World is Money
- This interactive game goes beyond coin collecting to
take the player on a fantastical time machine ride through
different times and places. In trying to get home, the
player learns what forms of exchange have been used as
money throughout human history. |
Trading
Around the World - The technicalities of
international trade may be a snooze for middle school
students, but a fast-paced game that challenges the
player to buy low and sell high is just the ticket.
Prices respond to the overall health of the global economy,
and players can see how commodity prices change over
time. |
| Understanding
Slavery - How could slavery have survived
so long in American history? The goal of this site is
to put American slavery into global context, and to explore
the ways that it permeated American social and economic
institutions. |
| Campfire
Stories with George Catlin - Take a virtual
journey to meet American Indians of the 1830s with artist,
ethnologist, and showman George Catlin. This site compiles
paintings, historical documents, and commentary from contemporary
experts so you can explore the intersections of two cultures,
both in Catlin's time and today. |
| Go
West Across America with Lewis and Clark
- It is 1804. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has asked
Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition across western
North America—unknown territory for all but Indians. The
goals: map the rivers, make friends with natives, open
the West to trade, and look for a Northwest Passage. |
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| High
School |
| Smithsonian,
History & Culture - Students can travel
back in time, explore artifacts and stories of America. |
| Campfire
Stories with George Catlin - Take a virtual
journey to meet American Indians of the 1830s with artist,
ethnologist, and showman George Catlin. This site compiles
paintings, historical documents, and commentary from contemporary
experts so you can explore the intersections of two cultures,
both in Catlin's time and today. |
| PBS
Frontline - incisive documentaries covering
the scope and complexity of the human experience. This
site goes in-depth to explore the issues covered on the
TV show. You can watch the show online or examine
the stories with a great richness of multimedia. |
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| Frontline
Teacher's Center - offers lesson plans and
activities for middle school and high school teachers
that are designed to take up no more than one or two classroom
periods. Lessons correspond with content on both Frontline
and Frontline/World programs and Websites. |
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| Special
Education |
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| Technology |
| Elementary |
| Kids
Design Network - Here you'll investigate
a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on
the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your
design to a real engineer! They'll help with your design,
so you can go and build it! |
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| Kids
Design Network - Here you'll investigate
a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on
the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your
design to a real engineer! They'll help with your design,
so you can go and build it! |
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| Super-Sites! |
| Elementary |
| Educational
Web Adventures - A very nice collection of
award-winning online learning activities about art, history,
and science. Eduweb's mission is to create exciting and
effective learning experiences that hit the sweet-spot
where learning theory, Web technology, and fun meet. |
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| Middle
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| Educational
Web Adventures - A very nice collection of
award-winning online learning activities about art, history,
and science. Eduweb's mission is to create exciting and
effective learning experiences that hit the sweet-spot
where learning theory, Web technology, and fun meet. |
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| High
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| Educational
Web Adventures - A very nice collection of
award-winning online learning activities about art, history,
and science. Eduweb's mission is to create exciting and
effective learning experiences that hit the sweet-spot
where learning theory, Web technology, and fun meet. |
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| Educational
Web Adventures - A very nice collection
of award-winning online learning activities about art,
history, and science. Eduweb's mission is to create
exciting and effective learning experiences that hit
the sweet-spot where learning theory, Web technology,
and fun meet.
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