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WEB Resources

Please find WEB based resources that I have used during the 2013-2014 school year listed below.  If you would like additional information on any of these resources, please contact me at any time.

www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/read_aloud_stories.htm

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-the-computer-for-kids

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/my-computer-mouse

http://drtechniko.com/

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Bat Information Sites:

http://www.batconservation.org/about-us/animals/bats?gclid=CPKRvuWlx7kCFXBo7AoddlQARQ

http://www.bats4kids.org

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/vampire-bat/

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/bats/

http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/batsforkids.html

http://www.defenders.org/bats/basic-facts

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/bat.html

http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/13-incredible-bat-facts.htm

http://www.batrescue.org/batfacts/batfacts.html

http://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/bats/Big%20Brown%20Bat.php

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Myotis_lucifugus/

Bat Activity Sites

http://www.flybynightinc.org/?gclid=CKCmw42nx7kCFeY7OgodSDEAUQ

http://www.incrediblebats.com/interactive.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bats/

http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/themes/bats.html

http://www.pbs.org/parents/wildkratts/activities/building-homes-for-bats/

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/bats.html

http://batslive.pwnet.org/resource/lesson_plans.php

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/mammals/inba/curriculum/

http://www.kathimitchell.com/bats.html Jump List

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/bat_crafts.html

Bat Videos

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/mammals-animals/bats/

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/wild-detectives-kids/wd-ep9-bats/

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/mammals-kids/bat-flying-fox-kids/

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/animals/mammals-animals/bats/weirdest-vampire-bat/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxLUNHEmPw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTWWWtFFUs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJu5qZ5FZxw

http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/mammals/bat.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bat

http://migratoryspecies.net/

http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/bats_of_the_world.html

http://www.batcon.org/index.php/get-involved/visit-a-bat-location.html

Bat Crafts

http://www.pinterest.com/karenkreature/bat-crafts-aimals/

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20165965,00.html

http://batmanagement.com/Batcentral/batboxes/whyfail.html

http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/bats/bat_house.asp

http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/72/build-a-bat-house/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/woodworking/step-by-step-guides-offbeat-diy-projects-7

Maps and Map Skills activities:

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/maps-tools-adventure-island/kd/?ar_a=3

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics/map-games/?ar_a=1

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids-world-atlas/maps.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/ssmaps.html

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/geography/maps.html

http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/directions.html

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/geography/

http://www.abcya.com/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

http://secoora.org/classroom/virtual_hurricane/exploring_lat_long

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/activity/introduction-latitude-longitude/?ar_a=1

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/archive/xpeditions/lessons/01/g68/mapmaking.html?ar_a=1

http://geography.pppst.com/latitude-longitude.html

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf

http://www.infoplease.com/p/brainpop/latitudeandlongitude.html

http://www.media.pearson.com.au/schools/cw/au_sch_atkinson_sose1_2/dnd/1_lat.html

http://www.purposegames.com/game/longitude-and-latitude-quiz

http://www.quia.com/rr/2967.html

Weather Simulations online

https://spark.ucar.edu/longcontent/games-sims-weather-climate-atmosphere

www.fema.gov/kids/games1.htm

https://games.ciconline.org/windward/default.aspx

http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/

http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/54050977.html

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/8044/

http://www.wxsim.com/

http://www.uen.org/weather/activities.shtml

Weather Sites for Kids:

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

http://www.weather.com/

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzweather.html Great Jumplist

https://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/

http://library.arlingtonva.us/2012/10/27/5-weather-sites-kids-will-love/

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/

http://www.scilinks.org/Harcourt_Hsp/HspStudentRetrieve.aspx?Code=HSP103

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/edures.shtml

http://www.accuweather.com/

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/create-local-weather-map/?ar_a=1

http://www.umapper.com/maps/edit/meta/1/id/-1/

http://bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com/2008/01/create-your-own-google-weather-map.html

http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/ make your own weather station

http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/activity1.shtml

http://weather.about.com/od/weatherfaqs/a/RainGauges.htm

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aminor.weatherstation&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weatherstation-free/id376368426?mt=8

http://weather.about.com/od/imagegallery/ig/Weather-Map-Symbols/

https://sites.google.com/site/bluweather/weather-maps-use-symbols-for-better-understanding

Native American and other Native Peoples WEB sites

http://www.nativepeoples.com/

http://www.nativeweb.org/

http://www.indians.org/

http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html

https://multcolib.org/homework-center/native-american

http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html

http://www.firstpeople.us/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/

http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/native/

http://www.pinterest.com/4thrprogram/kids-native-american-arts-crafts/

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/games.html

http://www.thecraftyclassroom.com/ThemeIndianCrafts.html

http://www.nps.gov/archeology/public/kids/

http://www.digonsite.com/

http://archaeology.mrdonn.org/

http://archaeology.mrdonn.org/games.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/ten-cool-sites/

http://www.qrcodecompanies.org/kids-guide-to-archeology.html

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/native_american_archaeology/

http://pattyinglishms.hubpages.com/hub/Top-10-Native-American-Attractions-in-Pennsylvania

http://www.orgsites.com/pa/redbankarch/_pgg1.php3

http://www.saa.org/publicftp/public/resources/onlinearch.html

http://www.historicjamestowne.org/learn/interactive_exercises.php

SIMPLE MACHINES WEB SITES

http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/robot-factory

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/machines/simple_machines.htm

http://www.tryengineering.org/play.php

http://sodaplay.com/

School Garden Curriculum

http://www.lifelab.org/for-educators/schoolgardens/#lessons

CONTENT Curration and Creation

Www.silkapp.com

free speed reading help online http://www.ireadfaster.com/

new online meeting tool check out further https://meet.fm/

http://www.macroplant.com/adapter/ mac/pc file converter

http://www.problem-attic.com/  Test and quiz generator online Free for teachers

http://www.quibl.com/ online debate tool

http://equizshow.com/ Free site for teachers – Great Quiz tool

Gobstopper — http://www.gobstopper.com  is new e-reading platform for schools.It is a free tool for assigning, monitoring, and leveraging summer reading in your classroom.

http://www.tales2go.com in that it is an audiobook service geared towards kids rather than more of a digital reader.

Online movie editing tools

http://www.magisto.com/

http://www.pixorial.com/

http://www.openmovieeditor.org/

Solar System Research Tools:

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/index.html#.UwS6TUjHizI

http://henry.pha.jhu.edu/ssip/solarlink.html

https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=012094629152321566053:sjh84bwxao4

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Astronomy/Solar_System.html

http://www.42searchengines.com/?start=30&page=4&pro=&area=news&global=&q=Science+Astronomy+Solar+System+Dwarf+Planets+Eris

Miscellaneous Sites for Educational Activities

http://www.arkive.org/education/team-wild

http://www.arkive.org/education/games

http://backpackgames.com

http://earthecho.org/ — Into the Dead Zone — Feast of the Seven Fishes

http://ebooktopdf.com/

http://word2cleanhtml.com/

http://videva.com/ largest internet music database

http://biologypop.com/ biology study tool

collaborative coding tool http://codebrag.com/

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/printing-press-30036.html

http://www.magisto.com/http://www.magisto.com/ video site

http://weather-explorer.com/http://weather-explorer.com/ historical weather data

Group Text Messaging — For BYOD environments and should be used with teacher supervision

https://groupme.com/

http://www.wetxt.com/

http://www.cellsea.com/media/smsindex.htm

http://www.swaggle.mobi/sessions/new

Alphabetic order books game digital WEB sites:

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/alphabetGame/#

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/alphaorder1.swf

http://library.stjosephsea.org/callauthor.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20060907140744/http:/z.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/utopia/cogito/utopia.php?a=play&s2scodename=library4

http://library.stjosephsea.org/callauthor4.htm

http://library.stjosephsea.org/callauthor3.htm

NEW TOOLS FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/how-to-use-google-drive-to-create-b.html Create a B Roll of video clips for your students using this tip

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/where-id-like-to-go-icebreaker-with.html Use Google Draw to create a classroom icebreaker

https://www.nextvista.org/ A great site for new information on using tech in the classroom

https://nimbusweb.me/screenshot.php Windows and Chrome Screen Capture app

https://books.google.com/ngrams Find when words first appeared in books from 1800’s to 2019

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/how-to-create-random-question-generator.html Using Flippity

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/08/poetry-maps-and-templates-google.html Jamboard Tools

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/two-new-google-docs-features-to-note.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/five-helpful-youtube-features-for.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/how-to-add-watermarks-to-google.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/ziplet-good-way-to-share-digital-exit.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/how-to-make-chrome-run-little-faster.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/700-free-typing-games-for-kids.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/five-google-calendar-features-you.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/09/how-to-create-custom-coloring-maps.html

https://otswithapps.com/2013/06/14/apps-list-by-occupational-performance/

https://draw.chat/ Interactive Whiteboard online

https://blog.gimkit.com/blog/draw-that Interactive Online Drawing Game

https://www.whiteboard.chat/ Another online Whiteboard and Drawing tool for collaborative activities

https://spencerauthor.com/martyr-student-centered/ Student Centered Learning

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/a-new-video-editing-tool-from-canva.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/ten-skills-students-can-learn-from.html Using Google’s Applied Digital Skills Training

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/five-genius-hour-activities-with-tract.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/taskade-complete-project-planning.html For teachers and students

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/how-to-turn-spreadsheet-into-multimedia.html Spreadsheet flashcards

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/spaces-digital-portfolio-activities-and.html Free digital portfolio tool.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/how-to-find-and-manage-google-slides.html Add on management for Google Slides

https://clalliance.org/blog/agents-of-influence-how-to-make-fighting-fake-news-fun/?utm_source=mailchimp.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Vol168

https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/scissor-practice-activities-for-children.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/new-google-meet-settings-for-google.html For Google Classroom users

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/create-portfolio-with-carrdco.html

https://esa-worldcover.org/en Land features world map

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/reading-progress-reading-works-in.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/tinytap-create-your-own-educational.html Educational Game Creation https://www.tinytap.com/

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/how-to-use-google-books.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/a-cute-series-of-videos-about.html Engineering Videos

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/how-to-use-canvas-image-background.html

https://www.bookwidgets.com/ https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/bookwidgets-create-unique-online.html

https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/how-to-share-specific-google-earth.html Sharing Google Earth Views for student assignments

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/accessible-online-physics-simulations.html https://phet.colorado.edu/

https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/ You can make custom maps with this tool.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/seven-good-tools-for-making-animations.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/take-look-at-your-google-docs-activity.html Google Docs Activity Dashboard

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/10/a-cute-series-of-videos-about.html Solving problems with simple machines

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/my-top-three-tools-for-creating-audio.html Audio Presentations.

https://www.flippity.net/RandomNamePicker.htm

https://www.tinytap.com/ create your own educational games or play games others have created.

https://ditchthattextbook.com/use-google-drawings-for-brain-friendly-visual-notetaking/

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/three-ways-to-make-green-screen-videos.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/five-helpful-powerpoint-features-you.html Overlooked PowerPoint Features

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/what-you-should-know-about-pings-and.html And Traceroutes to help solve questions about Internet Connections to specific WEBsites.

https://www.steamsational.com/snow-storm-in-a-jar-science-fair-project/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%F0%9F%A7%90Fun+January+STEM+Activities+to+Try%21%F0%9F%A7%90&utm_campaign=slime+optin+1

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/scan-documents-and-qr-codes-with-your.html Chrome QR and document scanning now available.

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/category/kids-activities/learning-activities/ Great PreK activities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_AsDKHd8mo Using the Google Documents Activity Dashboard

https://youtu.be/d_wzSUQxTh0 Set a Timer next to a Google Document for timed activities

https://www.tinytap.com/ Great PreK Games resource for teachers can use from the WEB Browser.

https://youtu.be/77jEOppBKPQ Updated Google Docs Features

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/ten-updated-microsoft-teams-features.html

https://nbamathhoops.com/app math practice app for Android and iOS

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/11/my-big-list-of-tools-for-variety-of.html Video Creation Tools for the classroom

https://www.edutopia.org/article/educators-turn-bitmoji-build-community-and-engagement?utm_content=linkpos-archive&utm_source=edu-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-2021-12-01-A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m44myjvuJpY&list=PLP7Bvyb3ap44Mll5eZ8RqY9VtuELuJ4eT Cybersecurity tips for teachers and parents

https://families.google.com/families?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY21-Q3-global-5005-email-cs-core-flow-chrome-security&utm_content=chrome-security&mkt_tok=ODA4LUdKVy0zMTQAAAGBYq2WZgvc8capGc9BXdMJwJoAZ3xLG6t-9TCeFcqfE8JjAIJgA-jYyIeQZKf6sB2XCQCe9rHN4rJjR5z22OyMRMke8USvBJfNa-urYLW2330xUrQTOw Google Resources for Families

https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/slides?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY21-Q3-global-5005-email-cs-core-flow-chrome-security&utm_content=chrome-security&mkt_tok=ODA4LUdKVy0zMTQAAAGBYq2WZz4Ckc9SyAJKemWfQmCaPAP6WkxGZJmEmMXltgeoeagroG2E5XWbhdPLt7wsq2UjV690whVr-PcPlE071hryTc87nKjao16uKKYC2to2E5V7RQ Be Internet Awesome Cybersecurity game for students grades 2 and up.

https://www.pbs.org/parents/holidays Winter Holidays collection from PBS Kids

https://www.youtube.com/c/scishowkids/featured

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/how-to-modify-share-canva-templates.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/an-easy-way-to-quickly-add-voice-notes.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/the-easiest-way-to-add-narration-to.html Google Slide feature

https://www.timeline.ly/ Add annotation to Youtube Videos

https://www.vialogues.com/ Video based conversations

https://www.flickr.org/ Great Photo resources

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/how-to-embed-google-sheets-into-websites.html

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/helpful-new-table-options-in-google-docs.html

https://www.tinytap.com/ Christmas Games for Kids here