Helpful Links

Arts Edge  

Arts Edge Marcopolo

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

  Louvre Museum

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

  Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

  National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.)

http://www.nga.gov/

Clip Art/Images

  Amazing Picture Machine

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

Awesome Clipart for Kids

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/

Classroom Clipart

http://classroomclipart.com/

Clipart 4 Schools

http://www.clipart4schools.com/

Discovery School’s Clip Art Gallery

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

FreeFoto.com

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp

Google Images

http://www.google.com/ (Click on Images Tab)

Graphic Maps:  Free Clip Art

http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm

Interesting.com:  History Images

http://historyimages.com/

Microsoft Design Gallery Livehttp://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx

Kids Domain:  Clipart

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/

Pics 4 Learning

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Pic Search

http://www.picsearch.com/

Teacher Files: Educational Clip Art

http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm

Teacher Files:  Themes

http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_themes.htm

Teachnet.com: Free Educational Clip Art

http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/clipart/index.html

Zooish

http://www.zooish.com/

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com/

Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia.html

Factor Monster People

http://www.factmonster.com/people.html

General Sites for Students

AOL@School (The School Wide Web)

http://aolatschool.com

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Brain Pop (Watch movies – limited to three a day without subscription)

http://www.brainpop.com/

Citation Machine

http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php

Eduscapes

http://eduscapes.com/

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Fact Monster Games & Quizzes

http://www.factmonster.com/games.html

Funbrain

http://www.funbrain.com/

Funschool

http://www.funschool.com/

Internet Safety for Kids

http://www.safekids.com/

Internet Safety for Teens

http://www.safeteens.com/

Macmillan-McGraw-Hill

http://www.mhschool.com/

Marco Polo

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Primary Games

http://www.primarygames.com/

Puzzlemaker

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

Scholastic

http://www.scholastic.com/sitemap.htm

S.C.O.R.E Webguides for classroom use

http://www.score.k12.ca.us/

The Eisenhower National Clearing House Digital Dozen

http://www.enc.org/features/dd/?ls=fe

Time For Kids Online

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK

Weekly Reader for Kids K-12

http://www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp

42Explore

http://42explore.com/

General Sites for Teachers

Apple Learning Interchange

http://ali.apple.com/

Backflip

http://www.backflip.com/

Blue Web’n

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Connie’s Teacher Corner

http://www.teachercorner.com/

Discovery School

http://school.discovery.com/

DuPage ROE (Regional Office of Education

http://www.dupage.k12.il.us/

Early Childhood Educators’ and Family Web Corner

http://users.stargate.net/~cokids

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/

Educator’s Reference Desk

http://www.eduref.org/

EduPuppy

http://www.edupuppy.com/

Filamentality

http://www.Filamentality.com/wired/fil

Global SchoolHouse for Teachers and Parents

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

Houghton Mifflin Education Place

http://www.eduplace.com/index.html

ISTE

http://cnets.iste.org/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

Kindergarten Connection

http://www.kconnect.com/

Net’s Best Resource for Teachers

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

Quia Online Activities and Test Generator ~ flashcards, puzzles, etc.

http://www.quia.com/

PBS Teacher Source

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource

Staff Development Super Site (Technology Tutorials)

http://wizard.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/super.html

Scholastic In School

http://www.scholastic.com/inschool

Teacher Vision

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/

Teacher Web

http://teacherweb.com/

The Global Schoolhouse

http://www.gsh.org/GSH/index.html

Trackstar

http://trackstar.hprtec.org/

WebSpawner (Free Web Page Builder)

http://www.webspawner.com/create.html

WWW 4 Teachers

http://www.4teachers.org/

Homework  Help

BJ. Pinchbeck’s  Homework

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Homework Spot

http://www.homeworkspot.com/

Maps, Geography & Almanacs

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Geography World

http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html

National Geographic Map Machine

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

Old Farmer’s Almanac

http://www.almanac.com/index.php

The World Fact Book

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

What is the Capital?

http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com/

WorldAtlas.com

http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.html

Math

AAA Math

http://www.aaamath.com/

Ask Dr. Math

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

APlus Math Games

http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html

Coolmath4Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Illuminations (Marcopolo)

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.html

Math Flash Cards

http://www.oswego.ord/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/maths1.html

Math General Topics

http://www/.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#facts

Math World

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Mystery Picture

http://www.disitey.com/math/mistery2.html#5

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_3.html

NCES’s  Create a Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/index.asp

S.O.S. Mathematics

http://www.sosmath.com/

Tour De Math

http://www.fi.edu/pieces/silverman/TourDeMath.html

Measurement and Conversion

A Dictionary of Units

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm

Metric Frame-of-Reference

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/frame.htm

The Everyday Metric System

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/everyday.htm

Museums Online

Library of Congress Exhibitions

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/

National Air and Space Museum

http://www.nasm.si.edu/

National Museum of Natural History

http://www.mnh.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution

http://www.si.edu/

Virtual Museums Pages

http://icom.museum/vlmp/

Reading

Read Write Think (Marcopolo)

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Read Write Think (Marcopolo Web Resources Gallery)

http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp

Starfall

http://www.starfall.com/

Religious Sites (Catholic Sites)

American Catholic

http://www.americancatholic.org/

Blest Are We  (Religion Text currently used in Grades 1-5)

http://www.blestarewe.com/

Catechism of the Catholic Church

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/DCHN/ccc.html

Catholic News

http://www.catholic.net/

Catholic Online

http://www.catholic.org/

Catholic Prayers

http://www.yenra.com/catholic/prayers

Catholic Web

http://www.catholicweb.com/

Everything Catholic

http://www.everythingcatholic.com/

NCEA (National Catholic Educational Association)

http://www.ncea.org/

New Advent Catholic Website

http://www.newadvent.org/

RCL Faith First.com

http://www.faithfirst.com/

Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet

http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/

Sadlier

http://www.cyberfaith.com/

http://webelieveweb.com/

http://www.comingtofaith.com/

Saint of the Day

http:://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay

The Holy Rosary

http://www.theholyrosary.org/

The Holy See (The Vatican web site)

http://www.vatican.va/

The New American Bible

http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/index.htm

Theology Library at Spring Hill College

http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary

The Young Saints Club

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1619

Adrian Dominican Sisters

http://www.adriansisters.org/

Reference Tools

American Sign Language Dictionary

http://www.signwriting.org/

Citation Maker (MLA style)

http://oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/howto/cited/

Dictionary.com

http://www.dictionary.com/

Eduhound Hotlist

http://www.eduhound.com/hotlist

Fact Monster Word Wise

http://www.factmonster.com/funfacts.html

Fact Monster Dictionary

http://www.factmonster.com/dictionary.html

Internet Picture Dictionary

http://www.pdictionary.com/

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace

Little Explorers’ Picture Dictionary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.htm

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/

Noodle Bib 4 MLA Starter Mode

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.php

The Connected Thesaurus
http://www.lexfn.com/  

Your Dictionary
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Science  

A Science Odyssey –Plate Tectonic Theory
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html

Ask an Expert
http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html  

Cyberhunt for Kids on Rocks
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/gems.htm

Dr. Fungus
http://doctorfungus.org/index.htm  

EERE Kids (Dr. E’s Energy Lab)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids

Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/report_resources.html

Nine Planets
http://www.nineplanets.org/

Science Clips
http://maroon.com/earthscience/

Science NetLinks (Marcopolo)
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/

Star Child (A Learning Center for Young Astronomers)
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

The Energy Story – Introduction
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html

The Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/

Search Engines

Google
http://www.google.com/

Kids Click!  Kids’ Search Engine
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!

Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Social Studies

Civil War
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html

Edsitement (Marcopolo)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=3

Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

History of the Underground Railroad
http://nationalgeographic.com/railroad

History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html

The Franklin Institute Online
http://fi.edu/index.html

The History Net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/

Underground Railroad
http://pathways.thinkport.org/about

Sounds

Find Sounds
http://findsounds.com/

Spanish

Learn Spanish
http://www.learnspanish.com/  

Quia – Ar Verb Conjugation Practice
http://www.quia.com/mc/317083.html  

Spanish Top 20 activities
http://www.quia.com/dir/spanish