Expanding the Library Collection: Online Tools   Connected Classroom Conference, Chicago 2002  Presented by Patti Tjomsland  Library Media Specialist/ Mark Morris High School  Longview, WA  98632/ zimba@kalama.com  Created Fall 1997 -- most recent update January 2003

Hot Topics	Art Sites	Biographies	Book Reviews	Books -- Used	College & Career
Cheat Sites & Plagiarism	Countries of the World	E-mail Newsletters	English & Humanities	English:  Authors and Literature	English:  Myth & Legend
Internet Evaluation	Health & Disease	Homework Help	Library Media Specialists	Marc Records
Math	Miscellaneous	Music	News & Magazines	Publishers	Reference
Science	Science: Dinosaurs and Prehistory	Science:  Rainforests&Biomes	Searching	Sports
Teacher Tech	Teacher Tools	Web Lists and Staying Current		Presentation Links	Other Sites I've made

You can find the handouts for this session at:
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/handoutonlinetoolscriteria.html
http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/handoutonlinetoolspoints.html

Hot Topics
Public Agenda Online
http://www.publicagenda.org/
West Nile Virus:  Maps
http://cindi.usgs.gov/hazard/event/west_nile/west_nile.html
Lemony Snicket
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
PBS – Lewis and Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark – Mapping the West
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/
Lewis and Clark – 4 to Explore
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/lewisclark.htm
Lewis and Clark in Missouri
http://www.lewisandclark.state.mo.us/index.html
Lewis and Clark – Time Magazine, Traveling the Trail
http://www.time.com/time/2002/lewis_clark/
Lewis and Clark Education Center
http://www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com/
Lewis and Clark Articles from Columbia Magazine
http://www.wshs.org/lewisandclark/lc-articles.htm

Art Sites

Career and College Planning Sites

Adventures in Education

    http://www.adventuresineducation.org/

Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Information

    http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm

Career Book Store

    http://www.careerbookstore.com/

    Find all kinds of books about careers.

Career Builder

    http://www.careerbuilder.com/

Career Choices

    Exploring Occupations

The Catapult on JobWeb

    "The springboard to career- and job-related sites that career services

    professionals from around the world have found helpful in working with

    college students and alumni."

College Board Online

    http://www.collegeboard.org

CollegeNet

    http://www.collegenet.com

CollegeXpress

    http://www.collegexpress.com

eStudent Loan.com

    http://www.estudentloan.com

fastWEB! (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)

Financial Aid Information

    An index page for a large number of financial aid resources,

    including need calculations, information about various kinds of financial aid,

    federal programs, loan programs, scam alerts, etc.

Financial Aid for Students

    http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/

Google University Search

    http://www.google.com/options/universities.html

    Use Google to link directly to college campus directories.

Minority Scholarships and Fellowships

    http://www.sciencewise.com

    This site is undergoing some changes.  The link may not work now, but it is supposed to be "new and improved" soon.

Peterson's Education Center

    http://www.petersons.com/

    Search alphabetically, geographically, or by majors and degrees.

    Kids can download various test preps and sign-up for a free email newsletter.

The Princeton Review Online

    http://www.princetonreview.com

    Information on resumes, coverletters, job hunting online and more.

    Combined with Embark.com

RWM Vocational School Database

    http://www.rwm.org/rwm/usamaplink.htm

    Click on the state.

2002-2003 Occupational Outlook Handbook

    http://www.bls.gov/oco/

    Site has a search function that allows you to search the index of the handbook.

The Scholarship Page

    http://www.scholarship-page.com

    Students must register to use this site.

Test Prep.com

    http://www.testprep.com/

    Most of this site is advertising their product and making it easy

    for you to buy.  However, there are also valuable free areas on the

    site for test practice.

Think College

    http://www.ed.gov/thinkcollege/

U.S. Two Year Colleges

    http://cset.sp.utoledo.edu/twoyrcol.html

E-Mail Newsletters

Infobeat
    http://www.infobeat.com/
    Daily weather, finance, sports, entertainment, classifieds and more in daily
    email newsletters.
Literary Calendar
    http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/
    This day in literary history
USA Today
Word A Day
    Increase your vocabulary with a daily new word

English, Humanities and Language Arts

AFU & Urban Legends Archive

Alphabet Super Highway's  Writing Center

    http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/tutor/writing/index.html

CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide

College Bound Reading List

    http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html

    Compiled by the Arrowhead Library System

EDSITEment

    The best of the humanities on the web.  Links and lesson plans

HorrorNet Author Web Site Listing   This may be a blocked site in some schools.

Internet Movie Database

    http://www.imdb.com

    I love this site!  However, I tend to use it more for personal use than for school.

Literary Calendar: An Almanac of Literary Information

    http://litcal.yasuda-u.ac.jp/

Mark Morris English Department

    This is the English department for my school

Powell's Books: Lists!

    http://www.powells.com/home.html

The Quest:  An Arthurian Resource

    This site has not been updated for quite awhile.

Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk

SF Site:  The Homepage for Science Fiction and Fantasy

    http://www.sfsite.com/

The Virtual Library: Museums  http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html  A comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources

The Zuzu's Petals Literary Resource Homepage

English:  Mythology and Legends

Arthur:  The Mystic Realm of King Arthur
    http://www.public.iastate.edu/~camelot/arthur.html
    Lots of links including a link to A Web-based Interdisciplinary
    Approach For Educators.
Arthurian Legends:  King Arthur and the Matter of Britain
    http://www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/index.html
Folk and Fairy Tales:  Links
    http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folklinks.html
    An amazing collection of links to folk and fairy tales.  I'd check
    these before using them with younger students.
Germanic Myths, Legends and Sagas
    http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/mythlinks.html
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore and Drama
    http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/
MythSearch.com
    http://www.mythsearch.com/index.html
Myth Web
    http://www.mythweb.com/
Myths and Legends
    http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/myth.html
    Information on myths from all over the world.
Odin's Castle of Dreams and Legends:
    http://www.odinscastle.org/
    An Archive of History and Historical Resources
    Includes sections on mythology, Arthurian Legends, Robin Hood
    and gods and goddesses.
World Mythology

English:  Writing and Creative Writing

Giggle Poetry
    http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Library Media Specialist Sites

*For Fun check out the Warrior Librarian

    http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/

American Library Association Home Page

American Library Association Parents' Page

Arquette Home page

    I didn't know where to put this...  Lois Duncan's site about the murder of her daughter.

Author Chats

    http://www.authorchats.com/

    Free Online Author Chats.  Sign up quick!  Sponsored by Classroom Connect.  All Chats are archived.  Great Resource.

Banned Books On-Line  what has been banned and why with links to other sites

Berit's Best Sites for Children to age 12

Best Information on the Net(Where the Wild Things Are and Hot Paper Topics)

    Great site for all kinds of info... look at the hot topics.

    This is aimed at high school age and older.  See the link below to read about

    how this site evolved.

Article on the creation of M. Block's site Where the Wild Things Are

Booklists for Children and Adults

    Links to all types of book lists

Booktalking Discussion Group

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booktalking

Booktalks

    600+ booktalks, well organized.  If you use them you are asked to post one of your own.

Buddy Project

    http://www.buddyproject.org/site.asp

Bulletin Boards for High School LMS

        http://www.ccps.ga.net/bulletinboards/

Collection Development Resources -- Online

        http://www.af.public.lib.ga.us/staff/colldev/selection/tools_youth/index.html

        Last updated in 2001.

Computer in Libraries

    A monthly journal on issues in library information technology.

    Not all articles are full text.

Copyright information from the Library of Congress

    http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

Copyright Information from Connie Bakker, Article from Multimedia Schools

    http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/may00/bakker.htm

Creating a Library Web Course

    http://www.cocc.edu/cfinney/classes/lib127i/create.htm

Developing an Online Reference Collection

        http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/connectednewsletter/index.jhtml

Educational Technology for Schools

    The home page for "From Now On" the computer tech journal from

    Bellingham Schools in Washington.

Forms

    http://www.ci.redwood-city.ca.us/library/forms/forms.html

    Forms online from Redwood City Public Library.

Front Page's

    List of Lists and Internet Starting Places

IASL School Libraries Online

http://www.iasl-slo.org/

Innovative Librarians

    links to their homepages -- get ideas for your own

Internet Area -- has not been updated since 2001

Internet Library for Librarians

    sponsored by Info Works Technology Co.

Internet Scout Project - Home

    Updated on Friday.  Try the Scout Select Bookmarks.

ISBN.nu

        http://isbn.nu/welcome.html

Librarians' Index to the Internet

    from Sunsite at Berkeley.. this is great for getting good sites.

Librarians' Information Online Network  (LION)

Library Pathfinder on Controversial Issues

    http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Instruction/controversial.html

Library Resource List

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/pld/lib_res.html

Library Resources

    http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/innovate.html

LibrarySpot -

        The best of libraries, newspapers, encyclopedias, maps and more in one Spot.

Libweb - Libraries on the Web

Networking Schools. For what Purpose?

    An article from, "From Now On" with advice and evaluation criterion on networks.

The On-Line Books Page

    An index of more than 7000 books in full text available on line.

    From the same people as the banned books site.

PBS Teachers Source

    lesson plans, schedules and more from PBS

Peter Milbury’s School Librarian Web Pages

Variety of Links from Peter Milbury

        http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmilbury/356A.html

Professional Development for the Media Specialist

    http://www.infosearcher.com/

Pronouncing Dictionary of Author’s Names

http://mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/dictionary/dict.html

**Research Using the Internet from SofWeb

    http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/research.htm

Sunlink:  Weed of the Month

        http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/

Teacher Librarian

        http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/

Web Sites for Book Lovers -- webliography

        http://www.webrary.org/rs/rslinks.html

Web4Lib Electronic Discussion (DL SunSITE)

    Interested in making your own library web?  This is the place to

    discuss issues and policies.

Webliography: A Guide to Internet Resources-- Reference sources from LSU

WWW Virtual Library

Young Adult Librarians' Help/Homepage - Kansas City Public Library

    designed to gather resources on and off the web to help librarians

    serving teens. 260+ links

Literature, Authors and Reading
 

Alphabet Superhighway

    http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/index.html

America Reads

    http://www.ed.gov/americareads/
Arthur
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
Audrey and Don Woods
    http://www.audreywood.com/mac_site/lounge/lounge/lounge.htm
Austen, Jane Information Page
    http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html

Author Chats

    http://www.authorchats.com/

    Free Online Author Chats.  Sign up quick!  Sponsored by Classroom Connect.  All Chats are archived.  Great Resource.
Author Corner
    http://www.carr.lib.md.us/authco/index.htm
    a place to meet authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books.
Authors and Illustrators on the Web-- CLWG
    http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Beatrix Potter
Beowulf
    http://portico.bl.uk

Book Adventure

    http://www.bookadventure.com

    Take quizes, generate a list of book, earn points and more.

    From Sylvan Learning Center.

Bookhive

    http://www.bookhive.org/

Brian Jacques Homepage (Official)

Brothers Grimm from National Geographic

        http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/map.html

Chicken Soup for the Soul

        http://www.chickensoup.com/

Children's Literature

        http://www.childrenslit.com/

Chris Crutcher, Teacher Resource File

        http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/crutcher.htm

Dav's Starting Page (Pilkey)

Dr. Seuss

    http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

Eric Carle Web Site (Official)

    Join their mailing list and get a packet of goodies from Eric.

Free Antique Books

        http://www.editec.net/

Giggle Poetry
Harry Potter at Scholastic
    http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/index.htm
Harry Potter Teaching Resources

    http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/harry/philosopher.htm

All Hemingway

    http://www.allhemingway.com/

Jack London
    http://www.jacklondons.net/
    Jack London's Ranch Album.  Biographical info as well as text from many of London's books.  A variety of articles and info.
The Jack London Collection
    http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/

    Biographical information, reviews, writings, and more.

Jan Brett – by far the best site on the Web

        http://www.janbrett.com/

J.K. Rowling

        http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp

Judy Blume's Official Web Page

    http://www.judyblume.com/

Kids’ Corner

        http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm

Learning to Read:  Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research

Michael Crichton Official Page

NancyDrew.com: The official web site for Nancy Drew -

Paulsen page

Poe, Edgar Allan, Cybertour

    http://dcls.org/x/archives/poe.html

Reading Aloud

    http://www.parentsoup.com/library/readaloud/

Shakespeare  The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Treasure Island - Home

Will Hobbs

        http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/

Marc Records and Cataloging Resources on the Net

 

Marcive Inc.

    http://www.marcive.com/Web1.htm

Arkansas State University

    http://150.208.48.97/

    Results let you view marc record or download it.

Bergen County Library

    http://www.bccls.org/search.html

    Search the database, view marc record and print or download.

Blue Skyways, Kansas Library System

    http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/

    Go to the catalog link, then type in the title you want.  When it

    comes up you can click on Marc format at the top of the page and

    get a record.  This doesn't download to your computer, but you can print it out.

Kansas State Univeristy

    http://www.lib.ksu.edu/catalog/

    Print out marc records.

Library of Congress Experimental Search System

    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/resdev/ess/numbera.html

Sunlink

    http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu

    Download or print marc records.

Math

Algerbra Help
    http://www.algebrahelp.com/
    Worksheets, calculators, resources, lesson plans, etc.
Eisenhower Center for Mathematics and Science
Geometry Junkyard  http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/
Explore Math
    http://www.exploremath.com/
    Lesson plans, worksheets, discussions, etc.  all free if you register
Geometry Problem of the Week
History of Mathematics  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history
Interactive Math
Math Forum
Math in Daily Life
    http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
Math Magic!
    http://forum.swarthmore.edu:80/mathmagic/
    Information on math team competitions
Mathematical Sciences Career Information
    http://www.ams.org/careers
Mega-Mathematics!
    http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
Middle School Problem of the Week:  Grades 5-8
Random Mathematical Quotation
    http://math.furman.edu/cgi-bin/randquote.pl
SAT Test Question of the Day
    http://www.collegeboard.org/tqod/bin/question.cgi

Miscellaneous

Cyberkids
    http://www.cyberkids.com/
Headbone Zone
    http://www.headbone.com/   Fun for kids.  Monitored chat area.
Hoaxes and Urban Legends
    Keep up with rumors and more.
The Lipstick Librarian
    You have to see this!  Great humor.
Print and Color Your Own Town
    http://www.yourchildlearns.com/town.htm
    Windows only.  Print and color ten houses, eight stores, and of course, a library.
Substitutute Teacher sites from MR. T.
    http://mrt.tripod.com/
Zeeks.com
    http://www.zeeks.com/

 

Music

All Music Guide
    http://www.allmusic.com/
Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
    http://members.aol.com/jasontracy/bulletinboards.html
Children's Music Web
    http://www.childrensmusic.org/
Children's Song Lyrics
    http://kididdles.com/mouseum/e006.html
    Words to all  kinds of camp songs, lullabyes, etc.
Danmans Music
    http://www.danmansmusic.com/teachers.htm
    Danman has a BIG site.  Some of it is free, some of it is pay.
    This link takes you to teacher resources, which include free
    instrument tuning, various music paper templates, K-12 music
    puzzles, online metronome, scale and chord pop-ups and more.
Drum Lesson Database
    http://www.drumbum.com/lessons.htm
    You won't believe all of the free lessons here!  Over 250!
Folksong Lyrics
    http://www.mudcat.org/
Free Guitar Lessons
    http://www.free-guitar-lessons.com/
    Just what it claims to be free lessons on finger picking and more.
Kids' Songs Lyrics
    http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html

MusicNewswire

    http://www.musicnewswire.com/

    Get the headlines for all the top music news sources.
My Sheet Music
    http://www.mysheetmusic.com/
    Free sheet music to print out.  Well organized and easy to use.
    *Some of the music is "pay for".  In the teaching resources
    section you can find Free 8, 10 and 12 stave  manuscript paper
    templates to print as well as an 8 stave guitar tab paper template.
NIEHS – music and Lyrics
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicmovies.htm
One Minute Music Lessons (piano)
    http://www.mysheetmusic.com/new/lessons/lessons.htm
    These are very basic and would be good for children.
Piano on the Net - Piano Nanny
    http://www.pianonanny.com/index.html
    Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete.  Site requires various plug-ins.
San Francisco Symphony Kids’ Site – excellent music resource!
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
Wall of Sound: A music site
Whole Note:  The Online Guitar Community
        http://www.wholenote.com/  This site not only offers guitar
        lessons with notation and customizable music playback for all
        skill levels and styles, it also offers tools to help you build your own
        lessons. You can explore links, reviews, news, forums, ear training, and
        more. The site includes ads.

News and Magazines

BBC News Archive
    http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/advquery.htm
CNN in Depth (back to 1995)
    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
CNN/SI from CNN and Sports Illustrated
CNN Newsroom
    http://cnn.com/
Crayon.net
Education Week on the Web    http://www.edweek.org/
Education World    http://www.educationworld.com/
Find Articles.com
    http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
ISTE - Learning & Leading With Technology
Medical Journals -- Free
    http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Multimedia Schools  Some articles full text.
National Geographic Index  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html  If your print indexes are frustrating to use or not up-to-date, try the online index.
National Geographic World… Online
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/
NBCi
New York Times Navigator
News Archives With Search Engines  Links are to individual sites, so once search does not do all.  They are full-text.
News Index  Search 15 different news sites at once
Online News Hour
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html
Technology & Learning Online  See the "ultimate hot list"  and search software reviews
Total News – current news only
http://www.totalnews.com/
Wired 6.09
Yahoo Internet Life - Welcome!

Publishers and Library Supplies

3M Library Systems—Products

    http://www.3m.com/library/index.jhtml

EBSCO Information Services

Follet

Librarian's Online Warehouse - Index of Library and Librarian Products and Supplies

Linworth Publishing, Inc.

SIRS Databases:Researcher on the Web

    http://www.sirs.com/products/database.htm

SLJ: Average Book Prices '98  Share this with your principal!

    http://206.236.152.83/articles/opinion/19980301_5750.asp

Welcome to Ellison Educational Equipment and Ellison Craft & Design  This is a source for bulletin board letter making equipment

Reference Sites

Acronym Finder

    http://www.irs.aber.ac.uk/acronyms/

BraryDog!!!

    http://www.brarydog.net/

    Join the  Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County for only $25 a year.  Get access to: Electric Library, Grolier Online, Infotrac and more.  Build your own library reference page, with your favorite links.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Baseball Almanac

Britannica Online

DeskRef

Discoverer’s Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

    http://www.eldoradolibrary.org/refer.htm

Encarta Concise Encyclopedia

Enchanted Learning

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

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

ERIC

    http://www.ed.gov/pubs/pubdb.html
    Education resources
Fact monster
    http://www.factmonster.com/
How Stuff Works

    http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Library Spot

    http://www.libraryspot.com

Maps

    http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/outline_sites.html

Quotes, Quotes and More Quotes

    http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9761/

Reference Desk.com

    http://www.refdesk.com/

Research It!

    http://www.itools.com/research-it/

Symbols Encyclopedia

Voycabulary

    http://www.voycabulary.com/

Science

Acme Pet  dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, exotics, etc

allpets.com over 5000 pages of pet information

Bat Conservation International  everything you could want to know about bats!

Butterflies:   A Students Guide (elementary)

    http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/farmer/bfly1.htm

Butterflies and Moths

    http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/discover/bfly.htm

Butterflies:  Monarch Watch

    http://www.monarchwatch.org/

Cats! Wild to Mild

    from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, includes teacher curriculum

CyberBee

Discovery Channel Online - Africa's Elephant Kingdom IMAX Website

Explore the Fantastic Forest -- National Geographic

    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/forest/

The Franklin Institute Science Museum

Home Page of VolcanoWorld

    http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

    Great site!  Sponsored by NASA

Human Genome Project Information

    Advanced info for high school and older, sponsored by the US Dept. of Energy

ICE Internet Connections for Engineering

    All resources in ICE are related to either: chemistry, engineering,

    math, physics, or other 'hard' sciences.

In the Wild:  Information on Vanishing Species

    http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/default.htm

Leonardo Home Page
    http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/

    From the Museum of Science, Boston

Magic School Bus

    http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/

Minerology Database

    http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/

Periodic Table: Webelements

Profiles in Science

Pumpkin Life Cycle

    http://atozteacherstuff.com/printables/pumpkin_lesson.pdf

A Science Odyssey

    home page for the PBS series.  Get on the mailing list for a free teachers' guide.

Science Week  Search

    http://www.scienceweek.com/search/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/search.htm

    This site allows you search the archive of Science Week.

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Whale Net

    http://whale.wheelock.edu/

Wild Inside Nature Programs Home Page

    lots for teachers, scout leaders, parents and kids

Science:   Dinosaurs, Prehistory
 

Ice Mummies Home
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/
Life and Times of Early Man
    http://members.aol.com/Donnpages/EarlyMan.html
Museum of Paleontology
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Welcome to the Stone Age
    http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
Zoom Dinosaurs
    http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com
    A comprehensive site about dinosaurs.  Easy to use.

Science:  Rainforests and Biomes

Amazon Interactive http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html

Biomes

    http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/biomes.html

    My site I put together for our science department

The Evergreen Project:

    Biomes and other information for students and teachers http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/index2.htm

Jungle Adventures of Toucan Sam (Fruit Loops)

    http://www.toucansam.com/

Rain forest Alliance

    http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Rain Forest Information Centre

    http://forests.org/ric/

Under the Umbrella of the Tropical Rain Forest:

    A Web Quest for the Future of Our Environment

    http://www.gnbvoc.mec.edu/rainforest/default.htm

Searching Tools

Best Information on the Net
    http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/default.htm
Kartoo
    http://www.kartoo.com
    Will search in different languages.  Try this different interface.
Kids Click
    http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Librarian’s Index to the Internet
    http://www.lii.org
Multnomah County Library Homework Help
    http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html
Surfwax
    http://www.surfwax.com
    Search and then click on "Focus".  This opens a thesarus that should help kids narrow their topic
Teoma
    http://www.teoma.com
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/

Sports

Kid’s Domain Sports

    http://www.kidsdomain.com/sports/

Sports Coach

    http://www.sportscoach-sci.com/

Teacher Tech and Education News

Acceptable use form

    http://www.bcsd.k12.id.us/district/forms.html

From Now On: The Educational Technolgy Journal

    http://www.fno.org/

Net Squirrel

    http://www.netsquirrel.com

Photoshop Tutorials

    http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html

Tech Learning

    Home page for Technology&Learning and The Well Connected Educator

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

Technology Tutorials

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm

Teacher Tools

All In One Search
All the Best Search Engines on One Page -- Search All In One
    http://www.searchallinone.com/search.html
Amazing Picture Machine
    http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Atomica
    http://www.atomica.com/
Crayola Creative Teacher
    http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
    Calendar, crafts, articles and more.
Creative Classroom Online
    http://www.creativeclassroom.org/
Discipline Help
    http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ychta/default.htm
Ditto.com
    Site searches for pictures
ERIC Full Text Internet Library
    http://ericae.net/ftlib.htm
E Pals
    http://www.epals.com
First Day Checklist for Elementary Teachers
    http://geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/1213/chklist.html
Form Site
    http://www.formsite.com
    Create a database online.  Some of this is free, a lot is pay.
Graphic Organizers
    http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html
Innovative Classroom: Reproducibles
    http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/Teaching_Toolbox/Reproducibles/default.asp
K12 Nation.net
    http://www.k12nation.net/
    Allowing educators, parents and students to communicate online.
Kindergarten Kafe
    http://www.kkafe.net/
Laura Candler's File Cabinet
    http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm
LD Online
    http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/add_adhd/add-adhd.html.
Learn California
    http://www.learncalifornia.org/
Multiplication.com
    http://www.multiplication.com
Noodle Tools
    http://www.noodletools.com/
OOPS Our Overnight Planning System
    http://oops.bizland.com/
Puzzlemaker
    makes puzzles including  wordsearches, criss cross, cryptograms, math squares and more.
Rubrics
    Extensive listing of rubrics on all types of curriculum areas.
Rubrics --Rubistar
    http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Spelling Lists
    http://www.areasonfor.com/spelling/wordlists/
Star Tribune (Newspaper) Ideas and tools for teachers
    http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/
Teach with Movies
   http://www.teachwithmovies.org/
    A wide variety of movies with help for using them in the classroom. Check the
    "standard questions" page and see a list of "not recommended movies."
Tech Learning Grants and Contests
    http://www.techlearning.com/grants.html
Utah Education Network
    http://www.uen.org/themepark/
Word A Day
    Increase your vocabulary by receiving a vocab word each day in your email
Worksheet Generator
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/

Web lists and staying current

Digital Librarian -- What's New

El Dorado County Library  What's Hot on the Net

Great Sites!

Introduction to Windows to the Universe

KidsClick! Web Search

Learning Company Classroom Flyer (email newsletter)

    http://www.learningcompanyschool.com/school/resource/flyerrequest.asp

Librarians Index to the Internet -- What's New the Week -- print list

Neat New Stuff

    http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

    Chosen by Marylaine Block

Netsurfer Digest

    this is from Netsurfer Communications and is a weekly electronic

    publication.  Oriented to the popular rather than the scholarly.

New York Department of Health Consumer Info

    http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/consumer.htm

1001 Web Sites - Main Page

School Library Hotspots

The Scout Report

    from U. of Wisconsin carefully selected sites aimed at content

    rather than popularity.  Link to the K.I.D.S. Report which is created by students.

Smithsonian Newsletter

Study WEB

Web Today Destinations

Miscellaneous Articles

Boyle, Patrick.  "What? Use a Book for Doing Research?; Many College Students are Forsaking Library Shelves for Computers."  Washington Post.  24 Aug. 2000.

See My Other Conference Sites

Net Tips for Newbies I and II-- Bookmark Collection with links to handouts

Ten Minutes of Tech  -- Bookmark Collection

Free For Teachers -- sites from Who Said There's No Free Lunch with links to handout

Homework Help On the Web

Ethics 101:

Sites I've made for teachers and classes at Mark Morris High School

This Day in History
Disease
Health
Countries
Biographies
Biomes

Contempory World Problems "Issues"

WAR!

Graphic from Discovery School http://school.discovery.com/clipart/category/lang03.html