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Kid's Tools for Searching the Internet
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| Yahoo - Browse a broad topic using directories | Yahooligans - The web guide for kids | |
| Ask Jeeves - State a question | Ask Jeeves For Kids - A user-friendly search engine where kids can ask a question in plain English. | |
| Ask Jeeves For Teachers - A user-friendly search engine for teachers | ||
| AltaVista - Search for a narrow topic - State a question - Family Filter | ||
| K-12 Weblinks Database - Search for educational materials and reviews | ||
| EvaluTech - Search for educational materials and reviews | ||
| Metacrawler - Search the largest amount of the Internet - Meta-search engine | ||
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Technology For Teachers | |
| Education World - An excellent resource for lesson plans, scavenger hunts and Webquest. | ||
TeacherWeb.com
 A free personal website for teachers that's as easy to use as the bulletin board in your classroom. Teachers can also create WebQuest. |
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| A to Z Teacher Stuff - Features quick indexes to online lesson plans & ideas | ||
| edHelper - Over 1000 WebQuest and 6200 lesson plans in most subject areas can be found here. | ||
| MegaEd - Contains thousands of links to lesson plans, forums administrative, library and educational links. | ||
| Kids Domain - Activities and games for kids and grownups. | ||
| Blue Web 'N - A searchable database of about 1,000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area audience, and type. | ||
| abcteach - This site has fun ideas and activities for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers. It has free printable activity sheets and project helpers. | ||
| Fact Monster - Atlas, Almanac, Dictionary & Encyclopedia | ||
| TeachNet - Smart ideas for busy teachers | ||
| Classroom Connect - A list of product offerings, which include newsletters, videos, books, seminars, training systems, software, and conferences. | ||
| Kathy Schrock's Guide For Educators - A categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth | ||
| Teachers Helping Teachers - Chat with others teachers, share plans and ideas | ||
| The Global School House - A storehouse of hundreds of Internet resources and projects for teachers, students and parents | ||
| Web66 - An International School Web Site Registry | ||
| Puzzle Maker - A site that allows you to create puzzles and games | ||
| Teacher Reports - This site features an online, self-calculating grade book. Teachers can post assignments and grades for students and their parents to access. | ||
| MarcoPolo - This site brings together educational organizations to provide teachers with Internet resources designed to be integrated into the curriculum. | ||
| U.S. Department of Education | ||
| Maryland State Department of Education | ||
| National Education Association (NEA) | ||
| School Improvement in Maryland | ||
| Maryland - Electronic Capital | ||
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Reference Sites | |
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The Internet Public Library Youth Division -
This reference site was created specifically for kids and contains hundreds of links to fascinating information grouped by subject area. A great place to surf. |
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Merriam Webster Dictionary
Excellent on-line dictionary and thesaurus. |
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| Encyclopedia Britannica - Contained in the database are more than 72,000 regularly updated articles: over 10,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags: and more than 75,000 definitions, including pronunciation guides and word histories from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. | ||
| World Book Online (Intranet Only) | ||
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