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Literature Circles Resource Center information and resources for teachers and students in elementary and middle school

Literature Database The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. I expect the user to be a librarian or a teacher intervening for a child-reader, however anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults themselves.

The Literacy Web at UConn is located in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.

Interactive Assessment Worksheets Look at the section on the Human Body - Excellent

MUSICAL MULTIPLICATION Multiplication can be fun and easy to learn. This method of teaching the multiplication facts was developed about 25 years ago to teach learning disabled students in a resource room setting. The songs have been recently added.

Internet 4Classrooms Helping teachers use the Internet effectively

pocketPCpassion Welcome to my Pocket PC Passion Website! Stay around and browse awhile as you discover one of my hobbies.

Enchanted Learning Outstanding Site for Elementary Classroom Teachers. Check out the Carft section.

WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Specialized Search Engines and Directories There are approximately zillions of specialized search engines out there, as can be seen at Search Engine Guide. The list below is a selective subset of these, chosen because they might help you find materials useful as resources in a WebQuest. All of these links lead to sites that contain specific information that may not turn up when you do a general search of the Web using Altavista, Yahoo, and other search engines and directories.

People's Century "History of the People," for the people, as told by the people who lived it.

Power Learning Creating Student-Centered Problems-Based Classrooms This hands-on workshop which is designed to give you experience conducting investigations with new information technologies.

Shari's Recommended Palm Applications - Great Resource for Palm

Middle School Math Online A middle school math project, a work in progress.

MarcoPolo Use the search engine to search for great lessons and activities.

Great Adventures For Students Educational web adventures with focus on art, science & history...My favorite A. Pintura: Art Detective

American Memory Project American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

emTech 15,000 resources organized by topics for teachers, students, parents, and others.

Great American Speeches 80 Years of Political Oratory - Includes lesson plans for using text, audio, and video of great American speches.

edHelper Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Teacher's Lesson Plans - WebQuests,etc.