By: Maria Watson, Technology
Teacher
Robert E. Lee Academy,
Bishopville, SC


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Hot Links:
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All
Teachers |
Science
/ Health |
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http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/cai0000/ This site has good computer references. |
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/ This site has good science fair projects. |
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This site has good pictures. |
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/browse/hea0000/ This site has good links about health. |
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/letters/n.shtml Great site for teacher worksheets (elementary). |
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Great site for Biology. |
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http://www.rubistar4teachers.com/ Site to make rubrics or get ready-made ones. |
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RayLec/scwquest.htm Great science webQuest list. |
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Good site by Houghton Mifflin. |
http://westwood.wikispaces.com/Computer+Science+portfolio This is
a site that a high school computer science teacher blogs about final projects
and assessment for the course. |
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Math |
Language
Arts |
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http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L690 Good geometry unit. |
Make puzzles for vocabulary and math online. |
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Make puzzles for vocabulary and math online. |
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/mssites/langArts.html Language Arts for Middle School list of websites. |
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http://www.aaamath.com/grade3.html Good site for math concepts and help kindergarten through eighth grade. |
Database for award-winning children’s literature. |
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165 thematic units, online math, and more. |
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ Lesson plans galore. |
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Free math worksheets. |
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi//Language_Arts Good reference for Language Arts. |
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History |
Other |
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http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/sc1.html This site contains good trivia info. about South Carolina. (Also available for all states. |
Great early childhood site for letter recognition, sounds, building words and sentences. |
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This site contains great biographical info. about the US Presidents. |
http://www.freetypinggame.net/ Free typing games. |
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http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Great site for Biology. |
http://users.dragnet.com.au/~donovan/mb/ Music education. |
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem Library of Congress history site. |
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~pstuart/index.html Disability awareness and character
development. |
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Good history information with speeches, videos, etc. |
Free resource for ESL students and teachers. |

If
you are not savvy in Microsoft PowerPoint, try Kathy Schrock’s tutorial to help
you refine your skills.
http://kathyschrock.net/visual/visual.pdf
Do simple keyboarding tasks have you stumped?
Work your way through this Microsoft Word tutorial to impress everyone.
http://www.baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm
Does Microsoft Excel have you extremely
stressed? If it does, try this tutorial:
http://www.exceltip.com/tutorial/garrison/2.html

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Homework
Help |
Games |
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http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/ Great homework help in every subject area. |
1500 online learning games. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/homework/index.html Homework help in every subject area. |
http://www.freetypinggame.net/ Free typing games. |
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Help with math and physics. |
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org Math and reading games online. |
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Help with statistics problems. |
http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Fun games for everyone. |
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http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html Help with all subject areas. |
http://www.scholastic.com/andygriffiths/game.asp Game of survival. |

Maria
Watson is a High School Technology
teacher at Robert E. Lee Academy in

Bishopville,
South Carolina. She has
been teaching for 17
years. She is currently
working
on her Master’s Degree in Technology
in Education from Lesley University. Years of
experience
have rewarded her with a catalog
of
great websites and technology information
for teachers that she would
like to share.