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Family-Oriented
Sites
Air
Forces's Link Jr.
Try the Air Force's new family-friendly
site for kids.
ALA
Find good books to read, including Newberry and
Caldecott Award Winners, at the American Library
Asspociation site. This site includes information about
authors, KidsConnect (for help locating all the information
online), and educational games.
CoolMath.Com
You may not think math is very cool, but check
out this site and you may just change your mind. These math
games are definitely not boring! There is something for
everyone, from the struggling student to the next Einstein.
CoolMath is what is claims to be..."an amusement park
for mathematics."
Exploratorium
Puzzle over optical illusions, take memory tests,
and conduct experiments, online and off, at the
Exploratorium.
Franklin
Institute Science
Museum
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
offers online exhibits on an array of science and technology
topics.
GEM
A new tool is now available to help teachers
pinpoint -- from thousands of learning resources on the
Internet -- the one that is right for their students. The
Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is designed
for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other
information into a search screen that then retrieves -- from
more than 140 web sites -- lessons, instructional units, and
other free educational materials on that topic, for that
grade level. If your organization has a collection of lesson
ideas or instructional materials, you're invited to
participate: http://geminfo.org/Participation/index.html.
Teachers & parents: You are invited to visit The
Gateway, search for topics your children are studying, and
tell us what you think (using the survey at the bottom of
the home page.
Hubble
Telescope
Find more adventures in space, including views
from the Hubble Space Telescope, at a different NASA
site.
Jason
Project
Join an interactive exploration of the oceans, on
earth and beyond, with the Jason Project.
Kids'
Almanac
Trying to fill in all the blanks on your homework
sheets? Infoplease has developed this Kids'
Almanac to give you the help you need. Featured sections
include the homework center, life, sports, U.S. and the
world. Learn fun facts that will amaze your friends and
family. There is also a search feature that can help you
find information using a word or phrase.
Library of
Congress
Enjoy materials from the Library of
Congress, including exhibits on topics ranging from
ballet to Jelly Roll Morton, Native American flutes to
Thomas Jefferson's pasta machine.
Midlink
Magazine
Midlink magazine has been serving kids
ages 8 to 18 online since 1994, highlighting "exemplary work
from...creative classrooms around the globe." Contributions
focus on the academic areas of English/language arts, social
studies, math, and science.
NASA's
Quest Project
Watch Live from Mars, audio and video
transmissions of the Pathfinder's explorations, at
NASA's Quest Project site.
Netparents
Find information on Internet site blocking
software from Netparents.
Parents
and Children Together
Read stories with your children, let them add to
the stories told around the Global Campfire, ad find links
to other good family sites at Parents and Children
Together Online.
PBS
Climb Mt. Everest, explore inside the Pyramids,
and go on other electronic field trips with the Public
Broadcasting System. Preschool children can enjoy
children's programming here, elementary school children can
practice story telling, and teenagers and adults can take
telecourses.
Puzzlemaker
Create your own secret message or word search
puzzles, crossword puzzles or mazes, and more. Print them
and share them with your friends and everyone will be amazed
at your creativity! this is realy quick and easy to use.
You'll want to bookmark this spot and come back often!
Seussville
Games
The Cat in the Hat is back, and now he's online.
Play games with your favorite Seuss characters such
as Horton, the Sneetches, the Lorax, and more. Visit
Diffendoofer School and match the wacky teachers with their
classrooms.
Teenreads
This is a great site for teens to delve into the
writings and literature of their culture. They can also vote
on current topics and enter contests on trivia and creative
writing. This
Teenreads also publishes an email newsletter,
distributed weekly. the Word, Question, and Quote of the Day
are also great resources for classrooms and tutors.
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Online
Reference Sites
American
Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics has a
wide variety of information for parents concerning their
children's health and well-being; covering topics such as
immunizations, sleep problems, newborn care, and
television.
AskERIC
AskERIC, a free question-answering service
provided by the Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC), invites people to submit their questions about
education, parenting, and child development for an e-mail
response within 2 working days.
Homework
Helper
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper is a
wonderful guide to encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference
works, and other resources on a great variety of subjects.
The enthusiasm of its 10-year-old creator adds appeal to
everything from the Ultimate White Pages to Bugs in the
News.
Internet
Public Library
The Internet Public Library: Reference
Center provides an "ask a question" feature and a teen
collection, as well as sections on reference, arts and
humanities, science and technology, and education.
Language
Arts TEKS Toolkit
Examine the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
in context via teaching vignettes and exemplary materilas.
Read practical "how to" information about setting up and
running a reading lab. Explore the ways computers and the
worls wide web can help make learning more collaborative and
engaging.
Languages
Other Than English (LOTE) TEKS Toolkit
Examine the new Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
for LOTE policies, framework, and learning snapshots.
Discover how technoloby enhances language learning and
explore links to language-specific web sites.
Math
TEKS Toolkit
This site is all about math education and
includes everything you need to know about the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills for Math. The TEKS are
listed by grade level and by content strand. Clarifying
activities, sample lessons, and extended discussions to help
with TEKS implementation are also included.
Microsoft
in Education
Microsoft's site is a resource and news web site
for instuctors, technology professionals, and education
administrators.
My
Virtual Reference Desk
My Virtual Reference Desk offers dozens of
links--to dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference/research
materials, thesauruses, atlases, sports, entertainment, and
much more--as well as a search engine for locating more
information.
National
Urban League
The National Urban League is a useful
resource for tracking programs and events related to
African-American issues. It is a rich reference area for
students, parents, teachers and history buffs.
Science
TEKS Toolkit
Everything you want to know about the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science can be found
here. View the TEKS in English and Spanish, alog with
"snapshots," activities to help students learn the TEKS.
Search the glossary for definitions of terms used in the
TEKS and Toolkit. Read thoughtful essays on science
literacy, the nature of science and its impact on learning,
and much, much more!
Social
Studies TEKS Toolkit
Explore the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for
Social Studies, course descriptions, a glossary, web-based
resources, lessons, and more. Open the door to technology
with lessons, step-by-step computer "how-to's", and tips on
classroom management strategies.
Technology
Application TEKS Toolkit
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology
are listed by gradeclusters, courses, and strands. Resources
are also given for teaching and learning the Technology
Applications TEKS and making conections to other curiculum
areas.
Texas
Education Agency (TEA)
This is the official web site for Texas' department of
education. It includes informtaion for students,
famillies and communities, teachers, and administrators.
School Law and Rules, School Data, Educational Programs, and
Information and Publications are only a few of the many
helpful sections on this site.
TENET
Check out the TENET Web! TENET (Texas
Education Network) provides useful, up-to-date resources for
the education community, including teachers, administrators,
parents and students.
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Parent
Sites
ASPIRA
Association, Inc.
The Aspira Association, Inc. highlights
its two national parent involvement programs: the ASPIRA
Parents for Educational Excellence Program (APEX) and the
Teachers, Organizations, and Parents for Students Program
(TOPS). Each program provides a Spanish/English curriculum
that strives to empower Latino parents and families.
Children's
Partnership
The Children's Partnership offers, for
free, the full text of its useful guide, The Parents'
Guide to the Information Superhighway: Rules and Tools for
Families Online, prepared with the National PTA and the
National Urban League. A printed version of the guide, which
provides common-sense guidance and encouragement for parents
and tips and computer activities for children, is available
for $8 from The Children's Partnership, 1351 Third Street
Promenade, Suite 206, Santa Monica, CA 90401-1321;
(310)260-1220.
Family
Education Network
The Family Education Network offers
hundreds of brief articles on parenting, links to local
sites, and discussion boards that connect parents with
online experts.
Magellan
Magellan uses a rating scale to evaluate
parenting sites. To look at the ratings or follow the links,
select Reviews, Life & Style, Family, and Parenting.
National
Parent Information
Network
The National Parent Information Network,
cosponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouses on Elementary and
Early Childhood Education and Urban Education, includes
extensive articles on parenting, listservs, and links to
more than 100 sites on education, health and safety,
family issues and interests, and parenting and development
of children from infancy to adolescence.
National
Coalition for Parental Involvement in
Education
The National Coalition for Parental
Involvement in Education provides a catalog of resources
available from all its member organizations.
National Coalition of Title I/Chapter 1
Parents
The National Coalition of title I/Chapter 1
Parents helps economically disadvantaged parents develop
skills to enhance the quality of their children's education.
They may be reached at 202-547-9286.
National
PTA
At the National PTA site learn about PTA
education programs and participate in a discussion group,
chat room, or bulletin board. The site also includes links
to sites of many organizations concerned with children.
Parent
Soup
Parent Soup includes an archive of answers to
questions asked of pediatricians and child development
experts and advice about helping your children succeed in
school.
Parents
at Home
The Parents at Home site, especially for
at-home parents, offers e-mail pen pals, a booklist, and
links to children's sites.
Partnership
for Family Involvement in
Education
The Partnership for Family Involvement in
Education, sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Education, highlights school-community- business
partnerships and includes a calendar of events. At the home
page for the Department of Education http://www.ed.gov,
parents will find information about the President's
education initiatives, college financial aid, and parenting
publications, along with links to other useful education
sites.
White
House
The White House web site describes a
strategy to involve government, industry, parents, and
teachers in putting together a rating system so parents can
define material they consider offensive and protect their
children effectively.
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Places
with Extensive Links
4
Kids.org
www.4kids.org is the "quickest shot to the
coolest spots on the Web." Take a virtual safari to see
anything from dogs and dinosaurs to bugs and bunies, post a
drawing or a story on the Web, visit the world' greatest
museums, and learn about Egypt, space, robots, or anatomy to
help with schoolwork. You can also take a break from
schoolwork and surf for fun; there are online games, sports,
and places just for girls!
4
Teachers.org
www.4Teachers.org is a great spot for free
tools and resources for educators.
50+
Great Sites for Kids and
Parents
50+ Great Sites for Kids and Parents, from
the American Library Association enables preschool through
elementary school children to explore rainbows, black
history, castles for kids, award-winning new reported by
children fro children, the Kids Web Page Hall of Fame, to
say nothing of watching dolphins, learning lullabies, and
much more.
700+
Great Sites
700+ Great Sites provides links to "amazing,
spectacular, mysterious, colorful websites for kids and the
adults who care about them."
Berit's
Best Sites for
Children
Berit's Best Sites for Children helps you
learn about earthquakes, visit the imagination factory and
make junk mail jewelry, descend into a volcano, tour a human
cell, go on a world "surfari," solve a crime, and fly a
kite.
Edhelper
Edhelper has over 1,000 Webquests and
6,200 lesson plans that include tons of science, social
studies, math, and many more resources.
Fifty
Extraordinary
Experiences
Jean Armour Polly's Fifty Extraordinary
Experiences for Internet Kids invites viewers to make their
own home page, visit the Kremlin, look inside the human
heart, take Socks' special VIP tour of the White house, and
make a boat trip around the world.
Interesting
Places for Kids
Steve Savitzky's Interesting Places for
Kids is an award-winning site in its own right with many
unusual links.
Navigator
Navigator is used by the New York Times
newsroom as a starting point for searching the Web, and what
a starting point it is! First, start with a comprehensive
list of serach engines--there's everything from Yahoo to
Northern Light. dig a little deeper and you'll find
government databases fro many federal, state, and
international agencies. Beyond that you will find a ton of
reference sites that will help you browse the Bible, search
for addresses, read online magazines, and even visit the
Elvis homepage! Don't get lost!
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Children
with Special Needs
Children with special needs can often benefit from the
use of assistive technology to support communication,
self-expression and positive socialinteraction. Parents and
teachers tell stories of children who overcome obstacles and
achieve success online--the child with a writing disability
who wins second place in a nationwide writing contest or the
teenager with a learning disability who becomes an
electronic pen pal with a scientist across the country who
shares his fascination with fossils
Technology is available to help people with special
needs. If your child has a mobility or sensory impairment,
for example, you may decide to replace the mouse with
another device for giving the computer commands. A joystick,
for instance, can be controlled with the entire hand. Other
devices require only a single finger for control. Magnifying
the screen can help individuals with low vision, while voice
synthesis technology can read screen information to those
who are blind.
These Web sites are also helpful:
EASI
Easy Access to Software and Information is a site that
provides information on adaptive computer technology for
individuals with disabilities.
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted
Education
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and gifted
Children operated by the Council for Exceptional Children
offers information about disabilities and accommodations.
Call 1-800-328-0272 or TTY 703-264-9449, or send e-mail to
ericec@ericec.org.
Starbright
Starbright applies the latest advancement in
technology to positively affect the lives of disabled
children.
Winners
on Wheels
Winners on Wheels is a team-oriented youth
program that uses learning and fun to promoteself-esteem and
independence in children with disabilities.
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Additional
Web Sites
CME
The Center for Media Education (CME) is a
national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the
quality of electronic media, especially on behalf of
children and families.
FREE
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
(FREE) offers -- at one site -- a treasure trove of
teaching and learning resources from across the federal
government. Math "problems of the week," reading activities,
famous paintings, historical documents, scientific data,
maps, web-based tools, ask-an-expert services, and other
resources from more than 35 federal agencies are organized
by subject. Search the FREE site for student activities,
lesson plans, and resources on such topics as Galileo, Mary
Cassatt, Thomas Jefferson, photosynthesis, women's suffrage,
the Treaty of Paris, Amistad, the Renaissance, aerospace
careers, geneaology, epidemiology, and much more.
NCMEC
The National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, in partnership with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Postal
Inspection Service, serves as the national CyberTipline and
as the national Child Pornography Tipline 1-800-843-5678.
Please contact us if you have information that will help in
our fight against child sexual exploitation. Your
information will be forwarded to law enforcement for
investigation and review, and, when appropriate, to the
ISP.
School
Psychology Resources Online
School Psychology Resources for
Psychologists, Parents and Educators provides resources
for researching learning disabilities, ADHD, functional
behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting,
psychological assessment, special education, mental
retardation, mental health, and more.
TechKnow
TechKnow is a children's site which explains
basic Internet concepts and navigation, and provides links
to popular children's sites, including preschool
resources.
ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest is a website which hosts online
contests designed for educators, parents, and students.
US Gen
Web
The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers
working together to provide Internet websites for
genealogical research in every county and every state of the
United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully
committed to free access for everyone.
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Homeless
Sites
National
Center for Homeless Education at
SERVE
The NCHE website provides information and
links to help educators, service providers, and families
ensure that homeless children and youth have access to
educational opportunities and success in the classroom.
National
Coalition for the
Homeless
The National Coalition for the Homeless is a
national advocacy network of homeless persons,
activists, service providers, and others committed to ending
homelessness through public education, policy advocacy,
grassroots organizing, and technical assistance.
Texas
Homeless Network
THN is a statewide non-profit membership
organization that provides information services to direct
service providers and individual members all across the
state of Texas. We are a 501(c)3 organization that is funded
through the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the
Texas Mental
Health/Mental Retardation Department. THN promotes
communication, develops awareness, and formulates strategies
concerning statewide issues and problems that require
solutions more comprehensive than local efforts can supply
on their own.
Texas
Office for the Education of Homeless Children and
Youth
The Office for the Education of Homeless Children
and Youth (OEHCY) is committed to ensuring that all Texas
children who are in homeless situations have the
opportunity to attend, enroll in, and succeed in school. In
its efforts to accomplish this goal, the office provides a
variety of services to school districts, education service
centers, students, parents, caregivers, service providers,
shelters, state agencies, advocates, higher education
institutions, and other interested
parties.
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