5+-+Free+Online+Resources

=FREE Online Resources= These links are intented to expand your capabilities in and outside the classroom. Incorporate the **Interactive Online Applications** in your lessons to increase student engagement and add nice visuals. Use the **Free Software** to add to your toolbox without affecting your pocketbook. Explore the **Curriculum-related Websites** to review other teachers' lesson activities, utilize references, and more.

//NOTE: This list is a collaborative effort to share what's actually working for teachers and has been proven in and outside the classroom. It is a work in progress - we'd love your input on what works for you. If you have websites or free software to add, please click the "Edit" button in the upper, right-hand corner, add your information, and click "Save".//

=Interactive Online Applications= Brainstorming - [|http://www.Bubbl.us] Visual Thesaurus - www.visualthesaurus.com Wordle Word Clouds - www.wordle.net Many Eyes Visualizations - @http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes Graphic organizers - TeacherVision, www.graphic.org, NCREL

=FREE Software= Photo Editing - www.gimp.org, http://picasa.google.com, [|www.picnik.com] Video Editing - Quick Media Converter Screen Capture - [|www.jingproject.com] Clip Art/Digital Photos (Royalty Free) - [|http://www.freedigitalphotos.net] Fonts - http://www.urbanfonts.com Audio Editing - http://audacity.sourceforge.net Sound Effects - www.findsounds.com Easy Animation Site- [|www.kerpoof.com] [|www.toondoo.com] 3-D Programming Software - [|www.alice.org], [|http://sketchup.google.com] Video/Presentation Creation-[| www.onetruemedia.com] Social Bookmarking - [|http://delicious.com] Email for Students - [|www.epals.com]

=Curriculum-related Websites=

Comm Arts & Reading
Story Publisher - [|www.tikatok.com] Variety of tools - [|http://www.readwritethink.org] Web Site Notation/Highlights - [|www.diigo.com] MAP Practice for all Grade Level Objectives - []

Math
Graphing/Chances - [|http://nces.ed.gov/] Money/Finances - [|www.themint.org]

Science
PBS volcano lesson activity - [] Planet lesson pack - [] Weather activities - [|http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/index.htm] Stages of growth - @http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase2delivery/Wales/Science/Keystage2/Lifeprocessesan/Lifecycles/Introduction Skoool Interactive science activities *use the UK version - [], [] Interactive Science Projects - [][| http://www.tryscience.org/] Genetics/Cell - []

Social Studies
National Geographic Xpeditions - [] History.com - www.history.com Global Climate Change - [|http://climate.nasa.gov] World Fact Book - [|www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook] World's largest museum organization - www.smithsonianeducation.org Week in Rap - [|www.weekinrap.com] Digital Timeline - [|www.dipity.com][| www.timetoast.com]

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FACS
Lesson plans and activities - PowerToLearn Food Guide Pyramid - @http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html

Tech Ed
Physics games (bridges, construction, demolition & more) - http://www.physicsgames.net Science games (contraptions, magnetism, energy & more) - @http://schooltimegames.com/Science.html Bridge building games - [|http://www.bridgebuilder-game.com], http://bridgecontest.usma.edu 3-D programming software - [|www.alice.org], [|http://sketchup.google.com]

Business Ed/Computer Exploration
Occupational Outlook Handbook - www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm Keyboarding lesson activities - Lee Summit, Tonya Skinner Keyboarding games - TyperShark, [|TypingTest.com], FreeTypingGame.net

Art
Interactive art you can make online - [] National Arts & Education Network - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org Art museums and school websites - http://moma.org, http://www.slam.org, www.artic.edu, www.kcai.edu

Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Games - www.dsokids.com San Fransisco Symphony Activities - www.sfskids.org

Resources for All Subject Matter
Explanations of great websites: [|Web 2.0 for Kids] [] [|http://www.teachersdomain.org] [] Government's most dynamic website for learning resources: @http://www.free.ed.gov/ eThemes: www.emints.org / www.wmints.org/ethemes TrackStar (internet resource project organizer): http://trackstar.4teachers.org