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AASL recommends top 25 websites for teaching and learning.
Khan Academy has tutorials for you in math, science, finance, or history.
Want to create a study guide or flashcards? Try memorize.com.
Have a loooong text to read? Use Free summarizer to help shorten the text.
Take notes, clips from websites and pictures here at Evernote. Access from computer or mobile device.
AASL recommends top 25 websites for teaching and learning.
Find Copyright Free Images and Music:
Get music for your powerpoint, photostory, or movie from Freeplay Music. You may not use this resource if your project is going to be posted on a website, blog or broadcast to the world.
Get music from Royalty Free Music. Please credit Kevin MacLeod who ho
Get music from Purple Planet.
This is an awesome list of websites offering free music from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Find a list of websites offering free sound effects from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Find free clip art for your documents at OpenClipArt.
Check out this library of pictures that was created for students and teachers.
Collection of photos for student use put together by Morgue File.
Check out the NOAA library with images from scientists and engineers.
Find links to governmental sites with copyright free images created by librarian at University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.
Britannica's Image Quest has 2 million images. Ask Ms. Kahn for the user name and password.
This is an awesome list of websites offering free pictures from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Get music from Royalty Free Music. Please credit Kevin MacLeod who ho
Get music from Purple Planet.
This is an awesome list of websites offering free music from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Find a list of websites offering free sound effects from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Find free clip art for your documents at OpenClipArt.
Check out this library of pictures that was created for students and teachers.
Collection of photos for student use put together by Morgue File.
Check out the NOAA library with images from scientists and engineers.
Find links to governmental sites with copyright free images created by librarian at University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire.
Britannica's Image Quest has 2 million images. Ask Ms. Kahn for the user name and password.
This is an awesome list of websites offering free pictures from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Express your creativity by using these websites:
Look at this site to create billboards, magazine covers, movie posters, badges, and a whole lot more using photos of your choosing.
Make your own animations here with Animboom.
Create a timeline for an historical event, biography, or presentation at Dipity.
Make your own pop up book online at Zooburst.
Use the zooming presentation maker, Prezi.
Record a shout out at Shoutomatic.
List of great sites that allow you to transform images from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Tell a story or create a trip with maps, images and text on tripline.
Create your own newspaper at paper.li using blogs, tweets, and news from the Internet.
Use Cut my Pic for easy online editing of pictures.
Make your own animations here with Animboom.
Create a timeline for an historical event, biography, or presentation at Dipity.
Make your own pop up book online at Zooburst.
Use the zooming presentation maker, Prezi.
Record a shout out at Shoutomatic.
List of great sites that allow you to transform images from librarian, Joyce Valenza.
Tell a story or create a trip with maps, images and text on tripline.
Create your own newspaper at paper.li using blogs, tweets, and news from the Internet.
Use Cut my Pic for easy online editing of pictures.
Combat Cyber-Bullying:
MTV has created A Thin Line to combat digital abuse. Join and speak out.
Boston Public Schools has created CSC a site to help you stay safe online.
The National Crime Prevention Council created the Circle of Respect to protect you from bullying.
Connect Safely offers advice on how to stay safe and use social networks.
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center can give you one on one help by phone or email.
Boston Public Schools has created CSC a site to help you stay safe online.
The National Crime Prevention Council created the Circle of Respect to protect you from bullying.
Connect Safely offers advice on how to stay safe and use social networks.
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center can give you one on one help by phone or email.
Do you need to enter a contest or competition for honors' credit? Or do you just like contests?
English:
Thinking Sideways contest by author, Meg Rosoff, from Figment.com. The deadline is April 16, 2012.
American Library of Poetry has a student poetry contest. Deadline to enter is April 30, 2012, but poems are accepted all year long.
Letters About Literature contest sponsored by the Library of Congress. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
Enter the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
Poetry contest from YoungPoets.org. The deadline is March 16, 2012.
Science:
Toshiba and NSTA sponsors Exploravision. Teams of students can create and exlplore their visions of future technologies.Projects due February 12, 2012.
NASA is sponsoring a competition called, Dropping In a Microgravity Environment. Proposals are due November 1, 2011.
Lexus Eco Challenge has three challenges, Air/Climate is due December 19, 2011, and the final challenge is due February 20, 2012.
Discovery and 3M are sponsoring the Young Scientist Challenge for students in grades 5-8. The deadline to apply and submit your project is April 19, 2012.
Social Studies:
The First Freedom Center announces the 19th annual First Freedom Student Competition a first-semester national essay and video contest for high school students. Deadline for 2011 has closed.
C-SPAN's StudentCam is an annual national video documentary competition, and this year the theme is the U. S. Constitution. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
National High School Essay Contest sponsored by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Pledge participation by December 15, 2011.
Not Subject Specific:
Create a video for LACUE and your teacher could win $200. Deadline for 2011 has closed.
The National STEM Video Game Challenge has started taking submissions. The entry period ends March 12, 2012.
For the Synergy Challenge you need create a superhero who promotes good in your community. The deadline has closed for 2011.
Google 4 Doodle challenge for 2012: If I could travel in time, I'd visit . . . Due 3-23-2012.
Thinking Sideways contest by author, Meg Rosoff, from Figment.com. The deadline is April 16, 2012.
American Library of Poetry has a student poetry contest. Deadline to enter is April 30, 2012, but poems are accepted all year long.
Letters About Literature contest sponsored by the Library of Congress. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
Enter the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
Poetry contest from YoungPoets.org. The deadline is March 16, 2012.
Science:
Toshiba and NSTA sponsors Exploravision. Teams of students can create and exlplore their visions of future technologies.Projects due February 12, 2012.
NASA is sponsoring a competition called, Dropping In a Microgravity Environment. Proposals are due November 1, 2011.
Lexus Eco Challenge has three challenges, Air/Climate is due December 19, 2011, and the final challenge is due February 20, 2012.
Discovery and 3M are sponsoring the Young Scientist Challenge for students in grades 5-8. The deadline to apply and submit your project is April 19, 2012.
Social Studies:
The First Freedom Center announces the 19th annual First Freedom Student Competition a first-semester national essay and video contest for high school students. Deadline for 2011 has closed.
C-SPAN's StudentCam is an annual national video documentary competition, and this year the theme is the U. S. Constitution. Deadline for 2012 has closed.
National High School Essay Contest sponsored by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Pledge participation by December 15, 2011.
Not Subject Specific:
Create a video for LACUE and your teacher could win $200. Deadline for 2011 has closed.
The National STEM Video Game Challenge has started taking submissions. The entry period ends March 12, 2012.
For the Synergy Challenge you need create a superhero who promotes good in your community. The deadline has closed for 2011.
Google 4 Doodle challenge for 2012: If I could travel in time, I'd visit . . . Due 3-23-2012.
Here are some cool links that you might want to visit:
Be Creative and draw a stick man. It is so much more than that. Have fun.Open here to find some crazy tax laws from around the world?
Learn how to make and create some unusual things at instructables.
This is a very cool drawing site.
Download Comics for free. All comics are from the 1930's to 1950's, the genre's Golden Age.
Draw your own comic strip here.
Go shopping for some cool objects made in Japan.
You can do it! Stop the attacking bacteria.
Make a laptop bag out of duct tape.
Calculate your carbon footprint.
Learn how to make and create some unusual things at instructables.
This is a very cool drawing site.
Download Comics for free. All comics are from the 1930's to 1950's, the genre's Golden Age.
Draw your own comic strip here.
Go shopping for some cool objects made in Japan.
You can do it! Stop the attacking bacteria.
Make a laptop bag out of duct tape.
Calculate your carbon footprint.
