WEBSITES

Monday, May 29, 2006

High School

High School
This site takes you to San Diego State University that links you to hundreds of lessons on the web in a wide range of subjects from elementary to high school. Click on Examples to access a long list of sites or do a specific search. *****
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
This site is provided by Alberta school district #76. It has excellent links for a wide variety of interests. Select curriculum links then teacher resources.
http://www.sd76.ab.ca/
This site is put out by the Black Gold School District. An excellent source of on-line activities set up by Division levels.
http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/
High School Hub has excellent online resources. It features subject guides for English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and social studies. It also has an excellent reference centre.
http://highschoolhub.org
Math problems (grade 5-12) Problems provided with hints, could be done on the Internet.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/
Many complete units in Language Arts grade 1-12
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/
This has webquests for middle and highschool science (USA)
http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/webquests/index.html
Excellent resources for High School Math and Science
http://camillasenior.homestead.com/mst.html
O Canada sites, grades 1-10.
http://www.agt.net/public/dhauschi/canada.htm#history
Explorers by Alphabet.
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html
Discovery School has links to tons of topics and lesson plans sorted by grade level.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/astronomy.html
This site contains Health lessons on a wide range of topics from K-12. An excellent resource
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/default.asp
Math Interactives, a great selection of activities across all the strands
http://mathematics.hellam.net/
Opinion journal and further down the page, some serious research.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/favorite/
This site has topics broken down into subject, theme, and grade level. Grades 1-12.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm
Kathy Schrock's rubric topic specific page. Scroll down the page and you will find report card comments.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#rubrics
Rubistar's rubric template page. You can customize and edit existing templates, or create your own. Excellent.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
This site published by the Ministry of Education in Ontario talks about career planning.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/job/prospect02/main.html
Additional career resources can be found at this site.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/
High School Study Guides
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
An excellent site for graphing on-line. Better suited for Junior High or High School.
http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/index.html
Language Arts handouts on tons of topics. Upper elementary to high school.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
Sherlock Holmes books on-line.
http://221bakerstreet.org/

Health

Health
This site contains Health lessons on a wide range of topics from K-12. An excellent resource
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/default.asp
This site is about eating disorders Grade 7,8
http://www.mathrocks.net/webquests/ED_Webquest/index.htm
This site asks students to make a powerpoint presentation on a career.***
http://whenigrowup1.homestead.com/title.html
A good website on science and tobacco.
http://lsc.org/tobacco/
Character Education
http://www.charactered.net/
More resources for Character Education.
http://www.character.org/
This site provides lots of lesson plan ideas in all areas of Health.
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/health/healthlp.asp
Links to tons of webquests by topic
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/
Make a Fairy Tale Meal. Talks about food groups etc.
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall99/pfeiffer/rbnfwq/Default.htm
Lots of references to health matters. Food and nutrition.
http://www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/nutritiontoolbox

French

French

Plan a vacation in France. A webquest
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/france/france.html
The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers
http://www.caslt.org

Educational Games

Educational Games
Fun Brain has lots of good games for grades 1-8.
http://www.funbrain.com/
The Number Monster Math facts
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/numbermonster/index.html
Math Interactives, a great selection of activities across all the strands.
http://mathematics.hellam.net/
Links to tons of educational games.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/studentlinks.htm
A listing of many fun educational sites.
http://www.glavac.com/updates.htm#topkid
From this page select kids and you will have a good selection of games to play.
http://www.coolmath.com/
A complete Spelling course on-line with excellent resources a few good links and Spelling games on line,
http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/courseoutline.htm
Spelling game zone.
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
Lots of games, concentration, hangman, wheel of fortune, mastermind,,jeopardy, puzzles and more.
http://www.rozies.com/Zzzz/links.html
Make your own game on-line.
http://clevermedia.com/game.cgi?myog

ART

ART
Great sites for clipart
http://www.sjy.org/Technology/sites%20for%20graphics.htm
Clipart for teachers.
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html
An excellent reference for art. Excellent for viewing artists and their paintings by topic.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/optical.html

The Crayola website is an excellent resource for art ideas. Any grade****
http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/index.cf

This site teaches students how to draw cartoons. Great fun.*****
http://www.cartoonconnections.com/

An excellent site for drawing lessons.
http://drawsketch.miningco.com/msub7.htm?pid=2836&cob=home

Creating travel brochures. Site made for grade 7 but adaptable for grade 6
http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/lsmith/index.html
A series of basic art lessons

http://home.att.net/~tisone/lessonpg1.htm
Art products and resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced.

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html
An art dictionary.

http://www.artlex.com/

This site is a webquest examining board games in ancient times. Students could be asked to make a board game in Art.
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edt628/dstorz/index1.html

Canadian Children's Museum. From this page type in what you would like to see in the search window.

http://www.civilization.ca/mce_ccm/mce_ccme.asp

The Holiday Spot has tons of information, crafts and ideas on all the major holidays.
http://www.theholidayspot.com/

This site has information and activities for holidays as well.
http://www.holidays.net/

An extensive list of crafts and projects for all occasions and activities.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/index.html

Michaels has a craft page for kids. Select kids club.
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home
Links to tons of webquests by topic. Select Subject Links.
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/teacher.htm
An excellent resource for art activities and ideas.
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html
Links to all subject areas. I found the art lessons to be organized nicely.
http://www.haringkids.com/lessons/envs/live/htdocs/
An excellent reference for art. Excellent for viewing artists and their paintings by topic.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/optical.html
Quilting in the classroom
http://www.alexandersonquilts.com/blockparty/index.htm

Dictionaries

Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus on-line.
http://www.webster.com/

This site speaks for itself. Also has a thesaurus.
http://www.britannica.com/
A visual thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp
Another dictionary site
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Search in numerous dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
A biographical dictionary
http://www.s9.com/
Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
http://www.rhymezone.com/