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This section contains web links that students, parents and teachers alike, may find useful in helping students in the content areas. Resources may pertain to grades PreK-12.
Ages 3-5
Between the Lions
Primary site with stories and great songs pertaining to letters and sounds.
GameGoo
Colorful and fun educational games for primary students.
Gamequarium
Practice ABCs, colors, and shapes.
Meddy Bemps
This site is just plain awesome. It has many opportunities for students to practice using the mouse and hand and eye coordination.
Playhouse Disney
Shows from the Disney channel are featured here in an interactive learning environment. Under more shows, Felix has kids correctly match animal features, Shanna's Show has kids guess her career, and Manners with Max talks about the importance of manners.
Scholastic PreSchool Playground
Create poems with phrases read aloud and pictures to choose from, have Clifford books read to you, work with patterns and more.
Sesame Street
Lots of fun and interactive games including practice on speaking Spanish, patterns, counting, holiday fun, weather and more.
Starfall
This is an excellent site for students to use for reading. It's colorful and interactive.
Assessment
Success Website
ODE has a new testing website. It has information on what kids need to know to be prepared, sample questions to do online including some with typed responses that can be printed. Incorrect answers are immediately explained. Content includes Math, Reading,
Clipart/Images
Awesome Clip Art for Educators
Holiday and general clip art that is copyright free and can be used on web pages.
Chips Ahoy!
School-related clip art.
Classroom Clipart
Classroom clipart is a Clip Art Gallery and clipart site for students. Pictures are copyright free and can be used on web pages.
Cute Colors
Just what it says- cute graphics! Click on the Free Cliparts tab at the top, then Free Clip Art Sets to right. Graphics can be used on web pages as long as a link and their logo is on your page as well.
Library of Congress
Find images of famous people and events.
School Clip Art for Teachers and Kids
Free School Clip Art for students and teachers. - Clipart for educational purposes. Items can be used on web pages.
TeachNet
Educational images that can be used on web pages as long as you add their image and internet link.
General Technology Websites
42 Explore
This site has links and wonderful activity ideas for integrating technology.
ABCya!
This site has many grade specific resources such for picture drawing (paint), keyboarding, various content area items as well as holiday resources.
Academic Skill Builders
Students can play these cool and free online games to practice math facts, state capitals, phonics, vocabulary and parts of speech.
Connect 4 Classrooms
Resources for every grade level and subject you can think of!
Create A Graph
Create many different types of graphs by using data that you and your students collected.
EduPlace Games
Spelling, Language Arts and Geography games. Be sure to check out Wacky Web Tales (Mad Libs)!
Edutopia
A great place for articles and videos on technology integration into any content area. The site is sponsored by George Lucas.
Explore Learning
Online simulations for math and science.
Fact Monster
Search for facts or drill down by subject.
FunBrain
Math and Language Arts interactive games.
Fun School
Search for games by grade level and subject area.
Game Board Templates
This site has a ton of game board templates and some suggestions on how to use them in the classroom. Many can be downloaded and edited in Word. They can be used in centers or would be great to use in conjunction with the SMART Board, especially for team
Gamequarium
The site with 1500 links of learning and growing fun. Sites are separated into subject specific areas for upper and lower elementary
Great Websites For Kids
Database of websites sponsored by Association of Library Service to Children
Ohio's Instructional Management System (IMS)
Search within this database off ODE's site for model lessons grades Pre-K through 12 and the content areas.
Ohio Resource Center
This site has standards-aligned lesson plans ans resources for Math, Science and Reading.
PBS Multimedia Kits
Wonderful units developed by teachers and free to teachers. Great lesson plans, online activities and videos.
Primary Games
Games, journaling paper, coloring pages and more for primary students.
Quiz Hub
A noncommercial portal to excellent free online learning activities for elementary and middle school students. Includes educational games, puzzles, and quizzes.
Word Clouds for Kids
Just like Wordle but for younger kids!
Quiz Star
This is a great resource for creating online quizzes. There are great reports and many choices in creating the quizzes.
Scavenger Hunts
Similar to WebQuests, but more simplified search without a final project.
Study Ladder
Activity games and worksheets for literacy and math.
Teacher's Domain
A K-12 online, media-on-demand resource library that offers innovative methods to help keep students engaged and interested in civil rights, engineering, physical science, life science, and earth and space science.
Teachers First
TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level, making it easy to locate lesson plans ......
Trumbull County ESC
This site has tons of resources for integrating technology as wells as the other academic subject areas!
Grants
Edutopia Grant Resources
Edutopia has a great list of websites to find grants for various programs/projects.
eSchool News
eSchool News has many resources for grant information.
G.A.R. Grant
Dominion
Donors Choose
Sign up to have donations made to your class.
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
An easy grant to apply for. Applicants should be sure to follow their guidelines.
ORR Family Foundation
Grant funding resource.
Target
Technology & Learning
Grant advice.
Graphic Organizers
Freeology
Free Graphic organizers!
Scholastic
Here you will find pdf files that are editable and can then be printed.
Templates
Graphic organizers and templates.
Inauguration
Inauguration of Barack Obama
Watch highlights of the inauguration, see pictures, and more!
I Do Solemnly Swear!
Find more than forty items including photographs, manuscripts, campaign posters, letters, broadsides, and inaugural speeches here.
The Official Site for The White House
Get all sorts of facts from this official White House site.
The Democracy Project
This PBS site shows what it's like to be president for a day and what it's like inside the voting booth.
Internet Safety
Brainpop Jr. Video
Watch the video about being safe on the computer!
Cyber Safe
Be Cyber Safe is a good overview of the dangers that are out there for kids while they are online. It's full of information and links to additional resources. Definitely a good site to check out.
Cybersmart!
Lessons by grade level.
Cyberbullying.org
Canadian site with examples and what can be done.
Cyberbullying Research Center
The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents.
Digital Parenting
Digital Parenting offers 112 pages of interviews, how-to's (on everything from Google SafeSearch to Windows 7 Parental Controls), and expert views on a large range of issues: digital parenting by age and stage, cyberbullying, online privacy.......
Federal Task Force on Bullying
Google has tips for parents regarding safe internet use. They will soon have a companion video online.
Google's Web Safety Page
Google has tips for parents regarding safe internet use. They will soon have a companion video online.
iKeepSafe
Many resources for parents, educators and kids.
iSafe
This non-profit organization provides free resources (lessons, videos, etc.) to teachers, students and parents related to being safe on the internet, information about security issues, copyright information, etc. There's also an online training that teach
Microsoft Safety Tips
This page has information and rules for students ages Pre-K through 17. It is written in a very clear and easy to understand manner.
NetSmartz
This site has great information, videos, activities and more for parents, students and teachers. Be sure to check out the Kids and Educator areas!
SCOCA
Cybersafety resources including videos.
Surfswell Island
Surf Swell Island is a place on the Internet where kids and parents can learn about Internet safety. Children of all ages learn best when they are relaxed and having a good time. That's why the folks at Disney have chosen to address this very serious topi
Safeteens
Information that can be used to teach kids to be safe on the internet.
SafeKids
Various Links to organizations with information on web safety.
Stop Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying information by age group and for parents.
Stop Bullying
An official U.S. Government Web site managed by the Department of Health & Human Services in partnership with the Department of Education and Department of Justice
Stop Think Connect
Dept. of Homeland Security's site for Cybersecurity.
The Cyber Tipline
A site for reporting internet predators.
Tumblebooks
Videos: Little Red Cyber Safety (Gr.3-4) & Surfing Safely (Gr.3-4) TumbleBooks is a great site with over 200 animated audiobooks along with coordinating puzzles and games. Click on TumbleBooks below Books and Literature section to access them.
WiredSafety
More safety tips on chatting, mobile phones and more!
Keyboarding/Typing
Dance Mat Typing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Free Typing Games
Fun and various levels for typing
Type Online
Easier lessons with directions on where fingers rest on keyboard.
Mr. Kent's Typing Tutor
Practice typing by selecting keys to practice.
Power Typing
More difficult typing lessons and games.
Touch Typing
Free typing program with various language keyboards.
Typing Web
Language Arts
Between the Lions
Primary site with stories and great songs pertaining to letters and sounds.
Book Adventure
Get a free account and have kids read books in class. Then, they can take an online quiz!
Carl's Corner
Scroll down for Scott Foresman K-3 materials.
Fairy Tale Webquest Grades 4/5
GameGoo
Colorful and fun educational games for primary students.
Giggle Poetry
Cute poetry that will make you laugh out loud!
Guide to Grammar and Writing
This site contains loads of lessons, interactive quizzes, PowerPoint presentations, and more, all centered around topics in grammar and writing. Excellent for students and teachers.
Lexile Framework
Search for book lexiles or search for book lists by lexile level.
Mrs. Lewis' Reading Street Page
This web page was created by another teacher and has lots of links for Reading Street grades 1-6.
Primary Games
A great primary site for Language Arts.
Poetry 180
Site by The Library of Congress including poems. Great to pull up on the SMART Board to show teaching points.
Puzzlemaker
Make word searches and puzzles using vocabulary, sight words, spelling words, etc.
Reading Rockets
This site has interviews with children's book authors and illustrators. Note: Many of the videos require Real Player (a free download).
Reading Street Digital Products
Preview the digital products that came with our new Reading Street program for K-4.
Read Write Think
Interactive tools online along with lesson plans and activities for grades K-12. A great resource to check out!
Resources for Reading Street
This site has resources for grades K-5 Reading Street.
Robert Munsch.com
Listen to books written and sometimes read by Robert Munsch the author.
Scholastic
Read Clifford stories, do various activities with Goosebump stories and The Magic School Bus, etc.
Sight Words
Sight Words by grade-level broken into individual letters for kids to click and drag. Site reads words, too.
Silly Books
Stories written by children that are read aloud online.
Spelling City
Type in sight words and they are read and spelled to student.
Starfall
This is an excellent site for students to use for reading. It's colorful and interactive.
Story Scramble
A sequencing activity on PBS Kids.
Teach-ology
Make bingo cards with sight words. Print one, shuffle words, print next, etc.
The Florida Center for Reading Research
Look at the right side of page. Click under Instructional Materials for Teacher on your Student Center Activities grade level. Scroll down for activities!
Wacky Web Tales
Mad Libs
Writing Fun
This site gives information on the various types of writing (narrative, informational, etc.) as well as tips.
Math
A+ Math
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
AAA Math
Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills. Interactive Practice on every page. An Explanation of the math topic on each page. Several Challenge Games on every page. Math Problems are randomly created.
Base Ten
Base 10 blocks interactive activities.
Cool Math 4 Kids
A fantastic elementary/middle school math website with interactive games on geometry, math facts and more. Click on the link to www.coolmath.com for pre-algebra and up.
Count Us In
Games designed to help children understand basic math concepts.
EDformatics
Released tests from all over the country. Print or take online.
Everyday Math Resources
This is a link to a site with online activities that correlate to units in our Everyday Math series. You could also use them with the Smartboard or data projector in the lab/classroom.
Grade 1 EveryDay Math Resources
Units are listed with resources that pertain to them.
Math & Logic Games Galore
A ton of links with math logic puzzels, questions and games.
Math in Daily Life
Shows ways math is used in your daily life.
Math Maven Mysteries
Online story problems for intermediate grades.
Math Playground
Great math problems for grades 1 and up.
Rainforest Maths
Interactive activities for grades K-6.
That Quiz
A collection of quizzes on Fractions, Geometry, and other concepts.
Virtual Manipulatives
Great interactive activities K-12.
Yummy Math
Yummy Math is a website designed for the purpose of sharing mathematics problems and scenarios based on things happening in the world today. For example, the activity for December 4th was based on LeBron James's return to Cleveland. Yummy Math lists....
News
NBC Learn
NBC Learn K-12 makes thousands of historic videos, current events, and original resources available to K-12 teachers and students, all aligned to state standards and mapped to curriculum.
USA Today
Find out the latest news in USA Today.
New York Times
Check out the New York Times here.
Canton Repository
View the Canton Repository newspaper online.
The Beacon Journal
Read The Beacon Journal online here.
Test Prep.
Success
Success portal provided by the state providing OGT information/prep for parents and students.
Reference Tools
Britannica Online
A credible online encyclopedia
Enchanted Learning
This site has great diagrams, maps and vocabulary information.
Encyclopedia
A creditable online encyclopedia
How Stuff Works
Research how things work. Everything from computer stuff to fireworks.
Infohio
This is a wonderful free resource for researching any information with grade-level specific reading levels. See your librarian or Technology Director for password information, if needed.
Jeeves
Type in a question or a key word and kid-friendly sites are returned.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
This site has a dictionary and thesaurus. Definitions as well as pronunciations are given.
OCIS
The Ohio Career Information System (OCIS) is an Internet-based delivery system for accurate, comprehensive, current, and relevant occupational, post-secondary school and financial aid information. OCIS contains the latest national, Ohio and local labor ma
World Factbook 2000
A reference tool for maps and flags around the world.
Rubrics
RubiStar
Create your own rubrics with a lot of flexibility!
Scholastic
Enter up to 10 skills to create a rubric that calculates the total number of possible points.
Tech-nology Rubrics
This rubric maker will create topic specific rubrics in a jiffy. This isn't the site to use if you want to personalize your rubric, but it's fast and easy.
Science
BrainPop
A wonderful science and social studies site with movies followed with a quiz. Requires a yearly subscription for most videos, but some are free.
BrainPop Jr.
Another wonderful science and social studies site (for the primary grades) with movies followed with a quiz. Requires a yearly subscription for most videos, but some are free.
Discover Magazine
Science articles.
EdHeads
Find science activities including topics such as weather and simple machines.
Enchanted Learning
Great site for research on science and social studies topics.
Eyes on the Skye
Online book on Earth's rotation, tilt, how seasons are formed, etc.
How Stuff Works
HowStuffWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cell
Interactives Rock Cycle
Explore various rocks and how they are made.
Kids Design Network
With Kids Design Network, you'll investigate a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your design to a real engineer! They'll help with your design, so you can go and build it!
NASA
This content resource presents information about six different types of telescopes and includes an interactive activity that allows students to select an object (sun, moon, planet, or galaxy) and the type of telescope through which they would like to view
National Geographic Classroom Magazine
Great articles and even some free BrainPop movies and quizzes.
Science News for kids
Read about the latest in science news.
The Science Spot
Lesson plans, puzzles and links relating to science topics such as biology, earth science, physics, and more!
Teacher's Domain
This site contains lesson plans, images, and video clips in the content areas of Science and Social Studies for Grades K-12. Although there are only 1,000 resources so far, they are of good quality, are free, and are aligned to state and national standard
The Dirt on Soil
Information on the layers of soil and it's composition. Site from Discovery School.
SMART Board/ Mimio Resources
Wall Wisher
Create electronic sticky notes. Each student could add a note about what they have learned.
Primary Wall
Cute primary-themed wall for notes. Each student could add a sticky to share what they know. Create a free account for more options.
A+ Math
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
BBC
Great activities for many subject areas and ages. Be careful to watch- they don't use American English.
Beginning of the Year Lessons
Beginning of the year lessons for your classroom.
Center School District SMART Board Resources
Templates, tips and more!
Cool Math 4 Kids
A fantastic elementary/middle school math website with interactive games on geometry, math facts and more. Click on the link to www.coolmath.com for pre-algebra and up.
EdHeads
Edheads helps students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards.
SMART Lessons
SMART Board lessons on a teacher's blog.
EveryDay Math & Language Arts SMART Board Lessons for Gr. 1
Lessons for grades K-2 including Language Arts and Grade 1 EveryDay Math.
Explore Learning
Online simulations for math and science.
eMints
These sites have smart board activities for grades 6-12 on geometry, number and operation concepts, functions and algebra, fractions, and statistics.
Game Board Templates
This site has a ton of game board templates and some suggestions on how to use them in the classroom. Many can be downloaded and edited in Word. They can be used in centers or would be great to use in conjunction with the SMART Board, especially for teams
Grade 1 SMART Board Lessons
Interactive Games
This site has an enormous amount of interactive games.
Interactive Resources
This site has great activities in various subject areas and for many grade levels.
Internet 4 Classrooms
Interactive sites and lessons for the SMART Board
Pete's PowerPoint Station K-8
You can use PowerPoints on the SMART Board just as you would a SMART Board lesson.
Resources for Reading Street
This site has resources for Reading Street grades K-5 that could be used on the SMART Board/Mimio.
Scholastic
Online interactive educational activities for Pre-K through 12. Be sure to check out Computer Lab Favorites at the top of the page.
SMART Board Lessons
SMART Board lessons on a teacher's blog.
SMART Board Lounge
Find tons of games on popular game shows, several video tutorials, and lessons for various content areas on this site.
SMART Notebook Software and Training Materials
Find all you need to get started with SMART Notebook v. 10.
Teachers Love SMART Boards
Great site with resources and information regarding SMART Board integration.
Virtual Manipulatives
A math website for K-12 that is great to use with the SMART Board.
Social Studies
GameUp
A fun site from the creators of Brain Pop for educational games. These games are focused on Brain Pop's highly popular animated lessons.
50 States
Tons of information on the states!
Awesome Stories
Interactive site with links to primary-sources such as pictures, maps, charts, etc.
Biography Maker
Learn to write an interesting biography from this site with a step-by-step approach.
BrainPop
A wonderful science, social studies and misc. site with movies followed by a quiz.
Census in Schools
On Dec. 21, the U.S. Census Bureau released its first round of 2010 Census data, including resident population for the nation and states, as well as congressional apportionment totals for each state. To assist teachers in using this information in the cla
Data Analysis
Here you can do comparisons between countries for different criteria (population, household six, etc.). It's a component of INFOhio.
DMArie Time Capsule
Create a document that shows famous people with the same birthday as you, the price of many items on your birthday, popular toys at the time, and more!
Election T.V.
Election.tv is an online video resource for voters and candidates. Their objective is to make videos and profiles available for every candidate for every federal, state and local election in the United States. Election.tv is non-partisan and not affiliate
Map Skills
BBC website with interactive learning of map skills.
Time's Most Important
Time Magazine's site for the most important of everything for the year.
My Wonderful World
This site provides resources for parents and teachers to help kids become more geo-savvy. It includes suggestions for simple, outdoor family activities that help teach kids about geography, links to geography games and online adventures for kids and teens
National Geographic Classroom Magazine
Great articles and even some free BrainPop movies and quizzes.
Placement of States
Students must click and drag states to proper location on U.S. map.
Study Skills
How to Study
For grades 3-12.
Study Guides & Strategies
Studying information for high school students.
Teaching Resources
Useful Charts
Various subject-related charts for teachers.
ABC Teach
Many free printables and activity ideas.
A to Z
A to Z Teacher Stuff is teacher-created, and designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. We offer lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable
Differentiating Instruction
EduHound's list of websites packed full of information regarding differentiated instruction.
Ohio Resource Center
ORC enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities. ORC serves as a trusted source of easily accessible, peer-reviewed, high-quality, and effective resource
Success Portal
Click on Educator’s Workroom. (Bottom of page) Click on Diagnostic Assessment Support. Click on Activities for leveled activities
Videos for the Classroom
Watch Know Learn
Free educational videos for grades Pre-K- 12, organized by subject/topic.
Wikis & Blogs
Wikis in the Classroom
Links and resources.
Using Online Journals & Blogs
Blogs are similar to Wikipedia in that you can easily and quickly post items. However, others do not edit responses made. This tool can be used in the classroom with students and for educational staff as well. These websites are about using weblogs in the
Example Classroom Blog
8th Grade American History Class
View text-based website