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RESOURCES
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American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org
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Centers for
Disease Control, Body and Mind Website
http://www.bam.gov
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Dole 5 A Day Website
http://www.dole5aday.com
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Kid Food Cyber Club Website
http://www.kidfood.org
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Nutrition for Kids Website
http://www.nutritionforkids.com
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Tufts Nutrition
Newsletter
http://navigator.tufts.edu
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KEYBOARDING
http://www.eduplace.com
http://www2.saxonpub.com/tech/online_activities.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/sitemap/
www.scholastic.com
http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/math_generator/default.htm
http://www.aaamath.com
http://www.aplusmath.com/
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ * great tool for making basic facts sheet *
http://www2.funbrain.com/
www.teachingtime.co.uk
MEDIA/RESOURCES
Citation
Machine
These resources are
available to all St. Francis school students and teachers free of charge through
Heartland Area Education Association 11. AEA 11 pays a subscription fee
for these services and therefore a password is required. If your school is
within AEA 11, contact your media specialist or technology coordinator for your
school's password.
For a list of schools within AEA 11 area click here
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/site/schools.html
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World Book Online
http://www.worldbookonline.com
World Book Online includes all the articles from the 22-volume
print set plus over 18,000 additional new and historic online-only articles, as
well as more than 9,500 pictures and maps, 115 videos and animations, 9,300
sounds, 129 panoramic 360° views and more than 100 simulated historic web sites,
World Book Online provides 60,000 cross-referenced links and 248,000 hyper
linked dictionary definitions.
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ClipArt.com http://schools.clipart.com
ClipArt.com contains more than 2,500,000 clipart images,
animations, photos, fonts, and sounds.
Images are copyright cleared for use in newsletters or on posters, web sites or
bulletin boards.
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AP
Multimedia
http://ap.accuweather.com
The AP Multimedia Archive is a collection of over 750,000 photos,
plus text, graphics and audio files. Content goes back prior to the Civil War
and includes content as current as today. The Archive is an easy to use visual
database that will be very valuable for students doing research or completing
projects, reports, and class presentations.
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AtomicLearning.com
http://atomiclearning.com
Atomic Learning is an online training database of over 2,000
tutorial movies (which is added to each month). Atomic Learning breaks down
software programs into fast-loading tutorial movies played over the Internet. It
actually shows you how to use a program, with narration.
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AccuWeather.com Premium
http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/adc/homepage/premiumlogin.htm
A Comprehensive data source for worldwide weather information.
This site contains real data, with 10 years of past weather data, to support
learning about weather, plus local and national forecasts.
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EBSCO
http://search.epnet.com
EBSCO contains a Professional Development Collection with
over 500 full text education journals, plus the ERIC database with SmartLinks
from citations in ERIC to full text articles in the Professional Development
Collection. EBSCO also has special collections appropriate for primary, middle
and high school levels that include magazine and newspaper articles, speeches,
historical documents, reference books, book reviews, photos, images, maps, and
charts. Heartland is also subscribing to EBSCO's NoveList this year. NoveList
for the high school level and NoveList K-8 for elementary/middle school, are
online databases that help students and teachers find fiction books based on
books they have read or topics of interest. Readers can search for books by
title, author or by simply describing a book they would like to read.
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LANGUAGE ARTS
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php -Citation
Machine
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/DictionaryA.html Online
Dictionary
http://www.eduplace.com/
http://www.harcourtschool.com/sitemap/
www.rigby.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com
http://www.pbskids.org
http://www.web-books.com
http://www2.funbrain.com/
http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu/ -
Provides access to real authors
SCIENCE
www.astronomy.com
http://www.spaceday.com
http://natzoo.si.edu/default.cfm -live cams
http://members.telocity.com/sitepark/livezoo/
-live cams
AccuWeather.com Premium
http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/adc/homepage/premiumlogin.htm
Available to AEA11 Schools only-contact your media or technology
specialist for information
Bodyworks: All Systems Go! Science Center of Iowa Summer Camps for Active
Minds, http://www.sciowa.org
or 515-274-4138 ext. 222
OTHER
Helpful
Sites:
Technology Tip:
Looking for a "kid friendly" search engine? Use www.yahooligans.com
with the kids. This site offers thousands of links for kids. Find
math activities, virtual zoos, virtual space exploration, and many other
educational activities to keep your child(ren) busy.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/DictionaryA.html
Online Dictionary
http://www.kidsdomain.com/
Kids Domain is a leading and highly regarded educational and entertainment
online destination for child-safe Internet content. It is packed with thousands
of games, crafts, resources and articles.
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ creates puzzles- useful
site for practicing spelling words
http://www.funschool.com/games.php?section=g1
http://schools.clipart.com
Available to AEA11 Schools only-contact your media or technology
specialist for information
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES:
PARENT
RESOURCES
Scholastic Parent and Child: The learning Link Between Home and School
(magazine),
http://www.scholastic.com or 1-800-631-1586
Blank
Park Zoo,
http://www.blankparkzoo.com or 515-323-8330
GIFTED EDUCATION
Summer Scholarship
Programs:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~belinctr
or 1-800-336-6463
Summer Fee- Based
Programs:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~belinctr
or 1-800-336-6463
Summer Institute
for the Gifted:
http://www.giftedstudy.com or 1-866-303-4744
Summer Enrichment Program:
http://www.unco.edu/sep
or 1-970-351-2683
Mindware: Brainy Toys for Kids of All Ages (catalog),
http://www.MINDWAREonline.com or 1-800-999-0398
CHALLENGE Magazine: Reaching and Teaching the K-8 Gifted Child,
http://www.Mhteachers.com or 1-800-417-3261
Critical Thinking for the Gifted PreK-12+ (catalog),
http://www.CriticalThinking.com or 1-800-458-4849
Summer
Scholarship Programs:
www.uiowa.edu/~belinctr or 1-800-336-6463
Summer
Fee- Based Programs:
www.uiowa.edu/~belinctr or 1-800-336-6463
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