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This is the online "Virtual Museum" from the Boston Museum of Science. Resources for Educators include
* Podcasts
* Videocasts
* Computer Clubhouse
* Virtual Exhibits

At this time, Virtual Exhibits include:
*Welcome to the Universe where you can explore this collection of resources and activities as an introduction to the history, methods and fundamental ideas behind the science of astronomy.
Explore the science of the Antarctica expedition.
*Scan with an Electronic Microscope
*Learn about Ancient Egypt
*Learn About Leonardo da Vinci's scientific discoveries

A special link for how teachers can use these virtual exhibits with specific ideas and handouts is included with each of these Virtual Exhibits.

This is the online "Virtual Museum" from the Boston Museum of Science. Resources for Educators include
* Podcasts
* Videocasts
* Computer Clubhouse
* Virtual Exhibits

At this time, Virtual Exhibits include:
*Welcome to the Universe where you can explore this collection of resources and activities as an introduction to the history, methods and fundamental ideas behind the science of astronomy.
Explore the science of the Antarctica expedition.
*Scan with an Electronic Microscope
*Learn about Ancient Egypt
*Learn About Leonardo da Vinci's scientific discoveries

A special link for how teachers can use these virtual exhibits with specific ideas and handouts is included with each of these Virtual Exhibits.

The mission of The Why Files is to explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner. The Why Files covers science at all institutions that engage in scientific exploration and discovery.
The Why Files produces a new story each week, alternating longer features with shorter shorties. They also post a biweekly column by science reporter Tom Siegfried, a series of interactive science animations, the ever-popular "Cool Science Images," and a series of Teacher Activity Pages linked to the national science standards.

On the interactive end, students can make a rainbow, control a tornado, play with lightening and hit a baseball to learn about air resistance and kinetic energy. You can even choose your own baseball team but sorry, no Red Socks. The team you chose has an impact on the result because of the different altitudes of their hometowns. Students can also vary the speed and angle of the ball to see how far it will go when hit.

Ever wonder how Google comes up with all of its creative specialized Logos for Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day? Google holds a competition where they invite K-12 students to play around with their homepage logo and see what they come up with. Each year a panel of judges will select 40 finalist doodles, from which the public will help select a favorite that is features on their homepage. They provide a series of PDF downloadable
lesson plans for each grade group to help students with their doodles and to provide ideas for integrating this project into your curricula.

The National Winner will win a $10,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Googleplex, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle. We'll also award the winner's school a $25,000 grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab.

* Each of the other 3 National Finalists will win a trip to the Googleplex, a laptop computer, and a t-shirt printed with their doodle.
* Each of the other 36 Regional Winners will win a trip to the Googleplex and t-shirt printed with their doodle.
* Each of the other 360 State Finalists will receive a "Doodle 4 Google" certificate.

The federal government gives little away for free but here is a site with some free educational resources to promote educational excellence. It serves as a clearinghouse for resources produced by different federal agencies with a range of topics. There is a subject map that is fairly extensive. For example there are 36 resources listed on Native Americans and they are very good. I visited a couple including Lakota Winter Counts that offers the world's largest database of Lakota "winter counts" -- pictures drawn on cloth or buffalo hide to remember each year's key events (1701 to 1905). Some key categories include: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous people, Government, States and Regions and Music.

The federal government gives little away for free but here is a site with some free educational resources to promote educational excellence. It serves as a clearinghouse for resources produced by different federal agencies with a range of topics. There is a subject map that is fairly extensive. For example there are 36 resources listed on Native Americans and they are very good. I visited a couple including Lakota Winter Counts that offers the world's largest database of Lakota "winter counts" -- pictures drawn on cloth or buffalo hide to remember each year's key events (1701 to 1905). Some key categories include: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous people, Government, States and Regions and Music.

The federal government gives little away for free but here is a site with some free educational resources to promote educational excellence. It serves as a clearinghouse for resources produced by different federal agencies with a range of topics. There is a subject map that is fairly extensive. For example there are 36 resources listed on Native Americans and they are very good. I visited a couple including Lakota Winter Counts that offers the world's largest database of Lakota "winter counts" -- pictures drawn on cloth or buffalo hide to remember each year's key events (1701 to 1905). Some key categories include: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous people, Government, States and Regions and Music.

The federal government gives little away for free but here is a site with some free educational resources to promote educational excellence. It serves as a clearinghouse for resources produced by different federal agencies with a range of topics. There is a subject map that is fairly extensive. For example there are 36 resources listed on Native Americans and they are very good. I visited a couple including Lakota Winter Counts that offers the world's largest database of Lakota "winter counts" -- pictures drawn on cloth or buffalo hide to remember each year's key events (1701 to 1905). Some key categories include: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous people, Government, States and Regions and Music.

The federal government gives little away for free but here is a site with some free educational resources to promote educational excellence. It serves as a clearinghouse for resources produced by different federal agencies with a range of topics. There is a subject map that is fairly extensive. For example there are 36 resources listed on Native Americans and they are very good. I visited a couple including Lakota Winter Counts that offers the world's largest database of Lakota "winter counts" -- pictures drawn on cloth or buffalo hide to remember each year's key events (1701 to 1905). Some key categories include: Business & Work, Ethnic Groups, Famous people, Government, States and Regions and Music.

Although I am not a lover of "worksheets", they sometimes have their value and these are FREE. This site has over 11,000 free worksheets to download. Some can be customized like the spelling worksheets and you can also make your own worksheets. You can also
Make Sentence Worksheets
Word Walls and Flashcards
Online Math
Make Awards Activities
and some online games for students to play and learn from.
This site is quite useful and definitely worth investigating.