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The Computer Tutor
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Links To Learning
Welcome to the "Computer Tutor's" website. This page begins with some outstanding database search engines that educators and students alike will find useful. What follows, is an index of sites correlated to curriculum topics according to grade level. If you know of a site that should be indexed here, please share your knowledge! The page ends with a short list of outstanding links ranging from tutorials on Microsoft Office programs to electronic cookbooks.
Searchable Educational Databases
Ask Jeeves! -Students or teachers can enter natural language questions and Jeeves guides the research process.
Kids Nook -- David Somberger, Producer and Teacher asked me to include this link to his site. It is a "new search engine that has been designed with children in mind . . . " Check out the science and space links.
TrackStar --This is an educational database, searchable on both subject area and age group. Tracks help students focus as they navigate through a set of related sites.
The Gateway to Educational Materials --"The Gateway to Educational Materials Project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education, and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. "
KidsClick! Web Search --A search engine designed for kids by librarians.
Matrix of Example WebQuests--A selection of Webquests organized by subject and grade level.
Teaching with the Internet-- This is the companion home page for the book TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET. It contains current links to every location in the book. The authors maintain that it will save teachers time as they explore locations for teaching and learning on the Internet. It is well organized.
Just PowerPoint:
PowerPoint Tutorial Menu --Mac users look at this!
PowerPoint in the Classroom --Great Series of Tutorials that can be printed or used online.
Special Request:
This organization contacted me and requested that I provide their link on this page.
The Schwab Foundation for Learning --Schwab Foundation for Learning offers a wide range of services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
Kindergarten:
LITTLE EXPLORERS by Enchanted Learning Software
Artist Joe Tucciarone Gallery 1 -- Wonderful pictures of dinosaurs
First Grade:
BBC Education - Words and Pictures --Interactive site that is very engaging.
Billy Bear's Playground - Billy Bear 4Kids.com
Our First Grade Backpack - Cool Places for Great Kids - math for kids --This is a fabulous site for this age group and grade 2 also! Other subject areas are available here as well.
Kids Farm --Excellent information about domestic animals, wild animals, and plants. The pictures are very good and the information is age appropriate.
Second Grade:
Links to wonderful stories with pictures for children to read on the Internet: Candlelight Stories -- Children's Stories
This index is specifically for sites for children: Berit's Best Sites For Children
Theodore's Surprise Friend --Online and interactive, the reader decides what happens next!
For Teachers-- CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide and Expanded Table of Contents for Children's Literature Site. You'll find extensive reading resources here.
Solar System Unit 2000: The reading level and content are among the most suitable for this age.
Build Our Milky Way --An interactive lesson that prompts students to click on the galaxy parts to build our Milky Way.
Animal Pictures:
Electronic Zoo / NetVet Veterinary Resources - Animal Images
The Belize Zoo - Home Page
AltaVista Photo & Media Finder
Oakland Zoo Entrance
KIDS WEB JAPAN --Designed for children, this has an appealing interface. Reading level is higher that grade 2 but elementary.
Third Grade:
3//83 Interchange Summer Institute --Wethersfield is a member of this consortium.
Science Sites (3//83) Go directly to Science Sites
Rock Cycle --A track for Rocks and Minerals
Bronx Zoo, Here We Come.--An extensive database of animals.
ROCKS AND MINERALS--Another track for Rocks and Minerals
Bob Miller's Light Walk
Fourth Grade:
A BEST Site for Biomes, Tundra, Deserts, Grasslands, Temperate Deciduous Forests, Ponds & Lakes, Rivers & Streams, Wetlands, Rainforests, Taiga, Shorelines, Temperate Oceans, Tropical Oceans . Evergreen Project Adventures
Animals--This is a site for information and pictures on the ARCTIC and animals that survive there.
Oakland Zoo Entrance--in-depth information on selected animals from the biomes of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Desert Environment
Desert Webquest-A WebQuest about the Arizona Sonoran Desert
Connecticut Weather Page
Automated Weather Source
Weather Links
Energy Quest -- Energy Education from the California Energy Commission --age appropriate site for information on the various types of energy. To begin, select ENERGY STORY.
Oceans
Rainforests
Tales of Wonder --Stories from around the world.
Volcano World -- The Premier Source of Volcano Info on the Web
Jeeves' Earthquake Tour --A guided lesson on earthquakes.
Science: Simple Machines Are Interesting - TILT training --A track with several good sites for learning about simple machines.
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Fourth Grade and Special: Last summer while I was playing--tennis that is--Mrs. Rita Lipton was working! She researched the following sites which are wonderful resources for elementary school teachers, especially grades 3 - 5. Thank you for sharing, Mrs. Lipton.
Exploring Ecosystems --Arctic Coastal Plain, Sonoran Desert, Everglades--fabulous picures!
Harcourt School Publishers -- The Learning Site--"A vast variety of games to select from covering a wide range of math skills. The math glossary is especially appealing with animated illustrations for acute angle, obtuse angle, congruent figures, line symmetry, and perimeter." (This is a terrific site for other disciplines as well. Visit this one and explore it thoroughly.)
Learn Math--Grades K - 5 --" . . Symmetry, collecting & analyzing data, time, money, estimation, and measurement."
FunBrain.com Math Baseball--"Addition, subtraction, multiplication or division skills can be practiced in levels ranging from easy to superbrain. The set-up is a baseball game in which a correct answer gets you a hit . . and a wrong answer gets you an out."
FUNBRAIN - Fresh Baked Fractions--"Easy samples of equivalent fractions are set in a game. Definitions are provided. If an answer is correct you get a piece of pie (pi); if incorrect, an explanation is given."
A+ Math Site--Flashcards and games--bingo, hidden picture and a concentration game. 'There is also a homework helper program in which you enter a math problem and are told whether the answer is correct or incorrect (without an explanation).
Structure of the Earth - Site contributed by M.K.
Fifth Grade:
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation --Colonial Life
Old Sturbridge Village
American Revolution --There is a wonderful timeline here.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - History and Social Studies
NASA
Welcome to Globalearn --Fall 1999 GlobaLearn will embark on an expedition to Africa. Previous expeditions are accessible from this page also.
CELLS alive!--pictures and animations of various types of cells. This site utilizes some of the latest web technology.
The Atoms Family - The Phantom's Portrait Parlor - Spectroscope --a simulated spectroscope of an Atom!
The Atoms Family - The Phantom's Portrait Parlor - Mighty Molecules--Classroom activity for constructing atoms with gumdrops.
Advanced Hyperstudio Tips--This site provides step-by-step advice on how to add sparkle to Hyperstudio presentations. For example, making draggable graphics/puzzles, animation tips, making a template, and using presentation mode. Experienced users as well as novices will appreciate this site.
Kapili.com:Biology4Kids:Cells
Sixth Grade:
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Aeronautics - Principles of Flight - Level 1--animations illustrate lift and other principles of flight.
The Heart: An Online Exploration
Orville Wright - How we made the first flight--indepth accounting written by Orville Wright.
Welcome to Globalearn--Access online expeditions to South America, Brazil, Trans-Asia and Black Sea Nations--NOTE: Spring 1999 will follow an Eastern Mediterranean expedition--ancient ruins of Athens, Greece and Rome will be visited.
Egypt - Guardian's Egypt - Main Gate
Egypt Page
Horus Web Site--Egyptian History--"This is the first Egyptian web site for kids."
Ancient Egypt Webquest-- A nice site for this age group and others.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World New
Latin Links -
References for COLT -- This is my LATIN PAGE--a demonstration site with many links to topics on Rome.
Libraries:
Click here to see everything in the library and more. There is also a link here to Connect Web--the libraries in the Hartford region.
Wethersfield Public Library
My Virtual Reference Desk - Quick Reference / Research The Ultimate Desktop Reference
Still searching? Click here to search Yahooligans:
Yahooligans
Museums:
Natural History Museums--The American Museum of Natural History, New York, has a terrific fossil exhibit.
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WETHERSFIELD "Ye Most Auncient Towne" --The Town of Wethersfield
Teachers:
Puzzlemaker --Enter words and clues, the Puzzlemaker will create a puzzle. Try the Criss-Cross Puzzle.
The Well Connected Educator --Strategies and success stories for integrating Internet
Integrating Internet in Classroom--Tutorials and Resources
eMail Classroom Exchange - K-12 Education Resource
Global SchoolNet Foundation's Global Schoolhouse
Terrific Tutorials: Web Primer , Microsoft Office Programs Microsoft Office
MathWorld Interactive Home Page
MY TEACHERS PAGE -- Links to many resources for special education created by someone else.
Word Search Setup Form --Creates a word search sheet from words that you enter. It also provides the solution!
Assistive Technology for the Disabled Computer User
Administrators and Assistants:
Quicksheets--Instructions for Excel, Word, Powerpoint and more for PC and Mac users
WWW Sites for Principals and Other Educators
Puzzlemaker
Everyone:
Academy of Achievement Home Page -- Inspirational Biographies of High Achievers
Connecticut State Department of Education
Atlapedia Online --An Outstanding Online World Atlas
Welcome To MapQuest! --links to maps and travel directions
Lonely Planet -- Destinations--Cities Around the World
The New York Times Learning Network --Introduced in NEA Today. "Building on news and archives from the New York Times, the Learning Network connects teachers of grade 6-12, their students and parents to the most comprehensive news and education resource on the Web. . . and is absolutely free." Check out Navigator which is the home page used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web. Navigator
Around the World:
InfoHub Specialty Travel Guide
Travel Microsoft Expedia Travel
Welcome To MapQuest!
Atlapedia Online
Lonely Planet -- Destinations
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Thank you for visiting! If you know of a site that would be useful in teaching a unit in the curriculum, please take a moment to send it to me. Click here.
P.S. Hungry? Try these links to new age cookbooks: The Internet Chef On-Line Magazine and Morten's Recipe Collection.
Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques (Version 3.5) --Learn techniques for searching the Internet here. This is an up-to-date tutorial on using multi-threaded or subject-specific search engines.
Last updated January 21, 2000