District Resources

• GroupWise WebAccess E-Mail Login
• New IC Login Page: Staff, use this link to access Infinite Campus.
• Novell WebAccess: Access your files from home.
• District Moodle Site: Coursework online.
• District Google Docs Access
• Eclipse: Curriculum Mapping
• ELO: Adding ELOs to Eclipse
• Intellitools: Intellitools resources for educators and Parents.
• The Lexile Framework For Reading: Search for the lexile reading of your book.
• District Tech Help Website
• CBITS

General Reference Bookmarks

Research Help

• Destiny: Search Our District's Library System
• Badgerlink: Magazine, newspaper and encyclopedia databases.
  Ebsco Magazine and Newspaper Database
  Encyclopedia Britannica
• Dane County Libraries: Click here to start your searches or place holds in the Dane County Library system.
• Google: General Search Engine.
• Google Images: Search Google for images
• KIDSCLICK: A huge database of more that 6,00 sites gathered for kids by librarians. A great place to find help.
• Career Cruising: An online database used for career planning.

Reference Tools

• Dictionary.com: A free online dictionary.
• 7W Bookmarks Site: Social Bookmarking Site for 7W Students for teachers Bares, Davis, Franklin and Wilson

Computer Resources

• District Tech Help Website
• Bit.ly: URL shortener
• Ms. Roberts' Technology Resource Site

For Your Interest...

• Indian Lake: Read and view the folklore associated with this Wisconsin park.
• Pirates of the Whydah: National Geographic site
• The Treasures of Expedition Whydah: A web site devoted to the pirate shipwreck Whydah -- the only documented pirate wreck ever discovered!
• Oakland Zoo Animals: Find the facts about your favorite zoo animal.
• Electronic Zoo: Veterinary Resources
• National Parks: Experience your America.
  

Math Bookmarks

• CPM Website: Find sample problems, homework answers, and information from the math textbook and curriculum used in class.
• Math Dictionary For Kids: Interactive math terms from abacus to zero.
• Planemath: This site is designed by NASA to show how mathematics and flight are related. This particular portion of the page teachers how to analyze data.
• Dr. Math: Having trouble with homework or want to know more about math? Ask Dr. Math!
• Coolmath: Go to this site to find cool math activities - games, pictures & more!
• Fractal Zoo: Please click cancel when asked about plugin "audio/mid".
• Visualizing Transformations: Reflections, Rotations, and Translations
• Cool Math For Kids: Games to practice math concepts.
• Place Value Puzzler: A place value game.
• Fresh Baked Fractions: Work with equivalent fractions.
• AAA Math: Math instruction and games for many different concepts.
• Interactive Mathematics: Number & Operations games (grades 6 - 8).
• Interactive Mathematics: Library of math games, choose general area and grade level.
• A+ Math: Flashcards, games, homework helper and worksheets.
• Fun Brain: Math games for all ages.
• Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Accounts of the lives and works of seventeenth and eighteenth century mathematicians.
• Women Mathematicians: Biographies of women in mathematics.
• Mathematicians Galore!: A full chronological index of mathematicians.
• All Math: a huge collection of biographies about famous, and not-so-famous, mathematicians.

English/Language Arts Bookmarks

• Noodletools: Online research and bibliography tools
• The Shakespere Birthplace Trust: Contains visitor information, Shakespeare's home, and museum information.
• Shakespere Online: Plays, poems, analysis, essays, biography, and more.
• Shakespeare's Resource Center: You'll find here collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information of all sorts on William Shakespeare.
• Quotations: Use this web site to find some good quotations from famous people.
• Grammar Gorillas: Parts of speech game.
• Harry Potter: All things magical relating to Harry.
• Partners in Rhyme: Another source of free sound effects.
• Absolute Sound Effects: Yet another source of free sound effects.
• Soldier X--Hitler Youth Army: Find out about the Hitler "Jungend" that Erik (protagonist of Soldier X) had to join as part of Hitler's plan to take over the world during the years of World War 2.
• Wacky Web Tales: Create madlibs by keying the correct part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)
• Great Depression Links: Mrs. Reardon's links for the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.

6th Grade Links

• 6th Grade Research Sites

7th Grade Links

• Noodletools: Online research and bibliography tools
• Word Masters Lists 2011-2012
  
  • Word Masters First List: This is the first list of words.
  • Word Masters Second List: This is the second list of words.
  • Word Masters Third List: This is the third list of words.
  • Word Masters Entire List: This is the list of all the words for this year's Word Masters.

8th Grade Links

• Vocabulary Review: Review the 8th grade vocabulary and Anne Frank vocabulary through these interactive games.

Social Studies Bookmarks

• CultureGrams Online: Country Information at your fingertips.
• Stately Knowledge: Information about our 50 States
• Place the State Game!: Click on "games" and see if you can place these states in the correct location!
• Games on the 50 States: A variety of skill levels for US geography! Try your best!
• U.S. States: Where is That?: Another site with skill levels, See if you can't win on the toughest level!!!
• Drag-and-drop States Game: Super cool game... drag all the state names where they belong on the map before time runs out!
• The Erie Canal: Learn more about the waterway that in its day was called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

6th Grade: Ancient History

• Mrs. Reardon's Social Studies Links: Sites for Mrs. Reardon's classes.
• Pyramids (NOVA): Explore the pyramids at this NOVA web site.
• Exhibits Collection - Middle Ages: This site explores what it was really like to live in the Middle Ages.
• Exhibits Collection - Renaissance: Investigate an age where politics, the sciences and the arts turned in new directions.
• The Caves of Lascaux: Investigate these famous French caves and their drawings.
• The Caves of Chauvet Pont d'arc: Cave drawings from the South of France.
• National Geographic GeoBee: How good is your knowledge of geography?
• Latitude and Longitude Game: Find little lost Hannah using coordinates on a map!
• Maps and Globe Geography Quiz: Test your geography skills!
• Geonet: A fun way to review what you know about geography!
• GeoBee: Test your Geography smarts.

7th Grade: US History

• Colonial Life: Children in Colonial America. Travel back in time.
• Explore the Journey of Lewis and Clark: Play an interactive game, learn about the Native American tribes the Corps of Discovery met, and read the journals the explorers wrote.
• Lewis and Clark: Read the actual journals of these explorers.
• The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Read first-hand accounts, runaway ads, and biographies of slaves.
• Runaway Slave: Advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers.
• The Constitutional Convention: Four Founding Fathers You May Never Have Met.
• How a Bill Becomes a Law: Take this interactive quiz to see if you know the process!
• Underground Railroad: An interactive journey to freedom.
• Midnight Rider Virtual Museum: Learn about Paul Revere's famous ride!
• "A Journey Towards Freedom": Test your knowledge of Reolutionary trivia.
• Ellis Island Web Site: Will America accept you?
• Virtual Tenement Museum: Visit two apartments as they appeared at 97 Orchard St. in the 1870's and 1930's.
• Immigration of Ethnic and Religious Groups: Summaries of ethnic and religious immigrants.
• Statue of Liberty Facts, News and Information: Find out more about the Statue of Liberty.
• The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis: Jacob Riis was a famous photographer who took pictures of immigrants living in poverty in New York City. Learn more about him.
• Jane Addams's Hull House: Learn about this historic house in Chicago and how it has helped immigrants since the late 1800s.
• An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island:See what it was like to go through the immigration process, and listen to oral histories of those who experienced it.
• WW II History Website: For Mr. Olson's Classes
• World War II Timeline: Timeline and factbook of World War II
• California Gold Rush: Learn about the people and events related to the California Gold Rush.
• Out of the Dust: Learn about the dust bowl
• Harriet Tubman: Part of the National Women's Hall of Fame website, Learn about the "Moses" of the Underground Railroad.
• John Brown, abolitionist: Learn about one of the most radical freedom fighters.
• William Lloyd Garrison: Another biography of a well-known abolitionist.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe: Learn more about the "little woman who started a great war."
• Levi Coffin: A biography of the abolitionist from the Indiana Historical Society.
• A Civil War Soldier's Uniform: This COOL interactive site will teach you about the different layers of clothing a soldier in the Civil War wore, and what purpose each piece of clothing served.
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS): See what life was like for African-Americans living in the South before the Civil Rights Movement.
• The Electoral College: Learn about the electoral college, why it exists, and when the EC determined the President.
• The Election Process: A step-by-step guide to how a person becomes President.
• PBS Colonial House: Take interactive tours of the homes built for the PBS series Colonial House.
• Interactive map of the Missouri Compromise: Learn about the United States and its territories before the Civil War.
• Europe in 1914: This is a great map showing the countries of Europe at the dawn of WWI.
• US Census Bureau: Contains the latest 2000 census information.
• Celebrate the Constitution Game: Test your knowledge of the parts of the Constitution.
• Bill of Rights Game: Search the town of Freeville to investigate what rights the citizens have!
• Congress for Kids: Learn about the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and much more!
• French and Indian War:A quick look at what caused the French & Indian, or Seven Years, War; also what happened as a result.
• Women in the American Revolution:Learn how 25 amazing women helped the American cause during the fight for freedom!
• War of 1812:Information on this interactive site includes maps, battle descriptions, and fun activities!
• America and World Affairs, 1931-1941: You choose the course of action based on the events in Europe and Asia before WWII.
• Asian Pacific American Heritage: Learn more about the immigration process of an Asian American, and what it was like to be processed through Angel Island.

8th Grade: World Cultures

• CIA World Factbook: Look for the drop down window titled "select a country" to begin your research.
• World Flag Database: Provides flags of countries around the world, plus demographic information.

 

 

Science Bookmarks

• Float or Sink: An exploration into density.
• Easy Graphing: Create a variety of graphs in minutes.
• EEK!: DNR Environmental Education For Kids
• Hot Air Balloons:Make a hot air ballon
• Model Plane: Directions to make a model of the Wright Brothers 1900 Kite
• The Physics Classroom: Click here for general information on how kinetic and potential energy as they relate to roller coasters. This site gets more detailed than you need. Don't be scared! Use only what you need and skip the rest!
• How Stuff Works - Roller Coasters: Go here for lots of information on the physics behind the ride. Dont be afraid to navigate around this site. There is a ton of information if you care to take the time to look for it!
• Coasterville: More history of the roller coaster.
• Amusement Park Physics: Design your own coaster. See what happens if your first hill is to0 big or too small!
• More Amusement Park Physics: What are the forces behind the fun?
• A Brief History Of Roller Coasters: Information from the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.
• A Short History of Roller Coasters: A look inside professional them park attraction design.
• The Physics of Roller Coasters: A page of links to other roller coaster sites.
• Mechanics Check out the the mechanics of levers, pulleys, etc.
• Energy Hog: Use this site to find ways to improve the energy efficiency of your home.
• Historical Events: Search for significant events in history.
• History of Famous Inventors: Search for inventors A - Z.
• Kids and Teens Biography Inventors
• Environmental Protection Agency: Green building
• PBS Kids: Why should I volunteer?
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Reduce, reuse and recycle
• Scholastic: 100 ways to green

6th Grade

• 6th Grade Science Book Website: Find tutorials, practice tests, online tests and video clips here.

7th Grade

• Chemical and Physical Changes: How are physical and chemical changes different? Find out here.
• DC circuit construction kit: Build your DC circuits with this Java applet
• AC or DC Circuit construction kit: Build both AC and DC circuits with this Java applet
• Balloons and Static Electricity: Explore static electricity
• CHEM4KIDS: Acids and Bases are Everywhere
• WWWolfe Periodic Table Links: This site will give you links to several other helpful sites.
• Acids and Bases: Reading pH
• pH Panel: Testing household acids and bases

8th Grade

 

Encore Classes Bookmarks

French

• VHLCentral
• The French Information Center: Everthing and anything you want to learn.
• Cave Paintings: This web site takes you to the cave paintings near Lascaux, France.
• Atlapedia Online: Provides demographic and political information on countries around the world.
• World Travel Guide Online: More demographic information and maps.
• The Palace of Versailles: Go to this website and discover the chateau of Versailles, its rich history and layout along with many interesting facts about life during the time of "The Man in the Iron Mask."
• The Official Asterix Web Site: Les Editions Albert René
• Parc Asterix: Laughter is our Obsession!

Spanish

• VHLCentral
• Intellicast: Weather for Active Lives
• Spanish Text Book Web Site: Descubre Supersite.

German

• German Studies Trails on the Web: A link to many useful German websites.
• German Recipe Web Site: Go here for some tasty treats.
• German Study Games: This website provides study games that go along with the German Textbook "Komm Mit".

Health

• Mrs. Zimmerman's Health Quiz Page
• NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse web site.
• The Anti-Drug: Yes, you've seen it on tv and heard it on the radio. Parents. The Anti-Drug.
• NIDA for Teens: A National Institute on Drug
• Abuse site geared to teens.
• Kids Health: Information about your health
• MSN.kidz: Find out all about the human body with Wendell the Worm.
• KidsHealth: Homework help and how the body works.
• Gander Academy for Systems: Human Body Systems Resources on the World Wide Web

FCE

Web 2.0 Tools

Reference

• Google Squared: Search on multiple topics at once.
• WolframAlpha: Computational Knowledge engine. A different type of search.
• Wikipedia: Free English encyclopedia

Presentation Tools

• Prezi: Zooming presentation Editor
• Google Docs: Online word processor, spreadsheet, drawing and presentation maker...with sharing.

Creativity Tools

• Wordle: Create a word cloud.
• Word It Out: Transform your text into word clouds.
• Imagination Cubed: Draw with your friends.

Online Collaboration

• Google Docs: Online word processor, spreadsheet, drawing and presentation maker...with sharing
• Delicious: Social Bookmarking. Share your bookmarks.

Music Tools

• WolframTones: An experiment in a new kind of music.
• Aviary: Swiss army knife of online tools. Music creator too!

Photo Tools

• ToonDoo: Cartoon strip creator.
• Photo Cabine: Your own photo booth.
• Flickr: Online photo album
• Aviary: Swiss army knife of online tools. Music creator too!

Video Tools

• Animoto: Create videos in minutes. Upload photos or videos, add music, and Animoto takes care of the rest.

Organizational Tools

• Webspiration: Online visual thinking tool.
• Gliffy: Online diagram software.
• Dipity: Online timeline tool.
• Bit.ly: URL shortener