Student Resources:
Math:
Web Math
Are
you stuck on a math problem? Web Math can help you
solve it. Just plug in the numbers and they'll show
you how to solve the problem (including all the
work to get to the answer!).
PRIME: Platonic Realms
Interactive Math
Encyclopedia
Math
Encyclopedia and Dictionary
Graph
Paper
Print
your own graph paper.
Science:
The Physics
Classroom
Physics
Tutorials and Physics Multimedia. Must have for all
physics teachers and students.
Why
Files
Science
in the News
How Stuff
Works
A
wonderful site that looks at the science of the
world around us.
Alien
Earths
Web
Activities that look at the nature of life and the
possibility for life on other planets.
Exploritorium: The Meuseam of
Science, Art and Human
Perception
A
great resource for all things science. Has links to
activities, science information, web applications
and more.
ELA:
Read Write and Think: Story
Map
Use
this map to create a map of a story you read or as
a tool to plan your own story.
Spark
Notes:
Spark
Notes is an electronic version of Cliff Notes. Use
this site to get literature plot summaries,
character analyses, chapter summaries and study
guides.
Thinking
and Studying
Mindmeister
This
is a free, cooperative tools for making a concept
map. Share it with your classmates, convert it to
an outline or print it out as a study
tool.
Diigo
Google
Notebook
Use
either of these tools to bookmark and take notes
while doing research or reading Internet sites. You
can save your notes all in one place and get
instant website references for your papers.
Research:
Citation
Machine:
Use
this site to create accurate citations for all
types of sources used to create research
papers.
Infotrack Junior
Edition
This
on-line data base is designed for middle school
students. It lets you search your topic and gives
you access to full text versions of newspaper
articles, magazines, journals and links to other
kinds of media. (You will need to enter a Michigan
Drivers License number or your library card number
to access this site from home)
Infotrack Student
Edition
This
on-line data base is designed for high school
students. It lets you search your topic and gives
you access to full text versions of newspaper
articles, magazines, journals and links to other
kinds of media. (You will need to enter a Michigan
Drivers License number or your library card number
to access this site from home)
Text
to Speech
Natural
Reader
Have
all of your electronic documents read out loud.
With Read Naturally, you use the “Miniboard” to
read right on the Internet or in any other
document. Natural Readers comes with several
voices.
Read
Please
Read
Please is another free text to speech program. Cut
and paste any document into the Read Please window
and you can turn your text into talking text. Read
Please provides a few voice options, adjustable
font size and highlights the words while it reads.
Creating
Videos
Planning
your Video
SchoolHouse
Video
Use this link to think about and work through the
steps for making a successful video.
There are tips on script writing, lighting, camera
angles and a lot more.
Storyboards
Use
this link to print out or complete on-line your
story-boarding ideas.
Shooting your Video
Atomic Learning Video
Tutorials
This
is an awesome site to learn about making videos. It
uses both text and video to introduce you to video
making basics. Topics like framing your shot, good
editing, camera angles are included. Anytime you
see words that are
blue and bold
on the site, click it, it's a video tutorial.
Editing your Video
Jumpcut.com
Check
out this new web based video editing site. Its
associated with Yahoo. All you need to do is sign
up, upload your videos and take advantage of the
editing tools to create, slice, mash-up your video.
For a quick introduction to the site,
click
here.
Windows Movie
Maker
Movie Maker is a free download from Microsoft. It's
easy to use. You can add titles, effects,
transitions and more. For a tutorial using Movie
Maker
click
here.
Sharing
your Video
TeacherTube
TeacherTube
has a student project section. Sign up is free. All
you need is an email account.