Cool Library Links

• Dictionary.com
  
• Ninja Words
  
• Lexipedia
  
• Visual Dictionary
• Rhyming Dictionary
  
• Sweet Search
• Word Central
  Thesaurus.com
• Visual Thesaurus
• Encyclopedia.com
• Statistics - anything you want to know
• TweenTribune
• TweenTribune en Espanol
• Wonderopolis
• Youngzine.org
  
  
  

Cool Source Citing

• Copyright Question game


• KnightCite citations
• BibMe.org
• EasyBib citations

 

• Book Source
• Encyclopedia Online
• Encyclopedia Print
• Film
• Film clip Online
• Internet
• Interview
• Magazine Online
• Magazine Print
• Map
• Music
• Radio or Television 

• MLA Formatting - OWL
• MLA in Microsoft


• Copyright Genie

Cool Story and Author Links

• Dav Pilkey's Crunchy Website-o-fun
  
• Between the Lions - games and stories http://pbskids.org/lions/
• Authors and Illustrators on Web http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
• LitPick - free YA ebooks
  

Cool Art Links

• iSketch 

            http://www.isketch.net/

• Jackson Pollock 

            http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

• Picassohead
  

          http://www.picassohead.com/

• Picasso page on Artsy.net
  

       https://www.artsy.net/artist/pablo-picasso

• Artsy.net
• Getty Art & Games
  

       http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/

Cool Science Links

• American Heart Association Elementary Lesson Plans/ Resources
  Teach your students about the science of how a heart works and the affects of a healthy lifestyle.
• Bridge Ocean Education Teacher Resource Center
  Find an ocean of marine education resources such as lesson plans and videos.
• Exploratorium
  Search for digital resources as well as publications that support educators in both formal and information learning settings.
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Science
  Search for teaching and learning resources from federal agencies, separated into applied, earth, life, physical, space and other sciences.
• Intel Education STEM Resources
  Follow a design process for creating successful projects that integrate science into activities that can be used in your classroom.
• Mosaic
  Take advantage of these K-5 STEM lessons and resources, offered in both English and Spanish.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Explore hands-on lessons for students on topics related to the Ocean and Atmosphere.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Classroom Resources
  Access a collection of lessons and web resources that will help you create lesson plans or at-home activities.
• National Science Teachers Association
  Access a collection of books, articles and online resources to help you expand the offerings in your classroom.
• Ology: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)'s Science Website for Kids
  Provides information and interactive resources on archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity and more in an exciting way to get kids excited about science.
• Science and Math Informal Learning Educators
  Explore learning activities, tools and services designed specifically for school-aged kids.
• Science Netlinks
  Provides lessons and resources for grades K-12 in all topics of science. Search elementary grade levels to find lessons to meet your needs.
• Smithsonian Education for Educators
  Search over 2,000 resources and find those that are aligned to national, common core, or state standards.
• Smithsonian Science Education Center
  Build awareness for science education among leaders and develop exemplary science instructional materials.
• Society for Science & the Public: Student and Teacher Program Index
  With more than 300 programs listed, this site offers a comprehensive catalog of science, mathematics and engineering enrichment programs for pre-college students and teachers.
• STEM Education Resource Center - PBS Teachers
  Offers the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds related to science through television and online content.
• Teachnology
  Choose from a variety of free science lesson plans organized by 20 different topic areas.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Teachers
  Find environmental and science based lesson plans, activities and ideas related to air, ecosystems, energy, recycling, water and more.
• Siemens Science A Day  . You'll find new, original hands-on activities and supporting videos, a teacher support center with best practice guides, monthly themes and an Ultimate Cool School sweepstakes.

Cool Tech Links

• Pixlr - photo editor
• Be Funky photo effects
• Digibody - caricature maker
• Go2Web20 - web app search
• Blabberize
• Yodio - voice to photos
• Live Binders 
• Create a graph
• Cantanding -online karaoke
• Learn It In 5- How To Tech videos
• ipiccy.com - photo editor
• Padlet
• Marqueed - annotate images
• Flipsnack - flipbook creator
• Simplebooklet.com (best in Chrome) - eBook creator
• Various Online presentation tools on EdShelf https://edshelf.com/profile/7cya0bf/online-presentation-tools
• Tools and Apps for inspiring Creativity

Cool Book Reviews

• Teen Reads.com
• Goodreads.com
• Common Sense Media book reviews
• LitPick.com - YA student reviewers
  
• 60 Second Recap
• 60 Second Book Reviews

Cool Science links

• Teeth of Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
  

Cool Serious Links

• LawForKids.org
• Engineer Girl
• Garbology
  

Cool 3D Design

DigitalStream
AutoDesk

Cool Presentation Tools

Haiku Deck
PowToons
emaze
Canva
Adobe Spark
​ThingLink Edu
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Cool Music Links

Great 78s

Cool Homework Helpers

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Help

Cool for ELL

Breaking English News
Duolingo

Cool Virtual Reality links

Virtual Reality: Explained!

• ABC News VR
• Anatomyou (iOS) (Android)
• Bubbli (iOS) (user generated content)
• Discovery VR (iOS) (Android)
• EON Experience VR (iOS) (Android)
• Explain VR: Virtual zoo (iOS)
• Flickr 360° group
• FullDive  (iOS soon) (Android) (user-generated content)
• Google Expeditions
• Google Street View (iOS) (Android)
• Guggeheim Museum VR
• Holobuilder (user-generated content)
• Littlstar (iOS) (Android) (user-generated content)
• New York Time (NYTVR) (iOS) (Android)

Ricoh Theta 

• Help document for Ricoh Theta from Sylvia Duckworth and Kathy Schrock
• The Complete Theta Tutorial (eleVR)
• How to use the Ricoh Theta S Camera (Duckworth)

Hosting sites

• 360 cities - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• Bubbli (iOS)​
• Dermandar - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• Holobuilder - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• HugVR - hosting 360° live streaming (tutorial for Theta S)
• Kiroru 360 (iOS) - viewing your own images
• LittlStar: (iOS) (Android)
• MettaVR - hosting of panoramic videos
• Round.me (iOS) (Android) - hosting and viewing with Cardboard, too (turn phone to landscape mode to get the cardboard icon)
• Spinnable (iOS) - hosting and viewing with Cardboard
• YouVisit - hosting of panoramic photos and Cardboard viewing

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Cool Writing Links

• Blog Post Idea Generator
• Storybird
• Creat your own Graphix comics (Bone, Smile or Amulet) SuperHero Squad - create comics
• Bit Strips - comic builder
• PicLits
• Nawmal - text to movie
• Inklewriter - publish interactive stories
• Tagzedo - word clouds with style

Cool Current Event/news 

Current events with  high interest informational text.  

• News-O-Matic
• PBS Newshour EXTRA (7-12)
• Scholastic News
• Newsela
• Smithsonian Tween Tribune
• The Wilson Center
• NBC Nightly News
• TED
• Watchup
• NPR
• USA Today

Cool Apps

• Shakespeare in Bits—Hamlet: Full-cast narration, animated scenes and character webs
• Tinkerbox -
  engineering, puzzles, and design
• Videolicious:  video creation app
• Booktrack:  soundtrack for eBooks

Cool Media History Links

• Media History Digital Library  http://mediahistoryproject.org/
• Lantern http://lantern.mediahist.org/

Cool Poetry Links

• Instant Poetry Forms http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
• Rhyming Dictionary
  http://www.rhymezone.com/
• Shel Siverstein site
  http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
• Giggle Poetry
  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
• Limerick Factory
  http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html
• Magnetic Poetry
  http://kids.magpogames.com/playonline.cfm

Cool Learning Games Links

• Spell It Right - Geography
• Plagiarism Game
• Road to Grammar games
• Wimpykid.com
• PBS Jazz Kids
• Map Jigsaw Puzzle from Nat'l Geographic 
• Word a Day
• ***NEW*** English Games for Kids - Vocab, Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation games
• Fun Brain Word Games
  http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
• Punctuation Paintball game
  http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball&COOK=
• More vocabulary Games
  http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
• Fact Monster Spelling
  http://www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/spelling
• Spell Check game from Fun Brain
  http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
• Wacky Web Tales
  http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
• Common and Proper Nouns
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/ratslist3.asp
• Adverbs and Adjectives
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/ratslist3.asp
• Nouns and Verbs
  http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/ratslist3.asp
• Practice Quotations
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/speechmarks.htm
• Using Commas in a Series
  http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/lists1.htm

Cool Teacher Resource Links

• Twitter-tastic for Teachers
• 10 Ways to Use Instagram 
• Digital Tools for Teachers - Media Production - 31 Tools
• How to Find Free Music for Videos from McCoy Productions
• Sum All - Data tracking for your social media sites 

• Common Sense Media digital literacy and citizenship curriculum
• Ideamapper from WI Biographies 
• Perspectives for a Diverse America - literacy based curriculum that marries anti-biased social justice content literacy-tate Standards.

• BiblioNasium - kids reading community for ages 6-12
• Common Core State Standards
• How to Smile.org - Math Science activities
  
• PowerPoint Games and Templates
  
• Writing Fix
  
• Online Stopwatch
  
• Common Craft - useful ready made videos
• Socrative
• Edmodo
• Evernote
• Edcanvas
  
• Quadblogging.net - blog with 3 other classes across the country
• Marqueed - annotate images
  
• Teaching books.net
  http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/
• Story Online
  http://www.storylineonline.net/
• LiteracyHead.org
  http://www.literacyhead.com/
• Soundzabound Music - royalty free
  http://www.soundzabound.com/
• ECB video links
  http://explore.ecb.org/videos/Program_list?P1=SUBJECT&REFERER=BADGER
• Wordle Word Clouds
  www.wordle.net
• Children's Book Reviews - Story Snoops
• Common Sense Media Reviews http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews
• Share My Lesson
• 3M Science of Everyday Life http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
• Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources http://www.literacyshed.com/ 
  

Cool teacher formative assessment

Kahoot
Socrative
Infuse Learning
Answer Garden 
Quizlet
Go Formative
Go Soap Box
FlipQuiz - review game for educators
Plickers
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