Moving Into Project-Based Learning - PBL

• Edutopia - For inspiration and ideas around PBL
• Buck Institute for Education - The PBL Handbook for Scaffolding
• PBL-Online ; Putting Edutopia and BIE together to make PBL possible
• 4Teachers.org - The place to find the PBL Checklists and Rubistar rubric maker

Weather (Grade 2)

• WhyFiles - Weather Interactives
• Weather Activities from Edheads 
• Weather Wiz Kids 
• About Weather from BBC  
• Weather Maker from Scholastic
• WeatherWatch from Scholastic
• Web Weather for Kids from UCAR

Space (Grade 3)

• Windows on the Universe
• Stellarium
• Starchild
• NASA Kids Club

Posters (Grade 1)

• The Motivator
• Other tools from BigHugeLabs

Reading Text (Grade 1)

• ReadtheWords.com
• ReadPlease.com (Download and install)

Comprehensive Vocabulary

• Spelling City
• Merriam Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
• Vocabulary.com
• Magnetic Poetry
• Vocabulary Learning Games
• Visuwords

Literacy Resources 

• Starfall
• Lit2Go
• Literactive
• LookyBook

Core Mathematics Resources

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Cut the Knot
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Core Science Resources

• Learning Science  - Interactives across all topics
• Physics for Everyone - Good science & FUN!
• eThemes Search - "Science"

Election Resources

• Illinois Democratic Party
• Illinois Republican Party
• Senator McCain

• Senator Obama
• Time's Election '08 for Kids
• Google Resources for Educators

Campaign Ads

• Campaign Ad Watch
• Historical Ads - "The Living Room Candidate"
• Political Cartoons
• Church Sign Generator