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September 29, 2003
Colorín Colorado
http://www.colorincolorado.org
Colorín Colorado is specifically designed
for Spanish-speaking parents to help their children learn to read and succeed
in school. Parents can choose to use
the site in Spanish or English.
Parents will find ideas to use at home to better prepare their
children for success in school.
Teachers and media specialists will find reading tips, activities,
recommended books, and downloadable resources to reproduce and distribute to
parents. The site is packed with
information, activities, and advice about turning children into confident
readers. It features colorful
illustrations by David Diaz, the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator. The site also includes entertaining video
clips featuring Hispanic celebrities.
The resources on the site are intended for use with children up to age
nine.
September 22, 2003
SmARTkids
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/index.html
The Smart Museum at
the University of Chicago sponsors this website to help
students, teachers, and parents learn about art. The site has a link to “Artwork of the
Month,” where in-depth information about selected art from the museum is
available. For students, there are
interactive pages titled “Art Detective,” “Art Vocabulary,” “Artist Studio,”
and “Exploring Art.” The site also has
a Parent’s Area and a Teacher’s Area, each with ideas and information to help
students learn about and appreciate art.
This site requires a Flash plug-in for your web browser. The plug-in can be downloaded from the
opening page on this site.
September 15, 2003
Snakes of the Savannah
River Site
http://www.uga.edu/~srelherp/snakes/index.htm
The Savannah River
Ecology Lab at the University of Georgia has created this website about all
the snakes found at the Savannah River Site – the Federal nuclear site on the
Savannah River in Allendale and Aiken counties. The snakes found at SRS are typical of
those found in most of Georgia and South Carolina.
The site provides high quality photographs of each snake as well as a
short description of its range, its habitat, and the likelihood of finding
it. This is an excellent site to help
in identifying any snake you find.
Remember to be careful when approaching any snake until you are
absolutely certain about its identity.
September 8, 2003
ESL Online Reading
Exercises
http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/read/read.html
ESLhome is a welcoming place where
students and teachers can explore the Internet world of learning English as a
second language. The site has links to
many ESL sites and includes, for teachers, several thematic units, lesson
plans, materials, methods, and reference resources. For students, there are assignments and
online lessons related to listening, speaking, reading, and writing English. There are also lessons specifically related
to grammar, vocabulary, and civics (social studies). There are links to special testing
preparation resources, including the GED, naturalization prep, OPI prep,
TOEFL prep, and SAT prep. The
reference desk for students and teachers includes information about citizenship,
consulates, employment, government agencies, schools, and American
history. The site is designed to
provide all the information needed for ESL teachers and students.
September 1,
2003
Planet Pictures
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
This website contains
a comprehensive collection of the best images from NASA's planetary
exploration program. The images were
taken during satellite missions to or near each planet or through the Hubble
Space Telescope. Each photo has
descriptions of the prominent features, an interesting fact about the planet,
and some information about the source of the photo. Everybody knows about the Great Red Spot on
Jupiter – but do you know about “Scooter”?
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