Harrison Community Schools
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 For Parents         For Students         For Teachers

All the links on this page were last checked 12/02/08

Useful Links:

 


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Internet Links For Parents:

--> Partnership for Learning– Broad range of news sites geared toward education

--> Michigan College Goal– Michigan families can get FREE financial aid assistance!

--> The Parent’s Guide to the Information Superhighway– Rules and tools for families online from the Children’s Partnership. Comprehensive look at the information superhighway and what parents should know to help their children use it safely and wisely.

--> Great Sites for Kids and Parents– Recommended by the American Library Association

--> NetSmartz– This site looks at the positive and productive usage of the Internet while adding information about safe and responsible Internet usage.

--> Get Net Wise– Provides information about Internet usage and includes kid friendly websites.      

--> Lycos Zone– Designed to be a safe neighborhood on the Web, includes information for parents.

--> The Compact for Reading– Reading and Writing Help for K-3

--> Physical Fitness– Information for you and your family

--> Kid's Health– Nemours Foundation, devoted to children's health; very useful home health resource

--> HS Maps Online– Find maps to most schools

--> Search tools– Yahoo, Google,, Soople, Webcrawler, & Dogpile


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Internet Links For Students

--> The Best Information on the Net– a well organized source for any
and all research projects from the O'Keefe Library of St. Ambrose Univ.

--> Partnership for Learning– Broad range of news sites geared toward education

--> Channel One– a daily news program for students

--> Great Sites for Kids– Recommended by the American Library Association

--> How to do Research Papers:
            Middle School

               High School
               All Levels

--> Step-By-Step Research Papers– for help in writing all your research papers

--> KnightCite Citation Maker– you put in the source info and it makes bibliography citations

--> Style Manual– for bibliography citations

--> Quiz Hub– A fun interactive learning center for elementary and middle school     students.  Includes educational games, puzzles, quizzes, spelling activities, and subject guides.

--> High School Hub– geared to find info in class subject areas

--> Class Brain– Research many subject areas

--> Michigan's E-Library– gateway to selected Internet resources,
hundreds of full-text magazines and newspapers and over 10,000
electronic books

--> Everything Michigan– Super resource on our state

--> Bartleby's Ready Reference Page– All the classic references

--> Calculators On-Line Center– Martindale's Reference Desk

--> Ask An Expert– e-mail addresses to contact experts in just
about any field of study

--> World Factbook– basic geographical info on the world's countries

--> Animal Diversity Web– Everything you need to study the Animal Kingdom

--> Earth Cam– "Where the World Watches the World"

--> Space Station View– view of Earth on a Clear Night.  Awesome!

--> MSN Terra Server– see images of places from space

--> Soo Locks– Corp of Engineers info and a web cam of the ships
going through the canal locks

--> GeoHive Global Stats– geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.

--> Geography Links– for geography research, maps, and keypals

--> Google Maps– get maps and directions

--> Maps On Us– street maps and trip directions

--> Maps– Perry-Castaρeda Library Map Collection: atlas of the world & its countries

--> Multi-Maps– Country Maps as well as driving directions/maps

--> History of West. Civ. Links– for western history research

--> How Stuff Works– all purpose science information

--> Encarta Encyclopedia

--> Encyclopedia Britannica

--> Information Please Almanacs

--> Year by Year– Major events of every year, timelines, and more

--> Roget's Thesaurus

--> Web Reference Desk

--> Search tools– Yahoo, Google,, Soople, Webcrawler, & Dogpile

--> Links to Colleges & Universities:

Albion College Alma College Central Michigan
Delta Eastern Michigan University Ferris State
Grand Valley State Hope College Kirtland Community College
Lake Superior State Mid Michigan Community College Michigan State
Michigan Tech Northern Michigan Northwood
Saginaw Valley SU University of Michigan US Military Academy
  Western Michigan  

--> For Building Your Own Web Pages:

--> Webpage Tools– wide variety of cool tools for a web page

--> Cool Text– create custom logos and buttons

--> Hee Yun's Clip Art

--> Photo Vault

--> Clip Art Index– Discovery School.com clip art gallery

--> Google Images– search for and find a wide variety of web graphics
(remember to respect copyrights)


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Internet Links For Teachers:

INTERACTIVE WEBSITES (students work online with cool sites):
Science (MS): Strange Matter Science (MS): Instruction Video Clips All levels: Venn Diagrams
All levels: Graphic Organizers All levels: Time Lines All levels: Jigsaw Puzzle Maker
MS & HS: Graph Maker All levels: Crossword Puzzle Maker 3rd - 8th: Brain Teasers
All levels: Quality Rubrics All levels: Crossword Puzzle Maker All levels: Interactive Quizzes
Elem. & MS (Holidays): Puzzles All Levels: Media Bee Planner Elem.: Word Puzzles
All levels: Filamentality  [Amazing!!] Elem.: Dinosaur Activities Elem. & MS: Weather Wiz
Elem. & MS: Fun Quizzes & Puzzles MS & HS: Web Worksheet Wizard HS: Research Paper Tutorial
All levels: Assignment Calendars    
 
Printable Resources (No Copyright Problems):
Handwriting Practice Sheets Book Plates Math Manipulatives
Old Fashioned Paper Toys Shape Books Printable Crafts & Calendars
Puzzles, Worksheets, & More Graphic Organizers Math Fact Cafe'
BINGO Cards #1 BINGO Cards #2 K- 5th Gr. Worksheets
 
Templates:
Variety of Classroom Tools More Classroom Tools Games with Power Point
Jeopardy, Jumbles, Searches, and a lot more...
Class Book Templates MS Office: Templates
[don't just use the "Education" section]
 
 
Digital Cameras in the Classroom:
How-To Handout  How-To Website Teacher to Teacher Ideas
Ideas from Apple Student Project Ideas: K - 6 Kodak on techniques
Digital Storytelling Virtual Art Museum Step-By-Step Instructions
 
Links to Lesson Plan Sites:
USA Today K-12 Education Online MiClimb
Teachers.net Lesson Plan Exchange Lesson Plans Page
Discovery School Lesson Plans: K - 5th Lesson Plans and Activities
Michigan Curriculum Framework
(enter site then click downloads)
Teacher World

Many lesson plan and assessment sites can be accessed by using keyword searches.  Just enter the words "lesson plan" or "assessment" into any of the common search engines.

--> United Streaming Login– engage students with rich video & online teaching resources (through our RESD)

--> REMC5– our local source for educational videos (through our RESD)

--> Clare-Gladwin Reading Council– Part of our CGRESD

--> Homework Online– post your homework assignments online

--> Kids Count– state-level data for over 75 measures of child well-being

--> Integrating Computers Into Curricula – how and when to integrate tech

--> MSIM– Michigan Schools in the Middle

--> The Best Information on the Net– a well organized source for
any and all research projects from the O'Keefe Library of
St. Ambrose Univ.

--> Awesome Clip Art for Educators– Clipart & Generate Worksheets & Puzzles

--> Partnership for Learning– Broad range of news sites geared toward education

--> Discovery Teaching Tools– Puzzles, worksheets, clipart & more; good for
     any grade level

--> Michigan Educators' Resources– Great resource in all subject areas

--> Style Manual– for bibliography citations

--> Ask ERIC– the database you loved to hate in your education classes

--> Educators Reference Desk– Broad database for educators

--> Michigan's E-Library– gateway to selected Internet resources,
hundreds of full-text magazines and newspapers and over 10,000
electronic books

--> Classroom Connect– connect with other teacher's classes online

--> World Wide Key Pal Resources

--> GeoHive Global Stats– geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.

--> Everything Michigan List of Schools– 515 Mich. school web addresses

--> Yahoo's school directory– a directory of online school web pages

--> Kathy Schrock's Education Resource– Very diverse and useful

--> TrackStar– starting point for online lessons and activities

--> Ask An Expert– mostly e-mail addresses to contact experts
in just about any field of study

--> Year by Year– Major events of every year, timelines, quizzes, and more

--> Information Please For teachers– Lesson Plans and more

--> Everything Michigan– Super resource on our state

--> HS Maps Online– Find maps to most schools

--> Search tools– Yahoo, Google,, Soople, Webcrawler, & Dogpile

For  Building Web Pages:

--> HCS Website Baker Project– instructions for your own HCS class website.

--> Free Teacher Websites– build and administer your own class website.

--> Moodle– Organize your Classes Online: Assignments, Grades, Calendars, Chats, Wikis, etc.  All that Blackboard offers, but this one is FREE.

--> Wigglebits– help with web page basics and beyond

--> FNO Press– specializes in help with school web sites

--> Webpage Tools– wide variety of cool tools for a web page

--> Home Sweet Home Graphics– Very nice clip art site

--> Copyright Safe Clip Art– Another Clip Art site for educators

--> Cool Text– create custom logos and buttons

--> Hee Yun's Clip Art

--> Photo Vault

--> Clip Art Index– Discovery School.com clip art gallery

--> Google Images– search for and find a wide variety of web graphics
(remember to respect copyrights)

Please email the web manager at sherjudd@gmail.com to report any problems with the links on this page.

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