• Knowledge Network: This site provides wonderful links to interesting and fun projects dealing with art.
• Norman Rockwell Museum: This web site is dedicated to Norman Rockwell.
• PBS Teacher Source: You can pick an age group and a theme to get a variety of classroom activities.
• Virtual Middle School Library: Access a variety of music and art sites that are fun and engaging.

Current Events

• British Broadcasting Corporation: Education with student news.
• CNN: News education for young readers.
• National Geographic News: This link has top stories for younger audiences.
• Time Magazine for Kids: Time Magazine offers news that is geared toward younger audiences.
• Unicef: You can choose from a wide range of topics primarily dealing with children around the world.

• Annie's Mission, an interactive historical mission: (Spanish) "In this simulation, you will be playing the role of Anne Biggs, the ten year old daughter of an American sailor. In 1817, as her father, Bill, is preparing for a trip to the Orient, Annie's mother dies of tuberculosis. Bill can not bring himself to leave Annie, so he hides her on the ship, breaking the rules." Spanish and English are used to assist the user with various clues to solve the problem.
• Foreign Language: grades 6-8 curriculum links.
• Internet4classrooms: This site will provide the teacher and student interesting online lessons for many languages.
• Quiz Tree : "Welcome to Quiz-Tree.com, the place where you will find free quizzes on many subjects, including Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable"

• Vallem Systeme: Get free downloads at this site. Use at your own risk.

• Brain Pop: This site has some fun, free activities that will have movies and then a follow up quiz.

• Geography Resources: This site provides several links to interactive and informative geography resources.
• CIA World Fact Book: This site provides important facts about hundreds of countries.
• Culturegrams: This site has great facts about a variety of countries.
• Map Games: Get some fun and exciting map games by visiting this site.
• Virtual Middle School Library: The helpful links on this site deal with world geography.

• Bam: Body and Mind: "Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. "
• 4GirlsHealth: This site has information that will address issues that are important to girls.
• Kids' Health: This site has numerous health topics to choose from.
• PBS Teacher Source: You can pick an age group and a theme to get a variety of classroom activities.

• The American Presidency: You will be able to read the profiles of prominent Americans from four Grolier encyclopedias, suited to different reading levels.
• American Rhetoric: This site is packed with hitorical speeches that include video and audio.
• The Civil War through a Child's Eye: This is an involved and interesting approach to learning about the American Civil War. Teacher and student activities are provided to assist in this elaborate activity.
• The Learning Page: This site has more than 7 million historical documents, maps, photographs, films and audio recordings. Lesson plans and activities are abundant at this site.
• Primary Sources: This site has a variety of resources. Get a lot of information on child labor.
• PBS Teacher Source: You can pick an age group and a theme to get a variety of classroom activities.
• The Triangle Factory Fire: Get information and images about this tragic moment in history.
• Virtual Middle School Library: The helpful links on this site pertain to World History.
• Virtual Middle School Library: The helpful links on this site pertain to the history of the United States.

• Ann Arbor District Library: Students can submit reviews and find books. Get the top 10 books.
• Education World: "A Quotation a Day: Just What the Language Doctor Ordered! "
• Internet for Classrooms: More helpful and fun links for the language art teacher.
• Kids Read: http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/authors.asp Learn about many authors, get book reviews and play games.
• Virtual Middle School Library: You will be able to get sites about book reviews, tips on writing reports, and resources on language and grammar.

• Fun Brain: Students can play math games starting at age 11. You can choose the grade level on this site to choose problems that are appropriate for grade level and skills.
• Lesson Plan Search: A variety of middle school math concepts are covered on this site.
• Middle Web: This site has articles, E-Mails and Web Links about Mathematics
• PBS Teacher Source: You can pick an age group and a theme to get a variety of classroom activities.
• Virtual Middle School Library: Access a variety of math sites that are fun and engaging.

• Essentials of Music: An online glossary of musical terms are provided at this site. There are several occasions to listen to examples of instruments and other musical themes. You will need to install Real Player to hear the sounds. If you don't have it installed, download the player at the following site: http://www.real.com/
• The San Francisco Kids Symphony Site: This is a entertaining site to learn about music and instruments.
• Virtual Middle School Library: Access a variety of music and art sites that are fun and engaging.

• Edutopia: "We publish the stories of innovative teaching and learning through a variety of media -- a magazine, e-newsletters, DVDs, books, and this Web site."
• Free Online Teacher Tools: Get free goodies online
• Google Educator: This site has a variety of resources available for educators to empower their students. Get great tools for the classroom.
• Notestar: Notestar has features that allow students to collect and organize their notes in preparation for written assignments.
• Teacher Web: Set up your own web quests by following the simple steps on this site.
• 4Teachers: This site has information of staff development, classroom tools and more.

• ABC News: Get the latest news on hot topics in science.
• Communications Incorporated: Your Gross and Cool Body Parts answers several questions about what makes the human body work.
• Exploritorium: The Exploritorium contains over 15,000 Web pages that explore hundreds of different topics.
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair: "the Intel ISEF brings together over 1,000 students from all 50 states and 40 nations to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships and scientific field trips. Visit Intel's site for a look at education resources and last year's fair."
• Designing Enviornmental Science Projects: "Resource booklet designed to generate ideas for students and teachers interested in solid waste science fair projects."
• Education World: "Featuring collaborative projects, virtual field trips, educational games, and other interactive activities."
• Environmental News: The Virtual Middle School Library is providing a wealth of sites pertaining to the environment.
• Lane Science Fair Zone: This site provides a variety of Science Fair projects that are fun and engaging. " Discovery
• National Science Foundation: "The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950."
• PBS Teacher Source: You can pick an age group and a theme to get a variety of classroom activities.
• Science News for Kids: This site is filled with interesting science facts and hands on activities.
• Science and Nature: Get information about animals, prehistoric life, the human body, space and more by visiting this site.
• A Science Odyssey: PBS provides interesting links about then and now pertaining to technology. You definitely want to check out the Try It section of this site.
• Virgin Galactic: This site has a multimedia presentation on space travel for tourists. You can get the rates and book your flight at this site.
• Virtual Middle School Library: You will be able to access a wide range of science related topics at this site.

• Adaware: Aware can clean your system which will allow you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.
• Adobe Reader Download: Download Adobe Reader for free.
• Atomic Learning: This site has online tutorials in various software applications. You can do a trial version before purchasing.
• Audacity: Download Audacity for free. Free audio, editor and recorder.
• Audacity Tutorials: Get tutorials on how to use Audacity
• CCMixter: "This is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want."
• Education Podcast Network: "The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. "
• Education World: This has tutorials pertaining to many different software applications.
• GIMP: GIMP is a freely distributed piece of software that will allow users to retouch photos and other image manipulations. It has been compared with Photoshop.
• Harmony Line Music: This site provides detailed information about the capabilities of Harmony Line Music. Tutorials are available if you have the software. This software allows students to make their own music.
• H-Lounge: This is site is about sharing music with others.
• Microsoft Office Templates: Get templates to be used in various projects using Microsoft Office.
• Our Media: This site allows you to store video, audio and other media you created.
• Pod Producer: PodProducer is a software that will help you produce and record your podcast. PodProducer you can easily record your voice and add effects. PodProducer is free, containing no Adware or Spyware.
• Smart Sound: Smart Sound offers a variety of software for purchase that can be incorporated into multi media projects.