Professional+Websites

I will be updating this post regularly with websites I find and feel are worth sharing. Many of these are curriculum based, some deal with serious topics and some are just ways to have fun with your classes. Check back regularly to see what's new!

[|Brain Teasers] (slj) ...new brain teasers are posted weekly [|Crazy Quiz] (slj) ....a poetry quiz [|GeoBee Challenge] (slj) [|Harry Potter Wizard Challenge] (slj) ....select a Harry Potter book on which to take the challenge [|Who's Who and What's What] (slj) . ..a daily current events quiz with links to NY Times articles [|Merrian-Webster] (TL) Check out the podcasts, investigate the Word Central for Kids and sign up for Word of the Day! [|Bookwink] (TL) This site includes monthly video book talks, and selection help. The booktalks are all on non-fiction resources

[|Mystery Net (]TL) A website where you get to solve it yourself!

[|Famous Poets and Poems][| (TL)] Find information about poems and poets, and works from over 600 poets on this webpage.

[|Stop Bullying Now!](SLJ) This website consists of a 12 "webisode" cartoon covering many aspects of bullying and how kids should respond to it. There is also more information as well as games and downloadble podcasts.

[|My Pop Studio] (slj) My Pop Studio is a site is an interactive site for middle school and high school girls aimed at strengthening critical thinking skills about tv, music, magazines and other elements of pop culture. The website includes lesson plans for each activity.

The following websites are about recycling and the environment: (slj) [|Clean Sweep U.S.A.] [|Eek! Recycling and Beyond] [|EekoWorld] [|N. Trubble and the Environauts Mission to Earth] [|Recycle Zone]

(TL) Teacher Librarian (slj) School Library Journal