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 * When you are working with your students on research projects, try having an initial assignment where they investigate search engines. You can search for a list of search engines and then have them pick six they've never used or heard of before. Have them create a comparison chart of their pluses and minuses. Google is a good search engine, but the world is much bigger than that and as teachers, we want our students to be critical thinkers and expand their horizons.

I used it with some students reminding them they needed to double check to make sure all the info was included correctly, but it was a nice site :D
 * http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=2&reqsrcid=58&mode=form&more=&source_title=Journal%20Article&stylename=APA is a site where you can input your info and have the completed citation come up in the correct format. Of course it's not perfect but it does give good examples of how citations should look using APA or MLA.


 * http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/CSI/

CSI: Mathematics is a really good math site put together by the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Georgia Tech. There are tabs for each grade level (K-12) and each tab contains lots of useful links well organized into topic areas.


 * If you don't know about this site, it's a good one.

FREE and exciting resource that addresses Vocabulary K-12!

One of The Reading Teacher magazine’s Top 25 Internet Sources for Teaching Reading (2006). • Over 60 Thematic puzzles organized by subject area to include the arts, sports, holidays and world events. Get resources for everything from Geography, Mythology, and the Holocaust, to Fractions and the Food Pyramid • SAT/ACT puzzles with challenging vocabulary to build necessary mastery • Root-Word Lesson Plans are separated into 3 levels of difficulty. Free interactive vocabulary puzzle and activity sessions that use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help unlock word meanings • Word lists that stress vocabulary enrichment (perfect for word walls); word lists from 125+ novels; ESOL writing assignments, etc.

http://www.vocabulary.com/