Kim Handle
(Brooklyn - United States)Kim worked for the Professional Development Department in Education at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens for the past three years and has recently accepted a fellowship at Brooklyn College. Kim's undergraduate work was in environmental ...
Age Appropriate Websites for Secondary School Students
Description:This folder contains age appropriate websites for secondary school students.
Last Updated:Dec-02-2009
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- Grades 9-10 / Ages 14-16
- ...
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
- From: Digital Tools for Homework Help
- Contributed By: Anna Batchelder
BrainPOP
Description:"BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students." Appropriate for elementary and secondary students, the videos on BrainPOP are great homework time references for a number of subject areas.
Last Updated:Dec-02-2009
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- ...
- primary
- elementary
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
"BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students." Appropriate for elementary and secondary students, the videos on BrainPOP are great homework time references for a number of subject areas.
Navigate to This External Web Link:
HippoCampus
Description:"HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world and contributed to the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC), another MITE project. NROC makes editorial and engineering investment in the content to prepare it for distribution by HippoCampus. Both HippoCampus and NROC are supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."
Last Updated:Dec-02-2009
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- ...
- primary
- elementary
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
"HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world and contributed to the National Repository of Online Courses (NROC), another MITE project. NROC makes editorial and engineering investment in the content to prepare it for distribution by HippoCampus. Both HippoCampus and NROC are supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."
Navigate to This External Web Link:
Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video Sites
Description:This site includes links to over 40 online educational video resources - the perfect resource for homework and research assignments.
Last Updated:Aug-23-2010
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- ...
- primary
- elementary
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
This site includes links to over 40 online educational video resources - the perfect resource for homework and research assignments.
Navigate to This External Web Link:
The Best Reference Websites for English Language Learners
Description:"These are links to websites that English Language Learners can easily and quickly use– without having to register or sign-in (or download) — to aid them in spelling, pronouncing, learning the meaning, etc. of a word or phrase they are trying to read or write."
Last Updated:Aug-23-2010
Subject(s):- Language Arts
- World Languages
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
- ...
- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
"These are links to websites that English Language Learners can easily and quickly use– without having to register or sign-in (or download) — to aid them in spelling, pronouncing, learning the meaning, etc. of a word or phrase they are trying to read or write."
Navigate to This External Web Link:
Thinkfinity Student Resources
Description:A project of the Verizon Foundation, this website contains loads of interactive lessons, simulations and more in teacher and student-facing formats. Make sure to use the search bar on the right side of the screen to conduct a more focused search.
Last Updated:Aug-23-2010
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- ...
- primary
- elementary
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
A project of the Verizon Foundation, this website contains loads of interactive lessons, simulations and more in teacher and student-facing formats. Make sure to use the search bar on the right side of the screen to conduct a more focused search.
Navigate to This External Web Link:
Websites for Kids (Common Sense Media)
Description:"Common Sense Media rates and reviews kids' websites based on child development principles. Our websites for kids reviews offer parents many great alternatives to engage and entertain kids from the youngest ages right through the teen years. We offer in-depth individual reviews and great parent guidance about how to keep kids safe and protect kids' privacy online."
Last Updated:Dec-02-2009
Subject(s):- Arts
- Career & Technical Education
- ...
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- ...
- primary
- elementary
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Reference
"Common Sense Media rates and reviews kids' websites based on child development principles. Our websites for kids reviews offer parents many great alternatives to engage and entertain kids from the youngest ages right through the teen years. We offer in-depth individual reviews and great parent guidance about how to keep kids safe and protect kids' privacy online."
Navigate to This External Web Link:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/all-ages/all-genres

