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Hogwart's Sorting Hat
Like Harry Potter, your students can find out what house they belong in at Hogwarts by the magical Sorting Hat at this site. Everything about Harry Potter can be found here, including The Encyclopedia Potterica, an original Harry Potter play, Harry’s Love Test, and more! For more great Harry Potter sites, check out ALFY’s Thematic Unit for Harry Potter.
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May'00
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Teamwork Times
Your class can create its own edition of the Teamwork Times. Simply enter original stories into the text boxes provided, select pictures to accompany the writing, hit the publish button, and print out your copy of "All the News About Teamwork That's Fit to Print"
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The Science of Baseball
It's that time of the year again...baseball season. You can bring the game into your home or classroom with this fun and informative site. Learn about the history of baseball, women's involvement in the sport, "Tools of the Trade" and much more. be sure to check out the Scientific Slugger to find out what makes a home run.
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BBC ReviseWise Science
Children can learn about living things, materials, and physical properties with this educational site. Each science unit contains an activity, fact sheet and on-line quiz. Parents and teachers are encouraged to visit this site with their children.
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Discovery Channel School Puzzlemaker
This entertaining resource allows puzzle lovers of all ages to create and print out customized mazes, word searches, crossword and puzzles.
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April'00
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Kratts Creatures
Children will explore fascinating creatures from around the world as they embark upon their very own Creature Adventure.
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Pilkey's Site of Fun
This site is filled with fun games, stories and projects that will children enjoy. Be sure to click on the Boring Teacher Stuff link to find both boring stuff for teachers and stuff for boring teachers.
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BBC Words and Pictures
The games and activities on this site make learning phonics fun. The teacher controls and additional resources on this site enable adults to help children improve upon their reading abilities.
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Haring Kids
This cool site has a little something for everyone. It contains stories, arts and crafts projects, games and a list of recommended web sites for kids, as well as a link to lesson plans for teachers and parents to use.
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March '00
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Funology
Visit this super-wacky site where students can learn the “Science of Having Fun”! Kids can click to learn fun and crazy facts, conquer boredom with fun crafts and games in “boredom busters,” find cool Science experiments that are safe to do at home and learn magic tricks to do with their friends.
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Book Adventures
This fabulous site allows students to have fun reading their favorite books and lets teachers and parents monitor their progress. Kids pick a book to read and are given quizzes upon completion of the book. Based on their scores, kids can choose from a variety of fun prizes. Teachers and parents can check kids work and approve the prizes too.
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Learning Planet
A galaxy of educational activities for pre-schoolers all the way through middle school! Little stars can practice recognizing numbers, counting and learning their ABCs. Older stars work with math, from basics to fractions, and can work on their geography skills too! There is a even a memory game for all ages!
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Look, Learn, and Do
Kids can read a story, learn history, build a project, learn fun facts and play games! Students can also link to educational resources like encyclopedias and libraries!
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