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JUST PLAIN COOL!

 

Google Sketchup - A powerful, easy-to-use CAD (computer aided design) program that allows you to create detailed 3-D drawings!  Best of all, it's FREE!
     SketchUp Lessons - Learn how to use the program.

Spelling City - Play games to practice your Spell-A-Thon words

Jeopardy Template - Use this to make your own Jeopardy game!

Michigan Mysteries - Great Lakes shipwrecks and more cool stuff

Mr. Dewey's YouTube Channel - Home of the rappin' teacher!

Instructables - how to make all kinds of stuff

String Figures - includes instructions for several we learned at school plus many more!

Scale of the Universe - Zoom in, zoom out, see where we stand in the scale of the universe!

Molecular Expressions -  A huge site with hundreds of amazing photos.  Be sure to try the "Powers of Ten" link on the main page!

 OpenOffice - free alternative to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Learner's Dictionary - student-friendly definitions from Merriam-Webster

WolframAlpha - billed as a "computational knowledge engine", it is able to find things you wish you could find on Google...

Optical Illusions - a page with links to tons of cool illusions!

Paper Pilot - create and test different paper airplane designs

ToneMatrix - an interactive music synthesizer

NFB of Canada - Many great films, even some in HD

Yola - Build your own website!  (As used by Mrs. Micinski)

Puzzlemaker -  Make your own crosswords, word searches, mazes, and other puzzles.

Pencil - free open-source animation software

timeme.com - virtual timer / stopwatch

How Stuff Works -  For people who like to take things apart to find out how they tick...

KidsClick! -  A student-friendly search engine that leads you to the kind of information you can really use.

Ask.com  -  Answers questions in terms that most kids can understand.  Often leads to more useful resources than Google.

Mazed Things - ever-so-cool mazes by Isaac Thayer

Homemade Instruments  -  A great site with instructions for making dozens of functional musical instruments.

Online Conversions Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions!

Crash Course in World History - Probably the coolest history lessons you'll ever see!

Salvador Dali video - Just for fun, a clever little film where the artist sculpts a face out of foil.  How did he do that?  Can you figure it out?

 

KEYBOARDING
Dance Mat
Typing Web
Power Typing

Typing Games
Typing Games II


GAMES

Mancala
Othello
freerice.com 
Dan-Ball
 
Blokus  
Mind Bluff 
Arcade Bomb

CHESS STUFF
Online Chess Board - use to set up positions or play another human
Java Chess - to give yourself a fighting chance, right click on the board then set all the
     "Level" choices to their lowest values.
http://www.intuitor.com/chess/
Chessville - pointers for beginning chess players