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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! 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?
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