This page features links to various school/education-themed websites.
Disclaimer:  While these links are presented in good faith, St. Joseph Hessen Cassel cannot be responsible for external content.

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Categories (Click to visit):

Math
Social Studies
Science
Reading/Language Arts
Technology – includes drawing, surfing, searching, web design, and more!
Typing Practice/Games
School-Related
Religious
For Students
For Teachers
For Parents
Miscellaneous

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Math

• allmath.com – Features flash cards, metric converter, tables, more links!
• Cool Math – An amusement park of mathematics!
• Math Archives – A huge archive of math resources
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
•  That Quiz  –  Advanced math topics
• Fun 4 the Brain  –  Games on math and more!
• Counting Money – Straightforward practice
•  AAA Math
• Cool Math 4 Kids
• Math Cats – math games and activities for the primary set.  Cats are around to help out!
• Fuel The Brain – a collection of games and interactives to help students practice elementary math skills.
• Mathematics Assessment Project – provides teachers with rich tasks, lesson plans and additional resources connected to the Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Social Studies

• History Channel in the Classroom – Guides, videos, speeches, references, store, interactivity, games, and much more!
• Ben’s Guide to the Government – A site about the government guided by Ben Franklin
• HistoryNet – Another vast resource
• History Bee – The official resource for the History Bee
• Geography Bee – The official resource for the Geography Bee
• World Maps – a resource that is like an atlas; offering hundreds of maps of the world.  Includes many other geography features.
• Renaissance site with art, history, innovations, timelines, lesson plans, and more!
• The Top 100 American speeches of the 20th century – A database offered as text, and audio when available.
• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – an excellent resource about the Shoah.
• Morphing Presidents – A seamless transition using the 43 presidents!
• Social Studies for Kids –

Science

Reading/Language Arts

• Dictionary.com – wonderful tool for students
• Thesaurus.com – wonderful tool for students
• Spelling Bee – The official resource for the Spelling Bee
• Game Goo
• Storyline Online
• ABCya
• Children’s Literature on the Web – A huge resource featuring references, links, resources, groups, and much more!
• Stories for Kids who Love Reading – Full text of classic stories, authors, writing, more!
• The Ultimate Word Games Guide – Games related to spelling, punctuation, reading, kids, dictionaries, compound words, and even some for adults!
• Scholastic – A grand resource for reading – includes subpages for kids, teachers, families, and more!
• Word Central – From Merriam-Webster – features dictionaries, Words of the Day, special sections for kids, teachers, and more!
• Taste Kid – Explore Your Taste
• Spelling City
• Starfall – Excellent reading activities for K-1
• Word Central – Merriam-Webster’s Word Central
• What Should I Read Next?
• Shelfari – A global community of book lovers
• Books Should Be Free.com!  – A collection of digital and audiobooks freely downloadable as .mp3s
• Dr. Seussville – Books, a virtual playground, and more!  Also check out Seussville University, a land where Seuss’ characters discuss math, reading, science, reasoning, and more!
• AR book finder website:   http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

Technology

Search Engines for Kids

• Kid Rex – Powered by Google, this site looks like it has been drawn with crayons!
• KidsClick! – This site features search results chosen by librarians.  Results are targeted to grades K-7.
• SearchEdu – Excellent for homework help, features sites with the .edu suffix, so most are affiliated with colleges.
• FactMonster – Facts galore, also handy for homework, features many results that include timelines and biographies.
• Pics 4 Learning – A safe image site with dozens of categories.
• Quinturakids – Features Topic Tag Clouds!
• Ask Jeeves for Kids – Kids can type in a question, and results will be returned with answers that are kid-friendly.

Art/Drawing

• Slimber – An excellent site for drawing & painting with some beautiful examples.
• Bomomo – A fun site where users can create unique pictures with different templates (ie, Pixie).
• Doink – A great site combining Paint-like tools and creating animated art with a Web 2.0 flare (Apple devices only).
• Sketchpad – A unique interface with cool drawing tools.
• Sumo Paint  – One of the most popular digital art creators on the web, very similar to Photoshop.
• Draw Island – A site with straightforward drawing tools and options.
• One Motion – A site specializing in color, it lets you create thousands of combinations!
• Crayola Digi-Color  A very user-friendly site for kids.
• Voice Draw – A unique site that lets users create art with their voice/sound.

Technology – General

• Keyboard shortcut list of special symbols/characters
• HTML list of codes for special characters
• A resource for learning HTML
• An HTML hexadecimal color code chart
• Be Funky – online photo effects, editing, tools, tips, tricks, and more!
• Smithsonian 3D – Explore artifacts from this legendary museum in 3D!
• Online Learning with MIT – Over 2000 audio and video courses offered from the pre-eminent technology college.
• Children’s Software Online has hundreds of software program titles for kids of all ages!

Typing Practice/Games

• ABC Ya! – Click on your grade to see dozens of educational games!
• Z-Type – Type correctly to keep words from falling to the bottom.
• Typisto – Type classic stories by famous authors! (works best in Chrome (not IE))
• NitroType – Race other typists (works best with acct.)!
• Typing Web – Free online typing tutorials
• Typing.com – Thanks to Hannah for the suggestion!
• Typing Adventure – Type correctly to play this adventure game!
• Typingtest – This site offers classic and current works to practice typing.
• KeyHero – This site analyzes your WPM in cool graphs and stats.

School-related links

• Our magazine program is finished for the year. Please check back next year to help our school!
• Labels for Education (please search for our school by ZIP code, 46816.)
• Our Accelerated Reader site
• Bishop Luers
• Bishop Dwenger
• Heritage High School
• The Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese
• Search for or List of all schools in the FW/SB Diocese
• Indiana’s Department of Education
• Official ISTEP webpage

Religious

• The Vatican – Home of the Pope
• The New American Bible OnlineThe Catechism of the Catholic Church Online
• The Fathers of the Church Online
• Redeemer Radio – A Catholic Radio station in Fort Wayne
• Pray the Rosary Online

For Students

Homework Help

• Internet Public Library – Contains thousands of searchable documents for info and research.
• EdHelper – Features guided assistance and activities for all ages.
• Info Please – Tons of facts, stats, timelines, HW info, and so much more!
• Smithsonian for Kids – A place for kids to explore, discover, and learn
• Bartleby – Famous publisher their quotes database, various encyclopedias, and an excellent literature reference.
• The Free Dictionary – Grand site includes usage examples, quizzes, games, and much more than definitions!
• Ask Rose – The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology offers a free Tutoring/HW Help service.  Also by phone at 877-ASK-ROSE.
• Mindflash – Quiz and Testing Taking Strategies

For Teachers

• Thinkfinity – a free, comprehensive digital educational platform with thousands of lesson plans, activities, and other resources from the Verizon Foundation.
• WebQuest.org – All about webquests-this is the site that invented them!
• Rubistar – Excellent page for creating rubrics in almost all subjects
• Mimio – our interactive whiteboard – software, lessons, suggestions, tutorials, and more!
• Harcourt School Publishing – Search for lessons, there are thousands!
• School Express – Thousands of worksheets, games, links, and more resources!
• Sites for Teachers – Hundreds of links here!
• IN Dept. of Ed. Standards and Resources
• Sites for Teachers
• Teach-nology – Thousands of lessons plans, tips, resources, and more with a slant toward technology.
• ReadWorks – ReadWorks is committed to solving America’s reading comprehension crisis and student achievement gap. Driven by cognitive science research, ReadWorks creates world-class content, teacher guidance, and integrated tools that improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
• Quiz Generators – An article that highlights several websites that generate quizzes, tests, etc., with different formats, immediate feedback, and more!
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
• Apples 4 The Teacher – Hundreds of lessons – focusing on holidays, themes, printables, and more!
• Free Math Test – This site contains hundreds of math tests and activities, both online and printable.
• 4 Teachers – works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources such as lessons, rubrics, calendars, and more.
• Easy CBM – Bringing over 30 years of Curriculum Based Measures into the classroom to help teachers assess.
• That Quiz – Tests and activities for students and teachers in all grade levels, especially math.
• Handwriting Templates – Several templates available for different grade levels, both printing and cursive are offered.
• Learning Essentials – A program designed by teachers for teachers, get help planning, creating, collaborating, and save time with over 100 templates and tutorials.
• NBC Learn K-12 – NBC Learn K-12 makes thousands of historic videos, current events, and original resources available to K-12 teachers and students, all aligned to state standards and mapped to curriculum.
• NBC Learn Resources – Free Resouces from NBC Learn K-12

For Parents

• Facts – Tuition Grants and Aid
• Powerschool – for parents
• Facebook