EXTERNAL
WEB
SITE
LINKS
WITHIN
SCHOOL
MESSENGER:
Many
web
pages
contained
within
the
GVMS
web
site,
including
but
not
limited
to
class
pages
and
side
button
links,
include
links
to
web
sites
external
to
Prince
William
County
Schools
Network.
These
pages,
which
are
not
affiliated
with
PWCS,
may
not
reflect
the
views
and/or
opinions
of
PWCS.
Prince
William
County
Schools
does
not
control
the
content
of
such
web
sites
and
does
not
sponsor
nor
endorse
any
messages,
products,
or
services
contained
on
such
web
sites.
Making
Inferences-
7th
gr
LA
Breakout
PWCS
Code
of
Behavior
Hero
Dogs
of
9/11
BrainPOP
is
an
educational
program,
providing
content
spanning
7
main
subjects
including:
Science,
Math,
English,
Social
Studies,
Health,
Arts
and
Music,
and
Technology.
See
a
librarian
for
the
username
and
password.
Discovery
Education
streaming
is
a
digital
video-on-demand
and
online
teaching
service.
This
site
contains
thousands
of
streaming
online
videos
that
can
be
downloaded
or
played
directly
onto
Smart
Boards.
See
a
librarian
for
the
username
and
password.
Online
Dictionaries
- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online
- The Free Dictionary
- Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary: Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts.
Online Newspapers
- Chicago Tribune
- Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers provides links to newspapers in the United States and around the world.
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times
- Times Topics Each topic page collects all the news, reference and archival information, photos, graphics, audio and video files published in the New York Times on a wide variety of topics.
- Newseum: Today's Front Pages
- Washington Post
- Washington Times
- World Newspapers and Magazines provides links to world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region.
Search
Engines
Try one of these search engines instead of Google.
- Dewey Browse Web Sites provides links to sites classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12.
- Duck Duck Go is a general purpose search engine like Google or Bing but without the spam and clutter (web sites that have lots of advertising are banned!).
- IPL2 is a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected websites.
- KidsClick! is a web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results!
Research Product Ideas
- Animoto - Make and share videos
- Audacity - Free audio editor and recorder
- Create Your Own Comic Strip -Make a comic strip or book
- Fakebook - Facebook-inspired template
-
Fifty
Ways
to
Leave
Your
Term
Paper/
Book
Report
&
Tell
Your
Story
-
Alternate
research
products
- Glogster - Design an interactive poster, or "graphics blog," with text, images, audio and video
- Jing - Gives you the basic tools to share short videos
-
New
Tools
-
Tips
and
links
to
help
you
make
blogs,
presentations,
infographics
and
more!
- Photostory - Create a slideshow with this Microsoft download
-
Prezi
-
Online
Presentation
Tool
- My Next Readis a Symbaloo full of websites to find your next book.
- A Book and a Hug helps you figure out your "reading personality" and find a book to read!
- Juvenile Series & Sequels database contains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles classified into 3 audiences: juvenile easy (birth to 2nd grade), juvenile (2nd to 6th grade) and young adult (6th to 12th grade).
- Read Kiddo Read provides reading suggestions from author James Patterson.
- Virginia Readers Choice provides information about the books chosen on this year's reading list.
- What's Next: Books in Series Database helps you search series fiction.
Author Websites
- Brashares, Ann: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
- Cabot, Meg: Princess Diaries, Avalon High and Airhead series
- Collins, Suzanne: Hunger Games and Gregor the Overlander series
- Flanagan, John: Ranger's Apprentice series
- Kinney, Jeff: Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
- Patterson, James: Maximum Ride, Daniel X, Angel, and Witch & Wizard series
- Rand, Johnathan: American Chillers & Michigan Chillers series
- Riordan, Rick: Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus & Kane Chronicles series
-
Rowling,
J.K.:
Harry
Potter
series
Free Rice: Play a game that tests your vocabulary skills and win rice for starving people!
Fun Brain
Make-a-flake
Order in the Library!
Spelling Match Game
Wimpy Bells
The Oregon Trail
Tenement Museum
Snow Line
Disney Holiday Games
Bones of the Body
Human Muscles of the Body
SOL
Review
English
Grade 7 Reading Online Test (2003)
Grade 7 Reading Online Test (2006)
SOL Tutorial Sites from Wise County
Math
SOL Interactive Practice Test from Wise County
SOL
Tutorial
Sites
from
Wise
County
Science
J-Lab Science SOL Practice Tests
SOL Pass covers science for grades 6-8.
SOL Interactive Practice Test from Wise County
SOL
Tutorial
Sites
from
Wise
County
Social Studies
Civics 2007 Released SOL Test
SOL Pass covers U.S. history to 1877, U.S. history from 1877 to present, civics and economics for grades 6-8.