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UW ACADEMY STUDENT LINKS

Use these sites for inventor riddle

http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventors/a/Famous_Inventor.htm

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_2_listing_inventor.asp?vAlpha=

Use this site for moviemaker movie

www.howstuffworks.com

SESSION B--MARINE BIOLOGY

USE THIS SITE FOR LATITUDE/LONGITUDE

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

USE THIS SITE FOR WHALE MAPPING
http://www.sea.edu/academics/k12.asp?plan=whalingvoyage

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_MAPS/0_map_world_2002_enlarged.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_map/1_map_world_2002_enlarged.htm&h=864&w=1572&sz=158&tbnid=rbc48UMe39EJ::&tbnh=82&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmap%2B%252B%2Bworld&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=3&ct=image&cd=1

Use these links for tidepools

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/intertidal/intertidal.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/edgeofsea/multimedia/lowtide.html

http://www.ocparks.com/tidepools/tidepool.htm

Ecotourism Powerpoint

http://www.d.umn.edu/biology/courses/bio5865/Ecotourism3.pdf

ECOTOURISM VACATION PACKAGES

http://www.heronisland.com/ecotourism/

http://www.journeys.travel/info/great_barrier_reef/

http://www.blueplanettours.com/Great-Barrier-Reef-Discovery.php

use this site for dolphin tours

http://www.dolphinsplus.com

http://www.puertovallartatours.net/

Use this site for Brazil turtles

http://www.brazil-ecotravel.com/publique/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?tpl=findProgResults.htm

Use these sites for arctic tours

http://www.infohub.com/vacation_packages/7204.html

http://www.infohub.com/vacation_packages/7698.html

GREAT BARRIER REEF FUN AND INFORMATION SITE

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/reef/reef1_flash-feature.html

Use this site for the word unscramble

http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/science/mbiowqst/temp.htm#anchor706260

Use this site for Deep Sea Monsters Activity

http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/ocean-layers.html

Use these sites for marine word games we will make ourselves:

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Use this site for endangered marine animals

http://marinebio.org/Oceans/ThreatenedEndangeredSpecies.asp

use this site for international signal flag codes

http://www.sea.edu/academics/k12.asp?plan=signalflagscodes

Below is a link to the Monroe Middle library page, which has helpful links for all of your classes!!!

 http://destiny.monroe.wednet.edu/common/welcome.jsp;jsessionid=0A4CEADD95FE439F12E7462085480793?site=107

Language Arts Links

Use this link for Camp X

http://webhome.idirect.com/~lhodgson/camp-x.htm

Use this site for a Tlingit totem pole study

http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/stms/shorency/touchingspiritbear/Totem%20Pole%20Project%20pages/totempoles.htm

Use this site to help you with your island research

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm

Use this site for Alaska Island research

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Islands_of_Alaska

use this link to develop your own graffiti tag name

http://www.graffiticreator.net/html/freeonlineflashgame3.htm

use this link to help you write your own folktale!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktalewshop_index.htm

Use these sites for our Region/Time Zone Webquest

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml

Use this site for our Mexican Indigenous Culture Webquest

http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/indigenous/home.html

Map of Augascalientes

http://mexicochannel.net/maps/aguascalientes_sct.jpg

Mexico States Map

http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/mexico_states.shtml

State name etymologies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_state_name_etymologies

Christmas in Many Cultures website:

http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm

This is a link to our Wikispace

www.mnmrm15.wikispaces.com

Use this link to access directions for our Climate Webquest

www.mnmrm15.wikispaces.com/Climate Webquest 

A link to Cornell Notes powerpoint:

http://email.monroe.wednet.edu/exchange/HannanL/Inbox/My%20Cornell%20Notes%20PowerPoint.EML/Cornell%20Notes%20Power%20Point.ppt/C58EA28C-18C0-4a97-9AF2-036E93DDAFB3/Cornell%20Notes%20Power%20Point.ppt?attach=1

Links to articles that are for and against illegal US immigration:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5312900

http://www.petitiononline.com/4America/petition.html

Link to the global open border debate: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3512992.stm

Victorian Christmas

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/VictorianChristmas.htm

Las Posadas Link

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/christmas.html

Links to Victorian Christmas Carols

http://www.fam-marcus.se/Fenella/xmashomepage/xmaspage1.html

http://www.coloring.com/pictures/christmashttp://www.coloring.com/pictures/christmas

Use this link for a poster title writing exercise

http://www.theartofposter.com/RED/Red.htm

Link to Free Rice. com site

http://www.freerice.com/

Thanksgiving Fun Site!

http://www.internetfamilyfun.com/games/wsthanksgivin.htm

Computer History Link http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm

Use this link for our Technology History Projects

http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/ModernInvention.htm

Blog link http://mnmlabb.edublogs.org/

Use this link to our Lab B Wiki:

https://mnmrm15.wikispaces.com/page/edit/Lab+B+Post-1985+Technology+Chronology?responseToken=3965e849c271d5190accf096e9e9bffb

KEYBOARDING LINKS

Use this site to practice keyboarding at home. http://www.keyboardingonline.com

Use this site to increase your typing speed. http://www.ababasoft.com/typing/speed_typing.html

Various Online Typing Games: http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp

     Typershark http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=typershark

Use these sites to learn more about the parts of the computer.

http://www.techterms.com/

http://www.growing.course.com/level_5/parts/index.html
              http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
              http://www.grassrootsdesign.com/intro/hardware.php

This is a link to Career Cruising: www.careercruising.com

   (user name--monroe;password--mountaineers)

USE THIS SITE TO LOCATE GRAPHICS IN COMMON DOMAIN: FLICKR is a topnotch search engine for images. http://creativecommons.org/image/

Welcome to Middle School Academy 2008! I'm excited to be at the UW and to meet and work with everyone here!

Cheers to a summer of fun and learning from each other!

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~JFK