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British Museum - Ancient Egypt
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Student Textbook
Using student ID and your birthday (watch the required formatting) you can access your textbooks online. |
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Multiple Intelligence Test
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Discovery Education Puzzle Maker
Create your own crossword puzzle |
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Textbook Activities
Follow these directions:
at the website select blue Journey Across Time.
Select Florida
Select Copyright 05 |
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World Book
World Book Kids, World Book Online Reference Center, User ID: broward1
Password: worldbook |
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Infotrac
Access to periodical databases, encyclopedias, almanacs, Internet Links
brow_log |
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Savvycat
Broward County Public Schools' public access catalog of all books and audiovisual materials |
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SIRS Research
Designed for High School - A general reference database with thousands of full text articles exploring social, economic, scientific, health, business, political and global issues.
user: BROWARD
password: BROWARD |
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Eternal Egypt
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Mr. Donn's Ancient Greece
Best site for clipart, resources, games and more! |
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"Searchable public access catalog (through media center)
This is an online, searchable public access catalog for all books, audiovisual materials, and District databases in Broward County Schools.
School & Home Access URL:
http://destiny.browardschools.com or BEEP Student Portal (Doorway 2)
Always login via your school location, first time in, bookmark site.
District personnel login under Learning Resources & Instructional Materials Destiny site.
Students: login = 10 digit student number
Password = birthdate with slashes (e.g., 06/22/1993)
Destiny features that support reading instruction:
Student interface Destiny Quest:
1.Students can narrow their search by author, subject, genre, series, awards, language, format, location and identify Accelerated Reader information electronically.
2.Students can easily tap into District online subscription databases (Grolier, Worldbook, Gale, Sirs, Teaching Books.net) by using One Search feature.
3.Students and teachers can create lists to collect, gather, share and cite information for research or enrich curriculum content.
4.Title Peek feature allows students to preview book electronically.
5.Virtual shelf browsing allows students to see what is sitting next to book on the shelf in the library from home and school.
6.Students can rate, write and upload video booktalk reviews that will appear in the school’s online catalog when title is pulled up.
7.Quest Interface pulls data for “Top Ten” books circulating in school library and promotes new arrivals. |
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British Museum Great Games and Activities
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Mummy Maker
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Egypt - Walk the Plank
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Ancient Greek - Penalty Shootout
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My Vocabulary.com
Expand your vocabulary! |
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Visit Ancient Greece at the British Museum
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Quia Activities
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Geography Animations
How did land forms come |
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See how Pangea became our continents.
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Game - Fundamental Themes of Geography
Have fun and test your knowledge of the themes of geography. |
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Archaelogical dig game
Just how do archaeologists find artifact. Play this game to find out. |
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Early human history games
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Think Tank
Students:
• Create an outline of topics and subtopics to assist research.
• Narrow their research topic so it becomes more specific.
• Export their research topics to NoteStar |
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NoteStar
Create sub-topics for research topics
• Assign topics to group members
• Take notes
• Easily track source information
• Organize notes and sources to create printable notes and bibliography |
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Create A Time Line
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Story Map
The organizers are intended to focus on the key elements of character (shown at left), setting, conflict, and resolution development. Students can develop multiple characters, for example, in preparation for writing their own fiction, or they may reflect on and further develop characters from stories they have read. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment |
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Comic Pre-Planning
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