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Tikatok will let their parents have it bound (hardcover or paperback for $20). Otherwise, students can publish an e-book and illustrate it using either images from the site or their own drawings if they submit them. Otherwise, students can create the book, print it out, and hand-draw the illustrations.

http://www.tikatok.com/

Tarheelreader lets the students create e-books, and reads it back to them. To create a book, you need to set up an account and have an invitation code. The invitation code is: Literacy! Be sure to use the capital L and exclamation.

http://www.tarheelreader.org/

***This is a FIVE STAR SITE*****
It is an edublog that offers to many of the best websites, webquests, and simulations!

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/about/my-best-of-series/

***This is another GREAT, FIVE STAR website
It offers a ton of websites using the UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING MODEL, which will help tremendously with differentiating instruction. It has links for all subject areas (including art, music, and gym), and is useful for all grade levels.

http://paulhami.edublogs.org/

For quick links from the same site organized by subject and level:

http://paulhami.edublogs.org/quick-links-by-subject-and-level/

Another five start site from CAST for designing instruction using the UDL (Universal Design for Learning) model. Helps tremendously with differentiated instruction.

http://www.paec.org/fdlrstech/accommodations.html

This is a fun website where kids can find clues and mix things with baking soda to learn about acid, neutral, and bases.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/

Collection of Webquests

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic4.htm

Virtual Field Trips

http://www.surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm

Dissect a frog online:

This one is free.

http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/

This one is much nicer, but is not free.