Kempsville Middle School, Virginia Beach, VA

Student Resources

SOL Tutoring and Review sites:

SOL Practice Tests

SOL ePAT Practice Tests (previously released tests) Make sure you install the ePAT launcher FIRST!
Pearson ePAT Access

The following site has practice math and science SOL tests: Jefferson Lab - http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html

Also, visit the Virginia Department of Education's Website to download previous tests:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us

2006 previously released tests can be found at:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Assessment/Release2006/index.html

Science Sites :

EIA Energy Kids Page - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Math

24 - Game, First in Math - http://www.firstinmath.com

To learn the States:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Click on a level under "U.S.A. States"

http://funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi
Type in States in the keyword box, click go
Beginners - click on "States-Multiple Choice"
Advanced click on "States-Open Ended"

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
Play - "The USA Quiz"

Another Fantastic Web Site to Review SOLs
login = kms
Go to: http://www.solpass.org/

Click on: Middle School
Click on: US History 1877 to the Present
Click on SOL number (Example: USII.3) to get an illustrated study guide.
OR
Click on “View Activities” for review games

More SOL Review sites can be found at the following sites:
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listsolrevimr.html

PortaPortal - Open SOL Review Sites folder
http://guest.portaportal.com/kmsteacher

Finding pictures on the internet:

Insert pictures into your projects the correct way!

Right click on the picture you want to use
Scroll to "save picture as"
Place it on the desktop
In your project go to the menu bar > insert> picture>from file.
Navigate to the desktop to find the picture and insert it
Remember to cite your source - just because it is on the internet does not mean you can just use it - you must cite the URL of where you found the picture!

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
http://www.search-engine-index.co.uk/Images_Search/
http://creative.gettyimages.com/
http://www.ditto.com/
http://www.ithaki.net/images/
http://www.picsearch.com/
http://www.pics4learning.com
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/k5/clipart.htm
http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/simple_image_search/app/
http://www.clipartconnection.com/
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html

How can you tell if a website is authentic?

http://novemberlearning.com/default.aspx?tabid=159&type=art&site=19&parentid=18
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/eval.html

Music and sounds suitable for PowerPoint presentation :

http://www.brainybetty.com/soundsforpowerpoint.htm
http://www.freeplaymusic.com - Awesome free site for MP3 Instrumentals

Great sites for pictures, clip art and graphics

http://www.pics4learning.com - Copyright free images for educational purposes
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com - Awesome Clip Art for Kids
http://www.school.discovery.com/clipart/ - The Discovery Channel
http://www.coolarchive.com/index.cfm - Cool Archive
http://www.flamingtext.com - Flaming Text
http://www.animationfactory.com - Animation Factory
http://www.boogiejack.com - Boogie Jack collection of everything
http://www.backgroundcity.com/index.html - Background City
http://www.freelayouts.com - Free Layouts!

Web Tutorials

http://support.wcc.net/pamphlet/composer.html - Netscape Composer
http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.0/handbook/comp.htm#HTML_basics
Basic HTML
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids - Basic HTML
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/frontpage - FrontPage Tutorial
http://www.lissaexplains.com/intro.shtml - HTML plus lots of goodies
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/getting_started.html - Great
http://k-12.pisd.edu/techs/guides/dream/dwmx_manual.pdf - (in .pdf format) Using DreamWeaverMX from Plano ISD Instructional Technology Department

Free Web Hosting

http://www.brinkster.com
http://www.spaceports.com

Advanced tutorials for graphic editing

http://www.cartoonster.com/ - learn animation
http://www.poynterextra.org/cp/index.html - the Power of color

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