Additional Resources for Inquire Middle School Student Edition
Here is a list of additional resources for Inquire Middle School. These resources include great links to Web sites, articles, videos, and much more that supports what you are learning.
Inquire Additional Resources
Web page: Framework for 21st Century Skills
Back to TopWeb page: What is problem solving?
Web site: What is inquiry-based learning?
Web site: William Zinsser
Back to TopWeb site: Cell Phones for Soldiers
Back to TopWeb site: Lois Lowry
Web page: The Giver
Web site: Youth & Labor
Back to TopWeb page: Albert Einstein Bio
Back to TopWeb pages: Quotations about patience
Video: What if other planets replaced the moon?
Web page: Bloom's Thinking Skills—Revised
Back to TopWeb page: Marie Curie Bio
Web page: Polonium
Web page: Radium
Web site: Ford's Theatre
Web site: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Web page: John Wilkes Booth Bio
Web page: A Brief History of the Abacus
Web site: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Back to TopWeb page: Reasoning Brain Teaser
Student video: Inductive and Deductive Learning
Student video: Inductive Reasoning
Back to TopWeb page: Haiti Earthquake 2010
Web page: Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami
Web page: Snowflake Structure
Web site: Cell Structure
Web site: Structures of the Human Body
Web page: Creative Process
Web pages: Creativity Quotations
Web page: Benjamin Bloom
Web page: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
Web page: Mnemonics
Web page: A Selection of Mnemonics
Web page: Acrostics
Web page: Singing for Memory
Web page: 9 Types of Mnemonics--Images
Web page: Literary Devices—Simile
Web page: Literary Devices—Metaphor
Blog post: Lists Help in Creative Writing
Web page: Prewriting: Clustering
Web page: Freewriting
Web page: Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention
Web site: Booksie (Online Publishing, Reading, Sharing)
Web site: All Poetry (Online Publishing, Community, Contests, Classes)
Web site: Lulu.com (Free Self-publishing Service)
Web site: PiktoChart (Publish Infographics, Online Multimedia Posters)
Web page: Steps of the Scientific Method
Web page: Hypothesis
Web page: Problem Solving in Mathematics
Web page: Top 10 Jobs for the 21st Century
Web site: 21st Century Job Market
Web page: Tact Definition
Web page: Who is Orson Scott Card?
Web page: Stage Fright
Web page: American Sign Language
Web site: American Sign Language Pro—Videos
Web page: How to Understand Body Language
Web site: Listening Skills Test
Web site: Public Speaking Glossary
Web page: Professional and Technical Writing Glossary
Web site: Comic Creator
Web site: Make Beliefs Comix
Web site: Make Your Own Cartoons and Animations
Web page: Social Networking Sites and Our Lives
Web site: Countries and Their Cultures
Back to TopWeb site: Roberts Rules of Order
Back to TopWeb page: Brainstorming
Back to TopWeb page: Conflict Resolution
Back to TopVideo: Fact Versus Opinion
Web site: The World Factbook
Back to TopWeb site: Encyclopedia of Fallacies
Back to TopWeb site: French Cave Paintings & Rock Art Archive
Web site: The White House
Web site: NASA
Web site: Map sites list
Back to TopWeb page: How Computer Viruses Work
Back to TopWeb site: Twitter
Back to TopWeb page: Second Life
Web page: Second Life - Business
Web page: Second Life - Entertainment
Back to TopWeb site: dokuwiki
Back to TopWeb page: Carl Sandburg Biography
Web site: Poets.org
Web site: Poetry Foundation
Web site: Merriam-Webster
Web site: Four Types of Context Clues
Web site: Dictionary.com
Web site: Merriam-Webster
Web site: Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Web site: Oxford Dictionaries
Web site: Thesaurus.com
Web site: Merriam-Webster
Web site: Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
Web site: Know Your Roots: Web's largest root directory
Web site: Chart of English Language Roots
Web site: Latin Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Web site: Basic Rules of Punctuation
Web site: Minilessons: Punctuation Exercises
Web site: Minilessons: Correct Capitalization
Web site: Plural Noun Forms
Web site: 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals
Web page: Suzanne Farrell
Back to TopWeb page: Multiple-Choice Test Tips
Web page: Fill-in-the-Blank Tips
Minilesson: Analyzing Writing Prompts
Back to TopWeb page: Study Skills
Back to TopWeb page: How Much Sleep Do I Need?
Web site: Choose My Plate
Web page: The Blood Supply of the Brain
Web page: The Power of Positive Attitude
Web page: Peer Pressure
Web page: Stress
Back to TopWeb site: Free Music & Composition Notation Software
Web site: Organize a Food Drive
Web page: How Good Is Your Time Management?
Back to TopWeb page: Avoiding Procrastination
Web page: Understanding Writing Assignments
Web site: Youth & Labor
Back to TopWeb site: Youth Rules!
Web page: What Hours Can Youth Work
Web page: State Labor Laws
Web site: United States Department of Labor
Web site: Teen Jobs
Back to TopWeb page: Office Etiquette
Web page: Conflict Resolution
Web page: 5 Tips for Opening a Teen Checking Account (Bankrate.com)
Back to TopWeb page: How to Write a Check
Web page: How Debit Cards Work
Web page: Bill Gates
Web page: Mark Zuckerberg
Web page: Abraham Maslow
Web page: Question mark
Back to TopWeb site: The Cold War Museum
Web page: Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtainspeech
Web page: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Web site: CIA Kids' Page, 6-12th grade
Back to TopWeb site: Ancient Egypt
Web site: "I Have A Dream" Foundation
Back to TopWeb site: All About Birds - Peregrine Falcon
Web page: Empathy
Video: Social Networking in Plain English
Web page: Deltas
Back to TopWeb site: Library of Congress
Web page: "Works Cited" pages
Back to TopWeb page: Deciding Whether a Source is Reliable (Note: Despite the "DES Research" heading, the evaluation questions apply to all types of sources.)
Back to TopWeb page: Overcoming Procrastination
Web page: Order of Importance
Web page: Problem-Solution Patterns
Video: Figure Drawing Proportions
Video: Drawing Lesson: Light & Shadow
Web page: Color Theory
Web page: Perspective Drawing
Web site: Drawing Tutorials
Web site: Focusing on the Elements of Composition in a Drawing
Web pages: Problem-Solving Techniques
Web page: What Is Problem Solving?
Web page: Steps to Revising
Back to TopWeb page: Proofreading
Back to TopWeb page: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Web site: William Shakespeare The Complete Works
Video: Advice for Young Writers
Web page: Email Etiquette for Students
Back to TopWeb site: Virginia Museum of Transportation
Back to TopWeb page: NWS Wind Chill Index
Web page: How does the windchill factor work?
Web page: Writing Topics by Grade and Mode
Activity: Discovering Narrative Strategies
Activity: Starting Stories: 5 Great Beginning Strategies
Back to TopWeb site: Children of the Camps
Web site: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Activity: Using Time Order Transitions
Web site: Transitional Words and Phrases
Web site: Shel Silverstein's Messy Room
Web site: The Road Not Taken
Web site: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Web site: Poetry 180
Web site: Today's Best Poetry
Web site: Poetry Foundation
Web page: Playwriting 101
Web page: How to Create Characters Who Plot Their Own Drama
Web site: Creating Believable Characters
Web site: How to Create Good Personalities for Your Characters
Web site: School Journalism
Web page: Make a Classroom Newspaper
Web site: Newseum
Web site: Interviewing
Web site: How to Conduct an Interview
Web site: Chinatown San Francisco
Video: San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
Activity: Writing a "Showing Paragraph"
Back to TopWeb site: The Writing Center: Argument
Video: How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay
Infographic: 7 C's for Building a Rock-Solid Argument
Back to TopWeb site: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Web site: APA Style Workshop
Web page: 50 Free Web Apps to Make Beautiful Graphs
Web site: Create a Graph
Web site: Create Graphs Online
Web site: How to Make a Graph in Microsoft Word
Web site: How to Make a Graph in Microsoft Excel
Web site: Google Docs
Web site: Google Charts
Back to TopWeb site: How to Make a Table Using Word
Web site: How to Make a Table Using Microsoft Excel
Web site: How to Make a Table Using Google Docs
Web site: Time Line Maker
Web site: Timetoast time lines
Web site: Digital History Timeline
Web site: Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline
Web site: How to Create a Beautiful Flow Chart in Word
Image: Flow Chart of the Separation of Powers
Web site: Wordle.net
Web site: Tagxedo
Web site: Data Visualization and Infographics Resources
Web site: StatPlanet
Web site: Information is Beautiful
Web site: Writing Infographics
Web site: Daily Infographic
Web site: Cool Infographics
Infographic: How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Kid?
Web site: Glogster EDU
Web page: Glogpedia - The Best of Glogs
Web site: Student Digital Stories
Web site: Animoto
Web site: Storybird
Web site: Flickr Creative Commons
Back to TopWeb site: Thoughtful Learning Blog
Back to TopWeb site: Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
Video: How to Create a Podcast
Web site: GarageBand (Apple only)
Web site: How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-By-Step Tutorial
Web page: 15 Essential Back to School Podcasts
Web site: K-12 Education Podcasts
Web site: Storybird
Web site: Slideshare
Web site: PechaKucha
Web site: Kizoa
Web site: Animoto
Web site: PowerPoint for Beginners - How to Use PowerPoint
Web site: Creative Commons Images
Web site: Pics4Learning
Video: Powerpoint for beginners
Web site: Ad Council Campaigns
Web site: The More You Know
Web site: How to Create the Perfect Public Service Announcement
Web site: Creating PSAs and Commercials
Web site: How to Create Streaming Video
Web site: YouTube
Web site: SchoolTube
Web site: 10 Simple Tips To Make Home Videos Look Professional
Web page: Storyboard
Web site: Storyboarding Digital Storytelling
Web site: MyBrochureMaker
Web site: How to Create Pamphlets & Flyers in Microsoft Word Displays2Go
Web site: How to Make a Free Brochure Online (eHow)
Web site: Brochure Templates for Schools and Classrooms (Xerox)
Web site: Sketchup
Video: Sketchup Channel
Web site: Setting Up Blueprints in Sketchup
Web site: Floor Planner
Web site: Gliffy
Web site: How to Make a Blueprint Online
Web site: Sweet Home 3D
Web site: Scale Conversion Calculator
Web page: Build a Solar System
Web site: NOVA Online: Scaling the Pyramids
Web site: Gigantic Scale Model of Shanghai
Web site: How to Create Pamphlets & Flyers in Microsoft Word Displays2Go
Web site: How to Make a Free Brochure Online (eHow)
Web site: Brochure Templates for Schools and Classrooms (Xerox)
Web site: Crazy Horse Memorial
Back to TopWeb page: Types of Plays
Web page: Preparing for the First Day of Rehearsals
Web page: How to Audition Actors
Video: How to Build a Set in One Day
Web page: The 9 Stages of Theatre Researsals
Web site: My Student Election
Web site: How to Build a Motivational Poster Ad Campaign (