Additional Resources for Inquire Middle School Student Edition

Web page: 4 Reasons Why Curiosity Is Important and How to Develop It

Web page: Creative Thinking vs. Critical Thinking

Web site: William Zinsser

Article: Urban farm in Racine is no fish tale

Web site: Youth & Labor

Web pages: Quotations about patience
Video: What if other planets replaced the moon?

Web 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 page: Reasoning Brain Teaser
Student video: Inductive and Deductive Learning

Web 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: Benjamin Bloom
Web page: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

Web page: Singing for Memory
Web page: 9 Types of Mnemonics--Images

Web page: Literary Devices—Personification

Web page: Freewriting
Web page: Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention
 

Web page: 15 of the Most Amazing Mazes and Labyrinths

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: Why Are We Scared of Public Speaking
Web page: Twelve Rules for Successful Public Speaking

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: 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

Video: Student Reporter Interviews Tony Romo

Video: Fact Versus Opinion
 

Activity: Elaborating with Supporting Details

Web page: Elaboration Strategies
 

Web site: Encyclopedia of Fallacies

Web site: Ad Access  

Web site: Map sites list 

Web page: How Computer Viruses Work

Web site: Twitter

Web site: Facebook

Web site: Wordpress.com

Web site: dokuwiki

Video: Interview with Gary Paulsen

Web site: Dictionary.com
Web site: Merriam-Webster
Web site: Cambridge Dictionaries Online
Web site: Oxford Dictionaries

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: Minilessons: Correct Capitalization
Web site: Plural Noun Forms
Web site: 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals

Web page: Suzanne Farrell

Minilesson: Analyzing Writing Prompts

Web 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 site: Free Music & Composition Notation Software
Web site: Organize a Food Drive

Web page: Avoiding Procrastination
Web page: Understanding Writing Assignments

Web site: Youth Rules!
Web page: What Hours Can Youth Work
Web page: State Labor Laws
Web site: United States Department of Labor

Video: Interview Do's and Don'ts

Web page: 5 Tips for Opening a Teen Checking Account (Bankrate.com)

Web page: Bill Gates
Web page: Mark Zuckerberg
Web page: Abraham Maslow

Video: Supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Studies at Goddard Space Flight Center

Web 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

Video: How to create a mind map

Video: How to cluster

Video: Anthony Robbins: Asking the Right Questions

Web site: "I Have A Dream" Foundation

Web page: Calendar template

Web page: William Least Heat-Moon

Web page: Blue Highways

Web page: The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

Web site: The World Almanac and Book of Facts

Web page: Basic Search Help

Web site: Digital Research Tools Wiki

Web page: Biography - Neil A. Armstrong

Web page: "Works Cited" pages

Web page: Overcoming Procrastination
 

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 page: 5 Steps to Providing Good Constructive Criticism

Web site: Facebook

Video: Roller Coasters - The Physics Behind the Fun
Web site: How Roller Coasters Work

Photo: Elysia chlorotica
Web page: Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes

Web site: Virginia Museum of Transportation

Web page: NWS Wind Chill Index
Web page: How does the windchill factor work?

Web site: Children of the Camps
Web site: The Japanese American Legacy Project

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 site: Writing Topics

Web site: Student Models

Web site: Writing Minilessons

Web site: Chinatown San Francisco
Video: San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

Activity: Writing a "Showing Paragraph"

Web site: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Web site: APA Style Workshop
Video: How to Write Research Paper: Creative Writing Lessons and Tips

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

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: Twitter

Web site: Glogster EDU
Web page: Glogpedia - The Best of Glogs

Web page: How to Write Magnetic Headlines

Web site: Twitter

Web site: Facebook

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: 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: Photoshop Video Tutorial: How to Make a Movie Poster

Web site: Easy Movie Poster

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: The Official Rube Goldberg Website
Web site: Mythbusters Christmas Rube Goldberg Machine
Video: OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version
Video: Honda - The Cog

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 page: 13 Simple Journalistic Techniques for Effective Interviews

Web site: United States Green Building Council

Web 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