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On this page I'll include a list of links to other web sites recommended in a recent issue of Newsweek magazine.
For example, here's a link to a site called STRANGEMATTEREXHIBIT. It introduces kids to the field of materials science.
Let them virtually transform carbon into space suit fabric, decide if Styrofoam is stronger than mozzarella cheese and examine
a Coke can under a microscope:
www.Strangematterexhibit.com
Here's a link to PUZZLEMAKER.COM where it's easy to design and print customized word searches, crosswords and cryptogram
puzzles that can be used to boost kids' vocabularies. You supply the words and clues and the side does the rest:
www.Puzzlemaker.com
Here's a link to PBSKIDS.ORG/DONTBUYIT. It teaches kids to be media savvy by lifting the veil on popular advertising
gimmicks. It explains how food stylists use glue and food coloring to prep burgers for photo shoots and how much Nike pays
Tiger Woods to wear its Swoosh. :
www.Pbskids.org/dontbuyit
Here's a link to RATE MY TEACHERS.COM. It is maintained by thousands of student volunteers. It exposes ineffective teachers
and praises exceptional ones. A useful tool for parents and a good outlet for kids.
www.Rate myteachers.com
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