http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/visuals?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "visuals" on Netvouz http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html 2,460 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a related page. LITTLE EXPLORERS makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school reference. This is the English version. Other languages are available. Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:46:21 GMT http://wordsift.com/ Paste your text into the box. Press 'Sift' to visualize. The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text. Integrated with the amazing Visual Thesaurus® and Google® searches of images and videos. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text. jgordon Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:22:12 GMT http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html HyperHistoryHyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps. A display from the simple to the more complex. The graphics in the Center Panel provide a first quick overview of general information linked to short texts in the right Text Panel.More comprehensive information is provided at the bottom of the text files with www links. Social Studies > World History jgordon Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:13:38 GMT http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/ This site contains an excellent glossary of earthquake related vocabulary all supported with visuals. Science and Math > SCIENCE ONLY > Earth & Space Science jgordon Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:10:28 GMT http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ This website provides teachers with a variety of resources, including Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) station outreach activities, details on PBS television programs, and lesson plans organized by curricular subject, topic, and grade level. Browsing by subject will provide teachers with access to lesson plans and activities for mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. A number of the lesson plans and activities connect these subject areas to CTE areas such as agriculture, transportation, communications, engineering, journalism and media, technology and civilization, and architecture. Teacher Resources > Videos Virtual Fieldtrips & Interactive Sites jgordon Tue, 20 May 2008 21:14:09 GMT http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/vocab/ EnchantedLearning.com This site provides examples of graphic organizers, some specific for vocabulary. For some resources there is a small subscription fee. However, see free visual dictionaries. Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:42:54 GMT http://www.smbsd.org/page.cfm?p=1515 HM Story VocabularyThis website has pictures that are aligned to the vocabulary words for each story in the Houghton Mifflin Reading series. Grades 2-5 also have word cards with definition activities. Santa-Maria Bonita School District Submitted by Joan Kossack Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:15:16 GMT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/;jsessionid=0CD532D11F732CE074E149362E9412E2 The Visual Thesaurus is a tremendous resource for improving your students' reading, writing, and communication skills. there is a small subscription fee. Students find the Visual Thesaurus playful and are quickly engaged with learning new words and concepts. The Visual Thesaurus can be used by a wide range of students from elementary school to the college level and beyond. I haven't subscribed yet, so don't know quality. Clip Art & Pictures jgordon Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:36:48 GMT