Ed Tech Resources

LGUSD is committed to integrating technology into all aspects of the curriculum.
Teachers please connect to the District Intranet to access technology integration lesson ideas.

World Book for LGUSD:

WB Online Login & Password are provided by your teacher.

All Grades K-8

Interactive Sites for Education
All of the best K-5 online, interactive, educational games and simulations in one place.
Connections Academy
The best Educational websites and online learning games for K-8.

Keyboarding

Los Gatos Union School District K-8 Keyboarding Scope & Sequence
10 fastfingers
Test and improve your testing speed
keybr.com
Interactive, keyboarding practice page that allows the user to print out a chart of statistics
NimbleFingers
Includes beginning, intermediate and advanced lessons
Peter's Online Typing Course
Work your way through 18 lessons
TypingWeb

Tracked typing courses for kids

Touch Typing Instruction
Provides instruction, tutorials, games and tests
Touch Typing Lessons
Games, lessons and tests
Type the Alphabet
How fast can you type the alphabet?
Typing Games
Spacebar Invaders, Outer Space Fleet and more
Typing Tests
One to five minute timed tests
Typing Test.com
One to five minute timed tests
WMP Typing Test with adjusted speed
Learn 2 Type for Kids

Art

Artist's Toolkit
Explore the six fundamentals of art, line, color, space, shape, balance, and rhythm
BeFunky
Photo effects for photos
Build Your Wild Self - NY Zoos
Avatar generator with human and animal parts
Create a Flower
Explore symmetrical relationships of flowers
Math Art
Learn math through art
Portrait Illustration Maker
Create and save an avatar
Portrait Illustration Maker
Tagxedo
Word clouds with shapes
Wordle
Create word clouds
WordItOut
Build word clouds

History/Social Science

CIA World FactBook
Information on history, people, government, geography and more.
World Book Online
UserID: losgatos4u
Password: 12345
National Archives and Records Administration
Archive of primary sources
Interactive Timeline
Create a timeline online
Today in History
The Library of Congress historic facts highlighted
U.S. World Maps and Puzzles
U.S. States and Capitals

US Constitution

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
The US Constitution
Constitution of the United States
The U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Amendments 1-10 of the U.S. Constitution
Amendments 11-27
Amendments 11-27 of the U.S. Constitution

Language Arts

Diagramming Sentences
Practice Diagramming Sentences
Interactive Persuasion Map
Map out arguments for a persuasive essay or debate
Interactive Venn Diagram
Compare any two items
Spelling City
Enter your own spelling lists and practice

Math

Galileo Online Test
Calculation Nation (Use Guest Pass)
Create a Graph
Math Art - Learn math through art
Math Live - Glossary of terms, and many math Lessons
Math Textbook Online - Pearson SuccessNet
Multiplication Tables Test
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Perimeter and Area Interactive
Junior High Math Interactives

Science

Earthweek.com
A digital weekly diary of the planet
Encyclopedia of Life
A collaborative, ongoing effort to organize information about all the species on earth
FOSSWeb
Interactive activities, a newsletter, and other great projects and resources.
Periodic Table
A visual interpretation of the Periodic Table of the Elements

Photo, Video, Audio & Clip Art Resources

Calisphere
Primary source images from the University of California
ClipArt ETC
Free clipart with source information for citation
Clip Art, Photos, Video Clips and Sound Clips
Creative Commons
Access search services for works
ExploreLearning Gizmos – Online interactive gizmos
Free Play Music
Music free to use for projects
HubbleSite - Photos from the Hubble telescope
Ivy's Search Engines
Ask Jeeves, Yahooligans, Animal Searches and More
JPL PhotoJournal
View images of the planets and the universe
KidsKnowIt Network
Fun educational interactives
NASA Images
View images of the solar system and universe
Pics4Learning
Thousands of images donated by photographers
Public Domain, Copyright Free Media
Images for student use
Royalty Free Music
Free Royalty Free Stock Music for Education
Science Photo Library Teacher Access Only
Wikimedia Commons
Database of freely usable images

Web Resources by Grade Level

All Grades K-5

Interactive Sites for Education
All of the best K-5 online, interactive, educational games and simulations in one place.
Connections Academy

The best Educational websites and online learning games for K-8.

Kindergarten

Beginning Sounds
Beginning letter, short and long vowel practice
Learn My Letters
ABC alphabet and phonemic awareness practice
Starfall
Learn to read

First Grade

Picture Match
Beginning letter; short or long vowel sounds
Plants and Animals
See which environments plants and creatures inhabit
Starfall
Learn to Read
Word Sort
Word Family Sort
What is weather?
Exploring wind, rain and clouds

Second Grade

Acrostic Poem
Create an acrostic poem online
Diamante Poems
Create a Diamond-shaped poem
Letter Writer
Learn parts of a letter and write your own letter

Third Grade

Biomes of the World
Learn about the world's aquatic and terrestrial biomes
Moon Phases Model
Interact with this simple model of the 8 phases of the moon

Fourth Grade

Annie's Mission

Help 10 year old Annie Biggs find her father in the Mission

Bio4Kids
The website for resources for students on The Biography Channel
Biographies of Notable People
Visit this site for biographies organized by topic such as explorers, Women, Math, Scientists, etc.
California Missions Virtual Tour
Visit this site for mission history, music and more
Quotations
Use this topics directory to find quotations

Fifth Grade

Eight Planets
A comprehensive information site feature the planets
Interactive Solar System Facts
Animated, interactive tutorial about space and the planets
Our Solar System
Learn about the Sun, planets, comets, and asteroids
Solar System Trading Cards
Collect all 12!
US History Early Years
Read or view primary sources from Columbus's ship's log to SoJourner Truth's speech
US History Interactive Map
Become a geography whiz
US States and Capitals
Review the capitals, bird and flowers for each of the 50 states

Sixth Grade

Hunt the Ancestor
Rescue a prehistoric burial from destruction
Caveman Challenge
Move along the evolutionary scale
Skeleton Jigsaw
Reconstruct animals from fossil bones
Etymology Dictionary
Learn the history of a word and its meaning
Persuasion Map
Students can use this online interactive tool to map out an argument for their persuasive essay.

Seventh Grade

FOSSWeb
Interactive activities, a newsletter, and other great projects and resources.
Cells Alive!
An interactive website about cells and nuclei
Cow's Eye Dissection
Watch online. Learn more about eyes or do your own dissection.

Think Green

Energy Consumption – Explore this simulation to see how much energy is needed to heat and cool homes in different cities in the US at different times of the year.
Power Up! – Explore this interactive to find out about the different energy sources used to produce electricity in the United States.
Future Power – Help determine what fuel source a community should use to keep costs low and produce the least carbon dioxide.
How to Light Up a Room – Different properties of window covers affect how much light is absorbed, reflected, and transmitted. Explore how five kinds of window covers affect the light that enters a room.
Mineral Resources – Explore how mineral resources are in everyday objects.

Eighth Grade

Newton's Laws
Explore Sir Issac Newton's Laws of Physics

Digital Citizenship

Digital Identity

Build Your Wild Self
Avatar creator
Portrait Illustration Maker
Create a custom avatar
Tagxedo
Word clouds with shapes
WordItOut
Build word clouds
Wordle
Create word clouds

Digital Literacy – Internet

Checking External Links with AltaVista
Type link: in the search box and then add the URL of the website you want to research
EasyBib
Choose MLA style to cite websites
EasyWhoIs
Type in the domain name to find a website publisher
SweetSearch
A Search Engine for Students
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Watch this brief video for helpful search tips.

Digital Literacy – Creativity

Library

Tutorials

National Educational Technology Standards

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) are published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).