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Subject	Topic	Resource Title / Brief Description	Instructional Strategies - Direct, Indirect, Experiential Learning, Independent Study, Interative Instruction
L.A.	Writing	Persuasion Map (RWT)	Writing tool Interactive - plan out paper and print your outline "map"
L.A.	Writing	Photoworks Gallery (ArtsEdge)	Virtual Fieldtrip-- Photography and Writing model
Math	Fractions	Fraction Model I (Illuminations)	Manipulative - shows fraction as pie & bars, decimal & percent. Slide numerator & denominator values to change the shape
S.S.	Envirmnt	Human Footprint (Xpeditions)	Exploratory interactive - students find information from videos and by inputing their own information.
S.S.	Ame Hist	Jamestown (Xpeditions)	Experiential learning - Interactive game that has you decide how you will govern your colony, settle land, interact with the Native Indians, etc. Gives great feed back. A quality learning game.
Math	Interest	Compound Interest Calculator (EconEdLink)	Interactive & Personal - Enter the age you start saving, interest rate, and how much you put away each year. Interest is graphed and quantified
Writing	Essay Comp	Compare & Contrast Guide (RWT)	Interactive, Indirect Instruction - the interactive describes a C&C writing and talks a student through the formats. All lessons that use the tool.
S.S.	Ame History	Remembering Pearl Harbor (Nat. Geo)	Exploratory instruction - videos, text, audio about the Pearl Harbor attack from those there.
Science	Conservation	Power Up! (Science NetLinks)	Interactive - students power up their town according to their budget and needs, they must think about the positive and negative consequences of various types of power
Science	Machines	EdHeads Simple Machines (Partner Site "EdHeads"	Exploratory & interactive - Simple machines come together to make compound machines
Multi		Comic Creator (RWT)