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COPYRIGHT & PLAGIARISM	www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide. Links to tips, prevention and training, free detection and more.
COPYRIGHT & PLAGIARISM	http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/copyright-internet.htm Answers to basic copyright questions when using the Internet.
COPYRIGHT & PLAGIARISM Thinking and talking about plagiarism	http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm How to talk to kids about plagiarism and deal with plagiarism cases
LESSON PLANS	http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ Browse the Blue Web’N content table for lesson plans, web activities and more in most content area.
LESSON PLANS Standards-based Activities	http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx MarcoPolo is the premier site for all disciplines
LESSON PLANS Webquest Samples	http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html Click on “examples” for a detailed matrix of webquests in most disciplines.
RESOURCES: Internet Search Tools	http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/srchtool.html SEIR-TEC table of search engines – which search engine to use and how to use it.
RESOURCES: PBS	http://www.pbs.org/ Explore by subject level for great programming links
RESOURCES: Reference Tools	http://www.refdesk.com/ Everything you need to know about everything.
TEMPLATES RubiStar Rubrics	http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
TEMPLATES Filimentality Web-based activities	http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities.

READING AND WRITING
IN THE
CONTENT AREAS
Information, strategies, activities for teachers

California Content Standards	http://www.cde.ca.gov/standards/ CA Dept. of Education site for educators to share curriculum ideas aligned to standards.
General Information on Content Area Literacy	http://linus.icoe.org/reading/cal/strategies.htm Examples of hands-on content reading strategies in many disciplines
General Information on Reading in the Content Areas	http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml/7 Tips, articles and downloads on the teaching of analytical reading in all areas
General Information on Writing	http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html General information on style, content, types and documentation
Mathematics	http://www.gac.edu/~mmcdermo/mcs122/s00/ReadingMath.html Advice on how to read a math textbook.
Mathematics : Reading Outlines	http://mathforum.org/orlando/andersen.orlando.html Discussion on how to focus student attention as they read mathematical textbooks and better prepare them to learn how to learn
Mathematics : Writing	http://mathforum.org/library/ed_topics/writing_in_math/ Links to writing opportunities in math instruction
Science	http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/faculty/bgiglio/homepage.html#intro Tutorial for teachers on reading in the content area of science
Science: Writing	http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html Information on writing abstracts. lab reports, short essays and exams
Social Studies	http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/ Designed for social studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage their students with the content in their classes.
Vocational and Technical Education	http://www.ebstc.org/TechLit/trgintro2.html Writing exercises featuring problems and solutions designed especially for the tech areas. The larger site is http://www.ebstc.org/
World Language	http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/reading_digest.html Purpose affects the reader's motivation, interest, and manner of reading and should be a consideration when choosing texts in a foreign language