What are some useful but hard to find websites? Any subject?

Answer 1

www.webelements.com - lots of info about each element on the periodic table
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook - the CIA world factbook, containing any statistic you could want to know about any country
www.cooolmath.com/graphit - an online graphing calculator, on a website that's great help in math, especially for middle and high school algebra students
www.verbix.com - conjugates any verb in practically any language you can think of. this is probably the best site on the list i'm giving you, it's so accurate and so helpful
www.dict.cc - great online german/english dictionary with lots of helpful features
www.history.com/tdih.do - today in history

Additonal great websites are provided by the companies that make the textbooks. Sometimes, they're listed in the back or front covers of the books, or in little blurbs next to the pages. Otherwise, if you google the name of your textbook, you can usually easily find its online page with lots of practice quizzes and additional links.

Also, something else students often overlook: Google's features. They usually use web and image searches, but the map feature is an amazing tool, and the news search can help them find articles for assignments. Students often need to find articles for various assignments, and that way, they can access newspapers all over the world in an instant.

Answer 2

I *LOVE* this website for phonetic pronunciation! Excellent for linguistics students and even for children with speech disorders and their parents.
http://web.uni-marburg.de/linguistik//dgweb/demos/demo1.htm

There's also a less convenient but more complete chart that allows you to listen to all the sounds in the human language:
http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/chapter1/chapter1.html

If there's a local university, you should go to their library, and ask for a guide to their online resources. University libraries often subscribe to many useful sites, including ones for education and such (including sites that give neutral information on hot topics). They have guides for these sites available as print-outs for new students, and hopefully they'll share their resources with you as well.

Answer 3

Easy places to get started with webquests and interactives:
http://www.4teachers.org/ - teach with technology
Ethemes: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/index.shtml - Find webquests and a LOT of great websites
http://www.kids.gov - Goverment sites for kids sponsored by various agencies
Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/- Science content
MiddleWeb.com http://www.middleweb.com/10TeachingSites.html - Great sites for middle school teachers

A few of my personal favorites:
National Geographic for kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/portal/site/Kids
FEMA for kids:
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Scholastic news for kids:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
Discovery Channel for teachers:
http://school.discovery.com/

On Discover School, make sure you click on the link that says Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. There are a ton of great ideas and resources for integrating technology in the curriculum.