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Franklin's Kite
Articles on electricity
NASA text only index page
National Air and Space Museum Exploring the Planets ASSIST With Windows
Internet Explorer Tutorial Netiquette
Netiquette Quiz from Yahoo American Heritage Dictionary This site takes a little practice in navigation but provides but is an excellent reference. It provides an audio pronunciation of the searched for word, if required.
Writing Style: MLA Writing Topics Find articles
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online This is written for students with a reading level of grade 5 and above. It has 36,000 articles, plus links to Web sites featuring additional information. Searching may be done by article title or full-text. Boolean searches are also possible.
Newbank Infoweb has news articles from 1991-current covering social, economic, environmental, government, sports, health and science issues and events from more than 500 U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, and broadcasts, and the full-text of 120 leading magazines.
Granger's World of Poetry Online is a large, annotated anthology and index of poetry. It can be used to find a particular poem, compare poems, create your own anthology, and to learn about poems.
SIRS Researcher Online General reference database.
Electronic Addresses and
File Names in computer braille code Web-braille site by NLS American Council of the Blind National Alliance of Blind Students Teen Ink magazine College
Articles Shel Silverstein Teacher
Resource File Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nobel Prize-Winning Doctor Folk and Fairy
Tales from Around the World Jokes page. Clean jokes. WMATA - Washington Area Metro. Here's the
link to the main site. It is large and cumbersome and difficult to navigate
with JAWS. You may prefer one of the links to a specific page listed below.
Ride On Bus Routes
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Science Sites
Nice mostly text site which is easy to read with jaws. Also has a video which
can be played with windows media.
TEXT only site. Has many links to choose from about electricity. Try "what
is electricity" or "humans and sparks".
This is an example of a text only page. Has many links to choose from. Not all
Nasa pages have a text only page available. The flash movie has music.
This site has text, pictures, and links. Good use of alt text tags.Internet information
This site has examples of different characteristics you may find on the internet. Great information.
Mostly text page with links about netiquette which is the rules of do's and
don'ts on the internet. One combo box at bottom of page.
This is a 10 question true false quiz on terms and abbreviations commonly used in email. Answer questions using radio buttons.References
Tells how to list references in a bibliography.
Gives suggestions for writing topics. Grades 2 through 12.
This website allows one to search for articles from different magazines. This
site was submitted by Lauren Tuchman. Reference and Research Sites
The following sites require paid subscriptions. Not all MCPS school subscribe to each site. You must obtain a username and password from your media center specialist.
Sites for visually impaired
Braille e-mail, website and Internet addresses, file names and the like according to the rules of the Computer Braille Code, most recent edition. Additional links to graphic pages with examples.
You must have a password to access this site. You will be able to download braille books from the national library service for the blind. You must notify the library in Baltimore to obtain a password.
This is the website for the American Council of the Blind. The presence of this link on this web page should not be considered an endorsement of this organization by this school district.
This website is the official website of NABS, the National Alliance of Blind Students which is a special group of ACB. The page includes a chat area.College related links
This web page is on the Teen Ink magazine web site which is recommended by Lauren. This page has articles written by teens about preparing for college. Elementary School links
Biography and lesson plans about Shel Silverstein.
Biography of a female doctor. Has questions at the end which can be cut and pasted into a Word document and answered.
Wonderful site of folk and fairy tales from a variety of countries or cultures.
This is a text only page.
Orientation and Mobility Links
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