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[|Keyboard Challenge] Imagine that your keyboard fell apart and you had to put all the keys back in their correct places! Now is your chance to practice! Your job is to put a keyboard back together. You can click and drag letters to their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! [|Mousercise] This activity tests student's ability to follow directions while teaching mouse basics [|Surf Swell Island] This interactive activity from Disney teaches Internet Safety Basics [|Dance Mat Typing] This site from the BBC teaching keyboarding basics. [|Freida Fillet] This keyboarding site combines keyboarding basics and spelling. From Game Goo [|Paint Tutorial] This tutorial will help students see Paint in a whole new way.

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[|The First Thanksgiving] This activity is from Scholastic and takes students on a journey sailing on the Mayflower and enjoying the Thanksgiving feast. [|Colonial Williamsburg] This site has tons of activities for the Thanksgiving season. [|You Are the Historian] This is the best Thanksgiving site I have found. Tons of facts, videos, and opportunities for interaction. [|Make-A-Flake] This site is a favorite among my elementary students. I use it as a special treat at Christmas. Teaches good mouse control for younger students. [|Old Fashioned Christmas] A fun site among younger students at Christmas. Great opportunity to emphasize mouse control. [|Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline] This site was created by kids and would be a great idea starter for creating a Martin Luther King Jr. Powerpoint. [|Quick State Facts] Ben's Guide to Government has lots of elementary state facts. [|Kids.Gov] The Official Kids Portal to the US Government. [|If You Were President] From Scholastic. Students respond to questions and then get rated as a President. [|Puzzled States] Students put states in place. Also teaches facts about each state. [|The Democracy Project] From PBS. Teaches students the democratic process. Great Site! [|Voyage of Exploration] From ThinkQuest. A great site to learn about Explorers [|USFA Kids] This is a great website to teach about Fire Safety. [|Smokey Kids] This national forest service site gives lots of fire safety information plus has interactive fire safety games. [|Biomes and Ecosystems] This is the coolest site I've found dealing with biomes and ecosystems [|National Gallery of Art] A great art site. [|PBS: The West] Biographies of famous people of the West [|America's Story: America's Library] From the

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