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 Top 14 Sites for Web Literacy and General Reference for Students Many great websites for students to learn more about research and information fluency.  Kids Search Tools[|Ivy's Internet Search Engine] Including safe links for students and Internet web guides.  [|Enchanted Learning] has many resources for teachers and students  [|Fact Monster] – Lots of information to research and includes, Almanac,Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Thesaurus for Students  [|Kidsclick] - Web search for kids by librarians  [|KidRex] – Safe Search for Kids, by Kids!  [|All Safe Sites] – A Safe source for students for researching Students can apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information for research. ||
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 * ==Internet Scavenger Hunt ==

|| **What is an Internet Scavenger Hunt? ** Internet scavenger hunts are a way for students to practice problem solving, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and learn how to search the Internet.Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet. There are many reasons for the hunts' rapidly growing popularity. Among them: Internet Scavenger Hunts Examples and Resources <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Vicki Blackwells’ Scavenger Hunts for Kids] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Education World’s Internet ScavengerHunts] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|scavenger_hunt_template.doc] || <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Internet4classrooms guide to Virtual Field Trips Whether in the classroom, or rain/snowbound over vacation time, this Virtual Field Trip Collection is a wonderful way to teach and learn about the outside world. You can travel to museums, exotic islands, and even outer space. Another great resource. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Virtual Field Trips A list of many different places to visit.Simple K12 Virtual Field Trips <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Virtual Field Trip Links - Explore many more trips ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive searches are both fun and informative for students.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The hunts can be geared to virtually any curriculum area, simultaneously providing students with technological and subject matter knowledge.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Online scavenger hunts can be used as a whole class activity, as a team activity, or as a means of providing individual students with review or challenge activities.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate. Younger students may be provided with only a few questions, along with the links or URLs necessary for finding the answers, while older students may be given only a broad topic and asked to find their own sources for obtaining necessary information.
 * ===Virtual Field Trips=== || **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Virtual Field Trips **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> The Beginner's Guide to Interactive Virtual Field Trips Virtual Field Trips Great resource from ISTE.