Curriculum Integration Links
The Los Gatos Union School District is committed to integrating technology into all aspects of the curriculum. Visit the links below to become familiar with some wonderful resources on the Internet today.
Teachers please connect to the TLDA Teacher Resource Site to access curriculum resources and technology Integration lesson materials.
Dianna Hill
Technology Integration Curriculum Mentor - (408) 335-2009
dhill@lgusd.k12.ca.us
Web, Photo, Video, Audio, Clip Art Resources
- Calisphere
Primary source images from the University of California - Clip Art, Photos, Video Clips and Sound Clips
- Creative Commons
Access search services for works - Ivy's Search Engines
Ask Jeeves, Yahooligins, Animal Searches and More - Pics4Learning
Thousands of images donated by photographers - Public Domain, Copyright Free Media
Images for student use - Science Photo Library Teacher Access Only
- TEKMOM
Search Engines Just for Kids
- Wikimedia Commons
Database of freely usable images
Keyboarding
- keybr.com
Interactive, keyboarding practice page that allows the user to print out a chart of statistics
Touch Typing Instruction
Provides instruction, tutorials, games and tests - Touch Typing Lessons
Games, lessons and tests - Typing Games
Spacebar Invaders, Outer Space Fleet and more - Typing Tests
One to five minute timed tests - WMP Typing Test with adjusted speed
Learn 2 Type for Kids
| General Curriculum Resources by Subject | ||
|---|---|---|
| Art | History/Social Science | Language Arts |
| Math | Science | Library |
Art
- Build Your Wild Self - NY Zoos
Avatar generator with human and animal parts - Portrait Illustration Maker
Create and save an avatar - BeFunky
Photo effects for photos - SFMOMAArtThink
Theme-based activities in visual arts, language arts, and history/social studies - More Art Resources
History/Social Science
- CIA World FactBook
Information on history, people, government, geography and more. - World Book Online
UserID: losgatos4u
Password: 12345 - National Archives and Records Administration
Archive of primary sources - Interactive Timeline
Create a timeline online - Today in History
The Library of Congress historic facts highlighted
- U.S. World Maps and Puzzles
- More History/Social Science Resources
Language Arts
- Diagraming Sentences
Practice Diagraming Sentences
- Interactive Venn Diagram
Compare any two items - Interactive Persuasion Map
Map out arguments for a persuasive essay or debate
- More Language Arts Resources
Math
- Galileo Online Test
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
- Calculation Nation (Use Guest Pass)
- Create a Graph
- Perimeter and Area Interactive
- Junior High Math Interactives
- Math Textbook Online - Pearson SuccessNet
- More Math Resources
Science
- Earth/Moon/Sun Position Simulation
Observe and control the earth and moon orbits - Earthweek.com
A digital weekly diary of the planet - Encyclopedia of Life
A collaborative, ongoing effort to organize information about all the species on earth - FOSSWeb
Interactive activities, a newsletter, and other great projects and resources. - Periodic Table
A visual interpretation of the Periodic Table of the Elements
- More Science Resources
Web Resources by Grade Level
Kindergarten
- Learn My Letters
ABC alphabet and phoemic awareness practice
- Beginning Sounds
Beginning letter, short and long vowel practice - Starfall
Learn to read
First Grade
- Word Sort
Word Family Sort - What is weather?
Exploring wind, rain and clouds - FOSSweb Air & Weather
Interactive exploration with temperature and weather - FOSSweb New Plants
Help Framer jane plant y our garden and watch it grow.
- Plants and Animals
See which environments plants and creatures inhabit. - FOSSweb Solids & Liquids
- Change a liquid into a solid or a solid into a liquid
- Starfall
Learn to Read - Picture Match
Beginning letter; short or long vowel sounds
Second Grade
- Letter Writer
Learn parts of a letter and write your own letter - Letter Writing
More letter writing activities - Letters to Arthur
Write a letter to PBS character Arthur - Acrostic Poem
Create an acrostic poem online - Diamante Poems
Create a Diamond-shaped poem
Third Grade
- Biomes of the World
Learn about the world's aquatic and terrestrial biomes - Living Things - Variation
Click and drag the living things into the correct group
- Light & Dark
Try this interactive experiment with light and dark - Light & Shadows
Try this interactive experiment with light and shadows - Learn About Moon Phases
Learn about the 8 phases of the moon - Moon Phases Model
Interact with this simple model of the 8 phases of the moon - Earth/Moon/Sun Interactive
Explore the interactions of the Earth, Moon and Sun in the Phases of the moon
Fourth Grade
- California Mission Studies
Annotated links to official resources - California Missons Virtual Tour
Visit this site for mission history, music and more - Annie's Mission
Help 10 year old Annie Biggs find her father in the Mission - Strike It Rich
See if you have what it takes to strike it rich during the Gold Rush Era. - WayBack Gold Rush
Learn about Californios, Forty-niners and Gold Rush Fever - Bio4Kids
The website for resources for students on The Biography Channel
- Meet Amazing Americans
Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today.
- Biographies of Notable People
Visit this site for biographies organized by topic such as exploreres, WOmen, Math, Scientists, etc.
- Book2Web: Famous People
This McGraw Hill website features biographies of over 300 famous people - Academy of Achievement
Learn abouth the greatest thinkers and achievers of our time - Quotations
Use this topics directory to find the quotation you are looking for
Fifth Grade
- US History Early Years
Read or view primary soucres from Columbus's ship's log to SoJourner Truth's speech - US History Interactive Map
Become a geography whiz - State Facts
Essentail facts provided by the U.S. Census Bureau - History Alive Webiste
Review social studies materials
- The Eight Planets
A comprehensive information site feature the planets
- Our Solar System
Learn about the Sun, planets, comets, and asteroids
- Interactive Solar System Facts
Animated, interactive tutorial about space and the planets
- Solar System Trading Cards
Collect all 12! - US States and Capitals
Review the capitals, bird and flowers for each of the 50 states
Sixth Grade
- Hunt the Ancestor
Rescue a prehistoric burial from destruction - Caveman Challenge
Move along the evolutionary scale - Skeleton Jigsaw
Reconstruct animals from fossil bones - Etymology Dictionary
Learn the history of a word and its meaning - Recent Earthquakes
USGS records recent earthquakes - Persuasion Map
Students can use this online interactive tool to map out an argument for their persuasive essay.
Seventh Grade
- FOSSWeb
Interactive activities, a newsletter, and other great projects and resources. - Cells Alive!
An interactive website about cells and nuclei - Cow's Eye Dissection
Watch online. Learn more about eyes or do your own dissection.
Think Green
- Energy Consumption – Explore this simulation to see how much energy is needed to heat and cool homes in different cities in the US at different times of the year.
- Power Up! – Explore this interactive to find out about the different energy sources used to produce electircity in the United States.
- Future Power – Help determine what fuel source a community should use to keep costs low and produce the least carbon dioxide.
- How to Light Up a Room – Different properties of window covers affect how much light is absorbed, reflected, and transmitted. Explore how five kinds of windo covers affect the light that enters a room.
- Mineral Resources – Explore how mineral resources are in everyday objects.
Eighth Grade
- Newton's Laws
Explore Sir Issac Newton's Laws of Physics
Digital Citizenship
Digital Identity
- Build Your Wild Self
Avatar creator - Portrait Illustration Maker
Create a custom avatar - Tagxedo
Word clouds with shapes - WordItOut
Build word clouds - Wordle
Create word clouds
Digital Literacy – Internet
- Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Watch this brief video for helpful search tips. - EasyBib
- Choose MLA style to cite websites
- EasyWhoIs
Type in the domain name to find a website publisher - Checking External Links with AltaVista
Type link: in the search box and then add the URL of the website you want to research - Tips for Better Searching Techniques
Follow these four steps to get better search results.
Digital Literacy – Productivity
Digital Literacy – Creativity
Library
- Los Gatos Library
- Los Gatos Library catalog
- Santa Clara County Library
- Librarian's Index to the Internet
- California Digital Library - Calisphere
- Library of Congress
- Information Literacy
Tutorials
- Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
- GarageBand '08 - Find Out How
- GarageBand '09 - Find Out How
- iMovie '08 - Find Out How
- iMovie '09 - Find Out How
- iPhoto '08 - Find Out How
- iPhoto '09 - Find Out How
- iWork '08 - Learn about Pages, Keynote & Numbers
- iWork '09 - Learn about Pages, Keynote & Numbers
National Educational Technology Standards
The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) are published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
- NETS for Students
- NETS for Teachers
- NETS for Administrators
- Essential Conditions to Leverage Technology for Learning
- California Standards for the Teaching Profession
- Framework for 21st Century Learning
For more information, please contact:
Dianna Hill
Technology Curriculum Mentor - (408) 335-2009
dhill@lgusd.k12.ca.us