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Online Newspapers/Current Events
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Current Events
Click here to access the Chattanooga Times Free Press or our local newspaper.
*Login ID for staff and students: hixsonhigh@timesfreepress.com
*Password: hhsnie2017
-Support email address: niesupport@timesfreepress.com
-Training video click here
Current Events
- BBC - World news from the United Kingdom (global perspective)
- The New York Times
- The Washington Post
- CNN Interactive
- United Nations News
- Time.Com - Time magazine on the web.
- Mother Jones - News from a liberal viewpoint.
- Political Information - A directory of web sites on politics and policy.
- Foreign Policy
- Aljazeera - News of the Arab world
- Office of Management and Budget - Find out how the government is spending our tax money.
- The Drudge Report - The site for the news junkie. Links to top stories, news feeds, and columnists.
- FactCheck - Who is telling the truth?
- SciTech Daily Review - Excellent source of news from the world of science and many links to other science news sites.
- Science Daily
- Discover Magazine
- The Scientific American
- Astronomy Magazine
- The Environmental News Network
- Climate Debate Daily - The pros and cons of the climate problem.
- Archaeology Magazine
- The National Geographic
- The New York Times Book Review
- Locus Online - News of the Science Fiction world.
- The Arts Journal - Daily news of the arts.
- Rober Ebert's Movie Reviews - From the Chicago Sun Times.
- CNET News - Frequently updated daily news of the computer and internet world. From CNet.
- Wired News - Daily news from Wired magazine.
- Mac|Life - Mac news and views.
- MacWorld - Online version of the paper monthly magazine.
- TidBITS - TidBits of news and reviews for Macintosh users. A great publication.
- The Carter Center - promoting good health and peace for the countries of the world.
- Human Rights Watch - Keeping tabs on human rights.
- Global Policy Forum - monitors policy making at the United Nations, and works to promote citizen education and involvement in global policy.
- Global Witness - Examines the relationship between exploitation of natural resources and human rights violations. Global Witness was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- National Wildlife Federation
Vocabulary/New Learning Concepts
Thank you to EDTech Review Online Magazine & Virtual Middle School Library for sharing your resources.--Lindsey McCarter
- Visuawords is a simple site with minimal ads where you can simply type in a word and go forth!
- Online Games for Kids - From Scholastic.
- PBS Kids Games - Online games
- Knowledge Adventure Games
- National Geographic Games - Games, puzzles, mystery photos, and word searches.
- Room Recess - Good games for grades 1 - 5.
- Factmonster Games
- Play Kids Games - Lots of educational games here. Impress your teacher.
- Sheppard Software - Lots of free games.
- Woodlands Games - Games from the students of Woodlands Junior School.
- Online Educational Games - But Mom, I'm am studying!
- Coloring Pages.Com - Free online games, coloring pages, and mazes.
- GameFAQ's - Information about games for lots of systems.
- IGN Cheats - A huge collection of cheat codes and game FAQ's.
- Absolut Cheats - Cheats for all platforms
- Game Spot - Tips, cheats, games for downloading, and news and reviews.
- The Minecraft Wiki - Lots of stuff about playing Minecraft.
- Beginner's Guide to Minecraft - From the Minecraft Wiki.
- Minecraft Crafting - How to make things. A short look.
- Minecraft Crafting Guide - A large site.
- Minemum - This is an introduction to Minecraft for parents, but there are some safety tips that you should read.
- PlayStation.Com - The official site for Sony's PlayStation.
- The Nintendo Home Page
- Xbox.Com - News about Xbox and the games that can be played on it.
- RP Gamer - Game information for all kinds of role-playing games.
- The Video Game Revolution - Information on the history, best games, cheats, and lots of other stuff.
- How Video Games Systems Work - From How Stuff Works.
- How Ninjas Work - Find out about the history of Ninja, learn about Ninja gear and other info about Ninjas.
- Card Games Rules - Rules for card games and for tile games like dominoes.
- Comic Book Resources - News, locations of comic book shops, and lots of links to comic web sites.
- Scale Model.Net - This is a directory of web sites for all kinds of scale models - planes, trains, ships, space ships and more.
- Building Your Model Railroad - Lots of information here.
- Action Figure Collecting - Information on how to build and take care of an action figure collection.
- LEGO World Wide - Just a great site for legos
- Pokemon World - The official Pokemon web site.
- Top 40 Pop Music
- Rock on the Net - News, top hits charts, and information about rock stars.
- Healthy Pets - Lots of information here on topics like housebreaking your puppy to feeding your bird.
- Pet Care - Information on how to take care of your pet dog, cat, or other animal.
- Kingsnake.Com - Guide to the care and feeding of reptiles and amphibians - which means snakes, lizards, chameleons, geckos, and turtles.
- ESPN.Com
- Sports Illustrated - Sports news
- CBS Sports
- Sports Illustrated for Kids - Keep up with the latest sports news.
- The Rollerblade Page - Just about everything you need to know about rollerblading.
- Team NFL
- The NBA
- Women's Basketball
- The National Hockey League Official Web Site
- The American Hockey League - The Official Home Page.
- The USA Karate Federation
- FIFA World Cup - The official site for the World Cup soccer games.
- Goal.Com - News about soccer.
- National Yo-Yo Contest - Links to local yo-yo contests, and if you are in Chico, California, you may visit the yo-yo museum.
- The Official Olympics Web Site
- The Tokyo Summer Olympics, 2020.
- The Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics, 2018
- The Beijing Winter Olympics, 2022
- PBS
- PBS Kids
- Discovery Kids - Kids section of the Discovery Channel.
- ABC
- CBS
- NBC
- The Internet Movie Database - Answers for all of your questions about all things movies and tv.
- Teen Division of the Internet Public Library - Links to sports, entertainment, and information on personal problems. Up-to-date.
- Teen Health - For health, drugs, and the other stuff that you worry about sometimes.
- Balloon HQ - This site will tell you how to twist balloons to make those neat figures. It also tells about how balloons are made and lots of other stuff about balloons
- TED-Ed: Consists of an extensive video library which has collections of carefully curated videos designed through collaborations between expert educators and animators. The TED-Ed videos are a work of world's greatest educators and deliver exceptional quality. Specifically aimed at high-school students and teachers, TED-Ed has released a collection of short, animated videos on a dedicated YouTube channel. These videos are shorter than the normal TED Talks and rely more on animation to add the element of interest to them. These videos arouse curiosity in students and provoke questions which they might not otherwise attempt to ask.
- Science NetLinks: Is a premier K-12 Science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It provides teachers, students and families with quality resources, teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities for teaching and learning Science, at no cost. The activities in the lessons provided allow students to participate in guided reflections that engage them with their subjects. It also provides latest news on what’s happening in the world of Science.
- Coursera: Partnered with top universities and organizations around the world, Coursera provides free online courses that can be taken by anyone. Coursera classes offer lectures which are taught by world-class professors through which you can learn at your own pace, test your knowledge and strengthen concepts through interactive exercises. It allows students to be a part of a global online learning community. Courses are offered in a wide range of topics such as, Humanities, Medicine, Biology, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science and more.
- Vocabulary.com: Is the easiest and most intelligent way to improve vocabulary. It helps students build their word power with more than 40,000 multiple choice questions and automatically adjusts the choices as it gets to know about the student’s knowledge of the English language. Teachers can use this to prepare high-school students to tackle the vocabulary in competitive exams such as SAT, PSAT, NAEP and the like, by creating vocabulary lists. It is designed to be the world’s fastest online dictionary and functions through an adaptive learning system.
- Thinkfinity: In an online professional learning community which provides students access to thousands of educators and experts in curriculum enhancement along with numerous award-winning digital resources for K-12 aligned to State and Common Core standards. It has blogs, resources and best practices shared by educators to support 21st century teaching and learning and includes primary source materials, interactive activities, videos and games for K-12.
- Game Corp: Is a highly interactive and entertaining business management simulation game for older kids, high school and college students, and grownups who enjoy online games that involve business themes and thinking strategy. In this game you have to set up your own computer game development company through activities which help you practice and test essential real-life business skills such as money management, decision making and strategy planning, the ability to successfully motivate employees, and general project management skills.
- Chemikul: Is an online Science/Chemistry-based game that will send you on an atomic mind-bender of confusion and provide endless hours of enjoyment. The goal is to create molecules using all of the atoms floating all over the game screen. Six different atoms have different amounts of ‘Valence’ (combining power), ranging from 1 to 6 in strength. You need to win the game by using up the Valence of each atom.
- Shift 2: Is an addicting brain-teasing puzzle game for all ages which helps develop your logical and analytical thinking skills. It requires you to solve puzzles or riddles, earn trophies, challenge and develop your problem solving skills. The objective of the game is to reach the key to unlock the door in order to proceed to the next level by watching out falling on spikes that hinder your progress, grabbing extras and earning medals on the go.
- Arm Surgery 2: Is an educational online activity especially for children who dream of becoming doctors, nurses or other medical professionals. You have to begin working at St. Flak’s Hospital, by saving lives within challenging time limits. Start treating the patient as quickly as possible, answer the nurse’s questions, choose the correct treatment for the injury. You must pick out the correct medical tools provided and if your actions are quick and efficient, your patient will be back to good health in no time, hence you should do your best and save as many lives as you can.
- Rolling Fall: Is a fun Physics-based puzzle game for children and grownups where you have to cut chains at the precise moment so that the heavy wrecking balls attached to them can swing or fall loose with gravity and knock the Zombies from the platforms below. It starts off easy but then gets really tricky as the levels progress. There are 40 Zombie-filled levels to cut your way through, and each one offers a new and complex challenge.
Thank you to EDTech Review Online Magazine & Virtual Middle School Library for sharing your resources.--Lindsey McCarter