Web sites of the day
Here are a selection of sites and resources from various sources that may be of interest
English
Website http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/
This is a site for students on how to write and structure a story – a good resource for English. Its flash based with Audio content.
It wanders through the writing process with interactives using the Cinderella story as the medium for development:
- Settings – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/setting.html
- Charactors – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/characters.html
- Sequence – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/sequence.html
- Exposition – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/exposition.html
- Conflict – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/conflict.html
- Climax – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/climax.html
- Resolution – http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/resolution.html
The site also has interactives for Science, Art, History and mathematics.
The Virtual Smithsonian
http://2k.si.edu/2k/node_rotunda/indexe.htmÂ
This is a flash based site for virtual field trips. Supported with Audio, its a nice clean simple site, probably best suited to Middle school.

