TIE.net Finds 10/08/2009

• ProCon.org - Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues

  Promoting education and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format

  Tags: culture, ideas, information, politics, reference, Science, usa, abortion, Iraq, Issues, News, Research, con, pro, Controversial_Subject, debate

  • - By Marge Runkle

• Biography Maker

  Tags: biography, biographymaker, biographies, english, socialstudies, social_studies, resources, tools, delicious, bookmarks, LanguageArts, history

• CIA - The World Factbook

  Tags: ciafactbook, country_reports, socialstudies

• That Quiz - Math Test Activities

  Awesome site for Math

  Tags: algebra, generator, geometry, Interactive, online, quiz, school, statistics, test, tutorials, fractions, mathematics, warm-up, assessment, math, quizzes

  • - By Marge Runkle

• Debate Database

  Debatabase is the world's most useful resource for student debaters. Inside you will find arguments for and against hundreds of debating Topics, written by expert debaters, judges and coaches. Also included are background summaries, links to websites of interest and recommended books, example motions and user comments. Pros and Cons!

  Tags: debate, languagearts, socialst

  • - By Marge Runkle

• Thesis Builder - The Original Persuasive Essay Maker

  Great assistance for thesis statement generation!

  Tags: languagearts, thesis, thesisbuilder

  • - By Marge Runkle

• Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter

  Tags: twitter, authors, literature

• The Ruler Game - Learn To Read A Ruler

  For beginning meassurement with a ruler or scale

  Tags: ruler, game, interactive, measurement, math

  • - By Marge Runkle

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