Web+Tools

=Web Tools my Students can use =
 * = **Name of Web site** ||= **Link for Games and Experiments** ||= **Notes** ||
 * [|Build your own Coaster] || kids.discovery.com/games/rollercoasters/buildacoaster.html || Students build a coaster and see if it works ||
 * [|Roller Coaster Game] || www.miniclip.com/games/rollercoaster/en/ || Play the game and see if you make it the whole track ||
 * [|Theme Park Physics] || library.thinkquest.org/C005075F/English_Version/ || Game that relates roller coasters to physics ||
 * [|Ultimate Roller Coaster] || www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/ || Older students can use the site to locate a ride they want to visit and explain why, Practice navigating a web site ||
 * [|How it works] || adventure.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster.html || Students can read about how roller coasters work and practice summarizing or picking out the main points. ||
 * [| Trackstar on Amusement Parks] || trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=372410 || Tracks to some amusement parks and activities. Have students navigate and follow the directions. ||
 * [|Roy the Zebra] || www.roythezebra.com || Activities for Language Arts and relates more to a Zoo unit but sometimes amusement parks have animals. Activities and reading lessons for younger students. ||

=**Links for Lesson Plans**=


 * Name of Web site || Link for lesson || Lesson notes ||
 * [|Take a Roller Coaster Ride] || www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/05-1/lesson007.shtml || interesting lesson for roller coaster ||
 * [|Ultimate Roller Coaster Contest] || school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/rollercoaster/ || Complete lesson plans ||
 * [| Theme Park Page] || www.themeparkpage.com/activities.htm || Links to activities and amusement parks that have resources. ||

=Links for UDL Resources=


 * **Name of Web Site** || **URL Link** || **Notes on UDL source** ||
 * [|UDL Center] || www.udlcenter.org || Great links to ideas for software to align with each guidelines ||
 * [|CAST] || www.cast.org || Links to bookbuilder and UDL Editions and more ||
 * [|UDL Unit Plans] || www.patinsproject.com/UDLLessons/udlteam.html || Examples of lessons based on Universal design for learning. ||

**Table of Tools for my student to use for text to speech when looking at web pages.**

 * **// Name //** || ** Web Site ** || ** Type ** ||
 * [|Balabolka] || www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm || Text to speech tools for PC, Awarded best free download ||
 * [|ReadPlease] || www.readplease.com || Text to speech – stand alone ||
 * [|Natural Readers] || www.naturalreaders.com || Text to speech – stand alone ||
 * [|Word Talk] || www.wordtalk.org.uk/ || Text to speech Plug in for Word ||
 * [|SpeakText] || __ www.speaktext.com __ || Text to speech integrate into toolbar and convert to mp3 ||
 * [|Text2Speech] || __ www.adamberent.com/Text2Speech.html __ || converts text to speech ||
 * [|Web AnyWhere] || __ webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/ __ || Text to speech Web browser ||