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hands in the airWelcome to Kaleidoscope, NC Students!

This is your personal space for scooping up test-taking and study tips, memory boosters, information for reports, money making ideas, links to games and lots more.

Browse the topics below or click on a number to go directly to your grade-level content.

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All About YOU!

Web Wise Kids on Internet Safety: Today’s technology is amazing, but there are many dangers to consider. With Internet access, you are being confronted with situations and materials beyond your years. Be equipped to handle choices wisely. (Flash 7 required)

Do the Mood Pencils: What mood are you in today?

Trouble Terminator: Let the Terminator chomp your troubles away!

Visit this graveyard (if you dare): Bury those “I Can’ts” and eliminate negative thinking!

Uncover Your Strengths: Aliens and dark mysterious caves lead the way to secrets about how YOU learn best!

The Habit Detector: Sometimes it’s tough juggling all the homework, tests and after-school activities, right? Being more organized would help, don’t you think? Check out this handy dandy habit detector.

Dream BIG: What is your big lifetime dream? Whatever it is, you can achieve it! Let Acorns and Oaks show you how. Take a peek at Taylor’s big dream sheet.

Print this IC card: Keep this “I CAN!” card in your wallet to show that you have buried all those “I Can’ts.”

Feeling STRESSED? See what stresses out other kids and what they do to handle it.

Tips and Tricks to Study Smarter, not Harder!

Report or research paper due soon? The Knowledge Constructor Kit will take you to all the BEST information Web sites - fast.

Bibliographies and Citations Driving you Crazy? David Warlick’s free online tools make those chores a breeze.

TK Multimedia Diner: Find all kinds of copyright-friendly photos, images, clip art, sound effects, or animations.

Make it and Take it: Find the coolest of cool online tools in Cranial Concoctions. Link to 3D Text Makers, special effects creators, puzzle-makers, disguise builders, map generators, 3D graphers, and tons more.

Memory Booster: Learn tricks that make it easier to remember everything for tests.

Stupendous Study Habits: Check out this advice for making study time less of a hassle.

Testing Terrors: Tips for taking the terror out of testing.

Print Your Own Assignment Book: A colorful assignment notebook is yours for the printing.

The Money Making Zone!

Start Your Own Business: Frontyard Fortunes will help you get started.

Money Smarts: Consumer Reports 4Kids gives you the inside scoop on how NOT to waste your money.

Don’t Buy It! Why not wise up to the tricks advertisers play on you.

The Science of Having Fun!

Just Chillin’: Check out these games, simulations, Web site construction tools, and more.

Student Locker of the Future: Check out the imaginary futuristic student locker dreamed up by NC students from Coats-Erwin Middle School. You can try the handprint ID access or the retinal scan, and then build a disguise or learn about nanobots! The possibilities are endless.


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