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| Resources — By Grade |
| Grades PK — 4 |
Arts |
| Children's Music Workshop This is a very useful website because it contains numerous links for instrumental, choral, general music teachers, and music education. There are articles dealing with the importance of music education as well as a message board and chat room for music educators. This site also contains a pre-formed e-mail educators can complete to emphasize the importance of music education to their local United States Senator or Representative. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405/ |
| Classical Archives This website is a useful resource that contains over 10,000 MIDI format pieces of music from more than 800 composers. With teacher direction, a student could look up any piece of classical music. http://www.prs.net/ |
| K-12 Resources for Music Educators This website is loaded with links to a multitude of websites for band, orchestra, vocal/choral and classroom teachers. It also has links to MIDI resources, research, biographies, and other search engines. |
| Music: The Universal Language This website contains a variety of links. The Help section offers a meta-crawler that allows you to search several search engines at the same time. The site offers games for teachers as well as students. It also offers articles, bulletin board suggestions and lesson ideas. http://www.educationline.com/ |
| Music Education Launch Site This website contains articles for the music educator to read as well as links to lesson plans at every grade level. The site is also interactive for students and contains service links from which to get additional information. http://www.talentz.com/MusicEducation/index.mv |
| Music Lesson Plans This website contains easy-to-read lesson plans. Each lesson plan includes an overview, materials needed, activities and procedures. The site also includes additional internet resources. http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music/ |
| Music Notes This website promotes a curriculum entitled Music You Can Read through membership in this website program. There are some good suggestions offered in this website that the teacher can use in the elementary music classroom. http://www.musicnotes.net/ |
| Music Sites This website contains links to every music website imaginable from A to Z. http://www.aea2.k12.ia.us/curriculum/music.html |
Language Arts |
| Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By This website is wonderful for a quick write or short story critique writing. Students may choose from a number of options such as: Adventure, Animal tales, Fairy tales, Folk tales, Legends, Kings & Queens, Magical Creatures, or Riddles. http://www.storiestogrowby.com/ |
| Alfy Cool Sites Students can listen to and read short books and stories. There are many activities for students to participate in online, as well as many opportunities to challenge children's creativity. It is also an ideal place for students to begin to learn research skills. http://www.alfy.com/ |
| American Library Association - Cool Sites for Kids This site contains many useful links to sites that teachers can use with students. Writing links include Kids on the Web (students write and post stories), Inkspot - Young Writer's Resource (web magazine for young writers), and KidPub (children publish stories and poems). Reading links include links to many homepages of popular children's series (Animorphs, Arthur, Baby-Sitter's Club, Goosebumps, and the Magic School Bus). http://www.ala.org/alsc/children_links.html |
| Between the Lions This site contains stories that change every Monday and can be read online or printed out. After reading the story, students can participate in interactive games that reinforce skills in phonics, listening, comprehension and much more. http://pbskids.org/lions/ |
| Billy Bear's Playground This site has activities for young children that foster writing skills. Students can select stationery and compose friendly letters. They can also send virtual cards and postcards, adding brief messages along with sound. There is also a link that helps children design simple webpages. Internet safety is stressed, and children are cautioned to tell their parents what they are doing. http://www.billybear4kids.com/ |
| Blackdog: The Site for Kids Students can visit Black Dog's Halloween party and encounter lots of great opportunities to practice spelling, grammar, and phonics, all of which have a Halloween theme. Ghosts, goblins, witches and monsters entice children to become engaged for hours. http://blackdog.net/holiday/halloween/index.html |
| Candlelight Stories This helpful site for parents, teachers and students has many menu choices, including Storybooks (children can listen to and read stories), Pen Pals (children can connect with pen pals around the world), Mystery Contest (children write mysteries to win books), and Story Theater (children listen to audio stories). http://www.candlelightstories.com/ |
| Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site This website for teachers includes a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas for ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics. It does advertise books and magazines for sale, but useful articles are interspersed throughout the site. http://www.carolhurst.com/ |
| The Charlie Horse Music Pizza Students can create their own version of a well-known story, such as The Musicians of Bremen, and then listen to the story they have created. They are then prompted to recall story details. This website also includes a projects and crafts section that relates to the story. A parent's page is provided so that parents can read a brief description of the PBS televised episodes. http://www.pbs.org/charliehorse/ |
| Children's Storybooks Online This website offers students pure and simple reading. There are stories directed toward younger children, older children and young adults. Some stories even include great illustrations as you click through the pages. http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html |
| Cyberkids The mission of Cyberkids is to provide a voice for young people on the Internet. First, they publish original creative work by kids ages 7 to 12. Second, in the "Kids Connect" area of Cyberkids, they provide chat rooms and message boards where kids can communicate with their peers. A software filter is used to minimize inappropriate messages in the chat room. In the "Launchpad" area, there are categorized links to other Internet sites for kids, and the "Learning Center" has links to online tutoring, homework help, and scholarship information. http://www.mamamedia.com |
| Discovery School This website offers wonderful interactive games and activities for students to enjoy. Many subjects are available for students to explore on this website. http://school.discovery.com/ |
| Enchanted Learning This is an educational search engine that can be used by both teachers and students to get information on many topics for research reports or lesson planning. There is also an illustrated dictionary with 1,728 entries. There is an English version, or students can select the English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, or English-Spanish versions. http://enchantedlearning.com/ |
| Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature This website offers students a chance to explore classic literature and its authors. Students simply click through the pages and read an online book. A new experience for students; may entice the hesitant reader. http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/ |
| FunBrain.com This is an excellent website for both teachers and students. It is an interactive educational site with games to improve math, science and grammar skills. It is age appropriate; students simply click on their age to get lessons for their grade level. http://www.funbrain.com/ |
| Funschool.com This site has a great assortment of games and lessons for students to enjoy. Students can get in some extra skills practice and have fun doing it. http://www.funschool.com/ |
| GameGoo: Learning that Sticks! This site is great for K-2 students. It is also great for low-level readers in the third grade, who could visit Wizards and Pig's Poetry and sharpen their phonics skills. This is a very kid-friendly site. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/config.html |
| GrammarCat This multilingual website offers students practice in grammar basics such as verbs, nouns, and word pronunciation. http://www.grammar-cat.com/ |
| Just For Kids Who Love Books This site allows students to choose from a comprehensive list of titles, authors, and series, read reviews written by other students, and write reviews on books they have read. The site also contains links to other sites on specific books, which include interviews with the authors, interactive student activities, and related class projects. The site is updated monthly with current holiday-related activities and literature suggestions. http://www.alanbrown.com/ |
| Kid Bibs Good resource for teachers with activities in a variety of subject areas. Includes activities and strategies for using books with children. http://kidbibs.com/ |
| Kid's Bookshelf Students and teachers can read book reviews online, enter contests, or read a newsletter. There is also the opportunity to submit stories for publication on the site. Articles for teachers can also be found on this site. http://www.kidsbookshelf.com/ |
| Kids' Corner Ohio University offers up a group of Beatrix Potter stories. Students can investigate nursery tales by reading the stories aloud or having them read aloud. http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm |
| Kratt's Creatures Students will enjoy researching information about different animals and displaying the data they have collected in an exhibition. Students can use this website to find a lot of interesting information about animals. http://www.pbs.org/kratts/ |
| Language Arts for Kids This website allows students to explore a multitude of games and activities in reading and language arts. Students can assess their knowledge of grammar by visiting Grammar Blast and completing a ten-question quiz. http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/ |
| MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries Students can read and solve online mystery stories. The site also includes writing contests and story starters, as well as tips on how to write a mystery story. Teachers can use this site to help teach critical thinking and deductive reasoning. http://kids.mysterynet.com/ |
| Official Berenstain Bears Website Children can link to a variety of activities relating to the popular Berenstain Bears. At the Post Office, children are encouraged to compose an e-mail to one of the bear family members. http://www.berenstainbears.com/ |
| A Pocketful of Rhymes This site has creative poems and graphics appropriate for ESL or lower elementary level students. Some poems are written for the reader to guess who is speaking, while others require the reader to supply the endings. http://members.aol.com/Bsvangl/pocket/html |
| The Potawatomi Fables Bookstore At this website students can experience one book online per month by a Native American author. Students may also investigate Native American folktales by clicking on thumbnails of many books written by Native American authors. http://www.cruzio.com/~nikan/index.htm |
| A Quest for Respect with The Grouchy Ladybug This site can be used to extend comprehension of The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. It is a webquest designed to help students discover facts about ladybugs and the meaning of respect. http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html |
| Spiderman: Amazing Adventures This website is endorsed by the Department of Education. Spiderman stars in many adventures that are based upon strengthening and building upon skills in sequencing, antonyms, blends, using rebuses and general reading. http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/spidey/ |
| Syvum English Activities Through the use of games, students can practice and improve vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. This website also has stories for practice with reading and math activities. http://www.syvum.com/online/english.html |
| U.S. Department of Education: Reading Improvement This U.S. Department of Education online resource provides tips and activities to promote reading for children from infancy through age 10. Chapters include: The Basics; Important Things to Know; Read Along; Write & Talk, Too; and Parents and the Schools. There is also a list of resources included. A hard copy of the booklet may be obtained free of charge. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/reading.html |
| Weekly Reader Galaxy This is a site based on the Scholastic Weekly Reader publication for students in kindergarten through grade six. It offers information on a variety of current events and allows students to explore various topics as well as several interactive activities. The site also allows students to write to characters (such as "Buddy Bear" for first grade) about a problem and read the response the following week. Great curricular ideas and information for teachers and parents. http://www.weeklyreader.com/ |
| Words and Pictures This BBC website is a fun place for elementary students to sharpen their phonemic awareness. Consonant clusters, high frequency words, and long vowel sounds are just a few of the sections students can choose from. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/ |
| Writing with Writers This site offers students step-by-step writers' workshops led by notable authors, such as Jack Prelutsky and Jane Yolen, in a variety of genres, including poetry, myths, and mystery writing. The authors offer samples from their own writing, autobiographical sketches, writing tips and prompts, and challenge students to complete their own writing. The site also offers students personalized certificates of completion signed by the author upon completion of the workshop. The site is an excellent reinforcement of the steps of the writing process. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm |
| You're the Detective This is a great website for investigating the genre of mystery and suspense. Students can read a couple of stories and review a glossary of mystery writers. One activity for students would be to read the story starters and complete the story on paper. http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5109/ |
Math |
| A+ Math This site can be used with students to reinforce math facts and basic math skills. In the "Flashcard" section, students can work on math facts, and in the "Game Room" area, students can reinforce what they have learned by playing games like "Concentration". This website is most appropriate for use with lower and middle school grades. http://www.aplusmath.com/ |
| Coolmath4kids A fun math website for children of all ages. Includes brainteasers, online calculators, math games, and some lessons for teachers to use in the classroom. http://www.coolmath4kids.com |
| FunBrain.com This is an excellent website for both teachers and students. It is an interactive educational site with games to improve math, science and grammar skills. It is age appropriate; students simply click on their age to get lessons for their grade level. http://www.funbrain.com/ |
Science |
| Astronomy for Kids This website can be used by students to learn about planets, view sky maps to find stars and planets, and find answers to astronomy questions. There is also a small section on the phases of the moon. The site is easy to navigate, and the language is "kid-friendly". http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/ |
| BBC Science in Action This site is great for sparking hypotheses and explorations in five areas: air, light, microbes, mixtures, and force. Stella, the student guide, takes participants through sets of puzzles that will appeal to upper elementary and middle school students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sia/home.html |
| Batquest This site invites students to explore Stellaluna's world and become bat experts. Students are asked to identify unique characteristics, find similarities and differences between bats and other animals, differentiate between facts and myths, and identify contributions bats make to their ecosystem. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html |
| Bats Bats Everywhere This site provides a wealth of information about bats, including where they live, what types of homes they live in, how they help humans, bat myths and interactive games. http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/index.htm |
| Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: The
International Boiling Point Project The project described and detailed on this website actively engages students in the inquiry process by asking students to hypothesize on a set of factors which could influence the boiling point of water. Classrooms are asked to submit data based upon a controlled experiment performed in their classroom. By analyzing the submitted data from around the world, students can evaluate their findings and revise their hypothesis. http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/boilproj/ |
| Butterflies: On the Wings of Freedom This site has links to art projects, stories and poems, butterfly facts, and a short movie of a caterpillar hatching. The content is useful and accurate. http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/index2.shtml |
| The Butterfly Conservatory This site gives an overview of many topics, including butterfly anatomy, metamorphosis, self-defense, and conservation. Students can even watch pre-recorded movies of butterflies. The "just for kids" section includes open-ended activities and tips for adult helpers. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/ |
| Chem4Kids This website is a beginner's look into the states of matter, atoms, reactions, and other chemistry concepts. Included is a periodic table with links to more information about the specific elements. http://www.chem4kids.com/ |
| Contrasts in Blue: Life on the
Caribbean Coral Reef and Rocky Coast of Maine This well-organized site from the Smithsonian Institute can be the basis for lots of compare and contrast activities. The documentation and reading are all stored as PDF files, making it easy to download and print handouts. The three lessons are sequential and logical. http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/art-to-zoo/contrast/cover.html |
| Cyber Tiger This visually-pleasing and interactive site could be used independently by Grade 4 students. Students role-play throughout the site; they are part of a team of zoologists who make a decision about housing an endangered Siberian tiger in a zoo. Plenty of background information about the tiger's habitat. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tigers/maina.html |
| Day in the Life of an Insect This WebQuest is a comparison of four different insects: bee, ladybug, ant and cockroach. The activities on this site encourage students to use higher-level thinking and multiple intelligences. |
| "Frogland": All About Frogs Teachers and students can find facts about frogs and toads, and learn how to care for pet frogs on this website. There is also a "Teachers' Corner", which gives ideas for frog activities and how one might use this website in the classroom. http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml |
| The Great Plant Escape This website can be used by both teachers and students to learn about the parts of a plant and what a plant needs in order to survive. Its "kid-friendly" design incorporates colorful and interactive graphics, and students can work alone or in groups to solve the "plant mysteries" presented on the site. Other highlights include a glossary for students and a Teacher's Guide. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html |
| Insects Through this WebQuest students will use the Internet and resource books to learn about insects. Students will learn about specific bugs: body parts, environment, food, movement and senses, and will use a multimedia program to write about and illustrate their day as an insect. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/sessions/insects/ |
| Life on the Rocky Shore This site is useful for researching some of the animals that call the tidal pool their home. Animal groups are listed with their characteristics, and specific animals within the groups are mentioned. Students can click on unknown words to access the glossary, and test their knowledge with games and online quizzes. http://library.thinkquest.org/J001418/ |
| Lightning: The Shocking Story This website discusses the science behind lightning, and contains some excellent photos. Also included are stories from people who have been struck by lightning and an online quiz on lightning facts and safety. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lightning/index.html |
| Monarch Butterfly Lab This site provides great background information for older students and teachers. There is a description of the "Monarchs in the Classroom" project, as well as activity ideas for K-12 students. http://www.monarchlab.umn.edu/ |
| ScienceMaster ScienceMaster includes a lot of information on a variety of topics in the space, earth, life and physical sciences, and technology. Each of these major categories has its own page, full of information, news, links, pictures, products and services, with the best content from NASA, the USGS, the EPA, NOAA and colleges and universities. http://www.sciencemaster.com/ |
| The Senses This is a great site with movie clips, diagrams, and activities that help to explain the uses of each of the five senses. http://www.brainpop.com/health/senses/ |
| The Soap and Detergent Association Discover earth-friendly ways to dispose of soaps and cleaners while learning about their chemical makeups. Also includes tips on recycling and water conservation. http://www.sdahq.org/ |
| Star Child: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers This is an excellent website for teachers as well as students. It addresses space science at both beginning and advanced levels, touching on a variety of astronomical topics. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html |
| Structures Around the World This site, developed by the San Francisco Exploratorium, will enable teachers to implement some high-level thinking and problem-solving models with students in Grades 1 and up. Each structural project is fully explained and a suggested time frame is given. http://www.exploratorium.edu/structures/index.html |
| Thinking Fountain This site is very well-organized. It provides an alphabetical listing of activities, books, galleries and surprises, with icons for each category. Information is useful, accurate and age appropriate. http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/tfatoz.html |
| Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography Students and teachers can search this site for brief biographies of important scientists and inventors. http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/ |
| Volcano World This website contains a wide range of information about volcanoes, as well as links to pictures of erupting volcanoes. There is also a teaching/learning component with volcano lessons and activities. The site is easy to navigate and the photos are extremely accurate. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ |
| Volcanoes This website from the Annenberg/CPB Project explores the how and why of volcanoes, and the study and prediction of eruptions. It provides excellent information about past volcanic eruptions, and the destruction they have caused. There is even a part of the website where users can melt their own rocks to experiment with the effects of temperature and pressure. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/ |
| Weather Dude This site is owned by Nick Walker, meteorologist for the Weather Channel. It includes music that makes learning about weather fun and interesting. The links are in alphabetical order and relate to various weather topics. There are also resources for parents and teachers, such as songbooks and autographed pictures. http://wxdude.com/ |
| Welcome to the Planets Basic information about each of the planets, as well as a glossary. Excellent photos of the planets. Might be more appropriate for upper grade students. http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ |
| Windows to the Universe This website is sponsored by NASA and the Michigan Space Grant Consortium. There are links to many varied and interesting topics such as space weather, myths, and astronomy throughout history. The site has wonderful graphics, and Kids' Space and Teacher Resources are clearly marked. An informative site for both students and teachers. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ |
Social Studies |
| America's Homepage: Plymouth, MA Lots of great pictures, but the text is somewhat sophisticated for elementary level students. This homepage may be most helpful for teachers planning field trips to Plymouth Plantation. http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/ |
| Ancient Egypt A wealth of information on many aspects of Egyptian life, including gods and goddesses, mummification, pyramids, pharaohs, and geography. Separate section for teachers that provides hints on how to best use the website in the classroom. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/ |
| Chantessy's Happy Thanksgiving! Page This is a great site with links to historical documents and information relating to Thanksgiving. Includes coloring pages, puzzles, poetry and music. http://www.rainbow-magic.com/holidays/thanksgiving/ |
| The Digital Classroom This website provides teachers and students with access to online historical documents. It also provides numerous lesson plans, activities and materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. The site provides reproducible primary documents, educational units correlated to national academic standards, and cross-curricular connections. http://www.nara.gov/education/classrm.html |
| The First Americans Lots of information for elementary students and teachers on the five main cultures of Native Americans. http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html |
| Geography World This site is a collection of links and resources for geography teachers and students at all levels. It covers areas from around the world and topics such as ecosystems, biomes, erosion, natural resources and much more. http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html |
| History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers Teachers would likely use this site more than students would. Students could use it for specific research projects, however, "the major purpose of this home page is to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using resources from the Internet in the classroom." http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html |
| Internet General Hotlink Page for Educators This is a general site of social studies resource links on the web, created by Marcia Sheridan, Ph.D. It is a great site for teachers of all grade levels. http://www.iusb.edu/~msherida/general/socstudies.html |
| Kids and Community This website provides a job description for a city planner and describes city planning in general. Online activities prompt students to think about their own communities. Students can complete a Scavenger Hunt by collecting items that are part of their community. This site would fit in well with a study of local history. http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/ |
| Let's Go!: Around the World This site is from Creative Connections and is designed to be a global exploration web site for students, teachers and parents. http://www.ccph.com/ |
| Native Americans Students can use this website to research various aspects of Native American culture. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/index.htm |
| New Perspectives on the West This site offers very good insight into our nation's frontier. It includes documents and information on historical people, places and events. It also offers an interactive biographical dictionary, as well as a selection of Internet resources on the history of the American West. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/ |
| Pilgrim Life Adventure Students will work through this WebQuest to complete a family tree, a Venn diagram, create a vehicle for their own travel, and create a play about their life adventure. The activities focus on multiple intelligences as well as Social Studies and Language Arts strands. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kimbrough/pilgrimlife/index.html |
| The Social Studies Center The Social Studies Center consists of "related resources that include textbook support, an interactive geography game, outline maps, a discussion forum, history update and current events." http://www.eduplace.com/ss/index.html |
| United Nations Cyber School Bus The UN Cyber School Bus provides information on current global issues. There are excellent lesson plans, classroom activities and teaching modules. The lesson plans are interesting for all ages and clearly state the age group for which they were written. Students and teachers have the option of viewing this site in Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese and Russian There are some very good research tools that
older students could use with very little supervision, such as the information
database, photos, art, and a virtual UN tour. There are also some fun quizzes and
games, as well as an animated adventure for younger students. |
| Grades 5 — 8 |
Arts |
| Children's Music Workshop This is a very useful website because it contains numerous links for instrumental, choral, general music teachers, and music education. There are articles dealing with the importance of music education as well as a message board and chat room for music educators. This site also contains a pre-formed e-mail educators can complete to emphasize the importance of music education to their local United States Senator or Representative. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405/ |
| Classical Archives This website is a useful resource that contains over 10,000 MIDI format pieces of music from more than 800 composers. With teacher direction, a student could look up any piece of classical music. http://www.prs.net/ |
| K-12 Resources for Music Educators This website is loaded with links to a multitude of websites for band, orchestra, vocal/choral and classroom teachers. It also has links to MIDI resources, research, biographies, and other search engines. |
| Music Education Launch Site This website contains articles for the music educator to read as well as links to lesson plans at every grade level. The site is also interactive for students and contains service links from which to get additional information. http://www.talentz.com/MusicEducation/index.mv |
| Music Lesson Plans This website contains easy-to-read lesson plans. Each lesson plan includes an overview, materials needed, activities and procedures. The site also includes additional internet resources. http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music/ |
| Music Sites This website contains links to every music website imaginable from A to Z. http://www.aea2.k12.ia.us/curriculum/music.html |
Language Arts |
| American Library Association - Cool Sites for Kids This site contains many useful links to sites that teachers can use with students. Writing links include Kids on the Web (students write and post stories), Inkspot - Young Writer's Resource (web magazine for young writers), and KidPub (children publish stories and poems). Reading links include links to many homepages of popular children's series (Animorphs, Arthur, Baby-Sitter's Club, Goosebumps, and the Magic School Bus). http://www.ala.org/alsc/children_links.html |
| Candlelight Stories This helpful site for parents, teachers and students has many menu choices, including Storybooks (children can listen to and read stories), Pen Pals (children can connect with pen pals around the world), Mystery Contest (children write mysteries to win books), and Story Theater (children listen to audio stories). http://www.candlelightstories.com/ |
| Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site This website for teachers includes a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas for ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics. It does advertise books and magazines for sale, but useful articles are interspersed throughout the site. http://www.carolhurst.com/ |
| Children's Storybooks Online This website offers students pure and simple reading. There are stories directed toward younger children, older children and young adults. Some stories even include great illustrations as you click through the pages. http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html |
| Enchanted Learning This is an educational search engine that can be used by both teachers and students to get information on many topics for research reports or lesson planning. There is also an illustrated dictionary with 1,728 entries. There is an English version, or students can select the English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, or English-Spanish versions. http://enchantedlearning.com/ |
| Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature This website offers students a chance to explore classic literature and its authors. Students simply click through the pages and read an online book. A new experience for students; may entice the hesitant reader. http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/ |
| FunBrain.com This is an excellent website for both teachers and students. It is an interactive educational site with games to improve math, science and grammar skills. It is age appropriate; students simply click on their age to get lessons for their grade level. http://www.funbrain.com/ |
| GrammarCat This multilingual website offers students practice in grammar basics such as verbs, nouns, and word pronunciation. http://www.grammar-cat.com/ |
| Guide to Grammar & Writing A grammar and writing guide for teachers and students. The guide is well-organized, including rules of writing on the sentence, paragraph, and essay composition levels. The site does include several interactive, computer-scored quizzes to review presented rules, which are set up similarly to standardized tests. Students can also submit grammar or English usage questions online. http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ |
| Just For Kids Who Love Books This site allows students to choose from a comprehensive list of titles, authors, and series, read reviews written by other students, and write reviews on books they have read. The site also contains links to other sites on specific books, which include interviews with the authors, interactive student activities, and related class projects. The site is updated monthly with current holiday-related activities and literature suggestions. http://www.alanbrown.com/ |
| Kid's Domain This website is one of the few websites that offers more than a student can accomplish in a forty-minute block of time. Sections include sports, holidays, crafts and contests. http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids.html |
| Language Arts for Kids This website allows students to explore a multitude of games and activities in reading and language arts. Students can assess their knowledge of grammar by visiting Grammar Blast and completing a ten-question quiz. http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/ |
| Syvum English Activities Through the use of games, students can practice and improve vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. This website also has stories for practice with reading and math activities. http://www.syvum.com/online/english.html |
| Vocabulary University This site is a high-level approach to teaching new vocabulary words for upper middle and high school students. The emphasis is on presenting groups of words with the same root, and teaching students to use knowledge of root words to determine word meaning. There are also a variety of different word puzzles to reinforce new word meanings. http://www.vocabulary.com/ |
| Weekly Reader Galaxy This is a site based on the Scholastic Weekly Reader publication for students in kindergarten through grade six. It offers information on a variety of current events and allows students to explore various topics as well as several interactive activities. The site also allows students to write to characters (such as "Buddy Bear" for first grade) about a problem and read the response the following week. Great curricular ideas and information for teachers and parents. http://www.weeklyreader.com/ |
| Writing with Writers This site offers students step-by-step writers' workshops led by notable authors, such as Jack Prelutsky and Jane Yolen, in a variety of genres, including poetry, myths, and mystery writing. The authors offer samples from their own writing, autobiographical sketches, writing tips and prompts, and challenge students to complete their own writing. The site also offers students personalized certificates of completion signed by the author upon completion of the workshop. The site is an excellent reinforcement of the steps of the writing process. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm |
| You're the Detective This is a great website for investigating the genre of mystery and suspense. Students can read a couple of stories and review a glossary of mystery writers. One activity for students would be to read the story starters and complete the story on paper. http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5109/ |
Math |
| A+ Math This site can be used with students to reinforce math facts and basic math skills. In the "Flashcard" section, students can work on math facts, and in the "Game Room" area, students can reinforce what they have learned by playing games like "Concentration". This website is most appropriate for use with lower and middle school grades. http://www.aplusmath.com |
| AAA Math This site contains hundreds of pages of basic math skills with interactive practice on every page. It includes an explanation of the math topic on each page, ranging from operations and measurement to geometry and statistics. There are several challenge games on every page. It is excellent for visual learners as it animates illustrations of concepts, and is good for all ability levels. http://www.aaamath.com/index.html |
| Base 10 Blocks This site allows students to model multiplication of algebraic expressions by using algebra tiles. This site can be used for any activities where algebra tiles are used. Students may need some initial help with the set-up of problems. http://www.best.com/~ejad/java/b10blocks/ |
| Cool Math This is a useful site for students, parents and teachers. For students, it includes an attractive homepage and colorful visuals around specific content, e.g., fractals, geometry, on-line calculators, and even some science connections. http://www.coolmath.com/ |
| Coolmath4kids A fun math website for children of all ages. Includes brainteasers, online calculators, math games, and some lessons for teachers to use in the classroom. http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ |
| Figure This! This site offers families a challenge to solve word problems that reflect real world situations and that help parents improve their children's understanding of math. Designed in part by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the challenges encourage higher-level thinking skills. http://www.figurethis.org/ |
| FunBrain.com This is an excellent website for both teachers and students. It is an interactive educational site with games to improve math, science and grammar skills. It is age appropriate; students simply click on their age to get lessons for their grade level. http://www.funbrain.com/ |
| Math in Daily Life Math concepts such as ratio and probability are explained in detail in relation to everyday decisions and tasks. Online activities, charts, graphs, and video clips are included. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/ |
| The Math Forum The goal of this website is to provide an online community for those who have an interest in math and math education by "encouraging communication throughout the mathematical community, providing high-quality math and math education content, offering model interactive projects, growing with the web, and making math-related web resources more accessible". This comprehensive site has links to many topics and resources, and if you are looking for anything to do with math education, you will probably find it through this site. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/ |
| MathStories.com This site offers over 4,000 open-ended and critical thinking word problems for students of all grade levels to solve. It has dozens of pages of word problems on which a student can work at his or her own pace. http://www.mathstories.com/ |
| Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies Math Goodies is a free educational website featuring interactive math lessons, worksheets, puzzles, homework help and message boards. It is geared more toward middle school students, but many of the lessons could be adapted for high school students. It has links for new teachers and a message board for teachers to ask others about math topics. http://www.mathgoodies.com/ |
| The Puzzlemaker This is an excellent web site for teachers and students. One can create and print customized word search, crossword, and math puzzles, using given word lists which cross all curricular areas, or one's own lists. There is also a Science Fair page, which gives students project ideas, book lists for research, and links to other helpful sites. http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ |
| Puzzles.COM This site provides many types of puzzles, including mazes, tangrams, brainteasers and illusions, for students at various levels of mathematics proficiency. Students can work on problem-solving strategies and spatial relationships. http://www.puzzles.com/ |
| This is MegaMathematics! MegaMath is made up of a subject-based workbook that requires very high-level thinking skills. This site is clearly for high school level and beyond, as it involves inductive and deductive reasoning and logic paradoxes; skills which have not usually been developed by students in the 7th grade. http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/ |
| The World of Escher This site integrates art and math as one visits the works of the artist M.C. Escher. It gives visual meaning to an understanding of geometry and repeating patterns. It includes a biographical chronology of Escher, and links to some of his best art in the Art Museum Section. http://www.worldofescher.com |
Science |
| Academy of Achievement This site gives detailed biographies of and interviews with real, live scientists. It gives a "kid's eye" view of scientists (students do the interviewing), relative to student's lives. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/sci/ |
| Amazing Space This site is a set of web-based activities, primarily for classroom use, but available for all. Some of the activities require students to use critical thinking abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry. This site is useful for teachers, too, as it gives teaching tips, lesson plans, and overviews. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ |
| BBC Science in Action This site is great for sparking hypotheses and explorations in five areas: air, light, microbes, mixtures, and force. Stella, the student guide, takes participants through sets of puzzles that will appeal to upper elementary and middle school students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sia/home.html |
| Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: The
International Boiling Point Project The project described and detailed on this website actively engages students in the inquiry process by asking students to hypothesize on a set of factors which could influence the boiling point of water. Classrooms are asked to submit data based upon a controlled experiment performed in their classroom. By analyzing the submitted data from around the world, students can evaluate their findings and revise their hypothesis. http://k12science.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/boilproj/ |
| Cells Alive This site is useful for seventh graders because of its video microscopy and images of living cells, bacteria, parasites and pharmaceutical effects, plus three-dimensional biological animations. http://www.cellsalive.com/ |
| Chem4Kids This website is a beginner's look into the states of matter, atoms, reactions, and other chemistry concepts. Included is a periodic table with links to more information about the specific elements. http://www.chem4kids.com/ |
| Earth and Moon Viewer This site will link to live satellite photos of Earth from the Sun and Moon. It includes vocabulary and text that are at an advanced level of comprehension. It can be used effectively in conjunction with hands-on activities on revolution and rotation. http://www.fourmilab.com/earthview/ |
| FEMA for Kids The Federal Emergency Management Agency's website is complete with games, personal stories, safety tips and other information about floods, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and winter storms. http://www.fema.gov/kids/ |
| Federal Resources for Educational Excellence This site includes hundreds of educational resources available throughout the United States Federal Government, across all curricular areas. There is a wealth of information from government agencies ranging from the Center for Disease Control and the Department of Defense to the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.ed.gov/free/ |
| "Frogland": All About Frogs Teachers and students can find facts about frogs and toads, and learn how to care for pet frogs on this website. There is also a "Teachers' Corner", which gives ideas for frog activities and how one might use this website in the classroom. http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml |
| The Great Plant Escape This website can be used by both teachers and students to learn about the parts of a plant and what a plant needs in order to survive. Its "kid-friendly" design incorporates colorful and interactive graphics, and students can work alone or in groups to solve the "plant mysteries" presented on the site. Other highlights include a glossary for students and a Teacher's Guide. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html |
| Life on the Rocky Shore This site is useful for researching some of the animals that call the tidal pool their home. Animal groups are listed with their characteristics, and specific animals within the groups are mentioned. Students can click on unknown words to access the glossary, and test their knowledge with games and online quizzes. http://library.thinkquest.org/J001418 |
| National Geographic: The Solar System This website allows students to take a fly-by tour of the Sun and each planet in its orbit, in a three-dimensional environment. Students can get a close-up view of the planets and extraterrestrial weather patterns. The site includes links to other resources, including NASA's websites, other multimedia collections, photojournals and links to fun and game sites, all related to space science. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ |
| Space Link: NASA's Resource for Education This is a tool that connects our space program with student learning. It includes an educator focus, with many links for curriculum support. It provides a wealth of information appropriate for students, links for help, and an abundance of educational materials to enhance science-related topics. http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html |
| Volcano World This site is the premier source of up-to-date volcano information. It provides teachers with lessons about volcanoes, including methods of building volcano models. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ |
| Volcanoes This website from the Annenberg/CPB Project explores the how and why of volcanoes, and the study and prediction of eruptions. It provides excellent information about past volcanic eruptions, and the destruction they have caused. There is even a part of the website where users can melt their own rocks to experiment with the effects of temperature and pressure. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/ |
| Weather Dude This site is owned by Nick Walker, meteorologist for the Weather Channel. It includes music that makes learning about weather fun and interesting. The links are in alphabetical order and relate to various weather topics. There are also resources for parents and teachers, such as songbooks and autographed pictures. http://wxdude.com/ |
| Windows to the Universe This website is sponsored by NASA and the Michigan Space Grant Consortium. There are links to many varied and interesting topics such as space weather, myths, and astronomy throughout history. The site has wonderful graphics, and Kids' Space and Teacher Resources are clearly marked. An informative site for both students and teachers. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ |
Social Studies |
| All Politics This site contains the latest information on politics, government and current events. It is helpful to both students and teachers alike. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/ |
| American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital
Library This site is co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and contains more than 80 online collections. From articles and images to frequently asked question, this site is an abundance of information. This site also includes "Today in History" and lesson plans. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html |
| American Photography: A Century of Images |