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  Language Arts:

   

  Early Elementary

  http://www.jayzeebear.com/green_forest.html- lots to do for prek- 2nd all interactive

  http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html following directions- sites gives verbal directions students follow

  http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm stories abour nursery rhyme characters

  http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/nursery.htm magnetic nursery rhymes

  http://www.akidsheart.com/threer/lvl1/abc.htm pre-K animated alphabet and coloring Page

  www.starfall.com - k-2 phonics and early reading skills

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/hfwords/starwords/game.shtml Star words match outline shape of words. Great for 1st Grade

  http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html PBS Between the Lions Stories on Line

  http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html  Book Pop Pre k-2 lisen,read print Steven Crosco Books

  http://www.storyit.com/ stories to read and write

  http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm Storymaker

  http://www.brementownmusicians.com/en/main Fairy Tales

  http://origin-www.seussville.com/games/ Dr. Seuss stories requires Flash player

  http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm alphabet and early reading  skill activities

   

  Later Elementary

  http://www.magneticpoetry.com/kidspoetry/createpoem.cfm Magnetic words to create poems

  http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm myths legends and fables

  http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/index.html more myths and legends

   http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/index.htm junior High-explanations and exercises for grammar, Literature and vocabulary

  www.internet4classrooms.com Language Art and Math sites sorted by grade level.

  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/rdg.jsp- english acticities that coordinate with textbooks 

  http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html puzzlemaker use with spelling words, science vocab, social studies landforms ect.

  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/pollzone/white/0,6405,53275,00.html Create your own Time Magazine Cover. The access code for TIME for kids is: TFKNews

  http://www.aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html Aesopses fables with the moral's listed

  http://galahad.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/ Create crossword puzzles on line

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  Math:

  http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/ interactice games that practice number concepts

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/mend.shtml fill in the missing number in the 100 grid

  http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/scramble1.htm interactive magnetic numbers for creating math sentences.

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html- Match activities based on text books from Harcourt Publishers arranged by grade levels

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8609 

  COUNTDOWN is a challenging interactive television math program which has engaged tens of thousands of students through broadcasts on cable television in Chicago. Capitalizing on the one on one relationship a student viewer has with television, COUNTDOWN makes math “work”. Each week the program introduces a different math concept through direct instruction and reinforces lessons with literature, manipulatives, activities and related computer instruction. Student viewers are encouraged to call a televised phone number to participate in the show by responding to challenges presented by the on-air educators.

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8513 all-inclusive math website contains activities for all grades (K-12). The website also features countless lesson plans, math problems, math games, and a math dictionary

   

   Fact Practice

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/games/test.shtml interactive game using adding and subtracting

  http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm lots of interactive MAth games to practice key math concepts including:

  fish count, math fact practice, and thinking games

  http://www.aaamath.com/-interactive math including topics:addition, algebra,comparing,counting,decimals,equations,fractions,

  geometry, graphs, measurement and more

   www.multiplication.com Fact practice

  http://www.factmonster.com/ Fact Monster

  http://www.funbrain.com/- tried and true site with simple math practice activities- many were chalkboard games converted to the web.

  http://www.teachrkids.com/ Elementary Math

  http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=10&page=12  Math Drills

   

  Math and Logic

  http://www.aplusmath.com/- Interactive site to help improve Math Skills

   http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml Engaging Mathematics

   http://www.brainbashers.com/ Math and logic puzzles

  http://www.escapefromknab.com/- Math simulation activity where you apply math skills 

  http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/toc.htm- Math challenges using story problems

  http://www.2020tech.com/fruit/- problem solving game with fruit

  http://www.mathstories.com Story problems

   

  Time and Money

  http://www.tinsnips.org/Pages/timeandmoney.html time and money

  http://www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money/ counting money game
  

   http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/-on line graph maker

  http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/rounding.htm  rounding numbers

  http://www.coolmath-games.com/- Ages 3-13

   

  Meaurement

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/willy/willy.html Telling Time

  http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ math lessons that are fun including ratios, graphs, algerbra, geometry-  thought provoking

  http://www.mathplayground.com/logicgames.html Math Playground has many cool logic puzzles to sharpen creative problem solving

  http://www.mathsisfun.com/ Math is fun"activities for money geometery measurement

  http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/6_Weight_and_Capacity/index.html weight and capacity interactive lesson

  http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html video of symmetry

   

  Tanagrams

  http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/7_Tangrams/index.html Illustrated Tangram lesson

  http://www.tygh.co.uk/tan/tan.htm Tangrams interactive and totally fun 

   

  Geometry

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8609 Geometry - Three Dimensional Shapes- flash demonstration

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8609 symeter- flash movie demonstration

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  Social Studies:

   

  http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/- kids news

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/index.htm -The First Thanksgiving

  http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/world_cont.pdf printable map of the continents

   

  Geography

  http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~cdavis01/webbits/ea/geog/-5 Themes of Geography

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8724 search for the monsters of mystery

  The "Where in the World" Podcast!  Post a podcast with your location info and see if others can guess where you are!

   

  Cultures

  Native American

  http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/nativeamhome.html Native American Cultures

  http://www.apva.org/history/pocahont.html Pocahontas

  http://www.ewebtribe.com/NACulture/child.htm links to native americans

   

  The Irish

  http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html Irish immigration

  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html Irish catholic Immigration

  http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ Irish customs and culture

  http://www.yourirish.com/ Irish traditions

   

  African Americans

  http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872844.html milestones

  http://library.thinkquest.org/2667/ biographies

  http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/ Slavery in America

   

  Polish

  http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Customs&Traditions.htm Polish customs

  http://www.polstore.com/html/polishtraditions.html Polish Traditions and Customs

   

  English

  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/ British traditions and culture

  http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words_list/customs_traditions.htm British Culture

   

  Dutch

  http://www.digital-dreams.nl/realdutch/holland2.htm Dutch Culture

  http://www.movetonetherlands.com/culture_&_traditions.html Netherlands site

   

   

  U.S.

  http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/*welcome.html- Paul Revere virtual museum

  http://www.50states.com/ Resource for reports on the fifty states

  http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/ Landform atlas of the US

  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/- Life in the US in 1900

  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi- American Histroy

  http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/index.html- Midwest Illinios from 1700-present

  http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/ Cultures, holidays,geography, maps, governments, economics

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ The white house-government in action

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/index.html- Lewis and Clark

  http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html- The Underground Railroad

  http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html- History on line in a timeline form

  http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/- History of the MayFlower

   

  World History

  http://www.mrdowling.com/index.html All kinds of Social Studies topics: China, Japan, Geece, Rome, World History, Wars

  http://www.kids.gov/ kids government

   

   

  Middle Ages, Renaissance, Africa, India and Himalayas.

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/andes/ Inca indians

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bureau/ Mayan's

  http://interoz.com/egypt/kids/- Sites has a collection of links on Egypt

  http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm- 7 wonders of the World

  http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html Exploring Leonardo Divanci

  http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/indexlife.html Daily life in different civilization-created by a teacher K-2

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   Science:  

  

  Science Ideas

  Try Science

   Kinetic City

  Nye Labs

  Zoom Activities

  Exploratorium Science Snacks

  Build A Volcano

  Learing Science

  Eyes of Nye

  Science Made Simple

  Science Mate

  Science Experiments Straight From The Web

  Science News For Kids

  Science Bob

  The Naked Scientists

  Planet Science

   

  www.brainpop.com- science intro, topics,  video

  http://www.studystack.com/ study stack data flash cards

  http://www.howstuffworks.com/- expanations of how things work

  http://www.billnye.com/ Bill Nye the Science Guy

  http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/- Cool Science for curious Kids

  http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html Exploring Leonardo Divanci

  http://www.extremescience.com/index.html- Extreme Science-older students

  http://www.funology.com/- Cool science experiemnts-Totally fun

  http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/- yuckest site on the net.

  http://www.lego.com/eng/create/activities/worldbuilder/default.asp- Lego world builder- virtual legos ; problem solving in a gmae building format

   

  Animals

   

  http://questgarden.com/11/35/2/060504154732/ Endangered Species

  http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~mcampbel/Extreme/ WebQuest Endangered Species

  http://switchzoo.com/ animals

  http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html animals -younger students

  http://animal.discovery.com/ Animal planet

  http://www.cloudforestalive.org/- nature lesons animals, insects, rainforest ect.

  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/webquest/spider/default.htm  Spider Web Quest

   

  Insects

   

  http://coe.nevada.edu/bsansevero/webquest/ Insect Web Quest

  Dinosuars

  http://www.billybear4kids.com/dinosaurs/long-long-ago.html dinosaurs- younger students

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/ Dinosaurs-

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinobuzz.html dinosaurs

   

  Earthquakes and Volcanos

  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/- earthquakes and faults

  http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html- Volcanoes

  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/- Volcanoes

   http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/bubble/bubble.html Bubble town enginering bubble blowing machines

  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/ earthquakes for kids

  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/ animated graphics of earthquakes

   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/ earthquakes, volcanos-interactive- Very Cool!

   

   

  Plants

  http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html- plants

  http://www.kathimitchell.com/plants.html-web links on plant info

  http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/ thinkquest plant page

  http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/- praire ecosystems plants and animals

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/plants_grow.shtml helping plants grow

   

  Weather

  http://www.weatherwizkids.com/-Weather Wiz Kids,learn about wind, clouds, storms

  http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/planetearth/planetearth.html planet earth and weather

  http://www.eo.ucar.edu/webweather/- webweather-

  Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become

  hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids!

  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/index.htm- weather

  http://www.tramline.com/tours/sci/hurricane/_tourlaunch1.htm hurricanes virtual field trip 7th and 8th grade

  http://www.kimballmedia.com/Drippy/index.htm The water CYCLE

   

  Biomes

  http://questgarden.com/11/35/2/051130171856/ Biomes Web quest

  http://coe.nevada.edu/sstewart/ Ecosystems Web quest

  http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/62/27/-lists of sites with information on Biomes

  http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/- The Rainforest

  http://www.geocities.com/jazzer1402536/Intro.html Save the Rainforest Web Quest

  http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/biomes/biomes_home.htm-intro to what biomes are

  http://www.mbgnet.net/biomes and ecosystems

  http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season4/ecology/biomes.html-biomes form NASA

  http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm- World Biomes Map

  http://www.tramline.com/tours/sci/desert/_tourlaunch1.htm Virtual desert field trip

  http://www.tramline.com/tours/sci/forest/_tourlaunch1.htm Temperate forest virtual field trip

   

  Rocks and Minerals

  http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/rocks/rocks.html rocks and minerals

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/rocks_soils.shtml rocks interactive

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/plants_grow.shtml rocks and minerals for kids

  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/elevator.html earth science explorer

  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html rocks and monerals on-line slide show

  http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html Rock Hounds for Kids

  http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=6051  Rock chart for note taking

   

  Dissections

  http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html-Click Demos for virtual dissections

  http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html Sheep brain dissection

   

  Space

   http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/- Earth and Moon viewer

  http://www.kidsastronomy.com/- Astronomy for Kids NASA

  http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/-amazing Space

  http://space.kids.us/solarsystem.html-The Solar System

  http://www.abc.net.au/children/space/planets/default.htm -Interactive Planet Facts

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/earth_sun_moon.shtml earth sun and moon-orbits

   

  Anatomy

  http://www.innerbody.com/index.html- Human Anatomy on line- Middle School-HighSchool

   

  The Sea

  http://www.seasky.org/ The Sea and Sky

  http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/eviau/edit557/oceans/- Lists of ocean related sites

  http://www.pbs.org/oceanrealm/-secreets of the ocean pbskids

  http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/-interatives ocean activites such as build a fish

   

   Simple Machines

  http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/- interactive video

  http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm- overview and identification

  http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm examples of simple machines

  http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/ elements of simple machines

  http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsWorkshop.html inventors workshop

  http://www.rube-goldberg.com/ simple machine to do impossible tasks

  http://home.earthlink.net/~kandyhig/sm/ simple machines construction site

   

  Aerodynamics

   

  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html Beginner guide to aerodynamica

  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html Newtons Laws of Motion

  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/falling.html Forces that eaffect a falling Object

  http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/freesoftware_page.htm Fre  software that models lift, drag, and aerodynamics

   

  Cells

  http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/cell/

  Nice diagram of a cell

   

   

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/biology/cells/

   

   

   

  Nice diagrams and print out on cells

   

   

   

  http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structure/cell_structure.htm

   

   

   

  interactive cells

   

  http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm

   

  Energy

   

  http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html Energy sources

  http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/Science/core/5th/sciber/5/left/default.htm What is electricity

   http://www.rp-l.com/lightning.htm What is lighting.

  http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/electricity/intro.html Electricity and Magnetism interactive with a flash movie

  http://www.riverdeep.net/free_demos/ScienceSims/SS1/ScienceSims1.html online demo Electricity

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sparker.html Science experiment

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes.shtml physical science forces

   

   Matter

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/gases.shtml interactive solid, liquids, and gas

   

  Inventions

   

  http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.42explore2.com/invent.htm

   

  http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm ancient inventions

   

  http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm inventing is kids stuff

   

  http://www.noogenesis.com/inventing/pencil/pencil_page.html inventing a new kind of pencil

   

  http://www.pencils.com/ lots of creative pencils

   

  http://www.headbone.com/derby/invent/ invention game and comic book puzzle

   

  http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/Problem_Board/problems/invention/ invention webquest

   

   

   

  Technology Skills:/

   

  http://www.fhps.us/thornapple/default.htm Technology definitions

   

  http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/index.html- National Technology Standards

   

  http://www.libraryinstruction.com/info-tech.html- Learning and Teaching Information Technology 

  Computer Skills in Context

   

  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Kscope/techknowpark/Kiosk/index.html- Computer and technology Skills

   

  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Kscope/techknowpark/MiniPosters/Poster13.html- Spreadsheets description of ther cells

   

  http://www.pbs.org/nerds/- History of computers

   

  http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/R/robots/constructor.html- Robotics

   

   

  Digital/Audio Mixing  Tools

   

  http://www.boomshuffle.com/ allows users to create their own “mix tapes” of music (in English) they like,  choose a visual “cover,” describe the whole tape, explain why they chose each song they included, and then share its url to be posted on an online journal or blog.

   

  Virtual Field Trips

  EFieldTrips

  Tramline

  More Virtual Field Trips

  Even More Virtual Field Trips

  List of Virtual Field Trips

  Virtual Field Trips

   

   

   

  webquestsThe Webquest Page

   

  Introduction to Webquests

  More Webquests

  ESL Webquests

  More ESL Webquests

  Quest Garden

  Citebite (excellent tool to assist in Webquests for English Language Learners)

  Webquest Information

  More on Developing Webquests

  Webquest Locator

  Webquests 101

  Webquest Strategies

  Creating a Webquest

  More On Webquests

  The Learning Power of Webquests

  Trackstar 

   

   

  Web 2.0 In General

  Introduction to Web 2.0 In The Classroom

  New Technologies For Teaching and Learning

  Web Tools in Education

  Go2Web20

  Simple Spark

  EduWikipedia

   

   

   

  Website Development

  Build A Free Website

  Google Page Creator

  Scholastic Home Page Builder

  Weebly

  WebJam

  Site Kreator

  Easy Site

  Web Design Toolbox

  Spruz

  Tuplix

  Jimbo

  Jottit

  Pagii

  Leafletter

  Synthasite

  Uber

   

   

   

   

  Wikis

  PB Wiki

  Wikispaces

  Introduction to Wikis

  Wikis In the Classroom

  Classroom 2.0 Wikis

   

   

  Research

   

  http://thinktank.4teachers.org/

  ThinkTank is designed to help students develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects.

   

   http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/- Homework helper

   

  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/- Grolier,magazines, citation machine,copyright guidelines, dictionary

   

   http://citationmachine.net/ Citation Machine

   

   

  Simulations

   

  http://simcity.ea.com/play/simcity_classic.php  Learn to run a city

   

  http://www.classbrain.com/cb_games/cb_gms_bag/lemonade.html lemonade stand

   

  http://www.omsi.edu/visit/featured/moneyville/activities/lemonade/lemonadestand.htm  another lemonade stand

   

   http://woz.commtechlab.msu.edu/courses/447sp04/oregontrail/play.htm oregon trail on line

   

   

   http://www.armorgames.com/games/coffeeshop_popup.html the coffee shop a new take on the lemonade stand

   

   

   

   http://www.unicef.org/voy/wes/