Enhance Instruction, Enrich Student Learning, and Bring the World to the Classroom
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Age Appropriate Search Engines
http://www.yahooligans.com
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ web search for kids geography and vocabulary
http://www.ajkids.com/ - Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://cybersleuth-kids.com – CyberSleuth Kids – Internet search guide
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html Little Explorers Dictionary - primary
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Internet Public Library – ask ? and get answers
Web Sites for Parents
On-Line Stories – to read and hear
http://www.storyplace.org English & Spanish
http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html read by author Steven Cosgrove
http://www.merpy.com k-2
http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/ student reads
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm Beatrice Potter books
http://www.bookhive.org/zingertales/ students listen to stories told by storytellers
http://goodnightstories.com/stories.htm read story, read rebus story, or hear story
http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html stories read by Chuck Brown
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1
http://www.readmeabook.com/audiobooks.htm listen to story
http://www.stonesoup.com/main2/listen.html student read stories
Beginning Reading Skills
http://www.starfall.com emerging reader, vowel sounds, digraphs, and stories
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/alphaorder1.swf abc order
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html spelling
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/ literacy activities
Literature Websites
literature resources and reviews and novel extensions
http://www.carolhurst.com/ book reviews
http://frankrogers.home.mindspring.com/ guide to literature on the web
http://www.bookhive.org/
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/
http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_booklists.html
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html novel extensions w/ student activities k-3
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html novel extensions w/ student activities 4, 5
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html novel extensions w/ student extensions 6, 8
Writing with the Internet
developing writers and publishing
http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/ how to get an “A”
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/ ABC’s of the writing process
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/ graphic organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/tales grade 3 and up
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/diary/index.htm grade 4 and up
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/index.htm grade 4 and up
Math Skills
manipulatives, problem solving, extension
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/elementary/clock.html clockwise applet
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/MulTab/applet_s.html multiplication template
http://www.visualfractions.com/ identify, rename and operate fractions
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
http://www.mathtv.org/ videos to present and solve problems
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/addem videos to explain math concepts
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html problem solving
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain brain teasers
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html A Plus Math
http://www.aaamath.com/
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/counting/ k-1
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm k-1
http://mathematics.hellam.net/ need to go through all
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html more math skills
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm word problems
http://fen.com/studentactivities/Piggybank/piggybank.html counting money
http://www.teachrkids.com/
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/add2rbasic.html adding with regrouping
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/as85/add3r.htm
http://dositey.com/addsub/as85/add5ar.htm
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/sub2dig.html subtracting with regrouping
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/suba.html
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/subra4.htm
http://www.homeschoolmath.net money
Science on the Internet
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ solar simulator
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/graphics/hurricane/hurricane_explainer/flash.htm evolution of a hurricane
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/baby/ videos great
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/bargraphs/bargraphs.html k-2
http://www.adventuresinenergy.org/ upper grade levels
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html Simple machines
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm cell mitosis
http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/ grade 5, 6
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html kingdom, phylum, etc
http://www.sciencespot.net all grades
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sound/index.htm sounds
http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/colgate/index.htm environment
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index.html rock hounds
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html ***states of matter
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ grades 2-5
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter/blizzard/index.htm weather
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/index.html kids’ habitat
Social Studies on the Internet
including audio clips
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/index.html citizenship
http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html who is that
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ white house for kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inca Virtual mummy
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html virtual Jamestown
http://congressforkids.net/cartoonintro.htm congress for kids
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ audio clip
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/seymour/chapter3.htm Ellis Island
Virtual Field Trips and Web Cams
http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm All about virtual field trips
http://www.efieldtrips.org
http://www.desertusa.com/life.html desert environment
http://www.plimoth.org/visit/virtual/ Plimouth Plantation
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/ rainforest
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaghome.html Betsy Ross
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/ caves
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html volcanos
http://www.field-trips.org/sci/hurricane/ inside a hurricane
http://www.monticello.org/ Monticello
http://www.mountvernon.org/index.cfm Mansion tour
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/ Spotty’s White House tour
http://www.toweroflondontour.com/kids/index.html Tower of London
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/cpzoo/ Penguins at Central Park Zoo
http://www.gatorland.com/webcam/index.html Gatorland’s Cam
http://www.fallsview.com/Stream/PanLive.shtml Niagara Falls
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp Monterrey Bay Aquarium
http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_panda_cam.htm Panda Cam
WebQuests
what are they? examples
http://kathyschrock.net/webquests archives
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html 282 webquests
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/examples.html
http://webquest.org search on left
Current Events
http://www.nytimes.com/learning New York Times Learning Network
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/kidspost/ Washington Post
http://www.timeforkids.com Time for Kids Online