February 2001
General | Grades K-2 | Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8
General
3-D Flags
Find World and US state flags and watch them blow in the gentle breeze.
http://www.3dflags.com/index.html
$500, $1000, and $10,000 Bills
Ever wondered what those large bills look like?
http://www.bep.treas.gov/largedenom.htm
An Overview of Abraham Lincoln's Life
http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html
The Aztecs
This site is full of pictures of artifacts and factual information about the Aztecs from Mexico and Central America.
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/aztecs.htm
Big Dog Schoolhouse
Lesson plans, curricular resources, teacher forums, classroom projects and activities are all found at this site.
http://www.bigdogsschoolhouse.com/
Book Awards for 2001
Here are the Newbery
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
and Caldecott book winners.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
CongressLink
A new Congress has been sworn in. Do you know who's who? Visit this site to learn all about the 107th Congress, current issues and legislation. Search for bills, check out member's voting records and find the schedule for the House and Senate.
Department of Justice for Kids and Youth
What happens inside a courtroom? What are the Internet Do's and Don't's? How can kids get involved in crime prevention? Get information on the FBI, civil rights issues, and more.
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
Flags and Maps of the World
For large views of flags from countries around the world
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/
General Resources for Language Arts
Extensive resources for English/Language Arts teachers from K-12th grade. Links for libraries, professional journal articles, organizations, lesson plans, departments of education, literature, poetry, teacher certification, etc.
http://meret.lacoe.edu/resources/resources_web.html
Making a Sun Clock
You can make a timepiece with a few simple materials and the aid of the sun.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html
March Calendar Events
Links for Dr. Seuss, the Star Spangled Banner, Mardi Gras, Alexander Graham Bell, money, Johnny Appleseed, St. Patrick's Day, space, the swallows of San Juan Capistrano, and birds, among others.
http://www.a0kteacherstuff.com/march_holiday_stuff.htm
Math Stories
Help students improve their math problem-solving and critical thinking skills with hundreds of math word problems for grades 1-8.
Poetry for Children
Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) has gathered sources for different types of poetry for various age groups.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poechild.htm
Reading and Language Arts Resources on the Web
This collection of links compiled by George Sutton is an excellent resource and will probably be one you will want to bookmark and come back to often. It includes ideas to help motivate students to read, recent research journals and articles, lesson plans and teaching strategies, information on reading disabilities, and ideas for student writing. Check out the link to African American History for some additional resources.
http://GeorgeSuttle.com/presentations/MSRC/
Reading Language Arts Resources
Web resources to help English Language learners, links for independent reading, professional development, RICA, technology, and writing.
http://meret.lacoe.edu/resources/resources_web_2.html
Tell Time with Your Feet (Lesson Plan)
This math lesson in time measurement can be adapted for students from K-8. There are also links here to determine your school's longitude and latitude.
http://www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/susan/timefeet.html
Thinking about starting a spring garden at your school?
Here's information to get you started.
Time Telling Experience for Kids
This online activity presents problems for kids to solve regarding time.
http://www.edu4kids.com/clock/
The U.S. State Department's Geographic Learning Site
Find out where in the world the U.S. sends diplomats. Follow the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin L. Powell, to find out what he does.
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/statehome.html
Valentine Fun at Kids Domain
Cards, crafts, activities, books, and other Valentine links.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/val/
Voyage of the Odyssey
An ongoing three-year scientific voyage to study whales and the health of the world's oceans. Follow its journeys to help promote ocean conservation.
Word Problem Solving Strategies for grades 3-8
Learn to work with multiple step problems, learn to deal with extra information, decide when to estimate, use working backwards, guess and check, looking for a pattern, drawing a picture and other strategies.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4471/learn.htm
Grades K-2
Arthur's Dinosaur Clipart
Many full-page printable pictures of an extensive list of dinosaurs
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/4040/dinosaur.htm
Arthur's Webpage
Marc Brown's characters from the familiar Arthur books come to life with activities, reading, coloring pages, screensaver, and more!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
For K-2 this site covers our nation, our government, our neighborhood, Ben's ABC's, symbols of the U.S. government, links to government sites, and games and activities
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford's home page with games, stories, coloring pages, and video clips featuring the big red dog.
Dino-games
Crossword puzzles, word searches, dinosaur games, and trivia
http://www.quaker-dinoeggs.com/games/main.html
Dinosaur crafts
Dinosaur finger-puppets, dioramas, hats, Valentines, calendar pages, coloring book, etc.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/dinosaurs/
Game Goo Learning that Sticks
Interactive reading games for early learners in grades K-2. A variety of games reinforce phonemic awareness, alphabet skills, matching capitals with lower case letters, identifying fiction vs. nonfiction, spelling 3-letter short vowel words, and using correct word order in sentence structure.
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeylo.html
Kids Corner
Currently features the stories of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jeremy Fisher, Timmy Tiptoes, Two Bad Mice, etc.
http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm
The Living Sandcastle
A great spinoff from a familiar story with fun animations.
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/zac0.html
Patterns, Functions, and Algebra for K-2
Projects to help teach algebra, patterns, and functions to young learners. Included are growing patterns, sorting boxes, odd and even patterns, solving number sentences, puzzling hundreds, and more
http://cesme.utm.edu/resources/math/MAG/K-2MAGActivities.pdf/k2act.html#patt
Read the ABC News for Kids
An interactive news site for primary students, with lots of graphics, facts, and information.
http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html
Rebus Rhymes
Designed for children who are learning to read, here are favorite nursery rhymes and tongue twisters. Older students may enjoy creating sophisticated nursery rhymes using a thesaurus to change all possible words to a more difficult word. Post them for open house and see if parents can recognize the sophisticated versions of familiar nursery rhymes!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
Storytime
Short descriptions of favorite books read on KCET's Storytime, games, tips for making reading more fun, and coloring sheets.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/storytime/index.htm
Why Didn't You Say So
Cute animated story many primary students will relate to.
http://www.scugog-net.com/room108/Why/whyti1.html
Willie Worm
Creative poem by Bob (Grandpa) Tucker. If you like this one, link to some others from this site.
http://www.night.net/tucker/willie/willie1c.html-ssi
The Wishing Tree
A cute interactive read aloud book about an owl who wishes for help in moving into his new home.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/laac/story/wish/sound.html
Grades 3-5
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Word Problems
Practice in basic operations for students in grades 2-5. Knowledge of 2-3 digit numbers is required.
http://www.syvum.com/math/wordproblems/level2.html
Animal Legends
This collection of animal legends helps to explain why things are the way they are.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
California: Its Land and People
This webquest about the indigenous peoples and landforms of California. You will learn about the desert, coastal regions, mountains, and the central valley as well as the Native American Indians from California.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/king/landforms/
California's Untold Stories About the Gold Rush
Oakland Museum of California hosts this site with virtual displays of primary source documents, photographs and art work as well as factual information from journals and news clippings. An excellent site particularly for 4th grade Californians and 5th and 8th grade U.S. history.
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
Dolphin-Safe Tuna?
This WebQuest on dolphins puts students in the roles of Tuna Fishermen, Dolphin Activists, and Supporters of Dolphin Protection Legislation to explore the issues surrounding dolphin-safe tuna.
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/dolphins/
Dinorama
Photos and descriptions of dinosaur models from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/frame.html
Dinosaur Data Files
From the Natural History Museum comes printable worksheets and classroom activities for over 25 dinosaurs.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/dinosaur_data_files.html
Download A Dinosaur
Printable patterns to create 3-D dinosaurs- Great class projects
http://www.rain.org/~philfear/download-a-dinosaur.html
Famous People from the Goldrush
This WebQuest about the goldrush era investigates the lives of Lotta Crabtree, Mark Twain, and Levi Straus.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/balboa/goldrush/
Fourth Grade Environmental Unit
This unit focuses on prevention, reduction and reuse. Learning activities are described for identifying environmental concepts, needs vs. wants, and looking at school and classroom waste. Also includes a waste management mini unit.
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/curry/class/edis/590s4/Miller/Environment_Unit.htm
George Washington: An Internet Treasure Hunt for ESL students
Students can find the answers to specific questions by searching the Web.
http://iteslj.org/th/1/ss-washington.html
George Washington Biography Lesson
Information about the first U.S. President with pictures, facts, and an online quiz from Mount Vernon Educational Resources.
http://www.mountvernon.org/education/biography/
Giggle Poetry
Fun poetry activities for kids including tongue twister races, choral readings and dramatic skits, and fill in the blank poetry activities.
Harry Potter Website
Learn about the author, join in discussion groups, use the owl post to send mail. Includes a screensaver.
http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/home.asp
In Search of California Indians
This WebQuest teaches about the Native American Indians of California, their history, culture, values, and the way life changed for them during the time of the Spanish Conquerors.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/king/indians/
Nancy Drew Mysteries
Nancy Drew takes you on mystery adventures, complete with games, info about her, her books, and even lesson plans. Requires Shockwave.
http://www.nancydrew.com/kids/games/adventure.shtml
NASA Online Activities
Classroom WebQuests include: researching space flight during the last century, completing aviation projects, finding out how to become an astronaut, researching hurricanes, designing a space menu, etc.
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/On-line.Educational.Activities/
Online Experiments for Kids from Learning Kids Interactive.
This site is loaded with great experiments and activities.
http://www.brighterkids.com/exper8.htm
Pioneers Westward Expansion
From Kid Info this site has links to many U.S. history connections from over 500 American History biographies to westward expansion to the Alamo.
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Pioneers.html
Rosie the Red Kangaroo
Photo and facts about red kangaroos. Check the other animal postcards linked to this site as well.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/kangpost/kangpost.html
Science Spelling Bee
National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences has created a fun spelling challenge with science vocabulary complete with helpful pictures. What is it? and games and surprises are other links to check for fun.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/spell.htm
Solving Word Problems With Arithmetic Expressions
Learn to create equations and other arithmetic expressions from word problems to find solutions.
http://amby.com/educate/math/1-2_expr.html
Step by Step Word Problems
Created by fourth grade students to practice problem solving strategies.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4471/problems.htm
Super Kids Math Worksheet Generator
Multiplication practice worksheets. You set the maximum and minimum values, whether to use negative numbers or decimals, and the computer does the rest.
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/multiply/
Symbols of the United States Government
Look at the symbols which represent our country including government buildings, symbols, statues, memorials, songs and oaths.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html
Test Your Brain with Brain Buster Trivia Questions
Sports fans, here's your chance to see what you know
http://www.sikids.com/trivia/brainbuster/index.html
What is a Law?
This site for students will help them discover what laws are, who makes them, and what has to happen before laws actually can become laws.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/lawmaking/index.html
Who did Patrick's Homework?
Patrick tricks the Leprechaun into doing all his homework.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~cmoore/patrick/index.htm
Who Is That?
Identify famous people through a series of clues and portraits.
http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html
Will Ate My Library Book
What happens when your little brother eats your library book?
http://www.tellmeastory.com/will/will.cfm
Word Tutorials
Work on vocabulary and grammar skills at this interactive site.
Zoom Dinosaurs.com
Comprehensive hypertext book on dinosaurs, from the beginner to the more advanced. Many links here
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/Dinotopics.html
Grades 6-8
Algebra Word Problems
Problem solving strategies, words for operations, and general word problems using algebra.
http://www.edteach.com/algebra/word_problems.htm
The Basics of Word Problems
Algebra.help outlines the basics of word problems, with links to calculators, worksheets, lessons and resources for algebra students and educators.
http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/wordproblems/basics/
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids gr. 6-8
Our nation, historical documents, branches of government, how laws are made, national vs. state government, election process, citizenship, games, activities, and links to additional U.S. government sites.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html
CraniaMania
CraniaMania is a free competitive academic game site for teens (13-18) where you challenge yourself or others with interactive quizzes, win great prizes and sharpen your test taking skills. Compete in subjects such as SAT vocabulary, AP biology, world facts, geometry, current events, algebra, physics, AP statistics, history, movie trivia and more.
http://128.121.251.17/ed-home.html
Discovery School's WebMath
Choose from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, data analysis, and statistics. Just type your problem into the blank form and click "Solve." This site will analyze your problem and provide you with a step-by-step solution. Includes brain busters and puzzlemakers.
http://www.school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/
Fractals
What are fractals, anyway? Here's a site to help kids really understand the properties of fractals and how different types are formed.
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/index.html
Global Warming
A middle/ high school WebQuest allows students to take the roles of a Government Representative of Developed Nations, Environmental Impact Specialists, Climate Expert Scientists, Government Representative of Newly Industrialized and Industrializing Nations as they meet at a United Nations conference to decide what steps, if any, should be taken to slow global warming.
http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/ITEC815/antaramian/
Guardians' Egypt
The key to Egypt's treasures with pictures of pyramids and artifacts.
Math Activities and Practice
Human Relations Media brings us a number of math puzzlers and projects to figure out.
http://www.learningwave.com/engage/variety/index.html
Math Application Activities for Geometry
Click on triangles, rectangles, circles, trapezoids, or cylinders for student problem-solving activities from Learning Wave Communications.
http://www.learningwave.com/engage/geometry/apply.html
Math Square Puzzler
Similar to the magic square, you can set the degree of difficulty to make the sums equal the given values.
Mrs. Pojer's History Classes
A high school AP history teacher has a great selection of web links. Pass this site on to any friends you know teaching high school history.
http://www.historyteacher.net/
Problem Solving with Brain Teasers
Education Place by Houghton Mifflin sponsors this site with weekly brainteasers for grades 3-8 posted every Wednesday.
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Reliable Problem Solving Across the Curriculum
Algebra story problems.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/suremath/intro_algebra.html
Word Problems for Kids
Choose from problems for grades 5 and up sponsored by Canada's SchoolNet. There are over 40 challenging problems with answers for each grade level.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
Word Problems for Kids - Grade 5-12
Sets of grade level math word problems which can help students improve their problem solving skills.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/
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