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Welcome CES Students

Kindergarten Websites

A wiki with lots of good K websites
Computer skills, ABC, math
ABC Order
A fun game to put the alphabet back in order
ABC Order
ABC TRAIN
ABC Ya! Activities and games
Lots of activities/games!
ABC--Alphabetical Order
From the BBC, an alphabetical order game asking students to put words in ABC Order
ABC--Baby animals/letters
Match upper case with lower case letters
ABC--Between the Lions Puzzle
Alphabet puzzles
ABC--Inklesstales
Use your mouse to trace the letters
ABC--Letter TV
Songs, games, and ABC activities
ABC-STARFALL
Learn to read
Bookwakwala
Three different activities--check out the alphabet, find the letter, or make words
Clifford Game
Make Words
Dr. Seuss--One Fish Two Fish Matching Game
From Seussville
Dr. Seuss--Seussville
Dr. Seuss official webpage
EPA Earth Day alphabet
Click on each letter for a related EPA word
Eric Carle's Website
Eric Carle--Matching Brown Bear color game
Match the colors
Eric Carle--The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book Trailer
Eric Carle celebrates the 40th anniversary of the book
Eric Carle--Very Hungry Catepillar
Video about the book by Eric Carle
Keyboarding--Marcelino's Letters
Early Keyboarding--Find the letters on the keyboard
Keyboarding--Mousing Around
Using the mouse
Kindergarten Games/Activities
Many different links
Reading--Storyplace
Books online
Weather-- What will Bellawear?
Weather
Weather--NASA KSNN
Short, but fun video on weather
Weather-What's the Weather Bear?
Fun activity about weather
Word Puzzle Games
Fun!
Alphabet Game
Put the alphabet in order. Makes a cool sound!
Upper and Lower Case Matching Game
This is a memory game matching the upper and lower case letters.
A collection of games for K-1
Cookie
Some say this is better than Starfall. Check it out!

BUTTERFLIES

Orange Sulphur
Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Key West Butterfly Conservatory
A basic FAQ sheet
National Geographic for Kids
Monarch Butterflies
Butterfly Garden at the American Museum of Natural History
Another good FAQ sheet
The Butterfly Website
Great list of questions anwered
Orange Sulphur
IMAGES
Orange Sulphur
More images

Science

Just for Kids from University of Illinois
Many different topics
PEEP and the Big Wide World
A PBS show
Plant Explorers
What plants do we eat and which ones don't we eat?
Food Chain Activity

Grade 1

POETRY

Spicy Colors Video
From Between the Lions
Word Mover
Click and move words to create your own poems
Poetry Train
Write your own poems using the poetry train
Poetry Splatter
Fill in the blanks to write your own poems
Magnetic Poetry for Kids!
The computer is your fridge! Create your own poems with the "magnets"!

WEATHER

What's the Weather Bear?
What will Bella Wear?
Dress Gerald from Sid the Science Kid
Spin the wheel to dress Gerald
Weather Channel for Kids
Cool weather stuff for kids!
Seek and Find
Circle the items weather related things in the picture
Web Weather for Kids
Games and activities
Weather Wiz Kids
More Games
National Weather Service
Check out today's weather
Wild Weather Page
Dan's wild weather page.

Library

ABC Order
Put the letters in ABC Order
ABC Order of Words
Put the words in ABC Order--Just like in the library!
Computer Game
Find the letter on the computer

The First Thanksgiving

FOOD
Pilgrim Food AND Native American food
CLOTHING
Pilgrim Clothing AND Native American Clothing
GAMES
Pilgrim games AND Native American games
A Little Bit of Everything
Listen to this slideshow to get more research notes

Grade 3

Holidays Around the World
Click on "Christmas Celebrations" for more information!

The Dreamer--Chile

Geography of Chile
Read about the geography, history and culture of Chile
Easter Island
Fun facts and interesting questions about the mystery of Easter Island
Biography of Pablo Neruda
From the official Nobel Prize website
Interview with the author
Pam Munoz Ryan
The author's website
Being indigenous in Chile
Information on the Mapuche
Mapuche People
Find out more about the Mapuche Nation from Chile
What does that spanish word mean in EnglisH?
Type in your word on the top and it should translate it into English on the bottom
How do you pronounce that word?
A pronunciation Guide
Mango Languages
Another cool language translation tool
OUR BLOG
Blog Away!

Highway Cats

THE 2013 BLOG
Blog away!

Natural Disasters

National Geographic Kids
Wildfires, Tornadoes, Thunderstorms, Floods, Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis
FEMA for Kids
Blizzards, Wildfires, Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Thunderstorms, Volcanoes
NOAA
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Floods, Blizzards
United States Search and Rescue
Blizzards
Tornado Brochure
Tornadoes
Flood Brochure
Floods, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Blizzards
Wildfires
Wildfires
Natural Disaster Library
Tornadoes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms

MEXICO

All about Mexico
From National Geographic Kids
Ebook about Mexico
Listen and follow along as the book is read aloud to you
Enchanted Learning website
All about Mexico and history
Mexican Animals
Mexico culture
The country, culture, history, people...
Mexico History and Geography
From Infoplease.com
The Mexican Flag
Check out the Mexican Flag
Time for Kids
All about Mexico
Everything you ever needed for Mexico!
Scroll through this WIKI and you will find SO many websites that you can use!
Global Trek to Mexico
Check this website out from Scholastic
Visit Mexico
Lots of good information

MATH GAMES

Great online math games!
Check it out!
More math games
You can play against another player!
Math Playground
More games that you can play against yourself or another player
Math Facts Basketball Game
Test your math facts and score!
Math Man Jr.
Try your math facts at a game like Pacman!

ANIMALS

Animal Bytes
Quick information on many different types of animals
Animal Corner
A website that has a bit of information on all kinds of animals
Animal Fact Guide
There's a lot of information on all kinds of animals
Animal Facts
Animal fact sheets from the Young People's Trust for the Environment
Endangered Animals
Is your animal endangered? If so, find information on it here.
National Geographic for Kids
Great animal information
National Zoo in Washington, DC
Fact sheets on animals that live at the National Zoo
Rainforest Animals
If your animal lives in the rainforest, you can find a fact sheet here.
San Diego Zoo
Maybe your animal lives at the San Diego and you can read about it here.

Dial-a-Ghost

THE BLOG!
Blog away!

CHINA

Ancient Chinese Food
Ancient Chinese Food
Food Culture in China
Table manners, food and other Chinese Culture
Chinatown Connection
Chinese Style Cooking
Chinese Culture
Chinese Food
Chinese Food Culture
Lots of information on Chinese food, drink, utensils, etc.
Chinese Food Today
Scroll down to find lots of good infromation
Chinese Tea
Good information on the tea in China

FRINDLE

Frindle 2012
Blog AWAY!!!!

MARTY MCGUIRE

American Bull Frog
National Geographic Kids Website

Grade 2 Websites

Mrs. Charsky

MATH GAMES

Communities

Map of the three different communities
Click on it to see the parts of the community
SURVEY!
Where would you like to live???

Matter

Forms of Matter

The Mitten Websites

Mrs. Williams

4-H Virtual Farm
Eduplace
Spelling City
The Ultimate Online Spelling program!
Dino Games
Seussville
The official DR. SEUSS website
Science Kids
Great activities!
The Teacher's Cafe
ADDITION
DLTK for KIDS
Game Quarium
Fraction Fun
Game Quarium
All the fractions from Game Quarium
Castleton mapquest
Maps
Penguin Science
Check out this new penguin website!
Weather Channel Kids
Animal Games for Kids
Fun animal games
All the World
Song to the book

Amazing Animals

Kids National Geographic
Check out the cool photos!
Backwoods Bound
A great website with everything about the outdoors.
World Almanac for Kids
Lots of neat information!
Neat information from the San Diego Zoo
Animals from the National Zoo in Washington DC
Kids' Planet
Cool facts for A LOT of animals
Endangered Animals
Information about a lot of animals
Honolulu Zoo
Another cool zoo with lots of information!

Plants

Parts of Plants
Science Online
Science for Kids
Science Fun!
Missouri Botanical Gardens
What's it like where you live?
Primary Games
Flowers!
The Great Plant Escape
Help Detective LePlant and his partners...

Social Studies

People and Places
CITIZENSHIP

Mrs. Ciampoli

OSWEGO Math Games
Great math games!
Spelling City
Spelling and vocabulary website
Math and More GAMES
More math games!!!
Mathplayground
Games for one or two players
IXL Math

AMAZING ANIMALS

Endangered Animals
Honolulu Zoo animals
Kids Planet Animal Fact Sheets
National Geographic for Kids
National Zoo Animals
San Diego Zoo Animals
Animal Game for adaptations
Check out how these animals adapt to their environment
Animal Adaptations
Click on one of the animals to see how they adapt
MORE Animal Adaptations
Play the game to see the many animal adaptations
SWITCH ZOO
Look up your animal and also play a fun switch animal game

POETRY

Poetry Podcasts
Listen to funny poems read to you!
Jack Prelutsky
See his poem and click on the bottom to hear him read it!
Shel Silverstein
You can hear him read his hilarious poems!
Deborah Ruddell
The poet of "A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems"
The Arthur Poetry Club
From PBS Kids
Poetry for Kids
From Kenn Nesbitt. Lots of funny poems!
Concrete Poetry
Another website to create shape poems
Shape THEME poems
Write a poem inside a shape!

FABLES

Quilt fables
Listen and learn your lesson!
Speakaboos
Follow along and listen to fables
Storyarts
Listen to Aesops fables
More Fables
Listen or read to more fables
Aesops Fables
More fables to read
Aesop fable videos
Aesop's videos
More animated videos

December Holidays

National Geographic
Quick game to figure out objects from the December celebrations
Winter Celebrations
A short overview of the winter celebrations around the world
The December holidays from Scholastic
Click around to learn about traditions around the world about three of the December holidays

Mexico

Los Posados
A little bit about Los Posados
Los Posados
Lesson plans and book ideas
Christmas in Mexico
Christmas in Mexico
Making Merry in Mexico

Sweden

India

China

CHAPTER BOOKS

Review Your Book on the Scholastic Webpage
Write a review AND read a review by other kids!
Spaghetti Book Club
Check out tons of book reviews by kids!
Create a book cover
Use the computer to make a new book cover for your book
Scrapbook Page
Make a scrapbook page about your character

BINK AND GOLLIE

THE BINK AND GOLLIE webpage
Check out the fun stuff!

Grade 4

ELA

DICTIONARY
Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary for Kids
Snappy Words Dictionary
A visual dictionary and thesaurus--You can see a WEB of words.

AUTHORS

Author Websites
Check out these websites for your author study!
More Author Websites
Scroll around to find your author!
Good links to Search the Internet
Check out these links
Just One More Book
Podcasts on books and authors
Jessica Burkhart

Mr. Charlebois

Ology
Cool website from the American Museum of Natural History
Scratch--Imagine, Program, Share
Shredderman
It's the awesome Shredderman website! Check it out!
Astronomy
Biology
Chem4Kids
Great information
Matter

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Beyond Little House
All things "Little House on the Prairie"
Almanzo Wilder's Childhood Home
Check out where Laura's husband was from in Malone, NY

New York State

Internet Public Library
Basic Facts about NYS
50states.com
More basic information about NYS
Enchanted Learning
New York State, including all symbols
NYS Department of State
The official NYS website for kids
I Love NY for Kids
A NYS website for Kids--all the symbols
America's Library
Explore NYS
New York Transit Museum
All about transportation in NYC
Museum of the City of New York
All about New York City
New York State Museum
The state museum website in Albany
New York Public Library NYC info
Links on NYS and NYC
A Walk Through QUEENS
From NYC's PBS station
Queens Historical Society
Lots of information about Queens
Big Apple History
Immigration
National Museum of Horse Racing
Horse Racing Museum!
New York Racing Association
Rachel Alexandra, a famous horse, comes to NYS!
West Point
The West Point Military Academy website
Bibliography form
TikaTok Books
We're publishing our book!

COLONIAL TIMES

Colonial Jobs
From Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial House
Check this out for a cool look into the colonia period
Colonial Kids
Meet some kids from the colonial period
KidInfo
Everything you ever wanted to know about the colonial period

FOOD CHAINS

Quick movie about food chains

CITE YOUR SOURCES

Citation Website
Fill in the boxes and check out what happens!

HAIKU

What is haiku?
Describes the poem form and gives examples
Haiku Gallery
Haikus by students

CAPTURE THE FLAG

Capture the Flag
The author, Kate Messner's, website
Meet Kate Messner
A brief introduction to the book
Mary Pickersgill
Read a little bit about Mary Pickersgill
George Armistead
Who was George Armistead?
Seriously Amazing
Check out this cool website from the SMITHSONIAN

GRADE 5

Panama Canal video
KELLIHER'S KOOL READS 2011-2012
The blog to LOG your books for the year!
KELLIHER'S KOOL READS 2011
Write and read reviews of cool, great books!
EASY BIB
For your works cited
NASA WEBSITE
Use this site for your Astronomy research project. In your free time, check out all the other links!
Women at NASA
Check out all the awesome women who work for NASA
Space Links
Many websites for your NASA astronaut project
Astronomy Today
Good place to look for constellation research
It's My Life
Good info on lots of things
Comic Strip Creator

Math

Catch the Fly Coordinate Grid Practice
Catch the FLY!!!
A+Math
Improve math skills interactively!
Fun 4 the Brain
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide!
Math Baseball
How many runs can YOU score?
Math Magician
Are YOU a math magician???
Math Playground
Practice math skills in a FUN way!
Pearson SuccessNet
Website for your math textbook
Line Plot Practice

Extreme Weather

National Geographic
Forces of Nature
FEMA for Kids
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Weather Channel for Kids
Check out your extreme weather
Extreme Weather
Check to see if your extreme weather is listed
Natural Disasters--European Space Agency
Floods, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanoes
Tsunamis
From PBS
Earthquakes
Earthquakes for Kids
Volcanoes
Volcanoes in Hawaii
Volcanoes
Mt. St. Helens
United States Search and Rescue
Blizzards
Tornado Guide
Information on tornadoes
Geology for Kids
Landslides
Wildfires
Information and links on wildfires
New York Times website
Good for searching historical events

VOLCANOES

Acatenango Volcano
A little bit of information about the volcano
Surtsey
The Deadliest Volcanoes
Mount Vesuvius, Pinatubo--Check it out
Surtsey
Surtsey is the youngest island on Earth!
Fuego
Scroll down for information on eruptions
Kilauea Volcano
From uSGS

OWLS

BARN Owl
From Wisconsin
BARN Owl
Check it out!
Barn Owl
From Oregon Zoo
BARRED Owl
From Wisconsin
Boreal Owl
From Minnesota
Burrowing Owl
From Minnesota
Burrowing Owl
From Florida Dept. of Wildlife and Conservation
Elf Owl
Audobon Society
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
From Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
Great Gray Owl
From Minnesota
Great Horned Owl
From Oregon Zoo
Northern Hawk Owl
From Minnesota
Northern Saw-whet Owl
From Oregon Zoo
SHORT EARED owl
From Pennsylvania--it has a lot of words but good pictures
Defenders of Wildlife
Protection of Endangered Species
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Endangered Species Program
Lincoln Park Zoo
Scroll Down and find the owls--there are a few that are listed
National Geographic
There are some owls listed here
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
A list of bird species--If your owl lives in NYS then it should be here!
Owling.com
If you have a rare owl species, check out this website
San Diego Zoo
A good explanation of the different levels of endangered species--also check out their animal page
ALL ABOUT BIRDS
From Cornell Lab
Short Eared Owl
From Canada website
OWL PAGES
North American owls

Seymour Simon

Seymour Simon
The Official Seymour Simon webpage

READING

ANIMOTO
Create really cool videos!
PREZI
NOT powerpoint!
Houghton Mifflin
Fun reading games
I Know That!
Choose your grade and subject
Spelling City
Spelling games and fun

Biography Websites

Brain Juice
Check out the best biographies for 20th century artists, musicians, writers and other historical figures
Biography.com
Many, many links of biographies
Distinguished Women
Check this website if you are researching a famous woman from history (or today)
Sweet Search Biographies
A friendly search engine created just for biographies
Smithsonian's 2012 Awards
Check out these 9 amazing people nominated by Smithsonian

WONDER

Treacher-Collins Syndrome
More information on Auggie's condition
Treacher Collins Foundation
More information on Auggie's condition
Resources for WONDER
For Teachers (or to check out for more info on each chapter)
RJ Palacio's website
The author's website for the book
Upper Hudson Library System
Public Library website
Choose Kind
A website inspired by #wonderofwonder

NEWBERY COMMITTEE

NEWBERY 5R
The Reischer Homeroom BLOG
NEWBERY 5K
The Kelliher Homeroom BLOG
NEWBERY 5H
The Harris Homeroom BLOG
Persuasive Map
For the debate

MYSTIC

MYSTIC 2013 WIKI
Here is your wiki workspace to leave notes, collaborate and plan your project.

CASTLETON HISTORY

History Detectives
A good site to get ideas on how to be a "history detective"
Rensselaer County HIstorical Society
The place to begin for primary documents
Town of Schodack
History webpage for the Town of Schodack
Village of Castleton Webpage
History section of the Village webpage
Purdue Website
Annotated Bibliography Help
NYS Archives Website
Student research award guidelines
Castleton Public Library photo books
Photo books on history of Castleton

MR. LEMONCELLO

Book Trailer
A quick video about the book
Chris Grabenstein's Website
The author's webpage

PRIMARY DOCUMENT RESOURCES

Hudson River Valley Heritage
Hudson Valley only. Can transcribe cursive--that's cool!
Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York
Primary sources from dozens of libraries and museums in NYC
New York Heritage
Primary sources from hundreds of libraries and museums in New York!
New York State Archives Digital Collection
Digitized resources from the NYS Archives.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Over 800,000 resources from the New York Public Library collection
HRVH Historical Newspapers
Use this to find newspaper articles from the Hudson Valley
NYS Historical Newspapers
Search and browse historic newspapers from all over New York State
Old Fulton New York Post Cards
Lots of newspaper content but a little hard to use.
Library of Congress
Library of Congress

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS

Thanksgiving

Plimoth.org
Myths about the First Thanksgiving
The FIRST Thanksgiving
Watch and listen to the slideshow on the first thanksgiving feast
A Thanksgiving Mad Libs
From National Geographic
Smart Board Thanksgiving resources
For Teachers
Letter from a Wamponoag
Letter from a Pilgrim child
Macy's Day Parade
Info and games for the big parade

American Revolution

Battle of Monmouth in NJ
Charles Lee, Molly Pitcher and others
BENEDICT ARNOLD
Interesting facts about Benedict Arnold's leg...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
From the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
BETSY ROSS
A homepage about Betsy Ross
Biographies of the Founding Fathers
Many biographies--Look up your person!
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
Information on Crispus Attucks
Deborah Sampson
A short biography
Declaration of Independence
A cool website about the signers of the Declaration
Early American Women
Biographies of many women of the American Revolution
ETHAN ALLEN
From the Ethan Allen Homestead
Fact Monster
Lots of info on the American Revolution
George Rogers Clark Visitors Center
The Clark Memorial website with a lot of information about him
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Mount Vernon
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Another video
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Biography
JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS
TIMELINE
John Bull and Uncle Sam
John Dickinson
A brief biography
JOHN DICKINSON
Scroll down a bit to find a biography of him
JOHN HANCOCK
Biography
JOHN JAY
From the Hisotry of the Supreme Court
JOHN JAY
From the Senate website
JOHN JAY
From the City Journal
JOSEPH WARREN
From the American Revolution biographies
KING GEORGE III
From the British Monarchy Website
KING GEORGE III
King George's Life
Kingston, NY in the American Revolution
Liberty's Kids
Library of Congress website for kids
Some basic American Revolution information
LYDIA DARRAGH
Lydia Darragh
MARGARET CORBIN
NYC Parks
MARTHA WASHINGTON
More on Martha Washington
MARTHA WASHINGTON
The First Lady
Massachusetts Historical Society
Search for individuals
Massachusetts Historical Society
Lots of good information
MERCY OTIS WARREN
From Massachusetts Historical Society
MOLLY PITCHER, An American Heroine
A video
NATHAN HALE
Biography
Nathanael Greene
Patrick Henry's Speech
PAUL REVERE
All about Paul Revere
PBS Show on the American Revolution--LIBERTY!
Lots of biographies and information on different landmarks
People of the Revolution
Look up your person!
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
A brief biography on her
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
From Early America
Pictures of the American Revolution
Good pictures
Social Studies for Kids--The American Revolutionary War
Spy Letters and Biographies
Read more biographies
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Stephen Hopkins
A very brief biography on him
STEPHEN HOPKINS
Includes a timeline of his life
STEPHEN HOPKINS
A very brief biography on him
The American Revolution
the American Revolution homepage
The Papers of George Washington
Real documents of George Washington
The Road to Revolution Game
Timeline of the Revolution
United States Chronology
A little wordy--but might have some information you can use
US Dept of Treasury
Biography of Alexander Hamilton
Voice of the American Revolution
Patrick Henry
Question Wall!
Go ahead and write your questions
ADD YOUR QUESTIONS
SURVEY 2011
Choose your top 10
Sybil Luddington
A short biography of Sybil Luddington

African American icons

200 Notable Icons of African American history
There are LOTS of biographies on this website
Dred Scott
From history.com timeline--info on Dred Scott
George Washington Carver
From history.com--info on George Washington Carver and DuBois
Rosa Parks
From history.com--info on Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
Shirley Chisholm
From history.com--Shirley Chisholm runs for president
Rosa Parks
Louis Armstrong
A long article about Louis Armstrong
Dred Scott
info on Dred Scott
Wilma Rudolph
Sojourner Truth
Biographies
Check here for a lot of biographies!
Official Arthur Ashe webpage
Ballet.com
Biography on Alvin Ailey
Maya Angelou
From the Academy of Achievement
Crispus Attucks
Benjamin Banneker
James van Der Zee
Anita Hill
Matthew Henson
Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Mahalia Jackson
Wynton Marsalis
Harry Belafonte
Mahalia Jackson
Thurgood Marshall
Scott Joplin
Notable African Americans
Check it out! Includes many people you may never have heard of!
Brainpop
Try this for some good videos and information
Dizzy Gillespie
The OFFICIAL Dizzy website!
Arthur Ashe
The OFFICIAL Arthur Ashe website

Animals

Encyclopedia of LIfe
Great pictures!
National Geographic for Kids
Lots of great pictures, games and information
Rainforest Animals
All about the rainforest and the animals that live there
Animals
You really need to know what kind of animal you want to look up
San Diego Zoo animals
Mammals in New York State
National Zoo Animals
Bronx Zoo animals
Baltimore Aquarium
Cool information from the Museum of Natural History
Amphibians and Reptiles in New York State
Wildlife Conservation Society--Awesome pictures!
Birds in New York State
Kids' Planet
Cool facts for A LOT of animals
Endangered Animals
A lot of information about endangered animals
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE TRIAL
Magazines, ebooks, encyclopedias, etc.
TRIAL for NAT GEO KIDS

Authors

Ezra Jack Keats
Birthday--March 11
Bill Martin, Jr.
Birthday--March 20
Patricia Polacco
Birthday--July 11
Leo Lionni
Happy 100th May 5!
Jacqueline Rogers
Visit to CES June 16, 2010 (Birthday July 17)
Coleen Paratore
Coleen is visiting CES on May 26, 2011
Matt McElligott
Coming to CES December 9th!

Awesome Search Engines

A kid-friendly online dictionary and thesaurus
Ask Kids
Boolify
Use a puzzle to search!
Dib Dab Doo
Factmonster
More like an encyclopedia than a search engine, yet always good information
Gogooligans
IPL
An online library of a ton of sources
Kids Click
Lots of information
MYMUNKA
Check this one out! Add keywords and you will find what you are looking for!
Quintura for kids
refseek
A basic search engine. Just be aware of some of the sites it lists
Sweet Search
Use with yolink and this could really help you out!
Yippy
Another decent search engine. Again, check the source before you click.
SEARCHY PANTS
Another new search engine for you to try out!
WONDEROPOLIS
A database to EXPLORE and WONDER

CANADA

Canada Factmonster
Basic information
Canada Geography Quizzes
How well do you know your Canadian geography?
Canada Info
Links to a lot of information on Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
All about the Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Government
The official website of the Canadian government
Canadian Natural Resources
Links to thousands of photos of Canadian landscape
Canadian Wildlife
Great photos of Canadian wildlife
CIA World Factbook on Canada
People, government, economy, etc. all on Canada
Inupiat
Facts about the Inupiat
Proud Canadian Kids
Canadian Government website for kids
Time for Kids CANADA
Sightseeing, history, currency converter...and more!
US Department of State about Canada
Basic facts
Canada For Kids
Check it out!

COOL Tech-Y TOOLS

HOUR of CODE
Learn code now!
Bubbl,US
Cool site to make timelines and graphic organizers
Make Beliefs Comix
Create comics
Pic Lits
Digital Images that you can add text (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc) to and save
Spell with Flickr
Create phrases, words, signs with flickr letters
Free Music for podcasts
podcast tunes
More royalty free music for podcasts
more podcast tunes
FREE Sound Effects
Quick and easy sounds for podcasts
TONS of free sound effects
If you need a sound effect, check out this website
Free Music Loops
More free music
Free Music Archive
Music but no sound effects
Royalty Free Music
From Creative Commons

Earth Day/Environment

Concentration Game
Climate Change/Global Warming Crossword Puzzle
Maya and Miguel Earth Day word search
From 2007, but it's still a good printable
Webquest
Ollie Recycles Glass
Plastic information
Ollie Recycles Plastic
Paper Recycling
1800 Recycles
Ollie Recycles Paper
Ollie and Aluminum recycling
1800 Recycling Glass
Think Green
Lessons, videos and interactive tools to be green in school
Environmental Protection Agency website for kids
Great information
National Grid for Kids
Check it out!

Ecosystems

National Geographic
Click on to learn about the different habitats
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Lots of information on different habitats
Deserts
Rainforest in Canada
Tundra
WWF Habitats--Explanations of all types of habitats
From the World Wildlife Foundation
Taiga/Boreal Forest
National Grasslands from the US Forest Service
On the Prairie (Grasslands)
Freshwater Habitats
Life in the Stream
Wetlands
From Idaho Public television
Planet Ocean
Click for links on information about the ocean
Biomes--Enchanted Learning
Links for all the ecosystems

Encyclopedias/Databases

PebbleGo--Great for K-2
Animal Research
World Book Online
New Passwords!

Explorers

Champlain
Cartier
John Cabot
Giovanni da Verrazano from Enchanted Learning
John Cabot--Factmonster
Henry Hudson--Factmonster
Verrazano--Factmonster
Kids Past.com
A little bit about many explorers
Henry Hudson's voyage
Hudson and his crew sail up the river

Images

Copyright free images
Free photos
Lots of clipart
DK Clip Art
Free Clipart pictures
Great photos from the Getty
Awesome clipart for educators
Over 700,000 free and open acess images
Spell with Flickr
Type in a phrase and get flickr images of the letters--Cool!
Freefoto.com
A site with lots of copyright free images to use
WpClipart.com
Another copyright free clipart and image website
Public Domain Pictures
More pictures to check out
CREATIVE COMMONS
This is THE place to search for copyright free images, videos, etc.
Forest Images
For MAGAZINE
Eco Library
MAGAZINE
Images of insects
MAGAZINE
National Digital Library
MAGAZINE
Images of wildlife, habitats, plants
MAGAZINES

MAPS

Maps: Tools for Adventure
Information and games
From National Geographic--Like Google Earth
You can zoom in and out of a map
World Geography-
Map of the world
Find the continent/ocean games
Can you figure out which continent is which?
Place the State Game
Online Map puzzle
USA Quiz
Funbrain--Where is That?
Fun quiz about the United States
Geo Smart
Test your geography skills!
USA Map Puzzle
Click and drag a puzzle piece on the map

MATTER

Short video on states of matter
A fun, easy game about states of matter
Particles of matter
Changing states of matter
Matter Quiz
Matter Battleship
Answer questions about matter to sink the battleships
Matching games, concentration
More games about matter

Native Americans

Royal Ontario Museum
Longhouses
Iroquois Facts for Kids
Iroquois Facts
Iroquois Constitution
Iroquois Constitution
Iroquois Stories
Iroquois Stories
Iroquois Oral Traditions
More Stories
NYS Museum
Parts of the NYS Museum exhibit
Earth Songs
Native American songs
Joseph Bruchac's webpage
Native American author from upstate NY
Iroquois history
A bit lengthy with a lot of information
Iroquois Museum
May or may not be helpful--check it out
Native American Chart
Includes customs, food, dress
National Geographic
Cool inventions by Native Americans
National Museum of the American Indian
Information on all Native Americans. You may have to search a bit to find what you are looking for.
Algonquian for Kids
Facts on the Algonquians
History of Algonquins in Canada
Canadian Algonquin
Algonquians
Great site on Algonquians
Algonquians
History.com article
Seneca Nation of Indians
Simple information on Iroquois

OLYMPICS

2018 OLYMPICS

Mascot Video
Ancient Olympics and Poetry
PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Official
Lots of great information
A great resource guide that includes information on the emblem, rings and South Korea
Olympic Website
Information on the mascot, medals and torchs
Olympic Truce
What's the Olympic Truce? Find out here!
DK Olympics
Type in "Olympics" in the search box and you will find LOTS of information!

Poetry

Magnetic Poetry
Poetry writing with Jack Prelutsky
Poetry Splatter
Concrete Poetry
Create a poem inside a shape--You can drag words or make up your own
Haiku
Magnetic poetry Haiku style
Shape Poems
Create a poem inside a shape
Write any type of poem
Just follow the directions and type in the words/phrases to create a poem

Primary Resources

Sticky Note Wall
What are you curious about your document?
Baseball Game
Baseball Rare Book
Analyzing Photographs and Images
Washing Machine
GW's Mount Vernon
Early 1900s cars
Jumbo
Kindergarten
50th Congress Texas Delegation
Brooklyn Bridge
Rensselaer County Historical Society

Simple Machines

Franklin Institute--Spotlight on Simple Machines
Basic information on simple machines
From the Museum of Science in Boston
Simple Machines
Simple Machines
Definitions/Glossary
Simple Machine WIKI/Webquest
EDHEADS
Fun and interactive activities related to simple machines
Just for fun!
From the ZOOM tv show--creating something using simple machines
From the Center of Science and Industry
Click on a simple machine to learn more

Teachers Only

Smartboard Sites for K-3
Lots of links to smartboard sites
MarcoPoloNY
Lesson plans aligned with NYS standards
Marco Polo
Lots of lesson plans
Teaching Books
Questar has a subscription--I can get you the password
Professor Garfield
Comic maker, games, "e-book" types...lots of cool activities!
Bubbl.us
Timelines
Wallwisher
Post-it notes online/Interactive bulletin board
Thinkfinity
Thousands of free lesson plans and activities
Library of Congress
Free Primary sources
Reading Rockets
Writing prompt contest webpage
PBS Teachers
Lesson plans, videos, etc.
Eduplace
Lesson plans, activities, etc.
Inquiry Based Curriculum
Links on Inquiry
Common Core and Inquiry Links
From Questar School Library Services
NYC Common Core Document
Howou Will History Remember Y
Movie Clip for Crazy Talk lesson
WORDLE
For Crazy Talk lesson

Google Tricks

"Keywords" for images
Creates a "wheel" of image "keywords"
Google Labs
Creates sets
Google Scholar
Database of scholaly journals
Google News--Fastflip
A cool way to look at news from different news agencies
Kidrex
Google's own search engine for kids
Google News Archives
Check out articles from the historical archives of google
Lit trips
Ties google earth with literature

Library Stuff

Dewey Powerpoint
Web search strategies video
The best ways to use search engines--
I Gotta Feeling
Great, fun video!
Fiction or NonFiction?
Short interactive quiz on F or NF?
Parts of a Book
Hangman
Parts of a Book
Hangman--Harder!
Parts of a book, genres, etc
Hangman
Alphabetical Order Game
Good for third grade
The Lorax
NPS Lorax lesson with activity
Herman the Worm Fun Stuff
Games and activites for readers
BER Technology Workshop wiki
All the links for web 2.0, images, online, research...
Wallwisher tryout
This is a test
Constitution Podcast
Example of a podcast
Mendhamboro School Library Website
Radio WillowWeb
Example of a podcast
A portal with endless amounts of technology tips/websites/etc.
Fish stories--Swimmy, Rainbow Fish, etc.
Activities, games, online puzzles
Microsoft Word Lessons
Pre-test, lessons, videos...
Make a Splash!
Summer Reading Video
Algebra Games
Game Buzzer
Book Trailers for ALL
Daria Music
MLK song, groundhog song
@ your Library SONG and lyrics
By Bill Harley
Summer Reading
Let's Win the Summer Reading World Record!
DEWEY quiz
One Love
Song for poetry
Lorax Project
Info, games, activities related to THE LORAX
The Lorax movie webpage
Newbery videos
WE GIVE BOOKS
Read books on the computer
Chanukah Fever
Candlelight
SUN Safety JEOPARDY
For Relay for Recess Day 2013

ORIENTATION

@your library song and lyrics
Catch the Reading Bug video
From Piedmont Library--where's the reading bug?
Gotta Keep Reading
School tube version
Gotta Keep Reading with lyrics
Teacher tube with lyrics
Reading bug over the summer
Where did people read this summer?
Scaredy Squirrel Goes to the Library
Scaredy Squirrel visits a school library
How books are arranged in the library
ABC Order game for smartboard
DEWEY STUFF
Taking Care of Books Video
KINDERS Keyboarding skills
Early Kinders
Letters, numbers, shapes recognition
Kinders
Matching lowercase with uppercase
Parts of the computer
K-1
Find the Letter
Kinder
Get letters with mouse and move them into a pallette.
Fact Finding Frenzy
Note Taking
Big6 Powerpoint
Perfect for 4th grade
SLJ Book trailers 2010
Guys Read, Cam Jansen, Pigeon...
Grad boot camp 4L and 4C
Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book
Short video trailer on the book
Penelope Ann Book Doctor
Book trailer
Between the Lions puzzle game
Puzzle for every letter of the alphabet
Owen and Mzee story
A good nonfiction story
Dewey Duty decimals
Fiction/Non Fiction video
Good for 4th
Don't Let the Pigeon touch the books
For third grade
Common Craft Video on PLAGIARISM
For Grade 5
Alligator Manners in the Library
Good for Grade 1 or 2
A Library Skills Blog
Has the videos embedded in for quick reference
Gotta Keep Reading
2 videos--with lyrics! GRADE 4
Dewey raps
Grade 4
Read it Maybe
Video from NYRA
Dewey Decimal Rap
Melville Dewey rapping!
Dewey Rap words for 3rd and 4th
"The Dewey Decimal is the system for me to help me find books in the library!"
The Dewey Shelf Game

DEWEY DUTY

Typing

Dance Mat typing
The best and most fun typing program
Keyboard Playground
Lots of typing games to choose from
Online Typing Games
More typing games
Keyboard Racing Game
Have fun racing against the clock in finding the letters and typing! A ton of fun!
Power Typing
Try Alphabet Rain and See Don't
Typing Adventure
Fun typing games for kids

COLONIAL TIMES

Colonial Williamsburg website
List of many, many jobs of the times
Colonial Period
Check this out for a cool look into the colonial period
Colonial Kids
Check out these kids from the times
Colonial Life
Lots of good information about the times
Jobs of the Colonial Times
Colonial Jobs
Some basic information about the jobs
Colonial Times
Many good links about the colonial period
Colonial Jobs
A list of many of the colonial jobs
About Jobs of the Colonial Times
Indentured Servants of the Colonial Times
From us.history.org

ART

Academy of Art University
Check out the majors and find some more information
All Art Schools
Choose a career
ANIMATION
List and description of careers in animation at Disney
Arts and Design Occupations
Basic information on many occupations
Arts Work Indiana
A to Z art careers
Career One Stop
Browse for a career in art
FASHION INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY-NYC
Click on a major and find out more information
Museum Workers
An article about all the people who work in museums
The Art of VIDEO GAMES
If you are interested in video game art, check out this link
The University of Creative Careers
Check out the majors for more information
Who BUILDS BIG? ARCHITECTS!
Check out this site to meet architects who build bridges and more!

SCHOOL GARDEN

Iroquois Garden
Check out the progress of the garden! How are the three sisters growing?

DATABASES

KIDS InfoBits
A NovelNY encyclopedia database
eLibary Elementary
A database of magazines and other articles
Go Grolier
An encyclopedia database