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SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES

Movie of our solar system

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=207

The 50 United States

The 50 States the Rhyme Song

http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50states.html
The 50 State Capitals Song

http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html
Mnemonic Devices to Remember the 50 States and Capitals

http://mrsjonesroom.com/themes/usa.html
State Capital Hangman

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/hangman/us_caps.sht
Test your knowledge of the state capitals:

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/capitalgame.html
Matching, Flashcards, Concentration and Word Search

http://www.quia.com/jg/4.html
State Name Word Search

http://www.activitiesforkids.com/words/states1.htm
States and Capitals Memory Game

http://www.webeans.net/hutt/educ/statesmemory.htm
50 States of Mind: Visual Mnemonics: Learn Geography Visually

http://www.papernapkin.com/imagine/index.html
Game: Drag and Drop each state to its correct place on the USA map.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Where Is That? Which state/capital is highlighted?

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/wh.cgi?A1=s&A15=usa&A2=0&INSTRUCTS=1
Official State Nicknames

http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Social_Studies/geo/PDF_word/statenicknames.pdf
List of States and Capitals

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/chart.html
state and capital game

http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/states/index.php
Game: Guess the State ~ Guess the Capital

http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/states_capitals/states_capitals.php

Penguins

Penguin webcam - Live

http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.asp
Emperor Penguin facts

http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/emperor.htm
Emperor Penguin Facts with pictures

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/emperor.html
Emperor Penguin information with bird call

http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/emperor.shtml
Emperor Penguin facts

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7897/penguin.html
Color the Penguin

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/paint/fTTBqzfTd-ZfTiNZfTZsdf/subjects/birds/printouts/Penguincoloring.shtml
General Penguin Links

http://www.penguin-place.com/post/links.html
emperor penguin facts

http://www.emperor-penguin.com/
Penguin activities

http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/penguin.html
Penguin activity sheets

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wip/us/files/march/MOP_Activity.pdf
movie about emperor penguin
click on link to the right

http://explorations.ucsd.edu/penguins/

Hurricanes

Brain Pop - Hurricanes

http://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/hurricanes/
National Hurricane Center

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Weather Wiz Kids - Hurricanes

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm

Mapping skills

Earthquake data
go to regional and then NEIS for list

http://earthquake.usgs.gov

Geology

Geology Games - Plate tectonics

http://www.quia.com/jg/279349.html
Latitude and longitude

http://www.lakelandsd.com/tutorial/lesson1.html

Science Fair

Elementary Project Ideas

http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/elem.html
Science Fair Ideas Exchange

http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html
Discovery Science Fair Ideas

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Cyber Fair Ideas

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/ideas.html
Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/sciencefairzone/topics.asp
Dr. Shawn's Super Science Fair Support
Ideas from kids who won in the past

http://www.scifair.org/studentideaexchange.html
Try Science

http://www.tryscience.org/
Simple to advanced ideas
Submitted by students

http://amasci.com/scifair/chem.html
science fair projects fetching

http://www.scienceprojects.fetching.us/science%20project%20ideas.htm
Timber Ridge projects 5th grade

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/5proj.htm
Timber Ridge Projects 4th grade

http://collaboratory.nunet.net/timber/scifair/4proj.htm
6th and 7th grade projects

http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/Links/sciprojects.html
Free Science Fair Projects

http://www.freesciencefairproject.com/

research

Physics for kids

http://www.physics4kids.com/
Chemistry for kids

http://www.chem4kids.com/
Biology for kids

http://www.biology4kids.com/
How stuff works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Science made simple
Click on project idea for research

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
FT Exploring

http://www.ftexploring.com/
Bill Nye

http://www.billnye.com/

Recycling/ Earth Day

Recycling Videos

http://www.recyclenow.com/fun_stuff/watch_it_here/recycle_now_tv.html
What happens in your compost bin (Video)

http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/composting/what_happens_in.html
See how paper gets recycled

http://www.recyclenow.com/facts/materials_fact_files/paper/paper_process_1.html#slide1
Sort it out Game

http://www.trash4kids.org/sortitout.html

Ants

Ant Webquest
An insects perspective

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/index.htm
Carpenter Ants info

http://www.insecta.com/
Insect parts

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html
Ant diagram and life cycle

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/ant/Antcoloringpage.shtml
Ant pictures

http://www.bugbios.com/entophiles/hymenoptera/index.html
Write a letter to Crickwing

http://stancock.iweb.bsu.edu/CyberLessons/Crickwing/letter.html

MATH

Cyberchase

http:///pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Maths Dictionary for Kids

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Fun with Math

http://wb.glenview34.org/math.htm
Money Slide - from Toon University

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=569&engine=
The History of Money

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=208
Prime Factoring

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=499&engine=14
First grade skills - lots of links

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-1st-mathbuilders.htm
Fraction concentration

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g03c21.html
Math Lingo

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/mathlingo_grade3.html
Think Central

http://www.thinkcentral.com
Interactive Protractor
measure angles onlinw

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html
Fraction Frenzy
compare fractions

http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp

Cyberchase games

Kindergarten

Pattern Match

http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_pattern.html
Animal Lost and Found

http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_animal.html
Building Sandcastles

http://www.pbs.org/parents/earlymath/prek_games_sandcastle.html
bugabaloo
addition picture math

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/bugabalooShoes.htm
Kindersite

http://www.kindersite.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm

LANGUAGE ARTS

K-1

Alphabetical Order

http://www.primarygames.com/ABC%20Zoo/start.htm
Game Goo

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Toon Books

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=464
Jim's Whirlyword Machine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/gamefs.shtml
Phonics games - a list of sites

http://mrsdell.org/reading/phonics.html
phonics games

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
Phonics Interactives

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2
Clifford games and stories

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Silly Books
Have a book read to you

http://www.sillybooks.net/
Bookflix

http://bkflix.grolier.com/

Letter Recognition

Alphabet Activities

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm
Letter sounds - woman singing

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f
Matching Kangaroo - upper and lower case

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html
Put upper and lower case in correct box - names letters

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/leo/index.htm
Letters names - pictures turn into letter shape

http://www.juliasrainbowcorner.com/html/a2z.html
Practice writing letters on the screen

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/slate/start.htm
Letter Gulp
Listen for letter and click

http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=bc/gulp
Dr. Suess color the letters

http://www.seussville.com/university/reading/games/

Initial Sounds and other phonics

Matching initial sounds with letters - Big Bird

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=11114201
Letter names and selecting pictures to initial sounds

http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html
Sassy Seals
Listen for initial sound

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html
Clifford games
Find pictures that have the same initial sound

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm

CVC Words and word families

Phonics - some word families

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
Alien adventure
Find letter is spoken word

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.htm
Word Family Sort

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordfamily/
Word Build and Bank

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/wordbuild/
Machine - Match picture to CVC word

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/machine.html
Drag and Drop pictures to CVC box

http://www.prongo.com/drag/game.html

Sequencing and logic

Sequencing - clicking 3 things in order

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/games/tina2/tina2.html
Following Directions and Sequencing

http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/nook_new.html?game=2&
What in the Bag - Use the 3 describing words to guess what is in the bag

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html
First Grade mixed up sentences

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/quiz/1st1020.htm
Patchwork Puzzle sentence order

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/patch_game.shtml

2-3

Game Goo - Games for sentence order, antonyms, etc.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Book survey - matches book to reader

http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
Predicting text from a title and table of context

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompstrat.htm
Between the Lions Games

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html
Advanced Alphabetical order

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160
Reading Comprehension (not interactive)

http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Phonics and word study

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2

4-5

vocabulary games

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Reading comprehension Connection

http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/reading_lesson.php
Game Goo - Poetry, antonyms, etc.

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Between the Lions Games

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html
Comprehension instruction - Taret skill practice

http://mrsdell.org/reading/comprehension.html
Vocabulary instruction - antonyms, homonyms, etc

http://mrsdell.org/reading/vocabulary.html
Phonics and word study

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm#2
Word Lab

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm
Language Arts Games

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm

6-8

Word Lab

http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm

Iditarod

Official Iditarod site

http://www.iditarod.com/
Current Standings
To check your musher's position!

http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html
Interactive Map
see elevation of trail

http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/
BSSD Iditarod Project
live coverage and sign up for online activities

http://mushing.bssd.org/index.php
Iditarod Podcast

http://www.iditarodpodcast.com/
Scholastic Iditarod

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
Cabela's Iditarod Lessons
Mean, Median, Mode plus much more

http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/lesson_1.html
PBS Iditarod webpage

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/index.html
Iditarod Information
Answers most of your basic questions

http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/teachers.htm
Jr. Iditarod site

http://personal.my180.net/thesmiths/iditarod/jridit.html
Free video

http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/free/video_A44EDFBE-3FFF-1FD7-BBC8009F81B4DE3E.html?full=1
18 minute 2008 video

http://www.iditarod.com/flashmap/free/video_E0F3AADA-3FFF-1FD7-BFD5A61EDB31B795.html?full=1
Alaska Podshow

http://www.mevio.com/shows/?sId=362&mId=3487155
Champion and Record holder list

http://www.iditarod.com/learn/awards.html
Musher list

http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html
standings

http://www.iditarod.com/race/race/currentstandings.html
ADN - Alaska Newspaper

http://www.adn.com/iditarod/
special videos

http://iditarod.aprn.org/

Formatting Website

Cooltext: Logo and Graphic generator

http://cooltext.com/
3D Textmaker - make free banners and 3d text

http://www.3dtextmaker.com/index.php

Free Clipart

Kids Domain Clipart

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip
Barry's Clipart

http://www.barrysclipart.com/
Awesome Clipart for Educators

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Classroom Clipart

http://www.classroomclipart.com/
Discovery School Clipart

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
Pics 4 Learning clips

http://pics4learning.com/
links to other ckip art pages and rights of use

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Flikr - find and share photos

http://www.flickr.com/
Ideas for fifth graders

http://www.lite.iwarp.com/bltgr5.htm
Freefoto

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Photohome

http://www.photohome.com/

Finding Guided Reading Levels

Scholastic Leveled Books
You can scroll through all books

http://guidedreading.scholastic.ca/
Leveled Book List

http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/
Beaverton School Database
Search by title, level, etc.

http://registration.beavton.k12.or.us/lbdb/FMPro?-db=lbdb_&-lay=Data_Entry&-format=s_combined.htm&-view
Arranged by Level

http://www.friendshaverford.org/pdfdocuments/academics/guidedreading/booksarrangedbyguided.pdf
Search by Title

http://www.regentbook.com/title.asp
Scholastic Reading Counts
Must click into title to get level

http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=7F6F112049CF461E0AFE95E8F09ED97F&subt=0&Test=NA

Audio Clips

sound effects

http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/miscellaneous_sounds.html
Simply the best sound effects

http://simplythebest.net/sounds/WAV/sound_effects_WAV/index.html

Free Music to Download

Royalty Free Music

http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Freeplay Music

http://freeplaymusic.com/

Maniac Magee Sites

Activities during and after the book

http://atkinson.esu8.org/maniac/Index.htm
Carol Hurst site

http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/maniacmagee.html
Vocab, Questions and activities by chapter

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading47/maniac_magee.htm
Enrichment activities with links

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/social-issues/racial-desegregation/8976.html#activities
Compare Maniac Magee to Wringer Across curriculum

http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/parents/teachingguides/spinelli.pdf
Novel links

http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/reading%20strategies/Maniac%20Magee/Index-Sheffield.htm
Webquest research activity

http://www.webquests.ips.k12.in.us/Communities/webquests/Assets/webquests/68/la/spring02/raney/WebQuest.htm
Ideas from Scholastic

http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/teachingwithbooks/producthome.jsp?productID=10893&displayName=Description
Theme openers, research and cross-curricular activities

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=6138&external=http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/litcons/maniac/guide.cfm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/070099.shtml&title=Maniac%20Magee
Literature unit with extensions

http://www.edhelper.com/books/Maniac_Magee.htm
online hangman game of characters

http://www.quia.com/hm/23147.html

celebrity addresses

Celebrity addresses - Actors, Atheletes Politians and authors

http://www.celebritiesfans.com/
Write to a celeb

http://www.writetoaceleb.com/
Seeing Stars - Celebrities nailing addresses

http://www.seeing-stars.com/Search.shtml
Fan mail

http://www.fanmail.biz/

HOMEWORK

Fact Practice

http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00091/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

blog

blog help

http://www.blogmeister.com/
Mrs. Holtsbery's Blog

http://holtsbery.blogspot.com
Mrs. Holtsbery's AIS Blog

http://holtsberyais.blogspot.com

teachers

grants for teachers

http://216.130.185.103/resources/grants.php

Social Studies

google map with transparencies

http://www.kokogiak.com/gmaps-transparencies.html

Academic Intervention Services (AIS)

Interventions Central

http://www.interventioncentral.org/
A guide to AIS (NYS United Teachers)
Frequesntly asked questions

http://nysut.org/ais/faq.html
Checklist of what you are doing
looks at ELL, reading and Math - must be adapted - from Texas

http://www.texasreading.org/downloads/special_ed/serp_prereferral_booklet.pdf
NYSED Reading and Writing continuum

http://weblink.scsd.us/~humanities/NYSED%20Reading%20&%20Writing%20Continuum.htm
Intervention Strategies

http://www.lehigh.edu/projectreach/teachers/teachers_reach.htm
A review of existing reading programs
Includes many Reading First programs and their effectiveness

http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/CReportsCS.aspx?rep=supp

Teachers

Poll Everywhere - text choice

http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Prezi - the new PowerPoint

http://prezi.com/
Gapminder - World data

http://www.gapminder.org/
Larning Forward NY PD

http://nyssdc.org/

math videos for PD