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Students

Math

Harcourt Math Text Book
-home

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math.html
Steve Spangler/ Winter Olymics
Math counts!

http://www.stevespangler.com/teaching-moments/math-counts-in-the-science-of-the-olympics/
Women Mathematicians

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
Math Songs

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/index.php?topic=Math
IXL
Fun practice~

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3

Number Sense, Operations, and Estimation

Place Value

Instructional Videos

Links Learning
What is place value?

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/3_Place_Value/index.html
Toon University
What is place value? (levels)

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

Practice Games

Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/32598.html
Decimal Squars

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/placevalue.html
Sea Shell Rounding

http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/rounding.htm#quiz
Mystery Pictures

http://www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/Mystery10.htm
Place Value Pirates

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates1.htm
Tank driving

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates1.htm
Decimal Spinner

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/placevalue.html
Greater or Lesser Number Drop

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ncmenu
Move the Lake Monster

http://www.counton.org/magnet/minus3/hopscotch/index.html
The Marsh Monster Maze

http://www.counton.org/magnet/minus3/hopscotch/more1.html

Rounding

Instructional

Math Playgound How-to videos

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_round.html
Math 6 Spy Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell09.swf

Practice Games

Half Court Rounding

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/rounding/index.html

Addition

Genius Boxing

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/geniusboxing1.htm
Speed Grid Challenge

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SpeedGrid/Addition/urikaadd3res.html
Bumble Bee Numbers

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/Games/Title.html?GameName=BumbleNumbers1&Brain=math&Gender=F&Grade=5&Language=en_us&GameNumber=1&Color=undefined&OldPassword=FAN6&Password=FAR6&HardCoded=false&Roadblock=undefined

Subtraction

Instructional

Math Playgound How-to videos

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_regroupI.html

Practice Games

Hidden Picture

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/picture/SubPicture.html
Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/10279.html
The Subtraction Machine

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html
The Race Track

http://www.scweb4free.com/subtraction030.htm
Ghost Blasters
1digit subtracting

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasters3/ghostsub2.html
Ghost Blasters 2
2 digit subtracting

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasters3/ghostsub3.html
2 Minute Warning Game

http://www.primarygames.com/flashcards/subtraction/subtractflash.htm

Prime and Composite

Instructional Videos

What is a prime number?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_primenumbers.html

Practice Games

Blast the Turkey

http://www.toonuniversity.com/4m_prime_d.html

Ratio

Instructional

What is a ratio?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_ratios.html
What are equal ratios?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_equalratios.html
How do you solve ratio word problems?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_ratiowordproblems.html

Practice

Multiplication

Timez Attack
Free downloadable application

http://www.bigbrainz.com/Download.html
Arithmemouse

http://www.arithmemouse.com/index.php?PARTNER=31
"My Hero" Zero
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvc2PPTlW7k
Learn Your 2s with "Elementary, My Dear"
*School House Rock

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=3652
Learn Your 3s with "3 is a Magic Number"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Li-rTuBKs
Learn Your 5s with "Ready or Not, Here I Come"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItIILCkgNaE
Learn your 6s with "I Got Six"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkgNf69ihY
Learn Your 4s with "The Four-Legged Zoo"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5S69CaWoE
Learn Your 7s with "Lucky Seven Sampson"

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHTJGVWgG4
Learn Your 8s with "Figure Eight"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c
Learn Your 11s with "The Good Eleven"
*School House Rock

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=8316
Learn Your 12s with "12 Toes"
*School House Rock

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=3667

Instructional

How to learn your multiple facts

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_learnmultfacts.html

Practice

Multiflyer

http://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html
Space Racer

http://www.mathplayground.com/spaceracer_multiplication.html
Meteor Multiplication

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/meteor/meteor.html
Mighty Math Calculating Crew

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mmath/mmath_knack.html
Table Tester

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html

Factors and Multiples

Instruction Videos

What is prime factorization?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_primefactorization.html

Practice Games

Number Cop

http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/games/numbercop/numbercop_hotmath.swf
Pumpkin Multiples

http://www.mathplayground.com/multiples.html

Greatest Common Factors and Least Common Multiples

Instructional

How do you find the GCF and the LCM of two numbers?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_gcflcm.html
How to solve a GCF word problem-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_WPGFC.html

Practice Games

Division

What is the Divisibility RULE?
This is important-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_divisibility.html

Instruction

What is a quotient?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_quotients.html
How to do long division-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_longdivision.html

Practice Games

Mystery Picture

http://www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/mystery1D.htm
Division Factory

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/c3a/playground.htm

Order of Operations

Instructional

What is Order of Operations?

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0933340.html

Practice Games

Decimals

Instructional Videos

Decimal Place Value
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell01.swf
Solving Problems with Decimals
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell05.swf
How do you MULTIPLY with decimals-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_multiplydecimals.html
How do you DIVIDE with decimals?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_dividedecimals.html
How do you divide decimals by powers of ten?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_dividedecimalspower10.html

Practice Games

Decimal Squares Dart Game

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/darts.html
Death to Decimals
It's not as horrific as it sounds-

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/death_decimals/index.html
Decimal Squares Black Jack

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/blackjack.html
Decimal Squares Tug-O-War

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/tugowar.html
Concentration

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/concentration.html
Decimals of the Caribbean

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/docrb2.htm
Laser Beams

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/laserbeam.html
Beat the Clock

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/games/beatclock.html
Railroad Repair

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/decimals/decimals.html
Builder Ted

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html

Fractions

Instructional Lesson Activities and Videos

Mixed Number Web Lesson

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/MixedNumbers/mixnum8.htm
All about FRACTIONS!

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html
Adding Fractions with Different Denominators

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_fractions_diffden.html
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell02.swf
How to solve word problems that include fractions-

http://www.mathplayground.com/MTV/mathtv01.html
Ho to Reduce Fractions-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_fractions_reduce.html
How to Compart and Order Fractions

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_comparefractions.html

Practice Games

Action Fraction

http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/back-to-school/games/game_action_fraction.html?trnstl=1
Fishy Fractions
This one is my favorite!

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=FractionGame
Melvin's Make a Match Potions

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/index.html
Fraction Frenzy

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

http://visualfractions.com/FindGrampy.html

Relate Decimals to Fractions

Instructional Videos

How to Relate Fractions to Decimals

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_fractions_decimals.html

Practice Games

Match the Cards

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=8
Hidden Match

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/con_math/con_math.html
Math Scale
>Saxon Math example

http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mc_m76_002.html

Percentage

Instructional Videos

Percentage
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell04.swf
How to find the Percent of a Number

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_findsaleprice.html
How do you change Fractions and Decimals Into Percent?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_perfracdec.html
Leave the tip at a restaurant-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_percentwp.html

Practice Games

Penguin Waiter

http://www.funbrain.com/penguin/index.html
Mission Magnetite

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/percent/percent.html
Shopping at Troy's Toys

http://www.mathplayground.com/percent_shopping.html
Challenger

http://www.mathplayground.com/MTV/mathtv04.html

Money Sense

Math at the Mall

http://www.mathplayground.com/mathatthemall2.html
Count U.S. Coins

http://www.vectorkids.com/vkcoincount_content.html
Counting Money

http://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm
Cash Out!

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/cashout/index.html
Change Maker

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
Count the $ in the piggy bank-

http://www.mathplayground.com/count_the_money.html
Money Games

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html
Peter Pig's Money Counter

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/peterpigs/
Math Nook Money Games

http://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/countingmoneygames.php

Estimation

Estimation Valley Golf

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/golf/

Data Analysis, Probability, Discrete Math, & Vertex Ed

Math's Fun!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/index.html

Graphing

Interactive Pie Chart

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/PieChart/

Instructional Videos

Understanding Graphs
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell10.swf
How do you read a Stem and Leaf Plot?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_stemleaf.html

Practice Games

TV 411

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=10&act=2&que=1
Create a Graph/ Kid Zone

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Data Picking

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/datapick.html
Intrepreting Data

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/data/interpreting_data/play.shtml
Bar Graphs

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BarGraph/
Circle Graphs

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/CircleGraph/

Mean, Mode, and Median

Listen to the Song!

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=9589

Instructional Videos

What is the Mode?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_mode.html
How do you find the Average, or the Mean?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_averageswp.html

Practice Games

Landmark Shark Game

http://media.emgames.com/emgames/demosite/playdemo.html?activity=M5A006&activitytype=dcr&level=3
Line up the City's Skyscrapers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/data/mode_median_mean/play.shtml

Probability

Instructional Videos

Probability
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell19.swf

Practice Games

Bubble Gum Machine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/data/probability/play.shtml

Vertex Edge

Vertex-Edge Graphs

http://amphimath.com/ve_new.html

Patterns, Algebra, and Functions

Patterns

Instructional Videos

Patterns

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/5_Patterns/index.html
Extending Patterns
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell08.swf

Practice Games

Algebra

Algebra Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/algebra-puzzles-index.html
Math's Fun

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/index.html

Instructional Videos

Balancing Equations
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell11.swf
How do you solve a Variable Equation?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_solvevariable.html
How do you solve an Algebraic Equations?

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_algebraeq1.html

Practice Games

Solve for x
Beg. algebra

http://www.vectorkids.com/vkvariable.htm
Algebraic Reasoning

http://www.mathplayground.com/algebraic_reasoning.html

Time

Bang on Time

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html
Quizville- What time is it?

http://www.quizville.com/tellingTime2.php
Quizville- What time was it?

http://www.quizville.com/whatTimeWasIt.php
Quizville- How long did it take?

http://www.quizville.com/twoClocks.php
Train Times

http://www.counton.org/magnet/minus3/trains/ret1.html
Bedtime Bandits

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/bedtime/index.html
Clockworks

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/clockworks/index.html
Elapsed Time on a Clock

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr4/15.html
Java Games- Elapsed Time

http://www.quia.com/mc/66516.html

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

http://marg.mhost.com/MathGr5/elapsedtime.htm

Geometry and Measurement

Geometry Review
Identify and uncover the hidden picture

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geomatho
Fact Monster Review
Reviews all

http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/
Aquarium Makers
*Careers applying math

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/realworld/aquarium_makers/
Math's Fun
Both plane and solid geometry

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/index.html

Polygons

Math Match
Play name to the shape

http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/math-match-game.html
Stack Up!

http://www.tvokids.com/games/stacking

Tangrams

Geometric Shapes Using Tangrams

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

3-D Figures

Instructional Images and Videos

Identify 3-D Figures

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SolidPatterns/default.htm#

Practice Games

Building 3-D Figures/ Pt. of View

http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/02015/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

Plotting Coordinates

Stocking the Shelves

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/stockshelves1.htm
Billy Bug

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html
Interactive Maze Game

http://shodor.org/interactivate/activities/MazeGame/

Intersecting Lines

Alphabet Geometry
Mister Teacher demo

http://www.misterteacher.com/alphabetgeometry/parallel.html

Angles

Instructional Videos

Working with Angles
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell16.swf
What's My Angle
Demonstrates how to use a protractor

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html
Learn about angles by looking at letters
Mister Teacher demo

http://www.misterteacher.com/alphabetgeometry/angles.html

Practice Games

Alien Angles
One of my favorites!

http://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html
Banana Hunt

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/bananahunt/bhunt.html

Area and Perimeter

Instructional Videos

Can Shapes with the same Area have different Perimenters

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_sameareadiffperimeter.html
Area and Perimeter
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell12.swf
Surface Area of Prisms
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell14.swf
What is the Formula for the Area of a Trapezoid
*Advanced

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_area_trapezoid.html
How do you find the Area of a Triangle
*Advanced

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_area_triangle.html

Practice Games

Everything Your Wanted To Know...
It's a game

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html
Quick review

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/FenceMeIn/default.htm#page4
Saxon Math review

http://www.haelmedia.com/html/mc_m87_003.html

Volume

Instructional Videos

How to find the Volume-
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell15.swf

Practice Games

Symmetry

Symmetry Jigsaw Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/jigsaw-puzzles-index.html

Instructional Videos

Line Symmetry

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html
Symmetry in Nature
Mister Teacher

http://www.misterteacher.com/symmetry.html
Alphabet Symmetry
Mister Teacher

http://www.misterteacher.com/alphabetgeometry/lettersymmetry.html

Practice Games

Diameter, Radius, Chord, and Circumference

Listen to the Song!

http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=9590
What About Pi?

http://www.misterteacher.com/pi/pi.html

Reflections, Translations, and Rotations

Instructional Videos

Slides and Flips
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell17.swf
Transformations

http://205.200.127.11/DEMO/tutorials/files/ss01transformations.swf
Mister Teacher Illustrates

http://www.misterteacher.com/abc.html

Practice Games

Robo Packer

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/robopacker_grade4.html

Measurement

Measuring Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/measuring-puzzles-index.html
Math's Fun!

http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/index.html

Instructional Videos

Estimating Length

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/2_Estimation_of_Length/index.html
Weight and Capacity

http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/6_Weight_and_Capacity/index.html
How to Convert-

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_conversions1.html
How to use the Metric System

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_Metric.html
Teaching Measures

http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/menu.html

Practice Games

Wicked Crosswords

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/literacy/crossword.php?crossword=32
Equivalent Customary Measures

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/con_math/g04c24.html

Structure and Logic

Logic and Reasoning

Logic Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/logic-puzzles-index.html
Einstein Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/einstein-puzzles-index.html
Number Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/number-puzzles-index.html
Card Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/card-puzzles-index.html
Sam Loyd's Puzzles

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/sam-loyd-puzzles-index.html
Assorted Math Puzzles and Quizzes

http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzle.html

Instructional Videos

The Problem Solving Bank
Spy 6 Guys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell20.swf

Practice Games

Logic Games and Tips

http://www.gamequarium.com/logic.html
Select your favorite!

http://www.MathPlayground.com/logicgames.html

Word Problems

Grand Slam
*Addition and Subtraction

http://www.mathplayground.com/GrandSlamMath1.html
Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/10249.html
Computation Castle

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/castle/index.html
Pick your favorite!

http://www.MathPlayground.com/wordproblems.html
Mrs. Bogucki's page

http://www.mrsbogucki.com/cgi-bin/quiz.pl?FILE=wordprob
Verbal Reasoning

http://www.kidport.com/Grade7/TAL/Reasoning.htm

Math Terminology/Vocabulary

Harcourt Glossary (5th grade)

http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math_advantage/glossary5.html
Geo Pictures

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/games/geopicture
Mathwords

http://www.mathwords.com/
Illustrated Mathematics Dictionary

http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/index.html

Tools

Calculators

My Calculator

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/mycalculator.html
Find the Prime Number

http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/prime-number.htm
Find the Percent

http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/3percent.htm
Circle Solver

http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/circle-solver.htm
Find the Square Root Calculator

http://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/square-root.htm

Converters

The Decifractator

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fracto.html
Length Equivalents

http://www.math.com/students/converters/source/length.htm
Area Equivalents

http://www.math.com/students/converters/source/area.htm
Liquid Equivalents

http://www.math.com/students/converters/source/liquid.htm
Volume and Capacity Equivalents

http://www.math.com/students/converters/source/volume.htm
Black Dog's U.S. Fluid- Convert it!

http://blackdog.net/games/math/equivalent/USfluid_equiv.html
Black Dog's Length Equivalents

http://blackdog.net/games/math/equivalent/length.html
Black Dog's Temperature Equivalents

http://blackdog.net/games/math/equivalent/temperature.html

General Review

Math Olympics

http://www.mathplayground.com/olympic_math1.html
Lemonade Larry

http://www.prongo.com/lemon/game.html
Back on Farm

http://www.prongo.com/farm/game.html
Rags to Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/10280.html
Math Jeopardy

http://www.quia.com/cb/13421.html
Myan Math Monster

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mayan-math/index.html
Math Fact Cafe

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/view/view.aspx?t=F&g=4
Bowling Pin Math

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/bowling/
Tackle Math Ball

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mathball/index.html
Math Fries

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/fries/index.html
Pick your favorite!
word problems

http://www.MathPlayground.com/wordproblems.html

Science

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Fun

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Home site

http://www.billnye.com/
Myth Busters
Home site

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/
How Stuff Works
Let's take a closer look at the mechanics of ...

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
CSI Web Adventures
Become a Forensic Investigator

http://forensics.rice.edu/index.html
Yahoo Kids!
Check it out!

http://kids.yahoo.com/science
Science Vocabulary Review
Play Hangman

http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/sci_5_01/87.html
Documentary Dish
Tons of cool video clips!

http://www.documentarydish.com/
National Geographic for Kids/ Giant squid

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Science Bob Videos

http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/videos/index.php
Explore It!

http://www.explorit.org/
Science Made Simple

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
Loose in the Lab
Seriously Fun Science

http://www.seriouslyfunnyscience.com/?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2nd+Run+AZ+How+To+Turn+Kids+On+To+Science+Workshop%21
NOVA ~ Watch programs online

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/int_spac.html
Dr. Michio Kaku

http://mkaku.org/home/?tag=sci-fi-science

Health and the Human Body

The Human Body Sytems Web Quest

http://www.jerichoschools.org/seaman/webquests-08-09/bones.htm
Tour of the Human Body

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Guided Tour: The Visible Human

http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/tour.html
Kids Health

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/
BBC ~ Human Body and Mind

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
The Inner Body

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
The Plastic Fork Diaries

http://plasticforkdiaries.org/
The Human Body

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/humanbo.html

The Skeletal System

Label the Skeletal System

http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm
Kids' Health
Bones, muscles, and joints

http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/bones_muscles_joints.html
Skeletal System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
The Spine

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
The Ribs

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Hands and Feet

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Hips and Legs

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Arms

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Inside a Bone

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Joints

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Joints

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ske1.htm
Ishikawa Elementary School
Very cool resource page!

http://www.mpsaz.org/ishikawa/programs/techlab/5th-6th_grade/human_body/
Theme Page

http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/811?locale=en
Body Quest

http://library.thinkquest.org/10348/
Skeletal System

https://homes.bio.psu.edu/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm
Your Bones

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.html
Skeletal System
The Yuckiest...

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.html
The Learning Zone

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/animals/life/move1.htm
Bones of the Trunk

http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/plate03/index.shtml
Muscular and Skeletal Systems

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookMUSSKEL.html
Osteology

http://www.bartleby.com/107/17.html

The Muscular System

Theme Page

http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/809?locale=en
Information Guide

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/muscularsystem.html
The Muscular System
The Yuckiest Site...

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html
Muscles and Joints

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html
Inner Body

http://www.innerbody.com/image/musfov.html
Label the Muscular System

http://legacy.mckinneyisd.net/Campuses/school_websites/walker/TeacherCreated/Fifth/lable_muscles.htm
Just for Fun
What happens if you have no muscles-

http://legacy.mckinneyisd.net/Campuses/school_websites/walker/TeacherCreated/Fifth/muscles.htm
Welcome to Muscles

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/mus2.htm

The Nervous System

Neuroscience for Kids

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Your Brain and Nervous System

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
Enchanted Learning/ parts of the brain

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/
Information Guide

http://www.imcpl.org/kids/guides/health/nervoussystem.html
Divisions of the Nervous System

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html
Divisions of the Brain

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/phylo.html
Lobes of the Brain

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html
Functional Divisions of the Cerebral Cortex

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/functional.html
The Brain Right Down the Middle

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sagittal.html
Brain Size

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/brainsize.html
One Brain or Two

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/split.html
She Brains vs. He Brains

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/heshe.html
Brain Development

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html
The Skull/ Home for your brain

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/skull.html
The Blood Supply of the Brain

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/vessel.html
How the Nervous System Interacts with other Systems

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/organ.html
The Invertebrate Nervous System

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/invert.html
What is Sleep?

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/sleep.html
Brain Fitness

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/brainfit.html
The Brain vs. the Computer

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bvc.html

The Cardiovascular System ~ Heart

The Human Heart
- vital signs

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/
Heart Activities for the Classroom

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/enrichment/activities.html
The Cardiovascular System
The Yuckiest Site...

http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000131.html
The Circulatory System

http://www.globalclassroom.org/hemo.html

The Respiratory System

Inside the Human Body

http://www.lung.ca/children/grades4_6/index.html
Your Respiratory System

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000138.html

The Digestive System

Theme Page

http://www.cln.org/themes/digestive.html
Kids' Health

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html
Digestive System
The Yuckiest Site...

http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html

Cells

Cells Alive

http://www.cellsalive.com/

Optical Illustions

Jefferson Lab

http://education.jlab.org/frost/optical_illusion.html

Physical Science

Physics Songs

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/index.php?topic=Physics
The World's Most Powerful Microscope
video -8:53

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCYX_XQgnSA
How Science Changed the Olympics
Steve Spangler

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000121

Ch. 11/ Matter and Its Properties

Matter and Energy

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science/physics-videos.htm
The Periodic Table
VIsit Jefferson Lab to practice with the Periodic Table

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html
Atomic Structure

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm
How do I make a model atom?

http://education.jlab.org/qa/atom_model.html
Ask the Van
Remember this site! It's great for many things.

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1295
Cernland

https://project-cernland.web.cern.ch/project-CERNland/
The Atoms Family
Visit the Miami Museum

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Archimedes Labortory

http://www.archimedes-lab.org/
Multnomah County Library
Great for lots of stuff!

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/physcihc.html
How stuff works!
Introduction to an atom-

http://www.howstuffworks.com/atom-info.htm
Chem 4 Kids

http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Matter

http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/lon/grade5/mazerolle/matterwebquest/home.html
Stickman Science: Introduction to the Atom

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQJvxZyJvmk
Web Elements

http://www.webelements.com/
Build Atoms Yourself
Bohr's Atom

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0501/es0501page04.cfm

Crystals

About Crystals

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/growingcrystals/a/aa012604.htm
What are crystals?

http://www.sciencekidsathome.com/science_topics/what_are_crystals.html
Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal
Gem Rock

http://www.gemrock.net/content.asp?page=crystals
What types of crystals do you want to grow?

http://chemistry.about.com/od/growingcrystals/Growing_Crystals.htm
Crystal Science Fair Projects

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/sciencefairideas/a/aa072903a.htm
Squidoo ~grow easy crystals

http://www.squidoo.com/groweasycrystals
Crystal recipes

http://chemistry.about.com/lr/crystal_recipes/44562/4/
Oracle's~ crystal activity

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/crystals.html
eHow
good menu

http://www.ehow.com/how_3864_grow-salt-crystals.html
growing crystals images

https://www.google.com/search?q=growing+salt+crystals&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=x1zcTqbnHoOg2gWmv-ScDw&ved=0CG0QsAQ&biw=1202&bih=679

Ch. 12/ Changes in Matter

Instant Hot Ice
This is amazing!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjDO7IlXKI&feature=related
The Water Cycle

http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/grabber2.html
Chemistry Songs

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/index.php?topic=Chemistry
Discovery~ Myth Busters
Antacid Jail Break video

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-antacid-jail-break-angle-2.html
Myth Busters ~ Mentos & Diet Coke
discuss the chemical reaction

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode57
Steve Spangler~ Mentos and Diet Coke

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/original-mentos-diet-coke-geyser
How to make Rock Candy

http://video.about.com/chemistry/How-to-Make-Rock-Candy.htm
Sugar Crystals

http://www.sciencekidsathome.com/science_experiments/sugar_crystals.html

Ch. 13/ Forces in Motion

Rollerblade Bottle Tune Guy
What type of motion can do you observe?

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePjkCySBCs
Ice Skating- Force and Motion demo
Science of the Olympic Winter Games

http://www.stevespangler.com/tag/ice-skating/
Create an experiment
Explore force and friction

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Friction/friction.html

Magnetism and Electricity

Friction

Curling- Friction demo
*Science of the Oympic Winter Games

http://www.stevespangler.com/tag/olympics/

Gravity

Gravity: The Weakest Natural Force on Earth

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Babitv4Fg&feature=related
Bill Nye- A Gravity Demonstration

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZi8TXtRRYg&feature=related

Equilibrium

Newton's Laws of Motion

Inertia BMA Bikes
Observe inertia during bike tricks

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckYj_PAhgM
Speed Skating- Newton's Laws demo
*Science of the Olympic Winter Games

http://www.stevespangler.com/teaching-moments/the-science-of-olympic-speed-skating/
Downhill Racing- Newton's 2nd Law demo
*Science of the Olymic Winter Games

http://www.stevespangler.com/teaching-moments/the-science-of-downhill-racing-the-olympic-thrill-ride/
Snowboarding- Speed / Potential vs. Kinetic Energy
Science of the Olympic Games

http://www.stevespangler.com/teaching-moments/science-of-snowboarding-in-the-olympics/
Describing Newton's Laws of Motion

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVdqxYyFRKY
Newton's 3rd Law- Action/Reaction

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2C3WI9aRk&feature=related
Review the Laws of Motion
Watch "How stuff works video"

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/9948-exploring-the-laws-of-motion-summary-video.htm

Simple Machines

Edheads Simple Machines
Interactive simple machine practice

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm
Edheads Complex Machines
Interactive compound machine practice

http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/frame_loader.htm

Potential and Kenetic Energy

Sideshow Roller Coaster

http://sideshow.questacon.edu.au/maketracks.html
Interactives

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster.html
Design a Roller Coaster

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/
U of C/ Physics 2000

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl

Astronomy

Tour the International Space Station

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=H8rHarp1GEE
Kids Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Hubble Site!

http://hubblesite.org/
Nasa- 5th grade students site

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html
NASA- home site

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
NASA - Kids' Club

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
NASA - Science

http://science.nasa.gov/
NASA - Video library

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
NASA - Image of the Day gallery

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html
NASA - Images

http://www.nasaimages.org/
Star Child- glossary

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/glossary_level2/glossary_text.html#galaxy
Hubble Galaxies Gone Wild
Lots of video clips!

http://www.documentarydish.com/Hubble_Galaxies_Gone_Wild
Astronomy Magazine
News and Pictures of the Day

http://www.astronomy.com/
Sky This Month

http://www.astronomy.com/home/news-observing/sky%20this%20month.aspx
Sky and Telescope Magazine
News and Pictures

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/
SKY News - Top 11 2011 events
Keep your eyes in the sky, kids!

http://www.skynews.ca/pages/11-best-2011.html
Star Child

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
KidSites.com
Space stuff

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/space.htm
Astronomy Crafts for Kids
Teacher resource site

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/
Astronomy for Kids
~kid power

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
Dictionary

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/dictionary.htm
Our Universe

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/OurUniverse.html
Astronomy for Kids Online

http://www.astronomy-for-kids-online.com/
Astronomy for Kids ~ Thinkquest

http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/
Earth Sky~

http://earthsky.org/tag/faqs?pg=3
Windows to the Universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/solar_system_poles.html
A Tour of the Space Shuttle with Mike Massimino
quietube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g10Jxqtk-wM
NASA Brain Bites

http://brainbites.nasa.gov/#/see-space-station
Cern Land

https://project-cernland.web.cern.ch/project-CERNland/
Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Deep Astronomy

http://www.deepastronomy.com/

Ch. 16/ Stars and Galaxies

Explore Reasons for Seasons to Solve a Mystery

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/
Before time and space

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVsHjnY-o9s&feature=related

Astronomy Around the World

The Secrets of Stonehenge
Nova documentary

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-stonehenge.html
Big Horn Medicine Wheel
U-tube video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mksp0QlgdQE
Big Horn Medicine Wheel
Ancient Observatories - Timeless Knowledge

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/AO/bighorn.html
Equinox at Chichen Itza
U-tube video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0kOyGZxKh4
Chichen Itza
from Different World . Com

http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/areas/yucatan-and-campeche/chichen-itza/guide.htm

The History of Astronomy

Galileo's Sun-Centered System
Copernicus' Theory

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwAr54L_pM&feature=related
Galileo (part 1)
*Threatening the fundamental beliefs

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBFoVQScN4Q
Galileo (part 2)
*Denouncing his ideas on the Vatican floor

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJrYW_htVqc&feature=related

Early Tools and Telescopes

The Hubble Deep Ultra Deep Field in 3D
U-tube video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg
Chandra X-Ray Observatory

http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Photo Album

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/
NASA - Chandra's Latest News, Features, and Photos

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/main/index.html
Chandra's Thumbnail photos posted on Flicker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/sets/72157608016866848/
NASA's Live Broadcast of Chandra X-Ray Observatory's Discovery

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/82105/20101115/nasa-chandra-x-ray-observatpry.htm
X-ray vision reveals an explosion of stars

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/15/5843763-x-ray-vision-reveals-an-explosion-of-stars?chromedomain=cosmiclog
National Geographic - Daily Space Pictures

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/pictures/110121-best-space-photos-whirlpool-galaxy-m82-saturn-moons-128/
Go For Launch!
Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KZrFC988Thc
The Hubble Site!

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1995/49/
Imagine the Universe

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/homepage.html
Sky and Telescope

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/
SM4 Inside the Hubble Testing Chambers
quietube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJrs1XSoq7o
My Angle Rocks Back and Forth
quietube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lusY4Omf1S4&feature=fvst
Hubble Tour in Google Earth
quietuble

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JOM3Iw8NI
PBS ~Telescopes on Mauna Kea
short video clip

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/content/ess05.sci.ess.eiu.maunakea/

The Sun / Stars

Star Child~ Stars

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/stars.html
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Life of Stars video clip

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSEA5_br7J0
The Sun

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/sun.html
Views of the Solar System/ The Sun

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
How the Sun Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/sun1.htm

Galaxies

Deep Space
Interactive Exploration

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/deep_space.htm
Galaxies Galore, Games, and More
Interactive

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/
Galaxies
Windows to the universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Galaxy.html
Elliptical Galaxies

http://www.le.ac.uk/ph/faulkes/web/galaxies/y_ga_elliptical.html

Constellations

Alphabetical Listing of the Constellations
A list of all 88

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellation_list.html
Interactive Sky Chart
A glance at the constellation shape and relationship to near constellations

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html
Interactive Night Sky
moveable

http://www.sprocketworks.com/shockwave/load.asp?SprMovie=nightskyweb
Constellation Hunt
interactive game

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm
The Constellation Jig (song)
"Know the Constellations"

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song=Constellation%20Jig
Observe the Night Sky

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/
Enchanted Learning/ Constellations

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/constellations.shtml
Print a free SKY map

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/
Star Date
How did the constellations get their names? And, how do the signs of the zodiac relate to astronomy?

http://stardate.org/nightsky/constellations
The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations

http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/const.html
The Dome of the Sky

http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/constlist.html
The Mythology of Constellations

http://www.comfychair.org/~cmbell/myth/myth.html
Oracle/constellations
with a virtual telescope

http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/constellations.html
Constellation Names
Pronunciation and translation

http://www.perr.com/constellation.html
The Constellations and their Stars
various information

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
Top Astronomer

http://www.topastronomer.com/
The Constellations

http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm

Ch. 17/ Earth in Space

Kids' Astronomy - Explore
150,000 Images, Planet Mars, the Space Shuttle, Future Ships, Telescopes, Explore Mars

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/explore_index.htm

Planets/ Parts of the Solar System

Kids' Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Planets- Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/
Planets- National Geographic

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/planets
Kids- NIne planets

http://kids.nineplanets.org/general.htm
The Nine (No Eight) Planets

http://kids.nineplanets.org/
Welcome to the Planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Planets in the Solar System

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/psgk3ex.htm
Ducksters
Learn about the planet, Uranus

http://www.ducksters.com/science/uranus.php
Toon University

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=207
Interactive Solar System Facts

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/starwarp2.html
Space.com
images

http://www.space.com/
The Planets Song

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song=The%20Planets
Science Kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets.html
Kids Astronomy
Earth

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/earth.htm
Planet Pursuit- fun school

http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/space/games/game_planet_pursuit.html
The Planets for Kids

http://www.pocanticohills.org/fitzgerald/99/planets.htm
Planet Hunting
clip for classroom instruction

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=813

Solar System

NASA- Kids' Club

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Views of the Solar System

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Our Solar System

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Solar System for Kids- DVD
U-tube video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtgbN3Y5eCY
Myths about the solar system
KidsAstronomy.com

http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/planets/planets.html
Our Solar System
Windows to the universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/solar_system.html
All About Space

http://www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy/toc.shtml

Science on MARS!

Mars - Part 1
The Futures Channel

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/realworld/mars_science_lab/index.php
M2K4

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/m2k4/frameset.html

Comets and Asteroids

The Moon

Phases of the Moon

http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~rsunde01/activity%203.htm
Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/

Space Curiosities

Dark Matter
New dark matter map created for big galaxies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41061550/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Black Holes
The Other Side of Infinity- quietube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3AfNXdg2Tk&list=SL
Is the Universe Infinite?
quietube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1JpC5jels&list=SL
Too weird to be believed: A new planet in the solar system

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90TWpYkMj0I&feature=related
New Earthlike planet discovered

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTjAmop688&NR=1
Dr. Michio Kaku: SCI FI or SCI FACT Lecture
part 2

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22wDMZzcuc&feature=channel

Technology

21st Century

Tech Inspiration

Build Your Own Low Cost Mult-touch Interactive Board
Johnny Chung Lee

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
Johnny Lee's Home Site
A brilliant mind

http://johnnylee.net/

New Inventions

Inventor's Challenge
Interactive

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/inventorsChallenge/
Our robot future!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DIyUWR-YY&NR=1

Scientists and Famous Inventors

Our Environment

Spore Creature Creator
Game

http://gametreeonline.com/EA/SPORE-Creature-Creator/
Discovery Kids

http://kids.discovery.com/
National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Ology ~ Earth, Our World in Motion

http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php?channel=earth
Backyard Jungel

http://backyardjungle.org/
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library

http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/public/species.php?c=inverts
A Touch of Class
Classification game

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html

Ecosystems and Biomes

Biomes

http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
Biomes of the World video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tijw5-gIH0A&feature=related
Marine Biome music video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9p_bgiSVqs&feature=related
Enchanted Learning Biomes

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
The Nature Conservancy

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/62-biomes.html
Kids Know it- Interactive movie

http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=biomes
Major Biomes of the World

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html
Biomes at ppps.com

http://science.pppst.com/biomes/index.html
Kids Geo.com

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0165-biomes.php
Zoom, by kids, for kids

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/biomeinabaggie.html
Kids Biology.com

http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/biomes/what_are_biomes_1.php
Animal Planet
Map of World Biomes

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/map.html
Zui Tube - videos

http://video.kidzui.com/channels/Biomes
Geography4kids

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_biomeland.html
Ecosystems and Biomes
resource page

http://geographyworldonline.com/ecosystems.html
Wart Games.com
resource page

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/science/biomes.html
The Science Spot Kid Zone

hthttp://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzbionature.html
Planet OZ Kids

http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/biomes.htm
Biomes and Ecozones
for an overwhelming amount of info, click here

http://www.aresearchguide.com/biomes.html
Blue Planet Biomes

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/
Earth Floor

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsys.html
NASA Earth Observatory
mission biomes

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/
The Ways of Knowing Trail

hhttp://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/index_f4.html
Harcourt/ Types of Land

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/types_of_land_2/
Oceans ~ Disney Nature

http://disney.go.com/disneynature/oceans/

Owl Pellets

The Owl Pages

http://www.owlpages.com/
Discovery Channel
The owl vomit collector video

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-owl-vomit-collector.html
Wikipedia- pellets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellet_(ornithology)
Owl pellet video

http://www.youtube.com/owlbrandvids
Owl Brand Discovery Kids

http://www.obdk.com/
Science Bob

http://www.sciencebob.com/questions/q-owl_pellet.php

Animals

Tiger Adventures

http://www.mnzoo.com/education/TICadventures/
The Phoenix Zoo
Check out what's going on in your neighborhood. Visit anytime!

http://www.phoenixzoo.org/
Zoo Quest

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~mwarden/ZooQuest.html
"Ants!"

http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_02.html

Insects

Cloudbow- grasshoppers

http://www.cloudbow.com/snapshot/hoppers.html
Photovalet
Horse Lubbers

http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/EntomologyInsects/Grasshoppers/Species/HorseLubberGrasshopper.html
Photovalet
-grasshoppers, crickets, roaches

http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/EntomologyInsects/Grasshoppers/OEGVolume01.html
Grasshoppers for young students

http://people.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson/htm/dj_gh_guide_k4.htm

Birds

Sonoran Desert Bird images

http://www.pbase.com/merriwolf/136141st_camp_sonoran_desert_tucson_birds
Sonoran Links

http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/links.html
Arizona birds

http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/category/arizona/arizona-birds/
Audubon Society

http://www.audubon.org/
Name that song~

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/bird-calls.html

Geology

This Planet Rocks
-rocks and minerals

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002289/index.html
Virtual Caves
-under Earth images

http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/

Meteorology

Plymouth State University
Cloud classification

http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html/
Dan's Wild, Wild, Weather Page

http://wildwildweather.com/
Hurricane Storm Science

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/
The Weather Dude

http://www.wxdude.com/
USA Today~ Weather forecast

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/default.htm

Strange Curiosities

Monsters of the Deep

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBfviWg7kKM&feature=channel
Sea Monsters part 1

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBauu1PyOxw&NR=1
Sea Monsters part 2

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw35Ut_sidw&feature=channel
Sea Monsters part 3

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-6rqZEbIg&feature=channel
Sea Monsters

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEfQKSpONX8&feature=channel
Giant Bizarre Fish

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcRX1_ez-oU&feature=channel
Fish with a Transparent Head Filmed

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoygy-8PTtU&feature=channel

Social Studies

Smithsonian
Explore!

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/
Kids.Past.com
-World history, games, and quotes

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kidspast.com/images/mayan-calendar.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0276-mayan-science.php&usg=__23boM3SgRkl5ZVfezzbU2A-QEiY=&h=401&w=400&sz=289&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=O1yYYdmC4cy
Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
The History Place

http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
Those were the Days

http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
American Memory
The Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
The History Place

http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
Archives

http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
Today in History

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Jim Janke's Emporium

http://jjanke.org/
Historical Image Collection

http://www.treasurenet.com/images/

Presidents

Presidents

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/
The White House- Presidents Slide Show

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/the-presidents
44 Presidents
Youtube slideshow

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYrZZ68zhSs
List of the Presidents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_presidents

Geography

World Geography
Fact Monster fun

http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770414.html
Puzzled States
Review our U.S. States

http://www.scholastic.com/play/states.htm
Drag and Drop a state
Try to place them

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Why Geography Matters
Video by Google Earth

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-icfmXhervo
Maps 4 Kids

http://www.maps4kids.com/
Outline Maps

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html
Label the Oceans
-Visit Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/label/labeloceans.shtml
Continents and Oceans
-adjust your level of knowledge

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
Continent Puzzle

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/continentNames/continentJig.htm
AZ 4 Kids
-state information

http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/kids/default.htm
Oceans Alive

http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/index.html
Geography Glossary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/glossary/
Geography Songs

http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/index.php?topic=Geography
Links to Learning
Choose your state

http://www.linkstolearning.com/
Interactive Map of the States

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm

Overview

Les. 1/ The American People

The Preamble
School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLP_HGKq-jg
The Great American Melting Pot
School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpggZ9hDxC4

Les. 2/ Government by the People

No More Kings
School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0LmYEjXNIg

Les. 3/ Free Enterprise

Les. 4/ Land and Regions

Les. 5/ Resources and the Environment

Ch. 1/ Early Life

Les. 1/ Migration to the Americas

Les. 2/ Early American Cultures

Les. 3/ The Rise of Empires

Ch. 3/ Life in the Eastern Hemisphere

Les. 1/ Traveling Asia's Silk Road

Les. 2/ Africa's Trading Empires

Les. 3/ European Explorers

Ch. 4/ Spain Builds an Empire

Les. 1/ Voyages of Columbus

Les. 2/ Different Worlds Collide

Les. 3/ Life in New Spain

Ch. 5/

Les. 1/ The Lost Colony

Les. 2/ New European Colonies

Les. 3/ The 1st Colonies

Ch. 6/ Colonial Life

The Jamestown Online Adventure

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Archiving Early America

http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Colonial Williamsburg

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft/
Interactive Crossword Puzzle

http://www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/
Washburn Norlands Living History Center

http://www.norlands.org/
Old Sturbrigde Village

http://www.osv.org/
Popham Colony

http://www.pophamcolony.org/

Les. 1/ Working and Trading

Les. 2/ Cities, Towns, and Farms

Les. 3/ Everyday Life in the Colonies

Les. 4/ Slavery in the Colonies

Ch. 7/ The American Revolution

American Independance

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html
The Enigma of Benedict Arnold

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall97/arnold.html
Liberty!!!

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
History Central

http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/battles.html
Spy Letters of America

http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/
The American Revolution

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm
The National Discussion of Our Revolutionary Origins

http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/
Research Information Sites-

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html
Harlingen links

http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html

Les. 1/ The Spanish Move North

Les. 2/ The French Explore the Mississippi

U.S. History

The Star Spangled Banner
-High school students hamonize

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxU_WdjzptY
The Treasure Net Historical Images

http://www.treasurenet.com/images/

European Explorers/ Colonizing the New World

The Great American Melting Pot
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1y0IUfupI
William Bradford Site
-The Mayflower Story

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rootsweb.com/~macplymo/pics/plybrad.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/williambradford.html&usg=__5pdN3-PcvqZUWRqROdiUHFPdEH4=&h=1178&w=743&sz=124&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=qPBq2HrAO2mCgM:&

Famous Explorers

Famous Explorers

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm
Explorers/Mapping and Navigating
*provides a list of explorers

http://www.asij.ac.jp/middle/lib/curlinks/Earth's%20Explorers/Explorers_mapping_and_navigating.htm

Hernan Cortes

Explorers of the Millennium

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/cortes.html

Samuel de Champlain

Virtualology
Information about Samuel de Champlain

http://www.samueldechamplain.com/

Hernando de Soto

Hernando's Trails
Google Earth map

http://www.desototrails.com/

James Cook

James Cook
English Explorer

http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/misc/cook.html

John White

John White
The significance of John White's water colors

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.historyisfun.org/publicImages/thumb_JW_Portrait_of_Arnaq_and_Nutaaq.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.historyisfun.org/Significance-of-John-White.htm&usg=__OmTAYRAPmMV6vf0sQoTF4joGswA=&h=222&w=168&sz=46&hl=en&
The Lost Colony of Roanoke

http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm
The Roanoke Colony

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Roanoke.html

Government Structure/ Economy

The U.S. White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government
Secretary of State SOS for Kids

http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/kids/default.htm
U.S. Government
Fact Monster fun

http://sf.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770843.html
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html
Inside the White House
Fun facts!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/
The Branches of the Government
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLQg7G3hkGY
The Preamble
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdDjBAJt7c
National Debt
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mfMG66LtVU
Fireworks
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym2Ny1Te3LA
Three Branches of the Government

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html

Voting

How a Bill Becomes a Law
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlka6fTnDnI
Electoral College
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF2N4SDGklQ
Suffrage/ Women's Rights to Vote
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5kiJcDMbo

The American Revolution

The Shot Heard Around the World
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbCUXqEdESk
"No More Kings!"
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7dMHAiCfs
The English Colonies Before 1763

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/english_colonies/
The French and Indian War

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ns1763.ca/remem/map-british-north-america1775.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ns1763.ca/remem/7yw-timeline-w.html&usg=__HYBHxFnhXQ5fRSb1sXtTR4DZNxE=&h=800&w=620&sz=126&hl=en&start=30&um=1&tbnid=zuBQFVSawykIR
The Territories, States, and the Countries where they lived.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lynsweb.com/caseyclansite/colonialmap13colonies.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.lynsweb.com/caseyclansite/ccounties.html&usg=__L4j_WBInVyOgVx82cYsEZTes1yk=&h=518&w=447&sz=213&hl=en&start=74&um=1&tbnid=Jos-SH
Internet Modern History Sourcebook

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html
Benedict Arnold

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall97/arnold.html
History Central

http://www.historycentral.com/revolt/battles.html
Spy Letters of the American Revolution

http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/
The American Revolution

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
American Revolution Sites List

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html
More on the American Revolution

http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html
Famous Essays

http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/essays.html
Revolutionary War Timeline

http://www.nps.gov/archive/cowp/Timeline.htm
Liberty!
PBS

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

The Civil War

The Story of Harriet Tubman

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2Kbk4QTGU&feature=related
Harriet Tubman- Animated video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthvETfIK28&feature=related
Martin Luther King's Prophet Last Speech

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1L8y-MX3pg&feature=related
Martin Luther's "I have a Dream"

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qAeFjCscRY
Abraham Lincoln

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B73vkTeL_g
Boys in the Civil War

http://www.civilwarhome.com/boysinwar.htm
The Civil War for Kids

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
Jim Janke's Civil War

http://jjanke.org/sections/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Flight to Freedom

http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/projects/flighttofreedom/intro.shtml
Images of Children from the Civil War

http://cct2.edc.org/NDL/1999/lessons/teams/24/images.htm
Joshua Chamberlain. Com

http://www.joshuachamberlain.com/hc3.asp
American Memory/ Selected Civil War Photographs

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
American Civil War Homepage

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Brunswick, Main, & the Civil War

http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/lon/civilwar/index.htm
The Underground Railroad/ National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

People and Places Around the World

World and News
Fact Monster fun

http://sf.factmonster.com/world.html
Incan Empire
Mucchu Picchu

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.personal.psu.edu/krk5046/image003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.personal.psu.edu/krk5046/finalproject.html&usg=___y_JU4gdKyvL0W3BHqapUjHK25U=&h=316&w=243&sz=24&hl=en&start=14&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=2UPXp2oeuAnd
Around the World in 60 seconds

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RM9Fxi3vwg&feature=related
Find People and Places
Explore with National Geographic

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/
Ancient Greece
-Scavenger Hunt

http://greece.mrdonn.org/index.html

The Civil War

Boys in the Civil War

http://www.civilwarhome.com/boysinwar.htm
Civil War For Kids

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
Jim Janke's Civil War

http://jjanke.org/sections/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Flight To Freedom

http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/projects/flighttofreedom/intro.shtml
The Civil War Through a Child's Eye

http://cct2.edc.org/NDL/1999/lessons/teams/24/images.htm
Joshua Chamberlain. Com

http://www.joshuachamberlain.com/hc3.asp
Selected Civil War Photographs

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
The American Civil War Homepage

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Brunswick, Main, & the Civil War

http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/lon/civilwar/home.html
The Underground Railroad/ National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/

The Western Movement

Treasure Net

http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
Lewis and Clark

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
The Oregon Trail

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

Our Government

3 Branches of Government Game

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/3bgovt.htm
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html

Writing

What is the difference between 1st and 3rd Person point of view?

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewl.cfm
Kid's Writing
-Spelling, Grammar, and Writing Games

http://netrover.com/~kingskid/writing/Kids_Writing.html

Inspiration/ Warm-up Prompts

Amazing Places
*Photos to evoke the senses, describe the setting, and inspire a story

http://kollinz.ironcube.info/kollin/amazingplaces/
The Most Beautiful Scenery in the World

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VRwMghIemo
Landscapes
YouTube

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBzDXpRPH8&feature=PlayList&p=B5E2411A247ADFDD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=14
The Most Beautiful Landscapes on Earth

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3NNCwjR93M&feature=related
World's Most Beautiful Landscapes

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcQidZdaOk&feature=related

Grammar

Grammar Clubhouse
Very basic review

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/clubhouse/index.html
Go Grammar
This site has it all!

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html
Harcourt Grammar Practice Park!

http://harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

Nouns

Nouns
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0&feature=related&pos=1
Fish Tank!
-practice singular and plural

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/fishtanks2/fishtanks2.htm
Rats!
-practice common and proper nouns

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.htm?rats_compropnouns
Singular and Possessive Noun Quiz

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g3c10/nadia.htm
Noun Dunk!
-practice common and proper nouns

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html
Singular and Possessive Nouns
Play flashcards, matching, or concentration

http://www.quia.com/jg/67716.html
Possessive Noun Quiz

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html
Noun Explorer

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/nounexplorer/index_pre.html

Verbs

Verbs
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok&feature=related&pos=4
Verb Phrases
-practice

http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=1210225853&AP_activityType=6&AP_urlId=8097&AP_continuePlay=true&id=8097
Linking Verbs
-practice

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvlink.html
"To Be" Verb- Present and Past

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz86skm.htm
"Be" Verb practice

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/be-01.html
Irregular Verb Challenge

http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html
Identifying Linking Verbs and Action Verbs
Linking Verbs and Action Verbs

http://www.quia.com/quiz/424609.html
Jupiter Jane
Verbs

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/SelectAWord?SkipGuestWarning=true&Topic=Verbs4-6
Grammar Blast!

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=2&Unit=5&Topic=Verbs&x=37&y=9
Simple Present Tense Verbs

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1.htm
Noun-Verb Agreement

http://www.quia.com/pop/34165.html
Verb-Subject Agreement

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtml
Verb-Subject Agreement Quiz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/quiz.shtml
Singular and Plurag Agreement

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
Say What?
Grammar quizzes for Simple Past Tense, Irregular, Phrasal, Seperable and Non-Seperable Phrases, Present Perfect, Comparative, an

http://www.saywhatesl.com/quizes/Quizdex.html
Present Perfect

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/prperf1.htm
Present Perfect/ pop-up

http://www.quia.com/pop/153349.html
Verb Power

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html
Subject Verb Mix-up

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/subjectverbmix/index_pre.html

Irregular Verbs

Learn Past Tense and Past Participles
Flashcards and Concentration

http://www.quia.com/jg/65537.html
Regular and Irregular Verbs
What's the difference?

http://www.rhlschool.com/eng4n6.htm
Irregular Verb Quiz

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g3c17/nadia.htm

Helping Verbs

Helping Verbs Quiz

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/1htest.htm
Helping Verbs Quiz 2

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g2c28/nadia.htm
To Be or Nottobee
Basic review

http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html
Helping Verb "To Be" practice

http://a4esl.org/q/j/jb/mc-be.html
Am, Is, or Are

http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz85mbs.htm

Subject and Predicate

Subject and Predicate
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGN_NxKIIFM&feature=related&pos=16
Select subject or predicate

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g2c2/nadia.htm
Subject and Predicate Review

http://www.quia.com/cb/38873.html
Complete, Subject, or Predicate Quiz

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5complsubpred

Pronouns

Pronouns
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI&feature=related&pos=3
Personal Pronouns

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/pronouns/game.shtml
Pronouns and Antecedents

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_clubhouse/index_pre.html
Possessive and Reflexive Pronouns
-practice quiz

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html
Grammar Blast!

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=5&Unit=6&Topic=Pronouns
Subject and Object Pronouns
Quiz

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/73.html
Pronoun State Fair
Subject and Object pronouns

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pronoun_fair/index.html
Possessive Pronouns

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/go_for_gold/content_builder/dswmedia/g6_poss_pronouns/nadia.htm
More practice with Possessive Pronouns

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-pronouns-lb.html
Practice Possessive Pronouns
Use mine, yours, etc.

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_d01/
Practice Possessive Pronouns (2)

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file04/grammar04_d02/
Life on the Pronoun Reef

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/sea_park/index_pre.html

Adjectives

Adjectives
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI&feature=related&pos=5
Rats!
Adjectives and Articles

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.asp?rats_advadj
Grammar Blast!
Adjectives

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=4&Unit=4&Topic=Adjectives&x=12&y=12
Describe my cow
Adjective worksheet

http://www.abcteach.com/free/w/worksheet_adjectives_describe.pdf

Adverbs

Adverbs
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYmEICNgOQ&feature=related&pos=0
The Adverb Machine

http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/adj-adv.html
Adverb Quiz

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos5.htm#Pop%20Quiz%201
Adverb Battleship

http://www.quia.com/ba/8086.html
Rags To Riches

http://www.quia.com/rr/62022.html
Jupiter Jane

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/SelectAWord?SkipGuestWarning=true&Topic=Adverbs4-6

Types of Sentences

What is a sentence?
-game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash6.shtml
Sentence Sort

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index_pre.html
Professor Garfield- Wrestle sentence strip sequence
*The Reading Ring

http://www.professorgarfield.org/ReadingRing/Strips/strips.html
Sentence structure quiz
AIMs prep

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g5c28/nadia.htm
Review sentence structure quiz
AIMs prep

http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html
Sentence Speedway
Phrase, Dependent Clause, Independent Clause

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_speedway/index_pre.html
Word Walls
-Build sentences

http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html

Prepositions

Prepositions
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM&feature=related&pos=0
Preposition Desert

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/preposition_desert/index_pre.html

Punctuation

Singing Punctuation
-Dean Martin and Victor Borge

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGgnpUrP98
Punctuation Paintball
*Pick your level-game

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
Punctuation Campground

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/punctuation/index_pre.html

Articles

A or An (1)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/cg-a_an.html
A, An, or The (2)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc001-ck.html
A, An, or The (3)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc008-ld.html
A, An, or (nothing) (4)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-lb-aanon.html
A or An (5)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vt/a_or_an.html
Famous People
Quiz- check what you know about A or An

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/fampeople.html
Health Clubs/ Articles
*Advanced

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-articles.html

Interjections!

Interjections
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM&feature=related&pos=4

Conjunctions

Conjunctions
*School House Rock

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

Contractions

Java Games (1)
Matching, concentration, and flashcards

http://www.quia.com/custom/412main.html
Java Games (2)
Mixing them up

http://www.quia.com/jg/505912.html
Contraction Quiz

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/go_for_gold/content_builder/dswmedia/g6_contractions_negatives/nadia.htm
Tutor Test
A Bed Full of Cats

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade1/skill4/cats.html
Fly By!
Basic review

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/flyby/flyby1.htm
Contractions Quiz

http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/contractions/contraction_spell_5.html

Singular and Plural

Classifying Plurals
Basic review

http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/plurals/plural_class_practice_1.html
Plural Play

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/plural/index_pre.html

Past, Present, and Future Tense

Past and Future Match-up
Basic review

http://harcourtschool.com/activity/past_and_future/index_pre.html

Pen Pals in Bulgaria

The Magic of Bulgarian Voices
Absolutely haunting and beautiful!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdqjcW8u7Lw
Basic English to Bulgarian Translations
How much can you remember?

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbWz31TqEgA
Talented Bulgarian Musician

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6u4iMwkAA&NR=1
Bulgarian Anthem

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP3zAdLkVrQ&feature=PlayList&p=9C7BBA7779E75A66&index=0
Bulgarian Words and Phrases

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPzQ1BcuBQY
More Bulgarian music

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lJYq6bjHTQ&feature=PlayList&p=9C7BBA7779E75A66&index=48

Poetry

Giggle Poetry
-Lots of examples

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm

Haiku

How to write a Haiku poem-

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem
Haiku
Kidzone

http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm
Haiku for People

http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
Famous Examples of Haiku

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/examplesofHaiku.htm
Family Travel Haiku

http://home.earthlink.net/~familytravelhaiku/welcome.htm

Tanka

How to write a Tanka poem-

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm
Tanka Poems

http://www.chinatownconnection.com/tanka-poems.htm
Examples of Tanka poetry

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/tanka.htm

Limericks

Spelling

Spelling City
Interactive practice

http://www.spellingcity.com/

Reading

Ms. Van's Blog

http://vansblogbugs.blogspot.com/
Story Town
Our text book.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/storytown/
AR Book Finder
Is you book an AR book? What is the reading level?

http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx
Story Cove
World stories and folk tales- examples of story telling

http://www.storycove.com/
Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
Create your own

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythmachine.htm
The Librarian's Internet

http://www.ipl.org/
World Book

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb&tu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbookonline.com%2Fwb%2FHome

Chapter Books

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island Home site
This site gives wonderful description of the story and history of San Nicolas Island

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/dolphin/
San Nicolas Island photos
What's living on or around the island

http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=san_nicholas_island__channel_islands__california_(usa)_/_baja_california_(mexico)__pacific__oceans__location
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Chumash Life

http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/intro.htm
Chumash Indians

http://www.chumashindian.com/
Chumash Indian Fact Sheet
Native American Facts for Kids

http://www.bigorrin.org/chumash_kids.htm
The Giant Squid
National Geographic

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-squid/
National Geographic for Kids/ Giant squid

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/giant-squid/
FEMA - Ready Kids

http://www.ready.gov/kids/step3/index.html
San Nicolas Island
general info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicolas_Island
An article about the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/lowom.htm
San Nicolas Island

http://diver.net/seahunt/islands/d_inic.htm
Woman's Lonely Saga Left a Mystery

http://www.nativevillage.org/Messages%20from%20the%20People/Lone%20Woman%20of%20San%20Nicolas%20Island.htm
San Nicolas Military

http://www.navair.navy.mil/ranges/SEA/docs/SEA/FS_SNI.pdf
Wolf information for kids

http://www.ask.com/web?q=wolf%20information%20for%20kids&askid=aea97fec-9588-40d3-84cb-8435f1459170-0-us_gsb&qsrc=999&o=2829&l=dir
Classroom web resource page-

http://4thgrademaple.wikispaces.com/Island+of+the+Blue+Dolphins

Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colonists

Pirates and Privateers

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cindyvallar.com/Roanoke.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cindyvallar.com/youngadultbooks.html&usg=__fN0_AbqU1FrN-f6Ivti2YBi0wgg=&h=600&w=465&sz=39&hl=en&start=16&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=EXP-x3NyT3_SuM:&tbnh=135&tbn
The Significance of John White's water colors

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.historyisfun.org/publicImages/thumb_JW_Portrait_of_Arnaq_and_Nutaaq.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.historyisfun.org/Significance-of-John-White.htm&usg=__OmTAYRAPmMV6vf0sQoTF4joGswA=&h=222&w=168&sz=46&hl=en&
The Lost Colony of Roanoke 1588
-Off the site Mysteries of the Unknown

http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm
The Roanoke Colony

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Roanoke.html
National Geo./ Can New Did Solve Mystery?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_lostcolony.html
Croatoan
-Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0814071.html
Roanoke Island
-Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0842044.html
The First English Settlement in the New World

http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/nc/ncsites/english1.htm
In search of the Lost Colony
- with attached video of the dig

http://www.firstcolonyfoundation.org/

Number the Stars

Chapter review questions
Provides reflective comprehensive questions and vocabulary refresher

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading23/number_the_stars.htm
Tivoli Gardens
Discover the significance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens
Story Enrichment
What is the Shofar?

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6iNXRVN-WE&feature=related
Shofar Call
Live Shofar call

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jR20-0sy1Y
Denmark's National Anthem
listen

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSk9xzVGk6c
Tivoli Gardens
video

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAtV56dUeY
Map of the North Sea

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/northsea.htm
Germany's Flag

http://flagspot.net/flags/de.html
Sweden's Flag

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/sweden/flag/

Ben and Me

Pedro's Journal

Teacher's Cyber Guide

http://www.sdcoe.net/score/pedro/pedrotg.html
Inro to Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad

http://www.sdcoe.net/score/pedro/pedrosg1.html
Discussion Guide

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=684

The Reading Process/ Strand 1

Prefixes and Suffixes

Race to Ramses

Antonyms and Synonyms

Ball Hogs
Review both

http://fen.com/studentactivities/BallHogs/BallHogs.html

Antonyms

Identify
Interactive practice

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/matchgeneric.asp?filename=kderitteantonyms
Match
Interactive practice

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=kharris2antonym

Synonyms

Word Jungle
Find Synonyms

http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/wordjungle/

Vocabulary Practice:

Figurative Language

Test Tutor/ Trapped By the Ice
Figurative Language

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill7/trapped.html

Similes

Metaphors

Personification

Idioms

Homonyms

Syllablication

Identify Parts of Speech

Develop Strategies

Predict

Dig it!
Make predictions

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/predict_outcomes/3_predict.html

Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast
*A Fishy Tale

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r970818d.htm

Drawing Conclusions, Making inferences, and Generalizations

Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
-Check what you know

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
Reading Rocket/ Sarah Plain and Tall
*-Check what you know (draw conclusions)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_11.htm
Drawing Conclusions by reading graphs

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/theme_park_favorites/
Test Tutor
The Talent Show

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill6/talent.html
Test Tutor
Sarah Plain and Tall

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill4/sarah.html
Draw Conclusion Quiz
-Check what you know

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
Test Tutor
The Cricket in Times Square

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill4/cricket.html
Reading Skills Rocket/ Iditarod Dream
-Check what you know (draw conclusions, make inferences, and generalizations

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_7.htm
Reading Skills Rocket/ The Cricket in Times Square
-Check what you know (draw conclusions)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_10.htm
Test Tutor
Iditarod Dream

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill7/iditarod.htm
Test Tutor
We'll Never Forget You

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill7/roberto.htm
Test Tutor/ Making Inferences
My Side of the Mountain

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill7/mountain.html
Reading Rocket/ The Fun They Had
-Check what you know (draw conclusions and generalizations)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_23.htm
Test Tutor
The Story of Louis Braille

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill5/braille.html
Test Tutor
The Fun They Had

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill7/fun_they_had.htm
Reading Rocket/ We'll Never Forget You
-Check what you know (draw conclusionsand generalizations)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_9.htm
Reading Skills Rocket/ The Story of Louis Braille
-Check what you know (draw conclusions)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_24.htm
Reading Skills Rocket/ The Case of the Shining Blue Planet
-Check what you know (draw conclusions, make inferences, and generalizations

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_28.htm
Test Tutor
The Case of the Shining Blue Planet

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill5/planet.html
Reading Rocket/ Seventh Grade
-Check what you know (draw conclusions)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_23.htm
Test Tutor
Seventh Grade

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill5/seventh.html

Summarizing and Paraphrasing

Reading Rocket/ Black Frontiers
Sumarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_27.htm
Test Tutor/ Black Frontiers
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill16/frontiers.htm
Reading Rocket/ Floods
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_9.htm
Test Tutor/ Flood: Wrestling the Mississippi
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill15/flood.html
Reading Rocket/ How To Babysit an Orangutan

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_6.htm
Test Tutor/ How to Babysit an Orangutan
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill15/orangutan.html
Reading Rocket/ Folk Tales from Asia

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_6.htm
Test Tutor/ Folk Tales in Asia
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill16/folktales.htm
Reading Rocket/ I'm in Charge of Celebrations
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_23.htm
Reading Rocket/ Look To the North: A Wolf Pup Diary
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_12.htm
Reading Rocket/ Nights of the Pufflings
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_7.htm
Test Tutor/ I'm in Charge of the Celebrations
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill17/celebration.htm
Reading Skills Rocket/ Old Yeller
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_10.htm
Test Tutor/ Look to the North
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill15/north.html
Reading Rocket/ Papa Tells Chita a Story
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_16.htm
Test Tutor/ Night of the Pufflings
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill15/pufling.html
Reading Rocket/ Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_15.htm
Test Tutor/ Old Yeller
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill15/yeller.html
Reading Rocket/ Woodsong
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_10.htm
Test Tutor/ Papa Tells Chita A Story
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill17/chita.htm
Reading Skills Rocket/ Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade2/skill17/reynoso.htm
Test Tutor/ Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Summarizing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill17/mosquitos.htm
Test Tutor/ Woodsong
Summarizing and Paraphrasing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill16/woodsong.htm

Cause and Effect

Sequencing

Sequencing words and language
-Mrs. Boyd's games

http://www.quia.com/pages/sequencingfun.html

Comprehending Literary Text/ Strand 2

Point of View

Point of View
1st and 3rd person pt. of view

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewl.cfm
Practice with Point of View

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewp.cfm
Test Tutor/ My Side of the Mountain
Point of View

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill12/mountain.htm
Test Tutor/ Summer of the Swans
Point of View

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill12/swans.htm

Finding the Theme

Understanding Theme

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/plotp.cfm
Student Web Lesson
Understanding theme

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/DidIRead/info01.htm

Author's Purpose

FCAT practice

http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/activity1.htm

Character Traits and Motives

What are character traits?

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/writing/resource/2669.html

Comprehending Informative Text/ Strand 3

Facts and Opinions

Cheese Chase
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/cheese_chase3_a.html
Cyber Surpher
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_29.htm
Test Tutor/ Cyber Surfer
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill6/cybersurfer.html
Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_6_30.htm
Satchmo's Blues
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_18.htm
William Shakespeare and the Globe
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_20.htm
Test Tutor/ Dive: My Adventures in the Deep Frontier
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade6/skill6/dive.html
Test Tutor/ William Shakespeare and the Globe
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill8/shakespeare.html
Test Tutor/ Satchmo's Blues
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill8/satchmo.html
Test Tutor/ Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Oz
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill6/fact.html
The Secret Life of Trees
Fact and Opinion

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_2_2.htm

Research/ Check Your Resources

Get the Scoop
Research

http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/scoop/index.html
Save The Pacific Nothwest Tree Octopus
True or False

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
All About Explorers
Treasure Hunt for facts

http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/
How to Write a Research Paper

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/t1termpaper1.html
Top 10 Ridiculously Common Science Myths

http://listverse.com/2009/04/08/top-10-ridiculously-common-science-myths/
Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/

Dictionary

Yahoo Kids!

http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/english

Technology

SERP Student Survey
student survey 2011

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDNkTXcwbjU1NDZrYVh3SWN1V0hJS1E6MQ
Cyber Tree House
Wonderful information!

http://www.cybertreehouse.com/
Communicate how...?

http://www.fekids.com/kln/girls_guide/friends.html

Typing

Learn to Type
Shows fingering on keyboard

http://www.typeonline.co.uk/lesson1.html
Dance Mat Typing
-Fun interacitve practice

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Type-A-Beest
-Work on your speed

http://disney.go.com/safety/kids/type.html
Typer Shark
-This will get your heart rate going. A true test to your ability and... very fun!

http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=typershark

Fun Videos, Interactive Games, and Activities

PBS for Kids

http://pbskids.org/
Yahoo Kids!

http://kids.yahoo.com/
Disney

http://disney.go.com/index

Just for fun!

Breakfast at Ginger's
Dog eating with hands

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaAVZ2yXDBo
Playhouse Disney

http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/index.html
I spy

http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/games/index.htm
The Mouse Club

http://www.themouseclub.co.uk/
Create Your Own Pet Monster
Free

http://www.moshimonsters.com/
Create Your Own Animal
Free

http://www2.shidonni.com/default.htm
Talking Pets

http://www.talkingpets.org/
Create Your Own Animated Movie

http://www.kerpoof.com/
Story Birds
Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print

http://storybird.com/
Talking Photos
Create and share talking photos

http://www.fotobabble.com/
Spore Creature Creator
Create a Creature- watch it evolve

http://www.spore.com/ftl
Professor Garfield
-Jeopardy game

http://www.professorgarfield.org/GCubed/gcubed.html
Design Squad Figit
-Design it and then build it

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/games/fidgit/
Shidonni Drawing
-Virtual pet drawings come to life

http://www2.shidonni.com/default.htm

The Arts

Artsonia
Great work kids!

http://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=107809
Create Your Own Science Journal
Use colored illustrations, label, and record observations

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8AY_QVCn4o&feature=related
The Scientific Illustrator

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCZ9Zlgi2E&feature=related
Peter Carrington talks about scientific illustration
Part 1 of 3

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPDgM8JC8Y

Fun and Inspiration

One Heck of a Dog Trainer

http://www.wagreflex.com/2009/07/one-heck-of-a-dog-trainer.HTML
Marcy Brody from North, South Carolina
Bill Cosby's You Bet Your Life

http://www.987theriver.com/pages/videooftheday.html?feed=341206&article=7262686
Opera Company of Philadelphia at Reading Terminal Market

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmwRitYO3w
Le Plus Grand Cabaret Du Monde
AMAZING balance and strength

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTqmEeBKhw
Proppe's Paddles: Rick Mercer
Tags mother and baby bears

http://algonquincanoeing.blogspot.com/2009/03/rick-mercer-visits-algonquin-park.html
Waves for Water
Worldwide rojects for purification

http://www.wavesforwater.org/
Clean Water Projects in Africa

http://hubpages.com/hub/Charity-Water
River at Risk
Mac Gillivray Freeman's Grand Canyon Adenture

http://www.grandcanyonadventurefilm.com/
Hummingbirds

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hjnc1kHMDDo&feature=player_embedded
Dirty Waters, Dangerous Fish

http://www.vimeo.com/11817894
Pennies for the Planet

http://www.togethergreen.org/p4p/about.aspx

Celebrated Holidays

Veteran's Day

YouTube video
slide show

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUXY_WAVhrI
The War- slideshow/ music by Norah Jones

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRv7PXU-l2E
The Star Spangled Banner
-High school students harmonize

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxU_WdjzptY

President's Day

President's Day
web quest

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/presidents/pres.htm

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day
web quest

http://www.arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/valtrht.htm

Groundhog's Day

Groundhog's Day
web quest

http://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/pascal/infonews/themes/groundhogday.htm

Earth Day

Seek a Word

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Java/SeekAWord/EarthDay.html
The Great Green Web Game

http://go.ucsusa.org/game/

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss- Random House

http://www.seussville.com//

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Video
Picture book with song

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#the-mayflower
Thanksgiving
History.com

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#thanksgiving-becomes-a-holiday
The Survival Song

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/11/egreetings/source/2.htm

Martin Luther King Day

Technology and Tools for Everyone

Create a Voice for your Avatar
Free- Use Voki to personalize your Avatar

http://www.voki.com/
100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration
By Ozge Karaoglu

http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/tag/100-collaboration-tools/
Podcasts Made Simple

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/05/podcasts-in-education-made-simple.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
Scratch Creator
*Create your own interactive stories, games, music, and art

http://scratch.mit.edu/
Comic Creator

http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
Gizmos
Online simulations for math and science

http://www.explorelearning.com/?gclid=CLaGxsW375gCFRENDQod2Sm51A
Free Smart Notebook Training
It's free!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/05/free-smart-notebook-training.html
Comic Maker

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Free Tech 4 Teachers
This site is a must!!!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
My Web Face
Cartoon yourself

http://mywebface.mywebsearch.com/download/index.jhtml?partner=GRxdm012&spu=true&sub_id=6483
PowerPoint Templates and Backgrounds

http://www.templateswise.com/

A Vision

A Vision of Students Today
reaching students in the 21st Century

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Create Your Own Low-cost Multi-Touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
Johnny Chung Lee's Site

http://johnnylee.net/

Media Projects

Creative Commons
free use

http://creativecommons.org/
Flickr
free use of images

http://www.flickr.com/
Freeplay Music
free use of audio

http://freeplaymusic.com/
Glogster
Creating posters

http://edu.glogster.com/
Magic Pen
Interactive Writing Tool

http://www.magicpen.net/
Create a Poster
Free- Use Glogster

http://edu.glogster.com/
Snagit

http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?gclid=CJG1-riuhKICFQmjiQodMmPKEg
Create a Talking Avatar, Animated Movie, Video Greeting Card, Short Story with Visuals, Talking Photographs, and more
How to blog from Tech and Learning

http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/30292
Create Your Own Personal Video Greeting Card
Use Bubble Joy

http://www.bubblejoy.com/

Movies/Videos

Vimeo
download movies

http://www.vimeo.com/
Youtube
view videos

http://www.youtube.com/
Quietube
remove advertisements

http://quietube.com/
Viddler
Watch and publish your videos

http://www.viddler.com/

Student Examples

Francis Drake
-Notice the bibliography at the end. Great job kids!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQK3pEDquY

Photography

Picasa
free photo editing

http://picasa.google.com/mac/

Web Publishing

Free Animated Gifs and Clip Art
gifs and clip art

http://www.amazing-animations.com/
Gifs.net
Free Animations

http://www.gifs.net/gif/
Animated gifs collection

http://www.animatedgif.net/animals/otheranimals/otheranimals9.shtml
CoolCLIPS Clip Art
space technology gif animations

http://dir.coolclips.com/Technology/Space/Gif_Animations/
Millan Net - Gifs

http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html

Music/ Audio

Sound Web Quest
web quest

http://www.runet.edu/~sbisset/soundwq.htm

Parents

Important Links

Sonoran Sky Elementary School
Home site

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/ssesweb/
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Home site

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/siteweb/
Make Your Day
Sonoran Sky's Responsibility Program

http://www.makeyerday.com/aboutmyd.html
Infinite Campus
Report Card System

https://ic.pvschools.net/campus/paradisevalley.jsp?status=logoff
PVLearners
All students should have a working account. This provides them with their email account, as well as necessary access to class a

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/techweb/techpvlearnersweb/
Ms. Van's Blog
Students will need access to this site.

http://vansblogbugs.blogspot.com/

School Subjects

i know that. com
Very fun site!

http://www.iknowthat.com/com

Reading

Scholast On-line Book Orders
Order your student's books on-line

http://clubs.scholastic.com/cool/login.jsp
AR Book Finder
Find out if your student's book is an AR book and what the reading level is

http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

Math

Test prep
This is NOT our text book, but it is still great math review

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testprep/gr5/index.html
On-line review
more test prep

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2004/grade5/math.htm
That Quiz

http://www.thatquiz.org/

Free Educational Downloadable Applications

KidZui
Internet for kids browser

http://www.kidzui.com/
Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/
Togetherville
A social networking for kids

http://togetherville.com/

Teachers

PVLearners

http://www.pvlearners.net/
Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v5/#water
Atomic Learning
View tutorials

http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/
Discovery Education
Collect classroom videos, create assignments, and quizzes

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Smart
Smart Board/ Interactive White Boards

http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/
Internet 4 Classrooms
Builds both Math and Language Skills

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_original.htm
Arizona State Standards
All subjects applying to 5th grade

http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/GradeLevelsAll/Grade5All.pdf
Infinate Campus
Report Cards and Attendance

https://ic.pvschools.net/campus/paradisevalley.jsp
Delicious
bookmarks and collect quick links

http://delicious.com/
Play Kids Games
Very Cool Stuff!

http://www.playkidsgames.com/
Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Learning Planet

http://www.learningplanet.com/
Squiglys Playhouse

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/
Kidport

http://www.kidport.com/default.htm
YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/
quietube
*Remove all the advertisements

http://quietube.com/
Time Lines

http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/30300
*pdat
Important!

https://pdat.pvschools.net/auth/login
*Teacher Sub Line
Important

https://absent.pvschools.net:443/logOnInitAction.do
PV Online

https://pvschools.mrooms2.net/
TVO Kids.com
Resource for more sites

http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=51
COMPASS 2015

http://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/compass/
Paradise Valley Ticket System
-fix your technical glitches

http://webhelpdesk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/HostedHelpdesk.woa/wa?id=282
Hands On Science Center

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/currweb/currhandsonscience/index.html
Language Acquisition Department

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/LangAcweb/
PVUSD Online Training videos

http://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/online-training/
MediaFest (2010)

http://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/mediafest-2010/
pCast/ pTunes
-Tutorials

http://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/ptunes/
Atomic Learning
-Tutorials

http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/home
Web Publishing
Connect Me

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/techweb/techconnectmetraining/Web%20Publishing/
iLife

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#iphoto
Cisco Phone System

http://www.cisco.com/comm/applications/CCNP/qlm/7911/

Videos

Nova ~ Viewing Ideas

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3410_01_nsn.html
National Geographic 4 Kids

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/

Music

National Jukebox

http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

Educational Games

GameGoo

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Learning Games For Kids

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/
TVO Kids

http://www.tvokids.com/
UpToTen Kids

http://www.uptoten.com/kids/uptoten-home.html
The Education Place

http://www.eduplace.com/edugames.html
BBC School Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/
Spore
Create a Creature- watch it evolve

http://www.spore.com/
National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/

Keeping Humor!

The Medieval Help Desk
Hilarious!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ

Morals, Ethics, and Digitizenship

PBS Kids~ It's My Life

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/

Subjects

Jim Janke's Emporium

http://jjanke.org/
The Learning Zone

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/index.htm

Science

The Futures Channel
Applying science and technology in various careers

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/movies/science_tech_movies.php
Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
NASA.gov
-home site

http://www.nasa.gov/
How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Kids Astronomy.Com

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Nasa- TV.blogspot

http://nasa-tv.blogspot.com/
Mentos Missile Explosion

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_77YY-_QW0k
Artists with Mentos
This is AWESOME!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
Steve Spangler/ Winter Olymics
Fabulous videos! Connect science and sports.

http://www.stevespangler.com/tag/olympics/
Science Tests and Resources

http://www.quia.com/pages/hostetterscience.html#simple
My Schoolhouse
lessons and worksheets

http://myschoolhouse.com/courses/Science-Lessons.htm

Animal Interest

Connecting People to Wild Nature
*At the Bronz Zoo

http://www.bronxzoo.com/educators/educator-resources.aspx
National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/
The Rudiments of Wisdom

http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/themes/themes_animals.htm
Pics4Learning

http://pics.tech4learning.com/?view=sub&cat=Animals
Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Science/Animals/Animals.html
Zoo Books

http://www.zoobooks.com/
Kids Click

http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=animals+general&title=Animals+General
WWF/ World Wildlife Foundation

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.html
Endangered Species.Com

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/
Species Fact Sheets
-Kids Planet

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
UICN Red List of Threatened Species

http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Discovery Kids

http://kids.discovery.com/
Game Aquarium

http://www.gamequarium.com/
National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife.aspx

Earth Science

The Futures Channes

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/movies/earth_science_movies.php
Earth Share

http://earthshare.org/

Math

The Futures Channel
Applying math in various careers

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/hands-on_math.php
Virtual Dice
Interactive tools

http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/maths/mat0005.html
Internet 4 Classrooms
Interactive practice and instructional aid

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-5th-mathbuilders.htm
Aplus Math
Interactive practice and instructional aid

http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
Math Playground
Interactive practice and instructional aid

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html
Fun Brain
Interactive practice and instructional aid

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Brainormaous
Interactive practice and instructional aid

http://www.brainormous.com/
Mister Teacher
geometry

http://www.misterteacher.com/alphabetgeometry/similar.html
Cool Math 4 Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
TUSD (Tucson) Teacher Resources
Interactive math

http://www.tusd1.org/resources/math/students_math.asp
Multiplication Zone

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
Play Kid's Games
Math related

http://www.playkidsgames.com/mathGames.htm
Play Kids Games (5th grade)

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/fifth/
Mathmatics Interactivies

http://mathematics.hellam.net/
Java Games- Elapsed Time

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/
Online Basic Skill Games

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math.html
World Math's Day
contest

http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/Default.aspx?
Maths MagNet

http://www.counton.org/magnet/minus3/index.html
Sprouts

http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/games/sprouts.html
Version Tracker
Free Software/ dice

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22744
Steve Spangler/ Winter Olymics
Math counts!

http://www.stevespangler.com/teaching-moments/math-counts-in-the-science-of-the-olympics/
Fuel the Brain

http://www.fuelthebrain.com/
Super Kids Worksheet Creator

http://superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
Math Arcade on Funbrain

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html
Math Maven's Mysteries
Interactive Whiteboard Ready

http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm

Instructional Math Video Sites

Math Playgound How-to videos
Instructional videos

http://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html
Math 6 Spy Guys
Instructional videos

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/math6shell.html

Reading

Story Town Resources

http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/Fifth%20Grade.htm
Think Central
Harcourt

http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/viewResources.do?method=retrieveResources&selectedTopMenu=planning&selectedLeftMenu=viewResources
ep-story town for 5th grade

https://ep-storytown.wikispaces.com/5th_Grade
Renaissance Place
Accelerated Reader (AR)

https://hosted23.renlearn.com/711559/
Google Literature Trips

http://www.googlelittrips.org/
Whole Brain Teaching
The Crazy Professor

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xFcUPQ_z_8
Storyline Online

http://www.storylineonline.net/
Literacy Zone

http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm
America's Library

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
Dear Mr. Henshaw

http://books.google.com/books?id=04oT8br7v7MC&dq=Dear+Mr.+Henshaw&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=EtjtSsWJH5T-M__-wYQM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
Story Cove
A World of Stories and Folk Tales

http://www.storycove.com/
Island of the Blue Dolphins Teacher Resources

http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/IBD/index.htm
Island of the Blue Dolphins- Study Guide
pdf

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/island_blue_dolphins.pdf
EP- Storytown
Help with both reading and writing standard objectives

https://ep-storytown.wikispaces.com/5th_Grade
Raz Kids
-Online reading levels

http://www.raz-kids.com/main

Social Studies

Smithsonian

http://www.si.edu/
Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Department of the Treasury for Kids

http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
Congress for Kids

http://www.congressforkids.net/
Kids Gov

http://kids.gov/
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
World Math's Day
interacting with the world around us

http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/Default.aspx?
Toon University

http://www.toonuniversity.com/gradelist.asp?dept=SS&grade=5
Elect a President

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/election/election.htm
Explorer Time Line
clip art

http://www.edhelperclipart.com/clipart/timelines/explorersoftheamericas1.pdf
Conquistadors
Cortes

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html
The White House- Presidents Slide Show

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/the-presidents
Fed Flix... includes speeches
Free Download and Streaming Internet Archive

http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix
Junior Achievement

http://www.jaaz.org/about/
Thinkfinity
-National Geographic... good stuff!

http://www.thinkfinity.org/partner-search?partner=4
Enchanted

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/
Number the Stars
Lesson Plans

http://www.planetbookclub.com/kids/archive/stars.99/starsintro.html
Holocaust Resources

http://www.stmary.pvt.k12.de.us/Lib_Holocaust_Resources.html

Explorers

Student Work- essays and portraits
*examples

http://homepage.mac.com/larow2/Voyages/wtsexplorerweb/index.html
Google Historical Voyages and Explorers

http://homepage.mac.com/larow2/Voyages/explorers.html
Pirates and Privateers
Accompanies Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colonists

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cindyvallar.com/Roanoke.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cindyvallar.com/youngadultbooks.html&usg=__fN0_AbqU1FrN-f6Ivti2YBi0wgg=&h=600&w=465&sz=39&hl=en&start=16&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=EXP-x3NyT3_SuM:&tbnh=135&tbn

Writing

Spelling

Spelling City
Interactive practice

http://www.spellingcity.com/

Writing Letters

Friendly Letters

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/fletters.htm

Student Magazines

National Geographic Explorer

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/
National Geographic for Kids

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/teachers/

Philosophies (Articles and Inspiration)

Teaching Tolerance

http://www.tolerance.org/
Expect More Arizona
keep your finger on the pulse

http://www.expectmorearizona.org/

School

Sonoran Sky Elementary School
Our school!

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/ssesweb/
Sonoran Sky Portal

http://guest.portaportal.com/ssestechnology
Mrs. Knobbe's Media-Live Streaming Video

http://www.livestream.com/mrsknobbesmedia
Paradise Valley Unified School District
Our district!

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/siteweb/
Mrs. Labella's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/deannalabella

Adventures in Art

View nature in 3D
Utah's Double Arch

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/DoubleArch1_swf.html
Nature in 3D
Sulpher Creek, AZ

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/SulpherCreek_swf.html
Nature in 3D
Payson Creek

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/PaysonC_swf.html
Brushster

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm
Pencil and Paper Game

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/danwell/MathNight/ppg.html

Drawing Perspective

How to Draw One-Point Perspective

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYBWA-ifEs
How to Draw Two-Point Perspective, with Karl Gude

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felys-u4nfk
Drawing Perspective- in super-speed
This is fun!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP9x1322dK8

Drawing Light and Shadow

How to Draw Star Wars Episode 2

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBOmRXYuvI
How To Draw Realistic Eyes

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ25OngOLts&feature=channel
Drawing at the Board

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt-zhEhC6Q0&feature=related

Where can I go to experience art?

Dillard & Clark ticketmaster

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Dillard-Clark-tickets/artist/731908
Scottsdale
*Info about events throughout Scottsdale

http://www.scottsdalecvb.com/arts-and-culture/
Scottsdaleaz.gov
*Info about events in downtown Scottsdale

http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/downtown.asp
Herberger Theater Center

http://www.herbergertheater.org/
Phoenix Show Up site
*look for events

http://phoenix.showup.com/

Painting

Music

The Musical Instrument Museum
*Also provides live musical performances

http://www.themim.org/
The ASU Gammage Theater

http://www.asugammage.com/
The Phoenix Symphony

http://www.phoenixsymphony.org/
Arizona Musicfest

http://www.azmusicfest.org/
Celebrity Theater

http://www.celebritytheatre.com/
The Marquee Theater

http://www.luckymanonline.com/
AZ Central

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/
Arizona Music Cafe

http://www.azmusiccafe.com/
In-Class Field Trips by Phil Tulga

http://www.philtulga.com/Drumming%20Workshops.html
Sphinx Kids!
Classical Music Interactive Learning & Games

http://www.sphinxkids.org/
Arts Alive! Instrument Lab

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/instrumentlab/
SFS Kids!
The San Francisco Symphony

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1

Theater

Phoenix Theater

http://www.phoenix-theater.com/
Scottsdale Desert Stages Theater

http://desertstages.org/
Arizona Theater Company

http://www.aztheatreco.org/index.html?topbar.html&0
Arizona Broadway Theater

http://www.azbroadwaytheatre.com/
Arizona's Women's Theatre Company

http://www.azwtc.org/

Ceramics/ Pottery

Architecture

Dance

Inspirational Artists

Painting with Dan Dunn
Amazing!!!

http://quietube.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJtKxdRQzY