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Links Pages

librarians index to the internet
ALA great web sites for kids
Sites for parents, caregivers, teachers, and others
Children's Literature Web Guide
D.K. Brown, Univ. of Calgary

Art and Music

Musical Instrument demonstrations from Bloomingdale House
From the Bloomingdale House of Music
Museum kids
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Gallery Art zone - interactive art
Guide to US art museums - many with interactive games
picturing amreica - gallery
Lessons connected to American art. Posters of these works are available in the school.

Learing to Read

Starfall - Practice for beginning readers
Clifford - Stories to read or read along
Tell Me a Story
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Between the Lines
Stories - help with some words
BBC School (British accent but good games)
free reading
An open source k-2 reading intervention program
Timeless Teacher Stuff
by Rick Swallow
Into the book
Reading comprehension strategies
Dolch Sight Word Kit
School Bell
Reading Rockets

Stories and Literature

Aesop
Storyline
American Folklore - retellings organized by theme
Internet Public Library - Kid Space
awesome stories
International Children's Library
Search by Country and Sort by Language
On-line Children's Stories
NYS Talking book and braille library
The Bad Beginning
The first of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
Andrew Lang Fairy Tales
Aaron Shepard
Readers Theater, Storytelling, more.
Read Kiddo Read
James Patterson's site about books.
Charlie and Lola
BBC CBeebies
Book Trailers for Readers
Many students made book trailers
Story Arts Online
Try the Story Library
Book Report Forms
from ABC Teach
Book Reviews for the PS 360 Library
Story Time Fun
Follett e-book shelf
Books by Theme

Authors

Jan Brett
Ann Cameron
Eric Carle
Beverly Cleary
Ezra Jack Keats
Steven Kellogg
Bill Martin Jr. (Brown Bear etc.)
Laura Numeroff (If You Give A Mouse...)
Patricia Polacco
J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
index to children's authors on the web
teaching books
author videos, lists, and links. Ask for password.
Reading Rockets Video Interviews
Ten reasons to do an author study

folk and fairy tales

English Fairy Tales
F.A. Steele; A. Rackham illustrator

Poetry Sites

http://nyc.gov/poem
giggle poetry (read, rate and write poems)
magnetic poetry - play with the kid sets
online poetry classroom
poetry express - some great activities
poets page
Poetry for Kids (definitions, activities and links)
Games, activities & lessons - not just for teachers
Scholastic page - tips from poets, idea engine, etc.
garden of song kidz page
Poetry Glossary
Poetry 180
A poem a day for America's high schools
What Rhymes with Squirrel
On line poetry activities
ETTC's instant poems
Poem templates
Kidlitosphere
Blog entry for poetry month
Poetry Curriculum
NYC DOE

Writing Ideas

writing topics and journal prompts
Stuart Stories
Writing ideas including some un-finished stories
How to write an animal report (enchanted learning)
Biography Maker
step by step research and writing
story creator
Write your own e books
Share a Story
Print a book and write a story
Weekly Writer

Science

National Geographic Kids
National Geographic on-line
NASA (space & solar system exploration)
Museum of Natural History (don't miss
Smithsonian Institution
science news
NASA images
An amazing image library
Exploring earth
National Science Digital Library
NOAA Learning Objects
monterey institute
Estuaries.gov
PK Lifescience
March 2011 trial ask for password
Siemens Science Day
Hands on science activities

Animals

enature pictures and brief descriptions
enchanted learning animal pages
Animal Bytes
SanDiego Zoo
National Zoo
Educational resources
Animal Planet
Videos from Wild Kingdom
National Aquarium
Exploring Nature
Free Resources level 2
Arkive
Includes short films and photos
Animal Research Pathfinder
Step by step instructions

New York Ecosystems

Human Body

build a skeleton
kidshealth
human anatomy on line
Human Body Systems
National Science Resource Center
CDC Education Home
Center for Disease Control
Health and Human Services for kids
Links to a variety of health sites .gov
Heart Library
Videos from St. Jude Medical

Space

Star Child
Nasa for kids
Nasa home

energy

Wind at Work
National Geographic Explorer
Energy Quest
California Department of Energy
Coned Kids

natural disasters

Body and Mind
Tsunamis and you
Fema for kids
The disaster area
Nova
The wave that shook the world

Math

Cool Math Games
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Math Drills
work sheets for arithmetic
Khan Accademy
Scroll down to arithmetic for videos and practice
Top Marks
Math is Fun
Math Blaster
PBS Kids math games

Dictionaries

Cambridge Dictionaries on-line
Learners, American English, Idioms, Phrasal
Urban Dictionary
Dictionary of Slang
Merriam Webster Online
Includes puzzles, games, word-of-the-day
Slang Site
slang dictionary

Research Tools

Grolier Online
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
On Lion for Kids (NY Public Library)
Ebsco database
Gale database
facts for learning
Bartleby: Books on the web
librarians guide to the internet
Webster
Rand McNally Classroom
Password Required
Rand McNally Classroom
Password Required
Kid Rex
Curated search engine
Easy Bib student writing guides

Search Tips

Gale Search Tips
PDF file
Grolier Online Tutorial
User name and password required
Five Tips
21st Century Information Fluency

search engines

Quintara
topics viewed in a web
MetaCrawler
Includes Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask
AltaVista
InfoMine
Some content from the deep web
Zap Meta
Meta Search Engine
ASK
Kid Rex
Ecosia

Social Studies

Whitehouse US gov
African American Migration Experience
Ben
First Government for Kids - Links to Government Agencies
America's Story
World Fact Book (CIA.gov publication)
Smithsonian Institution (Click on Explore and Learn)
American Centuries (Memorial Hall Museum)
library of congress teachers' page
Whitehouse history - bios of presidents on left side
Library of Congress Country Studies
Detailed facts and a brief history of many countries
Portals to the World
Selected links to provide in depth information about specific nations
World Fact Book
Detailed statistics about coutries and regions from the CIA
International Data Base
U.S. Census Bureau
Food Timeline
Food and History - Yum!
info please almanac
world almanac for kids on-line
50 states.com
National Parks Service
US dept of agriculture
Agriculture in the Classroom
State information
Rand McNally classroom

New York History

Bronx on the Web
A pathfinder from NYPL
New York City Transit
History and Chronology
Historical Signs
New York City Parks
A walk through the Bronx
D. Hartman, B. Lewis: Channel 13
NYC 100
New York TImes - the past 100 years
City of New York 1879
Panoramic map from loc.gov
Hisotry of NYC and NYS
NYPL links page
Museum of Firefighting

history research

Eyewitness to History
through the eyes of those that lived it
National Archives
Center for History and New Media
The American Experience
From PBS
Digital History
On-line Textbook
History Net
Weider History Magazines
Avalon Project
Documents from the Yale Law Library

Religion

Adeherents,com
Basic Facts including statistics
Patheos
Comparing religions
Pew Forum
Religious landscape survey
Wabash Center
Electronic Guide to Religion

Speak Out!

Peer Pressure
Article from KidsHealth
Shyness
Childrens, youth, and women's health service
Peer Group Pressure
Childrens, youth, and women's health service
Kidspeak!
Where kids speak up for free speech!
Speak Out
PBS kids Go!
Weekly Reader News Speak Out
Readers' commentary on the current issue

Teacher Tools

WNET -
NYC Board of Ed
School calendar
go to addistional information in lower right
New York Learns
Easy Testmaker - requires free registration
Smart board software downloads
healthteacher NYC-EL-04
trackstar
Read Write Think (web based language arts)
International Reading Association
voice the thread
post and collect comments on pictures
Intervention central
tools and assessments
FREE
Fedral Resources for Educational Excellence
Teachers Domain
WGBH
Smithsonian Education
make internet TV
detailed how-to
Curriki
Lessons, tests, etc. for all subjects
Content Clips
Multimedia and the ability to remix from NSDL
Neo
Photos, videos, presentations, quizzes and games
Into the book
Reading comprehension strategies
Digital Blooms Taxonomy
Links to websites organized ala Bloom
How to be a retronaut
images organized by decade and topic
PBS Learning Media
Video clips and lesson plans from PBS

virtual field trips

internet4classrooms
Utah Education Network
Exploratorium
Distance Learning
Oneida Boces
Plant Hunters
NY Botanical Garden
Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab
Click on Multi Media Links
Tour The Town
Colonial Williamsburg
Ancient Egypt
British Museum

video resources

Teacher Tube
Shared videos
Hulu
videos -do have commercial
thirteen/WNET
Many shows available for streaming
How Stuff Works
Discovery
Moving Image Archive
Internet Archive
Teacher Domain
Requires free registration
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
FREE
Teachers' TV
British teacher videos and resources
Powermediaplus
See Ms. Dejean for password
NOAA learning objects
Kennedy Center Videos
Cocumentary Educational Resources
previews of documentaries
Video Writing Prompts
Teach Hub

web quests

wequest.org
Bernie Dodge
Filamentality

standards

Common Core Standards
National math and literacy standards
ELA
New York State Standards
ELA Performance Standards
New York City
Mathmatics Core Curriculum
New York State (2005)
Science Core Curriculum
New York State
Science Performance Standards
New York City
Science Scope and Sequence
New York City
Social Studies Scope and Sequence
New York City
Social Studies Learning Standards and Core Curriculum
New York State
Information Fluency (Library)
New York City

common core standards

CFN 104 Summer Institute
Power points and links from 8 2011
NYC DOE Common Core Library
Common Core Standards
NYS Common Core ELA
Common Core Tools
Blog about Math Standards
NYT and the common core
discusses strategies for reading non-fiction
Common Core curriculum maps

grants

DOE grants page
requires DOE email

Professional Development

DOE professional development page
Teaching Channel
Videos describing best practices

Anti Bullying

primary source documents

core documents
libary of congress
national archives
NY Public Library digital collections
Pictures of England
A collection of historical photographs organized by theme
David Ramsey Map Collection
Historical Maps
Electronic schoolhouse: Latinos in NYS
New York Heritage
photos and documents

First Grade

History of our neighborhood

Mr. Paul's Story (American Life Histories)
Mr. Paul describes his neighborhood in the Bronx at the end of the 19th century.
Parental Problems (American Life Histories)
Oral history - life in the Bronx at the beginning of the 20th century
American Life Histories
Federal Writers Project (WPA) on LOC
Bronx County Historical Society
Fort Independence Playground
NYC Parks Dept Historical Signs
Sedgewick Playground
House sparrows and urban change.

Second Grade

urban

rural

History of the Bronx

Are We There Yet?
Bronx County Historical Society
New York City Transit
History and Chronology
Mr. paul's Story
City life in the late 19th Century (LOC)

Third Grade

Earthcam
Web Cams around the world
Rand McNally Classroom
Password Required

Puerto Rico

Welcome to Puerto Rico
Time for Kids; Around the World; Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Info Please almanac

England

Icons; a portrait of England
Material about the daily lofe and cultural heritage of England
Maps of England
Pictures of England
Time for Kids; Around the World; England
Welcome to England
An e book from Facts for Learning

Winter Festivals

Winter Holiday Links
from the Springfield, MA library
Christmas Traditions around the World
Divali celbrations around the world
Haunkkah around the world
slide show
Chanukah traditions around the world
123 life

Beijing, China

Trackstar #318779
a series of websites with work instructions
National Geographic traveler
Tourist information
Map of Beijing
Beauty, the land of China
A thinkquest page

India

India
Time for Kids
National Geographic
Includes facts, videos, printable map

Nigeria

National Geographic Kids
Nigerian Oil
National Geographic magazine 2/2007
Travel and Cultures: Nigeria
National Geographic

Australia

Map of Australia
Xpeditions, National Geographic
Australia: In the spotlight
National Geographic Kids
Koalas up close and personal
Science News
Sights and Sounds of the Great Barrier Reef

Jerusalem

Culture Goggles
Jerusalem viewed by 3 religions
My Jerusalem
Peter Jennings for National Geographic
Water Conservation: Israel
WGBH video
Kotel Virtual tours
Narrated tours of historic archeological sites
3D Israel
Virutal Tours

Fourth Grade

Native Americans

Iroquois Indians of New York
After Columbus; 400 years of native American Portraiture
NYPL DigitalGallery
Native American Facts for kids
An American Indian website for kids and teens
Native Americans of New York
Manahatta to Manhattan
Native Americans in Lower Manhattan
Deganawidah
Info Please
Iroquois Confederacy
Info Please
Native American Tribes of New York
From Native Languages of the Americas

Colonial Period

Social Studies for Kids; 13 Colonies of America; New York
by David White
Colonial New York
History of New York by the NYC 100 committee
A virtual tour of New Netherland
Notification of the purchase of Manhattan by the Dutch
Translation of letter by P. Schagen 1626
13 Originals
Murray, William (author), "13 Originals (The TimePage)," revision date*, http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html .
Activities from Memorial Hall Museum
View Dress Up and Tools to better understand life in the colonial era
Piece of the Past
Article from Scholastic News
Under the Street
Article from Dig same topic as Piece of the Past
Origins of the Colonies
Chart from Monkieshines on America
The City's Dutch Roots
Cobblestone
Big Apple History
Series of short articles from PBS

Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort Washington
The History Place; Conflict and Revolution
Liberty!
materials from the PBS series
Archiving Early America
67th regiment
History of a British Regiment
The American Revolution Home Page
A very complete reference written by Donald McGranahan
Nathan Hale revisited
Library of Congress informational bulletin
The Revolution
Pictorial Americana from the Library of Congress
John Bull and Uncle Sam; The American Revolution
An online exhibition from the Library of Congress
smart fun
time line and activities
Mission US
WNET interactive

erosion images

Industrialization

Erie Canal History
Erie Canal Web Site (lots of pictures)
NYS canal system: Look at
D.E.P.: NYC water supply history
E.P.A. : environmental concerns
The Erie Canal, a journey through history
try the virtual tour!
timeline on 19th century
Metropolis: Water and transit infrastructure
NYPL digital gallery

Immigration

Big Apple History
Includes Ellis Island and Coming to America
Digital History: Landmarks in immigration
Timeline of Immigration
Tenement museum
virtual tour
Irish Hunger Memorial
A teacher's guide
Scholastic Stories of Yesterday and Today - images and video

squirrels and beavers

Squirrels of New York
New York State Department of Environmental Conversation: 2002
Squirrel Rehab
Baby Eastern Gray Squirrels
Control tips for common nuisance species in New York: Grey squirrels
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Squirrel Hoarding
Podcast from science netlinks
Beavers; Eek Critter Corner
WI department of natural resources
Beavers; Nature's Engineers
Deleware Water Gap Recreation Area
American Beaver
Powerpoint with sources

Fifth Grade

China : Snapshots in Time
FIrst person accounts

eco systems

North Eastern States

Amazing Niagara Falls.
Faces 2008 (NY)
What's UNDER New York City?
Ask - March 2008 (NY)
Fire Below Your Feet
Ask Magazine 3/08 (PA)
Philadelphia
From Let's Take a Look at Pennsylvania
Capital of Irish America
Faces (March 2008)
Maine Timeline

Sixth Grade

Egypt

National Geographic; People and Places; Egypt
Explore the Pyramids
Nova online adventure
Life in Ancient Egypt
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Social Studies for Kids
by David White
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Thematic Essays; Ancient Egypt
Giza virtual tour

Ancient Rome

Rome Reborn in 3D
National Geographic Report
Rome's Ruins
National Geographic Article

Ancient China

GreatWall of China Virtual Tour
Beijing Guide
Ancient China / History for Kids
Kidipede
Ancient China
The British Museum
Army of Terracotta Soldiers
1001 wonders

Ancient Greece

Superman compare to Hercules
Storyworks Magazine Then and Now
Hercules
Storyworks Then and Now
Parthenon through time
Calliope Jan 2010
Child Soldiers of Sparta
Junior Scholastic 9/21/2009
Ancient Greeks
Primary History from the BBC
Ancient Greece
History Channel (Includes short videos)
Cleopatra
A multimedia guide to the ancient world from the Art Institute of Chicago
Odysseus
Hellenic Ministry of Culture

plays

Greece today

How To Do Things

Spatulatta
Cooking videos
e how
how to do just about anything - adult audience
origami instructions
paper folding - start with square paper

African American History

Find the Face
game from pbs kids
Black History Month
info please (Web Almanac)
In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
NYPL Digital Collections
African American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Research Guide
The missing chapter
African American history in the Husdon Valley
Resources from Scholastic
African American Odyssey from the Library of Congress
African American Achievements from Biography.com

Model UN

Model UN A
United Nations
Country Studies
Library of Congress
Portals to the world
Internet Links selected by the Library of Congress
World Fact Book
Detailed statistics and information from the CIA
Cyber School bus UN

NYC History

NYC 100
NYT describes the decades of the last 100 years

inauguration 2009

C Span inauguration page
clips and worksheets
Library of Congress
Inauguration 2009
Teacher visioninauguration page
includes lesson on inaugural poetry
US Senate inaugural site
President Elect Barack Obama
A brief history of inaugurations
White House Historical Association
Presidential Inaugurations
US Capitol Historical Society
Inaugural photographs
Smithsonian Institution
Inaugural fashion
on line news hour

Image files

World Images
Images organized in portfolios can be used in projects
Free Clip Art
By Phillip Martin
Tuxpi
Upload pictures to edit and add effects

News

Newsy
Short current events videos with transcripts
CNN
MSNBC
Rueters News and Analysis

Internet Safety

That's Not Cool
A Parents Guide to Internet Safety
F.B.I. publication (outdated?)
On Guard On Line
Computers and Technology
Kids.gov list of cyber safety sites

Biography Resources

Biography.com
Biography 4 Kids
From Biography.com scroll down for defining moments
Info Please
Brief biographies indexed by last name
100 most influential people
Time.com
PBS Biographies
PBS history shows
Explore by topic or search PBS