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Science

Yuckiest Site
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
Ranger Rick
http://www.nwf.org/gowild/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3&CFID=32969453&CFTOKEN=3ca61f4a8abe2d53-1F6052DE-F1F6-7B10-36E225100A673982
Kids Astronomy
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
Astronomy Picture of the Day
New pictures and explanations
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
How Stuff Works
Learning interesting information about how things really work!
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/peter_and_barbara_barham/frame_education.html
Science Matters
Looking for information to make a difference in the world? Check out this site. It will help you learn about things you never
http://www.ucsd.tv/sciencematters/
Wolfram Demonstrations Projects
Interactive demos in math, science and many other areas.
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/
The Perfect Disaster
Weather, weather, weather! Track conditions, see what makes weather happen and more!
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/perfectdisaster/perfectdisaster.html?dcitc=w99-530-ah-0003
Life Cycle of A Salmon!
http://www.canfisco.com/kids/homepage.asp
Dinosphere: Now You are in Their World!
Journey back 65 million years to the Cretaceous Period when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Experience Dinosphere: Now You're in Thei
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/index.html
Ask An Expert
Want to know something about weather or climate? Ask here!
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/expert.shtml
Creative Chemistry
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm
The Atom's Family
Six family members take you on a tour of everything from conservation of energy to learning about atoms and matter.
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
Nasa's Solar System Exploration
Find out what is happening in this up to the minute site about the solar system from NASA! What's NASA mean?
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/index.cfm
How Everyday Things Are Made
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html
Science Hangman
Learn Science terms, vocabulary and information about our world.
http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/index.html
Amusement Park Physics
You've bought your ticket and boarded the roller coaster. Now you're barreling down the track at 60 miles per hour, taking hairp
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
Strange Matter
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/
Shedd Aquarirum
Try the interactives!
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/
Kids Dig Reed: Archaeological Site:
http://www.kidsdigreed.com/
Science Adventure Classes
http://ed.fnal.gov/students.html
Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/
Infection Protection
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html
Foss Web
Activities to go along with Foss Kits.
http://www.fossweb.com/
The Kids' Planet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
Dragon Fly TV
t's all about cool exploration, hot music, and of course, science! Whether you're into summertime ski-jumping, wicked whitewater
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/
Pest World for Kids
What are pests? Think of them as animals out of place. Out in nature, they're just doing their jobs. But when they move into our
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/home.asp
The Artic - Live from the North Pole
Take a look at the webcams as researchers discover things about this unusual place on earth.
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
In Search of the Giant Squid
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/squid_opening.html
Astronaut Biographies
NASA's astrounants reveal something about themselves.
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
CHEM4KIDS
We have information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry.
http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Building Big
xplore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG�
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
OPTICS FOR KIDS: The Science and Engineering Behind It
Learn some fun and interesting things about OPTICS here. Optics is the science of LIGHT, and one of the most important fields of
http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html
Build a Bridge
Hands on way to learn the principles of bridge design for students in grade 5 and on. Includes help for teachers and interactive
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/build.html
Bats 4 Kids
This special website is designed for all children and created with the hope that you will like, respect and help protect these e
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
Save The Tiger
India's tigers are facing their severest crisis with only between 1,300 and 1,500 left in the wild, less than half the populatio
http://www.savethetigerfund.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home1
Hummingbirds
Learn about those little creatures who flitter around Arizona. Did you know that they can be found in areas like Canada? I won
http://www.hummingbirds.net/
Kids' Health
Learn how to keep yourself healthy!
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp
Neuroscience for Kids
The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible b
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Your Gross and Cool Body
http://yucky.discovery.com/body/
iCAN control Asthma
Know someone with asthma? Learn about it and what you can do to help.
http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/ican/
Franklin's Forecast
Build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now.
http://www.fi.edu/learn/index.html
Dome of the Sky
he Dome of the Sky is your virtual online planetarium.
http://domeofthesky.com/default.html
Dinosaur Floor
What happened to these creatures? Find out here.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html
Discovering Dinosaurs
Extinct for more than 66 million years. Find out what we have found out in the last 150 years since we disvoered them! Suggeste
http://search.eb.com/dinosaurs/dinosaurs/index2.html
Ology
The American Museum of Natural History introduces kids to all things ology!
http://ology.amnh.org/
Meet Sue: The T-Rex
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/index.html
What's It Like Where You Live?
http://www.mbgnet.net/
Earth Force
If you have ever felt the rumble of an earthquake or seen the eruption of a volcano, you've witnessed EARTHFORCE.
http://www.fi.edu/earth/earth.html
Lightning: It's shocking!
Lightning strikes somewhere on the surface of the earth about 100 times every second.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/
An Interactive Twister
See what happens when a twister happens that you control.
http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html
National Health Museum
Science and math related problems to solve. Try your hand at one of these!
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
Back Yard Nature
Naturalist Jim Conrad provides a broad range of nature activities and information, from the basics of observing nature to classi
tp://www.backyardnature.net/
6th Grade Science Book
http://classzone.com
Discovery Channel
Lots of Videos and teaching tools for teachers to locate all kids of information
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/
Nova
The following NOVA programs are available to watch online, divided conveniently into chapters and closed captioned for deaf and
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/
Science videos - Interactive Animations

http://http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol//animatio.htm
ABC Science
An ABC Television hosted site related to science and latest research available to the general public.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/
Making Science User Friendly
A great science site with videos and lessons available for teachers of older students. Some may be adapted and viewed with some
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
United States Department of Agriculture
A video archive of information, research and even a kids department of ever changing topics related to news worthy events.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/video/
Scholar Spot Free Science Videos
Tons of videos from short to very long full length shows on science topics.
http://www.scholarspot.com/category/science/1012?gclid=CN6XkrLtwJgCFR0SagodRT-0bA
101 Science
You must sign up for these videos but they are all free.
http://101science.com/Video.htm
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/
Tons of experiments, ideas, and topics related to Science and Kids!
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/
Science Fair Projects for Kids
All kinds of projects for kids to select from. Helpful for teachers wanting students to select a project to work on with a team
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/

Math

293 ways to make change for $1
Here is the answer to your assignment!!!
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/trivia52.html
A Math Dictionary for kids
Finally! A place you can go and get information when you have forgotten what happened in math class!
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Aplusmath
loads of resources and games to improve and help you remember those math facts and so much more!
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html
Ask Dr. Math
Got a math question? Ask your question and get it answered or browse through those questions that others have already asked. B
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.elem.html
Batter's Up Multiplication
http://www.prongo.com/math/multiplication.html
Brain Teasers
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/
Carnival Math
Go to the carnival and play some of the math games!
http://funschool.kaboose.com/formula-fusion/carnival/index.html
Fun math for all!
Hats off to Cynthia Lanius for more creative fun lessons. Skip right to the bottom of the page to easily find out which lessons
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
Interactivate
Interactivate is a set of free, online courseware for exploration in science and mathematics. It is comprised of activities, les
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Math Challenges for the Entire Family!
Try these activities with Mom and Dad at home! Apply all that you know and see if you can beat them!
http://www.figurethis.org/
Math is Fun!!!
mathisfun.com
Math Nerds
MathNerds provides Free, discovery-based, mathematical guidance via an international, volunteer network of mathematicians.
http://www.mathnerds.com/mathnerds/
Metric Conversion Tools
http://www.metric-conversions.org/
SAMS
http://psam.pvschools.net/login/index.php
The Lemon Game
Help make some lemonade while multiplying your way to success!
www.prongo.com/lemon/game.html
The Math Magic Resource
multiplication and division games and exercises to sharpen those skills!
http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/ogmultdiv.html
Time Around the World
http://www.world-time-zones.org/
Virtual Manipulatives
Not enough manipulatives? Try them here!
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
World Time
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Media Center/Library Research and Media

Our World's History and Exploration

Field Trips

Social Studies

The History of US
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html
Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/crandall/Crandall.htm
Egypt and the Pyramids
Secrets of the Ancient World. Explore the pyramids!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
Google Earth
Explore, Search and Discover
http://earth.google.com/
Global Projector
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html?node=20
The Capital Project
Take A Virtual Tour and learn about our Nation's capital
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/cap_home.html
The Index of Links from the Capital Project
An index of links about the American Experience. Based from the Capital Project
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/cap_indx.html
Pompeii: Stories from the Eruption
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/
The Renaissance Connection
ith the simple click of a mouse button, travel 500 years into the past to discover many Renaissance innovations revealed through
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
Megiddo!
Megiddo is an archaeologically unparalleled site where one can literally see and touch and be inspired by monuments from biblica
http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/megiddo/
The Grout Museum District
Unearth the treasures of the past and gaze into the future at the Grout Museum District. You'll be surrounded by history and ast
http://campsilos.org/excursions/grout/
Going Places
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces3/index.html
Los Adaes
Life on the Frontier before we became a nation.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/siteexplorer/
The History Detectives
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
The British Museum - Ancient China
http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.htm
America's Story
Discover the stories of the past.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Ben's Guide to American Government
Join Ben Franklin in learning about our country's past. What bill is he on?
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
Ancient Scripts
http://www.ancientscripts.com/
Native American
An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historic
http://www.nativetech.org/
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
The Peacecorps
his wonderful addition to the Peace Corps site offers many resources for educators and students. Connect with a volunteer, find
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/
The Colonial House
ndentured servitude. No baths or showers. Public punishments. Welcome to daily life in the year 1628! Think colonial life was al
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/index.html
The White House. gov (What does .gov mean?)
Visit here to learn about the White House and the President through fun and exciting features.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Free Rice Game
Want to help feed others around the world? Try this game. Each time you learn a new word, you feed people around the world. H
http://www.freerice.com
Cinco de Mayo
A webquest for 2nd and 3rd graders!
http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html

Ancient Worlds

Constitution Day Resources

Podcasts

Powerpoint

Reading And Writing

Resources for Everyone

Spreadsheet Activities

Cathy's Spreadsheets Activities
Some older versions for spreadsheet activites with Microsoft products. They can be adapted and changed for students.
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/cathy/sprdshet.htm
Educational Tutorials for Spreadsheets with Lessons
http://www.wsd1.org/LessonPlans/Technology%20Activities/Technology%20Spreadsheet%20Tutorials.htm
Excel Activities
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~technology/excel/index.html
Excel Ideas/ Spreadsheets
http://ois.unomaha.edu/casde/8250/dbss/dbss.htm
Illuminations: Math
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx
L Technologies Spreadsheet Resources
Spreadsheets for numerous subject areas and grade levels.
http://www.lttechno.com/links/spreadsheets.html
Lemonade Spreadsheet
http://www.lemonadegame.com/
Primary School Spreadsheet Activites
http://www.primaryschool.com.au/learningtechresults.php?strand=Spreadsheet%20Activities&grade=56
Resource Sites for Spreadsheets
Links to learn and do more with spreadsheets
http://www.techteachers.com/mathweb/spreadsheetactivities.htm
Simple spreadsheets
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/mather/excelsample.html
Spreadsheet Activities
Loads of lessons and ideas to share. Can even add your own lesson!
http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/spreadsheets.htm
Spreadsheet Activities for Science
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/summer99/407cter/pennisi/sheets.html
Spreadsheet Tools for Schools
Resources for teachers and students using spreadsheets
http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/spreadsheet2.html
Spreadsheets for all Levels
This site will give you a wealth of resources for elementary, middle or high school students to use. Manipulation of data, inte
http://www2.lhric.org/eastramapo/techweb/integration/spreadsheet_activities.htm
Tech Teachers Spreadsheet Activities
http://www.techteachers.com/spreadsheets.htm
UK Spreadsheets
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/anthony.pickford2/spreadsheets/
WP Spreadsheet Activities
http://www.wrentham.k12.ma.us/C5/C2/Spreadsheets/default.aspx

Grades 3 and 4

Student Portals

Technology Today

Web 2.0 Applications
This is a directory of all available sites related to on line applications! Nothing to download!
http://www.go2web20.net/
Classroom 2.0
Teachers need to register but all if free
http://www.classroom20.com/
Miro 2.0
Miro is a free HD video player.
http://www.getmiro.com/

21 st Century Learning

Computer Activities

Cool Techie Tools to Make!

Important Skills

Powerpoint

Video

The Fine Arts

Tonight

Z' Teacher Sites