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Friday, May 25th 2012
Homework Help, Research aids - and MORE!
Things to Do
Common Cents
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/common_cents/index.html
Everyday Mysteries
from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/
Fun Things for Kids
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?folder=258057
I was wondering...
designed for girls who like science - but boys can enjoy this site, too!
http://www.iwaswondering.org/
In a Nutshell
Scroll the WHOLE page - MUCH to see & do!
http://www.telacommunications.com/nutshell/index.htm
Place the State
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Quiz Hub
Explore!
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/
Recommended Search Engines
Awesome Library
GREAT site!
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
Kids Click!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Kids Search Tools
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Red Zee
COOL Splash Page - Safe Surfing
http://redzee.com/
Tek Mom
Start your research here!
http://www.tekmom.com/search/
Webcrawler
top search engines 'spun' together
http://www.webcrawler.com/
Yahoo Kids
formerly 'Yahooligans'
http://kids.yahoo.com/
Reference
ALA
geat categoriesw for research
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm&CFID=81139357&CFTOKEN=66408233
Enchanted Learning
loads of research basic information
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Encyclopeadia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/
Library of Congress
Resources for Kids and Families
http://www.loc.gov/families/
Pictures and Images
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
Wikipedia
free, online encyclopeadia - CAUtTION - subject to some inaquarate information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
World Atlas
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm
Federal Statistics for Kids index
http://www.fedstats.gov/kids/index.html
Study Skills
How to Study
http://www.how-to-study.com/
Memory and Study Skills
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/study/
Top Ten
http://php.unc.edu/ovcsa/caps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=0
Brain Boosters and Mind Builders
Free Rice
http://www.freerice.com/
Geo Bee Challenge
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Guys Read
Hey guys - want a new book!
http://www.guysread.com/
WHY? Files - The Science Behind the News
http://whyfiles.org/
Learning Style Inventory
Remember - there are no wrong or right answers - just 'all-about-me' answers!
http://www.oswego.edu/plsi/plsi48a.htm
CONTESTS! GAMES! PROJECTS!
Action for Nature
Ideas! Contests! Prizes!
http://www.actionfornature.org/
Compare the Arctic and Antarctic Circles with the Activity from national Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/05/circles.html
Foss Web
Learning Modules
http://fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html
Maggie's Earth Adventures
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/index.htm
National Geographic Pathfinder
Online Activities to Accompany the magazine
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/
Invent Now!
You can do it!
http://www.inventnow.org/
Contests!
Discovery Channel's Young Scientist
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/scientist.html
LOTS & LOTS of contests
from Hoagies Gifted Pages
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/contests.htm
Games
Eco Kids
Canada's Environmental Destination for Kids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
for KIDS ONLY!!!
from NASA
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
H.I.P. Pocket Change
games, contests and more from the US Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/
Scholastic Kids
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
Just for Fun - Points OPTIONAL (:-)
Chocolate Webquest
mmmm...tasty!
http://www.btcs.org/tutorials/WebQuests/chocolate/
4 Kids
Fun for Everyone
http://www.4kids.org/
Mapping Memory
from National Geographic
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-11/memory/brain-interactive.html
Black Holes - Do they REALLY exist?
http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/
Products and Projects
Cool Sciences Projects
our name is our address
http://www.cool-science-projects.com/
Elmer's Science Fair Central
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/
Web Quests, Activities and other Science Themes
Action for Nature
http://www.actionfornature.org/
Be a Geo Detective!
Earn a Patch AND points!
http://www.nps.gov/brca/forkids/geodetkids.htm
Environment * Earth Science
Chose an Activity - Pick a Product - Get some POINTS!
http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_science_environment.shtml
EPA Kids Club
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Everglades
Web Quest from Scholastic
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=6802
explOratorium
Chose an activity, create a product, get some POINTS!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Great Backyard Bird Count
Participate for the Earth - and for POINTS!!!
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Kid's Environmental Report Card
Speak up about what matters
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/kerc/
Kids Earth and Sky
Activities galore!
http://www.earthsky.org/kids/
Lunar Surfing
NASA images of the moon
http://www.google.com/moon/
The 'Great Green Weg' Game
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/
The Green Hour
LOADS of ideas!
http://www.greenhour.org/
Wilderness Words
Connect to 'Champions of Consevation'
http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=quotes&StartRow=1&MaxRows=10
Math
Cool Math for Kids
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html
It's a Math World!
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/mathworld/
Math in America - Slates, Sliderulers and Software
http://americanhistory.si.edu/teachingmath/index.htm
Number Sense
the Math Forum at Drexel
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/number_sense/
NumberNut.com
(It's ALL about Math!)
http://www.numbernut.com/
Prepare for a Math Adventure - SciMa5 December
A Middle Grades Web Quest Adventure
http://studenthome.nku.edu/%7Ewebquest/gabbard/index.htm
What Good is Math?
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/math/
Math Resources - by category, research, mathmaticians,
Hoagies Gifted Math
Loads of topics - people, history, types and homework help!
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/math.htm
Math at the Movies
Hollywood! Lights, fractals and algebra!
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~dallen/hollywood/index.htm
Universal Exchange Rate
Have a 'yen' for a 'pound'?
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
All Math
Mathmaticians, humor, jobs, homework help...much more!
http://www.allmath.com/
Play a Game, Earn some POINTS!
Cyberchase
from PBS
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Explore the Multiplication Table
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/multiplicationtable.html
Fun Brain- Baseball
http://www.funbrain.com/math/
Math is Fun - Really!
Play a game, show proof of play - earn some points!
http://www.mathisfun.com/
Piggybank
a favorite!
http://fen.com/studentactivities/Piggybank/piggybank.html
Welcome to the World of Measurement!
An AWARD WINNING unit to help you understand
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/measurement/
Where in the World and What in the World is Money?
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/money/index.htm
Zome Systems
Teacher Planning
Earth Day, Ecology and Environmental Lessons
http://nortellearnit.org/lessons/earthdayenvironmentlessonsummary/
NJ Association for Gifted Children
http://www.njagc.org/
Nortel Learni-IT - Science Lessons
http://nortellearnit.org/lessons/Science/
NSTA Learning Center
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/default.aspx
NY Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
Puzzlemaker
It is free!
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/
Schoolyard Geology
This rocks!
http://education.usgs.gov/schoolyard/index.html
Scientific Inquiry Model
Components, Techniques, rubrics
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/
Sleeping Bear Press
Online Teacher's Guides
http://www.sleepingbearpress.com/educators/
USGS
Science Education
http://education.usgs.gov/
Earth Day Network
2006 materials
http://www.earthday.net/resources/2006materials/
Assessment
What Would You Do?
Biodiversity assessment, grade5
http://www.nwf.org/kidzone/kzPage.cfm?siteId=3&departmentId=76&articleId=933
Match the Biome Game
grade 4
http://www.globe.gov/fsl/events/helsinki2/templ.cgi?biome_match&lang=en&nav=1
AVA
USGS Movies
http://education.usgs.gov/common/video_animation.htm
General SciMa Planning
E-Field Trips
Many ideas
http://www.efieldtrips.org/
Earth and Sky Teacher's Center
from Project Learning Tree
http://www.earthsky.org/teachers/
EPA Teacher's Center
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
Jefferson Lab Science Education
site offers planning, games and activities
http://education.jlab.org/
K - 12 Science and Engineering LP's
from Steven's Institute of Technology
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
Maggie's Earth Adventures
Lots and lots of learning here
http://missmaggie.org/mission2_parts/eng/teaching/choke_index.html
USGS Videos
http://education.usgs.gov/common/video_animation.htm
Great Ideas from Stevens Institute of Technology
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
Lots of Lesson Plans
Check out Forces of Nature
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html
NASA for Educators
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/5-8/index.html
NASA Explores
'Express' lessons
http://www.nasaexplores.com/
Project Learning Tree
It's ALL here!
http://www.plt.org/
Project W.E.T.
http://www.projectwet.org/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
games, lessons, slide shows, kits...
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm
Geo-Source K-5 Earth Science Resources
Jackpot!
http://www.k5geosource.org/
NJ SEEDS
Lesson Plans and Professional Development
http://www.nj.gov/dep/seeds/njcee/profdev.htm
Classroom Projects
from the Kid's Ecology Club
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/kdesb/classroomprojindex.html
Crayola Lesson Plans
http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/
Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/workshops/fundamentals/index.html
Science Learning Network
ALL things Scientific
http://www.sln.org/
Inquiry Resources from NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/son/about/F_SON_Resource_Assignments.html
Math
Math and Architecture LP's
http://www.math-kitecture.com/resources.htm
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