As a family you might want to go to some of
these sites and enjoy
the Internet together.
Click on the categories
that are of interest to you. Have fun looking through all the sites.
If you find a really cool site you'd like to share with others, please
e-mail the web address to Mrs.
Thurston. If you have noticed any link on this page to be not working correctly,
please contact me.
Math Sites

*Lemonade
Stands
*Eharcourtschool.com *Fractions
Visual Fractions *Houghton
Mifflin *Ordered
Pairs-Feed Billy Bug
*Rainforest
Math -
*Place
Value -to Hundred Thousands.
*AAAMath-Learn
your multiplication tables the fun way with this mathematical site from
the BBC! Includes a glossary and games.
*Just
in Time-Lesson plans, interactive
activities, printouts, and much more to help you learn to tell time.
*Change
It-Work on telling the value of
money.
*HIP
Pocket Change -
Games, puzzles, lesson plans, etc.
*Plane
Math-Work with buffalo, rap groups,
clouds, kites and helicopters to help solve math problems
*Timed
Flash Cards Practice your facts and have
fun.
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Science Sites
Food Chains and Webs
*Food Chains and Webs
Make and design your on food chain. Oceans *Earth's
Oceans-All about the earth's oceans
and seas.
Space
*Nine
Planets-An overview of the history,
mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and
moons in our solar system.
*NASA-You
might enjoy looking through this site for upcoming events.
*Welcome
to the Planets-This is a collection
of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
Science and Technology Sites
*Kids
Science Sites-Learn about rainbows,
dragonflies, and many other interesting subjects. The following site
is recommended for children from preschool through age 14, their parents,
and
other caregivers.
*SimScience-This
site is devoted to areas of science where computer simulations are at the
head of discovery.
*BrainPop-This
site provides information about science, technology health and math .
Click here to enjoy the movies.
*Earthsky.org
-Do you have a Science question? Check this site out.
Weather
*The
Weather Channel-Check the weather
in your area or anywhere else in the USA.
Plants
*Plant
Parts-In this game
you will try and match up the plant parts with the correct definition. *The
Great Plant Escape-Be a detective and help solve
mysteries of plant life.
*Plant
Glossary-Botany and Paleobotany
Dictionary.
Animals
*Animal
Classification-See how well you can classify your
favorite animal.
*Zoo
Atlanta-Click here to visit the
Pandas from China.
*Zoom
Mammals-This site tells you all
about mammals.
*Whales-Learn
all about whales.
*Sharks-Learn
all about sharks.
*Butterflies-examine
the interdependence of plants, animals and humans through the use of spoken,
written and visual language. Explore the cost and benefit of conservation
efforts; analyze the elements of forest fires; and combine first-hand
observation with informational searching skills to produce poems, stories or
scientific journal entries.
Habitats
*Biomes
and Habitats - Information about
plants animals, and people for all different habitats and biomes.
*Desert
Life-Learn about plants, animals,
and people who live in the desert. This site also includes a glossary
of desert and geological terms.
Health
*Dental
Health-Scholastic's The Magic School
Bus helps to teach the importance of your teeth.
*KidsHealth-Click
on the button for awesome articles, fun, features and interactive activities
Environment *Recycle
City-See how Dumptown turns their town around by recycling products
and where all that garbage goes.
Others
*Bubbles-Everything
you wanted to know about bubbles and more.
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Language Arts
*The
Writing Process
*Sarah Plain and Tall Concentration
Game-Concentration game using vocabulary from the book.
*Sarah Plain and
Tall Word Search
*Sarah Plain and Tall Matching Game *Education
Place-Links to activities, children's
books, literacy information, and professional resources
*Seussville-Learn
more and play games with some of your favorite Seuss characters.
*World
of Reading-Book reviews for kids,
by kids.
*Reading
From A-Z- Downloadable
materials to teach guided reading, phonics, the alphabet, and much more.
*Starfall.com-Kindergarten
and First Grade teachers will love this site for reading comprehension.
*World
of Peter Rabbit-Games, books, events and learn
more about Beatrix Potter. *Ladybird-Great
site for Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers. Games, story time, activities
for some your favorite rhymes and songs. *Clifford-Play
games, draw, read stories and make friends with the lovable character Clifford. *Curious
George-You
can monkey around this site. *Arthur-Listen
to music, collect trading card and meet Arthur and all his friends. *Little
Critter-Meet Littler Critter and Mercer Mayer.
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Web Quests
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Fun
*First
Names Find out what your first name means. *Zoog
Disney-Another fun site by Disney.
*FunBrain.Com-Site
full of fun games and activities for all ages.
*Billy
Bear's Playground-For fun, games,
clip art, screen saver, storybooks, and a whole lot more this is the place
to visit.
*Crayola.Com-This
site has fun coloring
activities, crafts you can make, e-cards
to send and more.
*FunIsland-Free
games and prizes for kids.
*FunSchool.Com-This
site makes learning fun.
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Social
Studies
Native Americans
United States
*Lewis
and Clark *GeoNet-
*Geography
50 States-Find out all the information
you need for any of the states.
*America's
Wars-A complete history of America's
Wars.
*State
Flags-Just click on a flag to find
out more information. You can even design your own flag.
*State
Maps-USA state map/quiz printouts.
Just click on the state that is of interest to you.
*Revolutionary
War-read
the lessons, try the activities, then take a quiz.
U.S. Government *Ben's
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids-Use Ben's Guide as a
learning tool to learn about our nation, government and neighborhood.
*Kids
in the House-Can be used as a tool by parents and
teachers educating children about the legislative branch of the U.S. Government. *Presidents
of the United States-Learn all about the presidents of
the United States.
Explorers
*Explorers-Explorers
who mapped the world and went into space.
Other
*National
Women's History Project - A site
designed to provide information and educational materials about multicultural
women’s history.
*History
for Kids-A kid safe and friendly
site that includes lesson plans, pictures, and crafts.
*Black
History Month-Use Biography.com to learn more
about Famous Black Americans. *The
Underground Railroad-Learn more about the
Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman from National Geographic.
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Music
*Music4Kids-This
site will help you bring music into the lives of children.
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Favorite Authors
*Jan
Brett-Jan Brett is an author of
many
children's book. This is a fun site
that she has set up for children of all ages.
*Marc
Brown's Arthur-Lots to do and see!
*Dr
Seuss's Seussville-Dr. Seuss's
playground
*Stan
and Jan Berenstain- There is lots
to do in Bear Country.
*Eric
Carle-The official Eric Carle Web
Site.
*Robert
Munsch-Lots to see and do.
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Holidays
*Halloween
Safety Game-Make sure you have a fun and safe Halloween. *Halloween
Ghost Walk -Go for a ghost walk with Meddybemps.
*Halloween
Tic Tac Toe Try to get your three
creatures in a row (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) before
Nightmare Ned does with his three green bats. *Halloween
Ghost Walk Click on the crypts to
unearth Ned's Nightmare monsters. Turn over two at a time and try to match the
monsters *Thanksgiving-Over
the River Help
the kids find their way to Grandma's house
*Thanksgiving-Tic-Tac-Turkey
Play tic-tac-toe with the turkey! You are
the Pilgrim! *Thanksgiving-Matching
Game What's hiding behind those
turkeys? Match the cards to find out!
*Rainbow
Magic Thanksgiving
A
cornucopia of fun and games! *America's
Homepage-Plymouth, Mass.-"Gateway
to the past, present and future of Plymouth Mass."
*Aristotle's
Thanksgiving on the Web-Post cards,
favorite Thanksgiving, recipes, turkey trivia, and Thanksgiving Day sites.
*Snowboard
Safari Use arrow keys to
move the snowboard. *Christmas
Match Game
Click on the buttons to reveal the pictures. Match
all of the pictures to win. *Christmas
Tree Decorating
Click and drag the ornaments onto the Christmas
Tree. *Christmas
Coloring Page Color the
coloring page *Christmas
Games Choose from some of the
games above and many others. *Aristotle's
Christmas on the Web-
Tons of things to enjoy.
*Candy
Shot Use the mouse to move the
candy around the board.
*February
is National Dental Health Month Word Search- Lots
of lesson ideas, activities and links.
*Valentine's
Day Games-Timeline with photos.
*Pattern
Car Quest-See if you can figure out the
patterns of the cars *George
Washington-Biographical outline
and related links.
*St.
Patrick's Day-Learn all about customs
and traditions.
*Internet
Activities for Spring-Activities,
crossword puzzles and much more.
*Spring
Theme-Links to lesson plans, activities,
crafts and more.
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Parental
Sites
*Crayola.Com-Looking
for some rainy day activities, books or family travel. Click here
for some great ideas.
*Chart
Jungle-Help your kids get more
organized.
*Kids'
Money-Help kids manage money.
*Parents
Guide to the Internet-The U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement and Office of
Educational Technology offers this guide for parents.
*Homework
Relief Center-Helps
parents end homework battles.
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Teacher Sites
*Teacher
Vision-Lesson plans, newsletters, classroom
management, professional development and much more.
*Puzzlemaker-Create
and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your
word list by Discovery.
*Crayola.Com-Colorful,
creative curriculum ideas for young children.
*FunIsland-Great
resource for teachers. This site covers everything from Language
Arts to Music.
*InTech-Elementary
InTech Web Sites.
*Content
by Themes-Find
cross-curricular lessons for all grade levels on a specific topic.
*Flashcards-Site
where you can make flashcards for yourself, your students or your peers.
*Activity Village-Inspiration
for parents and teachers. Fun for children
*Starfall.com-Kindergarten
and First Grade teachers will love this site for reading comprehension.
*MarcoPolo
-Learn about and
access the high-quality, standards-based lesson plans, student activities,
reviewed Web sites and other resources available on MarcoPolo
*TrackStar-"Helps
instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons. The
resource list remains invisible allowing the user to easily stay on track..
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Internet
*Welcome
to the Web-Learn all about the
Internet.
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Search Engines
*Ask
Jeeves for Kids-Have a question
that you need answered. Ask Mr. Jeeves, he will help you find
the answer.
*Yahooligans-The
Web Guide for Kids.
*KidsClick-A
web search for kids by librarians.
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On-Line
Reference
*Encyclopedia
Britannica-The premier online
reference resource.
*Picture
Dictionary for Kids-A picture-dictionary
format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites
around the world. Just click on a letter of the alphabet.
*Merriam-Webster
Dictionary-Look up words (fast!)
in the Student
Dictionary!
*Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary-Dictionary and Thesaurus.
*Biography.Com-Got
a name? Get the facts!
*How
Stuff Works-Did you ever wonder
how everyday things work...the refrigerator or a television? All your questions
answered!
*Scientific
Dictionary-Some Illustrated Scientific
Dictionaries.
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Other
*KidsCrosswords-Create
your own puzzles or solve puzzles by other people.
*Career
Information-Read about different
careers.
*Toon
University-Learning activities that are
fun to do.
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