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.

educationcity.com

BrainPop

 

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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

 
January February March April
May June July August
September October November December

 

*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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