Student Resources: Websites

Reading

Between the Lions - PBS Kids
Graphic Organizers
National Geographic Explorer
PBS Kids
Quia Student Activities
Read·Write·Think
Scholastic News
Starfall
Storybook Classics
Time For Kids
Weekly Reader

Writing

Graphic Organizers
Read·Write·Think
Web Tales

Math

100 Grid
AAA Math
Apples4theteacher
Carolina Biological:  Nature's Science and Math
Cool Math For Kids
Edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math
Fun Math Lessons with Cynthia Lanius 
   Fun Brain
Graphic Organizers  
Harcourt Education
Harcourt Brace e-lab
Illuminations from National Council of Teachers of Math
Interactive Math for groups or individuals, Grades 3-5
Interactive Tangrams 
JustInTime
Math Investigations
Multiplication
New Jersey List of Math Websites
Pattern Blocks-Exploring Fractions with Shapes
Place Value & Rounding
Quia Student Activities
SQUEAK
Texas Math Diagnostic System
Virtual Manipulatives - Utah State University

Fractions
AAA Math:  Beginning Fractions
Shodor:  Fraction Pointer
Learning Box
Arcytech: Pattern Blocks

Time
Stop the Clock

Science

Harcourt Education

Airplanes
OhioStateUniveristy-Fun With Airplanes
KidLinks-How Things Fly

Animals
San Diego Zoo, Animal Bytes
Dinosaurs (Enchanted Learning)

Aquarium
Bats

Butterfly Webquests
Monarchs - First Grade
Migration - Third Grade
1Eduscapes -Links to various webquests for Grades 1-3

Clouds:
 http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/Clouds/stratus.html

Ecosystems
Biomes and Ecosystems: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Harcourt Brace: Exploring Ecosystems
Ecosystems: Windows to the Universe

FOSS Web - Hands-On Exploration
Grades K-2
Grades 3-6

Frogs:
  Powerpoint Introduction
Exploratorium
Frogland:  All About Frogs

Insects:
Fossweb Insects K-2
Insectlorepedia
National Wildlife Federation
USDA's Insect Site for Kids

Inventions:
Invention Facts and Myths
Inventor's Toolbox - The Elements of Machines
Leonardo's Mysterious Machine
How Stuff Works
National Inventors Hall of Fame Index of Inventions

Measurement
On a triple beam balance

Plants

Ponds

Rainforests:
 http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/
http://www.scu.k12.ca.us/pomeroy/rainforest.html
Walk in the Rainforest

Science Fairs
Science Fair Listing by Subject
school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
 scifair.org
 isd77.k12.mn.us/resources
all-science-fair-projects.com
sciencehunt.com
popweaver.com

Simple Machines
Egg Heads
Build a Rube Goldberg Machine
 

Sound
Science of Sound Animation

Space
Mars Exploration Rover 2003
Space Kids

Social Studies
Harcourt Textbook Website

National Geographic Explorer Magazine
States and Capitals
Minds Institute - Oral History Project
Texas House of Representatives

Elections:
Mock Election

Explorers:
Columbus:
Columbus Navigation Homepage
1492 Poem
Chart Columbus' Voyages

Kids Info - Famous Explorers

Landforms:
Enchanted Learning Landform Site
Arthur Elementary School Landform Site

Maps:
Windows Live Local
Maps101
National Geographic Map Machine
Use a real map

Texas Independence:
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/independcon.htm
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/tools/studentguides/guide1.html

Texas Indians:
Texas Indians.com - index of all groups
The Handbook of Texas Online
Lone Star Junction
Smithsonian - Native Americans
Texas Indians Regional Maps
Thomas Jefferson's Addresses to the Indians
 

Theme Units

January
100 days of School:
 http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/100days.shtml
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/index.html

February
Groundhog Day:
groundhog.com
www.Punxsutawneyphil.com
Valentine's Day:
History of (fourth grade and higher)
President's Day:
All about the White House
Black History
Grades 3 and up - inventions, historical persons
Grades 4 and up - folktales, trivia
Grade 4 and up - biographies
Grades 1 and up - African-American Experience
 

Fun and Games
Disney Kids
LearningPlanet.com
Primary Games-The Fun Place to Learn
Puzzlemaker
Sports Illustrated for Kids
YES Mag - Science Magazine for Kids