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Click on the topic below to be brought to the links for that unit: http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html Grammar Gorillas- practice of grammar skills http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Multiplication_Division/MD_1.asp Multiplication and division practice www.findsounds.com A great place to get all kinds of sound effects to complement your PowerPoint presentations. This is a search engine for sounds! www.bonus.com Tons of fun http://kids.mysterynet.com Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks Biomes and Forest Habitats Unit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forest/index.html Visit the virtual Fantastic Forest and find out what it takes to make a forest fantastic Colonial Project Web Siteshttp://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html Colonial clothinghttp://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/WebQ97/COLAMER2.HTM Children in Colonial America Webquest http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/ushist/coltowns.htm Another colonial webquest http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp Go to this site and click on the Colonial games or whichever game your teacher directs http://www.history.org/almanack.htm Colonial Williamsburg Almanac, much about Colonial life http://www.osv.org/kids/index.htm Old Sturbridge Village Kids Page http://www.history.org/ Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's site is a virtual tour of the period through the eyes of a young recruit, exploring the role of African-Americans in our emerging nation http://www.successlink.org/great/g407.html Lesson Plan on Colonial Days http://sln.fi.edu/TOC.franklin.html Ben Franklin and his achievements http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/ Liberty Bell. All about the creation of the bell and events pertaining to it http://www.amfolktoys.com/catalog/page7.html This is a commercial site about American folk and colonial style toys. I include it because it lists many toys of the era and pictures of these toys http://www.coldspringschool.com/history/ Connecticut colonial history - people, legends, and places http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm State of Connecticut kid's colonial history webpage http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/lifein1770.html Connecticut state dept. of education Noahweb site (on the life of Noah Webster) on colonial life http://www.publicbookshelf.org/public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/connecticu_fd.html Connecticut Colonial history http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html Colonial North America http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm K-12 Colonial America resources- Maps, lesson plans, bibliographies, and curriculum content http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/colonial.html Colonial America, many links http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson166.shtml Education World's Colonial Days lesson plan page http://www.govwentworth.k12.nh.us/goals2000-4WebSite/history/ColonialNH/education.html Colonial page made by children in a New Hampshire Elementary school http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Colonial.html Student produced website on colonial Lexington, which includes the following link: http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/classroom/colonial/weaving.html Great webpage on weaving in colonial days http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364proj/fall_01/hildmann/industry.htm Blacksmiths in Colonial America http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/early_industrialists/early_industrialists1.asp Early American Industrialists (advanced) Whaling Museum's History of Whaling History of whaling in colonial days http://www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/projects/life_at_sea.htm Shipbuilding, ships, and fishing in colonial times http://www.gortons.com/about/glimpse.html A glimpse of Gloucester in the colonial days, more about fishing http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/whole_cloth/ American textile industry of colonial times http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/c/124100.html Discovery school's website of history a to z, colonial section. America's Homepage! Pilgrim net America's Homepage. Historical reference, Plimoth Plantation, Pilgrim Hall Museum, the Mayflower, and famous individuals http://www.osv.org/ Old Sturbridge Village, a glimpse into colonial life http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html Covers the first Thanksgiving, experiences of girls on the Mayflower, and much more information, including biographical information on Tisquantum or Squanto http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html Virtual Jamestown- primary source documents, and a link to lesson plans to use it: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/tscreators.html and http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/jamestown.html http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/howto.html Lesson Plan on Colonial Studies Waterford, Ireland - tour the home of our keypals Enchanted Learning's European Links - Ireland A site about Ireland, the land of our keypals Ireland Now Put Waterford in the search window and you will see all the castles and interesting sites in Waterford Dungarvan Tourism More on Waterford, Ireland, home of our keypals County Waterford, Ireland, Lismore, Ireland Some tourist attractions and historical sites in Waterford, Ireland Dungarvan.com History of Waterford, including wars with cannons and castles The Biography Maker Great start for the Birthday Biography project (see our project on the student projects link on home page). This page designed by Jamie Makenzie gives all the steps involved to make your project something you will enjoy, remember and learn a lot from. Mrs. P's Famous Americans Famous Americans biography Websites Biography.com A great site where you can type in the name of any famous person and get the biographies 100+ Great Sites for Children- People Past and Present American Library Associations' 100+ Great Sites for children, biographies The Biographical Dictionary Type in the last name of a famous person and you will get a VERY brief synopsis of what they are famous for Homework Central's Biography Megasite This is a great place to get information for all types of biographies Biographies of Authors of Children's Books Here you will find links to many famous authors Elementary Author's Websites More links to authors of Elementary School level books Famous Asian Americans Scholastic's Famous Asian-Americans http://www.infoplease.com/people.html Information Please's biography site. http://www.visitcumbria.com/wilword.htm Biography of William Wordsworth, poet HW Wilson's Baseball Biographies Baseball star biographies http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ Biographical links to the Presidents of our nation White House Historical Association Learning Center More in depth history of our Presidents from White House History Learning Center Westport Library's Homework Help for Kids - Biographies Westport Library's links to biographies for kids Discoverers Web Famous Explorers and Discoverers, Alphabetically Listed Famous Blacks Biographies of Famous African Americans http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Links to biographies of many famous African Americans African American History Kids' links to biographies and information about famous African Americans http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/bio.htm Biography of Faith Ringold 1000 Legs Comparison of pill bugs to other bugs like them, centipedes and millipedes Pill and Sow Bugs Pictures and information about pill bugs and sow bugs, how to differentiate YES education Pill bugs pictures and information http://www.ianr.unl.edu/Pubs/insects/nf302.htm Somewhat of a boring site, facts about the pill bugs and what they eat, how they lay eggs, etc. USDA Velvet Adventure Predator to the pill bug Spiders Home Spiders of North West Europe. Excellent close-ups of spiders and their spinnerets, the types of webs various spiders spin, and on the page bottom are some links to great close-up shots of the silken web fibers, the spinnerets under electron microscope, and close- ups of the FANGS! KidsKonnect spider unit Home page for countless links to spiders and arthropod websites! SPOOKY but cool. Bats4Kids Primary information on bats Yahooligans mammals Links More bat links for kids Bat Conservation International Bat conservation International website, with great photos of bats http://www.thewildones.org/avocado.html A bat unit from Avocado Elementary http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/elementary/batrpt.htm A bat unit developed by third graders BatsNorthwest.org Facts about bats, photos, and more Bat Facts and Trivia Links to bat trivia, facts, and more http://www.boardman.k12.oh.us/bdms/golubic/olympics1.htm Winter Olympics Activities collaborative project http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/activities.htm More Winter Olympics related activities http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/goldmedal.html How to make gold medals of your own http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2148.shtml Lesson plan on "The Measure of Greatness" in Olympics Theme- links to classroom Olympics History of the Olympics - Thinkquest site A Thinkquest site of history and information on the Olympics http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/Byrnes/olympics.html Olympics based lesson plan, advanced
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ Volcano World http://www.fi.edu/earth/core.html#volcano Franklin Institute Online's website about the earth's core and volcanoes http://www.harcourtschool.com/explorations/activity_ca/pompeii/index.html All about Pompeii's volcanic activity http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/understanding/index.html Lesson plans and vocabulary about volcanoes http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano/ Enchanted Learning's webpage about volcanoes http://riverdeep.net/current/2001/02/021601_volcano.jhtml Undersea volcanoes Gadget Anatomy A great webpage to teach simple machines Rocks and Minerals Unit (January) http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/rocks.htm Great Rock Unit from North Canton City Schools, Canton, Ohio http://nesen.unl.edu/teacher/activities/geology.html Several links to sites about rocks, according to grade level http://www.proteacher.com/110023.shtml and http://www.proteacher.com/110073.shtml Links to many sites on rocks and minerals http://www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/al.htm Meet Miner Al... for the love of rocks, fun stuff http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/rocks.htm Thematic Unit on rocks... a bit advanced for first grade, but a model http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html Discover how rocks are made, for kids Canadian Rockhound Junior Rockhound Magazine and http://www.canadianrockhound.com/junior/minerals.html a great place for kids to learn all about rocks and minerals, various activities http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/gems/start.html Three Smithsonian in your classroom lessons on rocks and minerals John's Word Search Puzzles Kids Rocks & Minerals MINERALS, CRYSTALS, AND GEMS STEPPING-STONES TO INQUIRY Rock Song Just a cute song regarding rocks Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection http://www.cobweb.net/~bug2/rock1.htm Rock Doctor's Guide to Minerals http://mineral.galleries.com/ Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Guide http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/school/e_mine.htm Minerals and Metals http://www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html Lots of websites about rocks, some too high for first grade http://www.bwctc.northants.sch.uk/website/html/projects/science/ks34/rocks/list.html Identify Rocks and check their properties Human Body Sites Many links to sites about the human body Body Bones The skeleton Kids Health Neat website for kids, covers health and the body http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html Neuroscience for kids! Explore the brain! Bioscience activities Activities on the heart, eye, brain, and more from the Franklin Institute Heart The heart and all its parts Heart Preview Tour the heart, thanks to the Franklin Institute. http://www.cln.org/themes/skeletal.html Several web sites about the body, especially the skeleton and bones Muscles of the Body Muscles Nose How the nose smells! What the Nose Knows http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/mybody/content.htm#instructional Lessons and activities of all the systems of the body Alfy's Human body Links Alfy's links to the human body http://www.iditarod.com/index.shtml Pick a musher to begin, and then hit back and read his or her biography. Then read general information, and lastly, watch the video clips. Keep checking the race updates. Try every area of this website but the merchandise area. Take a look too at Jr. Iditarod. 2003 Iditarod Updates Click here for race updates! When you get on the page, click top ten and/or detailed statistics to see where your musher is right now! On this page you can also check the race archives and see how your musher fared in prior years. You may see a picture of your musher at a checkpoint, and information on what he or she is doing. When you find your musher, click on the link by clicking on his/her name. This will bring you to a brief biography and will show you where your musher is on the map. Dogsled.com More coverage of the Iditarod. This is where you can see web cams of the Iditarod as well. Remember, if it is night, you won't see much! http://teacher.scholastic.com/iditarod/home.htm Scholastic's base for the Iditarod activity http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/ A great place to get more day by day pictures and all kinds of neat information about the race and mushers. Ultimate Iditarod This is a website with many easy to understand information about the Iditarod for kids, and "Iditarod for Dummies." Good day by day coverage. Iditarod.com's Teacher and students Great activities and links, follow the trail and see trail notes. Don't forget to click on Zuma's Paw Prints to see the weather and temperature in Alaska, and read Zuma's behind the scene look at what is going on in the race. http://www.iditarod.com/teacher_on_the_trail.html Teacher on the Trail activities http://www.iditarod.com/2002_jr_iditarod.html Check out the Junior Iditarod- a shorter race by kids not much older than you. http://msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/320228.asp Kid's news about the Iditarod. Find out who won the Jr. Iditarod, what diphtheria is, and more AK Superstation Live updates and streaming video of the race from Alaskan TV, Alaska Super station. http://camera.touchngo.com/ Web cam of Anchorage, Alaska. To get a look at downtown Anchorage go to this site. The Iditarod begins in Anchorage http://www.dswriter.com/webcam/webcam.html Web cam of Juneau, Alaska. Wildly beautiful! http://fairbanks-alaska.com/arctic-cam.htm Fairbanks, Alaska Web cam. This is where the official race starts this year, 2003, because of unseasonably warm weather. Start of race is Saturday, March 1, 2003! http://www.coolmath.com/tesspag1.htm Fun, easy to understand "COOL MATH" web site for explanation of tessellations http://www.tessellations.com/ Some lessons on tessellations http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm Tessellations, Symmetry, and Patterns http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html A tutorial on tessellations and lesson plans, a Math Forum Unit http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~aly/escher/ A VERY comprehensive list of websites dealing with MC Escher and tessellations http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/cgi-bin/load.cgi A wonderful Thinkquest winning site about tessellations and MC Escher http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html A series of math lessons on tessellations http://www.geocities.com/williamwchow/javagraf/javagraf.htm This is a great page, with java tessellations. Unfortunately, Bess or other type filters may block it because it is a geocities site. Try it at home. http://www.geom.umn.edu/~demo5337/Group4/Tsslatns.html A nice web site with some samples of tessellations done with TesselMania DeluxeŠ software http://www.cln.org/themes/tessellations.html An educational site with several links on tessellations for various elementary ages http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/titanic/lessons/lessons.htm Titanic Lessons http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ Information on the Titanic and treasure hunt on this site found at: http://www.oklibrary.org/children/summer/titanic.html Education Planet's Titanic Resources Student resources for the Titanic Unit 5 Online Hot list of Titanic related educational websites http://members.aye.net/~bholt/links.html#anchor3995855 List of links Titanic Related http://home.gwi.net/~paul/ Titanic in Hyperspace - website of links on the Titanic and Art Gallery of art created re: the Titanic NASA's Ocean Planet Website on the Titanic Ocean Planet's web site of links on all aspects of the Titanic from NASA |