Language Arts

This is a website dedicated to looking up words. It is a great alternative to the dictionary.

Write Me a Story - www.kidscom.com/creat/write/write.html

Every week Kidscom gives a challenge to write a story using specific characters, places, & props. Kidscom picks the ten stories that will be published on their website. Visitors will vote for two winning Stunningly Stupendous Stories.

The Writing Process - www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess

Everybody needs some help with writing projects every now and again. This website provides your students with some tips, tricks, and thoughts.

Math

AAA Math - www.aaamath.com

This website offers interactive math exercises and problems and basic math lessons for elementary students.

Cool Math - www.coolmath.com

This fun website has lots of math games, lessons, cool things, counting coloring pages, and more. The website is divided into two categories for ages 3-12 and 13 and up.

Flashcards for Kids - www.edu4kids.com/math

This website offers practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with online flashcards.

Math Glossary - http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math

This website was created by Harcourt (our math series). It is designed for grade levels to give practice on all math topics.

Science

Cool Science - www.forunecity.com/greenfield/bp/123/science.htm

This website offers a variety of online activities to explore. The students can view things such as the life cycle of a butterfly, different classifications of animals, or microscopic particles to name a few.

Enature - www.enature.com

There are online field guides to learn about North American plants, animals, insects, birds, and sea creatures. The website is sponsored by the National Audubon Society.

Marshall Brain’s How Stuff Works - www.howstuffworks.com

This website lets students explore how some common things work. It covers areas such as electric motors to radar.

Insect World - www.insectworld.com

A comprehensive website dedicated to the differences in insects and bugs.

NASA Kids - www.kids.msfc.nasa.gov

NASA offers many great adventures for kids. They also offer links to sites of interest and other NASA sites.

Simple Machines - www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm

The website offers students the chance to learn about basic principles of simple machines. Students can discover ideas, play games, and put the machines to work on this website.

Volcano Worldwww.volcanoworld.org

This website offers everything you ever needed to know about volcanoes.

Social Studies

50 States - www.50states.com

This website is arranged into information links for all 50 states. Click on the initial of the state to find a wealth of information for each state.

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for kids - www.benguide.gpo.gov

Students join Ben Franklin to learn about government in the United States . There are separate areas for different grade levels.

Biography of America - www.learner.org/biographyofamerica

This website offers an examination of U.S. history in a narrative format.

History Channel - www.historychannel.com

This website offers links, information, and a teacher’s guide to support the cable channel.

White House for Kids - www.whitehousekids.gov

This website is full of information on the White House, President, and Vice President. It is interactive and full of pictures and information.

News

Discovery.com - www.discrovery.com

Provides a link to all of the activities that are sponsored by the Discovery Channel.

Time for Kids - www.timeforkids.com

This is the online version of the weekly kids magazine.

Yak’s Corner Newsmagazine for Kids - www.yakscorner.com

Yak’s corner is loaded with news stories, original puzzles, games, crafts, recipes, Pet of the Week, Star of the Week, and more.