Web Resources

STUDENT/TEACHER/PARENT PORTALS

INTERNET SAFETY

MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES

KIDS SEARCH ENGINES

INTERNET CYBERHUNT SITES

INTERNET WEBQUESTS

LANGUAGE ARTS/READING

SCIENCE

CURRENT EVENTS

SOCIAL STUDIES

MATH

ARTS

ATLAS/MAPS

ALMANACS

ENCYCLOPEDIA

DICTIONARY

Student/Parent/Teacher Portals to Internet Resources:

http://www.wyckoffschools.org/eisenhower/parents/trauma.html - A collection of Web-Based resources to help adults in talking with their children about tragedy.

http://www.familyeducation.com/home/ - This is the homepage of the Family Education Network.

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/parents.html - Parent Resources and Information including links to info on keeping your child safe on the Internet, filtering software, parent publications, and a Web Tour.

http://208.254.20.90/mpsearch/basic_search.asp - This is the MarcoPolo Search Engine developed with the teacher in mind. MarcoPolo is an educational partnership formed to provide free, high-quality Internet contect to educators and their families. This useful site features classroom-friendly quicklinks to lesson plans, activites, and educational links.

http://school.aol.com/ - Age-appropriate K-12 environments plus teacher and administrator resource centers.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

http://school.discovery.com/ - Discovery School is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students,teachers, and parents. To that end we provide innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students. The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary school, middle school, and high school.

http://edview.apple.com/ - Student-friendly, teacher-approved sites on the web.

http://www.globalschoolhouse.com/ - The Global Schoolhouse Page. A collection of collaborative projects, communication tools and professional development sites.

http://www.classroomconnect.com/ - The Classroom Connect Page. Dedicated to making Internet learning a reality in the K-12 classroom.

http://ipl.org - This is the first public library of the Internet. This on-line library offers a youth and teen section, references galore and access to newspapers.

http://kids-space.org - This site's mission is to foster literacy, artistic expression and cross-cultural understanding among the world's children.

http://www.schoolwork.org - This organized and simple site serves as a homework link library for students in grades six and up.

 

Internet Cyberhunt Sites:

http://www.scholastic.com - Click on teacher/lesson plans & reproducibles/other/technology and computers/scrolldown to lesson plans

http://www.cyberbee.com

http://cecasun.utc.edu/~tpa/mcallister/scavenger.html - University of Tennessee at Chatanooga, College of Education

http://www.teacherideaexchange.com/fulllessons.asp?FL=Internet%20Scavenger%20Hunt - Teacher Idea Exchange

http://users.massed.net/~tstrong/Martin.htm - Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr. Scavenger Hunt

http://www.quia.com - Make your own online quizzes and scavenger hunts

 

Webquests:

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html  

http://www.siue.edu/~jandris/north/questn.html

http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html

http://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuestTemplate/webquesttemp.htm

http://minot.com/%7Enansen/quests.html

http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/scavenger.html

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/lessonTemplate.html

http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html

 

Internet Safety:

http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm - The Police Notebook/Law Enforcement site to promote safety.

http://www.oceancountygov.com/safety/default.htm - Internet Safety handbook from Ocean County, New Jersey.

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/parents.html - Parent Resources and Information including links to info on keeping your child safe on the Internet, filtering software, parent publications, and a Web Tour.

http://www.bpl.org/WWW/KIDS/InternetSafety.html - Internet Safety information from the Boston Public Library.

http://www.kidssafe.com/ - KidsSafe is an informational guide designed to assist parents, grandparents, and caregivers.

http://www.kidscom.com/orakc/Games/newSafe/indexright.html - A Safety-on-the-Internet game - Tips for safe use of the Internet.

http://parents.surfmonkey.com/ - Parents' Internet Resource Center contains information and resources for parents and others interested in Internet safety issues.

http://worldkids.net/school/safety/internet/welcome.html - Learn about internet safety, email, messaging, chat room netiquette for kids of all ages.

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/kids.htm - Federal Bureau of Investigation - Kids and Youth Educational Page.

http://www.lawrence.org/learning/safety.htm - Safety Tips for surfing the web.

 

Language Arts/Reading:

www.simonsays.com/

www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/dickens.html (Charles Dickens)

www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html

cslewis.drzeus.net/

www.poets.com

www.poetry.com

www.umass.edu/aesop

www/pantheon.org/myth/

www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown (Children's Literature)

www.june29.com/HLP/

www.inkspot.com/

 

Authors

http://www.simonsays.com/kids/ - Authors and illustrators

http://www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/dickens.html - Charles Dickens Home Page

http://www.afn.org/~afn15301/drseuss.html - "Cyber-Seuss"

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/ - Dr. Seussville

http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/ - Magis School Bus Homepage

http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow - Reading Rainbow Homepage

http://cslewis.drzeus.net/ - S.C. Lewis Homepage

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/ - Arthur's Homepage

 

Book Awards

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html - Caldecott Medal Homepage

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html - Newberry Medal Homepage

 

Tales

http://www.umass.edu/acco/projects/aesop/ - Aesop's Fables

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/ - Aesop's Fables

http://www.pantheon.org/myth/ - Mythology

http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/for/menu.html - 19th Century German Stories

http://www.peg.apc.org/~balson/story/jump.html - Stories from Australia

http://www.thekids.com/ - Tales from Around the World for Children

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html#books - Children Story Books Online

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/ras.html - Family Literacy Center-Parents and Children Together Online

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ - Children's Literature

 

Magazines

http://www.muohio.edu/Dragonfly/ - Dragonfly Magazine Online

 

Writers

http:www.june29.com/HLP/ - Human Language Page

http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html - MLA Style Manual

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html - Littel Explorer's Dictionary

http://www.thesaurus.com/thesaurus/ - Roget's Thesaurus Online

 

Earth Science

http://volcano.und.edu - Volcano World

http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/EarthS.html - Volcanoes and Earthquakes

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html - Ask a Geologist

http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/ - National Earthquake Center

http://www.usgs.gov/education/learnweb/GC.html - Global Change

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/index.htm - West's Geology Directory

http://www.geologylink.com/fieldtrips/ - Geology Field Trips

 

Space Science

http://www.nasa.gov/index.html - NASA Homepage

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html - Star Child Astronomy for Kids

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html - Constellation Quest

 

Physical Science

http://rampages.onramp.net/~jaldr/chemtchr.html - Chemistry Teacher Resources

http://www.chem4kids.com/ - Chemistry for Kids

http://www.chem4kids.com/ - Physics for kids

http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/web-elements/main/index.nofr.html - Periodic Table of Elements

http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/chemistry/chemistry.html - Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry

http://www.em.doe.gov/timeline/ - Nuclear Age Timeline

www.exploratorium.edu - Exploratorium: Museum of Science, Art and Perception

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/light/light_tour.html - Light Tour

http://www.lava.net/~colorcom/content.html - Color Facts

 

Life Science

http://george.lbl.gov:80/vfrog/ - Virtual Frog Dissection

http://www.africam.com/ - Africa Cam

http://www.mobot.org/welcome.html - Missouri Biological gardens

http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/

http://www.chem4kids.com - Biology for Kids

http://www.cellsalive.com/ - Cells

http://www.umassd.edu/Public/People/Kamaral/Thesis/tidepools.html - Massachusetts Tide Pool

http://www.calpoly.edu/delta.html - CAL-POLY Marine Organisms

http://wwwnhc.nhmccd.cc.tx.us/public/nsci/bio/animal.html#reptile - Animal Kingdom Site

http://www.insect-world.com/ - Insect World

http://www.wisc.edu/botany/virtual.html - Foliage Homepage

http://www.desertusa.com/index.html - Desert U.S.A.

http://www.kidsfood.org/ - Kids Nutrition

http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html Human Anatomy

http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html - Explore the Human Heart Tour

http://www.nwlink.com/~wxdude/index.html - The Weather Dude

http://www.weather.com/education/wx_classroom/html - The Weather Classroom

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ - Paleontology Museum

http://www.amnh.org/Research/Gobi/gobi.html - American Museum of Natural History - GOBI Desert Dig

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/ - Dinosaur Eggs

 

General Science

http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/ci/elem.sci.html - Science Magazine

http://www.museumca.org/usa/ - Museums in the U.S.A.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/sc/ - Science Casebook

 

Current Events:

www.newdirectory.com - Newspapers from around the world)

www.usnews.com

www.cnn.com

www.abcnews.com

www.nbc.com

www.cbs.com

www.time.com

www.newsweek.com

www.washingtonpost.com

www.usatoday.com

www.sikids.com - Sports Illusrtated for Kids

 

Puzzles & Games

http://www.funbrain.com/index.html - Funbrain

http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~mvdlaan/WebMind/Wm_intro.html

 

 

Social Studies:

www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio.com (Women in History)

www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html (MLK)

www.ushistory.org/

www.ushmm.org/education/ed.html

www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html

www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

www.tntech.edu/WWW/ACAD/HIST/African.html

www.whitehouse.gov

 

Famous People

http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.htm - Susan B. Anthony Page

http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/DOUGLASS/HOME.html - Fredric Douglas Page

http:www.seattletimes.com/mlk/index.html - Martin Luther King, Jr. Page

 

American History

http://www.ushistory.org/ - United States History

http://www.libertynet.org/iha/valleyforge/index.html - Valley Forge

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/civilhome.html - Zoom in on the Civil War

http://www.teachersoft.com/Library/lit/stowe/contents.htm - Uncle Tom's Cabin

http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html - Civil War Timeline and Pictures

http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buf2.html - Buffalo Soldiers

http://www.tntech.edu/WWW/ACAD/HIST/African.html - African History Links

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/906/afro/afro.html - African American History links

http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/mainmenu.html - Native Americans' Indian Resources

http://www.pitt.edu/~lmitten/indians.html - Native Americans

http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html - Totem Poles

http://katiemcmahon.com/history/explore/explore.htm - Explorer Links

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html - Oregon Trail

http://www.whitehouse.gov - the white House

 

Geography

http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/default.html - Citylink

http://www.vtourist.com - Virtual Tourist

http://city.net/maps/ - Maps

http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html - USGS Learning Web

http://www.kaibab.org - Grand Canyon National Park

 

Government

http://www.house.gov/daily/hpg.htm - House Press Gallery

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html - Executive Branch

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

 

World History

http://www.ushmm.org/education/ed.html - U.S. Holoaust Memorial Museum

http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/greek.html - Greek Art & Architecture

http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html - The Virtual Classroom: Ancient Greece

http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/ - World War II Maps

http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html - Grolier World War II Online

http://www.chronique.com/ - Kinghthood, Chivalry and Tournaments

 

Holidays

http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/holidays/StPatrick.html - St. Patrick

http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/demo/cinco.html - Cinco De Mayo

http://www.geocites.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/columbus.html - Christopher Columbus

http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/ - Plymouth Mass., Virtual Tour

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html - The Mayflower

   

Math:

Puzzles & Games

http://www.MathMastery.com/ - A great teacher and student site filled with math problem-solving activities and resources.

http://www.funbrain.com/index.html - Math Puzzels

http://scv/bu.edu/htbin/pegs - Math Games

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math - Mega Mathematics

 

Math & Sports

http://espn.sportszone.com - ESPN Sports Zone

 

Math & Stock Exchange

http://my.excite.com/stocks/ - Excite update on Stocks

 

Math Skills & Help

http://www.edu4kids.com/math/ - Flash Cards for Kids

http://www.angelfire.com/me/marmalade/mathtips.html - Math Tips

http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm - Ask Dr. Math

http://206.152.229.6/ - Math Counts

http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Mathlinks/Mathlinks.html - Internet Math Links

http://www.voicenet.com/~techno/geom.html - Geometry Teacher

 

Art:

http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/index-hi.shtml - Schoolhouse Rock

http://education.crayola.com - Crayola Homepage

www.kinderart.com - Kinder-Art

http://www.dhc.net/~artgeek/index.html - Visual Art Homepage

http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ - ArtsEdNet

http://www.illusionworks.com - Visual Illusion Artwork

http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/cards/cards2.htm - Art e-mail cards by Webcards

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/ - Drama Resources

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/arts.asp - Dance, Music Drama and Visual Art Links