DeBusk Elem School, Greeneville, TN, Parent Sites

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FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS

Explore these links if you want to learn how to get tips on helping your child/children succeed in school, to read articles on parenting and education, or to discover the many organizations that can help you.

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U. S. Department of Education - Find information to prepare your child for school, to help your child read, to learn about your child's academic success and special needs, to learn more about college opportunities, and many more topics.

Houghton Mifflin Parents' Education Place - Get tips on teaching math and social studies, survey ideas for educational projects and activities, and find games and contests.

National Education Association - Tips for parents and teachers and info about the NEA's efforts to improve public education.

Parent Soup Education Central - Covers preschool through high school and a number of topics. Also check out the chats and message boards.

American Library Association Resources for Parents & Kids - Collection of Association resources and Web sites.

BBC Schools Online - The BBC offers learning resources for children, teachers and parents at school and at home.

Education World - Resources for teachers, students, and parents, including a school registry, job listings, and education news.

Parenting of K-6 Kids - Articles and links.

Great Sites for Kids - Tons of great links for kids and parents, organized by subject, plus online safety tips for kids.

Parent Teacher Association - Official home of the national parent-teacher association with virutal bake sales and school fairs.

FamilyEducation Network - With an introduction claiming "We're dedicated to helping you take an active role in the education of your children," the Family Education Network makes a good case. With timely articles and expert advice columns from Boston Children's Hospital pediatricians Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Nethersole, Family Therapist Carleton Kendrick and teacher Barbara Callaghan, a lot of answers to common family questions can be found here. The site also contains special sections on Learning Disabilities, Health and Safety and Homework Help.

Hooked on Phonics - Browse a summary and images of the products from books to flash cards. Read research findings, make a purchase, and check out the parent center.

Virtual Reference Desk - National effort to enhance K-12 education through Internet resources and mentors.

American School Directory - A directory of Web sites representing every K-12 school in America.

FOR STUDENTS

RENAISSANCE PLACE

Starfall

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/Resources.htm
Welcome to these pages of links to the outside world. These sites have proven popular and useful by teachers. Nearly all these sites are here by request. These pages provide you all with a quick way to find information. There are links to several resource pages for teachers and kids.

B.J. PINCHBECK'S HOMEWORK HELPER
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
Need help with your homework? Try this site!

MATHEMATICAL BRAIN TEASERS AND PUZZLES
http://www.syvum.com/teasers/
Ultimate brainteasers. Tests our problem solving aptitude to great levels."

ELEMENTARY PROBLEM OF THE WEEK:
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/elempow/
This site provides a word problem of the week for your students to solve. Attention! Be sure to read the problems very carefully. Perfect for group problem solving.

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE - KID'S PLANET
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
From facts to fun – this site has focuses on worldwide endangered wildlife. Best clicks are Get the Facts (single page info sheets on dozens of animals listed by continent), Wild Games (puzzles and quizzes), Color Your World (printable animals for off-line coloring) and the wolf curriculum for teachers and home schoolers (see Teacher's Table). "Native Americans attributed an array of powers and miracles to wolves, from the creation of tribes to healing powers. For example, the Kwakiutl of the Pacific Northwest believed that before they became men or women, they had been wolves."

EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE - FOR KIDS ONLY
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
"Can scientists predict the global impacts of increased levels of pollutants in the atmosphere? Will the planet warm because increased levels of greenhouse gases, produced by the burning of fossil fuels, trap heat and prevent it from being radiated back into space? Will the polar ice caps melt, causing massive coastal flooding? Have humans initiated wholesale climatic change?." NASA studies the earth, not just outer space, and has created this earth science site for kids and their teachers and filled it to the brim with information, lesson plans and games.

"FIND OUT WHY" APPEALS TO INQUIRING MINDS
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/index.jsp
Produced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with Time for Kids, "Find Out Why" lets you discover the science behind news stories and events in your daily life. Find answers to questions like: "Why do rainbows happen?" and "Why does a baseball bat have a sweet spot where every home run slugger wants to hit the ball?" Each month's questions include activities to help you discover the answers, as well as a "cool science book of the month" that invites you to further explore this topic.

KIDS HEALTH
http://kidshealth.org/kid/
"Calling all kids. Ever wonder how your body works? What makes you sick? Or how to keep safe? Get all the answers to your health questions in this kids only section." This comprehensive site is my pick of the day because of its depth, breadth and excellent organization. For example, listed under "People, Places, & Things That Help You Feel Better" are articles on Going to the Dentist (filled under People), What Happens at the Emergency Room (found under Places) and Living with Braces (listed under Things).

50 STATES
http://www.50states.com/
Almost anything you want to know about any of the 50 states can be found here.

ASK JEEVES
http://www.askjeeves.com/
If you are searching for something on the Internet, by all means, Ask Jeeves. If you enter a question about what you are searching for, Jeeves will return sites or a variety of questions that might help narrow your search.

WEBSITES FOR KIDS - SUITE 101
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/kids
Articles Links and Discussions

SESAME WORKSHOP
http://www.ctw.org/
This is the home for Sesame Street. There are lots of activities for K-1 students.

HEADBONE ZONE
http://www.headbone.com/
Headbone Zone -- A Kidsite Chock Full Of Chat, Games, Email, Prizes, and More - It is a kids' site bursting at the seams with free chat, pager, cool games, exciting prizes to win, stuff to download, etc.

KIDS @ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
See how fireworks wizards work their magic. Then test your fireworks smarts by playing our Name That Boom game. Creature Feature You don’t have to bushwhack your way through African rain forests to see mountain gorillas.

FUNBRAIN.COM
http://www.funbrain.com/
This is the Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Teachers and STUDENTS with online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spell, history)

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS
http://www.sikids.com/
Discover games, fantasy leagues, sports news, cartoons, and more.

THE YUCKIEST SITE ON THE INTERNET
http://www.yucky.com/
First there was mud. Then there were worms, and now there is Yucky! Test your skills with Whack-A-Roach. All you need to know about barfing, belching and blackheads!

4KIDS.ORG
http://www.4kids.org/
Welcome to the quickest shot to the coolest spots! - In the newspaper and on the Web, www.4Kids.org is a weekly publication that focuses on Web sites for kids.

WARNER BROS. KIDS PAGE
http://www.kids.warnerbros.com/
Take A Trip With Pee Wee! Sneak A Peek At Pikachu! Try Big Fat Baby'sGame! Test Your Matching Skills! Study Animation 101 Here! Get A Scooby Screensaver!

INFORMATION PLEASE KIDS' ALMANAC, ON-LINE DICTIONARY, AND ENCYCLOPEDIA
http://www.factmonster.com/
The Infoplease Kids' Almanac is the largest free reference site just for kids! Get homework help & find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education and health.

CHEMISTRY 4 KIDS
http://www.chem4kids.com/
Your Chemistry Web Site! The web site that teaches chemistry fundamentals to children and adults!

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S KIDS' CASTLE
http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/
This is a neat site to learn about science, history, and art.

EDUCATION 4 KIDS
http://www.edu4kids.com/
The edu4kids network has educational drill games. Drill games are designed for kids pre-K-12 and beyond. They cover math, science, social studies and language. These drill games are provided commercial (ad banner) free.

BEN'S GUIDE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR KIDS
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
This site teaches kids from kindergarten through 12th grade about the Federal Government.

NASA KIDS
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
This nasa site is dedicated to kids - Kids of all ages! - NASA Kids is best place for kids interested in Space, Science, Rocket, Astronauts and the Solar System.

GAMES AND PUZZLES

ALFY
http://www.alfy.com
Portal for many student games and activities which are geared for K-5 grade.

NICKELODEON
http://www.nick.com
Students enjoy one of their favorite TV networks. There are many games and activities.

SURFNET KIDS
http://www.surfnetkids.com
Online archive of Surfing the Net with Kids - Sites categorized by topic/subject and rated. This is also a great place to find many educational games (under games - where else?)

JIGZONE
http://www.jigzone.com
jigzone is the grand daddy of online jigsaw puzzle sites. They have a huge inventory of Java puzzles at all levels of difficulty, feature a new picture daily, and allow you to email puzzles to friends. But what I liked best was being able to control both the number of pieces and their shape. For example, start with their puzzle of the day. Is the sixty-seven piece classic a tad too difficult or perhaps too easy? Click on Shapes and choose your own level of difficulty from among thirty-three choices, ranging from a six-piece classic (preschool easy) to 240 square pieces (for serious puzzle enthusiasts only!)

MaMaMedia JIGSAW PUZZLES
http://www.mamamedia.com/activities/jigsaw/home.html
This collection of colorful children's Java jigsaws is arranged into twelve topics (such as Aliens, Pet Parade and Big Sports.) All of the puzzles are a twelve-piece design, and you can choose among four different shapes by clicking Change Shapes. If you need a bit of help, click Hint to get the puzzles pieces outlined on the puzzle board.

SCRAMBLER FOR KIDS
http://www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html#Scrambler
Scrambler is a Java tiled-jigsaw that is fun for the whole family because you are timed as you play at one of three levels of difficulty.

SET PUZZLE CONTEST OF THE DAY:
http://www.setgame.com/puzzle/set.htm
The object is to find six sets of three, all either different of alike in some manner. Not as easy as it looks! This puzzle exercises critical thinking skills for students who enjoy challenges.

GEOBEE CHALLENGE:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/
Daily geography challenges are posted at this site from National Geographic. This is a great little starter for any class, but particularly for TAG students! Globe-trot with five questions per day; you can keep trying if you miss any.

BONUS.COM
http://www.bonus.com
This site is full of games and activities for kids of all ages.

FOR TEACHERS

Browse this list of URL’s for teachers. A brief description of each site should help you select those that could benefit your professional development, enrich your lesson plans, challenge your students, or simply be fun. Go directly to the group of URL’s which have been grouped in the following categories:

If you have a special site you want added to this page or if you find a link that no longer works, please email me; and I will add or delete the URL.

GENERAL TEACHER SITES

THE STATE OF TENNESSEE
http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/Resources.htm
Welcome to these pages of links to the outside world. These sites have proven popular and useful by teachers. Nearly all these sites are here by request. These pages provide you all with a quick way to find information. There are links to several resource pages for teachers and kids.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://www.thegateway.org
Here's another one for all you over-burdened educators! The Dept.of Ed's Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) site is designed to retrieve free educational materials on any subject and any grade level. GEM contains more than 750 of the best lesson plans and classroom activities from 140 federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial organizations. Make sure you visit "Hot Topics" for curriculum materials related to upcoming holidays and themes. Currently, you'll find more than 7,300 resources in GEM, with new ones being added daily. Check it out!

AWESOME LIBRARY
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
In May 1997, the Evaluation and Development Institute (EDI) began offering its database of educational resources through the Awesome Library web portal. Awesome Library organizes 14,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources, including the top five percent of sites for teachers, students, parents, and librarians. To be included in the Awesome Library, resources must meet strict criteria. They must have child-safe links; be useful for teachers, students, parents, or librarians; and contain actual documents, projects, pictures, and discussion groups. New sites must be current and they must load quickly. All of the resources included in the Awesome Library were reviewed for usefulness and appropriateness, but 2 percent of the site's 14,000 resources also were given a star for being the source for many other resources on the page, very comprehensive, or unusually well-organized, or for containing essential information on a topic. A great place to start when searching for information.

EDUHOUND
http://eduhound.com
The Engine for Everything Education K-12! This pre-screened directory to more than 30,000 K-12 sites will help you easily locate the very best educational web sites, resources, lesson plans, and webquests.

TEACHERS NET
http://teachers.net/
Discover what other teachers are doing.

WWW FOR TEACHERS
http://www.4teachers.org/
Professional development, integrating technology, lesson plans, teaching tools, etc. can be found here.

TRACK STAR - SEARCH FOR LESSONS
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
Search for tracks already developed on topics you plan to teach.

ALFY FOR TEACHERS
http://ALFY.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/index.asp
Here you'll find ALFY's Picks, Internet Based Classroom Activities, Lesson Plans, and related book resources all organized by conceptual themes. THEY ADD 15 THEMES A MONTH.

WEB66
http://web66.umn.edu/schools.html
International School Web Site Registry - See what other teachers and schools put on their web pages.

KATHY SCHROCK'S GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
Here is the ultimate list to teacher sites. The list grows daily.

B.J. PINCHBECK'S HOMEWORK HELPER
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
Give this URL to your students. The title is self-explanatory.

BLUE WEB
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Here is a library of blue ribbon learning sites on the web searchable by content, grade level, or subject area

TEACHER TIPS
http://www.ozline.com/learning/10stages.html
This site has great tips for teachers.

DIGITAL FILM MAKER
http://www.dfilm.com/
You have to try this site--kids and teachers alike will all love it. You get to make your own movie, directed by: insert your own name here! Have fun! I have made several, and you can send them to friends.

CREATE 7 KINDS OF PUZZLES FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO PLAY ONLINE
http://www.apte.com
A super way to teach facts in social studies, math, science and language arts using crosswords, secret code, anagrams and word scramble and more can be found here.

GREENE BYTES
http://www.greenek12.org/co/gbytes/
A technology newsletter site maintained by Becky Liefert that can be used as a teaching resource.

SOCIAL STUDIES

MY HISTORY IS AMERICA'S HISTORY
http://www.myhistory.org/
My History Is America's History contains a variety of links to other websites and references to resources available through government, nonprofit, and commercial entities. These links and references are provided solely for information purposes. Use these activities and lesson plans to make family history part of every child's learning experience

VIEW A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN ADDRESS:
http://www.cyber-nation.com/gettysburg_address_original.html#top

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG:
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm#address
One of the most moving battles of all history--with extremely heavy casualties over a 3-day period. The Union army had an excellent defensive position, though at one point General Meade left only about 5700 in position (thinking Lee would attack instead from the south) to hold up against the mile long wave of pickett's charge before reinforcements finally arrived. Confederate General Longstreet knew war strategy & position, and protested the attacks several times to Lee, who nevertheless of course pushed on, to a devastating loss for the Confederates, and a victory for the Union army that would change the course of the Civil War, and United States history.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN TIMELINE/BIOGRAPHY: With photos, speeches, etc.
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON EDUCATION:
http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln/speeches/educate.htm
Lincoln's formal education amounted to possibly only one year; the rest is a self-made man. Read various excerpts from his writings on his references to education:

CIVIL WAR TIMELINE: With photos and links; a good resource.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

ESCAPE TO FREEDOM: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD:
http://www.headbone.com/derby/escape/
An interactive lesson plan examining slavery, An interactive lesson plan examining slavery,the underground railway and routes to freedom. Teacher's guide included.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD @ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
"You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week, you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it?"

THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, AND OUR CLASS CHARTER:
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/bookstor/kits/english/classcharter/page1.htm
The United Nations educational unit here teaches students to think about world conflict. A provocative and potentially insightful unit for studying both global and local concerns.

U.N. COUNTRIES AT A GLANCE:
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_glance.htm
All countries represented here are members of the United Nations. Quick reference guide for population, area, languages and other statistics.

PRESIDENT'S DAY ACTIVITIES & TEACHER'S NOTES:
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/pages/teachact.htm
Children will use the Internet to visit online Lincoln and Washington museums, and learn more about these two presidents. Targeted to the K-3 group

LESSON PLAN: STEPS IN SELECTING A PRESIDENT:
http://www.pbs.org/inaugural97/chart.html
Students will create and use flowcharts, timelines, and newspaper articles to understand the election process. Optional subjects can be addressed with the same lesson template, and include: how a bill becomes law; the three arms of government, etc.

US MAPS
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/Top8/files.htp?fileid=65128&use=hc
This site uses the Xerox PARC Map viewer and maps of the all of the U.S. You can select which features you want to display, like rivers, roads, or railroads. You can zoom in, change colors and get lots of details. It’s very easy to use and fast.

ANCIENT EGYPT
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
"Board games were very common in ancient Egypt and people from all levels of society played them. Many game boards from ancient Egypt have been found by archaeologists." This British Museum exhibit (my pick of the day) doesn't focus exclusively on Egyptian art, but rather presents a marvelous interactive overview of ancient Egyptian life. Each of the ten topics (for example Pyramids, Geography, Pharaoh) feature a Shockwave challenge such as playing a board game or matching tools to the correct tradesman. Teachers will find curriculum notes in the Staff Room.

BLACK HISTORY

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
This collection of educational Web activities showcases five different ways the Internet can be integrated into classroom learning. From a simple hot list of Black History links, to an educational video conference, these activities are of varying complexity. My favorites are the Subject Sampler (find a topic that touches you emotionally), Interactive Treasure Hunt (What was it that made Nat Turner lead his famous revolt?) and Tuskegee Tragedy WebQuest (How does this tragedy compare to other historic tragedies?)

THE INTERNET AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CHALLENGE
http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/
"The Internet African American History Challenge is an interactive quiz that helps you sharpen your knowledge of [19th century] African American History. It's an open-book test. So if you're not sure of an answer, you can check our reference material for help. Level I is the easiest and has seven questions while levels II & III have ten questions each and are a bit more challenging." Short bios are included on a dozen black leaders of the 1800's, including Harriet Tubman, SojournerTruth and Nat Turner.

HOW I FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVITIES:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
This lesson plan centers around Rosa Parks, with a teacher's guide as well as background information and various activities. The extensive project calendar lists both activities and resources for all grade levels,
with corresponding articles and links.

STAMP ON BLACK HISTORY:
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Games.htm
After your lessons, print out puzzles, games. wordsearches, etc. on African American History.

SOUL OF THE GAME:
http://www.sportingnews.com/features/jackie/
With story files, photo files, timeline--much more.

MATHEMATICS

LEARNING PLANET
http://www.learningplanet.com
A website containing very appropriate activities for letter and number skill building for grades K-1; simple to use. Click on a letter to see a picture of an object that starts with that letter and hear how that letter sounds. Or drill letter sequencing or counting skills.

GAMES ON GRAPHS:
http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/mega-math/workbk/graph/graph.html
Besides providing several games that students can actually play on graphs, this site also introduces activities which students can explore in a problem-solving approach, using patterns, functions, graphs, shapes, etc.

MATHEMATICAL BRAIN TEASERS AND PUZZLES
http://www.syvum.com/teasers/
Ultimate brainteasers. Tests our problem solving aptitude to great levels."

ADDITION TIC-TAC-TOE:
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/math/math50.txt
Anyone having trouble with addition and subtraction facts? You may just have found what you needed to entertain them into learning! Change the rules of the traditional tic-tac-toe game a bit, and children will gain practice with addition and subtraction drills in a slightly different manner.

FLASHCARDS FOR KIDS
http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php
Flashcards for Kids offers online practice in multiplication as well as addition, subtraction and division. Choose from three levels of complexity and control the size of your operands all the way up to 10,000. Other choices include scoring, a timer, and whether to display the equations vertically or horizontally. Even with all these choices, these flashcards do not use Java or Shockwave, which means they are WebTV-friendly.

MATH.COM
http://www.math.com
This interesting site provides lessons and resources for math teachers, parents, and students of all ages. The references are very useful, such as English-Spanish math translations and the glossary of math terms. Kids can use the site to get homework help; play games; do practice worksheets; find tables, formulas, and resources; and generally get past the reservations some students have about learning math. Users can also generate algebra worksheets online and prepare for standardized tests like the SAT and ACT. Teachers can use the site to create lesson plans, locate useful resources, find ways to address state math standards, and assess career information. Parents can even use Math.com to find ways to help their kids with their lessons. The site also highlights some of the practical day-to-day uses for math in the "Everyone" section, which includes calculations and formulas for figuring basic problems around the house. Check it out!

READING AND LITERATURE

DOUCETTE INDEX: K-12 LITERATURE- BASED TEACHING IDEAS:
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
This site offers various resources for a lengthy list of novels in all grades, with teaching guides, activities, lessons, units, etc. Enter the title and author (and/or illustrator) to search for teaching ideas on the book you are studying.

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet and is committed to providing valuable services to that world. Librarians have worked to provide library services to the Internet community, to learn and teach what librarians have to contribute in a digital environment, to promote librarianship and the importance of libraries, and to share interesting ideas and techniques with other librarians. There are sections for "Youth" and "Teens."

BEGINNING TO READ: ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE TWO:
http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/begin.html
This site includes several hands-on exercises to motivate your young students into decoding sounds and words.

CYBERGUIDE TO READING K-3
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html
All the classic literature texts are listed here, with some pretty great resources, lessons, and activities to go along with each one.

CYBERGUIDE TO READING 4-5
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html
All the classic literature texts are listed here, with some pretty great resources, lessons, and activities to go along with each one.

CYBERGUIDE TO READING 5-8
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html
All the classic literature texts are listed here, with some pretty great resources, lessons, and activities to go along with each one.

WCU BOOKREAD:
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bookread.txt
This online project connects classrooms (students and teachers) reading the same books. This service helps establish links, decide on books to read, and even sets up author interviews where available. Not only does this service provide for literature enrichment, but it also enables in-service education for teachers.

TECHNOLOGY FOR THE STUDENT

THE INTERNET
http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/index-e.html
There are more than 20 brief, basic internet lesson plans at this site that can be used directly in the classroom by your students. Topics cover everything from history, email, keeping a log, transferring files, posting projects and identifying resources. Lessons are "take-out" style--no teacher preparation required!

MUSEUM OF WEB ART
http://www.mowa.org/
Students in both art classes and computer or web-design classes will love this gallery devoted to the finest artistic elements of webdesign, counters, buttons, etc. For graphic art students,MOWA is an incredible resource with many galleries and exhibits. Stories are available for elementary students.

AMAZING PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/9901/beyond-2000/index.html
A highly inventive and delightful site; let your imagination take over in this guide to future technology!

SCIENCE

CELLS ALIVE
http://www.cellsalive.com/
If your science class has been looking at cells, this is a website you don't want to miss! There are terrific images, information, and movies. Cell topics include: Pumping Myocytes, these cells got rhythm; OUCH!, anatomy of a splinter; Bacteriophage, oh goodness, my E. coli has a virus!

BICYLE WHEEL GYRO:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bicycle_wheel_gyro.html

SIMPLE MACHINES EXPERIMENTS:
http://www.galaxy.net:80/~k12/machines/index.shtml
Need some in-class activities to demonstrate a pulley? Here are over 20 activities for elementary classes, designed to examine and understand the workings of springs, friction, gears, pulleys, and inclined planes.

MOTION, ENERGY AND SIMPLE MACHINES:
http://www.necc.mass.edu/MRVIS/MR3_13/start.htm
Students will explore Newton's Laws of Motion in detail, including potential and kinetic energy, force, friction, and energy transfer. To solidify the learning experience and further investigate motion, try several hands-on experiments.

THE MECHANICS EXHIBIT AT THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE:
http://sln.fi.edu:80/tfi/exhibits/mechanic.html
At this online exhibit, see how the simple components of machines work together to create complex functions. Also view a Quicktime movie on the Foucault Pendulum, and try activities for early elementary students based on the pulley and the lever.

UNDERSTANDING LEONARDO HOMEPAGE:
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
This site provides a wonderful resource for both students and teachers alike. It provides information on machines, and especially Leonardo's futuristic inventions. It also includes several interactive activities, such as exploring linear perspective, or investigating aerial perspectives. Teacher notes are excellent, and provide a starting point for exploring this site as a possible addendum unit to simple machines.

MANATEE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:
http://www.savethemanatee.org/edmat.htm
Teachers may write for a free educator's guide or a free coloring and activity guide.

VOLCANO LOVERS:
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/031volcano/index.html
From the Why Files, everything on eruptions for the last few million years, by people who love investigating eruptions! Love that lava: The volcano story - Volcanoes are the best proof that it's bloody hot downstairs, geologically speaking. Since Earth's early days, they have shaped our planet. Now we know they've shaped other planets as well.

GALLERY OF MINERAL PHOTOGRAPHS
http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/bestgall.htm
These awesome mineral photos literally jump off the screen with clarity and color. There are also links to other mineral collections all over the world.

STAR CHILD:
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Specifically designed for the younger set, many resources are offered here to teach your students about astronomy. A NASA project.

LUNAR ECLIPSE COMPUTER
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/LunarEclipse.html
Want to know exactly when the total lunar eclipse is coming to your town? Simply enter your location and select the January 21 eclipse from the drop-down list of recent and upcoming lunar events.

EARTH IMPACT (ASTEROIDS AND COMETS)
http://www.s-d-g.freeserve.co.uk/
"Small space rocks enter the earth's atmosphere on a daily basis. Most burn up but some make it to the surface. In either case they make little impact and are certainly not life threatening unless you are unlucky enough to have one fall on your head. Of concern are the larger interplanetary bodies - asteroids and comets - which we now know have collided with the earth in the past and which pose a real threat to human life." Be sure to read about "massive pale blue fireball" that exploded above the Tunguska River valley in Siberia in 1908.

MYSTERY OF SPACE - STARS
http://library.thinkquest.org/25763/
This Thinkquest entry created by two middle school students is simply marvelous! It is divided into two tours: one for twelve and under, the other for older students. "You may have seen the picture of the Galaxy M16 before, but not known what it was. It is an embryonic star cloud. Embryonic star clouds are huge cocoons of dust grains, gas, and molecules, and are the birthplace of stars. These star clouds can be so huge that some of them are measured in light years."

STEPHEN HAWKING'S UNIVERSE - STRANGE STUFF EXPLAINED
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/strange/html/stuff.html
"For decades, black holes were the darlings of science fiction writers but treated with perhaps a little less respect by physicists. Although general relativity predicted that black holes could exist, many scientists thought they were too bizarre to exist in the real universe. That's all changed." British physicist and best-selling author Stephen Hawking explains black holes (objects with infinite density), quasars (the brightest objects in the universe), wormholes (a short cut through space time) and other mysteries of space.

AURORAS
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/index.html
Explore the natural beauty of the Northern Lights at this online exhibit developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Through text, photographs, RealAudio clips of NASA's Goddard Space Center scientists, and Quicktime movies, you can learn what the Aurora Borealis are, how they are created, where they can be found, and what they look like from space. Take a self-guided tour or use the "Aurora Links" page as a starting point for research on related topics. You can also find suggestions on how to use this site in the classroom or even post your own comments on great ways to use this website.

GREAT NASA SITE
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov
The folks at NASA feature the latest news in science, including weather, space travel, and astronomy. And make sure you check out "Thursday's Classroom" for new lesson plans and activities based on current vents and the latest NASA research. Links are also provided to other key sites on the selected topics, and you can review lesson plans and activity sheets for projects with fun names like "Spacey Charades," "The magneto What?," and the "SpaceWeather Brain Drain." This site is bound to wow teachers, administrators, and students alike!

"FIND OUT WHY" APPEALS TO INQUIRING MINDS
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/fow/start.htm
Produced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with Time for Kids, "Find Out Why" lets you discover the science behind news stories and events in your daily life. Find answers to questions like: "Why do rainbows happen?" and "Why does a baseball bat have a sweet spot where every home run slugger wants to hit the ball?" Each month's questions include activities to help you discover the answers, as well as a "cool science book of the month" that invites you to further explore this topic.

THE EXPLORATORIUM'S BUBBLES:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/bubbles.html
Who better to explain Bubble Science than the Exploratorium? The physics of bubbles is all here, explained in an elementary-friendly fashion, with experiments and activities (of course! This is the Exploratorium we're talking about!) to accompany the text. Also included are bubble formulas.

EINSTEIN REVEALED:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/
Many resources are here from Nova. Originally written to accompany Nova's tv program by the same name, they nevertheless are more than suitable for use without the program. The Einstein timeline will provide a backdrop to the great physicist's achievements, but be sure to reach deeper by reading Genius Among Geniuses as well. Much is also available to help portray the Theory of Relativity, including a Time-Traveler game.

SCIENCE FAIR

SCIENCE PROJECT IDEA LIST FOR GRADES 4-6:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~jbarron/elem.html
There's no end to the many wonderful ideas you will find here, all appropriate for upper elementary level. It's a great jumping-off point for Science Fair projects.

EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE GUIDE: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL:
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html
This site provides an excellent lesson on scientific methods, and the scientific steps involved with experimentation. It also goes over errors, and the failure of a hypothesis.

YESMAG'S ULTRACOOL SCIENCE PROJECTS:
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/projects.html
Just in case nothing caught the attention of your students from the above site, then try this one--it has "fun" built right in! Make a geodesic dome from newspapers - one that you can actually fit into; or how about building a telegraph, a toothpick bridge, or a leaning tower of pasta!

HEALTH

ADVENTURES OF MR. REACH
http://www.mrreach.com/
With informative articles for parents and colorful Shockwave games for kids, this Johnson & Johnson site covers all the bases. Parents will appreciate the tips on encouraging good dental hygiene and the tooth time line which shows tooth development from 3 months to twelve years. And kids (of all ages, of course) can play Remember to Reach (a Concentration-style tile game) and Dunk Mr. Plaque (a ball toss.)

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: BRUSHING UP
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/colgate/
"Your teeth aren't just hanging around inside your mouth! They've each got a job to do! So come on in, click around and discover what your teeth are doing, plus find out how to keep those teeth happy and healthy." This animated Flash lesson has lots of chewing and biting and is my pick of day. When you're done with the introductory animation, continue onto Arnold's Great Tooth Exploration (which requires Shockwave.) There is a printable tooth terminology word search and printable tooth chart.

BBC ONLINE: KIDS HEALTH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/
This marvelous site covers both your physical health (Body Works) and emotional well being (Mind Matters.) My favorite click is the Shockwave Body Tour ("Find out how your body works! Do a body tour and have a real close look.") Be sure to click on "Down" in order to view all four chapters of the tour: The Body, The Muscles, The Organs, and The Skeleton. For more anatomy (or if you don't have Shockwave), read The Body in More Detail.

DRUG ABUSE – MIND OVER MATTER
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/MOMIndex.html
The brain consists of several large regions, each responsible for some of the activities vital for living. These include the brainstem, cerebellum, limbic system, diencephalon, and cerebral cortex." Produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health, this site explains the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain for kids in fifth grade and above. The Teachers Guide gives additional background and classroom activities. All material is in the public domain and may be copied freely.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

ART AND ART EDUCATION

ARTS AND CRAFTS STARTERS:
http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~sarah/rdr010.html
Recipes for playdough, peanut-butter playdough, silly putty, play slime, salt clay, bubbles, paper airplanes.....the basic ingredients of good, clean fun!

WEB MUSEUM, PARIS
http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/
This is another terrific resource for teachers and students! Special exhibits include: Paul Cézanne and Medieval Art. The General Exhibitions section lets you explore famous painting collections. You can explore by theme: Gothic Painting (1280-1515); Impressionism (1860-1900); Japanese Art and Architecture, and more. Or by artist: Francis Bacon to Vincent van Gogh to David Hockney to Auguste Rodin. You can click on the pictures to see an enlarged version, and there's wonderful bio information for each artist.! (PS: remember to click on the inlined thumbnail images to enlarge them...)

HOW TO READ A PAINTING
http://www.kcsd.k12.pa.us/~projects/critic/index.html
Learn art criticism skills to enrich any museum experience.

EGYPTIAN ART - METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=10
"The collection of ancient Egyptian art at the Metropolitan Museum ranks among the finest outside Cairo. It consists of approximately 36,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance. ... Fifty highlights from the department are presented online in approximate chronological order, and are identified by dynasty and/or period."

LANGUAGE ARTS (ENGLISH, WRITING, SPELLING)

ENGLISH ONLINE:
http://eleaston.com/
This is an extensive materials and lessons list for teaching English.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teach3.htm
Find exercises in all aspects of English grammar.

ENGLISH ONLINE WRITERS WINDOW
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html
Writers up to age seventeen are encouraged "to share their work and help each other improve their writing." Published works are categorized by age range and genre, and reader feedback is solicited about each piece. Categories include short stories, poetry, research papers, book reviews, television reviews and movie reviews. There are also five continuous stories that you can add to.

ESL CONVERSATION QUESTIONS:
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/questions/
Over 25 topics listed, each having lists of good questions to stimulate conversation.

PROJECTS FOR TEACHING ESL:
http://www.c3.hu/~ecsomay/nora/projects.htm
Using newspapers, cryptic puzzles, & Star Wars to teach English.

KIDPUB:
http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
Now that you have your students writing, how about a place to publish their creations? Try this online forum, and let children read their own works, online. They can also add to the ongoing "never-ending story."

ONLINE ALMANAC:
http://www.infoplease.com
Everything an almanac usually carries is here, but online. It also offers a special featurescategory with highlighted and timely articles.

GAMES AND PUZZLES

ALFY
http://www.alfy.com
Portal for many student games and activities which are geared for K-5 grade.

NICKELODEON
http://www.nick.com
Students enjoy one of their favorite TV networks. There are many games and activities.

CHRISTMAS

THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS:
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm
Span the globe with this concise history of Christmas, going back 4000 years.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD:
http://www.christmas.com/worldview/worldview.html
Did you know that in Japan, Santa (called Santa Kuroshu) is said to have eyes in the back of his head, so he can keep an eye on children all the time! In Jamaica, one wakened to the Jonkonoo men parading the street! Though not every country listed is yet represented, nevertheless this site is a good place to start to learn more about Christmas traditions around the world.

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI:
http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/Gift_of_the_Magi.html
O. Henry's story online, courtesy of the Gutenberg Project. A nice feature here is the linked net dictionary to define difficult words.

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
http://www.educa.rcanaria.es/usr/zonzamas/virginia.htm
The 1897 New York Sun editorial for the famousletter.

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN 135 LANGUAGES:
http://www.flw.com/merry.htm
Learn them all by Christmas!! You can click on the country for the flag and its national anthem as well.

CRAFT A LUMINARY:
http://users.hsonline.net/kidatart/htdoc/lesson51.htm
When lit up, these luminaries are quite beautiful, as well as inexpensive to make. Not appropriate for younger children.

THE OLYMPICS

OLYMPIC GAMES WEBQUEST:
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/olympics/olympicwq.html
"Tighten your togas"--we're going in! Students will research the background and history of the Olympic
Games with this webquest unit, and learn something of Ancient Greece culture as well.

OLYMPICS WEBQUEST:
http://www.maltar.org.il/k12/arazim/attar/webquest.html
Writing a guide to the Olympic Games for some alien visitors.... your students better know their stuff!

WEBQUEST--GAMES OF THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/est57280/kmeehan/webquest.htm
Are the Olympic sports the same today as they were in Ancient Greece? Find out here, as your
students follow along with this webquest.

QUEST FOR OLYMPIC GOLD:
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/barrett/webquest/olympic/index.html
Students research info on nutrition and health this time, understanding what athletes must achieve in
order to compete.

Updated 9-1-06

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