There are many free educational websites for your children to enjoy. It can be a great way to enrich your child's education or just to allow them to practice many skills in a fun, exciting way!
August
Seussville.com
Check out the official site of Dr. Seuss. You'll find information about creator Theodor Seuss Geisel, as well as games for you to play.
September
Eric-Carle.com
Official site for the author and illustrator, featuring his books, a bulletin board, a biography, and more.
The Art of Eric Carle
A wonderful slideshow about this talented artist's work!
Alien Addition
This is a fun game that helps improve addition skills. You can select the range of problems and the speed of the game so it is just right for you!
Ben's Guide to US Government
Did you know that September 17th is Constitution Day? Learn about the Constitution and lots more with Ben's Guide to US Government.
Arnold Lobel Scavenger Hunt
Go on an internet scavenger hunt to learn more about Arnold Lobel. Each frog is a link to information about the talented author of the "Frog and Toad" series.
Online Color Sheet: Frog
Paint a picture online. Scroll down below the picture to find interesting facts about frogs.
Online Color Sheet: Toad
Use the paint tools to color a picture of a toad online. Then read and learn all about toads.
Frogs and Toads in Color and Sound
Check out these photographs and recordings of real frogs and toads.
Scholastic. com - I Spy Games
Use your powers of observation to find the hidden objects in these games and riddles.
October
OREO Cookies
We used OREO Cookies for a math and science investigation. Now it's time to have fun with OREOs on the Nabisco website.
Interactive Timeline
Here's a fun way to make a timeline online!
Skeleton Shakedown
Another accident in the lab! You can help clean up by putting the skeleton back together.
My Body & The Scavenger Hunt
Use the information on "My Body" to find the answers for "The Scavenger Hunt". Good luck!
Christopher Columbus
This site has lots of good information about Christopher Columbus. There's even an online quiz for you to test what you learn.
Amazing Insects
You've got to see these incredible insects! Some are really creepy....
November
FOSS Insects Module
Go on an insect hunt, ask a scientist a question, watch a movie about insects, or explore links to other insect sites all on the FOSS Insect web page.
The First Thanksgiving (Scholastic.com)
They spent two months at sea to reach a strange new world, and barely survived once they got there. Learn how the Pilgrims reached America and lived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving.
The Jamestown Online Adventure
Come see what it was like to be one of the first people to arrive in Jamestown!
Veteran Affairs for Kids, K-5
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) provides many services and benefits for veterans. Check out this page especially for kids as we celebrate Veterans' Day on November 11.
Virtual Jamestown
Use your mouse to take a tour and explore the Jamestown settlement. The "up arrow" on the tool bar shows the hot spots so you know where you can go into the fort.
Let's Talk Turkey Trivia Quiz
Test your turkey knowledge with this online quiz!
Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
See what it was like to live in Plimoth, MA is 1627.
Thanksgiving Meal
Do you know what was served for the first Thanksgiving dinner in 1621?
Discovery Channel: The History of Thanksgiving Video
Here's your chance to learn about Thanksgiving traditions.
Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse!
November 18, 1928, was a very important day in entertainment history. Watch Steamboat Willie, Mickey Mouse's first movie with synchronized sound.
United States Puzzle
How fast can you click and drag all 50 states to their proper location?
December
Nutcracker Hangman
Can you figure out the word before the nutcracker cracks all of the nuts? This one is hard!
Light Up the Christmas Tree
Click on a line (wire) to turn it so all the bulbs have power. When all the wires are connected the Christmas tree will light up.
Snowman Dress Up
Drag and drop pieces to build your own snowman!
Catch the Gingerbread Man
Read the classic folk tale and try to catch the animated Gingerbread Man. Good luck...he moves fast!
Decorate Your Own Christmas Tree
Use your mouse to drag the ornaments and lights to your Christmas tree. Then flip on the power and watch what happens!
The Elves' Game Chest
Lots of games and activities for you to choose! The online crossword puzzles are really fun!
Billy Bear's Hanukkah
Games, greeting cards, and activities all about Hanukkah.
Chanukah Celebration at BlackDog's
Games, puzzles, activities, and much more!
January
New Year's Games
Enjoy six games as you celebrate the new year:
Drag and Drop Puzzle
New Year's Day Word Search
New Year Jigsaw Puzzle
What Time Is It?
Time Clock
Months of the Year Word Search
Happy New Year Tic Tac Toe
Use the party hats to play Tic Tac Toe against the clock. Click in a blank square to make your mark. Can you beat the clock?
Snow Flake
Use a pair of virtual scissors to make a beautiful paper snowflake pattern.
Count the Penguins
This is harder than it sounds! How many penguins do you see?
Greetings From Antarctica!
Travel with researcher Diane Edwards to the coldest continent in the world and learn how to make an igloo.
Snowflake Photos
Check out these pictures of real snow crystals in Northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Games
Here are four activities about Martin Luther King, Jr. for you to enjoy:
Martin Luther King Drag & Drop Puzzle
Martin Luther King Slide Puzzle
Martin Luther King Word Search
I Have A Dream Maze
February
White House Kids
Lots of interesting things for you to learn about the White House.
White House Concentration
Can you match the symbols from the White House in this concentration game?
George Washington Word Search
How quickly can you find the words about George Washington? Click to highlight a word once you find it.
Color the Presidential Seal
Click on a color and click on the space you want to color…. ta da... a beautiful Presidential Seal.
Tour the White House
Take an online virtual tour of the White House!
Countdown to the Chinese New Year
There are eight games and activities for you to choose from. Have fun!
Valentine Tic Tac Toe
This is your chance to play tic tac toe against the computer. Good Luck!
Valentine Riddles
Solve the hangman game to get the answer to the riddle.
Valentine Coloring Book
Choose a picture from the drop down menu. Click "load image" and start coloring!
March
Seussville.com
March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday. Celebrate this talented author at Seussville.com.
St. Patty's Pot O' Gold Game
Click on a pot of gold and answer the math question about money. You can use a piece of paper to keep track of your score. If your answer is correct, you add points. If your answer is wrong, you subtract points. Good luck!
San Diego Zoo
Although we would love to go on a field trip to the San Diego Zoo, we might have to settle for the next best thing: their incredible website!
Monterey Bay Aquarium
You may know what an "aquarium" is but do you know what an "e-quarium" is? Live web cams are set up at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. You can see the marine life in the exhibits from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time.
Cash Out
You are the cashier at this crazy store and you need to give change to the customers. Try to sell as many items as possible before time runs out. Click on the picture of the coins to add the coins to your change.
Air and Weather
Check out this science module about air and weather! Cold, hot, warm, cool... what does the temperature mean to you?
Stop the Clock
Drag the digital times to their matching analog clocks. Press "Stop The Clock" to record your time.
Charlotte's Web Interactive Word Search
Click and drag your mouse over the words you find. If you are correct, a blue line will surround the word & it will be removed from the word list. Good luck! This is harder than it looks. Words go up & down, forward & backward, and even diagonally!
April
Tangram Puzzle
Can you use all seven tangram pieces to cover the shapes? Can you use all of the pieces to build a square? Just click and drag... Good luck!
Dairy Council of California
Play the MyPyramid game to see how much you know about nutrition.
MyPyramid Blast Off Game
An interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid.
Draggable Addition
Select the number of problems and digits in each problem.
Enter your name.
Complete the problems by dragging large numbers to their correct places. Use small numbers for borrowing, carrying, or regrouping.
Drag the blank square over a small number when replacing a carried number, or just drag a new small number and place it over the old one.
Use the "Clear" button if you made and mistake and want to start over again.
Type the answer in the box next to "Q = ".
Check your answer to see if you are right.
Cash Out
You are the cashier at this crazy store and you need to give change to the customers. Try to sell as many items as possible before time runs out. Click on the picture of the coins to add the coins to your change.
What's Wrong With This Picture?
The people in the picture are taking care of their home and car, but they are doing many things that can damage the environment, especially our water. Click on the spots where you think someone is doing something wrong for a surprise.
May
Simon Says
Simon says, "Click on the pictures in the order they light up."
Let's Go Fly A Kite
Visit this website to find out all about kites.
Solids and Liquids
How can you change a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a solid? Visit the FOSS website to find out.
Draggable Subtraction
Select the number of problems and digits in each problem.
Enter your name.
Complete the problems by dragging large numbers to their correct places. Use small numbers for borrowing, carrying, or regrouping.
Drag the blank square over a small number when replacing a carried number, or just drag a new small number and place it over the old one.
Use the "Clear" button if you made and mistake and want to start over again.
Type the answer in the box next to "Q = ".
Check your answer to see if you are right.
June
Verb Viper
In Verb Viper, you choose the verb tense for each noun that is shown. If the verb and the subject match, you feed the verb to the viper.
Coconut Vowels
In Coconut Vowels, coconuts with words fall to the beach. It's up to you to match the missing letters to the correct word before the coconuts hit the beach.
Word Invasion
In Word Invasion, jellyfish with words drift toward the octopus at the bottom. Zap the correct word type before the jellyfish land.
Word Frog
Word Frog is a game to help you practice antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms. Use the frog's tongue to snatch up the matching fly.
www.azkidsnet.com/riddles.htm
www.riddlenut.comKids Click! Websearch for Kids by Librarians
sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
Interactive Learning Center
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/learning.html
On this site you will find activities from pre-school through 4th grade as well as Advanced Math, Fractions, USA Capitals, and the Solar System. Also here are simple activates for Reading Maps and Reading Graphs.
Scholastic Online Activities
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Scroll down to the Activity Index and find activities in Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. Each category also has "Quick Takes," a daily riddle or question.
National Geographic Interactive Features
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Check out the Kids Magazine. Enjoy such educational games as "Go West with Lewis and Clark," "The Underground Railroad," or "Secrets of the Maya Glyphs." Enjoy Activities and Experiments, Creature Features, or the Cartoon Factory.
Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com
Enchanted Learning is a treasury of sites and activities that run the gamut from Anatomy to Zoom Dinosaurs.
Educational Web Adventures
www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
Here students can explore the world of art, science, and history through adventures such as The Renaissance Connection, PestWorld for Kids, or Shedd Aquarium Educational Adventures. Find adventures in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Natural History, Earth and Space Science, Engineering and Technology, History, People and Cultures, and Economics.
Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
interactives.mped.org/preview_venn.aspx?id=28&title=
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain three overlapping circles. Students identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the three circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically.
I Know That
www.iknowthat.com/com/
This site has activities for the Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Engineering, The activities encourage self-paced learning about each topic with brief facts, more extensive exploration, and cross-disciplinary knowledge.
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Fine Arts
Art Safari: An Adventure in Learning for Children and Adults
artsafari.moma.org/
Art Safari invites children to explore the painting and sculpture collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This site encourages children to learn about art by looking for animals in works of art. Children can also create their own artwork and print it or save on the computer.
Exploring Extremes in Music
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/xtremes/nso/artsedge.html
Through a variety of engaging online activities, this site will allow students to explore extremes in several key elements of music, while listening to musical selections from the Xploring Xtremes concert performed by the world-renowned National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)!
Eduweb Adventures: Art & Art History
www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm
The Renaissance Connection is an interactive, educational web site for upper grade students that uses the Allentown Art Museum's internationally recognized Renaissance art collection as a foundation for teaching math, science, language arts, and social studies. The site is anchored on six core themes: Quest for Knowledge; Arts and Architecture; Patrons and Lifestyles; Everyday Life; Trade and Exploration; and Science and Technology.
San Francisco's Symphony for Kids
www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
This website provides a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music, become familiar with the different instruments of the orchestra, and learn music concepts in the music lab.
AccessArt: Visual Arts Online Workshop
www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.html
Animated, interactive workshops covering topics such as photography;photography, drawing, installation art, photography, and color.
ArtGames
www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index.html
Kids 4-12 can learn the building blocks of art and creativity through this interactive website from Albright-Knox. They can learn about portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, color, and materials, as well as create their own works in the interactive studio.
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Health
5 a Day—healthy eating
www.dole5aday.com/
This site is packed with fun activities designed to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables and be physically active.
All Systems Are Go!
www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
Arnold is missing a number of body parts. Students are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. Students drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system to Arnold's body. Once all four systems are complete, a clothed Arnold will appear. But if students drag in an organ that doesn't belong, all the organs pop out and students have to start that system over.
HyperHeart
www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html
HyperHeart is an interactive animation/movie developed for Dr. Blumenthal's pharmacology course detailing blood flow, aortic/ventricular volumes, and pressures present in a normal cardiac cycle. Also included are an electrocardiogram and heart sounds graph.
The eSkeletons Project
wnt.utexas.edu/~eskeletons/
This site provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. Students can view the homes of a human, a gorilla, an orangutan, and a baboon and gather information about them from the osteology database.
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Language Arts
StarFall
www.starfall.com/
This outstanding site to help children read is perfect for K-2 students. It contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
Flip a Chip
www.readwritethink.org/materials/flip/
Students will see how different affixes and roots can be combined to make words and then place them into a context-rich paragraph.
Grammar Gorillas
www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
Wacky Web Tales
www.eduplace.com/tales/
Wacky Web Tales is an online version of MadLibs that allows students to have fun with the parts of speech.
Stay Afloat
www.funbrain.com/hangman/index.html
Stay afloat is similar to Hangman.
Choose a category. The site will show you a word. The player will guess a letter. If that letter is in the word, it will appear. If the letter is not in the word, one object is placed in the boat. The player must guess the words before all the objects are loaded and the boat sinks!
Letter Generator
readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
The Letter Generator is designed to help students learn to identify all the essential parts of a business or friendly letter and then generate letters by typing information into letter templates.
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Math
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
This is a three-year project to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for mathematics instruction for grades K-8. This site is organized by standard and grade level.
i-Math Investigations
illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
i-Math Investigations are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths are built around interactive math Java applets, and some also include video clips. There are two lengths of i-Maths: single-day and multi-day, as identified below.
Interactive Math Tools
illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html
Interactive Math Tools are Java applets students can use to explore math
Find a wide variety of tools such as Bobbie Bear (counting strategies), Cubes, and Fraction Pie.
Experience Math and Science with Gizmos
www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12. These simulations are called Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts designed as supplemental curriculum materials.
AAA Math - Interactive Practices and Challenge Games
www.aaamath.com/index.html
Interactive lessons are conducive to learning math skills than traditional textbooks and work sheets for the following reasons:
* The ability to animate illustrations of concepts.
* Interactive exercises provide immediate feedback with the correct answer if a mistake is made. This eliminates repetitive practice of incorrect methods which is typical of traditional homework assignments.
* The ability to have interactive games that reinforce the concept.
Tic Tac Toe Squares
www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html
Students use the traditional game of Tic Tac Toe to solve problems in • addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squares, cubes, square roots, and all operations.
Math Baseball
www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
FUNBRAIN gives a math problem. Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button. If the answer is correct, they will get a hit which will be a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem.
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Science
BBC Science
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
These Science Clips are aimed at children aged 5-11 years. For each of the 36 units, there is an interactive experiment and quiz. Each unit also has an associated set of teacher resources, which can be found by clicking on the appropriate age group link above.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
yucky.kids.discovery.com
This site lets children explore Worm World, Gross & Cool Body, Roach World, as well as games and mad science.
How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com/
Students find out how things work in the areas of computers, autos, electronics, science, home, entertainment, health, money, travel, and people.
Monster Bugs
www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm
Students will have fun making their own virtual bug at the Monster Bugs section of The Magic Schoolbus website. Students select from various wings, legs, and heads to create a virtual bug found in nature or they can put together parts from different bugs to create a fantasy creature.
Bayer Periodic Table
www.bayerus.com/msms/fun/pages/periodic/
Molecule Man introduces students to the Periodic Table of the elements, which features a colorful and intuitive interface. As students interact with the table, they see brief descriptions of the elements. Clicking on the element provides information about the element's history and materials in which it is commonly found.
Building Big
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html
This site brings bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, and dams to the Internet for those who want to learn more about man-made giants that fill our communities. It features introductions to the engineering of structures, interactive engineering labs, building designs challenges, a databank of large structures, and interviews with engineers.
The Space Place
spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
At this award-winning site, a joint effort of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and others, students can learn amazing facts about space, Earth, and technology, view animations that show how the world works, and participate in activities that teach them more about space.
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Social Studies
A Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg
www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/
Experience the Life in the 18th Century
www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, the definitive living history museum of colonial America, presents this comprehensive resource on daily colonial life. Students will enjoy browsing the Almanack, in which they meet colonists and learn about their lives and their history, and a Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg.
Seven Wonders of the World
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/
The notion of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can be traced back to the fifth century B.C. These creations rivaled many created by nature in their size, majesty, and beauty. Six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by humans.
Digital History Timeline
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineN.cfm
Move the gold Life Span Bar at the bottom to navigate through social, political and cultural events. from 1590 to the present day. Rollover a circle, triangle or square to get event details. Click on these shapes to find out more.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm
A detailed synopsis of the expedition by historian Harry Fritz is enhanced by photographs, interactive maps, audio files, and illustrations from the expedition journals.
Pyramids
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
Jointly designed by NOVA and PBS, this site gives elementary and middle school students an overview of Egyptology and the continuing archaeological excavation of the Pyramids at Giza. Take a virtual tour through the pyramids.
Expedition Hall
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/
Welcome to the interactive "museum" that takes you on geography journeys. Here students climb a mountain, hover over the Earth, speed across Europe, visit an archeological dig, and even order sushi—plus, games, animations, and more.
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Financial Literacy
Bank Junior
www.bankjr.com
Did you know our spending patterns as adults are for the most part determined by age 10? Give your K-6 students a head start in responsible financial literacy as they use this interactive site.
History in Your Pocket
www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm The History In Your Pocket (H.I.P.) Pocket Change site showcases the connection between this country's coins and its people. Through games, stories, and other engaging activities, the site brings to life both the extraordinary individuals who appear on U.S. coinage and the generations of citizens who've used this pocket change.
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Kids Click! Websearch for Kids by Librarians
sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
Interactive Learning Center
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/learning.html
On this site you will find activities from pre-school through 4th grade as well as Advanced Math, Fractions, USA Capitals, and the Solar System. Also here are simple activates for Reading Maps and Reading Graphs.
Scholastic Online Activities
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Scroll down to the Activity Index and find activities in Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. Each category also has "Quick Takes," a daily riddle or question.
National Geographic Interactive Features
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Check out the Kids Magazine. Enjoy such educational games as "Go West with Lewis and Clark," "The Underground Railroad," or "Secrets of the Maya Glyphs." Enjoy Activities and Experiments, Creature Features, or the Cartoon Factory.
Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com
Enchanted Learning is a treasury of sites and activities that run the gamut from Anatomy to Zoom Dinosaurs.
Educational Web Adventures
www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
Here students can explore the world of art, science, and history through adventures such as The Renaissance Connection, PestWorld for Kids, or Shedd Aquarium Educational Adventures. Find adventures in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Natural History, Earth and Space Science, Engineering and Technology, History, People and Cultures, and Economics.
Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
interactives.mped.org/preview_venn.aspx?id=28&title=
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain three overlapping circles. Students identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the three circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically.
I Know That
www.iknowthat.com/com/
This site has activities for the Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Engineering, The activities encourage self-paced learning about each topic with brief facts, more extensive exploration, and cross-disciplinary knowledge.
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Fine Arts
Art Safari: An Adventure in Learning for Children and Adults
artsafari.moma.org/
Art Safari invites children to explore the painting and sculpture collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This site encourages children to learn about art by looking for animals in works of art. Children can also create their own artwork and print it or save on the computer.
Exploring Extremes in Music
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/xtremes/nso/artsedge.html
Through a variety of engaging online activities, this site will allow students to explore extremes in several key elements of music, while listening to musical selections from the Xploring Xtremes concert performed by the world-renowned National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)!
Eduweb Adventures: Art & Art History
www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm
The Renaissance Connection is an interactive, educational web site for upper grade students that uses the Allentown Art Museum's internationally recognized Renaissance art collection as a foundation for teaching math, science, language arts, and social studies. The site is anchored on six core themes: Quest for Knowledge; Arts and Architecture; Patrons and Lifestyles; Everyday Life; Trade and Exploration; and Science and Technology.
San Francisco's Symphony for Kids
www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
This website provides a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music, become familiar with the different instruments of the orchestra, and learn music concepts in the music lab.
AccessArt: Visual Arts Online Workshop
www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.html
Animated, interactive workshops covering topics such as photography;photography, drawing, installation art, photography, and color.
ArtGames
www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index.html
Kids 4-12 can learn the building blocks of art and creativity through this interactive website from Albright-Knox. They can learn about portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, color, and materials, as well as create their own works in the interactive studio.
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Health
5 a Day—healthy eating
www.dole5aday.com/
This site is packed with fun activities designed to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables and be physically active.
All Systems Are Go!
www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
Arnold is missing a number of body parts. Students are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. Students drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system to Arnold's body. Once all four systems are complete, a clothed Arnold will appear. But if students drag in an organ that doesn't belong, all the organs pop out and students have to start that system over.
HyperHeart
www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html
HyperHeart is an interactive animation/movie developed for Dr. Blumenthal's pharmacology course detailing blood flow, aortic/ventricular volumes, and pressures present in a normal cardiac cycle. Also included are an electrocardiogram and heart sounds graph.
The eSkeletons Project
wnt.utexas.edu/~eskeletons/
This site provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. Students can view the homes of a human, a gorilla, an orangutan, and a baboon and gather information about them from the osteology database.
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Language Arts
StarFall
www.starfall.com/
This outstanding site to help children read is perfect for K-2 students. It contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
Flip a Chip
www.readwritethink.org/materials/flip/
Students will see how different affixes and roots can be combined to make words and then place them into a context-rich paragraph.
Grammar Gorillas
www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
Wacky Web Tales
www.eduplace.com/tales/
Wacky Web Tales is an online version of MadLibs that allows students to have fun with the parts of speech.
Stay Afloat
www.funbrain.com/hangman/index.html
Stay afloat is similar to Hangman.
Choose a category. The site will show you a word. The player will guess a letter. If that letter is in the word, it will appear. If the letter is not in the word, one object is placed in the boat. The player must guess the words before all the objects are loaded and the boat sinks!
Letter Generator
readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
The Letter Generator is designed to help students learn to identify all the essential parts of a business or friendly letter and then generate letters by typing information into letter templates.
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Math
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
This is a three-year project to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for mathematics instruction for grades K-8. This site is organized by standard and grade level.
i-Math Investigations
illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
i-Math Investigations are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths are built around interactive math Java applets, and some also include video clips. There are two lengths of i-Maths: single-day and multi-day, as identified below.
Interactive Math Tools
illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html
Interactive Math Tools are Java applets students can use to explore math
Find a wide variety of tools such as Bobbie Bear (counting strategies), Cubes, and Fraction Pie.
Experience Math and Science with Gizmos
www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12. These simulations are called Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts designed as supplemental curriculum materials.
AAA Math - Interactive Practices and Challenge Games
www.aaamath.com/index.html
Interactive lessons are conducive to learning math skills than traditional textbooks and work sheets for the following reasons:
* The ability to animate illustrations of concepts.
* Interactive exercises provide immediate feedback with the correct answer if a mistake is made. This eliminates repetitive practice of incorrect methods which is typical of traditional homework assignments.
* The ability to have interactive games that reinforce the concept.
Tic Tac Toe Squares
www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html
Students use the traditional game of Tic Tac Toe to solve problems in • addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squares, cubes, square roots, and all operations.
Math Baseball
www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
FUNBRAIN gives a math problem. Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button. If the answer is correct, they will get a hit which will be a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem.
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Science
BBC Science
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
These Science Clips are aimed at children aged 5-11 years. For each of the 36 units, there is an interactive experiment and quiz. Each unit also has an associated set of teacher resources, which can be found by clicking on the appropriate age group link above.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
yucky.kids.discovery.com
This site lets children explore Worm World, Gross & Cool Body, Roach World, as well as games and mad science.
How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com/
Students find out how things work in the areas of computers, autos, electronics, science, home, entertainment, health, money, travel, and people.
Monster Bugs
www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm
Students will have fun making their own virtual bug at the Monster Bugs section of The Magic Schoolbus website. Students select from various wings, legs, and heads to create a virtual bug found in nature or they can put together parts from different bugs to create a fantasy creature.
Bayer Periodic Table
www.bayerus.com/msms/fun/pages/periodic/
Molecule Man introduces students to the Periodic Table of the elements, which features a colorful and intuitive interface. As students interact with the table, they see brief descriptions of the elements. Clicking on the element provides information about the element's history and materials in which it is commonly found.
Building Big
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html
This site brings bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, and dams to the Internet for those who want to learn more about man-made giants that fill our communities. It features introductions to the engineering of structures, interactive engineering labs, building designs challenges, a databank of large structures, and interviews with engineers.
The Space Place
spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
At this award-winning site, a joint effort of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and others, students can learn amazing facts about space, Earth, and technology, view animations that show how the world works, and participate in activities that teach them more about space.
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Social Studies
A Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg
www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/
Experience the Life in the 18th Century
www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, the definitive living history museum of colonial America, presents this comprehensive resource on daily colonial life. Students will enjoy browsing the Almanack, in which they meet colonists and learn about their lives and their history, and a Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg.
Seven Wonders of the World
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/
The notion of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can be traced back to the fifth century B.C. These creations rivaled many created by nature in their size, majesty, and beauty. Six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by humans.
Digital History Timeline
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineN.cfm
Move the gold Life Span Bar at the bottom to navigate through social, political and cultural events. from 1590 to the present day. Rollover a circle, triangle or square to get event details. Click on these shapes to find out more.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm
A detailed synopsis of the expedition by historian Harry Fritz is enhanced by photographs, interactive maps, audio files, and illustrations from the expedition journals.
Pyramids
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
Jointly designed by NOVA and PBS, this site gives elementary and middle school students an overview of Egyptology and the continuing archaeological excavation of the Pyramids at Giza. Take a virtual tour through the pyramids.
Expedition Hall
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/
Welcome to the interactive "museum" that takes you on geography journeys. Here students climb a mountain, hover over the Earth, speed across Europe, visit an archeological dig, and even order sushi—plus, games, animations, and more.
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Financial Literacy
Bank Junior
www.bankjr.com
Did you know our spending patterns as adults are for the most part determined by age 10? Give your K-6 students a head start in responsible financial literacy as they use this interactive site.
History in Your Pocket
www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm The History In Your Pocket (H.I.P.) Pocket Change site showcases the connection between this country's coins and its people. Through games, stories, and other engaging activities, the site brings to life both the extraordinary individuals who appear on U.S. coinage and the generations of citizens who've used this pocket change.
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Kids Click! Websearch for Kids by Librarians
sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
Interactive Learning Center
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/learning.html
On this site you will find activities from pre-school through 4th grade as well as Advanced Math, Fractions, USA Capitals, and the Solar System. Also here are simple activates for Reading Maps and Reading Graphs.
Scholastic Online Activities
teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Scroll down to the Activity Index and find activities in Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. Each category also has "Quick Takes," a daily riddle or question.
National Geographic Interactive Features
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Check out the Kids Magazine. Enjoy such educational games as "Go West with Lewis and Clark," "The Underground Railroad," or "Secrets of the Maya Glyphs." Enjoy Activities and Experiments, Creature Features, or the Cartoon Factory.
Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com
Enchanted Learning is a treasury of sites and activities that run the gamut from Anatomy to Zoom Dinosaurs.
Educational Web Adventures
www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
Here students can explore the world of art, science, and history through adventures such as The Renaissance Connection, PestWorld for Kids, or Shedd Aquarium Educational Adventures. Find adventures in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Natural History, Earth and Space Science, Engineering and Technology, History, People and Cultures, and Economics.
Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
interactives.mped.org/preview_venn.aspx?id=28&title=
This interactive tool allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain three overlapping circles. Students identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the three circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically.
I Know That
www.iknowthat.com/com/
This site has activities for the Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Engineering, The activities encourage self-paced learning about each topic with brief facts, more extensive exploration, and cross-disciplinary knowledge.
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Fine Arts
Art Safari: An Adventure in Learning for Children and Adults
artsafari.moma.org/
Art Safari invites children to explore the painting and sculpture collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This site encourages children to learn about art by looking for animals in works of art. Children can also create their own artwork and print it or save on the computer.
Exploring Extremes in Music
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/xtremes/nso/artsedge.html
Through a variety of engaging online activities, this site will allow students to explore extremes in several key elements of music, while listening to musical selections from the Xploring Xtremes concert performed by the world-renowned National Symphony Orchestra (NSO)!
Eduweb Adventures: Art & Art History
www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm
The Renaissance Connection is an interactive, educational web site for upper grade students that uses the Allentown Art Museum's internationally recognized Renaissance art collection as a foundation for teaching math, science, language arts, and social studies. The site is anchored on six core themes: Quest for Knowledge; Arts and Architecture; Patrons and Lifestyles; Everyday Life; Trade and Exploration; and Science and Technology.
San Francisco's Symphony for Kids
www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
This website provides a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music, become familiar with the different instruments of the orchestra, and learn music concepts in the music lab.
AccessArt: Visual Arts Online Workshop
www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.html
Animated, interactive workshops covering topics such as photography;photography, drawing, installation art, photography, and color.
ArtGames
www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index.html
Kids 4-12 can learn the building blocks of art and creativity through this interactive website from Albright-Knox. They can learn about portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, color, and materials, as well as create their own works in the interactive studio.
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Health
5 a Day—healthy eating
www.dole5aday.com/
This site is packed with fun activities designed to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables and be physically active.
All Systems Are Go!
www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html
Arnold is missing a number of body parts. Students are presented with a body system and a variety of organs. Students drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body system to Arnold's body. Once all four systems are complete, a clothed Arnold will appear. But if students drag in an organ that doesn't belong, all the organs pop out and students have to start that system over.
HyperHeart
www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/hyper_heart1.html
HyperHeart is an interactive animation/movie developed for Dr. Blumenthal's pharmacology course detailing blood flow, aortic/ventricular volumes, and pressures present in a normal cardiac cycle. Also included are an electrocardiogram and heart sounds graph.
The eSkeletons Project
wnt.utexas.edu/~eskeletons/
This site provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. Students can view the homes of a human, a gorilla, an orangutan, and a baboon and gather information about them from the osteology database.
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Language Arts
StarFall
www.starfall.com/
This outstanding site to help children read is perfect for K-2 students. It contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
Flip a Chip
www.readwritethink.org/materials/flip/
Students will see how different affixes and roots can be combined to make words and then place them into a context-rich paragraph.
Grammar Gorillas
www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
Wacky Web Tales
www.eduplace.com/tales/
Wacky Web Tales is an online version of MadLibs that allows students to have fun with the parts of speech.
Stay Afloat
www.funbrain.com/hangman/index.html
Stay afloat is similar to Hangman.
Choose a category. The site will show you a word. The player will guess a letter. If that letter is in the word, it will appear. If the letter is not in the word, one object is placed in the boat. The player must guess the words before all the objects are loaded and the boat sinks!
Letter Generator
readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/
The Letter Generator is designed to help students learn to identify all the essential parts of a business or friendly letter and then generate letters by typing information into letter templates.
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Math
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
This is a three-year project to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for mathematics instruction for grades K-8. This site is organized by standard and grade level.
i-Math Investigations
illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
i-Math Investigations are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths are built around interactive math Java applets, and some also include video clips. There are two lengths of i-Maths: single-day and multi-day, as identified below.
Interactive Math Tools
illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html
Interactive Math Tools are Java applets students can use to explore math
Find a wide variety of tools such as Bobbie Bear (counting strategies), Cubes, and Fraction Pie.
Experience Math and Science with Gizmos
www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12. These simulations are called Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts designed as supplemental curriculum materials.
AAA Math - Interactive Practices and Challenge Games
www.aaamath.com/index.html
Interactive lessons are conducive to learning math skills than traditional textbooks and work sheets for the following reasons:
* The ability to animate illustrations of concepts.
* Interactive exercises provide immediate feedback with the correct answer if a mistake is made. This eliminates repetitive practice of incorrect methods which is typical of traditional homework assignments.
* The ability to have interactive games that reinforce the concept.
Tic Tac Toe Squares
www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html
Students use the traditional game of Tic Tac Toe to solve problems in • addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squares, cubes, square roots, and all operations.
Math Baseball
www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
FUNBRAIN gives a math problem. Enter the answer to the problem and hit the "Swing" button. If the answer is correct, they will get a hit which will be a single, double, triple, or home run based on the difficulty of the problem.
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Science
BBC Science
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
These Science Clips are aimed at children aged 5-11 years. For each of the 36 units, there is an interactive experiment and quiz. Each unit also has an associated set of teacher resources, which can be found by clicking on the appropriate age group link above.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
yucky.kids.discovery.com
This site lets children explore Worm World, Gross & Cool Body, Roach World, as well as games and mad science.
How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com/
Students find out how things work in the areas of computers, autos, electronics, science, home, entertainment, health, money, travel, and people.
Monster Bugs
www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm
Students will have fun making their own virtual bug at the Monster Bugs section of The Magic Schoolbus website. Students select from various wings, legs, and heads to create a virtual bug found in nature or they can put together parts from different bugs to create a fantasy creature.
Bayer Periodic Table
www.bayerus.com/msms/fun/pages/periodic/
Molecule Man introduces students to the Periodic Table of the elements, which features a colorful and intuitive interface. As students interact with the table, they see brief descriptions of the elements. Clicking on the element provides information about the element's history and materials in which it is commonly found.
Building Big
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html
This site brings bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, and dams to the Internet for those who want to learn more about man-made giants that fill our communities. It features introductions to the engineering of structures, interactive engineering labs, building designs challenges, a databank of large structures, and interviews with engineers.
The Space Place
spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
At this award-winning site, a joint effort of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and others, students can learn amazing facts about space, Earth, and technology, view animations that show how the world works, and participate in activities that teach them more about space.
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Social Studies
A Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg
www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/webactivities/
Experience the Life in the 18th Century
www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, the definitive living history museum of colonial America, presents this comprehensive resource on daily colonial life. Students will enjoy browsing the Almanack, in which they meet colonists and learn about their lives and their history, and a Day in the Life of Colonial Williamsburg.
Seven Wonders of the World
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/
The notion of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can be traced back to the fifth century B.C. These creations rivaled many created by nature in their size, majesty, and beauty. Six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by humans.
Digital History Timeline
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineN.cfm
Move the gold Life Span Bar at the bottom to navigate through social, political and cultural events. from 1590 to the present day. Rollover a circle, triangle or square to get event details. Click on these shapes to find out more.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
www.lewis-clark.org/index.htm
A detailed synopsis of the expedition by historian Harry Fritz is enhanced by photographs, interactive maps, audio files, and illustrations from the expedition journals.
Pyramids
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
Jointly designed by NOVA and PBS, this site gives elementary and middle school students an overview of Egyptology and the continuing archaeological excavation of the Pyramids at Giza. Take a virtual tour through the pyramids.
Expedition Hall
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/
Welcome to the interactive "museum" that takes you on geography journeys. Here students climb a mountain, hover over the Earth, speed across Europe, visit an archeological dig, and even order sushi—plus, games, animations, and more.
To the top
Financial Literacy
Bank Junior
www.bankjr.com
Did you know our spending patterns as adults are for the most part determined by age 10? Give your K-6 students a head start in responsible financial literacy as they use this interactive site.
History in Your Pocket
www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm The History In Your Pocket (H.I.P.) Pocket Change site showcases the connection between this country's coins and its people. Through games, stories, and other engaging activities, the site brings to life both the extraordinary individuals who appear on U.S. coinage and the generations of citizens who've used this pocket change.
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