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ANIMAL KINGDOM: GO BACK TO THE TOP Art and Art Appreciation for Young Children - An AskERIC Lesson Plan. Arts and Entertainment — Sites for Children - Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. Art/Crafts for Kids - Looking for a fun arts and crafts activity? Need to learn more about an art technique or a famous artist? Arts/Crafts for Kids at About has tons of art activities, crafts, lesson plans and more for kids. ArtMagick - A great resource for viewing art. Paintings & Poetry from the 19th century: A Virtual Art Museum. ArtTango.com - Arttango.com provides video art lessons, downloads and CD-ROMs. Learn through these interactive art courses for all ages. This site is setup for people of all ages who want to learn about art . Here, you can download art lessons in a QuickTime video format for interactive learning on your computer. MoMA online projects Art Safari (Museum of Modern Art, New York) - For Children and Adults. Art Safari invites you and your child to explore the painting and sculpture collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This site encourages learning about art by looking and sharing interpretations. Resource from the Getty (J. Paul Getty Trust) to support the needs of the K-12 arts education community focused on helping arts educators, teachers, museum educators, and others using the arts in their curriculum. Scribbles - A place for children to learn about art and artists, as well as create their own art. Kids Gallery displays children's work and sponsors contests. Here you can learn about different artists each month and their artwork, and children can do a simple art project or try the interactive coloring book. Web Gallery of Art - Web Gallery of Art, image collection, virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts (painting, sculpture) of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750), containing over 7,300 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours, free postcard service are available.
GO BACK TO THE TOP ABC News.com ABCNEWS4KIDS.com CNN News Kidsnewsroom.com - Each week, a new issue is added to the site with the latest news in sports, music and entertainment, health, history, local events and happenings around the world, all designed with kids in mind! Kidsnewsroom supports literacy, education and good clean fun. Parent-teacher associations can raise funds through a partnership with their site. At Kidsnewsroom, children are encouraged to read and write articles, participate in contests and play safe internet games. The New York Times Learning Network - For Grades 3 - 12 - Connections for students, teachers, and parents. TimeForKids.com - TimeForKids.com is the online version of the Time For Kids Magazine (TFK). It is the news, exploration and destination for kids on the internet. TFK comes out every Friday as a magazine as well as being on the web. Like the famous Time magazine for adults, TFK discusses important issues and events in the week. They also have fun things such as the mystery person of the week. TFK is a great site with many activities to do. USA TODAY Current Events was first published in 1902."Weekly Reader Galaxy -Weekly Reader has a century old mission connecting kids to the world. Our mission is "To awaken [children's] interest in the great world in which they live, ... give them a broader view of life, ... prepare them for good citizenship, ... and help equip them for success." This mission statement is as relevant today as it was when Current Events was first published in 1902." Yahooligans! News
GO BACK TO THE TOP Amateur-Sports.com - Health & Fitness for children and amateur athletes as well as teenagers and adults. KidsHealth - Kids Health for kids. Kidsrunning.com - Kidsrunning.com is a site about kids running for kids of all ages who love to run. You can read about other kids who run or become more actively involved by writing to their many coaches, sending in news flashes, participating in their creative writing sections, or contributing features about your own running. Sports Illustrated for Kids - Sports Illustrated for Kids is the online version of the magazine. This site has games, fantasy leagues, Buzz Beamer, cartoons, sports news and more.
GO BACK TO THE TOP A+Math - This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Lots of Math games for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, algebra and many more! Visit their game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your math skills with their Flashcards! Try out the new Math Word Find puzzle. Create and print your own set of flashcards online! Try out the Flashcard Creator. See the Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets to practice offline. Try the Homework Helper to check your homework solutions. Homework Helper refdesk.com - Wow! Check this site out. Homework help for grades 1 through college. School.Discover.com – Student Channel - DiscoverySchool.com offers kid's homework help from BJ Pinchbeck.
GO BACK TO THE TOP Guide to Grammar and Writing - The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing. Javascript and cgi-based quizzes (form enabling required). Acrobat Reader, sound card, and PowerPoint recommended but not required. My Virtual Encyclopedia - Books and Literature on the internet Online Children's Stories- There are a lot of stories available on the Internet to read or download. Some of them are from well-known books, others can be found only online. Vocabulary.com - Grade level interactive word puzzles. Their educational content features include grade level interactive word puzzles that help expand one's vocabulary (starting with High Elementary - 5th grade - through College Prep). Wacky World of WordsWhether you are young, old; student or teacher, if you love to play around with words you have come to the right place (compound clues, words within words, numbletters, alpha-spells, fractured fractions, rhyming buddies, A-Z lists, anagrams, similies, oxymorons, and mystery words). Also, check out the links to other sites, they are fantastic! YourDictionary.com - The world's most comprehensive and authoritative language community portal with every resource needed for language study and improvement in more than 200 languages.
GO BACK TO THE TOP AllMath.com- Free flashcards for math students everywhere. Learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with their free, easy to use arithmetic flash cards. View the biographies of math, or Ask the Experts, your questions on math. Best for Kids 12 and under. Coolmath.com- An amusement park of mathematics... and more! MathStories.com – House of word math problems for children. There are over 4,000math word problems for children grades 1 to 5 to enjoy and are classified according to grades and topics. Open Ended Math Problems - Gwenn Holtz and Mary Lee Malen, two math teachers at the Levering School in the School District of Philadelphia, have developed a collection of open-ended math problems for middle school students. This site is for the specific purpose of preparing students for OPEN-ENDED problem solving on standardized tests. Don't miss last year's seasonal math problems. TheMathPage- A complete course in arithmetic.
GO BACK TO THE TOP An Online Christmas Songbook - Your online resource for Christmas Hymns, complete with lyrics and sheet music. Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory - Music theory lessons on the 'net, right from the beginning, with no registration, FOR FREE! Learn how to write scales, chords, triads, etc. K-12 Resources For Music Educators - Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels---for serious music. Music Education at Datadragon – Online Tutorials and Guides. The Classical Archives - The Classical Music Archives contains thousands of classical music files you can listen to at the click of your mouse. Most composers are represented. A search engine in included. The Sound of Chaos - Discovery Online - Fractal Music: Create Your Own Chaos. By Plugging in numbers, choosing instruments and selecting the scale and other musical settings, you can hear fractal music of your own making.
GO BACK TO THE TOP Ask Jeeves Kids - Ask Jeeves for Kids! – Kids can search the web in plain English! The fastest and easiest place for kids to find answers online. KidsClick – Web search for kids by librarians. Search their 600 plus subjects. KidsClick was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System. Because they believe that providing an objective information service for children is not compatible with simultaneously targeting them with marketing, they do not accept advertising on the KidsClick! Refdesk.com - Great Source for all kinds of Facts on the Internet. Searchopolis.com Searchopolis is the premiere Education Resource Center for students, featuring a powerful filtered search engine, a directory of educational sites, reference tools, and other resources. Yahooligans!– The web guide for kids.
GO BACK TO THE TOP Biology4Kids(Biology) - Information on cells, chemistry, ecology and the scientific method. BrainPOP- BrainPOP makes learning fun in a safe environment without sacrificing accurate information which is something that parents, teachers and kids are looking for. BrainPOP is a work-in-progress. It is constantly developing new content based on the needs of its users and the National Science Education Standards. At present, BrainPOP.com has over 80 original animated movies covering Health, Science and Technology topics. No other website offers the depth and originality of Health, Science and Technology content that make BrainPOP.com the best place for young people to learn about themselves and the world around them. Chem4Kids(Chemistry) - The web site that teaches chemistry fundamentals to children and adults! Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology - Home of the Microbe Zoo! The Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology is an educational resource about ecology and microbiology. The DLC-ME includes the Microbe Zoo, Microbes in the News, Meet the Scientists, and more ! Go on a safari to discover microscopic organisms and the habitats in which they live. Earth and Sky - Earth and Sky Online is the Internet site of the popular international science radio program Earth and Sky. Earth and Sky is a daily science radio program bringing the wonders of science to the average person. There are also resources for teachers! Exhibits Collection -- Amusement Park Physics -This interactive exhibit, part of the Exhibits Collection, explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities in the exhibit invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions. The exhibit also includes related Web sites. Frank Potter's Science Gems - Great links to Great Science Resources---For students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers and mathematicians---More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level” Grades K to 16. How Things Work - Learn about the physics and science of the world around you. A service providing answers to questions about physics, science, and how things in the world around us work. Lawrence Hall of Science Kids Corner - Hands-on activities, plus information about animals and experiments; take a balloon ride, try the alien juice bar, make a star clock, try putting Mr. Bones back together again, find constellations of stars and other things in the sky with Uncle Al's sky wheels, and more. Miami Museum of Science-Make a Weather Station - Make a weather station, learn what happens when a storm comes. On-Line Science Museum - The Exploratorium - An online version of The Exploratorium’s famous exhibits from San Francisco’s museum of science art and human perception. Physics4Kids(Physics) - Information on electricity, modern physics, light, thermodynamics, and the laws of motion. Kapili.comUniverse - Information on the Universe, galaxies, stars, the solar system and space exploration. SpaceKids.com - Have fun with games, a poll, jokes, pictures, and animations about the solar system, planets, stars, constellations, missions, the shuttle, astronauts, jobs and careers. Enjoy stories about animals, astronomy, technology, news about space, NASA and the whole universe. Terrarum (Physical Geography) - Information on climate, the earth, energy, land, the sky and water The Weather Channel – Find out what the weather is for your area or find out the weather in another part of the world. You can also learn more about weather and how it works, you can even submit a weather photo!
GO BACK TO THE TOP 50states.com - State information resource links to state homepage, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representatives, songs, birds, flowers, trees, etc. Atlapedia Online - Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. E-Conflict World Encyclopedia -"Eradicate Conflict by Increasing Cultural Awareness". Country information from around the world. Resource for Business, Tourists, Students or Teachers. History of the United States - Many links to lots of different historical related sites. Military History - A collection of links to and information on military history through out the world and centuries. Social Studies Links The Declaration of Independence - The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. TheHistoryNet - Where History Lives on the Web. The Library of Congress presents America’s Story from America’s Library.— The Library of Congress has a new site – America’s Library. It is for both kids and families. Discover the stories of America’s past…Meet amazing Americans- - Jump back in time- - Explore the States – Join America at play – See, hear and sing. Visit the White House–The White House web site provides its millions of visitors with lots of useful information, including facts about the Presidency, the history of the White House, a record of our nation's progress, a special children's site White House for Kids ,and access to agencies and services throughout the federal government. Write to your Representative - Write to your congress person.
GO BACK TO THE TOP actDEN (Digital Education Network) Software Tutorials- High-quality software tutorials and online courses for educators, parents and students of all ages. Art Education and Teaching Art Lessons in Primary Secondary and K-12 SchoolsThis site is full of ideas about teaching art for teachers, and students in primary, secondary and K12 schools. Computer training and e-Learning courses! - Access Web based training courses on computer applications, professional development, technical certification preparation, and practical skills (includes free courses) Creative Classroom Online - A Professional Magazine for K-8 Teachers. Discovery Teacher's Store -- Powered by Hammett.com Education Place Elementary resources for teachers, students, and parents. Includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, Intervention, Professional Development, searchable activity database, educational games, and textbook support. Education Station - Links to excellent educational web sites for parents, teachers, and students, a veteran teacher's comments on education, and teaching ideas from local teachers in Butte County, CA. Education World - Lesson Planning Twenty-Five Great Ideas for Teaching Current Events! - Looking for ways to work news into your classroom curriculum? Check out these great ideas for connecting current events to all subjects! Familyeducation.com - Find parenting advice, child development news and information, gifted children resources, child safety tips, special education, kid's games, children's health news, family fun and family reference at Familyeducation.com. Check out Ages and Grades. Geometry Through Art LessonPlanZ.com - Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Thematic Units, Themes, Classroom Activities - preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school. This is a searchable directory containing thousands of lesson plans, themes, and resources in all subject areas - math, science, language arts, social studies, themes, computers, PE, health, worksheets and printable pages, songs, poems, and more! Mrs. Alphabet.com - All you ever wanted to know about teaching the alphabet, phonics, beginning reading, math, spelling, printing, and more. Myschoolonline.com - Useful information and interactive communication tools to help busy parents help their children succeed. Includes quizzes, polls, discussion groups and articles on parenting and education subjects. SchoolExpress.com - School Express is an educational portal website. Follow their links to thousands of Free Worksheets, hundreds of Free Software programs, Online Kids Activities, ephonics, and links to hundreds of educational websites. Teacher Freebies - Hundreds of FREE Samples and Trial Offers for Teachers. Choose from a large selection of FREE and TRIAL offers from leading educational publishers. The Internet Schoolhouse - The Internet Schoolhouse is dedicated to guiding their audience of teachers, parents and students to the best educational resources on the net. Their goal is for their audience to be Learners for LIFE! The Math Forum Home Page - The Math Forum is the comprehensive resource for math education on the Internet. Some features include a K-12 math expert service, an extensive database of math sites, online resources for teaching and learning math, plus much more. The Perpetual Preschool - Preschool, daycare, childcare, pre-k, kindergarten, and early childhood curriculum resources for teachers. Over 4000 hands-on, developmentally appropriate themes, lesson plans, and classroom ideas can be accessed for free.
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