Links

General Links

Search Engines

• Google - Click on "Images" if you are looking for pictures.
• Yahoo Kids

Research Online

• Encyclopedia.com
• Infoplease Encyclopedia

School Loop

• School Loop

Kindergarten

• BBC: Bitesize
• Starfall

First Grade

• BBC: Bitesize
• Starfall

Second Grade

• BBC: Bitesize

Third Grade

• Peter's Online Typing Course
• BBC: Bitesize

Solar System

• Kids Astronomy
• NASA Solar System Pages
• Nine Planets Site
• NASA Kid's Club

Grammar

• Wacky Web Tales Create Wacky Stories by putting adjectives, adverbs and more.
• Brain Pop Grammar
• Maggie's Earth Adventures Grammar Workshop
• Go Grammar Games and Activities
• Fun Brain Grammar Gorillas
• The Plural Girls
• Play Short Circuit a game about Prefixes and Suffixes.

Fourth Grade

• BBC Touch Typing
• Peter's Online Typing Course
• BBC: Bitesize

Science

• The Franklin Institute
• Ology Website
• Golden Gate Park Interactive Games
• BBC Bitesize Rock Cycle
• Franklin Institute

Grammar

• Wacky Web Tales Create Wacky Stories by putting adjectives, adverbs and more.
• Brain Pop Grammar
• Maggie's Earth Adventures Grammar Workshop
• Go Grammar Games and Activities
• Fun Brain Grammar Gorillas
• The Plural Girls
• Play Short Circuit a game about Prefixes and Suffixes.

Mathematics

• Soccer Shootout
• Action Fraction
• Adding Fractions
• Alien Angles

Logic Puzzles

• Tower Puzzle
• IQ
• Hexagon
• Sudoku

Fifth Grade

• BBC Touch Typing
• Peter's Online Typing Course
• BBC: Bitesize

States & Capitals United States Map Puzzle - a site that helps with both state locations and state capitals State Capitals Quiz Online Games: State Capitals Capital Catch United States of America Map Game Puzzled States

Solar System Kids Astronomy NASA Solar System Pages Nine Planets Site NASA Kid's Club Animations of Solar System Concepts Rocks The Franklin Institute Ology Website

Grammar Wacky Web Tales Create Wacky Stories by putting adjectives, adverbs and more. Brain Pop Grammar Maggie's Earth Adventures Grammar Workshop Go Grammar Games and Activities Fun Brain Grammar Gorillas The Plural Girls Play Short Circuit a game about Prefixes and Suffixes.

Mathematics Soccer Shootout Action Fraction Adding Fractions Alien Angles Logic Puzzles Tower Puzzle IQ Hexagon Sudoku

Scavenger Hunts

Social Studies About Daylight Saving Time Go to Web Exhibits and answer the following questions: 1. Who first conceived the idea of daylight saving time and when? 2. Why do we have daylight saving time? 3. What three U.S. States do not observe daylight saving time? Challenge: What does the European Union call daylight saving time? The White House for Kids Go to White House for Kids and answer the following questions: 1. How many floors does the White House have? 2. Who was the first president to live in the White House? 3. How many guests can the State Dining Room hold for dinner or lunch? Challenge: What is the largest room in the White House?

Language Arts Bridge to Terabithia Go to The Terabithia Website and answer the following questions: 1. Who does Katherine Paterson say was her greatest influence? 2. What inspired her to write Bridge to Terabithia? 3. For which books did Paterson win Newberry Medals? Challenge: What did Katherine Paterson want to be when she was a child? Rules of Usage Go to Bartleby's Site and answer the following this direction: Write a rule about independent clauses that your classmates are sure to understand. Challenge: Under what conditions would it be acceptable for two independent clauses to be separated by a comma?

Math Converting Metric Length Units Go to Triple A Math and answer the following questions: 1. While on Vacation, you learn that the beach is 5 kilometers from your hotel. Convert that distance to meters. 2. How many meters are in a decimeter. 3. THe sign on the pool says it is 3 meters deep. How many centimeters deep is the pool? Challenge: How many hectometers are in a kilometer? Binary System Go to USBYTE.com and answer the following questions: 1. How many digits are used in a binary number system? What are they? 2. Where is the binary number system used? 3. What is the binary equivalent of "4"? Challenge: In the binary system, what is 1 + 1?

Science To the Moon Go to PBS.org and answer the following questions: 1. Who was the last man on the moon? 2. How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth? 3. Who was the first scientist to see the moon's features and how? Challenge: What is the "Big Three"? Adventures of Herman the Earthworm Go to the Earthworm Website and answer the following questions: 1. How did the earthworm arrive in North America? 2. How many hearts does an earthworm have? 3. What organ helps the earthworm grind its food to tiny pieces? Challenge: WHat class of animals does the earthworm belong to?

• A Day at the Beach
• Seashell Search
• Fun with Fireflies
• Dive for the Treasure
• Penny Prizes

Calendar

February

• Time for Kids: Black History Month
• Gale - Cengage Learning: Black History Month
• Enchanted Learning: Black History Month
• CNN: Black History Month
• Scholastic: Culture & Change: Black History in America

March

• Kids' Zone: Women's History Month
• History Channel: Women's History Month
• Infoplease: Women's History Month