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Interesting Links to Check Out Some of these sites are for homework help and others just for fun. Why not check them all out and see which ones you like. Please keep in mind that sites change from time to time and only sites listed, not any sites that might be linked to a site, have been visited and seem to be cool and interesting sites. Enjoy. I will, from time to time, add and change the list of sites. Reference and Research The Library of Congress - Access ERIC and other information resources. http://marvel.loc.gov/ The Fact Monster - Students will find the on-line dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help easy to use. http://www.factmonster.com/ KidsClick! - was created by a group of librarians to guide young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. This site has a huge collection of sites that are very useful. http://kidsclick.org/ Language Arts Wacky Web Tales - Do you enjoy doing MadLib's? Well try Wacky Web Tales and enjoy creating your own little MadLibs and seeing the results instantly. http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html Reading Skills - This site as a great tool to help the budding reader. Check it out. http://www.starfall.com/ Mad Libs/Math Brain Teasers/Proofreading Skills - This site has a little of everything and has things for all grades. The Mad Libs alone is worth visiting this site for. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/ Social Studies White House - Would you like to visit the White House? This is a site that will take you on a tour and also let you visit with some of the staff. For the kids version go to... http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ or to view the entire White House menu at ... http://www.whitehouse.gov/ U.S. Government - Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids resources will teach how our government works and was developed for kids. There are a lot of fun things to do while visiting this site. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Need more information on our government? This site would be a great place to check. http://www.govspot.com/ Explorers - You need to find out about explorers? Well these sites should have all you will need to create a wonderful report. Native Americans - Would you like to know about Native Americans? Check this sites out for more information: First Nations Histories - Brief histories about Native American Tribes. http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html State Information - This site will give you information about each of out United States. http://www.50states.com/ Country Profiles - Here is a great resource to find out information about all the counties in the world. You can find flags, about geography, climate, and just about anything else you might need to put in research project. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/ The World Fact Book - If you need to find out any facts from around the world, this is a great starting point. You will be able to print detailed maps for just about every country you might need. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Place the State Test your U.S. state geography skills! Place the state by dragging and dropping onto a empty blank outline of the United States. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html Geographic - Lots of facts and information about different countries and people. http://www.geographic.org/ Mr Dowling's Site - Social Studies resources for students. Michigan Sites Kids Discover Michigan - This site is a great way to learn about Michigan and have fun at the same time. Michigan Secretary of State provides an electronic resource for children to discover Michigan's past, design a license plate, and learn how a bill becomes law. This is a must visit site for all 4th graders and very interesting for all ages. http://www.michigan.gov/mikids Science Sites The Why Files - Outstanding site from the National Science Foundation that helps explain current scientific news events. http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/index.html Sports! Science at the Exploratorium - is a very cool site. It is like "The Way Things Work" for sports. It is for the older students but younger ones enjoy it also. http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ The View From Space - When it comes to understanding how our planet works, who better to talk to than NASA? After all, they're looking at the Earth from outer space. NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Web site explores the weather and how it affects us. Get a bird's-eye view of our home turf. Using satellites and high-altitude airplanes, NASA continues to investigate big floods, droughts and freezing winters. The site is loaded with way-cool information, including the hole in the ozone layer, global warming and rising sea levels in our oceans. Meet El Niño, the weather phenomenon that continues to baffle scientists, and find out how they are working to predict its next move. http://www.earth.nasa.gov/ Comets! - This site from NASA is loaded with information about Comets. See images of all the big ones. http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/ The Mechanics of Fun - Popular Mechanics explores things most kids can only dream about, such as participating in emergency rescues, creating special effects for movies and crawling through a city's underground system. Carrying on that tradition, Popular Mechanics for Kids' (PMK) WebZone contains a dazzling mix of science, adventure and clowning around. This site is loaded with games and multimedia, so get ready to go interactive in a hurry. Let your imagination run wild at http://www.pm4kids.com/ Mineral Matters: Kids' Habitat - This web site will help you to identify minerals, create a collection, and grow your own crystals. Click on Mine Games for puzzles, games, and a mystery for you to solve. http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/index.html Rocks for Kids - This site is for anyone who love rocks. Find out all about about rocks and minerals. If you already collect rocks, then find out where you can get more rocks, how to identify the rocks you already have, and what neat things you can do with rocks. http://www.rocksforkids.com/ Rock Hounds - Learn about rock collecting safety, different kinds of rocks, and how rocks are formed. To test your "rock" knowledge click on Rock Hound Quiz. http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html Mineral Museum - Take a look through this photo gallery that shows pictures of minerals found in the United States, India, and the rest of the world. http://csm.jmu.edu/minerals/Gallery.html Nature and Animal Sites: The Grand Canyon - Virtually visit one of the earth's greatest wonders. http://www.kaibab.org/gc_home6.htm Sea World Animals - This site is about all the animals you see while visiting at Sea World and Busch Gardens. It is very useful, factual, easy to use and access. It is for kids of all ages. You can learn about whales, penguins, tigers, polar bears, sea turtles, manatees, and many, many more. You can also learn about careers in marine biology. This site is updated daily. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm Critters - This is a great place to get good information on all different kinds of animals. It covers just about every kind you can think of, prehistoric, extinct animals, endangered species, plus all our favorites. This is a very helpful site if you need to research animals. Just click on the large picture when you get to this page and your adventure will begin. http://worldkids.net/critters/ Volcano World - A interesting site to learn all about volcanos and where they are currently active. You will really enjoy this site. http://volcano.und.edu/ Defenders of Wildlife Kids' Planet - Click on Get the Facts to learn all about endangered animals. Click on Wild Games and then Who Am I? for an animal identification game. http://www.kidsplanet.org Species Under Threat -
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre has compiled fact sheets on 140 threatened and endangered species. National Geographic - A fantastic homework help site for students. Math Sites Lemonade Stand - Is just one of the fun math games you can play at this site. http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ Funbrain - This has a huge assortement of math games. You can spend hours enjoying this site. Do the Math - Keep your math homework handy and get ready to crunch serious numbers! At WebMath, you'll find instant to those nasty math problems you're having trouble solving. Bring your calculator and a geometry set and get ready to dive into fractions, polynomials and integers. Interested in graphing a circle? How about solving a quadratic equation? WebMath covers most of the problems that give you a headache in the classroom. But math is for the real world, too. The Web site teaches you how to calculate a tip at a restaurant, figure out the price of a sale item and convert a temperature between scales. The site even has Java animations to help you better understand your math dilemma. WebMath brings the basics of math down to a denominator we all can understand! http://www.webmath.com/ Math Playground - Contains a large collection of interactive word problems, math practice games, worksheets and problem solving activities. (requires Flash) http://www.mathplayground.com/ Sites of Interest Scholastic - How can you go wrong with visiting this site. There are book reviews, the game I SPY, and many other fun activities. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm The Iditarod - This site will give regular updates on the race, a background on the mushers, and an area where you can read Zuma's diary, Zuma is a sled dog. This site adds things each day as the race nears and takes place, so you will want to visit it often.http://www.iditarod.com/ How to use a YoYo - Now you can learn how to entertain with the yo-yo at “Ken's World”. You will be shown how to play with a yo-yo like a pro. If you're not sure what kind of yo-yo you need, the site will help you decide with reviews on 20 different kinds. You'll find insiders' tips on how to make your yo-yo sleep longer, and how to avoid finger pains and clammy hands. And, of course, you'll discover a whole range of advanced tricks too. http://www.yoyoing.com/kwos/ ALFY - ALFY is a web site designed so 3-9 year olds can safely and easily experience the world wide web. It is an educational center filled with interactive stories, games, crafts, activities, and math games. It also offers links to other safe "cool sites" to visit. It is worth a look at. The brain train is really fun and a great refresher game. http://www.ALFY.com/ Crayola - Crayola Creativity Center will keep you busy for hours with pages to color, arts and crafts and other activities. http://www.crayola.com/index.cfm Brain Teasers - This site contains lots of games to tease your brain. You can have hours of fun here. http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/ Jan Brett - Jan Brett's web site has over 2,000 fun things to do from the author of "The Mitten", "The Hat", "The Gingerbread Baby", and "Town Mouse", just to name some. Young and old will enjoy this site. ttp://www.janbrett.com/index.html Jonathan Rand - You can check out the author that visited Eisenhower in the past, Jonathan Rand, at his web site: http://www.americanchillers.com/ The following links are of interest to help Links to Book Lists www.k12.hi.us/~mkanimit/self-discipline.htm Parents Links www.charactered.net/parent/parentresources.asp E-Mail me to let me know how you like the sites I have selected or to give me one you might like so I can review and maybe add it to our list. My e-mail address is:
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