(Sites
to Visit)
Science
Home page for the
solar system at NASA
THE THOUSAND-YARD
MODEL or, The Earth as a Peppercorn
Lesson plan for
demonstrating how big the solar system is.
Solar System Live. by John Walker
Welcome to Solar System Live, the
interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire ...
Description: Includes information and images related to
the solar system and its inner planets.
Activity: Toilet
Paper Solar System. LEVEL Ages: general audiences.
RATIONALE
A graphic demonstration of the varied and enormous distances in space.
Volcano Observatories and Reseach Centres.
This site serves as an index of Volcano Observatories and Research Centres from
around the world.
Strange Science
A collection of misguided attempts to explain
natural history,including honest and dishonest mistakes about dinosaurs,
mammals, seamonsters and prehistoric beasts.
Includes a timeline of importantevents, biographies of early scientists
and artists, and references.
Tiny
Planets
Interactive science website for younger
children. Takes a while to load.
Media Specialists
Carol
Hurst
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site"A collection of reviews of great books for kids, and classroom activitiesand
lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas,themes
and professional topics."
Children's
Book Awards of Australia
See what’s popular in the land down under.
Comprehensive overview
and gateways of mythology and folk tales runningthrough a large gamut of topics
and genres.
bigchalk
delivers resources to 43,000 schools in the
Founded in 1975 by the
Association of American Publishers (AAP), is one of the first groups in the
world formed specifically to defend and broaden the freedom of the written
word. Its goal is to promote the principles of free expression set out in
Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
Deweysearch provides a unique set of research tools aimed
at schools, colleges, libraries and anyone who needs search the internet for
information in a focused way.
General Lesson Plans
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Discovery Channel School
Lesson plans and other resources for
parents, students, and teachers.
The Learning
Page
The Learning Page provides free,
downloadable worksheets and lesson plans for teachers and parents of elementary
level schoolchildren. There are hundreds of pages in theme–based and basic
skills categories.
Busy
Teacher Web Site
Links to other lesson plan web sites.
Organized by subject and grade level.
Easy
Fun School
EasyFunSchool.com has free articles, resource links, a free newsletter,
and many other features to help make homeschooling easier and more enjoyable,
both for the child and the parent!!
Mathematics
Math Goodies
Math Goodies is a free math help site
featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets and forums.
Math Cats
Fun, interactive site for kids to play, write
about, and explore math.
Interactive Math
Activities
Many activities for kids to do on-line. Great
for taking kids to the computer lab.
Social Studies
A Virginia
Moon Colony is an
inter-disciplinary case-based unit I created for fourth graders in
Learn about what
life was like for the citizens of Ancient Greece. Links to other Greek sites.
Lesson plans and
links to sites relating to many different ancient cultures.
Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World
Site listing and
explaining the seven most well know structures of the ancient world.
Explore the
pyramids of ancient
facts; plus get
related links, kids content, news stories, and more."
Unwrap the
mystery of King Tut's death: "A young king of
Government-Run Sites
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
"The
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) forms a vital part of the research,
exhibition, and educational enterprise of the Institution. Each Smithsonian
scholar engages in an individual "voyage of discovery," using the
artifacts and specimens of the National Collections in conjunction with the
written and illustrated record of the past. The Libraries is uniquely
positioned to help visitorsunderstand the continuing vitality of this relationship." Philip Lomoas Philip_Lomoas@alumni.hmc.edu
Federal Resources for Education Excellence
FREE is the
one-stop website designed to help teachers,parents, & students find
teaching & learning resources frommore than 40 federal organizations &
agencies.
Collecting,
preserving and remembering a National Experience: "dedicated to examining the
Civil War through the SmithsonianInstitution's extensive and manifold
collections."
Craft Pages
Traditions, customs and
history, a monster dictionary, movie guide, stories, crafts, recipes, and more.
Monster List of Halloween
Projects
Links to Halloween
project pages.
Diagnostic
Sites
The goal of this web site
is to educate parents and teachers about frequently overlooked vision problems
in the hopes of helping those children who struggle unnecessarily because of
undiagnosed vision disorders.
Dysgraphia is defined as
a difficulty in automatically remembering and mastering the sequence of muscle
motor movements needed in writing letters or numbers.
Writing can be a
challenge for many learning disabled children. Often called dysgraphia, writing related learning
disabilities are complex and require skillful intervention to help students
achieve success. There is also information on teaching writing skills and using
technology as a resource.