Ms. Staubs Weblink Bibliography
Study Island This website provides
practice for students in mathematics. The programs are created with the state
standards in mind, so they are beneficial for students to use. The only
downfall is that the district must have a contract with this company.
http://www.studyisland.com
Math Playground This website
provides math practice for students in elementary school and middle school.
There are word problems, activities, games, puzzles and videos available for
students to use to enhance their skills. http://www.mathplayground.com
Math is Fun This website provides
practice for students in grades K-12 for mathematics. There are word problems,
activities, puzzles, and many more links to use to spruce up your mathematics
skills. http://www.mathisfun.com
Cool Math Games This website
provides math lessons and games for students and teachers alike. This website
focuses on grades K-12, and there is even a parent area for parents to get
ideas of how to help their students. http://www.coolmath-games.com
Fact Monster This website is a
reference for parents, students and teachers. Many different subjects can be
found on this website, but I focused on the math portion. I really enjoyed
using the activities in this website. http://www.factmonster.com
History Alive This website focuses
on the information in a social studies textbook for grades K-8. All of the
standards are covered in this website. http://tutorial.teachtci.com/
Gamequarium This website has many
links that cover all areas of social studies. I would highly recommend this
site for use to work on social studies facts and information. http://www.gamequarium.org
National Geographic Kids This website
covers kid-friendly topics that are taught in a social studies curriculum. There
are many articles and videos that will get the interest of the students. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Social Studies for Kids This website
is geared toward students in the activities that are available for them to do.
There are many topics which follow the standards that are covered. http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Brain Pop This website is
so fun and interactive for students to use. There are videos, quizzes,
activities, and more for students to do to learn more about social studies. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/
StarChild
This website focuses on astrology, and is a great website for students to use.
This is interactive and has a lot of great information. The creators of this
website are employees of NASA. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Brain Pop This website is great to use
as a whole group activity to introduce a unit in science. I used this website
for that purpose already and there are quizzes at the end that are able to be
printed and used. The students love the videos on this website with Tim and
Moby. http://brainpop.com/science/
Science News for Kids This website
is friendly for students and covers many topics that are covered under state
curriculum and standards. There are photos and articles to read that could be
used in the classroom to learn more about the topic that is being covered. http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
Try Science This
is a great resource for students and teachers. There are many science
experiments that can be done, and webcams to zoos to look at certain animals. http://www.tryscience.org/livecams/live_cams.html
Cool Science for Curious Kids
This is a great website for students that want to go above and beyond in
their studies of science. This is mostly with regards to Biology and is meant
for students that are in intermediate grades and above. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/
Fun Brain This website is excellent for
students from K-8. There are games and activities related to reading. There are
also teacher resources to use that are very helpful. http://www.funbrain.com/
Yahoo Word Games This website is
full of fun games to help students with phonics and reading. Boggle, Text
Twist, and Scrabble are a few of the games offered. http://games.yahoo.com/word-games
The Kidz Page This
site has educational word games, memory, and online learning games. This is
most likely for students ages K-6. http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/index.htm
Starfall This website is geared toward
primary grades with beginning readers. There are phonics activities and stories
to read. This is a great resource for small group instruction. http://www.starfall.com
Scholastic This is a great website to
use for reading and writing concepts. There are activities that can be done
with writing and reading, and different games to play. Students really seem to
have fun with the activities. http://www.scholastic.com