Ms. McBrien’s Fifth Grade Internet Bibliography
Ease History- A great resource to find U.S. historical pictures, audio and video clips. They will help you to experience events that changed our nation’s history first hand. Visited 5/18/05 http://www.easehistory.org/
Ben’s Guide to Government – Using Ben Franklin as a key source of information, this site tell you everything you need to know about how our government works, as well as how it was created. Great way to learn about our government in an easy and fun way. Visited 5/18/05 http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
U.S. Electoral College – Wondering what the electoral college is and where it came from? This is an excellent site that will answer all of your questions about how an election runs, as well as a little history about past elections. Visited 5/18/05 http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/index.html
Uncle Sam/Who’s Who in the Federal Government – A great updated site by The University of Memphis with the names of people who hold the cabinet positions, serve on Congressional Committees and work for Federal Agencies. Each person is then connected to a link giving a one page biography. This is perfect for my fifth graders wanting to know what the positions are and who holds them. Visited 5/19/05 http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/whos.html
Factfinder Kidscorner – Are you a person who just loves facts? Want to know how many kids go to school in your state? Or how many people live in America right this very second? This site is sponsored by the U.S. Census and presented in many interactive ways for kids. Visited 5/19/05 http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
Center for Congress – Everything you ever wanted to know about how our democracy works. The links are broken down into topics for kids to understand and maintained by Indiana University. I especially enjoyed the quicktime movies on the different branches of government with a script to go along with it. Visited 5/20/05 http://congress.indiana.edu/learn_about/index.php
Constitution Day – This site is dedicated to September 16, 2005. where everyone will say the Preamble to the Constitution simultaneously together across the nation. Visited 5/20/05 http://www.constitutionday.com/program.html
National Constitutional Center– The museum has created this cite to introduce the center as well as how the Constitution might affect your daily life. There is a great search engine to find information on any topic included in the Constitution and games to practice it’s concepts. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.constitutioncenter.org/
Landmark Supreme Court Cases – This sites offers the landmark cases in a variety of formats and at different levels so that everyone can understand what happened and who decided it. In each case there are great questions to ponder and provoke great class discussions as well as vocabulary to define. Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society developed this site. Visited 5/20/05 http://www.landmarkcases.org/
Jamestown Adventure – One of the neat adventures offered by History Globe, you will have the opportunity to try to make it in the 1600’s as the first settlers did. The format is a game, and you are rated on your decisions. Do you have enough food? Did you make friends with the Natives? This is a great way to see if you really do know your history and can you apply it. Visited 5/19/05
Smithsonian for kids- A great way for kids to tour the Smithsonian Museum at their level. There is a ton of interesting facts from every Smithsonian Museum introduced through eye catching video clips. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/
Book Hooks – Looking for a good book to read, but you don’t want an adult’s opinion? Than this is the site for you! Raincoast Books has asked children from all over the country to right reviews of books to help make your choice a little easier. The reviews are done by both book and author. Happy reading! Visited 5/20/05 http://www.bookhooks.com/index.cfm
Grammar Gorillas- Do you know your parts of speech? Pearson Education has created a fun and delightfully fun way to work on your grammar. There are two levels to ensure that you are successful. I never knew that grammar could be so much fun. Visited 5/19/05 http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
Word Central – Here is you on-line dictionary by Merriam-Webster to turn to when you can’t find yours. This is a handy, kid-friendly source to promote words. The best part is the new vocabulary that they can pick up by playing a game with the Daily Buzzword. Visited 5/20/05 http://www.wordcentral.com/
Angle Activities - This is a great way to check your understanding of angles in shapes. You can easily manipulate the protractor on the screen to measure the angles in a triangle, square or even intersecting lines. Visited 5/19/05 http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/angleshapes.html
Fractions – Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. This site provides separate links to each operation with a tutorial at the top of the page and game like quizzes at the bottom. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.aaamath.com/fra.html
Basket Math Interactive – Story problems always seem to stump kids. For extra practice, this sites fires the questions at you and correct answers earn our player shots at the basket. This is great practice with a variety of math skills from addition to elapsed time and everything in between. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/
Mythology – Windows of the Universe has created an interactive site explaining the mythology of the Universe at three different learning levels. There are even games to test your knowledge. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/mythology.html
Tide & Gravity Labs – The University of Utah has created this site for both teacher and students to use. When you click on the image, you will follow a tutorial and problem solving activity to really see how the tides are affected by the gravitational force of the sun. visited 5/21/05 http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/tides/tides_main.html
Amusement Park Physics – Get ready, you are going to design your own roller coaster. Oh, wait – don’t forget safety and the laws of physics. Before you design your own, make sure you read about how they work and how scientists design them. This site is created by the Anneberg Foundation. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html
How Stuff Works- If you are the curious sort, then this site will answer all of your questions. There are great pictures labeled and easy to read explanations. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.howstuffworks.com/
NASA Junior – Everything you have ever wanted to know about space, and just right for the asking. This is a great way for young astronauts to learn about space through interactive games and puzzles. Visited 5/21/05 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html