Super Sites for Third Graders!

Read the descriptions and follow the links to access these wonderful resources for third grade students!

Search Engines

Fact Monster – This search engine will help you research any topic by giving you results from “kid friendly” encyclopedias, almanacs, and dictionaries. But there’s more!! Occupy yourself for hours in the other features of the site. Explore the constantly changing games, including tic-tac-toe, word games, and math competitions. You could also participate in an online poll or find out what happened “Today in History.” You’ll find it all in this awesome search engine! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.factmonster.com/

KidsClick! - This wonderful site made especially for kids is set up by library media specialists. Category names or the Dewey decimal system can help you navigate the site. Searches will lead you to safe and interesting websites. You can even make sure that you are able to read and understand the text by looking at the reading levels that are provided! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.kidsclick.org/

Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids - There is something for everyone in this exciting site. Play games, participate in polls, find out about the latest pop icons or research many topics. Type in a key word and there are many links to safe websites. This fun and colorful site will keep you entertained and busy for a long time! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Author Sites

Jan Brett’s Homepage – Combat summer boredom with a variety of fun activities of all types. Jan Brett’s homepage contains booklists and summaries of her books as well as biographical information, but more importantly, it is filled with projects and activities that anyone can try. From learning how to draw a hedgehog and many other creatures, to printing out math flash cards and coloring pages, you’ll find it all here! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.janbrett.com/

Shel Silverstein’s Homepage – Shel Silverstein, author of many books and silly poems has one of the wackiest sites around! Goofy music and sound effects will be sure to keep you laughing. You could choose to build a poem using words from one of his own great poems. Or, illustrate his poems to create your own book or bookmark. Don’t forget to check out the “His Books” section to watch some hilarious animation while listening to his poems! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html

Dav Pilkey’s Extra Crunchy Website O’ Fun – The wacky author of the Captain Underpants series has his own, equally wacky website. Visitors will have the chance to look through his collection of books and learn interesting (some very interesting) facts about them. You can even take a look at a comic that Dav created when he was only 11 years old. Read short stories written by Dav, complete with hilarious pictures. Coloring pages, word games, mazes, and seriously funny music is included in this site not meant for “Boring Adults”. Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.pilkey.com/

Math Fun

Prongo.com – Check out this site for some exciting new math games. Are you an athlete? You might enjoy playing a game of multiplication baseball. Awesome graphics will keep you interested. In some games, you can even compete against friends. If you are interested in the stock market, you may want to click on the Stock Market game to learn more. Or, practice those multiplication facts by selling lemonade at the Lemonade Larry game. You’ll be a math facts whiz by the time you’re finished with this site. Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.prongo.com/

Kaboose – Check out this website, which is an index of games from funschool.com. Practice all types of math skills including angles, geometry, decimals and place value, multiplication, and games of strategy and skill. These games will keep you thinking and enjoying every minute of it. Try the tricky game of strategy called 31-Derful or try naming angles in the game called Comets. There is something for everyone in this site. Date visited: 5/23/06

http://resources.kaboose.com/games/math2.html

Funbrain Math Arcade – Play this virtual board game and freshen up on your math skills at the same time. Games get more and more difficult as you progress further on the game board. The good thing is, if Mom calls you for dinner before you finish your game, you are given a password to use when you are ready to play again, and you won’t have to start all over. Making it to the end is tougher than you think! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html

Language Arts

Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check – Our popular spelling practice technique is now a game that you can play over your computer. You select the spelling pattern or spelling category and the difficulty level. Then try your own look, say, cover, write, check. Date visited: 5/23/06

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html

Time For Kids – Read all the latest news as soon as it happens. Time For Kids contains great articles and photos as well as articles from Kid Reporters. State your opinion in an online poll or get information on an upcoming contest. You may also choose to search for any topic that Time For Kids may have published a long time ago. There’s lots to see and do in Time For Kids. Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Storyline Online – Sit back and relax as some of your favorite celebrities read you a story. You will love hearing old favorites and unfamiliar books being read by all kinds of people. Pictures from the book are shown as well. You could even try some of the follow-up activities listed. New books and readers are added frequently, so keep checking the site for new stories! Date visited: 5/23/06

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Social Studies

Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark – National Geographic lets you ride along on the journey west made by Lewis and Clark. After typing in your name, you will be asked to make important decisions that will impact the success or the failure of the journey. Stop to read Meriwether Clark’s journal at each stop or learn some new key facts. Also take view maps of your journey and read biographies of the people involved. A fun way to learn history! Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government - Find out everything you needed to know about our United State’s Government from Ben. Writing is clear and easy to understand. Take time to check out the games and activities link. Try printing coloring books or completing dot-to-dot puzzles. You can even try to fill an empty U.S. map by moving the states to their correct locations. You’ll find out great information about our country on this site! Date visited: 5/25/06

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

U.S. Mint for Kids – Interested in money? Are you wondering how money is made or how to start a coin collection? Check out the U.S. Mint for Kids website. Many activities will keep you occupied. Try identifying the Presidents on the fronts of coins. Or, watch a cartoon about how coins are made. You could even design a coin of your own. Before you leave this site, make sure you make a wish at the wishing well! Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?fileContents=htmlIndex.cfm

Science

Edheads: Simple Machines – Practice identifying simple machines that exist all around us. Enter separate rooms in the house to find out which objects have simple machines. Make sure you follow along with the reading review too! Then, move on to the barn for some compound machines! Date visited: 5/25/06

http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

The Science Explorer – Super cool science experiments for anyone! Create a “shocking” experiment, or make a vinegar volcano. You could even build a bridge out of cards that is capable of holding pennies. There are so many choices available and so many exciting things to see! WARNING! Some experiments should be completed with an adult. Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/

The National Geographic Creature Feature – Are you an animal lover? Than this site is for you. Bats, frogs, Orca whales, sharks, and many other types of animals are featured here. Click on the animal of your choice to learn interesting facts or watch a short video clip. Many beautiful photographs are included too! Try the activities links for crafts like making a “stringy spiderweb.” Learn all you can about these amazing creatures. Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/archive/

Science World – Find out about our body systems by playing these very interesting games. See first hand what it looks like inside our bodies (not for people with weak stomachs). Play nutrient round up to show how our digestive systems work. Become a germ trying to infect someone in Virus Lander. Watch out for those white blood cells, though. You’ll leave this site as an expert in the human body. Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.scienceworld.ca/teachers_outreach/play_online/bw_games.htm

The Great Plant Escape – Try solving these plant mysteries! But first, you must get all of your facts about the case. You will learn about the parts of a plant, the life cycle of a plant, and what a plant needs to live and grow. Detective LePlant is along to help you solve these plant mysteries! When you finish, try visiting some of the plant activities too! Date visited: 5/25/06

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html