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Math

Social Studies

Language Arts

Science

General

http://www.yahooligans.com/

Excellent search engine that is easy to use and helpful for locating kid friendly sites.

http://www.funbrain.com/

Great educational games for all subject areas.

http://www.pbs.org/kids/

Games and activities based on PBS television shows.

http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/

Read articles,look at pictures, and post messages about people & topics in sports, history, science, art, dance, and more from the Smithsonian Magazine.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

An incredible site with excellent information on a wide-variety of elementary topics

http://go.grolier.com/

This site has excellent online encyclopedias and reference resources. The New Book of Knowledge features reference material and current events for grades 3 and up.

Math

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/counting/index.html

Let's Count - counting activities for Preschool & Kindergarten students available in English & Spanish. PreK - K

http://www.multiplication.com/

Review multiplication facts with several games that vary in degree of difficulty - grades 3-6

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain

Brain Teasers - a new brain teaser every Wednesday. grades 3-6

http://www.mathsurf.com/teacher/index.html

Math Surf - math problems to sharpen your mental math skills. grades 1-6

http://www.webmath.com/

Web Math - math help with all concepts for all grade levels.

http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/math.htm

Primary Games - provides math games and activities for teaching numbers, patterns, geometry, addition, subtraction, multiplication, money, time, fractions. grades K-4

http://www.visualfractions.com/

Visual Fractions - Practice identifying and renaming fractions and mixed numbers. Grade 2-4

http://www.aplusmath.com/

Aplus Math - offers a variety of games, puzzles, and worksheets to improve basic math skills. grades K-6

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/reallybignumbers.html

Saying Large Numbers - focuses on reinforcing the verbal representation of numbers between zero and one billion. grades K-3

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html

Who Wants Pizza - a fun way to learn about fractions using pizza. grades K-2

http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.2

Interactive Geoboards - helps students identify simple geometric shapes, describe their properties, and develop spatial sense. grades K-2

http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/shapetool/index.html

Shape Tool - an interactive shape tool applet, which can be used to create various polygons and other geometric figures. grades 2-4

http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/money

Money Flashcards - count the correct amount of cash using pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars. grades 2-4

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg

Change Maker - figure out how many of each bill or coin will be given back when you pay for something. grades 2-5

http://www.funbrain.com/poly/index.html

Shape Surveyor - calculate the area or perimeter of a rectangle. grades 2-5

http://www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html

Measure It - measure using centimeters or inches at various difficulty levels. grades 1-6

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/buttons

Guess My Button - Sorting and classifying to help discover a lot about patterns of objects, people, and places. grades 1-3

http://naturalmath.com/mult/index.html

Multiplication An Adventure in Number Sense - breaks down the process of learning multiplication facts. grades 3-4

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/

Flashcards, worksheets, and games to help you practice your math facts grades 1-5

http://www.redmond.k12.or.us/patrick/renz/Math%20Web%20Sites2.htm

Comprehensive list of math websites for grades 3-6

http://hbogucki.staffnet.com/aemes/apps/change/changeit.htm

Change It - practice counting coins grades 1-4

http://hbogucki.staffnet.com/aemes/apps/mmm/mmm.htm

Mad Minute Math problems – great practice for the Math Challenge grades 1-6

http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/contents.html

A Matter of Time - clock quizzes grades K-3

http://www.sln.org/pieces/silverman/TourDeMath.html

Tour de Math – varies in difficulty grades 2-6

http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/ekowalcz/math/elementary_web_sites.htm

Elementary Interactive Math websites

Social Studies

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

Time magazine for kids online - fantastic site for current events.

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm

Scholastic News website - news articles on current events, includes games & quizzes.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com

Social Studies topics from geography and government to history and holidays.

http://www.kidsbank.com/

A fun way to learn about money and banking.

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz

Test your geography knowledge.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids

National Geographic games and activities and lots of good information

http://www.historyforkids.org/

Information about ancient cultures

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Lots of information about the U.S. Government

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost

Washington Post for Kids

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee

Mr. Donn's Ancient History website - lots of activities and information about Ancient Civilizations.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/colherit.htm

Links to the Past - explore people, places, objects, and events

Language Arts

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Student dictionary and Word of the Day

http://www.mightybook.com/

Online books

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html

Spelling activities for grades 1-6

http://www.starfall.com/

A great site for children learning to read

http://www.kidsedge.com/cgi-bin/kidsedge/scripts/kidsedge/school/onetwo/backpackbio/index.jsp

Various biographies read aloud for grades 1-2

Science

http://www.brainpop.com/

Science movies and quizzes on a wide-range of topics

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

NASA website for kids

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms

Interactive site about worms

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

The yuckiest site on the internet - science entertainment for kids

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/

Information, games, and activities about the environment

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity

Learn about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle at Recycle City

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/groundwater/index.htm

Learn all about the wonders of water

http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmenterprises/experimental/experimental1.html

Interactive experimental design tutorial - great for Science Projects

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids

U.S. Department of Agriculture site especially for kids

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light

Interactive site for kids about light

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Adventures of Echo the Bat & The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon - online stories

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

Learn all about simple machines

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/

This site was designed by NASA to teach children about Astronomy

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/index.html

Trees are terrific - learn about trees at this interactive site (available in Spanish)

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

Learn all about insects (available in Spanish)

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

The Great Plant Escape - discover the mysteries of plant life (available in Spanish)

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees2/index.html

Learn all about the parts of a tree and why trees are important to us (available in Spanish)

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/01.htm

Take a walk in the woods and learn about nature

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

Great Science activities for elementary students

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/index.html

Get an animal's point of view

http://kidshealth.org/kid

Kids Health - articles and interactive activities about health

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