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Click on the periodic table for a fun website
Great Science Videos
Typing
Daily typing practice link
Mathmagician
Math Drill Pages - Great for math fact practice
Sheppard Software
This is a great site for learning the fifty states. We will be using this in class.
Math
Eric Shane's MTB Technology Links - Links to on-line virtual manipulatives, games, demonstrations, and activities that can be used to enhance lessons with Math Trailblazers.
Fish Tank Probability - Find the probability of Pythagoras picking a red fish
A Broken Calculator - Can you calculate the numbers 1-15 using this broken calculator?
Cyberchase - Many activities to choose from.Who Wants Pizza - A fun way to learn or review fractions.
Coordinate Maze Game - Practice your point plotting skills by moving a robot through a mine field to a target location.
Fractions Snap - Match the fractions, decimals and percents.
Coordinates Game - Name the coordinates of the house.
Math Activities - Online math activities, fact sheets, and tests
The Product Game - 2-Player Game
The Factor Game - 2-Player Game
Quotient Goal - Work towards a target quotient by trying different divisors. 2 player game
Data Picking - Use the data to complete frequency tables and choose the correct graphs.
Fraction Frenzy - Match the equivalent fractions.
Planet Hop - Find the coordinates of the planets and the equation of the line.
Small Blue Printer - Design your own home.
General
StoryBird - Online collaborative story writing tool.
Peetnik Mysteries - Challenging mystery game in which students use common tools such as maps, phones, and phone directories to follow up on hunches and solve a mystery.
The Artist's Toolkit - Explore the tools that artists use.
Peetnik Mysteries - Challenging mystery game in which students use common tools such as maps, phones, and phone directories to follow up on hunches and solve a mystery.
The Artist's Toolkit - Explore the tools that artists use.
Social Studies
Ben's Guide to U.S. Govenrment- great information to learn about government, laws, and our country
The Official Site of the Iditarod - Information, video, live updates and more. Includes a specific section
for teachers.Iditarod: Race Across Alaska - Interactive site from Scholastic.
Digital History - The site includes a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents, essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference resources.
Our America: Westward Expansion - Interactive Scholastic site.
Go West with Lewis and Clark - Be a part of this great American Expedition.
Lewis and Clark: Student Reporter - Research and write a newspaper report on Lewis and Clark.
Discovering Lewis and Clark - Contains journals of the expedition, maps, animated graphics, photographs, moving pictures, sound files, and links, the site offers marvelous insight into the men, the movement, and their discoveries.
Archiving Early America - Primary Source material from 18th Century America digitally displayed.
Children in Victorian Britain - Click on "work" to learn about child labor in Britain.
Child Labor Hotlist - Industrial Revolution and contemporary child labor links.
Image Detective - Students critically analyze historical turn of the century American pictures.
Famous African Americans - Links to use for researching African Americans
America on the Move- Discover how transportation has impacted America.
If You Were President- What choices would you make if you could be President?
The Jamestown Online Adventure - You are the captain of the Jamestown Colony.
Kids in the House - Learn about Congress
Paul Revere Virtual Museum - Visit 5 exhibit halls and complete the activities.
A teacher's guide is included.The Road to Revolution - Saddle up your horse and join the revolution.
An Interview with Thomas Jefferson - Ask Thomas Jefferson some questions and hear his response.
This Day in History - See what happened on this day or any day in history.
Inside the White House - Make your mark as the President.
Newseum: The Adventures of Chip Tracer - Join this cyber journalist on her adventures back in time to get the real truth behind news stories. Elections- You are a Presidential Candidate. Pick your party and create your platform.
Global Trek - Travel to another country and learn about the country and its people.
The Official Site of the Iditarod - Information, video, live updates and more. Includes a specific section
for teachers.Iditarod: Race Across Alaska - Interactive site from Scholastic.
Digital History - The site includes a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents, essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference resources.
Our America: Westward Expansion - Interactive Scholastic site.
Go West with Lewis and Clark - Be a part of this great American Expedition.
Lewis and Clark: Student Reporter - Research and write a newspaper report on Lewis and Clark.
Discovering Lewis and Clark - Contains journals of the expedition, maps, animated graphics, photographs, moving pictures, sound files, and links, the site offers marvelous insight into the men, the movement, and their discoveries.
Archiving Early America - Primary Source material from 18th Century America digitally displayed.
Children in Victorian Britain - Click on "work" to learn about child labor in Britain.
Child Labor Hotlist - Industrial Revolution and contemporary child labor links.
Image Detective - Students critically analyze historical turn of the century American pictures.
Famous African Americans - Links to use for researching African Americans
America on the Move- Discover how transportation has impacted America.
If You Were President- What choices would you make if you could be President?
The Jamestown Online Adventure - You are the captain of the Jamestown Colony.
Kids in the House - Learn about Congress
Paul Revere Virtual Museum - Visit 5 exhibit halls and complete the activities.
A teacher's guide is included.The Road to Revolution - Saddle up your horse and join the revolution.
An Interview with Thomas Jefferson - Ask Thomas Jefferson some questions and hear his response.
This Day in History - See what happened on this day or any day in history.
Inside the White House - Make your mark as the President.
Newseum: The Adventures of Chip Tracer - Join this cyber journalist on her adventures back in time to get the real truth behind news stories. Elections- You are a Presidential Candidate. Pick your party and create your platform.
Global Trek - Travel to another country and learn about the country and its people.
ELA
Improve your grammar here! - great games and practice pages to improve your grammar
Mr Nussbaum's synonyms, antonyms and more - Interactive ELA games
Past Tense - Type the past tense of these verbs in this self-checking Excel file.
Plurals - Type the plural of these "y" words in this self-checking Excel file.
Contractions - Self-checking Excel file. Given a contraction, students type the 2 words that make the contraction. Right-click on the link and choose Save Target as. Save the file to the computer or the student shared drive.
Vocabulary/Word Knowledge: AWESOME ANALOGIES! - Jeopardy style game. Choose a 1 or 2 player game.
Irregular Verbs - 1 or 2 player Jeopardy style game to practice the past tense of irregular verbs.
Harcourt Grammar Gold - Chapter 17 Irregular verbsStoryBird - Online collaborative story writing tool.
Reading Comprehension Activities - Hotlist of interactive links
Reading Comprehension - Read a passage and then answer questions. Immediate feedback provided.
Writing Activities - Interactive activities that help students with writing. Topics include writing a story, and factual writing such as letters and instructions. MakeBeliefs Comix Creator - Create you own comic strips.
Tell-a-Story Storybuilder - Create a story using this interactive tool.
Word Central - Use the online dictionary, create your own dictionary, or check out the daily buzzword.
Rhyme Zone - Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
ReviseWise English - Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Grammar activities.
Making Sentences - 3 activities about sentence writing.
The Adjectives Game - Use adjectives to make sentences more interesting.
Summarizing - Listen to audio of a trip then summarize the trip.
Story Starters - Finish the story online and print it.
Spell Binder - Practice spelling and writing by writing a story based on a picture.
Noodle Tools Quick Cite - Quick easy way to help kids cite their sources. Click on NoodleBib Express.
Power Proofreading - Interactive proofreading activities.
Paragraph Punch - Takes students through the process of writing a paragraph.
Essay Punch - Takes students through the process of writing an essay.
RIF Reading Planet - Lots of activities both online and off.
Mr Nussbaum's synonyms, antonyms and more - Interactive ELA games
Past Tense - Type the past tense of these verbs in this self-checking Excel file.
Plurals - Type the plural of these "y" words in this self-checking Excel file.
Contractions - Self-checking Excel file. Given a contraction, students type the 2 words that make the contraction. Right-click on the link and choose Save Target as. Save the file to the computer or the student shared drive.
Vocabulary/Word Knowledge: AWESOME ANALOGIES! - Jeopardy style game. Choose a 1 or 2 player game.
Irregular Verbs - 1 or 2 player Jeopardy style game to practice the past tense of irregular verbs.
Harcourt Grammar Gold - Chapter 17 Irregular verbsStoryBird - Online collaborative story writing tool.
Reading Comprehension Activities - Hotlist of interactive links
Reading Comprehension - Read a passage and then answer questions. Immediate feedback provided.
Writing Activities - Interactive activities that help students with writing. Topics include writing a story, and factual writing such as letters and instructions. MakeBeliefs Comix Creator - Create you own comic strips.
Tell-a-Story Storybuilder - Create a story using this interactive tool.
Word Central - Use the online dictionary, create your own dictionary, or check out the daily buzzword.
Rhyme Zone - Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
ReviseWise English - Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Grammar activities.
Making Sentences - 3 activities about sentence writing.
The Adjectives Game - Use adjectives to make sentences more interesting.
Summarizing - Listen to audio of a trip then summarize the trip.
Story Starters - Finish the story online and print it.
Spell Binder - Practice spelling and writing by writing a story based on a picture.
Noodle Tools Quick Cite - Quick easy way to help kids cite their sources. Click on NoodleBib Express.
Power Proofreading - Interactive proofreading activities.
Paragraph Punch - Takes students through the process of writing a paragraph.
Essay Punch - Takes students through the process of writing an essay.
RIF Reading Planet - Lots of activities both online and off.
Science
Virtual Aquarium - Keep the fish alive in a virtual aquarium for 30 days by making good habitat choices.
Print the handout for students to record their results.
Physical Processes - Interactive activities and quizzes for 10 different topics including light and sound.
Changing Sounds - Use this interactive to experiment with volume and pitch of sounds.
Use this handout to record your findings.
How We See Things - Drag the mirrors to reflect the light onto the correct objects. Use
this handout to record your findings.
Design a Habitat - First learn about the black-footed ferret, then design a habitat for it to live in.
Food Chains - Learn about food chains then complete 3 food chains.
Corpse and Robbers - Collect clues at the crime scene, investigate the clues, and solve the crime.
Invention at Play: Tinker Ball - Explore using an assortment of objects to build a path so that the ball can reach the goal.
Mechanical Madness - 3 levels of play. Move the missing pieces into the correct positions to move the ball from start to finish.
Dragon Fly: Matter and Motion Videos - Watch these video clips to investigate motion and matter.
Dragon Fly: Living Things Videos - Investigate living things by watching these videos.
Edheads: The Odd Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create The Odd Machine!
Edheads: Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!
Simple Machines - Investigate the facts and report your findings.
Robot Factory - Build robots to do common household chores.
Forces of Wonder - Learn about different types of forces while helping the "World's Strongest Man".
Mechanical Madness - Add missing parts to make these machine work.
Goldburger to Go - Can you perfect this Rube Goldberg invention?
Kitchen Chemistry - Experiment with acids and bases.
Disease Detective - Investigate a disease outbreak to solve the medical mystery.
Interdependence and Adaptation - Complete the food webs.
Create-a-Bird - Create a new species of bird by answering some questions.
Animals, Adaptation, and the Galapagos Islands - Explore with Darwin.
Forces in Action - Experiment with forces on a moving object.
Simple Machines - Find all the simple machines.
EdHead's Simple Machine Activity - Find the every day simple machines.
EcoKids - Interactive environmental web site for children
Outbreak in Delaware - A 5th grade pathogens Webquest
Food Webs - Put the food webs together.Virtual Pond - Pond population simulation
Build-a-Prairie - Turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie.
Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster - Build your own roller coaster
Soda Play - Online erector set
Environmental Explorers Club - Learn about protecting the environment.
FossWeb - Online activities to accompany the science kits
Science Activities - Online science activities, fact sheets, and tests.
Amazing Reef MovieMaker - Make an animated film about life on the reef.
The Reconstructors - Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past.
Endangered and Wild Animals- Links to websites for researching endangered species and wild animals.
Print the handout for students to record their results.
Physical Processes - Interactive activities and quizzes for 10 different topics including light and sound.
Changing Sounds - Use this interactive to experiment with volume and pitch of sounds.
Use this handout to record your findings.
How We See Things - Drag the mirrors to reflect the light onto the correct objects. Use
this handout to record your findings.
Design a Habitat - First learn about the black-footed ferret, then design a habitat for it to live in.
Food Chains - Learn about food chains then complete 3 food chains.
Corpse and Robbers - Collect clues at the crime scene, investigate the clues, and solve the crime.
Invention at Play: Tinker Ball - Explore using an assortment of objects to build a path so that the ball can reach the goal.
Mechanical Madness - 3 levels of play. Move the missing pieces into the correct positions to move the ball from start to finish.
Dragon Fly: Matter and Motion Videos - Watch these video clips to investigate motion and matter.
Dragon Fly: Living Things Videos - Investigate living things by watching these videos.
Edheads: The Odd Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create The Odd Machine!
Edheads: Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!
Simple Machines - Investigate the facts and report your findings.
Robot Factory - Build robots to do common household chores.
Forces of Wonder - Learn about different types of forces while helping the "World's Strongest Man".
Mechanical Madness - Add missing parts to make these machine work.
Goldburger to Go - Can you perfect this Rube Goldberg invention?
Kitchen Chemistry - Experiment with acids and bases.
Disease Detective - Investigate a disease outbreak to solve the medical mystery.
Interdependence and Adaptation - Complete the food webs.
Create-a-Bird - Create a new species of bird by answering some questions.
Animals, Adaptation, and the Galapagos Islands - Explore with Darwin.
Forces in Action - Experiment with forces on a moving object.
Simple Machines - Find all the simple machines.
EdHead's Simple Machine Activity - Find the every day simple machines.
EcoKids - Interactive environmental web site for children
Outbreak in Delaware - A 5th grade pathogens Webquest
Food Webs - Put the food webs together.Virtual Pond - Pond population simulation
Build-a-Prairie - Turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie.
Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster - Build your own roller coaster
Soda Play - Online erector set
Environmental Explorers Club - Learn about protecting the environment.
FossWeb - Online activities to accompany the science kits
Science Activities - Online science activities, fact sheets, and tests.
Amazing Reef MovieMaker - Make an animated film about life on the reef.
The Reconstructors - Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past.
Endangered and Wild Animals- Links to websites for researching endangered species and wild animals.