Students: Resources (for personal space, collaborative space or outer space--linking learners to databases, search engines)

Add a line, your thoughts, your name and save! Put yours at the TOP! There is an "insert horizontal line" tool next to the eraser.

More science! Great graphics

 

Museum of Online Museums

 

All subjects – nice design

 

How to evaluate info online – I use this w/ my 5th graders and they are engaged by it and ask lots of questions!

 

English Language Learners site for students - Activities & Games

http://www.teflgames.com/games.html

English Language Learners site for students - Activities & Games

 

Barbara Burkhalter

 

Cool science experiments that elementary level kids can handle. Many could run the whole show themselves. Lots of peer teaching, collaboration and Web 2.0 learning possibilities: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/

 

Jason Roach

 

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/foryoungpeople/youngpeopleparents/especiallyyoungpeople.cfm

ALA's guide to online resources for kids and parents - MANY links to great sites, including articles about online privacy for kids, web resources and tools.

Laura Yanow

 

Online interactive science museum for kids. Articles, exhibits, "hands-on" experiments, blogs, more! Colorful, engaging, educational.

Laura Yanow

 

Cal Photos

Students can use these photos in projects about California plant life and animals.

Renee Varnadore

 

Web guide/search engine for children maintained by librarians (including probably some of your classmates).  Includes both entertainment and educational sites.

www.dibdabdoo.com/

Another search engine that only searches sites that have been determined to be appropriate for children and teens.  Does have some links to commercial sites.

Lucinda Abbott

 BookPALS Storyline Online

"Famous folk" read stories online while children can follow along.

 

FunBrain.com

Tons of fun games, plus a curriculum guide for teachers to match games and activities to standards.

 

National Georgraphic for Kids

Games, activities, videos, and fun information for kids.

 

Freerice.com

A vocabulary game where every word correctly matched with its meaning equals 20 grains of rice given to feed the hungry.  This is part of the United Nations World Food Program.

 

Starfall

Teaches phonics, reading and comprehension to K-2. 

 

Kidsreads.com

A great site for kids to see newly released books and read reviews.  They can read author interviews and even contact their favorite authors with addresses and email provided.  Trivia questions, games and contests.

 

My Hero

Hero stories from around the world, from all walks of life.  Many resources for teachers, including lesson plans.

 

Ginny Golden

 

Videos of everything you can imagine... animals, phonics, space, history, government, biographies, Black history, anatomy, letters, numbers, money, safety, and more!

 

Free K-6 biographical videos about various U.S. Presidents.  Clips are short-- around 2-5 minutes, but done by the History Channel's Biography program.  Good quality!

 

All sorts of copyright-friendly photos that would be useful for school projects.

Anne Lee

Live Homework Help from LA Public Library

 

Astronomy resource:

Windows to the Universe (available for different K-8 levels)

Margie Llinas

Quintura Kids

A new search engine I am trying out with kids at my school is   http://kids.quintura.com/

Corie Julius

Some sites I like for students (note: some CA history that won't be applicable to everyone):

 

Book Adventures

Free reading motivation program for kids K-8 grades.  Created by Sylvan Learning Centers.

http://www.bookadventure.org/

 

Scholastic Books Website

Site dedicated to books and products published by Scholastic.  Includes games, activities, author interviews, and teacher and parent resources.

http://www.scholastic.com

 

Figure This!

Math site with lots of activities put together by the National Council of Teachers of Mathmatics

http://www.figurethis.org/

 

Cool Math for Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

 

AAA Math

K- 8 math activities and games.

http://www.aaamath.com/

 

California Gold Rush Sites

Kidport site that includes lots of info on US social studies, including several pages devoted to the 1849 Gold Rush.

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CalGoldRush/CalGoldRush.htm

 

Library of Congress for Kids

Fun site covering American history and Americana.  Includes info. about famous Americans, sports, music, US geography, and more!

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

 

California Missions

Site detailing California's missions, includes interactive map, quiz and beautiful photos of each mission.

http://www.missionscalifornia.com

 

World Geography Interactive Quizzes

Site with many interactive geography quizzes, including every continent, US state capitals, lakes, rivers, and mountains of the world, and others.

http://www.ilike2learn.com

 

California History Online

http://www.californiahistory.net/

 

News for Kids

Educational site that gives daily news along with games and teacher and parent resources.

http://kidsnewsroom.org

-Barbara Burkhalter

 

 

Another great search tool that works well with IS students learning about indices and tables of contents in print resources is: http://live.grokker.com/grokker.html

Jason Roach