Homework Help
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Homework Hub A great resource for students: spelling wizard,flashcard maker, and more! A great way to improve your speed for math facts.
Harcourt Text Book This site accompanies our Math and Reading textbooks.
Discovery Kids Explore the Discovery Kids tv shows. Play games related to all science topics.
On line Dictionary This resource include word definitions, a thesaurus, the Word of the Day, daily word puzzles, and more
Grolier Encyclopedia These resources offer authoritative, editorial content and engaging multimedia materials including: Encyclopedia Americana Online, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online, The New Book of Knowledge, Lands and Peoples, and Popular Science.
Social Studies
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World Atlas This resource has maps and information about other countries.
Library of Congress: American Memory American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Culture Quest World Tour Join Ophelia Owl and Parsifal Penguin on their world wide tour. Learn about customs, beliefs, ars, and instituition.
The Stuff of Life: U.S. Design Sometimes a chair is just a chair. But sometimes, as an object of design, a chair can help define tan era. U.S. Design: 1975-2000, by the Denver Art Museum, captures the period with furniture, architecture, graphics, and other things.
American Immigration Experience The American immigrant experience is brought home to students through a tour of Ellis Island and interviews with young immigrants of yesterday and today.
White House Kids This is an interactive website that students can explore to learn more about our country's history.
Democracy at Work Discover the inner workings of our government during this interactive exploration of American politics.
Natice American Cultures Use this link to discover different cultures, customs, and history of Native Americans groups. And meet a scientist who specializes in Native American cultures. Continue your research using the Research Starter on Anasazi and Pueblo Indians.
Culture & Change: Black History in America Students read about famous African Americans while expressing their thoughts online. This celebration of Black History Month includes biographies, a News Zone special report on "Working for Equality," and an interactive timeline.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Hispanic Americans. Students analyze the scope of Spanish influence across the Americas and read interviews with Latino writers, scientists, and others.
Our America Travel back into American History. Create your own journal, make arts and crafts, Read diaries from the different periods.
Thanksgiving Students explore the voyage on the Mayflower, the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups.
Rosa Parks The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement" recounts the Montgomery Bus Boycott and proves that every individual citizen plays a part in a democracy.
Go for the Gold Join us at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Get athlete bios, weekly feature stories, and interactive activities. Nice!
Science
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Hurricanes Get swept away in this study of extreme weather patterns. Students learn all about hurricanes and become Scholastic Weather Reporters as they complete experiments and share their data.
Sea Turtle Science Expedition Get the field reports and interviews from Earthwatch Institute scientists working in Costa Rica to save the population of the world’s oldest-living reptile.
Dolphins How do scientists conduct research? Kids go into the field with a biologist to track dolphin behavior and learn how changing ecosystems affect dolphin populations.
Tornadoes Weather Watch investigates these swirling monsters of destruction. Students discover what causes tornadoes, meet a storm-chasing tornado forecaster for the Storm Prediction Center, and learn how to create their own tornado-in-a-jar!
Star Child StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers. The site is sponsored by NASA and provides its users with cool information on space and earth science.
NASA for Kids Find out everything you ever wanted to know about NASA. This site contains activities and games.
Bill Nye the Science Guy Bill Nye the Science guy at NyeLabs is a great site for learning about science while also having fun. It is full of useful information and interactive games.
Brain POP Explore this site for an up-close and personal look at the wonderful world of Science and Technology!
Fun Sites
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Brain Boosters Are you up for the challenge?? Put your brain to the test with this variety of Brain Boosting or Busting Activites!!
Funology Funology.com is the best place on the Web to find things to do. Not just while you’re sitting at the computer, but anywhere. Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. We’ll teach you a million and one ways to make things, explore the world, and discover skills you never knew you had. It’s one place where you’ll never be bored!
On-This-Day Find out what happened today in history at On-This-Day.com.
Kaboose-FunSchool Games Check out this site for lots of fun and interactive games! Geography, History, Math, Science, and Reading are just a few of the topics you can explore!
Enchanted Learning Explore interactive games and simulations about art, history, and science. Learn about dinosaurs, sharks, languages, rainforests, holidays, and many other topics.
Discovery Kids The Discovery Kids web site is cool because it connects its users to a ton of information and super cool sites and games. Check it out.
Scholastic This site has booklists, activities, and parent information that is very helpful
Cyber Chase Cyber Chase is a great interactive game site that helps students improve on their critical thinking skills while also working on math, science and social studies content. LOVE THIS SITE!!! A MUST SEE!
Brain Child This site has games and activities that will help the students with certain skills.
Writing a Book Review Students learn to think and write critically in this step-by-step online workshop with an award-winning author.
Maggie's Learning Adventures Become a whiz with interactive adventures in Grammar, Spanish, Math and Science!
Paper Airplane Contest Students learn basic concepts in aerodynamics as they test just how far -and how long - their paper airplanes can fly.
Museum Stuff This resource includes online museums, Interactive and virtual exhibits, educational links and more.
Math
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Visual Manipulatives Galore! Experience math virtually!! Use this site to explore and practice your math skills through virtual presentations!
Max's Adventures Students develop reading and math skills by using clues hidden in a fun, rhyming poem to solve real-world math problems
CybeeMath The site contains all the mathematical topics we have and will cover during the year. Each activity features interactive practice, challenge games and an explanation of the topic.
Kid Friendly Search Engines
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Kid Click Another cool search engine designed by librarians just for kids!
Yahooligans Yahooligans is a great site for kids. Search for information on countries, space, animals and sports. This site has links to some interactive games and screensavers.

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