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ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM LINKS: OTHER LINKS

Google

Sites for All Ages

ABCYa! - On-line games from ABCYa!
Animal Diversity Web
AOL@School
Berit's Best Sites For Children
Big6 - provides a research model to follow when doing projects
BookHive - book recommendations and activites for kids, parents, and teachers
ClassBrain.com - games, research information, and tips for kids, parents, and teachers
Cool Math - an amusement park of math games and activities for all ages
Cool Sites for Kids
Dance Mat Typing - Learn keyboarding skills with this program from the BBC
Discovery School
Dole Five a Day - information on fruits and vegetables
eNature.com - online field guides
Enchanted Learning - A educational website with games and activities designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.
Family Fun - beginning site to plan family oriented activities
Food Pyramid Game - learn about good food choices while playing this game from USDA
Funbrain.com - games and fun activities to do on the Internet
Game Goo - Educational games that help students develop reading and language skills from Cognitive Concepts
Great Web Sites For Kids compiled by ALA
Insect Safari (Orkin)
Internet Public Library Kidspace
Journey North
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Kidstuff
Kids at National Geographic
Kids' Weather Page
MyWeb3000 - craft activities for all ages. Includes college preparation and parenting links
NASA for Kids
Nine Planets
Nutrition Café
Project Gutenberg - full text of classic literature
Scavenger Hunts and Web Quests
Scholastic - links to school-related subjects and many other topics of interest to kids
Science Clips from the BBC - A highly interactive curriculum led science site for children aged 5 -11 and their teachers.
Science News for Kids (and Teachers) - Up-to-date science related news, games, puzzles, project ideas and a teacher zone
Super Science Fair Projects
US Mint for Kids - fun activities and games related to coins and the US Mint
Web Research Guide by ClassZone
Wonderful World of Insects - information on all kinds of insects and spiders
Yucky Worm World

Places of Interest

Carnegie Hall
Ellis Island
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Zoo
The Smithsonian
United States Treasury Page for Kids
The White House

Homework Help

Homework Center
Kids Stuff Homework Helper
ProQuest K-12

Links for Teachers

Search Engines

Alltheweb
AltaVista -for images, video, sounds
Choose the Best Search

General and Professional Web Sites-

Gateway sites covering a multitude of topics and teaching tools

Alfy Cool Sites
AOL@School
A to Z Teacher Stuff - Teacher Resources, Lesson Plans, Themes, Tips, Printables, and more
Awesome Library
Character Education Resources
Cool Sites for Kids
Education Index
Educator's Reference Desk (formerly Ask ERIC)
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Science and Math topics
Free Worksheets - Although this site contains some very annoying ads, the huge number of worksheets (over 5000) makes the visual harrasment more tolerable.
Free Worksheets for Teachers - Offers a wide range of free teacher worksheets that can be used for reinforcement and review on many different topics.
Glencliff's Teacher Links
Global Schoolhouse
Hillside's Teacher Links
Idea Box - Early childhood education and activity resourses
Internet Public Library Reference
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Kiddyhouse
Kids Page
KidsClick - links to web sites appropriate for children
LearningPage Worksheets - In order to access the worksheets on this site, you must register. (It's free.) There are basic worksheets for most school subjects. The resources are in PDF format so you will need Acrobat Reader to view them.
New York Times Learning Network
Reference Desk
Carol Gossett's Kindergarten Connection
Hubbard's Cupboard
Internet4Classrooms
Kindergarten.com
Niskayuna Instructional Resources
Puzzlemaker - Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. (From Discovery School)
RubiStar - a free tool to help a teacher make quality rubrics.
Scholastic Company - Contains many different resources for teachers, parents, kids, administrators and librarians.
TeachingBooks.net - Engaging author programs and K-12 book resources (password required)
T.H.E. Journal
Worksheet Generator - create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes! Choose from several vocabulary and math worksheet templates or use a teacher-created worksheet in our library of "Worksheets to Go"!
Zoom School - an on-line elementary source of lessons and information in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities. (Enchanted Learning)

Thematic Unit Planning

Gander Academy's Theme Related Resources
Perpetual Preschool
Themes Pages

Collaboration Projects

Collaborating in the Global Classroom

Lesson Plans

California SCORE Project
Elizabeth Miller's Lesson Plans on the Internet
Internet School Library Media Center
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Lesson Plans Page
New York State Education Department
New York Times Learning Network

Application Assistance

Appleworks Users Group
Inspiration
Internet Guide - comprehensive glossary and guides to applications and questions about the Internet
Microsoft Applications
Powerpoint

WebQuests

Filamentality
Webquest Portal

Evaluating Web Sites

Cornell University
Evaluating Web Sites in K-12 Education
Kathy Schrock's Sites on Evaluating
National Educational Technology Standards for Standards

Ethics

ALA Guide - teaching children to be ethical when using information
Copyright Information - guidelines on what is permissible to use in research and what needs publisher approval
Doug Johnson on Ethics - nationally known expert's advice on copyright
Educator's Guide to Intellectual Property, Copyright and Plagiarism
 

English Language Arts

American Library Association - policies and information on research guidelines and sources,
Big6 - a research model for grades k-12 to follow when doing projects
International Reading Association (IRA)
MLA Citation - guidelines for proper resource citations when doing research
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
New York State Standards Links - links to web sites that integrate with each of the New York State ELA Standards
Noodletools - provides format for citing resources when doing research (use Free Tools section)
ReadWriteThink - NCTE and IRA work together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.

Social Studies

Country Studies - Literature, Internet, and AV Resources for third grade country studies
History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
Library of Congress American Memory
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
New York State Standards Links - links to web sites that integrate with each of the New York state Social Studies Standards
Social Studies Resources - comprehensive listing of sites located at Clifton Public Schools
Social Studies Resources Homepage - comprehensive listing of sites located at Nebraska Department of Education
Social Studies Sources  - comprehensive listing of sites located at Indiana University

Math

A+ Math - creates and provides math flashcards for basic operations
AAA Math - comprehensive practice, explanations, and interactive activities on numerous math topics
Calculators
Cool Math - fun activities and practice within math topics
Dosity.com - math games, activities, and worksheets
Kidsclick Math - comprehensive list of math sites
Math Cats - activities to try using math skills
Math For All Ages - comprehensive list of math sites
Math Forum - comprehensive list of math sites on many aspects of math
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Science

New York State Standards - Links to websites that integrate with he New York State Science standards
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Paul Scott's Science Links - Curriculum links for science topics
Science Fair Central - Check here for an upcoming science fair project.
Science Learning Network - Links and information to various science topics
Shedd Educational Adventures -  Concentrates on ocean animals and habitats

Art

Art Education for K-12 - comprehensive site providing links to art, artists, museums, and activities
Art Education Partnership - Links to various institutes and societies interested in The Arts.
Kinderart -  art lessons and activities using common easy to find materials
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Browse through sample exhibits from this famous New York City museum
Monet Gallery - View the work of French Impressionist artist Claude Monet.
Musee Marmottan Money - This Paris, France museum is home to the world's largest Claude Monet collection. Check out its exhibits and history.  Also in French.
National Gallery of Art - A collection illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages tot he present.

Music

DataDragon - Learn about the different families of instruments (click on the image to hear it!)
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments - Get sounds, pictures, and descriptions of instruments used during these time periods.
The San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
The Story of Mozart
Violin Making By Hans Johannsson - Learn how violins are made, plus instrument care tips and photos.

Physical Education

National Association For Sport and Physical Education
PE Central
Physical Education Lesson Plans Page

Special Education

Awesome Library of Special Education Links
Special Education Network
Special Education Resources On the Internet

Standards

National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)
New York State Standards
Listserv List - an online collaboration for sharing professional information

Links for Parents

AAA Math -Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills arranged topically as well as by grade lever. Interactive Practice on every page as well as several Challenge Games.
Colonie Town Libary
DBQ's - Provides guidance in helping children with Document Based Questions.
Family Fun Magazine - Contains thousands of ideas for parents and kids ( Disney sponsored)
Parent Soup - A website that covers expert information on  a variety of topics relevant to parenting including kids, adoption, family issues, dating, money, travel, entertainment, and more and offers a chance to chat with other parents.
Resources for Families - A library-sponsored web page with links to many sites
Schenectady County Public Library
WMHT Guide

Parents!  If you are looking for worksheets, crossword puzzles, and similar pages, check out the Links for Teachers!

 

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