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Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Foss
Site for Solids, Liquids, and Gases
http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html
Explore putting
objects in the oven or freezer to see how they change. They can also see pictures
of experiments done.
Solids,
Liquids and Gases
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
A video clip showing the molecules in motion in each of the states of matter.
Weather
Wind
Chill Chart
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/index.shtml
Examine a chart
to see how the wind affects the temperature.
Fahrenheit
to Celsius Converter
http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm
Students can easily convert
Fahrenheit to Celsius temperatures or Celsius to Fahrenheit temperatures.
Weather
Webquest
http://www.ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SCIENCE/weather/weather_webquest.htm#resources
The Ross
family will be moving. They must decide upon a place to live based upon climate.
Use weather links to solve webquest
Weather
in our Southwestern States
http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/Central/Curriculum/ELEMENTARY/SCIENCE/Weather.html
Find out the weather
in southwestern states.
Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal
Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/nocturnal.shtml
A kid friendly site
with lots of information on many different nocturnal animals. It also contains
pictures of animals that kids can color. Information is included in these pictures.
Kid
Wings
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm
Virtual owl pellet dissection
All
About Owls
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/info/Owl.shtml
Kid friendly information about owls in general. Also includes links to specific
kinds of owls.
Owls
of the World
http://owlpages.com/world_owls.html
Shows a clickable map of the continents that links to information, photos and
sounds of the animals that live there.
Bats,
Bats Everywhere
Bat information
on homes, food, myths, echolocation. Grade level appropriate text and illustrations.
What's
It Like Where You Live?
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
Information on the biomes of the world and the animals and plants that live
there.
Frogs and Toads
The
Life Cycle of the Frog
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/212/deploy/interface.html
Video Clip showing each of the stages of the life cycle of the frog.
Frogs
and Toads
http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/frogtoad.html
Information on the differences between frogs and toads.
Frogs
and Toads at Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/frog.shtml
Information on frogs and toads and links to other sites.
Marc
Brown
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-brown-marc.asp
information about
Marc Brown as an author.
Gail
Gibbons
http://www.gailgibbons.com/
Official Gail Gibbons website with info about all her
non-fiction books as well as herself and her family.
Interview
with Gail Gibbons
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/authorbio.php?ID=497
Exclusive interview
with Gail Gibbons from Reading Rockets.
Scholastic Leveled Readers
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do
Steven
Kellogg's Homepage
http://www.stevenkellogg.com/
Steven Kellogg's
Official Homepage with info about the author himself and all his books.
Steven
Kellogg's Books
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/skellogg/
Small snippets
on many of Kellogg's books.
Arnold
Lobel
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lobel.html
Meet the author and his books.
Cynthia
Rylant
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/rylant.html
Meet the Author
page with info on Cynthia Rylant.
Interactive
Math
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
National Library
of Virtual Manipulatives for gradesw prek-12. Great website with lots of great
online activities.
Everyday Math Resources
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/Edtech/everydaymath.htm
Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx
Interactive online activities
for mathematical standards.
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History and Geography
Calendars
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/
Calendars of the
12 months of the year
Economics
We
are Producers and Consumers
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM457
Slideshows that demonstrate
how people are both consumers and producers of goods.
Don't
Buy It - Get Media Smart
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
Students explore advertising tricks to understand how producers get consumers
to buy their goods.
History and Geography
Printable
Maps of North America
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/n_america.html
You can select political
maps or maps with no boundaries to print.
History and Geography
Learn
the Continents and View a World Map
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
Students engage
in an interactive activity where they can learn where the continents are on
a world map.
Civics and Government
What Makes a Good Leader?
The
Girl Scouts of America
http://www.girlscouts.org/for_adults/leader_magazine/2004_fall/five_qualities.asp
Five qualities of good leadership as it pertains to the Girls Scouts.