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Standards-Based
Curriculum
includes relevant Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
standards and link which support these standards.
WEATHER
Accuweather-local,
national, international forecasts Wind-2 Encyclopedia
of Weather- good place to start-look up YOUR topic *** Fact
files on extreme weather-blizzards, floods, lightning, tornadoes, hail,
hurricanes, drought.
Weather Station
Earth, Moon and Sun
What
on earth? great game about the earth BEST,
easy moon phases!! Great moon info!!
Great
Interactive Moon Site
Matter - Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Linked Site Name and brief description
Tracking the Monarch Butterfly
Overall good sites:
Children's Creative Theater &emdash; a site which teaches use of effective dramatic readings, recitations and performances. Curriculum standard 14
Guide to Grammar and Writing There are three levels, Sentence Level, Paragraph Level and Essay Level all of which identify and describe the structure of the English language and standard English conventions. Curriculum standard 4
The Wordsmyth Educational dictionary and thesaurus has an extensive search engine for almost any English word with definition, synonyms, antonyms, usage and cross references provided. Curriculum standard 26
The Internet Public Library, Youth Division The collection of the Youth Division of the Internet Public Library is developed for children ages 4-11, their parents, teachers, and anyone else interested in the literature and information directed to and about children. This is an excellent site for students (and teachers) to obtain information from a variety of media.Curriculum standard 16
Myths and Legends maintained by Christopher B. Siren. This site is so rich in different cultures' myths and legends your head will spin. A wonderful source for almost any myth or narrative from different cultures, times and geographic regions you can imagine or want. Curriculum standard 27
The Media Awareness Network originates in Canada but is perfectly suited to our United States culture as well. It provides information and analysis of the media culture and shares ideas and resources on how electronic media modifies our culture. Curriculum standard 27
Media Literacy Online Project from the University of Oregon is focused on developing critical and evaluative techniques of media for our students. There is a comprehensive lesson plan area for teachers. Curriculum standards 4, 19, 20, 21 & 22
Monster Exchange Project is a unique activity that has students writing descriptive paragraphs. There is a related site for an excellent curriculum article and other links about this project found at the next link.
Education World. Curriculum standard 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 & 28
Why, Why, Why is a curriculum article/lesson plan that focuses on non-fiction materials The Why Files is a massive collection of non-fiction articles from the University of Wisconsin that is sited in the above article and is an excellent electronic media source to use along with the books recommended in the article or available through your media specialist.
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| Curriculum- Students and Parents | Teacher Resources | Games and Puzzles |
| On-line
Graphing Calculator Very useful – similar to students’ hand-helds |
EdHelper.com |
Math
Games from the BBC |
| CMP
on-line The 7th & 8th grade textbooks |
Kuta Software Test and worksheet generator for teachers http://www.kutasoftware.com/ |
Brain Pop a website full of colorful, thought-provoking activities http://www.brainpop.com/ |
| Connected Math home page Learn about the CMP2 program |
Internet
for Classrooms Similar to EdHelper (above) |
Mancala play the ancient African counting game http://imagiware.com/mancala/ |
| Let’s Go Learn Grade 7 Math Lab experience |
Activities
Index interactive and instructive activities in number sense, geometry, algebra, and data analysis |
Mancala (another version) a bit more colorful http://www.elf.org/mankala/Mankala.html |
Assistments |
Math.com practice problems, sample tests, extra help http://www.math.com |
Cool Math for Kids an amusement park of math designed for fun http://www.coolmath.com/ |
| Biographies
of Mathematicians everyone from A to Z |
Mary Bryan Math Everyday Math Demos |
The game of Set play the card game on-line http://www.setgame.com |
| Fibonacci
Numbers very detailed with real-world applications |
That Quiz Make your own quizzes http://www.thatquiz.org/ |
The Problem Site critical thinking problems http://www.theproblemsite.com/ |
| Fractals several examples with cool graphics |
Math Lessons that are Fun, Fun, Fun by Cynthia Lanius http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ |
Puzzle Ring problems involving many types of mathematics with varying degrees of difficulty http://puzzle.dse.nl/index_us.html |
| Texas Instruments the latest calculators and other technology http://education.ti.com |
Brainbashers brain teasers arranged with various levels of difficulty http://www.brainbashers.com/ |
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| The Math Forum THE math reference center http://www.mathforum.com/ |
The Grey Labyrinth always at least one unsolved puzzle as well as very extensive archives of solved puzzles http://www.greylabyrinth.com/index.php |
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| NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/ |
Math
Comics a funny collection (not mine) |
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| Riverdeep Homepage on-line interactive programs for teachers, parents, and students http://www.riverdeep.net/ |
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| ExploreLearning.com more on-line interactive programs, assignments, and extra practice http://www.explorelearning.com/ |
Grade 5 Math Enrichment
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Aztec, Inca, Maya
| http://www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/inca/eg_inca_menu1.html | http://www.mayankids.com/mkintro.htm |
Colonial Times
Colonial
Era Webquest-Homework
Explorers
Hudson
Bay Company explorers
Cortes,
Pizarro, de Vaca
French and Indian War
Lewis and Clark
Regions of Massachusetts
Native Americans
History
of each Native Tribe (Nation)-includes
language, culture, history and more!
Worldtime - an interactive world atlas, information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times and a database of public holidays worldwide.
Census Bureau Digital Map Database - provides high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the USA, using public geographic data.
Colorland Form Atlas of the United States - A site which provides shaded relief maps, county maps, black and white maps, satellite images and 1895 maps for each state.
Family Geography - This site provides parents/teachers with geography activities that they can do with their children.
Explorers - a curriculum unit developed by Shrewsbury teachers and based upon Jamie McKenzie's Research Cycle
Colonial Times - This webquest invites students to compare and contrast the early settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth.
Bill of Rights - In this webquest you are responsible for justifying the existence and the importance of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
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