KMSPA Web Links: 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

Explore the architecture, culture, history, and geography of Ancient Greece. This website also has links to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages.

http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm-cho/cho/classrooms/classrm_primsource1.html

http://www.cthistoryonline.org/cdm-cho/cho/classrooms/classrm_primsource1.html
Grades 3-12. Primary sources from the CT Historical Society to connect with Tolland, Connecticut, and United States history.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html
Grades 5, 8, 11, and 12: Based on the book A History of US by Joy Hakim. Each webisode addresses a specific era in U.S. history.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Grades K-12. Discover resources from U.S. history, including timelines, photographs, and maps. Lesson plans are included as well. Created by University of Houston, Chicago Historical Society, and National Park Service among others.

http://cicerohistory.com/teachers.php

http://cicerohistory.com/teachers.php
Grades 5, 8, 11, and 12: We have a subscription to this website. Primary sources, maps, videos, photographs, political cartoons, and other primary sources for each era in United States history.

http://www.house.gov/ or http://www.senate.gov/

http://www.house.gov/
http://www.senate.gov/
Grades 3-12. Discover how our national legislative branch works. Learn about recent bills, the process of making laws, and the history of the House of Representatives and Senate.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/

http://www.supremecourt.gov/
Grades 3-12. Explore recent court cases, the history of the Supreme Court, and life as a Supreme Court justice.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/
K-12. Learn about the President of the United States, current issues facing our government, and the history of the White House.

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
Grades 5-12. Campaign speeches, slogan, and advertisements from 1952 to the present.

Monday, January 30, 2012

http://www.270towin.com

http://www.270towin.com
Grades 3-12. All the election information you need for recent and historical elections. Includes Presidential elections and Congressional elections.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
K-12. Contains a wealth of information about our world with amazing photographs and videos. Practice for the Geography Bee.

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
K-12. Download Google Earth free of charge and see the world from a different perspective. Explore countries and cities around the world from a bird’s eye view. One of the most powerful tools to learn about the world.

http://sheppardsoftware.com/

http://sheppardsoftware.com/
K-12. Play games to learn U.S. and world geography, including U.S. states, countries, rivers, mountains, and bodies of water. Different levels of difficulty to challenge yourself.

http://www.epals.com/

http://www.epals.com/ Grades 5-12. Communication tool with classrooms around the world

http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html

http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html Grades 3-12. View maps of the world with the countries resized based on population, education, natural resources, or income. Find out which countries have the highest housing prices or the most telephone lines.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
K-12. Everything you wanted to know about any country in the world.

http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0

http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0
Lesson plans, images, web pages and more. Downloadable resources for teachers using SMART Notebook software.

http://www.ck12.org/flexr/

http://www.ck12.org/flexr/
K-12 CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web-based collaborative model termed the "FlexBook," CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning.

http://stardate.org/astro-guide/ssguide/solar_system

http://stardate.org/astro-guide/ssguide/solar_system
K-12 StarDate is the public education and outreach arm of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. The radio program airs daily on more than 300 stations. And their popular bimonthly astronomy magazine is the perfect skywatching companion for amateur astronomers or anyone interested in celestial events and space exploration. The site offers astronomy resources to teachers, the media, and the public.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/

http://www.teachersdomain.org/
K-12 Teachers' Domain is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You’ll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/machines/index.shtml

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/machines/index.shtml
Elementary Simple experiments with simple machines

http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html

http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html
MS-HS A catalog of science websites for middle school compiled by a MS librarian in PA. Includes categories for General Science, Astronomy & Space, Chemistry, Physics and Technology, Energy, Geology & Meteorology.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Lots of interactive activities & informative articles from all over the world.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/
Critter cams and lots of information about the aquarium and the ocean. Links to other science sites.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
Elementary- MSScience Kids is the home of science & technology on the Internet for children around the world. Learn more about the amazing world of science by enjoying our fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities, ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos & science fair projects. Some advertising

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
Elementary Lots of interactive games for kids to try, various subject areas included. Some Advertising.

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
K-12: At Cool Science, we entertain questions of all kinds, encourage young scientists to get their hands dirty-virtually, offer high school and college students new approaches to cutting-edge science topics, provide educators with a host of innovative resources they can use in their classrooms, reveal what it takes to become a scientist, andd we showcase an undergraduate science discovery project that may one day change the way science is taught. No advertising

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm
K-12: The leading guide to the best websites for kids...all subject areas. KidSites.com lists only the best kids sites found on the net. Each site is approved by the staff before being included in the listings. If you want a list of great sites for your kids, go to KidSites.com! Minimal advertising.

http://www.factmonster.com

excellent math resource with some practice activities

http://www.mathcats.com

explorations through games, crafts, interactive projects

http://illuminations.nctm.org

activities, lessons , standards

http://mathfactcafe.com

worksheets, flashcards, etc

http://kidsnumbers.com

skill practice and games

http://ixl.com/math

skills practice by grade

http://nlvm.usu.edu

national library of virtual manipulatives activities and teacher resources

http://funbrain.com

games and more games

http://shodor.org

interactivate tab – virtual practice, games and skills, organized by content strands

http://coolmath4kids.com

lessons, games, puzzles, teacher resources

http://aplusmath.com

skills practice (online and printable)

http://aaamath.com

online skill practice

http://mathslice.com

skills practice (online and printable)

http://www.fcrr.org

http://www.fcrr.org
Florida Center for Reading Research) This site is jointly administered by Florida State Univ.'s Learning Systems Institute and College of Arts and Sciences. It disseminates information about research -based practices related to literacy instruction and assessment for children in grades PK-12. The site also includes activities for learning centers in grades K-1, 2-3, and 4-

http://www.favoritepoem.org

http://www.favoritepoem.org/ Pinsky, a professor of English and creative writing at Boston University found that when he asks students to read aloud and talk about a poem they love something remarkable happens – something in their faces and voices that demonstrates a personal connection to the poem. The Favorite Poem Project has grown out that discovery. Best for grades 7 +

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ An excellent web search for kids by librarians

http://www.wordle.net

http://www.wordle.net Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. VERY COOL! Great tool for reinforcing spelling and high frequency words.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/ An excellent resource on poetry for high school teachers. Includes poems, poets, resources for teaching poetry, and webcasts.

http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Flexible+Grouping

http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Flexible+Grouping An excellent collection of resources for organizing flexible groups and helping students become more independent within them.

http://www.storyonline.net/

http://www.storyonline.net/ Well-known actors read children’s books, and the videos are optimized to play at almost any bandwidth. There are many current and diverse titles.

http://shakespeare.clusty.com

http://shakespeare.clusty.com This website was created by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. You can search all of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets for words, phrases, characters, topics, and themes.

www.eduplace.com

www.eduplace.com – Houghton Mifflin’s website for teachers, parents, and students. It includes maps, graphic organizers, activities, spelling lists, links, and theme related resources.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

www.readwritethink.org

www.readwritethink.org

Outstanding resource for educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials, lesson plans, and interactive lessons.