Sites that might
interest you:
General
educational resources
Math
Words/Reading
History
Science
Web Development
Art
Parent Resources
General educational resources
Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Why is the sky blue? Face it, your parents have no clue. That's where
this excellent kids' search engine comes in. Smart, easy to use, and kid-safe,
it even checks your spelling and shows "what kids are asking right
now."
Ask an Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com/
This site hooks you up with experts on a variety of subjects.
Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/kids/
Packed with information and fun educational games.
Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
PBS for Kids
http://pbskids.org/
Regional Children's Health
Project (Free or Low-Cost Health Insurance)
http://www.sachealthykids.org/
Math
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
Flash cards, math games, and help with homework.
Escape from Knab
http://www.escapefromknab.com/index.html
Escape from Knab is an educational simulation which takes participants
through a series of financial decision- making experiences in the fun
and entertaining setting of the fictitious planet, Knab where visitors
discover the results of their actions and decisions.
This site is good for 6th graders.
Cool Math
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Fun math games.
Words/Reading
Reading Units
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm
This site has reading novel studies on over 20 books! Questions, vocabulary,
activities for every chapter, on line things, in all the books!
Sacramento Public Library
http://www.saclibrary.org/
Check library's catalog and reserve book. Kids
and teens
sites.
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten
Through Grade Twelve http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/literature/
Books searchable by grade level.
SRA - Open Court Reading
http://www.sra-4kids.com/index.php/p31
Scholastic
http://homepage.scholastic.com
In addition to Scholastic books, teachers can easily create a classroom
web site and kids can check up on the latest book news.
History
Eyewitness
http://www.ibiscom.com/
Articles on this site deal with history as something that happened to real
people, not just stories in the pages of textbook.
History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
Search historical topics.
Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
Everything you want to know about castles can be found at this site.
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/index.htm
Learn about pyramids and temples, kings and queens, even hieroglyphs.
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Good site to look up people. This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable
men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present
day.
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Science
Discovery Channel School
http://school.discovery.com/
Good science resource plus nice clip art.
Virtual Body
http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp
Build a virtual skeleton bone by bone (it'll clap when you get it right).
Then take a narrated tour to learn about your brain and watch a heart
pump blood.
Web Development
Web Monkey for Kid
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/
Classroom Tripod
http://classroom.tripod.com/
Free classroom home pages.
MaMaMedia
http://www.mamamedia.com/
MaMaMedia lets kids publish their own stuff and check out what other kids
are doing, create Web projects, make noisy pictures, and build and save
their own Web cities.
Art
Crocker Art Museum
http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/
Fit Family Fit Kids
www.fitfamilyfitkids.com
Fitness and nutrition for families--in English, Spanish, Tieng Viet, and
Chinese
VERB
www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign
The VERB campaign encourages young people ages 9–13 (tweens) years
to be physically active every day
Federal PTA
www.pta.org
California PTA
www.capta.org
Parent/Teacher Organization
www.ptotoday.com
National Association for Gifted Children
www.nagc.org
California Association for the Gifted
www.cagifted.org
Bullying Online
www.bullying.co.uk
Provides advice on solving bullying problems--advice for parents and children
Edcuation.com
www.education.com
National Education Association
www.nea.org
BeeHive
www.thebeehive.org
Live and Learn
www.liveandlearn.com
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