Online+Resources

[|4,000 Years of Women in Science] This site lists more than 125 names from our scientific and technical past. They are all women!
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[|Biography A&E Page] Has a searchable online database containing 15,000 international names, past and present. This is a commercial site for the Biography television show.

[|First Ladies of the United States of America] Information about the First Ladies of the United States.

[|Gallery of Achievers] In the Gallery of Achievers, the focus is on individuals who have shaped the 20th century by their accomplishments.

[|National Inventors Hall of Fame] Learn about famous and not-so-famous inventors.

[|The Presidents of the United States of America] List of internal links to each president of the United States. Includes photographs and links to other Web resources.

Wilson Bently A detailed biography of Wilson "Snowflake" Bently is provided.

**<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 32px;">Culture ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|African American Mosaic] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. Includes reproductions of original documents, personal stories, and ex-slave narratives. Part of the Library of Congress online exhibitions collections.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|American Memory] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Primary documents and historical materials available on the Web from the Library of Congress.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Hispanic Heritage] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Scholastic' offers activities and resources for teachers to help students discover the contributions and rich cultures of Hispanics in the United States, with special activities for Hispanic Heritage Month.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Ice Treasures of the Inca] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This offers and interactive journey with climber Johan Reinhard to find the great treasures of the Inca. You can follow the step-by-step journey of discovery.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Native American Sites of the WWW] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Maintained by a mixed-blood Mohawk, urban Indian who was also a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh for 14 years.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Plymouth Thanksgiving Story <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This site relates events between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag American Indians.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Thanksgiving in American Memory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The proclamation from Congress declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday and a timeline of events related to Thanksgiving are given.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Women's Suffrage <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Contains pictures and a timeline of events that occurred during the women's suffrage movement.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">CivilWar@Smithsonian <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This site provides information about many aspects of the American Civil War based upon artifacts from the Smithsonian's collections. Clicking on the dotted square icon at the top of each subject area page allows access to images of selected items along with insights into the featured documents, photos, and artifacts of the era.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Colonial Williamsburg] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Visit Colonial Williamsburg and see life in a Virginia colony of 250 years ago. Includes a large educational section on Colonial America.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Learning About the Holocaust] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Produced for the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., this site includes sections on teaching about the holocaust, children and the holocaust, Nazi rule, and the rise and fall of National Socialism in Germany, 1933-1945.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Life in Ancient Egypt] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has acquired Egyptian artifacts since its founding and now holds about 2,500 ancient Egyptian artifacts.The most significant of these objects, more than 600 of them, are displayed in the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt, including daily life and funerary practices with some photographs.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Lewis and Clark Expedition] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This Web site expands upon every aspect of the PBS film, providing a wealth of biographical and historical information about the time and the major and minor participants in the trip. In addition, leading historical experts will share their thoughts about the meaning of the expedition, and its relevance to 21st century America. Finally, in an interactive tale, you’ll have an opportunity to play the roles of Lewis and Clark yourself.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Library of Congress Presents America's Story from America's Library] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Library of Congress puts the story back in history through images of primary source documents, prints, photographs, maps, recordings and other materials from the past. Along with the fascinating information about people, places and things of interest to kids of all ages, there are songs to listen to, a Krazy Kat cartoon to watch, a scavenger hunt and other fun things to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Petroglyphs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This site is operated by avocational archaeologist Donald Austin to promote appreciation for prehistoric Native American pictographs and petroglyphs.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The American Civil War] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Learn about American Civil War battles, life stories of important participants, re-enactments, and more.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The Food Timeline] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">From water and salt to tear-free onions, food has played a big role throughout history.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The Oregon Trail] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The story of the trail and those who traveled it. A compendium on the great western journey. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBS program on the Oregon Trail.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|This Day in History] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Select a date in history and learn what happened in that day's headlines. Participants can narrow their focus to specific dates in Automotive, Civil War, Cold War, Crime, Entertainment, Literary, Old West, Vietnam War, Wall Street, and WWII history.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Underground Railroad (National Geographic)] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">You are a slave in the South before the Civil War. Should you risk escape with Harriet Tubman's help through the Underground Railroad to Canada? Now you must choose.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|AAA Math] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Find explanations of mathematical topics, practice problems, and challenging games organized by topic and grade level.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|FunBrain.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Who ever thought learning math could be so much fun? Test your math skills with these fun and interesting games. Inlcudes some teacher and parenting resources.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Math League] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This is a help resource for grades 4–8.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Math Dictionary for Kids] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 500 common mathematical terms using simple language and visual examples.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The Mint] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Learn about money: earning it, saving it, spending it, investing it, tracking it and safeguarding it. This site has information for teachers and parents as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Picture History] “Picture History is an on-line archive of images and film footage illuminating more than 200 years of American history.”
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Pics4Learning.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">“Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">All About Snow <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Published by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. This website provides a wealth of information about snow.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dietary Guidelines <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Published by the Department of Health & Human Services. The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Earth and Moon Viewer] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">“Presents an earth map—you can see where it is day, or night, right now. You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Food Pyramid <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Published by the United States Department of Agriculture. The food pyramid was developed by a team of nutritionists, dietitians, economists, and policy experts at USDA, based on expert nutrition recommendations for Americans 2 years and older from the Dietary Guideline for Americans.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|KidsHealth.org] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">KidsHealth has trainloads of accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food & fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the latest treatments. You’ll find health games, How The Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll, and tons of surprises.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Ology] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, the Ology website is a playground for children interested in all areas of science. Some of the subjects covered include dinosaurs, marine biology, genetics, astronomy.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Periodic Table of the Elements] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Maintained by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, this site provides basic information about chemical elements and the periodic table.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Savage Earth] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">With stunning visuals and a focus on volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, students learn just how fragile the earth and its crust are.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Science Buddies] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Need help coming up with a science experiment? Visit this website to learn how to do a science experiment and to find many ideas for science experiments. All of the science experiments are rated on a scale of 1-10 according to difficulty.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Science Fair Project Resource Guide] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">An excellent resource from Internet Public Library that links kids to all sorts of exceptional resources for their projects.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Science New for Kids] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A collection of the latest science news articles from around the globe.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|The Bubbleshpere] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Everything you ever wanted to know about bubbles is presented here. Sections include answers to bubble questions, bubble history, bubble games, and more. Professor Bubbles also shares his adventures around the world. A fun site to explore!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** Social Studies ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Ben's Guide to Government] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of the Government Printing Office (GPO), and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities

Free Rice is a website designed to practice vocabulary and grammar skills. Although you can sign up to join the website, the website is free to use without signing up. Free rice is a fun interactive game! The way it works for testing vocabulary skills is that a word will be shown at the top of the page. Then 4 other words below it will show, to score points you must click on the word that the above word means.
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You can view and print current and past articles of the magazine. There are some helpful graphic organizers. It includes a comprehension quiz and teacher’s guide—all for free!
 * [|www.timeforkids.com] **

[|www.storylineonline.net] This is a great read-aloud resource for primary and intermediate grades. Updated periodically, this website currently features 24 books (such as //Stellaluna// and //Polar Express//) being read aloud by famous actors (Betty White and James Earl Jones to name a couple). Each story is animated to go along with the narration and includes discussion and writing prompts and information about the authors, illustrators, and narrators. Students can just listen to the story, watch the animation, or read along with the captions. This website is very user-friendly and can be used whole-class for read-alouds, or as an extension of a listening center.
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This website is an interactive writing and publishing website from Education Place geared towards 3rd and 4th graders. It has about 100 wacky tales to choose from. Students need to fill in words to create the tale. Then they are able to read their wacky tale. There is also a parts of speech help option.
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[] On this site you can enter in your spelling words or vocabulary words for the week and the students can do a variety of activities with the words. This site also has featured vocabulary spelling lists such as Dolch lists, compound words, homophones, etc.

Some of the activities include: taking spelling tests, playing word games, creating word searches and other puzzles, practice their handwriting, filling in missing letters, using words in sentences. The students can work online or you can print out activities to use in the classroom.

[|**www.Starfall.com**] Starfall.com is a website devoted to reading practice. It uses interactive stories, animation, games, movies, and songs to reinforce reading skills. It is divided into four components. //ABC’s// introduce students to letter sounds. //Learn to Read// focuses on word families, blends, digraphs, and sight words. //It’s Fun to Read// uses poetry, riddles, tongue twisters and much more to practice reading short simple sentences. //I’m Reading// uses plays, cartoons, and folktales with more complex sentences to further practice reading. There are other seasonal (Groundhog Day, Halloween, Earth Day etc.) interactive games and stories as well. Starfall.com includes download center of books and journals that accompany some stories. More resources are available for purchase.