Listed on this page are websites by topic for you to visit.
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Billy
Bear's Page
- Educational
Games
- Funbrain
- On
this site you can play
educational games grouped by topic and/or age to reinforce skills
learned in class. Also available are Parent-Kid challenges.
Parents can check out the Parent Quizzes to test their knowledge on
kids!
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- A
password is required to access the sites below. Please see
your child's teacher to obtain the password to use these sites.
- Maps
101
- This
site features thousands of maps and various activities for teachers,
students, and parents.
- Brainpop
- This
is a terrific site featuring many short videos and quizzes about
information in Science, Social Studies, Math, English, Health, and
Technology.
- Kids
Infobits
- You
will need a public library card to access this site. It can
be helpful when researching a topic.
- Worldbook
Online
- This
is an online reference center with access to an encyclopedia,
dictionary, and atlas.
- SOL
Pass
- This site
allows you to review SOL information in various exciting formats.
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ART
- Crayola
- This
site is full of artistic ideas, as well as seasonal craft ideas. Visit
the Crayola Kids section to play fun
- interactive
games. Also, learn all about Crayola and coloring.
- ArtsConnectEd
- The
Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Walker Art Center created this
wonderful resource to allow different learning styles to be influenced
by art. The art gallery allows visitors to create their own online
gallery of their favorite pieces, while the Playground lets users
create a variety of different types of artwork. Older students will
love the interactive art activity in "Another Look" in the Look and
Listen part of the Playground.
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HOMEWORK
HELPERS
- Scholastic
for Kids Homework
Hub
- This
site can help you with homework and learning how to study.
There are all sorts of great tips for you here!
- BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- This
site contains over
700 links to sites that will help you with your homework. (Created by a
14 year old)
- Fact
Monster
- Fact
Monster provides a search engine and help for frequently assigned
homework topics - this page also allows you to
- e-mail
information pages to other people.
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MATH
- AAA
Math
- This
site has math topics, math by grade level, games to reinforce basic
skills, and homework help.
- APlusMath
- Flashcards,
worksheets, games, and a homework helper.
- Online
Math Quizzes
- Practice
problems to help in studying for your next test.
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READING/LANGUAGE
ARTS
- Arthur
- Color
pages and games with Arthur's friends!
- Authors
and Illustrators on the Web
- The
Internet has become a great source of information about a great many
children's writers and illustrators. The websites listed here include
authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars,
and readers.
- Fake
Out - The Definition Guessing Game
- For
grades K-12. Learn new vocabulary words by guessing definitions with a
new set of words each week. You can even submit your own "fake"
definitions!
- RhymeZone
- A
Rhyming Dictionary! Use it to find rhymes, synonyms or "semantic
siblings" for your poem, song, or sonnet.
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REGIONAL
INFORMATION
- Kids
Commonwealth
- The
Official Kids Website of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This site has a
lot of information about people, places, and Virginia history. It also
has a special section for Fun and Games.
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SCIENCE
- Discovery
- Interact
with the current Discovery Channel shows. Walk
with Prehistoric Beasts, learn
about the Titanic,
discover the Blue Planet,
build your own pyramid and more!
- The
Exploratorium
- Explore
the Museum of Science, art and human perception. Build a solar system,
check out your weight on other planets, learn the science behind
skateboarding, play math games or visit the Hub
- ble
Space Telescope!
- PlanetPals
Earthzone
- Learn
how green plants, the sun, wind, water, and other earthly things work
to keep our Earth the great place it is. Read Earthzine magazine full
of facts and fun about Earth, get a free recycle kit, and craft ideas.
- Magic
School Bus
- Every
kid loves the Magic School Bus! Travel with Ms. Frizzle and the gang to
play games, see FritzTV on ancient Egypt or peruse, by theme, to
further explore exciting science topics!
- NOAA
Home Page
- Stay
up to date on all things weather using this site.
- The
Weather Channel
- Use
the video school day forecast to share with your youngsters to start
the day!
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SEASONAL
LINKS
- Thanksgiving
on the Net
- Learn
the history of Thanksgiving, find crafts and decorations for the turkey
holiday!
- Claus.com
- Visit
Santa's Village for some holiday fun!
- Santa
Tracker from NORAD
- Visit
this site in December to learn all about Santa Claus and track his
journey on Christmas Eve!
- St.
Patrick's Day
- Everything
you would ever want to know about St. Patrick. Includes recipes and
crafts.
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SOCIAL
STUDIES
- Your
Sky
- Reinforce
map skills, like latitude and longitude, and have fun too. Help your
child build a sky map. This program lets you choose a nearby city, or
enter your latitude and longitude, to find out what is presently in the
sky. Using fairly easy-to-use controls, you can then manipulate the
data to find a star map for the next night, or the next week.
- Ancient
Egypt -- The British Museum
- The
staff of the British Museum has created a website dealing with many
areas of study of Ancient Egypt. Explore Egyptian Life, Geography,
Pyramids, and Time. Find out where writing was used in Ancient Egypt.
Shockwave activities are included for each area of study. Check out the
Staff area for a complete glossary and descriptions of resources.
- 50
States and Capitals
- Find
many facts by state using this site.
- History
of Today
- Find
out what happened on this day in history!
- Map
a Location
- Use
Yahoo! Maps to chart a course to anywhere you want to go! Just enter
your destination and click to get a map.
- National
Geographic
- Play
"Kid's CopyCat" memory game on the continents, visit the "kids only"
section to see Creature Feature, Amazing Facts, the Cartoon Factory,
and National Geographic for kids for great interactive fun.
- Outline
Maps
- This
site offers a large collection of blackline outline maps to print out
for classroom use. Includes all fifty states, world maps, continents,
world countries, and regions of the United States.
- The
White House
- Visit
the "Kids Only" section to meet the President, First Lady, Vice
President, the Vice President's wife, and all the White House pets!
