Exploring the Web

Cool Science for Curious Kids Cool science news to explore! http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ The USA Game Can you locate the states? http://users.netrover.com/~kingskids/state/introswf.htm

Classical Music on the Web Listen to classical music recordings on the web! http://www.classicsforkids.com/music/index.asp

Weather Wiz Kids Learn more about the fascinating weather! http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm

Science Video Clips Explore science with cool videoclips! http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml

Kindersite Stories, Games, and Songs in English and Spanish http://www.world-education-database.org/Directory/DirectoryFrame.htm

Make Your Own Cartouche Make your own nameplate called a cartouche. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html

Online Stories Listen to some stories on the web. http://www.eduplace.com/marketing/leveledbooks/sampler/content/index.html

Active Volcanoes Photos of active volcanoes. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html

EdHeads A great place to learn about simple machines and weather! http://edheads.org/

Island Quest BBD Island Quest game. http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/flash/island/island.shtml

China Here are some sites about China.

Acrostic Poem Create an acrostic poem with this online tool! http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

Forbidden City interactive map http://www.thebeijingguide.com/forbidden_city/index.html

China Webquest http://www.mm.ocps.net/cougars/stack/China.htm

Great American III Where is Rich Wilson and the Great American III now? http://www.sitesalive.com/ocl5/

Chinese Fables for Little Children Read these Chinese fables for little children. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/chinese-fables/load.htm?f

The Forbidden City Picture tour of the Forbidden City http://www.stuebegreen.com/wonderland/photos/fc/pix0.html

Collision at Sea http://www.sitesalive.com/ocl5/collisionrepair.html

NASA http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/games/index.html

Mrs. Finn's webquest http://webquest.org/questgarden/lessons/41396-061111142037

Dissecting Owl Pellets Owl Pellet Dissection http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/newvop.swf

Sixth Grade Sites Sentence Tools for English Classes http://www.faculty.uaf.edu/ffmee1/english_tools.html English-Zone.com http://english-zone.com/index.php

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank Database of online speeches http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

Greece Here are some resources on Greece. Greek Texts http://www.greektexts.com/index.html Greek Mythology http://www.greekmythology.com/index.html

Typing Left Hand Practice Keyboarding practice for your left hand. http://www.jacksonschool.org/webcasts/Typing_Left_Hand/

Typing Right Hand Practice A review of left hand phrases and an introduction to right hand phrases. http://www.jacksonschool.org/webcasts/Typing_Right_Hand/

Touch Typing Practice http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

BBC.CO.UK Touch Typing ''Come Type With Me!'' A fun way to practice typing. Dance Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ Keyboarding for Kindergartners http://annrymer.com/keyseeker/

Geography Games http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

ARCADEMIC SKILL BUILDERS Single Player Games: Meteor Multiplication, Demolition Division, Alien Addition, Minus Mission Word Games: Coconut Vowels, Word Frog, Word Invasion, Verb Viper Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Video Games Games are on the right side of the screen. http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

Penguin Science Project The effects of global warming on the Adelie penguins in Antarctica. Classroom 2.0 link to CBS Eye to Eye featuring Jean Pennycook http://www.classroom20.com/profile/Raine22

Interview with Rich Wilson audio file is on left side of page in 'music' file. http://www.classroom20.com/profile/Raine22

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Geography Games

South and Central America http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_and_Central_American_Geography.htm

Egypt National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/ Ancient Egypt Expedition http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egyptjournal/ The Nile http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/ Odyssey Online http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html The Art of Egypt http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/wk_frame.htm http://www.timeforkids.com Egyppt http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces/main/0,20344,535892,00.html Color Me Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/KIDS/monuments.htm Egypt for Kids from Woodland School http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Egypt.html Nova: The Pyramids The Inside Story http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ The Theban Mapping Project http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs http://www2.fi.edu/tut/index.html Live Giza Virtual Tour http://www.egyptvoyager.com/pyramids_giza_virtual.htm

Navigating a Website Download the document on this link. Go to http://earthcircles.wikispaces.com/ to find the links that are required to complete this document.

Below the Equator Click on the link below to navigate to the webpage. http://earth.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/below-the-equator/

Below the Equator Response Form.doc Click on this link to download 'Below the Equator.' This will be the form that you record your responses on. You will save this in your documents folder. Title it ''Below the Equator.''

Keyboarding Practice ABCya Keyboarding Practice Creating a keyboard http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm Keyboarding One Letter one letter practice http://www.freewebs.com/weddell/findtheletter.html

Plimoth Plantation/ Education http://www.plimoth.org/education/olc/path.html

Searching http://www.google.com/landing/searchtips/#utm_source=textads-search-BKWS&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=explore

Google Advanced Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Scratch Tutorials Scratch Tutorials http://www.archive.org/details/ScratchScreencasts2009

Scratch Examples Scratch Examples http://scratch.mit.edu/users/scratchcard

DEMO SPACE GAME http://grade3usmadrid.wikispaces.com/ASMadrid

South Korea Here are some web links to learn more about South Korea. Life in Korea http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Information/general.cfm Scholastic Article on South Korea http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=6268 Time for Kids South Korea http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/article/0,28138,927211,00.html Virtual Tour of Seoul http://www.360cities.net/area/seoul-korea South Korean Education http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/learning-world/south-korean-education Panoramic Views of South Korea http://www.panoramicearth.com/4364/Suwon/Wangsong_Dam South Korea Travel Video http://www.virtual-southkorea.com/gallery.cfm South Korea Virtual Tour Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/northeast-asia/korea/gyeongju/bulguksa-and-seokguram/map.html Flat Stanley Visits Asia http://www.eduscapes.com/flat/korea1.html Flat Stanley Visits South Korea 2 http://www.eduscapes.com/flat/korea2.html Kids Online: South Korea http://www.kids-online.net/world/skorea.html Festival of Lights http://winter.hiseoulfest.org/EN/USR_main.asp??=MAIN/index South Korean Embassy http://korea.embassyhomepage.com/index.htm

Write your name in hieroglyphics http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm

Ireland http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddm95t64_123c7st2tgg Map of County Mayo http://www.discoverireland.com/us/ireland-places-to-go/counties/mayo/?page=map Meeting Planner for Boston/ Dublin http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=2&day=2&year=2010&p1=0&p2=78&p3=43&p4=-1 School Info http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddm95t64_126frwvhtgp

Spaceflight Now http://www.livestream.com/spaceflightnow

Information Literacy Choose the best search for your information need. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

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