First Grade- Belonging and Neighborhood
Community Scavenger Hunt
URL: http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/scavenger_hunt/instructions.htm
Look here for ideas for a scavenger hunt in your community.
Second Grade- Belonging, Communities and a Simple Culture-The Pueblo
New Mexico's Pueblo Indians
URL: http://members.aol.com/chloe5/pueblos.html
Information about New Mexico's Pueblo Indians
Third Grade-Cultures, Ethnic Heritage, Exploration
Ethnic Heritage
URL: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/where_I_come_from.html
In this lesson, students take research into their heritage a step beyond the construction of a family tree, traveling through cyberspace to find out what's happening in their ancestral homelands today and explore their sense of connection to these places in their past.
Coloring Book of Flags
URL: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html
Blackline flag patterns for flags around the world.
ABCTeach: Maps
URL: http://abcteach.com/Maps/mapsTOC.htm
Maps of the USA and countries around the world, which your students can color.
Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm
An introduction to some of the great European explorers during the Age of Exploration. Students explore why they sailed, where they sailed, what they found and how they treated each other and the people they met.
Renaissance Adventure: Become a Spice Trader
URL: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/spicetrade/
Students gain a better understanding of the time and experiences of the many explorers who risked their lives to sail the world. Users make decisions throughout the journey that either help or hinder a successful and profitable voyage. Each page where a decision needs to be made presents information to entice users to want both options. (Recommended by School Library Journal, December 2001.)
Fourth Grade-US History to the Civil War, New Jersey History, The Lenape
Sources of Democracy
URL: http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Historic documents from 18th century America including the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
Virtual Jamestown
URL: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/
A virtual Jamestown including maps, images, artifacts, court records, labor contracts, newspapers, letters, and panoramic views from the fort.
The Lenape
URL: http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/
Learn about the Lenape history, dances, clothing and language.
Native Tech
URL: http://www.nativetech.org/
NativeTech is an educational web site that covers topics of Native American technology and emphasizes the Eastern Woodlands region. The web site is organized into categories of Beadwork, Birds & Feathers, Clay & Pottery, Leather & Clothes, Metalwork, Plants & Trees, Porcupine, Stonework & Tools, and Weaving & Cordage. It provides simple instructional information about how some of these materials are used by Natives and detailed background on the history and development of these kinds of Native technologies, showing both the change and continuity from pre-contact times to the present. NativeTech is dedicated to disconnecting the term 'primitive' from peoples' perceptions of Native American technology and art.
Interactive Lewis and Clark Expedition
URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west
This interactive site, in the style of Oregon Trail, places students in the Lewis and Clark party to help them discover uncharted water and territory. Users begin by signing on with the expedition, and then they have to make critical decisions about supplies, food, and routes. With each decision, the site asks thoughtful questions and supplies journal entries from the actual expedition. (Recommended by School Library Journal, December 2001.)
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Math Web Sites for teachers… Awesome Library-Mathematics
URL: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Elementary_School_Math/Elementary_School_Math.html
The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 17,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
URL: www.enc.org/resources/
ENC’s Curriculum Resources include complete information about thousands of teaching materials for K-12 math (and science). Comprehensive catalog records describe each item in this database. Use the site’s search engine and different terms to locate materials for your math classes.
The Math Forum: An Online Math Education Community Center
URL: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
NCTM Illuminations
URL: http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html#
On the Illuminations site you will find online multimedia math investigations, classroom video vignettes, Standards-based lesson plans, links to reviewed websites, and full access to the e-version of the NCTM Principles and Standards. This site will help you translate the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics into classroom practice.
Roz Auerbach's Math Links
URL: http://rozauer@tripod.com/elemmath/htm
On Roz's site you will find links to test preparation materials, virtual math manipulatives, and other resources for teachers.
Math Web Sites for students… AOL's Elementary School Math Site
URL: http://school.aol.com/elementary/math.adp
At this site, you will find 9 great interactive links incorporating many math skills across the grade levels.
Quia
URL: http://www.quia.com/dir/math/
Quia is pronounced key-uh and is short for Quintessential Instructional Archive. Quia provides a variety of educational services including: a directory of thousands of online games and quizzes in more than 40 subject areas, templates for creating thirteen different types of online games, tools for creating online quizzes, quiz administration and reporting tools, and free teacher home pages.
The Superkids Site
URL: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
At the Superkids Site, you can create and print out your own Mad Minutes and more.