Encyclopedias...

Search Engines...

Online Newspapers and Magazine Articles...

Book Club Resources...

Resources for Teachers...

Miscellaneous...

Math Sites...

Kindergarten...

Grade 1...

Grade 2...

Grade 3...

Grade 4...

Grade 5...

Online Encyclopedias (home use requires user names and passwords - see green paper students received)
 

	Facts for Learning ( many reference materials at Grade 2-5 reading level)
	Encyclopedia Brittanica( many levels)
	Spanish version of Brittanica Encyclopedia
	World Book Online

Friendly Search Engines For Kids
 

	Nettracker( need password from school media center- green sheet)
	Ask Jeeves for Kids
	Kids Click
	Yahooligans

	Book Club Resources
	Teaching Books- read books online, authors, awards, discussion questions, etc

Online Newspaper and Magazine Articles (home use requires user names passwords - see the IMC for this information)

	Newsbank Infoweb
	Facts for Learning- Weekly Reader
	Sirs Discoverer (easier)
	Sirs Researcher (more advanced)

Resources for Teachers
 

	MCPS Cultural Diversity Website
	Jeopardy
	TeachingBooks
	Enchanted Learning website
	Scholastic teacher tools
	Membership site for reading resources
	Bookhive Literative Website (authors, booklist, recommendations)
	Children's Literature Website
	MCPS Author Study Resources
	Children's Book Council
	Weekly Reader

Miscellaneous
 

	Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online
	Books read aloud by famous people (choose Mac version)
	Great book website
	Learn about America's Past
	National Zoo
	Government sites for kids
	Animal website for young readers and learners

Math Sites
 

	Mathzilla
	Time, Money, and Fact Drill
	Math Manipulative Interactive
	Harcourt Math
	Various Math Games
	Multiplication Times Tables Drills
	Math Fact Cafe (fact sheets flashcards, worksheets)
	A Plus Math (interactive math skills)
	Cool Math 4 Kids (younger elementary math sites)
	Cool Math (older elementary math sites)
	AAA Math

Kindergarten
 

	The World of Curious George
	Seussville Games
	Winnie the Pooh - An Expotition
	Rosemary Wells, author
	Eric Hill, author
	Pat Hutchins, author
	Donald Crews, the art of
	Charlotte Zolotow, author
	Starfall Reading Website

Grade 1
 

	Kevin Henkes, author
	Eric Carle, author
	Dole 5 A Day
	Lois Ehlert
	Smokey Bear's Official Home Page
	Ezra Jack Keats, author and illustrator
	Marc Brown, author and illustrator
	Adding Bricks (Counting facts 1-6)
	A Day at the Beach (Find the difference to paint the picture)
	Seashell Search (Addition Facts to 10 to collect shells)
	Busy Bees (How many bees are inside the hive?)
	Fireflies (Collect fireflies by practicing subtraction facts to 10)
	Match Numbers and Number Words
	Math Model Greater than
	Math Model Less than
	Dive for the Treasure
	Penny Prizes
	Buildasaurus
	Willy the Watchdog
	Telling Time
	Pattern Builder
	Cross the River
	Addition Surprise
	Highrise Math
	Math Model Addition
	Math Model Subtraction
	Number Line Express

Grade 2
 

	Gail Gibbons, author
	Vera Williams, author and illustrator
	Animal Training at Sea World
	Faith Ringgold, author and illustrator
	The Butterfly WebSite
	Endangered Species
	Children's Butterfly Site
	Jan Brett, author and illustrator
	University of Kentucky Entomology
	Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Wings, Stings and Leggy Things
	Tomie DePaola, author and illustrator
	Ann Cameron, author

Grade 3

	Biome website Missouri Botanical Garden
	Biomes- Exploring the Environment
	Biomes- Kids Do Ecology
	Solar System- Kids Astronomy site
	Nine Planets for kids- test
	Solar System- World Almanac for kids
	States- Kids.gov site
	States- Enchanted Learning
	States- A-Z for Kids
	Aesop's Fables- traditional and modern
	Fables 2
	Barbara Cooney, author
	Barbara Cooney- illustrations
	Beverly Cleary, author site
	William Steig, author
	Joanna Cole, author

Grade 4

Science Units
 

	Ecosystems
	Ecosystems 2
	Environmental Protection Agency for Kids
	Ecology website for kids
	Maryland fieldtrips

Castles
 

	Castles of Britain
	Castles of the World
	CyberSleuth Kids - Medieval Castles
	Kids' Castle

Native Americans
 

	American Indians and the Natural World
	Learn About Native Americans
	Travilah Native American pathfinder
	First Nation Compact History- Northeast
	Native American Shelters
	Native American Crafts

Poetry and Literature
 

	KidzPage Poetry and Verse
	Aesop's Fables - Online Exhibit - 638 fables - generated on-the-fly
	Giggle Poetry
	Poetry Express
	Seymour Simon, author
	Eve Bunting, author
	Lee Bennett Hopkins, author
	Patricia Polacco, author
	Eloise Greenfield, poet
	Lynne Cherry Reads Her Books
	Lynne Cherry, author
	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, author

Grade 5
 

Literature
 

	Jean Fritz, historical author
	Ralph Fletcher, author
	Chris Van Allsburg, author and illustrator
	Virginia Hamilton, author
	Betsy Byars, author

General
 

Discoverer's Web

Revolutionary War
 

	Columbia Core Curriculum: Readings from the American Revolution
	PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY: Independence to the Civil War 1776-1861
	Why Britain Lost the Colonies
	Exhibit: The Louisiana Purchase
	Revolutionary War

Famous Revolutionaries
 

	Article: "The Surprising George Washington"
	New Book of Knowledge: John Adams
	New Book of Knowledge: George Washington
	New Book of Knowledge: Thomas Jefferson
	New Book of Knowledge: First Lady
	Abigail Smith Adams
	Charles Townshend Papers
	Patrick Henry (Fact Sheet)
	Patrick Henry
	Thomas Jefferson in Williamsburg
	Richard Henry Lee
	George Washington in Williamsburg
	Molly Pitcher
	SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY-LPITR-John Rutledge Portrait
	Nathan Hale
	George Mason and the Bill of Rights
	Warren Tavern: Joseph Warren
	Edmund Burke
	Westfield History
	George Washington: REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP
	Thomas Gage Papers
	John Paul Jones
	Deborah Sampson
	Charles Townshend Papers
	The World of Benjamin Franklin

Trails West
 

	American West - The Oregon Trail
	(2/19/97) The Interactive Santa Fe Trail (SFT) Homepage
	OREGON TRAIL: The Trail West
	THE MORMON PIONEER TRAIL

Pony Express
 

	America's West - Development & History
	American West - Pony Express Information
	Westward Expansion
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary
	People, Places, Vocabulary

Lewis and Clark
 

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	Lewis & Clark
	Lewis & Clark
	Merriwether Lewis
	Map of the Louisiana Purchase
	William Clark (1770-1838)
	Napoleon I (1769-1821)
	Continental Divide or Great Divide
	Columbia River
	Lewis & Clark
	People in THE WEST - William Clark
	People in THE WEST - Sacagawea
	People in THE WEST - Meriwether Lewis
	Sacagawea: Guide To The Guides
	Rasmussen's List of L&C Sites
	1800-1830
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Miscellaneous Info
 

Battles

Notable People in American Westward Movement
 

	BUFFALO BILL
	Famous Western Pioneers and Frontiermen
	American West - Daniel Boone
	People in THE WEST - Kit Carson
	American West - DAVY CROCKETT

Notable Towns in Westward Movement
 

	TOMBSTONE, Arizona
	BODIE
	Dodge City
	JEROME, Arizona
	List of Famous Pioneer Towns & Ghost-Towns

American Westward Info.
 

	American West - European Emigration
	America's West - Development & History

Alamo
 

	The Alamo
	386 Years of Alamo History

Stamp Act
 

	Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress
	Sugar Act and Stamp Act
	Lesson One: Colonial Reaction To The Stamp Act
	A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
	Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions

Intolerable Acts
 

	Taxation without representation at issue
	The Intolerable Acts
	The Intolerable Acts
	Coercive

Continental Congress
 

	Second Continental Congress
	Second Continental Congress
	Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774
	First Continental Congress - October 1774
	Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

Boston Tea
 

	Captain Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre, 13 March 1770
	Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre
	The Boston Teaparty
	Boston Tea Party
	Revolutionary War Timeline
	Boston Tea Party
	Paul Revere's Boston Massacre

Valley Forge
 

	Valley Forge Historical Society
	George Washington
	Weather Report at Valley Forge 1775-1782
	Valley Forge: Who Served Here?
	The Story of Valley Forge

Fort Ticonderoga
 

Fort Ticonderoga

Declaration of Independence
 

	The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
	A History of the Declaration of Independence
	Richard Henry Lee
	DOUGLASS --- U. S. Historical Document, "Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress," 2 October 1765

Townshend Duties
 

	Captain Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre, 13 March 1770
	Colonial opposition against the Townshend Duties

Battles
 

The Battle of Lexington

Structures
 

	Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson
	Mount Vernon Tour - East Front

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