Encyclopedias
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top)
World Book
On-Line
Grolier
Encyclopedias
Other Online Services (back to top)
Funbrain.com-
Includes games like Math Baseball and Grammar Gorillas.
KidsClick!-web
guide/search engine for kids by librarians.
NewsBank School Mate
Kids Page - An online newspaper and magazine database for
students in grade 2 and up. Primary source information that covers
virtually all subject areas and is updated daily. Includes daily
lesson plans for top news stories.
Room
108- There
are songs, art, math, kids games, children's stories and much more on
this site created by a teacher in Canada.
Scholastic.com-
Excellent site with
lots of activities and events that change weekly.
SIRS Discoverer -
Provides access to periodical and newspaper articles selected by
subject with strong curriculum integration and expanded access to
excellent expository reading materials.
Time
for Kids- the
magazine online.
Zoom
School- an
on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography,
biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
Curriculum Enrichment & Review (back to
top)
Native American
Links
Structures- a collection of links to enrich the 5th grade
Structures unit.
February-
Black History Month
March-
Women's History Month
American Revolutionary War
Search Engines
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top)
Yahooligans
Kids
Click
Ask Jeeves for
Kids
Surfing the Net with
Kids
Web
Walkabout -The media specialist at Travilah Elementary has
created an excellent file of websites that fit the MCPS curriculum as
well as many other great resources.
RESOURCES FOR STAFF (back
to top)
Biography
Maker - A great site to use for biography projects.
Blue Web'n
Sites - This is the official website of the Pacific Bell
initiative, Education First, and of Pacific Bell's umbrella program
to benefit education, Knowledge Network. It is full of web based
lessons and resources.
FunBrain.com
Kids Center - Games, Activities and Extras. Click on "Teacher" at
the bottom of the page.
Puzzlemaker
- Great site for crossword puzzles, and more.
Quia Math -
Quia is a treasure trove of more than thirty math activities which
include flashcards and a Concentration-style matching game. Topics
range from basic addition to algebra terminology. Don't miss the Math
Journey, where students can travel around the world as they practice
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and/or rounding at
four levels.
Read Across
America - NEA's Reading project.
For even more helpful web sites visit
the Rachel Carson Links
Page.
