Geraldine Johnson School

LEARNING IGNITES IMAGINATION WHICH LEADS TO IDEAS WHICH LEADS TO INNOVATIONS AND INVENTION.
IMAGINATION BEGINS WITH THINKING. THINKING COMES FROM LEARNING.

EBSCO database for research http://search.ebscohost.com/

Evaluating websites http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html

FUN SITES
Brain Food http://rinkworks.com/brainfood/

Brain Teaser http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

US CENSUS Faction finder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html

Fun brain http://www.funbrain.com/

Get your Internet license http://pbskids.org/webonauts/

Kid zone http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/

Library Scavenger Hunt http://mowyn.com/scavenger/index.html

Puzzles http://www.puzzability.com/index.shtml

Take White House Quiz http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/

http://www.toonuniversity.com/demos.asp

http://www.brainbashers.com/opticalillusions.asp

OPTICAL Illusions

http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/illusions.htm

ALA great site for kids all subjects
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfmsection=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm&CFID=86905077&CFTOKEN=49472503

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Vocabulary words http://www.freevocabulary.com/

F ind a great book to read http://www.dawcl.com/search.asp

Guide to grammer and writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

A LMANACS

Earth maps http://www.earthmaps.com/

Quick maps http://www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html

I nfo please maps http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/


MATH WEBSITES
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
http://4teachers.org/tools/
http://aplusmath.com/
http://aaamath.com/
http://www.nsa.gov/academia/early_opportunities/math_edu_partnership/collected_learning/elementary/arithmetic.shtml
http://coolmath.com/
http://honorpoint.com/
http://Math.com/
http://mathforum.org/students/
http://mathgoodies.com/
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
http://nctm.org/resources/default.aspx?id=230
http://www.pbs.org/parents/cyberchase
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/activity/6085.html?wtlAC=GS030501,email-h (makes flashcards)
http://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_4.html
http://countdown.luc.edu/NCTM_cat/Measurement/Area_Perimeter/index.html
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=m6lessonshell12.swf
http://www.mrsrenz.net/mathsites.htm#area-perim


SCIENCE WEBSITES
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/
http://60secondscience.org/activities/index.html

FIFTH GRADE

NATIVE AMERICANS:

http://marilee.us/nativeamericans

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/navigation/native_american_chart.htm

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml

http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/weeks/week13/index.htm

http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/

http://www.kidskonnect.com/component/content/article/16-history/251-american-revolution.html

EXPLORERS:

http://www.kathimitchell.com/explorer.htm#Specific%20Explorers

ROCKS AND MINERALS

http://www.rocksforkids.com/

UNITED STATES

Place the state game:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

WEATHER

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/

GRADE 6

BLACK INVENTORS:

http://www.ideafinder.com/features/classact/black.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm

http://www.blackinventor.com/

http://www.blackinventions101.com/

ANCIENT CHINA

http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/china.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/

ANCIENT GREECE

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/gods.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/ancientgreekolympics1.htm

http://www.roman-empire.net/children/gods.html

GRADE 7

HUMAN BODY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

http://library.thinkquest.org/4245/?tqskip1=1

http://www.trenton.k12.nj.us/parker/kflowers/WEBQUEST%20ON%20THE%20HUMAN%20BODY.htm

scroll down for links

http://www.nashua-plainfield.k12.ia.us/projects/julielisa/ lists links

HOLOCAUST

http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/

Holocaust museum http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

BIOME WEBQUEST

http://www.rbcarlton.com/webquest.htm

ECOSYSTEMS

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

Food chain

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

Rainforest

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/

Tundra biome

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html

World facts by CIA

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

GRADE EIGHT

HOLOCAUST

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html

Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/

CELLS

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/Yourbody.aspx

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/Yourbody.aspx

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/cellular-microscopic/cell.htm

BRIDGES

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/index.html

THIRTEEN COLONIES

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/map.shtml?tqskip1=1

BOSTON MASSACRE

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/BostonMassacre.htm

Handwriting worksheets http://handwritingworksheets.com/

Dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Connecticut State Department of Education http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp