Resources

Election Process links:
Scholastic News
The Democracy Project
Scholastic Kids
Way Back Presidents, the Secret Story
Ben's Interactive Games
Create a Campaign Poster

Ocean Tide Pool links:
Make a Tide Pool
Deep Sea Memory Game
Touch Tank
Life in the Deep Interactive

Biome Research links:
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/middle_school/habitats/
www.mbgnet.net/index.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/

Science Night Web Sites: Birds
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
National Geographic: Great site for kids. Check out the videos of animals.
The Albatross Project
Science Netlinks: Bird Beaks
The Norman Bird Sanctuary: create a virtual bird
New Jersey Pinelands Commission - What Fits Best?

Science Fair:
Step for Creating a Graph using Excel

Sites for creating the correct citations:
http://www.easybib.com/
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/
http://oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/howto/cited/

Sites that have activities for students:
National Geographic has a new kids' site. There is a variety of activities and videos for students.

Online Money Flashcards:
Students can count the coins and bills and enter the total for money counting and recognition practice in this online math skills game.

Math site for exploration for grades K-12

Great site for games to play. Includes games with some of your favorite characters.

This site has videos of how things are made. These are videos that are virtual tours of the factories. Some of the videos are how to make Jelly Bellies, chocolate, plastic bottles, and denim to name a few.

States Web Games - Learn the locations, capitals, abbreviations and over 500 important facts about our 50 states.

This is site allows you to "fly" a paper airplane. You can change variables to see how it effects flight.

FOSS-The official site for inquiry-based FOSS science curriculum. Support, resources, and fun activities. Check out this site for an activity that will help you learn about variables. Click on the the grade 3-6 banner and then click on Variables. There are lots of other activities worth checking out for students grades K-6.

Games for K-2 - From Ben's Guide to U. S. Government

Sites for lessons or resources for lessons:
Online resources for HISD students. This includes World Book, NetTrekker, and AP Multimedia Archive. If you are not on campus, you will need to contact the librarian for a password.

Marcopolo is a site that has fee content in each curricular area, teacher resources, professional development opportunities and measurement data.

Listing of literature using quilts as part of the theme. Also included are some other resources for incorporating quilts into your curriculum.

Teachers, students, and parents, find games to help reinforce skills that are being taught.

Website with online lessons for elementary students.

Texas Native Plants lesson.

Early elementary lesson on measuring temperature, graphing, and weighing.

A TASTY MAP OF AMERICA:
Learn about geography and mapping from a whole new angle--an edible one--with these yummy map recipes and instructions. Have students work in teams to complete an edible map of their neighborhoods, villages, and towns.

100 THINGS TO DO WITH BOOKS:
Copy this list onto cardstock, then cut the separate boxes apart and use as idea cards for reading responses in your classroom. Ideas are wide and creative, from setting maps, to character interviews, or writing ten discussion questions for the novel.