Student Educational Resources
Lightspan
Lightspan is a website with activities to support all academic subjects for grades K-12. Our user name is jwilljones. The password is jaguars.
EasyTech
EasyTech is a great website that teaches students, K-5, computer skills through fun short lessons. Activities include scanning, printing, web design, databases, etc. Our usernames are jwjonesk, jwjones1, jwjones2, jwjones3, jwjones4, and jwjones5. Select the username based on the appropriate grade level. The password for each is password.
Kids World 2000
This website has links to places all over the world from Aquariums to Zoos.
Funbrain
Funbrain is a great site that offers educational, interactive games for students of all ages. It even has a "Quiz Lab" in which teachers set up their own quiz for students who access it using a password.
Marmalade Man's Fantastic Math Tips
Learn interesting tips to help you memorize multiplication facts.
Ask Jeeves
This website offers a place for students to ask questions and get immediate answers.
Crayola
Everything you ever considered doing with crayons, and some that never occurred to you. The teacher part of this database has a searchable lesson plan database. This is a good site to explore with early childhood students. It also has a parents and kids component as well as the teacher area.
A+ Math
This site features all kinds of math problems.
Dino Directory
Search by body type or location where dinosaur bones/fossils have been found.
National Geographic for Kids
National Geographic has wonderful articles for children.
World Wildlife Fun
Up to date information on endangered animals.
The Houston Chronicle
Can't afford those expensive classroom newspaper subscriptions? Read the paper on the internet. It's free and doesn't require recycling.
Starchild
This is a NASA sponsored site for children who are interested in astronomy.
Quest
This is NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative. It is an interactive site where students can participate in live events with NASA's space scientists.
Dr. Seuss's Seussville
This site has games, events, and contests for children which are all based on Dr. Seuss books.
50 States and Capitals
Almost everything you wanted to know about the states are found on this site. It lists information and links on such things as the capitals, state birds, counties, free catalogs, unclaimed funds, etc.
Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes
There are over 45 nursery rhymes that are done in a rebus format. Your students will love reading them.
Zoom Whales
Everything students want to know about whales is located on this site. It includes information about the whales behavior, classification, picture glossary, classroom activities, puzzles, other whale links, and a geological time chart.
Zoom Birds
Everything students want to know about birds is located on this site. It includes information about bird watching, fossils, birds as symbols, and much more.
Zoom Sharks
Everything students want to know about sharks is located on this site. It includes information about size, body types, a shark dictionary, and much more.
Zoom Dinosaurs
Everything students want to know about dinosaurs is located on this site. It includes information about their anatomy, behavior, classification, fossils, extinction, and much more.
Zoom Rainforest
Everything students want to know about rainforests is located on this site. It includes information about the structure, animals, locations, and much more.
Zoom School
Great links to children's informational sites with geography subject which include Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Canada, the United States of America, and several other. It also has links to sites with classroom activities and games, early childhood activities, dictionaries, and much more.
Blue Dog Can Count
This site provides students with a chance to practice math facts using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The student writes a problem and "Blue Dog" barks the answer.
AIMS Puzzle Center
"As teachers, we all want our students to be involved in learning and to enjoy that learning. Puzzles are highly motivational tools that capture the imaginations of students. To infiltrate the classroom with a vibrant brand of problem solving, we offer a tantalizing educational bait-and-hook in the form of a new puzzle each month."
Brain Teasers - Houghton Mifflin
"Whether you solve them at home or in the classroom, individually or as a group, you'll find our Brain Teasers both entertaining and mentally challenging. Each Wednesday evening we will provide you with one new Brain Teaser at each of three grade ranges, 3rd-4th, 5th-6th, and 7th and up. Solutions will be posted on the following Wednesday."
Flashcards for Kids!
This is a great place for kids to practice math facts. You can set up the program for the type of problems, complexity, number size, to keep score, with or without a timer, and for horizontal or vertical arrangement.
Math Forum: Arithmetic Problems and Puzzles
This site provides links to problem solving activity sites.
History Channel
Surf through time, listen to great speeches, witness this day in history, and tour exhibits.
Discovery Channel School
Visit the Discovery Channel online.
Biography Channel
This site is a spin off from A & E's Biography Series. It contains a searchable database of biographies of famous people both living and dead. Each biography is several paragraphs in length.
Houston Public Library's Kid's Page
This site provides links to educational web sites for children.
Funschool.com
A great site for kids with exciting interactive on-line games and education.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with links
A very nicely done online dictionary for kids has to be both fun and informative. This dictionary is in Spanish and English.
Yahooligans
Search the web guide for kids.
Cyberhaunts for Kids
This site categorizes links for kids. Categories includes animals, art, communications, computer fun, games, general, literature, miscellaneous, music and sound, science fun, and sports.
Science and Oddities: News and Magazines
This site offers links to science magazines for kids.
Library Of Congress
Visit the Library of Congress
