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KidZone Online

Kidz Online (KOL) is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission, vision and values are dedicated to preparing 5-12 students and teachers to live and work in the information age through innovative peer-to-peer technology training distributed using advanced digital technologies. Advance 3 and 4th grader would also benefit from this program.

 

Gamequarium.Com (Fantastic Website)

A portal to hundreds of free, online learning games and activities.

The Webmaster is constantly adding new games and activities.

 

Excellent Technology resources from grades K-4

 

 

Interactive learning activities PrK-6

 

Contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for grades K-12

 

Collection of PowerPoint Presentations for all subject areas

 

Interactive sites for grades PrK-2

 

Grades 1-12

 

Interactivive activities  in all subject areas (Grades 1-12 and above)

 

K-6 math websites

 

Interactive games for grades 1-12

 

Covers the science curriculum for  grades K- 7

 

Top 100 Interactive Educational websites

Interactive sites for grades K-6

 

Web Resources covering the K-6 Curriculum

 

Keyboarding links from K-5

 

If you are looking for science projects Steve Spangler has

quite a few videos to help students  find a science project

with a video about that project.

 

District License websites (HISD)

 

 

Genetic Probe

Use the online genetic probe to locate a sequence of basis that appear in a genetic code.  Grades 5-12

Wicked
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/quizit/feature_quizits_s.php
Interactive quizzes on topics of solar system, Earth science, electricity, simple machines, and changes of state.

An interactive adventure that helps students learn about marine ecology.  Grades 4-7

 

The virtual kitchen  to perform online experiments, solve a puzzle, and get a reward.  Grades 4-6

 

Get Smarter is an interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide.  Grades 3-12

 

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

From the University of Arizona, the Biology Project site is an interactive online resource for learning biology. The site includes tutorials, problem sets, activities, and other resources. Grades 9-12

 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The Exploratorium is a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception.  Students can explore any of these subject: light color, sound, music, motion, animal behavior, electricity, heat and temperature, language, patterns, hearing, touch, vision, waves and weather.  Grades 3-12

 

Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience
Cool Science is a fun site that helps students appreciate science. Covered: Observation skills, plants, animal classifications and metamorphosis. Grades K-3

 

Education 4 Kids

Table of Elements
This site contains a table of elements drill. Grades 5-8

 

A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies.  Grades PreK-6

 

This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science.  Grades K-6

 

Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.)  Grades Pre-K-3

 

HHMI’s BioInteractive

http://biointeractive.org

HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) provides activities and tools for students.  There is also a section for teachers  Grades 9-12

 

Iowa State Insect Zoo

http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/

This site contains a live, interactive camera that allows students to view the insects at the Insect Zoo.  It also provides information about the insects.  Teachers can use this site to set up a tour by an entomologist.  This site is geared for elementary students, Grades 1-5

 

The Great Plant Escape

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners investigate plant mysteries including cases about soil, plant growth, seeds, and reproduction. Grades 4-5

 

Creature Feature

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/

Audio and video clips help students learn about featured animals. Grades 3-8

 

Entomology Image Gallery

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/

Students can view images and movies of beetles, ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy crawling insects!  Grades 3 and up

 

Dinosaur Movie Clips

http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/funpage/television/dinosaurs/download/download.html

Download sound files and video clips from the Dinosaurs television show.  Grades 2-5

 

Endangered Animal Channel

http://www.endangeredtv.com/

Students explore videos of endangered animals from the Bagheera site.  Grades 2-6

 

Amoeba Movies

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/amoeba/index.html

Explore videos of an amoeba eating and moving through different environments. Real Player needed. Grades 5+
 

Way Cool Surgery

http://www.waycoolsurgery.com

View video clips of an actual doctor performing cardiac bypass surgery. Learn about heart
health, and careers in the health care field.  Grades 3+

 

Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com
There are plenty of interesting things to read at Popular Science Magazine's web site. Articles on science, space, the Internet, computers, and more.  Grades 3+

 

The Astronomy Workshop

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/index.html
Students can view a multitude of Java programs that creates a solar system, view the moons and their orbits around their planets, and learn about astronomical distances.  Grades 3+
 

Exploring the Planets

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htmExploring the Planets is a simulated research center at the National Air and Space Museum that illustrates how scientist explore planets that are millions of miles away.  Students can choose to log in, enabling them a chance to save their work.  There are three levels for grades 5-8, grades 6-8, and grades 7-9.

 

Planet Impact!

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/

Discover the fierce force of gravity and pelt poor Jupiter with a comet!  Teacher Tips included. Grades 5-8

 

Mission Mastermind

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/mastermind/

NASA needs your help in planning a Hubble Servicing Mission. Join the team!  Teacher Tips included. Grades 6-8

 

Galaxy Hunter

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/
Statistically speaking, this cosmic photo shoot is out of this world!  Students construct and interpret frequency tables, demonstrate knowledge of simple random samples, define range, mean and median as they apply to statistics, and demonstrate knowledge of min/max plots.  Teacher Tips included.  Grades 10-12

 

Galaxies Galore

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/
Galaxy construction timeline: billions of years. For you: ten minutes.  Teacher Tips included.  Grades 6-8

 

No Escape: The Truth About Black Holes

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/http:/amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/

An opportunity for students to research the fascinating topic of black holes and to examine the concepts of escape velocity, gravity, mass, and the speed of light as they apply to black holes.  Grades 8-12

 

Solar System Trading Cards

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/

students will collect solar system trading cards by playing an interactive card game. They will identify the sun, planets, comets, and asteroids by answering questions about them. Students will learn facts about the solar system presented with amazing pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and various NASA missions.  Grades 3-6

 

Star Light, Star Bright

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/

Explore the nature of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this lesson, students will identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Students will correlate images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical instruments to the wavelength, color, and temperature information that can be found in the spectrum.  Grades 6-9

 

Hubble Deep Field Academy

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/hdf/

Join Professor WifPic in examining the Hubble Deep Field image and simulate the process astronomers have gone through to count, classify, and identify objects in the image as well as estimate their distances from Earth. The lesson is modular so that all or part of it may be completed using computers and the Internet.  Grades 6-8

 

Funology

http://www.funology.com
At Funology find fun facts, experiments, crafts, recipes, magic tricks, jokes, and a whole lot more.  Grades 2-5

 

Inner Learning Online

http://www.innerbody.com
Students can study the anatomy of the human body or learn about the inner workings of an automobile. Each of the detailed graphic images has 'hot spots' that interact to provide more information.  Grades 5+

 

ScienceMonster

http://www.sciencemonster.com
Created by the makers of CoolMath, this site entertains with information about our solar system.  Students can take a star tour, see how gravity and inertia work, and play a fun lunar landing game.Grades 2-5

 

Amazing Space

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Amazing Space is a collection of interactive activities designed to teach students about black holes, collect solar system trading cards, and more.  Each activity includes high quality graphics and animation.  Grades 3+

 

Earth and Moon Viewer

http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View a map of the Earth showing the actual day and night regions at this moment. You can also view it as currently seen from the Sun, Moon, orbiting satellite, or from above a variety of cities. Grades 3+

 

spaceKids

http://www.spacekids.com
Start the countdown and blast-off for fun and learning at this stellar site! Take a virtual tour of the solar system, play games, view space pictures and movies, get up-to-date space news, and more.  Grades 2-5

 

Virtual Solar System

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
A fantastic site from National Geographic with a vast amount of information about our solar system. With the Viscape SVR plug-in students can take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet, but even without the plug-in the site is a must-see for space buffs.  Grades 3-8

 

The Eggs of Time game features an exciting science fiction story and includes over 20 fully interactive 3-D exercises, animated tutorials, and 200 review problems!   Grades 6-8

 

Explore educational activities about energy concepts, the power of the sun, energy conservation, energy transformation, electricity and fossil fuels being presented by famous gothic horror characters.

 

http://www.jsf.or.jp/education/sora/
 Explore the wonders of flight with Toby, the wizard who wants to fly.  Grades 2-4

 

Is it acid or base?  Use the ph factor resource to find out.  Grades 6-8

 

Interactive activities related to weather instruments and storms.  Grades 4-5

 

http://www.jsf.or.jp/sln/laboe.html
Visit the Laboratory and make an aurora, a cloud chamber, and acid rain.

 

An interactive skeleton that assist the learner in identifying specific bones. Grades 3-6

 

Air Travelers is an introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning.  Grades 5-8

 

Explore the mysteries of why and how humans and animals age, and discover the secrets of healthy aging.  Grades 3+

 

Engineer It!
 http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/engineerit/
The online guide devoted to basic engineering principles with cool activities and online games.  Grades 3+

 

Experiencing Chemistry

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/unit.cfm?UnitCurrentKey=1

Online chemistry resource and experiments for students.  Grades 4+

 

Eyes on Earth

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/earth/eyesonearth/
Check out satellite images from NASA's Earth Observing System. Includes an Educator's Guide with lots of great classroom activities on satellite technology and imagery (requires QuickTime plug-in).  Grades 6-8

 

Hanford at the Half Life Radiation Calculator

http://www.omsi.edu/explore/online.cfm#radiationcalculator
Estimate your annual radiation dose with an online version of the Radiation Calculator from OMSI's Hanford at the Half Life exhibit. (Note: This activity requires the free, Macromedia Flash Player.)  Grades 6+

 

Water Works

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/ww/
Explore the science and engineering behind water fountains at home or in the classroom with Water Works. The website has loads of fun and fascinating online activities, as well as helpful curriculum resources.  Grades 4+

 

What's Your EQ?

http://www.omsi.edu/teachers/psd/2002/eq/
Did you ever wonder how much energy your house uses each year? Now you can calculate your EQ (or
energy quotient) online and determine how many kilowatt-hours you use!  Grades 3+

 

A complete list of online calculators and converters.  Grades 3-12

 

The Physics Classroom

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

An online physics tutorial written for high school physics students.  Grades 9-12

 

I Know That Science Games

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Science
 

 

This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a basic essay. Users develop an idea and write their own short essay, consisting of an introduction, a two- to three-paragraph body, and a conclusion. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.  Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application.  To begin, click Start Writing Now.  Grades 3-12

 

This web site takes users through the actual steps of writing a paragraph. The web site provides questions that help to guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.  Completed essays may be transferred to a word processing program, HTML editor, or e-mail application.   To begin, click Start Writing Now. Grades 3-6

 

Spellbee

Try your hand at an online, multi-player spelling bee. Grade 3+

 

Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read interactive stories from Sesame Street.  Grades PreK-1

 

Enchanted Learning
 http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.)
Grades Pre-K-3

 

A huge collection of online grammar games.  Grades 3+

 

A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies.  Grades PreK-6

 

Kids’ Space
 http://www.kids-space.org
Started in 1995 to promote international communication for students, this is a must see for teachers in k-6 classrooms. Students are able to write stories that are displayed on this site (teacher will join, get a password and send the completed stories). For the younger grades students will love the “Create Your Own Scenario”. (Not all pages at this site are interactive.)  Grades K-5

 

Literacy Center
 http://www.literacycenter.net
This site, from the Early Childhood Education Network, provides lots of early literacy learning activities for young children, In order to view the webpages you will need Flash Player.  Grades Pre-K-K

 

Enchanted Learning
 http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.)  Grades Pre-K-3

 

This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science.  Grades K-6

 

Scholastic News
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
The News Zone presents current events that are most relevant to students, in a format that is fun and appealing. The current events and engaging activities include Note Now, Games and Quizzes, What’s Your IQ and Write a Caption.  Grades 3-8

 

Find a rhyme in no time online! Useful, fun, and fascinating! Grades 1-12.

 

Click and drag to make a poem.  Grades 2-4

 

Online literacy skill activities.  This site appears to be a product advertisement but scroll down to click a character to enter the online practice activities of oral language, phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, or concepts of print Grades K-3

 

The activities in this guide put your students in the director’s chair. They encourage the same sort of creativity and ingenuity that Peter Jackson and his team used in making The Lord of the Rings.

Grades 5-9

 

Includes:  35 Vocabulary exercises, 43 Grammar exercises, Reading-comprehension exercises, and more.  Grades 4+

 

Language Games for Younger Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read1.html

 

Language Games for Older Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read2.html

 

Funschool Games
http://www.funschool.com/games.php
Choose from 194 Flash, Java and Shockwave games.  Grades K-8

 

I Know That Language Arts Games

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts

 

English Grammar Pronouns provides rules, a simple game, and the "gory details" for using pronouns correctly. Grades 3-5

 

Sadlier-Oxyford Phonics Interactive Phonics and Word Study provides exciting activities for short vowels, long vowels, diphtongs, homonyms, synomyms, diagraphs, suffixes, contractions, and many more! Grades K-5

 

 

Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. K-8

This site provides an on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild members reading children's books aloud.

 

Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read interactive stories from Sesame Street.  Grades PreK-1

 

My Hero: An Interactive Series

http://myhero.com/home.asp

My Hero is a non-profit educational project that brings information to a global audience. From peacemakers such as Nelson Mandela to scientific visionaries such as Albert Einstein, visitors can explore historical and contemporary heroes. Visitors are also invited to create web pages about the people who inspire them, providing thousands of children and their parents a chance to tell their stories. Grades 2-12

 

Room 108 Don't Wet The Bear

http://www.netrover.com/~jjrose/bear/bearintro.html

Play this fun interactive game which is just like Hangman but instead you throw a bucket of water over a bear. The word lists include: Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Colour Words, Dolch action words, Number Words 1-16.

 

Room 108 Original Hangman

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hangori.htm

Play this fun interactive game which is like the regular Hangman. The word lists is the Common, Number, Animal, Bible and Colour Words.

 

K-8 Online Animated Interactive Lessons

http://www.dositey.com/index.html

Free animated online workbooks for the development of reading and math skills, Grades K-8. You can also print out free worksheets.  Grades K-8

 

Storybook Station

http://www.searsportrait.com/StoryBook/StoryBook_StoryIndex.asp

Sears created this interactive site to use with elementary school children. Just choose your favorite holiday story and answer a few short questions. When you click "submit", your personalized story will be complete. You can also print the story.  Grades 1-4

 

KidsRead

http://www.kidsreads.com/
Trivia games and word scrambles based on children’s books and movies. Visit the Trivia and Games section.  Grades K-5

 

Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. The interactive books available here have sound – so please turn your speakers on. Teacher may request free writing journals for classroom use that reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book.  Grades Pre-K-1

 

Cyberchase

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/how_started.html

Follow the online adventures as you travel through the three webisodes. Grades 2-3.

 

Nursery Rhymes 4 You
 http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com
A collection of nursery rhymes and songs to share and enjoy, with pictures to print off and color.  Grades PreK-1

 

Interactive Books allow the user to experience a book online.  Two good examples:  Children's Electronic Picture Books (http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/childpix.html) and Children's Electronic Story Books (http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/child.html) Primary Grades

 

Online literacy skill activities.  This site appears to be a product advertisement but scroll down to click a character to enter the online practice activities of oral language, phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, or concepts of print Grades K-3

 

Meet An Author

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/authors.htm

Choose from classical or current authors and learn more about them at this website.  Grades 1-4

 

Story Starters

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/setting.htm

Choose from a collection of stimulating story settings to help get your story started.  Grades 1-4

 

Online Reading

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psmain.htm

A collection of stories with comprehension and main idea questions.  Grades 3-5

 

Between the Lions

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

Stories with adventure games.  Grades 1-3

 

The Reading Matrix

http://www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/

Online interactive reading resources that cover: Analyzing Text, Audio and Text, Proofreading, Reading Comprehension Advanced, Reading Comprehension Beginner, Reading Comprehension Intermediate, Short Stories, Vocabulary  Grades 3+

 

BBC - Schools - Words and Pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/

Know your basic letters and sounds, now what? Well it's off to words and further phonics areas such as Vowel Phonemes and Consonant Clusters. Here you can find great online interactive games and activities for each of these areas along with printable activities for further reinforcement. How many of the High Frequency Words do your students already know? There is also a Gallery section with student submitted writings and suggestions for getting your students' work posted. Maybe your students will enjoy this site so much that they will even access it from home. Grades 1-3

 

Reading Games for Younger Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read1.html

 

Reading Games for Older Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read2.html

 

Funschool Games
http://www.funschool.com/games.php
Choose from 194 Flash, Java and Shockwave games.  Grades K-8

Beacon Learning Center

List Web lessons from grades K-6

 

Aesop's Fables

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

Traditional and modern fables Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst  Grades 3-8

Online Collection of 656+ Aesop's Fables

 

Reading Comprehension Tests

http://users.erols.com/interlac/testdir.htm

A collection of 7 reading passages with comprehension questions and answer key.  Grades 5-12

http://www.longman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html

Online reading test for grades 1-8

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcdownc.htm

Passages for grades 3-5