Butterflies
Butterflies
of North America - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Zoom
Butterflies - includes info on the butterfly lifecycle, anatomy, mimicry,
an illustrated dictionary, learning activities, and more.
Butterflies
- On the Wings of Freedom - Learn about things like butterflies' coloring,
their predators, the parts of their body, or how they affect people.
Butterfly
Zone - learn about different types of butterflies and what will attract
them to your home or garden.
Children's
Butterfly Site - provides a coloring page of the life cycle of the
Monarch butterfly, and answers many common questions people ask about butterflies.
Egypt
Pyramids
- Nova's Online Adventure - wander through the chambers and
passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom
these monumental tombs were built.
Journey
to Ancient Egypt - journey down the Nile River with at this web page
created by sixth graders. Topics inlcude the pyramids, mummification, and
the pharaohs.
Life
in Ancient Egypt - this site from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
tells you about the culture and customs of Ancient Egypt using artifacts
from its collection as examples.
Ancient
Egypt in the Virtual Classroom - great resource which includes lots
of information, pictures, and links to other informative sites.
Economics
FleetKids
- play games and earn free prizes while honing your money sense! Get the
scoop on running a business, investing, and watching your money grow.
Solar System
Comets
- learn all about comets, planets, the sun and asteroid belts
Amazing
Space- K-12 interactive activities on the Web. Education On-Line from
the Hubble
Space Telescope. Be sure to check-out
the Solar System Trading Cards!
NASA
Kids - this neat site from NASA is a fun way to learn about NASA's
projects and science with news stories, info, and activities designed for
kids.
A
Mystery of Space: this fantastic ThinkQuest site has loads of
information our solar system, and lots more.
From
Mercury to Pluto - this database of the solar system has information
about our planets,
the universe, and space exploration, as well
as pictures and updated news. 1998 ThinkQuest project.
Welcome
to the Planets - a collection of many of the best images from
NASA's planetary
exploration program.
BrainPop:
Solar System - learn about the solar system on this fun site by watching
a movie, taking a quiz, trying out an experiment, and lots more!
Jessica's
Solar System Page - contains information on the sun, stars, planets,
comets, meteors, and constellations.
Nine Planets
for Kids - Contains information on our solar system, some great pictures,
and more.
Star
Child Project - this learning center for young astronomers includes
information about our solar system, the Universe, and general space stuff.
Solar
System Live - You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner
planets (through the orbit of Mars).
Healthy Bodies
The
Food Guide Pyramid - A Guide to Daily Food Choices
Climbing
the Food Guide Pyramid - Test your nutrition knowledge with the 5 Food
Group Pyramid Game or become the star chef of your next family dinner by
selecting Fun Family Meals.
KidsHealth.org
for Kids - One of the largest sites on the Internet providing
expert health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
Created by The Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media.
DHHS
Kids Links - A comprehensive list of Kids Pages available throughout
the Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture for Kids - Dozens of fun links for information
including the food guide pyramid.
Your
Gross and Cool Body - What makes the human body work? Follow Wendell
the Worm to explore the gross body functions and to find out what causes
them and how to deal with them.
KidsFood.Org - Learn more about
good food!
Classroom
Connect's Game Bank - Try one of these Human Body: Healthy Habits games!
Simple
Machines
Spotlight
on Simple Machines - Everything you every wanted to know about Simple
Machines. Demonstrations and graphics.
The
Elements of Machines: Simple Machines - From the Inventor's Toolbox
section of the "Leonardo's Workshop" website: Great photos!
Simple
Machine Resources - Internet, book and media resources
Geography
3D Atlas Online - The ultimate
geographic resource including timely world news, the best research
links for every country, the coolest free downloads, and their own
Geographic Glossary.
National Geographic
-
A wonderful educational site on geography
ePLAY
- become a net detective as you follow the eBUGS through different countries,
cultures, and time periods to capture Dr. Xed.
Maps
& Globes - Designed to help you learn and review various
basic concepts about maps and globes.
Geo
Game - Register to play an Interactive Game for the Web.
CIA
KIDS PAGE -GEOGRAPHY - An excellent interactive page involving geography
quizzes.
Where?
An online geography game and quiz site. Fun, fun, fun!!!
Geo
Bee Challange - National Geographic's geo quiz for kids. A bit
hard for 3rd graders, but interesting facts!
Cursive
Zane-Bloser
- Handwriting activities from Zane-Bloser
Handwriting
for Kids - Worksheets online to help students tackle cursive letters.
Begin multiplication
A+
Math! - A web site was developed to help students improve their math
skills interactively.
Room
108 Math Tests - Interactive multiplication questions
Multiplication
Table - a neat way to show kids how to use a multiplication table
The
ArithmAttack - How many computer-generated arithmetic problems can
you answer in 60 seconds?
Click
on Bricks - practice and learn your multiplication facts from 1 to
4 in this Think Quest Junior project.
Math
Baseball - Have practicing multiplication with baseball from Fun Brain! |
