Kids Resources
Fun Basic Fact Practice
ArithmAttack - Here's a terrific web game for practicing math facts.
Math.com basic facts practice
Funbrain.com's Math Baseball - a fun game to practice basic facts alone or with a friend.
A Plus Math - This site features a flash card maker and many games, including the famous Matho, for practicing basic facts.
AAA Math - A wonderful place to get the basics on many math subjects. Each page has an explanation and practice for that topic.
Click on Bricks - Have a great time learning and practicing multiplication on this fun and colorful site. (2-3)
Edu 4 Kids - Find online flash cards here. Set it up the way you want it! Problems can be horizontal or vertical.
Math Magician - this fun site gives times tests on a variety of math operations. . .fun and challenging - you can print out your own certificate!
Hangman - this online game has a vocabulary list of 17,000 words!
Name the States - this is a timed game. You click and drag the names of the states into place on a map. It's easy until you get to the midwest!
Snakes and Ladders - a terrific game, just like the famous board game. This version asks the players to find words that mean the same as the verb in the given sentence.
Puzzlemaker.com - use this site to make fun puzzles with your vocabulary words or spelling list!
Harcourt School - this site has activities that reflect our reading series
Funbrain - go here for many math activities and games
SpeedMath - Build up your math skills by using the activities on this site. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and inequalities.
Ben's Guide to US Govenment for kids - A great place to find out how our government works in a fun and interesting way.
Lunar Eclipse Links - Check out this page full of great links with information about the lunar eclipse.
The Coelacanth
Here are some great links to find information on this recently discovered fish:
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/coela.htm - find an excellent picture and brief explanation of this unusual animal on this page.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/coelacanth/coelacanths.html Map and explanation of site where coelacanth has been found.
http://www.clueslibs.org/resources/web/display.asp?desc=yes&cat=Ocean+and+Marine+Life This page contains several webquests about creatures of the ocean.
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-9a/Coelacanth/coelacanth.htm this zoolab page has lots of information and another great picture of the coelacanth.
http://people.clemson.edu/~jwfoltz/WFB418/subjects/Cross/cross.htm Historic information and pictures of the first coelacanth captured in the 1930s.
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/coelacanth - Find many links to coelacanth information on this page.
Simple Machines
Rube Goldberg - Check out this site for some amazing machines and great ideas.
EdHeads - Simple Machine Activities are found here. See also links and teacher information.
MIKids.com - More Simple Machines activities.
The Dirtmeister - Simple Machines Info and Fun
Amusement Park Ride Links
Joyrides - pictures of the world's best amusement park rides
Amusement Park Ride Physics – How do rides work? Design your own roller coaster!
Wikipedia – list of amusement park rides with pictures
Arctic Animals