Best Web Sites for Kids

 

Safetyland

http://www.att.com/Common/images/safety/game.html

 

JUST FOR FUN and General interest

Teacher Created Resources – This website has many primary websites to choose from for fun including cartoon links, Disney, and some science.

http://www.theteachersguide.com/interactivesites.html

 

General ideas

http://www.randomlake.k12.wi.us/students/students.htm

 

Disney Videos

http://disney.go.com/videos/#/videos/

 

Mickey Mouse site

http://disney.go.com/mickey/index.html

 

PBS Kids

http://pbskids.org/

 

Lego games

http://batman.lego.com/en-US/Comics/Part1.aspx

 

FBI Game

http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm

 

 

Free ACT and SAT Test Prep for Students – high school

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/act_sat.htm

 

Kidzone – Games for kids

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/besmart/cool2.html

 

Kerpoof  create movies, cards, stories, drawings

http://www.kerpoof.com/

 

 

Nimble Fingers – Keyboarding Middle School

http://www.nimblefingers.com/

 

General Keyboarding – Secondary

http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/keyBskills/

 

Dance Mat Typing – Elementary Keyboarding

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

 

Pine Shadows Library

http://library.springbranchisd.com/sbisd_library/Schools/Pine%20Shadows/interactive_websites_h.htm

 

 

SCIENCE

GENERAL

Trumbull County Science Resources for several grade levels and fields of study

********OUTSTANDING SITE

 

http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/SCIkids.htm

 

Creature Feature

http://www.hardbargainfarm.org/hbf/classified_information/creature_feature/index.html

 

Amusement Park Physics

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/

 

WATER

 

All Star River Explorers water information – Upper Elem. And Middle School

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/rivers/

Elem. River Sites

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

 

Search of many varied environmental topics K-12

http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/environmental.html

 

Virtual Science Labs to repeat at home after school labs 

Upper Elem. – High School

http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/vitalwiki/index.php/Interactive_Science_Lab

http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/online.html

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

 

American History Time Machine – Grades 5-8

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/timeMachine/

 

Dinosaur Games early grades

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinosphere/kids/gallery_games.html

 

Sites for teaching students about elections and voting…..elementary through secondary

A few webquests

http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites057.shtml

 

 

Library of Congress activities

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

 

Middle Ages – Secondary (ghosts of the castle)

http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/By_Time_Period/Middle_Ages/

 

Interactive Map Sites for K-12

 

http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/

 

Geography quiz

Ancient Egypt Sites

 

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1

 

Life on the Nile….

http://www.americanepic.org/demos/Egypt/EgyptOverview.swf

 

Ancient Tomb Adventure

http://www.nms.ac.uk/education__activities/kids_only/egyptian_tomb_adventure.aspx

 

Mummy Maker

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

 

Tools of the Trade

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/trade/activity/main.html

 

Time Shuffle

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/time/activity/main.html

 

Pyramid Challenge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

 

Name Translator

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/e-name.htm

 

Tomb of the Unknown Mummy

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/Tomb-unknown-mummy

 

 

 

 

MATH

Games

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/math6shell.html

 

Building houses

http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/02015/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

 

Drill and practice sites for primary math skills 

http://www.parentingkidstoday.com/activities/links/interactive_measuring_activities_for_kids_page_2.php

 

Middle School Math Adventures…algebra, geometry, problem solving, drill and practice

http://www.ctap4.org/math/matrix/gr6.shtml

 

Spyguys

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/math6shell.html

 

COMMUNICATION ARTS

 

Starfall, early reading

http://www.starfall.com/

 

National Geographic Young Learners

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html

 

 

Labyrinth – Excellent reading game for kids  (6 – 8th graders)

http://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/educators.php

 

GREAT Primary site for reading and mathematics…includes online books

http://goodsitesforkids.org/

 

Primary Read Alouds

http://goodsitesforkids.org/literacy.htm#readalouds

 

Music

Create Music and order CDs

http://www.creatingmusic.com/new/sketch/newcanvas/variations.html

http://creatingmusic.com/new/rhythm/mmmrb.html

 

 

Create music with a thumb piano

http://pbskids.org/africa/piano/piano.html

 

sesame Street Kids

http://pbskids.org/sesame/

 

Be an Architect

http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/arch2/b1.html

 

 

Multisubjects

Free Rice

http://www.freerice.com/

 

Char’s page

http://www.gfps.k12.mt.us/Schools/West/web/Teachers/CharBunker/6thGradeWebsite/index.html

 

English

  • holt Textbook Resources

Math Web Links

 

 

 

K-12

Music Web Links

 Create your own music or drum composition

Music resources

Science Web Links

 

Elementary

K-12

Middle/High School

Social Studies Web Links


K - 12

 Primary Source Documents--Institute of American History

U.S. Supreme Court Blog

Map Games