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01.05.04

Great Links for Students

(Please contact me if you find an outdated link or if you would like to suggest a good link.)

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Learning Links

Class Expectations

Special Web Projects

Our Location on Earth

Sun Shadow Project

General Internet Use and Search Engines:

• PBS WebUse License
• Ask Jeeves for Kids
• Yahooligans!
• Britannica Encyclopedia.com
• Google

Current Events:

• Pencil News (The Best!)
• Scholastic News Articles
• World News for Kids - BBC (United Kingdom)
• KidsNewsroom.org

PSSA Preparation Websites:

• 5th Grade PSSA Skills Websites (Great)
• BrainChild assessment practice (about 30 min)
• Test Prep/Test Quest/Brain Teasers
• GetSmart ("The Real Challenge" takes over 35 min.)
• Virtual Manipulatives (PreK-12)
• 24 Game (Make sure to read directions)
• Mathematical Interactives
• Grade 4 Standardized Reading Test Online
• Grade 5 Standardized Reading Test Online
• Grade 5 Standardized Math Test Online
• Absurd Math Challenge (Storyline Math Challenge) Very Hard!
• Math Enrichment Problems (Use Tier 1)

Archeology For Kids:

• Dig Magazine
• Archeology Lessons
• Cave of Chauvet-pont D'Arc
• Tombs of the Nobles
• Prehistoric Puzzles
• Odyssey in Egypt
• What in the World?
• Write Like a Babylonian
• Hyper History Online
• Technology Timeline
• Pieces of the Past
• Bernhard Adam Cemetery

Fun Kid Sites and On-line Magazines:

• Fun Brain.com
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Time Magazine for Kids
• Fact Monster (Kids Almanac)
• Enchanted Learning
• Smithsonian Magazine's Kid's Castle

Math Help and Practice:

• Cool Math 4 Kids
• Making Change Game
• Multiplication.com

Science Resources:

• Today's National Weather Forecast Map
• Forecast map showing fronts
• Discovery Kids
• Chemistry for Kids
• BrainPop Science Movies
• Space Images from MSNBC
• Star Child (Kid Sized Astronomy)
• NASA Kids!
• Exploratorium
• Fed. Emergency Management For Kids
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet
• Latitude/Longitude Locator
• Another Latitude/Longitude Locator
• Length Conversion Calculator
• Temperature Conversion Calculator
• Time Zone Checker
• Triangle Calculator
• Sunrise/Sunset Calculator
• Build A Roller Coaster
• Build A Model Rocket Simulator AWESOME!
• See the Earth from above

Geomorphology Sites

• Mining Website
• Geologic Map of PA
• Oil and Gas Map of PA
• Coal Distribution Map of PA
• Interactive Physiographic Map of PA
• PA Earthquake Epicenter Map
• Appalachian Highland LANDSAT Image
• Challenging Activities About Coal Usage
• Easier Activies About Coal Usage
• Uses of Rocks and Minerals for the PA region
• How Do Rocks Undergo Change (Visualizations)
• Examples of Geomorphology in North America
• EarthShots
• LANDSAT 7
• Where Do Oil and Natural Gas Come From?
• All About Natural Gas

Antarctica Links:

• South Pole Live Cams
• Jason Petula's Antarctic Experience
• Antarctic Weather and Webcams
• Weather Forecast
• Some Neat Camera Animations
• Map of Antartica
• Virtual McMurdo
• More McMurdo
• C-130 Transport Plane

Mr. Smith's 3-D Anaglyph Site Links:

• 3-D Biological Images
• 3-D Moon
• 3-D Images from Mars
• More 3-D Images from Mars
• Panaroma of Mars Pathfinder Robot
• Still Another Image of the Surface of Mars
• 3-D Hurricane Alberto
• 3-D Hurricane Lilli
• Saturn
• Huge Boulder on the Moon
• Just Weird!
• Cloud Tops
• More Cloud Tops
• Another Cloud Top
• More Biological Images:
• Starfish on Coral
• Banded Coral Shrimp
• A wetland in Tasmania
• The Fly in 3D
• 3D Gallery of Insects
• 3D Gallery of Spiders

• LANDSAT and 3-D:
• Wellington, New Zealand
• Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Mt. St. Helens Volcano
• Basalt Cliffs, Argentina (Notice Stream Erosion)
• River Erosion on Land (Desert)
• Interesting Terrain (Kamchatka, Penninsula)
• 3D North Dakota
• The Sun....3-D:
• Sunspot Grouping

Sun Shadows Unit Links:

• Why Do Leaves Change Colors?
• Earth Observatory Data and Images
• Weather Activities (Franklin Instititue)
• National Hurricane Center
• Create a Hurricane Game (Very Good)

Social Studies Links:

• States and Capitals
• This Day in History
• US History.org

Language and Writing Resources:

• Find Your Favorite Author Online
• Just Write
• Learn to Type for Kids
• An Unfortunate Series of Events
• Trivia Quiz for Lemony Snicket's Books
• ASOUE Synopsis
• CNN article on ASOUE
• TIME for Kids Interview with Snicket

Art Project Resources

• Dioramas from the American Museum of Natural History
• Suggestions for Diorama Making
• 4 Dioramas from Enchanted Learning
• Ocean Diorama Ideas