Media Center
Whitney Media Center
440-268-5884
Media Specialist, Mrs. Lewis - elewis@scsmustangs.org
Media Assistant, Mrs. Erin Schwartz - eschwartz@scsmustangs.org
- Reference Links
- Award Winning Books
- Student Resources
- Classroom Links
- Teacher Resources
- Birthday Book Club
Reference Links
Award Winning Books
Media Center Links:
Animals:
Hermit Crab - http://www.xs4all.nl/~pal/hermit.htm
Sea World Busch Gardens Animals home - http://www.seaworld.org/
Ohio History Central - Animals - http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/subcategory.php?c=NH&s=ANMLS
Animal Land - http://www.animaland.org/
Art:
High Renaissance - Artists and their works - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/high-renaissance.html
Web Gallery of Art - http://www.wga.hu/index.html
Astronomy
Star Child Learning Center - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
Kids Click Web Search - http://www.kidsclick.org/
Astronomy for Kids - http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=1091
Authors & Books:
Gary Paulsen - http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/index.html
Children's Book Awards - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
ALA Newbery Medal and Honor Books 1922 - present - http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm
Children's Authors and Illustrators - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
The Official Eric Carle site - http://www.eric-carle.com/
The Animals of the Mitten by Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com/mitten_masks_main.htm
Biomes:
The World's Biomes - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
Blue Planet Biomes - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
Math:
Fun Brain - Math Baseball http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Research Links:
Britannica - http://search.eb.com/
World Book - http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb
Enchanted Learning - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Social Studies:
Jamestown Online Adventure - http://historyglobe.com/jamestown/
American Revolution - http://americanrevolution.com/RevolutionaryWarBattlesIndex.htm
50 States.com - States & Capitals - http://www.50states.com/
Ohio Historical Society - http://www.ohiohistory.org/
State of Ohio Info Government & Services - http://ohio.gov/
Seussville:
Welcome to Seussville - http://www.seussville.com/
Student Resources
Media Student Resources
Fifth Grade Biome Links:
Fifth Grade Links:
Fifth Grade Planet Report Links:
Smithsonian Exploring the Planets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/planets.html
Classroom Links
Teacher Resources
TEACHER RESOURCES BOOKMARKS:
A to Z Teacher Stuff - Teacher-designed site including lesson plans, teacher tips, articles, printables, thematic units, topic searches by grade level, discussion forums, and eBooks.
Awesome Library- Awesome Library organizes the Web with 25,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
Community Learning Network- A site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Here you’ll find over 5,800 annotated links to educational sites with free resources, all organized by theme pages and keyword search.
Education World–Lesson plans, professional development, technology integration, school issues, etc.
Edsitement: National Endowment for the Humanities -High quality materials and online lesson plans integrating resources in literature and language arts, foreign language, art and culture, and history and social studies. A partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities.
Internet Public Library (IPL)– Reference links to a wide variety of topics.
Multnomah County Public Library-Homework Center– Great links to resources listed by curriculum topics.
Owl & Mouse Free Educational Software - Free software for learning including online US and world maps for use in classrooms, how to build a medieval castle, and links to free educational software.
Sample Layered Curriculum Units - Dr. Kathie Nunley"s web site for educators with lesson plans created by teachers using differentiated instruction techniques.
Surfing the Net with Kids– Barbara J. Feldman, a syndicated newspaper columnist, designed this web site for parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers, librarians and the incurably curious.