Media Center

 

Reference Links: Some of these sites require a user name and password to use from home.  Contact the Media Center for this information.

 INFOhio

World Book Student

World Book Kids

 

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/

 

Media Student Resources

 Enchanted Learning

Kid's Zone: Create a Graph

Time for Kids

 

Fifth Grade Biome Links:

• National Geographic

• University of California Museum of Paleontology

• Blue Planet Biomes

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Windows 2 Universe

 

Fifth Grade Links:

Photosynthesis

 

Fifth Grade Planet Report Links:

Enchanted Learning Planets

Space.com

Smithsonian Exploring the Planets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet

http://nineplanets.org

 http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

 http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp

 http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/planets.html

 

 

 Biographies:

Ohio History Central

Biographies for Kids

Infoplease Almanac: Biography

Fact Monster

Fourth Grade - Inventors:

     About.com

      Biographical Dictionary - S9

      Inventor of the Week Archive

 

Ohio Animals:

World Book Encyclopedia

Enchanted Learning : Animal Printouts

Ohio History Central: Animals

 

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.

 

 

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