Here are some very good websites to help you learn more, practice your skills, and have a lot of fun as well!
SITES TO HELP YOU LEARN:
Fun Facts, Science Experiments, Help with Research, Brain Teasers and more!!!
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Elementary School (Grades 3-5)
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BBC Animals - includes webcams, weekly features, animal news, and sections on pets. You can also follow BBC into the wild or try out some fun quizzes and activities.
BrainPOP - Great site featuring short animated movies on Science, Math, Health and many more!
Cool Science for Curious Kids - The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between.
CoolMath4Kids - The best way to learn and practice your math! Dozens of games and activities, all simple and exciting. Most games let you choose which Math you'd like to practice.
DiscoverySchool.com - Has tools to help you study, games to challenge your mind, and tons of great clip art to use. In addition, there are nearly a dozen learning adventures that let you explore everything from Ancient Egypt to the Space Station.
Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive: Ah-HA! Herein lie a series of experiments demonstrating concepts in different branches of science. Some may be eaten before, during or after the experiment, and some definitely should not be eaten at all.
FunSchool.com - one of the most fun, and most educational, websites ever. Lots and lots of games to help you practice Thinking Skills, Math, Science, English and more!
Hunkin's Experiments - cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, sound, light, math, clothes, and lots more!
The Exploratorium - Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 12,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
The Fact Monster - Hundreds of interesting facts in science, math, history, and the world, homework help and games!
Yahooligans Science - science movies, animal facts and photos, daily science news, and much more!
NEWS FOR KIDS:
TIME for Kids News
TIME for Kids Magazine
National Geographic News
Kidsnewsroom - "kid style news for kid style people"
Here are some good websites to help you maximize your child's learning and enhance your teaching!
TEACHING IN GENERAL
Education World: "The Educator's Best Friend" - a fun, comprehensive and very dynamic website with countless resources and ideas for teaching and many well-researched links to help make learning exciting for your children.
A to Z Teacher Stuff - Created for teachers by a teacher--This site was designed to help teachers find online lesson plans and resources (for Preschool to High School) more quickly and easily. Online since 1997, the site has grown to more than 1000 pages!
Helping Your Child Series - A series of on-line booklets to help you help your child to read, to get ready for school, to take tests, to learn math, science, history, geography, and many more. The activities are fun, and are well-chosen to maximize learning through the child's active participation.
Lesson plans by subject area, for Math, Science, Language Arts, Arts, Social Studies.
BrainPOP - Great site featuring short animated movies on Science, Math, Health and many more!
Bank Street Corner - Developed by the Publications and Media Group at Bank Street College, the Corner highlights Bank Street's developmental-interaction approach. The site is organized into six curricular sections: Social Studies, Reading, Science, Arts, Math, and Early Childhood. Each of these sections contains articles, ideas, lesson plans, classroom vignettes, practical techniques, and recommended books.
GENERAL SCIENCE
Helping Your Child Learn Science - online booklet by the US Dept of Education; suggests ways parents can interest their children from about 3 to 10 years old in science. It includes basic information about science and a sampling of activities for children to do.
BrainPOP- Great site featuring short animated movies on Science, Math, Health and many more!
Quick and Easy Activities - fun and practical experiments that encourage hands-on learning of science, categorized according to age (Preschool to High School).
Hands-On Science- A collection of very good, hands-on science activities covering a wide range of topics. Very good visuals!
The Exploratorium- Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 12,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics.
Backyard Science - Science is more than weights and measures. Find out how to explore and experiment in your own backyard.
Science Skill-Builders - Heaps of science activities, games, and downloads to keep your child busy.
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Bill Nye, the Science Guy - Great website with activities for all Grades, very good, simple teaching tools that do not need special equipment or materials. Child-friendly.
A Glass-Sphere Microscope - In this article we deal with the construction of a simple microscope which uses a little glass sphere as a lens. This instrument has a magnifying power of up to 300 times and produces very sharp images.
The Sky in a Room - Would you like to have the image of the external world and see the sunrise every morning inside your bedroom? Putting a lens on your window is all you need to do to see the outdoor panorama projected on the opposite wall of the room.
THE HUMAN BODY
The Human Body: An Online Tour! - a lesson planning article that takes teachers through the different topics and fascinating facts about the human body, plus suggestions for lesson planning and highly recommended sites.
A Look Inside the Human Body - designed to help children learn about how our body works, this site has information is presented in an easy to read format with colourful diagrams to assist understanding.
Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World - by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a very well-made, extensive, colorful presentation of how our senses make sense of the world. Though the coverage is comprehensive, the language is very simple and easy to understand.
Washing Hands - for Grades 5-6, this activity shows children clearly what remains on our hands when we don't wash!
Healthy Heart - Grades 4-6, Hands-on activity helps children explore and understand better the functions and structure of the heart.
The Heart! - Grades 3-6, This is a very impressive, comprehensive set of Web Pages with information and illustrations about the heart's structure and functions, plus enrichment activities to deepen the children's learning.
Watch the Brain Learn - Grades 4-6. Simple, participative activity to show how a brain learns with familiarity with a task.
I Have Two Ears - Students will understand why having two ears-one on each side of our heads-helps us to perceive sound direction more accurately than if we had only one ear.
Blood Cells - What is flowing in our veins? With the help of a microscope and some simple staining treatments, it is possible to observe blood cells and to learn to recognize them. This text describes the role of these cells in our bodies.
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Inside a Seed: Grades K-2 - Discover the true beginnings of a plant… from the lessons at A to Z Teacher Stuff.
Gardening: Preschool to Grade 3 children will enjoy these very practical and hands-on songs, rhymes, activities and activity centers.
Animal or Plant?- Grades K to 1 - In this lesson plan with activity, students learn about living things, and the differences between animals and plants.
I Eat Plants- Children Kinder to Grade 2 learn what parts of plants human beings eat.
Plant Seeds of Learning: These classroom lessons bring plants to life!
How Plants Grow: What Do Living Things Need To Survive? - Grade 6 - 3-4 week unit
Plants Transpiration Experiment - Grades 4-8
Plants and Gravity - Grades 4-8- children learn how gravity affects the growth of plants.
Fun Experiments in Biology - dozens of experiments/activities for Elementary to High School, categorized by age. Categories for other science topics also available, e.g. physical sciences, earth sciences, chemistry, astronomy, technology.
Science Experiments for Environmental Education and Biology - This site gathers about 38 diverse experiments on soil, ecosystems, raising plants and small animals, photosynthesis, respiration, chromatography, electrophoresis, cellular division, etc. The experiments are concisely described, with links to other websites where you will be able to find more exhaustive information.
MATH
Helping Your Child To Learn Math - online booklet by the US Dept of Education provides fun, hands-on activities for many specific subject areas in Math. Great for teachers/parents to do with children, plus general advice on helping children have a better time with Math.
Math Skill Builders - Heaps of math activities, games, and downloads to keep your child busy.
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Math.com - lots of help for teaching Math to all levels, with skill builders, games, etc.
Nrich Prime- Online resource website of the Millennium Mathematics Project for teachers and parents. Full of activities, ideas for special Math events, and problems for different aged children to solve.
ENGLISH
Fifteen-Minute Reading Activities - Make 15 minutes go a long way. Try these quick reading activities with your younger kids.
Activities, games and fun ideas for teaching children English
Children Only ESL-EFL - downloadable materials for teaching ESL-EFL to children; has a membership fee.
VALUES
Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior - short online booklet with tips for everyday living and fun activities to help your children learn to live with others more responsibly; discusses habits of fairness, respect, courage, honesty, and compassion that responsible people share. It focuses on practical suggestions for helping young children appreciate the importance of acting responsibly in their everyday lives..
Bullies - Find out how to help your child keep the bully at bay.
How Kids Choose Heroes - Why do kids need heroes? And is there anything wrong with your child idolizing Britney Spears instead of Rosa Parks? Help your kids identify inspiring role models with these tips.
Heroes and Heroines - This subject was suggested by a reader who said that a teacher friend of his was having difficulty finding material on heroes. Hopefully, these sites will stimulate discussion and help you form your own definition of the word.
Relationships - Help your child become an open-minded, fair, and loving adult with our advice and information.
Discipline and Guidance - Learn how to set boundaries, best ways to discipline and guide children, and find out why it's wise to talk with your child about smoking and drinking earlier rather than later.
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