FABLES!!!
READ FABLES TO HELP YOU WRITE CLEVER CONCLUSIONS!!

http://www.aesops-fables.org.uk/

Cool Schools For 21st Century Learning!

http://www.khanacademy.org/

The Khan Academy isn't the only site changing the way we learn”and teach. From lessons on quantum mechanics that can be downloaded to your mobile phone to museum-produced video lectures on expressionism, here are a few other online tools helping to reshape education.

ENGINEER GUY

In his dazzling video series, University of Illinois engineering professor Bill Hammack explains the workings of everyday objects”like a computer hard drive or a lightbulb.

engineerguy.com

CONNEXIONS

This open source site at Rice University lets users assemble educational materials,videos, documents, charts in one place. Called knowledge chunks, these lessons can then be shared with the public for revising and remixing.

cnx.org

ITUNES U

With Stanford, Oxford, MIT, and some 800 other universities offering lectures on iTunes, you can carry lessons on anything from astrophysics to zoology on your iPhone.

apple.com/education/itunes-u

GOOGLE CODE UNIVERSITY

Computer science students and educators can access tutorials, courses, and videos on web programming, distributed systems, and other Google-related fare. Many courses were developed by Googlers themselves.

code.google.com/edu

MOMA™S MODERN TEACHERS

The Museum of Modern Art offers free guides, lessons, and images on topics like futurism and artists like Eva Hesse and Roy Lichtenstein.

moma.org/modernteachers

PBS TEACHERS

PBS has compiled a media library for students and teachers, broken down by subject and grade level. Topics range from how to do a handstand to conservation of angular momentum.

pbs.org/teachers

YOUTUBE EDU

This handy YouTube channel hosts more than 125,000 free instructional videos from universities and independent educators like the Khan Academy.

youtube.com/edu

Solar Decathlon

Extreme Skyscrapers!!!
http://www.yourdiscovery.com/extremeengineering/eps/index.shtml

Advertising for Kids!!

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/

http://www.admongo.gov/

Creating a Small Business

http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/writing-business-plan

Small Business Plans Templates!!http://www.bplans.com/sample_business_plans.cfm

Advertsing and Media-Grade 4 and 5

http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/introduction.htm

http://www.admongo.gov/

http://adage.com/century/timeline/index.html

http://advertisingiconmuseum.org/links.html

http://edu.glogster.com/login/

FOLD IT!!! Solve Puzzles for Science! Maybe the new protein you create will be the cure for cancer!!

http://fold.it/portal/

Wacky Facts! For Grade 3 Reading ACES!!!

Use this to research animals, weather, people and all things WACKY!!

http://www.funology.com/thats_odd/

USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR YOUR GLOGSTER RESEARCH!!!!!

Archaeology Websites Grades 4 and 5

Art History/Pompeii

http://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/home

Cool Archaeology "Dig" Links

http://www.digonsite.com/links.html

Jigsaw Puzzles Online

http://www.jigzone.com/

King Tut Article

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/

King Tut's New Face

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/photogalleries/tut_mummy/index.html

King Tut's Treasures

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/photogalleries/king_tut/index.html

http://touregypt.net/museum/tut.htm

Jamestown Colony "Digsite"

http://www.apva.org/

Jamestown Interactive Site

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone

New Findings at Stonehenge-Based on DNA evidence and a new dig

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/stonehenge-decoded-4272/Overview

NY Tenement "Digsite"

http://www.tenement.org

Machu Picchu

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/sites/machu_picchu.html

Yummy Mummy Recipe

http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/recipe.htm

Mummy Wordsearch

http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/wordsearch.html

Bog Mummies

http://library.thinkquest.org/J003409/bog.htm

Becoming Human

http://www.becominghuman.org/

Egypt Interactive Timeline and Suduko

http://www.history.com/marquee.do?marquee_id=51188

Make a Roman Mosaic

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/mkmosaic.htm

Medieval Studies Grades 4 and 5

Learn Latin Phrases

http://www.transparent.com/learn-latin/phrases.html

Knights and the Code of Chivalry

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/knights-code-of-chivalry.htm

Heraldry

http://search.swyrich.com/surnamesearch.asp?Licensee=8605

Castles for Kids

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Kids/

Castles of France

http://www.a-castle-for-rent.com/castles/medieval2.htm

Medieval Recipes Written in Middle English

http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm

Interactive Site About Medieval Times

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

Chess For Kids

http://www.chesskids.com/

Environmental Studies Grade 3

Tree Identification

http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/

Latitude and Longitude Games

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

Countries of the World

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

Fun Filled Water Facts and Games!!!

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_qagame.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kids_4-8.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/pdfs/activity_grades_k-3_watercycle.pdf

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/gamesandactivies.html

Environmental Activities and Resources

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Symbolic Monarch Migration

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/symbolic/AboutFall.html

Philadelphia Goes Green!! Philadelphia set to become the greenest city in the U.S.

http://www.phila.gov/green/greenworks/index.html

Plan It Green--What a clever title!! National Geographic site that is soooo cool!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/plan-it-green/

Disasters for Kids

http://www.fema.gov/kids/

http://stormvideo.com/

http://www.noaa.org/

Shakespeare Grades 4 and 5

Also visit our Wikipage on Shakespeare!

See the Secretary Alphabet Through an Interactive Website! so cool

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://penroom.co.uk/images/The%2520Secretary%2520Hand.JPG&imgrefurl=http://penroom.co.uk/The_secretary_hand.aspx&usg=__q6H7psvrMR8vSF6oS8PbsarGtho=&h=495&w=604&sz=73&hl=en&start=9&sig2=j16ZjPqsIi7VFpZmAfCaOA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=_qqfc2avpIGi9M:&tbnh=111&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bsecretary%2Balphabet%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS_en%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=iB0JTLqyMsSAlAf9442XDg

Shakespeare For Kids

http://www.folger.edu/education/sfk_kids/

http://www.shakespeareinamericanlife.org/kids/index.cfm

http://www.squidoo.com/shakespeareforchildren

Shakespeare Characters Riddle Card Game

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Teach-and-Learn/Shakespeare-for-Kids/Discover-Our-Collection/Shakespeare-for-Children/Riddle-Card-Game/

Shakespeare Quote Finder and Interpretation

http://www.enotes.com/william-shakespeare

Architectural Design Sites Grades 4 and 5

Paint Color and Design

http://www.duron.com/do-it-yourselfers/color/color_palettes.asp

House Plans

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/beach-house-plans.asp

Luxury Home Designs

http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com/Luxury%20House%20Plans%20Start.htm

Fabric and Wallpaper

http://www.waverly.com/products.php?cat=fabric

Furniture

http://www.furniture.com/common/search/searchresult.asp?categoryFamilyid=1577

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/living_room

Color Wheel

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/images/encyc_colorwheel.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyc_colorwheel.html&usg=__bCJnPsg_wbV-Dp4saF2pErVJ8sg=&h=348&w=417&sz=15&hl=en&start=11&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=TwgvXCg_0VaYPM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolor%2Bwheel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS_en%26tbs%3Disch:1

Architecture Links Grades 4 and 5

Architecture Links

http://www.greatbuildings.com

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

http://architecture.about.com/od/greatbuildings/Great_Buildings_and_Structures.htm

http://www.discovery.com/googleearth/index.html?playerId=219243115&categoryId=219564254&lineupId=16920290&titleId=17013928

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/05/maya-lin-extended-interviews.html

Building Big

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/

Maya Lin has some amazing ideas!!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/05/maya-lin-extended-interviews.html

http://www.mayalin.com/

http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/23025102

Frank Gehry Really Thinks Outside the Box!!

http://www.sonyclassics.com/sketchesoffrankgehry/main.html

Reading Sparks Links All Grades

Signers of the U.S. Constitution

http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/constitution/bio.htm

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html

Globalization and Technology Video-"Did You Know"

http://dotsub.com/view/f3f91861-f623-4614-8c1e-c24a9a53b4cf

Sign Language

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

http://www.koko.org/world/signlanguage.html

http://www.handspeak.com/

Writing With Writers

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/

Science Sparks Links Grade 5

Forensic Science

http://www.southjerseyacademy.com/tr/tre.htm

Chromosomes

What is a chromosome?

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/

Make a Karotype

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/

http://www.becominghuman.org/node/chromosome-connection

Usborne Science Genetic Links

http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/usa/usa_entity_pages/usa_select_link.asp?lang=usa&lvl=2&id=1253&From=10&To=11

Genetic Engineering

http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/gen_eng.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/genes/reproductionandcloningact.shtml

Human Genome Project

http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/sciencescoop/index.php

Map of the Human Genome

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/genemap96/

DNA Activities

http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitdna/index.jsp

Everything Science

http://science.discovery.com/

Chemistry for Kids Grade 3

http://www.chem4kids.com/

http://www.chemicool.com/

http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-elements.cfm

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/

http://www.funology.com/laboratory/listing.cfm?category=49&type=laboratory

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/virtual-start.html

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/phvinegar.html

Mythology Links Grades 4 and 5

Mythology

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html

Inventions

Engineering/Inventions Link

http://www.pbs.org/parents/zoom/engineering/

Physics Puzzlers

http://www.archimedes-lab.org/workshoptorquato.html

Rube Goldberg for Kids!

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/index.html

"Pipe Dream" Animated Music

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2942922314315974986#

Math

Algebra, Square Root Calculator and MORE!!

http://www.math.com/

Math Sites

http://www.allmath.com/

http://mathcats.com/

http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/

http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm

http://www.aaastudy.com/

Math and More

http://www.brainpop.com/

Jigsaw Puzzles Online

http://www.jigzone.com/

The Arts

Classical Music Resource

http://www.psnj.org/linkclass.html

National Gallery of Art for Kids

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

Virtual Field Trips

http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/field.html

VMS Drama Club

https://www.voorhees.k12.nj.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=10662

Parent Resources

New Jersey Association for Gifted Children

http://www.njagc.org/

http://www.nagc.org/resourcedirectory.aspx

Reading Lists

http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html

Summer Reading Lists

http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp Finds books by grade level, interest and accelerated levels. Includes non-fiction.

http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_home.asp --Click on Recommended Reading Lists for different levels from elementary-high school, different types of literature, including non-fiction

http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html

Summer Day Trips and Educational Experiences in New Jersey

http://www.fmfcorp.com/familyspot/trips.html

Fun and Resources for Kids and Parents

http://www.scholastic.com/

Museums

http://www.philamuseum.org/main.asp

http://www.newarkmuseum.org/dynamicearth/kids/index.htm

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/smithsoniankids/flash_index.html

Jigsaw Puzzles Online

http://www.jigzone.com/

Just AWESOME!!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/home

Interesting Articles

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1653653,00.html

http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/nation_deceived/

Gifted Child Today Magazine

http://journals.prufrock.com/IJP/b/gifted-child-today