Primary Source Websites

The first website I chose was From Revolution to Reconstruction, which has primary source documents from the 1400's to present day in the United States. It is a great resource for students and teachers for research and projects.

The second website I chose was Eyewitness to History, which is a site that encompasses Ancient World to World War history. It has primary source documents embedded in it's kid-friendly text. This is another excellent research website for students and resource for teachers.

The third website I found was OurDocuments.gov, which is an amazing United States primary source, digital archive system containing documents like the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. It is wonderful for all ages and is very professional!!!

The last website I found was Archiving Early America, which is another great website for primary source documents from the 1400's to the World Wars. This is a great site for upper elementary students and teachers.

Science and Math Websites

Science:
First and foremost, my favorite science website of all time is Bill Nye the Science Guy! With little video clips and at-home science labs and experiments, this is a fun and interesting sites that kids will absolutely love!

The second website I chose was How Stuff Works. It is VERY thorough, including topics from the human body to volcanoes and vehicles! It is a great site for students because it has kid-friendly language and lots of pictures and graphs to help convey the data.

The third website is The Yuckiest Site on the Internet! It is a fun, interesting site for kids because it has a grossology approach to science, ranging from the body to experiments. It would be a great resource for kids for self-exploration!

The last science website I chose was ScienceWorld. It has programs that you can enroll students in for real life experiences in the classroom, however, it also has great resources online for students regarding science. It is a great place for teachers to share information with students as a guided assignment.

Math:
The first site I chose was Wolfram's MathWorld, which is a great place for virtual manipulatives and practice. This is an amazing resource for at-home and in-school practice, as well as for whole group math lessons!

The second site I chose was Primary Games. It is an excellent website for math games. Students will never know they are really learning from this website, since all the games are a BLAST!

The third website I chose was FunBrain.com. This is a great website for short and sweet lessons, but also has fun activities and games for students in the area of math. This is a great, kid-friendly site for all ages!

The last math website I chose was CoolMath. It has virtual flashcards, which would be great for small groups in school or for homework. It also has great games and activities for students of all ages.

PE/Health Technology Lesson

For my lesson, I would have students go to the www.kidshealth.com website and read about nutrition. The students can look at the food pyramid and would create their own version of the food pyramid on Kidspiration, by cutting and pasting pictures of different foods under different categories, like a picture of a loaf of bread under the bread and grains section. I then would have students go to the BAM! website and watch several of the nutrition videos about healthy eating and exercise. They can then create a meal plan on Excel to accompany their food pyramid and can share it with small groups.

Health/PE and Art/Music Websites

Health:
The first website, entitled kidshealth.com, I found months ago when I was finding websites for my students to use. It just so happened to be a part of our homework assignment for the book! It is an amazing resource because it has kid-friendly language, games and lessons around health. It is also a great resource for parents and educators, to learn how to teach and implement health, as well as teach about tough subjects like death and serious illness.

The second website is BAM (for Body and Mind), which is ran by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a great resource because it is a fun website for kids to use on their own. It has a comic-style with cool videos and games that teach about health. I can't think of a kid who wouldn't like this site!

Physical Education:
The first website called Get Active Stay Active is an amazing resource for PE because it allows students to create a workout schedule and eating plan, as well as being able to record their progress. This is important because students can do this at home or during school, so long as the student has Internet access.

The second website, kidnetic.com, is an online exercise and nutrition site for students. It has a workout video creator, where students can make up moves and then play them and do them with the video, as well as recipes and guides to healthy eating. This is a fun, interactive site for movement!

Art:
The first website is Crayola.com, which is a great resource for kids, parents, and teachers. It has thousands of lesson plans, online resources for students and great for at home art without a mess!

The second website, the National Gallery of Art for Kids, is an amazing site for students to learn about art, galleries, and creativity. The students can view art done by professionals as well as students, as well as making their own art in the Art Zone!

Music:
The first website is KidsRock.org, which is a site that kids can write their own songs and music! It is a great resource for students to play and explore on, but also for teachers to teach about rhythm, song writing, and performance!

The second website, entitled Kaboose, which is a music game resource, teaching students about sound, instruments, rhythm and other music topics. It is tons of fun and very interactive. You might want headphones for students for this site!

Social Studies and Reading Websites

Social Studies:
The first website I selected for students is Kidport.com, which is a site that has resources for all subjects, but has excellent resources for students in Social Studies. The nice thing about this website is that it breaks down resources by grade level for easy access to what you are looking for.
The second website is the White House website. It is a good site for any age, providing kid-friendly information about presidency and the White House.
The third website is "Explore the States" by the America's Library. It is an AMAZING resource for all ages to learn about the United States as a whole and as individual states.
The fourth website is World Almanac for Kids, which is a comprehensive website looking at many facets of the world, like US presidents, population, geography, and other things. I would use this for teaching about presidents and many other social studies topics. A GREAT SITE!

Reading:
Starfall.com is an awesome student, teacher and parent website to learn, teach and support reading. It has printable resources for teachers with lesson plans, e-books for students, and activities for literacy for at home learning and support.
The second website is PBS.org, which is a website with all kinds of resources themed around popular PBS television shows for kids. It is very motivating for our television-watching kids and has great activities.
The third website is Scholastic for Kids, which has awesome resources for students, teachers and parents around reading. It is a great site for students to use on their own or for teachers to teach with.
The fourth website is ReadWriteThink.org, which focuses on language arts in general, but has excellent reading resources for students and teachers.

A Math Lesson: Incorporating Technology for Kindergarten

I actually did this lesson in my kindergarten classroom with kids around patterns and shapes. I first used the "color patterns" game at the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives website on our SMARTboard, teaching it as a whole class. First kids learned how to pattern using familiar colors using A B A B and A B B A B B patterns, continuing to get more and more difficult as the pages progressed. After using this site for a few days, we switched to allowing them to create patterns of their own using the pattern block virtual manipulatives at the arcytech.org website. This was a "blank slate" for kids to work independently to create patterns on their laptops. They then could print one of their favorite patterns to take home to show mom and dad. Overall, it was an AWESOME lesson and worked very well for kindergarteners since it was very hands-on, visually stimulating, and interactive. To see the websites I used, go to the Math Lesson section along the left side of this page.

Internet Safety Websites

Website one is entitled Safe Kids, which is a family-oriented website focused on teaching children and parents about online safety. This site provides up-to-date articles and topics for parents to educate themselves and their children about how to use the Internet safely.

Website two, Net Smartz, is a site that has resources for all ages, from elementary students to adults and professionals. The nice thing about this site is it has bilingual resources and information. It also is extremely organized and friendly for students to use on their own.

Website three is entitled Wired Kids, which is an organization focused at younger students to teach about online safety, as well as ethical and moral usage of the Internet. This site would be excellent for students to use on their own, as well as a resource for parents to explain proper use of the Internet to their kids in kid-friendly words.

Website four, from the I Keep Safe Coalition, is a fun, organized and informational website for students, parents, and educators to keep on top of current Internet issues to keep themselves safe online. It is a great resource for students as well as for parents to keep educated on current issues. It has great video clips and songs for kids to remember safety tips too...