CES CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

GENERAL REFERENCE

The Biography Maker - http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm These online lessons explain what a biography should be and walks writers through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling. Includes embedded links to relevant Internet resources and tips for effective writing.

Vocabulary University. "Participate in FREE vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. These exercises help prepare for SSAT, PSAT, GED, SAT, and ACT tests, and they supplement personal vocabulary acquisition, are used in home-schooling and ESL programs." There are elementary, middle school and high school levels. It is even fun.

Yahoo-Education- A Yahoo list of education topics

FunBrain - provides many different language arts & math online activities - new

SCIENCE

Animal information database by Sea World

Animal Tracks by the National Wildlife Federation- A great site full of lesson plans and ideas

Discover Magazine Science Tours

Exploratorium - 500 interactive science experiences.

Fledgling Corner - A kid centered site with lots of information about birds.

Franklin Institute - Lots of great science info including star reports & online science lessons/projects

Something Froggy - This is a story about the life cycle of Frederick Frog and promises to delight students! It is an outstanding web project.

SciCentral: This site is maintained by professional scientists whose mission is to identify and centralize access to the most valuable scientific resources online. SciCentral currently constitutes a gateway to over 50,000 sites pertaining to over 120 specialties in science and engineering. http://www.scicentral.com/index.html

Science Learning Network sponsored by Franklin Institute, San Francisco Exploratorium Great resources

The Electronic Zoo- Tons of links about domestic and wild animals.

Weather

Weather World - PSU weather site with a kids area and links. Current local and PA weather info.

Weather - Offered as a part of the Annenberg project. An outstanding site.

Space

NASA web site

The Nine Planets - Information and pictures of our Solar System and planets

Earth Science

Latitude and Longitude - Find yours using your zip code The following URL provides latitude and longitude for a specified ZIP http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer

TerraServer - Can you find your state, town, neighborhood, home from space or an aerial view?

SOCIAL STUDIES/GOVERNMENT

Colonial Williamsburg

Library of Congress

Martin Luther King Jr. maintained by a Seattle newspaper this site has info on his life and times.

Pennsylvania - the Pennsylvania home page. Info on history, travel, government, symbols, and more

Pennsylvania facts web site - provided by Rep Barley

Statue of Liberty site of the National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/stli/mainmenu.htm

Thomas - find out about legislation and read bills full tex online. http://thomas.loc.gov/

Web Tourist - geographic guide to the internet has maps!

The White House - See the home of the President and First Lady, Links to government offices.

The Presidents Project - The fifth graders have created a web site which highlights the life of Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to many facts and links, the project offers a challenging crossword puzzle created using student generated questions. This is part of a nationwide project where students created web sites about specific presidents.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Children's Literature Web Guide- find author's web sites and much more

Gutenberg Master Index many public domain books online. Dickens, Hawthorne and many others. Always growing! http://www.promo.net/pg/index.html

Audrey & Don Wood's site - use it with their books. - new

MATH

Ask Dr. Math Provided for elementary and middle school teachers and students by Swathmore College. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/

Math in Daily Life - Learn many times that math comes in handy. http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

TEACHER RESOURCES

Ask Dr. Internet Check here for answers to your internet questions. http://promo.net/drnet/drnet20.htm

Blue Web'n - Reviews sites for their pertinence to the needs of the education community. Provides a large resource of links by catagory. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html

Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs & Resources

Hazel's Home page of teacher resources- links to a myriad of education sites

HyperStudio Home Page Get information, ideas, and troubleshooting tips.

Knowledge Hound is the place to go when you want to learn how to do something online & for free!

Multicultural Resources- says it all

Teaching through technology. A web site from the The Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. It offers Teacher stories, Links, Professional development, and more. http://www.ecb.org/

ED Web lots of information about the internet and education.