Elementary and High School Resouces by Subject
Note: Sometimes the distinction between Elementary and High School material
is unclear, as well as the various subject categories, so take the time explore all
subjects for both schools.
These links represent a mere sample of the millions of sites available on
the World Wide Web.
Scroll down to see all the links, or click on a specific link below to jump to a
section.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RESOURCES
Art
General
- 700 Plus Great
Sites - Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Web Sites for KIDS and the
Adults who care about them with categories such as: Arts, Entertainment, Literature,
Language, People Past and Present, Planet Earth and Beyond, Science, and Technology.
- ALFY - Web Portal for Kids - Thousands of
exciting kid-friendly links. Geared toward early elementary children. More specifically,
it's a "free educational site geared toward early elementary students, teachers,
and parents with unique in its kid-centric design. Even pre-readers are able to navigate
the site through the use of colorful graphics. All links are hand-selected by a team
of educators to ensure that they are safe, appropriate, and appealing for children.
It's also a terrfic resource for teachers, with lesson plan ideas and theme based
activities."
- Berit's Best for Children
- Children's Literature
Web Guide - Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults.
- Fact Monster: Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia,
and Homework Help - "Large free reference site just for kids! Get homework
help & find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment,
geography, history, biography, education, and health."
- Funschool.com - A free educational site
geared toward Kindergarten to 6th grade students, teachers, and parents. The site
has hundreds of math, science, English, and geography games which coincide with
numerous curriculum objectives. The Funschool site reinforces and teaches a variety
of skills.Students will love being involved in the learning activities because the
games are fun and offer positive reinforcement.
- HomeworkSpot.com - Homework help, science
fair projects, math, english, foreign languages and more. A free K-12 homework resource
site that simplifies the search for the best resources for working on homework projects.
- KidNews - Kids' writing
from pratically everywhere!
- Kids' Korner - Fun and interesting
sites suitable for kids of all ages.
- Kids Space - "Of Kids, by Kids
and for Kids! An educational learning site devoted to bringing out the creativity
in Kids of all ages around the world. Share your stories, pictures, and musical compositions."
- Kids'
Stuff - Michigan Historical Center: Provides activities that include real historic
documents, things to make, poems to read and more.
- Kid's Web - Provides
students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate and contains information
targeted at the K-12 level.
- Little Explorers
- An illustrated, multi-lingual, picture dictionary for children, with links to educational
activities and games."Even preschoolers can surf carefully chosen kids' sites
on the Web."
- MBGnet - From the Missouri Botanical Garden: A world-wide learning
commnunity for kids and classrooms.
- Online Children's
Stories - There are a lot of stories available on the Internet to read or download.
Some of them are from well-known books, others can be found only online.
- Project Center - Find or share
collaborative classroom projects for use over the Internet, from Houghton Mifflin:
- Student Surf Homework Links
- Handy set of Internet links in the following categories: Art and Music, Computers
and Technology, Current Events, English, Geography, Health and Fitness, History,
Math, Play, Reference tools/sites, Science, and Teacher Resources.
Mathematics
- The Math Forum - "A
comprehensive resource for math education on the Internet. Some features include
a K-12 math expert service, an extensive database of math sites, online resources
for teaching and learning math, plus much more."
Social Studies
Science
HIGH SCHOOL RESOURCES
Art
General
- High School Hub - Academic resources for
high school students.
- HomeworkSpot.com - Homework help, science
fair projects, math, english, foreign languages and more. A free K-12 homework resource
site that simplifies the search for the best resources for working on homework projects.
- Key Pals and Correspondents
Exchange (K-12)
- Kid's Web - Provides
students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate and contains information
targeted at the K-12 level.
- Project Center - Find or share
collaborative classroom projects for use over the Internet, from Houghton Mifflin:
- Student Surf Homework Links
- Handy set of Internet links in the following categories: Art and Music, Computers
and Technology, Current Events, English, Geography, Health and Fitness, History,
Math, Play, Reference tools/sites, Science, and Teacher Resources.
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
- Biology Education Software
FAQ
- Cornell Theory Center
Math and Science Gateway - Provides a wide range of educational services to the
national community, including links to resources in mathematics and science for educators
and students in grades 9-12.
- Earth and Moon Viewer
- Ecology Resources on the Internet
- ?? Ecology: http://ecology.umsl.edu/links.html
- Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Math and Science Education
- Grand Traverse Regional Math, Science
& Technology Center
- Hi-C: ScienceWare
Site - ScienceWare is a suite of applications and utilities developed to provide
science students and teachers with tools to aid in the scientific learning process.
These tools were developed to benefit users both inside and outside of the classroom.
- Holden's Hands-on Science Site
- Internet and
Science Presentaion - A Workshop Presentation and
On-line Resource for Teachers: Possibilities -- Integrating the Internet in the Science
Classroom (And Other Curricular Areas).
- MAD Scientist Network.- "A collective crania of scientists answering questions in
many areas. The 'network' provides a forum in which people can learn more about the
world around them.
- MadSci Net - Ask a Scientist (and more)
- NASA's EOS (Earth Observing System) Project
Science Office
- Our Environment: Large
& Small, Near & Far - Science Resources - from Landmarks
for Schools
- SciEd: Science
and Mathematics Education Resources
- Scope, Sequence, and Coordination
- A Project of the NTSA: National Science Teachers Association.
Offers science educators and science enthusiasts hundreds of curricular resources
derived from A Framework for High School Science Education, an NSTA
Publication.
- The
Nine Planets - A multimedia tour of the solar system, including the history,
mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons.
- The U.S. White House - one of the most
popular, contect-rich sites on the Web!
- Windows to the Universe
- A fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences.
Social Studies
- General
- AFRICA RELATED:
- AFRICANews on the World Wide Web - Gateway
to a Continent. A one-stop source for up-to-date information on all of Africa, with
reports from Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies.
- PANAFRICAN News Agency - This U.S. organization promotes attention to African
affairs:
- The President in Africa,
1998 - Follow President Clinton's March 22nd to April 2, 1998 trip through Africa.
He will visit Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Rwanda, Botswana, and Senegal.
- History/Social Studies Web
Sites for K-12 Teachers
- MSU Global Access - A portal to
information about the world that contains a database of Web sites and other resources
selected by experts at Michigan State University. It is tailored for any users (educators,
students, travelers, scholars, etc.) seeking information on a wide variety of resources
for every country and region in the world. It also features some newly-created resources.
This database is unique because it is searchable by a combination of categories as
well as by a single category. categories include: World Region or Country, Thematic
Area (e.g., environment, gender, international development, travel and geography),
Constituency Group (e.g., K-12 teachers, or business and labor) and Resource Type
(e.g., maps, news sources, study abroad programs).
- National Council for the Social Studies
- The U.S. White House - one of the most
popular, contect-rich sites on the Web!
- The World and Its People
- Social Studies Resources - from Landmarks
for Schools
- Geography
- Government
- Census and Statistics:
- Foreign
Government Resources on the Web - A variety of information about many nations.
- Government and Politics Resources - from the Benzie Shores District Library
- Government
Resources on the Web - from the University of
Michigan
- Governments on the WWW
- GovSpot.com - Federal, state and local government
resources. Quickly and easily find local, state, national and international resources,
government documents, election information and federal agencies, send e-mail to Washington,
follow hot issues and more. An excellent resource for social studies teachers and
students.
- Michigan
State and Local Government on the Web - from the University
of Michigan
- The
Constitution of the United States of America
- THOMAS - Legislative Information on the
Internet. In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of the U.S. Congress through
its Library. Subjects include: Congress This Week, Bills, Laws, Congressional Record,
Committee Information , Historical Documents, The Legislative Process, and U.S. Government
Internet Resources.
- United Nations - Locator for the
U.N System of Organizations
- United Nations Development Programme
- University
of Michigan Government Document Center
- Vote Smart - Information about the politcal
system, issues, candidates, and elected officials.
- World Factbook
Master Home Page
- History
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