Educational Links
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Wouldn't it
be nice to know more about your favorite author or illustrator? See if your favorite author
or illustrator is listed at:
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Famous Authors and Their Creations
Would you
consider reviewing a book? Tell what you think of
it, whether good or bad at:
Spaghetti Book
Club, where
you can find book reviews for kids by kids, and you can submit one yourself.
Now that's cool!
Read a Clifford story or play a Clifford game at:
Clifford Interactive Storybooks.
These sites will help you
with writing:
Young Writers' Clubhouse offers ideas, suggestions, and contests for young
writers.
Elementary
Grammar – Check your grammar skills here!
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Find out what makes you tick at The Human Body.
Tour of Biomes
is where the answer to the question, "Why don't people living in
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Find
information and photos about rain forests at:
Animals of the
Rain Forest - Facts about some rain
forest animals
Animals of the Rain
Forest - More facts about some
rain forest animals
Rain Forest Biomes – What would it feel like to be in a rain
forest?
Rain Forest - Take a rain forest tour!
The Temperate
Rain Forest - Did you know we have a rain forest in the
These sites will help you
learn about all kinds of animals:
SeaWorld's Animal Bytes helps you find information and photos of many
animals.
Animals A to Z Find information about your favorite zoo animals at
the Oakland Zoo website.
Animals of the
World Look at the wonderful
reports from 1st grade students at
Animals in Our Backyard Look at a map of animals from the nature trail at
The National Zoo is where you will find animal photos and facts
about animals.
Lincoln Park Zoo in
The Wildlife Conservation Society has a fact page about wild animals with animal
photos too!
Natureworks has some animal facts as well as sounds.
Sounds of the
World's Animals This fun site tells how people from
different parts of our world spell and say animal sounds. They're different
from one language to another.
What is the weather? Is it going to rain?
Check the weather at:
Would you like to know
about the man in the moon,
planets, stars, and much more? Check out:
Here are some sites that
will help you learn about plants:
Plants and Our
Environment This site, created by fourth graders, was a 1998 ThinkQuest Junior award winner.
Why Do Fall
Leaves Change Color? Look at this
website for answers to many questions about changes that take place in plants
in autumn.
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Are
you learning about Colonial America? Visit Colonial Hall
for biographies of
The Underground
Railroad Quilt, from Mr. Leahy's 4th/5th grade class at Greenway
Elementary in
Take
a virtual field trip at The Freedom Trail Online.
Click on "First Stop: Revolution" (at the top of the page) to find a
timeline starting when the Puritans established the town of Boston in 1630 and
ending in 1843 when the Bunker Hill Monument was dedicated. Then click on
"Experience the Trail" (at the top of the page) and tour each of
sixteen sites on the Freedom
Trail. I
Westward Ho! Here are some excellent links about the
Westward Movement: Pioneers and Westward Expansion.
Check out the Kids' Tour at The White
House.
Find information about any of our fifty states at 50states.com
Are you looking for a map?
At
Google Maps,
you can find maps of your neighborhood or neighborhoods around the world. You can
even put in an address and get a map of that area. Look at a satellite view and
even zoom in on your house!
For
driving directions, try MapQuest
or Yahoo Maps.
National
Geographic has two map sites.
The Map Machine
has maps and facts about continents, countries, provinces, states, and cities.
Xpeditions has printable maps from
around the world.
Atlapedia Online contains full
color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on
countries of the world.
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Are you up to a challenge? Try some problem solving
at Brain Teasers or choose from a variety
of math activities at School Bell Math.
Aunty Math's Page
has fun math challenges for kids. You can either take this week's or past
challenges.
Solve some math problems based on familiar
children's books at MathStories.
Math - Here is a site where you can practice counting money, get
some practice with flashcards, practice telling time, or have fun with other
math activities. Look for the contents at the left, and then select a tab at
the top. Basic activities are free.
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This very
useful link will take you to CLAN (Cooperating Libraries Automated Network). At CLAN, you can access your library's
catalog and check to see if the book you want is on the shelf. If it's not, you
can request it and the library will arrange to get it for you. You will be
contacted when the book arrives at your library. Usually it takes only a couple
of days. Or if you prefer, you can check to see if another library has the book
and go there to pick it up.
Check out Reservoir
Avenue School's Library Collection to
see what books are available and even find out if the book you want is checked
in. Just click the CATALOG tab (next to the HOME tab) and you will find
yourself in the wonderful land of books just waiting to be read!
Two terrific sites to help you find things on the Internet are Ask
for Kids, where you can type in your question and
get an answer, and Yahooligans.
At this site, Fact Monster, kids can search for information about people, sports, the
Are you doing
research, or do you need help with homework? Try Encarta Online when you're looking for information about almost anything:
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Visit Tunia's Travels and see what the traveling ladybug from
Your
Health offers a
variety of health-related activities.
Visit Dr.
Seuss at Seussville for games, crafts, activities, recipes,
and more.
See what Arthur, D.W., The Brain, and all
their friends are doing at Arthur.
Take a look at what Big Bird and his
friends are doing on Sesame Street.
Let Alfy find some great activities or some super
links.
At the Crayola site, find activities to keep you busy.
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