Resources

Student Resources

SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, AND GEOLOGY LINKS SCIENCE FAIR RESEARCH AND PREPARATION BOTANY WEATHER ANIMALS SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS

MATH READING WRITING GRAMMAR SPELLING WORD ROOTS REFERENCE TOOLS HOMEWORK HELPERS

SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, AND GEOLOGY LINKS

National geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com

San Diego Aerospace Museum
http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/

Science Guy
www.billnye.com

Nine Planets
http://www.nineplanets.org/

Birch Aquarium at Scripps
http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/

The Orlando Science Center
http://www.osc.org/

The Franklin Institute Science Museum


Space and Astronomy for kids
http://space.about.com/?once=true&

Field Museum of Natural History
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/default.htm

Dinosaurs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/toc.shtml

Mount St. Helen
http://www.mountsthelens.com/

EnviroLink Library
http://www.envirolink.org/

Exploratorium Science Museum
http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
http://www.minerals.net/

Us Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/collect1/collectgip.html

Home Hobbies - Rock collecting
www.homeadvisor.com/r/rock-collecting/

Hands on Children’s Museum
http://www.hocm.org/

Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com/

Sea and Sky
http://www.seasky.org/mainmenu.html

Energy and a whole lot more
http://www.kapili.com/e/energy.html

SCIENCE FAIR RESEARCH AND PREPARATION

Science Fair Center
http://www.libraryspot.com/sciencefair/


BOTANY


WEATHER

USA Today Weather
http://asp.usatoday.com/weather/weatherfront.aspx

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Wild Weather
http://www.wildweather.com/

ANIMALS

Biomes of the World

National Wildlife Federation for Kids
http://www.nwf.org/kids/

SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY

Presidents of the United States

Library of Congress Home Page
http://www.loc.gov/

California’s Untold Stories-Gold Rush
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/

PBS Gold Rush
http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/

Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/index.htm

Fifty States
http://www.50states.com/

America Immigration
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/immigration_set1.html

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

National Museum of American Indians
http://www.nmai.si.edu/


MATH

Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

Math Baseball
http://www.funbrain.com/math/

Brain Teasers
http://eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html

A Plus Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/

Multiflyer Multiplication
http://www.gdbdp.com/multiflyer/

Quia Mathematics
http://www.quia.com/dir/math/
READING

Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/

Kids top 100 Books
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html

Guided Reading
http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/guidedreading.htm

Teachers Top 100 Books
http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html

Biographies
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

Recommended Reading by Grade Levels
http://www.lapl.org/kidspath/booklist/rr_grade.html

Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com/

Read –Write-Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp

Dr. Seuss’s Seussville
http://www.seussville.com/

Scholastic Central
http://www.scholastic.com/  

FunBrain
http://www.funbrain.com/

International Kids Space
http://www.kids-space.org/

WRITING

Scholastic’s Teaching Writing Page
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachwriting/index.htm

Shape Books
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html


GRAMMAR

Grammar and Punctuation
http://www.grammarbook.com/

Grammar and Writing Guide
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/  
SPELLING

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmsv/


WORD ROOTS
Quia
http://www.quia.com/jg/65969.html


REFERENCE TOOLS

Dictionary/Thesaurus
http://www.m-w.com/

Visual Thesaurus
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html

Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.rhymezone.com/

One Look
http://www.onelook.com/  

HOMEWORK HELPERS

Homework Central
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/
Homework Spot
http://homeworkspot.com/
Tutor.com
http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/

4th AND 5th GRADE VIRTUAL LIBRARY

HOMEWORK HELPERS

Homework Central
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/

Homework Spot
http://homeworkspot.com/

Tutor.com
http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/

4th AND 5th GRADE VIRTUAL LIBRARY