Student Resources

Resources

Kids Corner

SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, AND GEOLOGY LINKS
SCIENCE FAIR RESEARCH AND PREPARATION
BOTANY
WEATHER
ANIMALS
SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
MATH
READING
WRITING
GRAMMAR
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
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

BOTANY

WEATHER

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

ANIMALS

Biomes of the World http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/main.htm
San Diego Zoo Kids http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
National Wildlife Federation for Kids http://www.nwf.org/kids/

SOCIAL STUDIES AND HISTORY

Presidents of the United States http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
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

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

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

MATH

MATH http://mathforum.org/dr.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.htm
Biographies
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.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 Guiderhttp://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 Spot http://homeworkspot.com/
Tutor.com http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/