Using the Internet in the Classroom
Social Studies and Science Web Sites
Organized by Kathi Mitchell
Using the Internet in the Classroom
1. Current Events:
Time for Kids - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Weekly Reader - http://www.weeklyreader.com/
Scholastic Magazine - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm
Boston Globe - http://www.boston.com/globe/
Concord Monitor - http://www.concordmonitor.com/
CNN - http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Plus CNN Activities http://www.cnn.com/LIVING/studentnews/learning.activities/archive/
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com
SI For Kids - http://www.sikids.com/
New England Cable News - http://www.boston.com/news/necn/
USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/2. Daily Activities:
Weather - The Weather Channel or Intellicast
or The Weather Underground
Moon Phases - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
US Facts - 50 States.com - http://www.50states.com/
Tides - http://www.maineboats.com/tide-charts/nh
http://www.portsmouthnh.com/port/tides.cfm
http://www.tides.info/?command=view&location=Hampton+Harbor%2C+New+Hampshire
Daily Almanac - InfoPlease - http://www.infoplease.com/daily
RefDesk - http://www.refdesk.com/quote.html3. Ask An Expert:
4. Windows to the Universe and American Memory:Ask An Expert - Various experts and career ed stuff from
http://www.askanexpert.com/
Ask An Expert
http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
The Mad Scientist - Ask A Scientist -
http://www.madsci.org/index.html
Ask An Expert from Scientific American -
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
Ask A Scientist DOE Science Education -
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aasinfo.htm
Ask a Biology question - http://www.hhmi.org/askascientist/
Dr. Math from Drexel - http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
NASA - http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/askmag.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/AskScientist/
AskCNN - http://www.cnn.com/CNN/askcnn
Windows To The Universe - http://www.windows.ucar.edu
American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html5. Government Agencies:
CIA for Kids - and World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/index.html
Legislative Information on the Internet - Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov/
USGS - education and info about earthquakes and volcanoes - http://www.usgs.gov/
The Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/index.html
America's Story - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Exhibits - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/
Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids - K-3, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
NOAA Education Resources for Teachers and Kids - weather, climate, oceans, satellites
http://www.education.noaa.gov/6. Virtual field trips:
123Cam - sites from around the world - http://www.123cam.com/
Tommy's List of Live Cam Worldwide - http://www.rt66.com/~ozone/east.htm
Alaska (Juneau) - http://www.kinyradio.com/webcams.html
Antarctica - http://www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/
Concord (NH) -
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?Url=/sections/webcam/webcam.pbs
Lake Winnipesaukee (NH) http://www.blackcatnh.com/
Monterey Bay Aquarium web cams - http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
Mount Washington (NH) - http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/
National Zoo http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/
Old Faithful - http://www.nps.gov/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm
South Pole Live - http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/livecamera.htmlPlimoth Plantation - http://plimoth.org/features/exhibits/
Colonial Williamsburg - http://www.history.org
Mount Vernon - http://www.mountvernon.org
Monticello - http://www.monticello.org
Frog Dissection page - http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu//home.html
The Heart: An Online Exploration from the Franklin Institute -
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Tramline Field Trips - http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm7. Student references/Homework Help:
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper -
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/
BJ's College Companion - http://www.bjpinchbeck.net/precollege.html
Gander Academy's Theme Related Resources - outstanding site
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/
Multnomah County Library Homework Center web sites for 40 topics and all ages
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html8. Teacher references:
NHEON lesson plans and resources for NH teachers - standards-based
http://www.nheon.org
California SCORE - Schools of California Online Resources for Educators
- all disciplines - links, resources, and lesson plans
http://www.score.k12.ca.us/
Discovery Channel - Lesson Plans, Puzzlemaker, TV schedules
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/
Educator's Reference Desk - Lesson plans, database of information, research, mailing lists
http://www.eduref.org/
Kathy Schrock's links for educators - all disciplines and then some
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Knowledge Network of NHPTV (Channel 11)- lesson plans, activities, technology ideas
http://www.nhptv.org/kn/
Mr. Donn's (and Mrs. D's) Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum - (social studies)
http://www.mrdonn.org/
Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer - Blue Web'N
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/9. Online projects:
GLOBE - http://www.globe.gov/
Jason Project - http://www.jason.org/public/home.aspx
S'COOL - http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/
Eduscapes Teacher Tap http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1.htm
CIESE _ http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html
Global Schoolhouse - Collaborative projects http://www.gsn.org/
KIDPROJ - http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/
KIDLINK - http://www.kidlink.org/
Educator's Rest Stop - http://mathforum.org/~carol/
Journey North - http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Monarch Watch - http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Linda Burkhart's Suggestions -
http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/int.htm
Curriculum-Based Telecomputing - examples from from Judi Harris
http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/Projects+Resources/index.html10. Scavenger Hunts:
Arlys Peterson's Scavenger Hunts - http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/scavenger_hunts.htm
Cindy O'Hora's Scavenger Hunts - http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html
Scavenger Hunts for Elementary - http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledScavenger.html#general
Christmas Around the World scavenger hunts - http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/xmas_around.htm
Mini Scavenger Hunts from Vicki Blackwell - http://www.vickiblackwell.com/hunts.html11. Maps:
National Geographic - http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
USGS National Map Viewer - http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
USGS Earthshots - http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
Maps from the University of Texas at Austin -
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Color Landform Atlas of the United States -
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
World Atlas - http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm12. Webquests:
Bernie Dodge - The Webquest Page -
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
Kathy Schrock on Webquests - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
Thinkquest for students - http://www.thinkquest.org/
Library of entries - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html
Tom March Best Webquests - http://bestwebquests.com/
Kathi Mitchell's list of webquests - http://www.kathimitchell.com/quests.htm
LSU Webquests - http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/
San Diego Technology Challenge Grants - searchable database for webquests
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects
Saskatoon (CA) Webquests - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm
Edmund J. Sass Webquests - http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/Webquest.html
Spartanburg County, GA webquests - http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
Other Sites for Teachers:
Free email newsletter The Classroom Flyer
http://www.riverdeep.net/portal/page?_pageid=338,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTALDiscovery Channel -
weekly newsletter - http://reg.cheetahmail.com/regp?aid=88808939&n=700
puzzles for you to make - http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
curriculum center - http://school.discovery.com/curriculumcenter/
clip art - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/EduHound - suggested sites to visit for ideas http://www.eduhound.com/
From Now On - Jamie McKenzie - technology in the classroom - http://www.fno.org/
Surfing the Net with Kids electronic newsletter - sites for kids and families
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
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Kathi Mitchell
and was last updated on October 26, 2008
