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By Joy Lynn Cox Buckingham   **  Technology Resource Teacher  **  Fayette County Public Schools                    ***********************************************************************

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Alcohol  Alphabet     American Revolution  Animals  Africa Scavenger Hunt       Arts and Humanities  Astronomy  Austria  Australia    Authors   

Black History  Butterflies

Canada Career   Certificates   CivilWar   Clipart       China     Colonial  History  Columbus Community Helpers  

Dahl   December Holidays    Dental Care   Derby  Dictionary Skills Digital Camera   Dinosaurs     Drugs 

Ecology - Earth Day     Economics    Earthquakes &Volcanoes  Egypt  Elections     Electricity & Magnets   Encyclopedia Skills    Energy        ESL     Explorers   Evaluating Websites 

Fall Season    Feature Article   Food Chain    Food Groups/Pyramids   Fossils  Fractions           

Geology-Rocks     Geometry   Government     Graphing     

  Habitats      Handwriting    Health   High Frequency Words     Horse   

Industrial  Revolution  Insects Internet  Inventors  Italy   

Jamestown   Japan 

Kentucky  Derby  KINDERGARTEN   

Life Cycles  Lincoln  LITERACY     Live Webcams

Map Study  Measuring  Mexico    MATH   Money  Moon  Multiplication    MUSIC    

Native Americans    

Ocean  Olympics  On-Demand Writing   

Patrick,St.   Pattern Blocks  PET Projects    Physics   Pilgrims     Plants   PRESCHOOL  Probability      Problem Solving   

Rain Forest  Reader's Theatre  READING  Regrouping in Addition   Research/Information  Revolutionary War  Rocks   Rubric Russell Cave Ecology Project          

SCIENCE  Shadows  Simple Machines   SOCIAL STUDIES     Solar System        States of Matter      Stellaluna   St.   SRI Practice     Symmetry   

Tangrams Teeth   Test Practice  Telling Time   Thanksgiving-Pilgrims-Native Americans   Three States of Matter      Time Lines 

United States United States Scavenger Hunt      United Kingdom

Vocabulary 

Water Cycle    Weather    Web site creations & Tools   Western Hemisphere Natives Westward Movement   Word Study   World History  Worksheets WRITING  Writing Feature Article  Writing How-To Pieces   Writing Literary-Short Stories  Writing On-Demand  Writing Personal Narratives    Writing Persuasive  Writing Prompts   Writing-Reflective Pieces   

Alphabet

Virtual Alphabet  ** Clifford Letter Match  **  ABC's with Jayzeebear  **  ABC Memory Game  **  Missing Letter Game  **  Upper and Lower Case Match **  Little Fingers online Games  **

American Revolution

American Revolution Scavenger Hunt **  American Revolution Fun Zone  **Signers of Declaration of Independence**

Bill of Rights**Declaration of Independence**Bill of Rights Webquest**

Animals

*Scrambled Pictures, Bears, Panda, Fish Animals Around the World Game **  MSN Animals  **  Michigan Animal Diversity Web **  Electronic Zoo (resources)  **  Thinkquest Jr.   **  Enchanted Learning (includes printouts) **  Animal Sounds ** More Animal Sounds **  Net-Vet Collection of Animal Sound Sites **  Interactive Animal Sound Site ** Animal Pictures and Sounds **  Animals Site for K-3  **  Animal Zones  **   Warm-Cold Blooded using infrared  **  Dissecting Owl Pellets -good bird study site ** Jungle Walk **   Brochure Template for reports (Word Document) ** Animal Brochure example ** www.dog.com ** Electronic Naturalist **  Science News for Kids Animal Articles **   Little Explorer's Scavenger Hunt ** Life Cycles **  Creating Animal Adaptation ppt **  Animal Pictures Archive **

Bats  Frogs** Frogs

Spiders ** 

 

Arts and Humanities

Mr. Eversole’s Scrapbook on Arts and HumanitiesArtist's Tool Kit * Songs for Teaching Across the Curriculum * Drawing with Photoshop -true digital art *

Astronomy

Astronomy webguide *

Authors

List of Author sites  **  Fourth Grade Study Resources **

Black History Month

CNN Black History SiteA Celebration(includes game)****Celebrating Black History**TracStar Black History by: Joanne Whitley for K-1**Encyclopdia Britannica**Martin Luther King, Jr. **Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz**Booker T. Washington**Maya Angelou**African-American History (primary grades)**  Sites for Kids about Martin Luther King, Jr.  **  MLK timeline created by Taverna's class  **  Underground Railroad by National Geographic ** Famous Black Americans ** The Internet African American History Challenge **  Prominent African Americans  **  Biography on A&E ** Peanut products discovered by Carver ** Kids Cafe  **  History Makers ** 

Books

Johnny Appleseed (Picadome) **  Stellaluna  **  

Butterflies 

All about Butterflies  **

Linlee's 2000-1 PET Project

China          Mexico

Canada

Canada Webquest for 2nd-3rd  *  Canada, Mexico and US *

Careers

Career online story for K  **     CareerTrek Webquest**

Certificates

Teachnet ** Billy Bear  **  Southworth ** Teach-nology -Make your own  **  Lakeshore- make your own **  Certificates to email  **  Advanced Publishing ** Colorful – Fill in the blanks ** Seasonal Certificates and other notes **  Brainy Betty – Has some power point animations as well ** 

Civil War

Teacher's Guide Lesson Plans/Units  **  Mayfield Middle Thinquest Jr.  **   Connecting Students American Civil War  **  Write a letter to a soldier  **  Images of Civil War  **  Civil War Slang  **  Basic Scavenger Hunt  ** Authentic History Center  **  Detailed Timeline **  Timeline Scavenger Hunt  **  Civil War Jeopardy ppt** 

How to download a document or Power Point 

 Clip Art 

http://www.hoxie.org/clipart **Christmas Graphics  ** Kidsdomain ** Clip art for Kindergarten- My Favorite Things Book **  Clipart used on this site **  

Colonial History

History of Jamestown **Colonial History site collection. **Walking Tour of Plimoth Plantation**Jobs in Jamestown  **Jamestown Economy ** Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages:  A very thorough site about the Mayflower ** Lesson Plan using Caleb Johnson's site above ** Native Americans ** Plimouth on the Web  ** Plymouth History  **  Colonial America resourses 1600-1775  **  Plymouth Research Activity by Linda M. Ricchiuti  **  

Christopher Columbus

Columbus Navigation HomepageWeb quest for 3rd graders *  Queen Isabella  **  Scavenger Hunt for Primary **

Community Helpers

Early Childhood Activities ** Community Helpers Webquest ** Power Point Game...Who is it? right click on link, save target as, choose a file to store it in, open-do not show this from website...not as effective** 

Community Helper Information ** Rhymes ** What do they do? Extensive list ** Coloring Pages ** 

Pro Teacher Resources **  Community Helpers Unit for PreSchool**

Roald Dahl  

ThinkQuest ** Official Roald Dahl site ** George's Marvelous Medicine ** Biography and tips for writing ** 

December Holidays

Christmas Around the World ** Holiday Tradition Sites (December)** print outs-shape books ** World Wide Christmas Info ** 

Dental Care

Dental Disease Prevention  **  Activities for teacher **  Brushing correctly  **  Teeth Types ** Dudley Dinosaur Movies **  Colgate **  Oral B ** Thematic Unit for 1st and 2nd grade **  Open Wide and Trekk Inside animated **

Dictionary/Encyclopedia  Skills

Little Explorer Animal Scavenger Hunt **  www.dictionary.com **

Dinosaurs

** Scrambled Dinosaur pictures **   Jurassic Park Institute **  Discovery Channel ** Download a Dinosaur - 3-Ds **  Billy Bear for Kids Dinosaur ** Kidsdomain dinosaur clipart ** Enchanted Learning **  Kidsdomain Dinosaurs **  Interactive Dinosaur Dig ** 

Drugs and Alcohol

Drugs and Alcohol Webquest **  Drinking and Driving Webquest **  MADD ** 

Using the Digital Cameras

Kodak DC50-Includes ideas**Primary Class Idea**More Ideas**Sony Mavica Manual**Kodak's Picture Playground**1001 Uses for a Digital Camera **Digital Camera PD** A Short Course in Digital Video ** Video Guide ** 

Earth Day

Nathan Cornett's Webpage **

Ecology  

Rubric for Ecology Power Point Project

Austria's environment programs**The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide**Facts to read for persuasive piece**

How Can My Community Reduce Wastes  **California Recycling Program ***Look for tips sent in by readers** 

Earth's 911 - type in your zip code then go to kids section - ** Garbage:  How My Community Can Reduce Waste  ** Dumptown Game ** Clean up Your World @ Fungame -first grade, page 3 **  Environment Unit including Create a Planet  ** Lorax  **  Pond Life Game  **  Pond Life Animal Printouts  **  Pond Life Digital Video Gallery large downloads ** Pond Dipping  **  Pond bug ID to help you identify your bugs  **  Pond Life site created by first graders?! includes webquest  **  Aliens Explore Pond Life  **  

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Clipart

Sites for Pictures of Things that Can be Recycled

Our Person clipart page for ecology**http://barrysclipart.com **http://www.free-clip-art.net/**

http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu:8001//http_dir/acad/agr/extn/clip/cnr/cnr.html

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2267/foodclip.html

http://www.donskitchen.com/clipart.htm **California Recycling Clipart**

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Economics and Geography Lessons ** for 32 Children's Books by Montgomery County Public Schools ** EcEdWeb Resources - A whole page of resources K-12 ** Lemonade Stand A simulation **  Econopolis  ** Kidsbank  ** Online Elementary lessons - list compiled by Martha Hopkins **   ** Inventions/Innovations/Entrepreneurs by Teresa Moore @ Stonewall **Budget your Money on Planet Knab Virtual Game ** Where's George **  Computer Tag Questions  ** Gas Prices **  Wants and Needs PPT  ** Primary Economics Jeopardy by Mandy Roberts ** Economics Definitions Jeopardy  by Trevor Singleton ** 1st grade- Goods-Services lesson -- Student page --

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquake data & Comparison sheet ** Volcano World **  Encarta ** Volcano Paper Pattern **  

Electricity/Magnets

Power Point Activity using Kidport ** Kidport:  information to read **Kidscience** Energy Ed:  Info to read and interactive quiz** ** go to www.brainpop.com and click science.** Electricity & Magnetism-shockwave video **  Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits (interactive) ** Interactive Magnet **  Blobz Electrical Circuits ** Electricity Resources **  Open Response for OPEN/Closed Circuit  **  Open & Closed Circuit Power Point demo  **

Power Point PresentationA Barren County friend divided her  fifth grade into teams of 4.  Each team researched one type of energy using resource books and the internet.  Then the team presented their information through a Power Point.  If you are interested in the rubric she used please email me

Election

Barbara's Election pageLeanna's Election page *  

Energy

www.geography4kids.comKinetics Lab download *   Energy info **

ESL 

ESL Lessons.com| about.com | Interesting Things for ESL | List of Sites | www.everythingesl.net |  ESL-Lounge  | Keyboard shortcuts | Story Place - stories told in Spanish |  Dictionary.com | Alta Vista: Translate Web Pages | Sentence Singer

Explorers 

Extensive list for research ** Card Game Idea  ** 

Fall

Pumpkins ** First Grade Fall lesson Ideas ** 

Fractions

Pizza Fractions **  AAA Math's All About Fractions  **  Fraction Bars  **  Fractions using Pattern Blocks  ** Alfy's Pick for Fraction Games  **  Various Games and Activities  **  Use table tool in word document  **  Fractions on the Number Line  **  Basic Fractions game  ** Virtual Work Sheets (click on #)  ** Lesson Ideas ** Visual Fraction (Interactive Fraction site) ** Math Splat ** Shading Fraction of a part **

Food Chain

Role of the Predator ** Kidport Info** More Info ** Chain Reaction - Interactive ** Various Activity ideas **  Scavenger Hunt **  Food Web worksheet **

Food Group/Pyramid 

Food Time Line ** Food Explorations  **  What are You Eating: Calculator Practice  ** 

Fossils

BBC ** Fossil Pictures **  Paleontology - great fossil pics **  Fossil info sheet & crossword puzzle ** Fossil voc and match cards (before crossword puzzle) **

Geology-Rocks  

FCPS TRT Mike Johnson's Earth Science Site**Rockhounds**Minerals Screensaver - Connect your TV to a scan converter and enjoy!  **  Internet Rock Scavenger Hunt  **  BBC's Essential Guide to Rocks  **  Three Basic Rocks  **  Three Main Rock Types (Good graphics)  **  Minerals Information **   Rock and Mineral Resources by kennesaw **  Atlas of Rocks, Minerals & Textures **  Mineralogy 4  Kids **  Rock Doctor  **  Rock pictures to identify **  Rock Project **etheme Mineral Rocks and Mineral Resources **  SC Primary 2  Thematic Unit: Rocks **

 

Geometry  

             Go to Marco Polo and do a search.  

That is where I found the 2 sites that follow:   Exploring Geometric Solids ** Polygon Geoboard ** Exploring Properties of Rectangles **  Perimeter is Proportional ** Finding area of rectangle in square units --- hint: the correct answer is l*w 

Circumference of a rectangle??? Be sure to read the directions "How to use the Applet"found at the bottom of the page

Area and Perimeter Calculation Practice  ** Funbrain Game  ** Shapin Up   Java Pattern Blocks

Having students to make a list of shapes they see in their environment?  Direct students to use the Inspiration software to keep their list organized. **Symmetry making snowflakes **  Harcourt School 3-D Geometry **  Shape and Space (symmetry)  **  Tangrams **  Creating Patterns  ** Recognizing solid shapes **  ** Fractals - 3D Curves and Surfaces- strange **  Escher **  Geometry ppt by Amy Ford ** Rotation ppt activity **  2D ppt collage activity ** Everyday Math Unit 6 Ideas **

Graphing

Interactive Graphing - make your own graph ** Fun and Sun Rent-a-Car, Create/Analyze graph Grade 4 and up **   Worksheet  ** Glyph graph worksheet  (right click and save target to your files , cancel permission window)(email me if you want to know about glyphs )  **  ** Colorquest (M&M) **  Graphing the Weather Webquest  K2 **  http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/ ** Create a Graph  **  Interactive Bar Grapher by NCTM ** 

Government

KY Gov. facts ** Elections ** Constitution ** PBS Kids Democracy Project ** Three Levels of Government **  Branches of Government resources **  Branches of Government  ** 

Habitats

Habitat Site by Northern Arizona ** Animal Communities by Harcourt Publishing  **  Habitats in the Forrest  **  Animal Zones  ** Rosie's Magnifying Glass ** Ocean Biome ** Deserts ** A Unit on Habitat **  Under the Sea **  Rainforest ** Rainforest Scavenger Hunt **  Rainforst Slide Show - Great Pictures! **  All About Rainforests by Enchanted Learning **  Amazon Interactive ** Oceans ** 

Handwriting

Outline lettersCustom design names and short sentences hint: don't use punctuation *   Full page personalized practice sheet ** More personalize manuscript practice **  Watch correct formation of manuscript letters ** Various Handwriting Practice Worksheets **  Create 8 line practice - good for spelling lists ** Handy Handwriting Worksheets & Blank lined sheets **

Health

NIEHS Kids Pages  **

Learning to Read High Frequency Words-First Grade

Using Word or Excel play the following games as whole class using scan converter, projector or a presentation board.

1.  Word Search-If using excel, let a called on student click and delete the letters of the word being searched.

2. Use a presentation program (Power Point or Hyper Studio) to present a scrambled word.  For immediate feed back the next screen will show the correct word.

3. To use words in context, write a sentence with the high frequency words and have the students point them out.  Let students use the mouse to click and drag to highlight.

4. Use the "Wiggle Works" Magnet Board.

5. Use the Old Orchard Beach Reading / Language Arts Curriculum method by creating the document on an excel and electronically color the cells as they master them.  Easier to keep records and have ready copies for everyone involved.

6. Use Georgetown Linguistics Web Frequency Indexer to county frequency of words.  Type in a sentence and let students predict which word will be use the most.

Eduplace Tips

High Frequency Word list 1-25

Horse

Kentucky Derby Scavenger Hunt  **  Prater's KY Derby sites ** 

Industrial Revolution

**Immigration**Child Labor Laws** Webquest to produce persuasive writing ** Webquest-Significant Breakthroughs ** Resources ** More resources ** Webquest-Invention of the Millennium ** Rights at Work **

Insects 

Kids, Bugs and Fun (Ideas) * Amazing Insects (Info) * Walking Sticks * Entomologist Info * Insecta-InspectaBackyard gardener

Internet

Cybersurfari ** Evaluating Websites **  

Inventors

Inventors Hall of Fame (Thinkquest) ** Resources to create a Power Point to show what it takes to be a successful Inventor ** 

Italy

General Information ** Create a map** map to print ** Look up Italy in Little Explorers ** Illustrated Fables ** ABC and 123s ** epals** Do a search on About.com for more information 

Jamestown

Jobs in Jamestown Lesson Plan**Virtual Jamestown**Occupation of the New World**Jamestown Timeline**Job Interview

Japan

Sites for Info about Japan: http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/Japan/Japan.htm  **  http://www.zoomschool.com/school/Japan/  **  http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/ **  Different parts of Japan seen through the eyes of an American http://www.sover.net/~johnd/categories.html **  Travelocity- includes some videos http://dest.travelocity.com/DestGuides/0,1840,TRAVELOCITY|2731|3|1|84666,00.html **  Roger and Marilyn's photo tour of Toyoko http://www.artisandevelopers.com/web/tokyo/  **  Opens with music- not really a lot of info http://ligon.wcpss.net/dept/foreign_lang/japan/  **  Kon-nichi-wa Scavenger Hunt  **  

Lessons and Activities: Trak Star Unit : http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=74581&nocache=705636943 ** Answer the questions and reach the top of Fuji mountain. http://www.kids-japan.com/ ** http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=17403&nocache=729301039  **  Virtual Field Trip questions with resources http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntjapanca.html  ** Some sites don't work here, but I like the layout. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samatouroje.html   **  Japan web quest http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webjapanmr1.html ** Virtual field trip http://www.zehschool.mec.edu/g1/lemieux/japanweb.html  **  

Kentucky

Unit**Kentucky Facts** Kentucky Kids Writing Adventure (Cathy Brandt and Amy Ford project)** Mapping Kentucky with Excel **

 **  Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer **  Enchanted Learning KY facts ** Ben's Guide **  Kentucky Symbols ** Netstate Kentucky Symbols and Emblems  ** Kentucky Maps **  Kentucky State Quiz ** Brewer/Johnson collection ** Cassius Clay's White Hall  **  Kentucky Symbols- year adopted ** Kentucky State Symbol Quiz** Encarta ** Famous Kentucky People ** Regional Map ** Region of Ky. class web sites (Jamie's website.) **  Barbara Barr's Kentucky Page including Derby **  Kentucky Jeopardy (by Scott County) ** 

How to download a document or Power Point 

Kentucky Derby 

**Kentucky Derby Scavenger Hunt **  Early Primary Kentucky Derby Field Trip ** Kentucky Derby Webquest by Richard Forston** Kentucky Derby Scavenger Hunt by  Richard Forston ** 

Life Cyles

** Warrenburgs Life Cycle Webquest  ** Frogs ** Life Cycles Unit ** A Bunch of Resources ** Virtual Tour ** Enchanted Learning Printouts **  Salmon Life Cycle ** 

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln classroom activities  **  Abe Lincoln Power Point **  Kindergarten Web Page **  Resources by Score **  Resources by eMints **  Resources by seic ** Washington-Lincolnppt

How to download a document or Power Point

 Literacy  Reading and Spelling

Literacy Workshop Handouts *  ** Literacy Lessons of the Week Archive ** Reader's Theatre  

Learning Train** Root Words (Funbrain) ** Plurals **  Homonyms ** Create an Interactive Word Search ** am,is,are,was,were usuage **  Alfy (listen to books) ** Merriam-Webster Dictionary **  CVC game **  Make Flip Words  ** Convert a web site so students can find definition of it's words **  Clifford-- books to read, phonics games,  matching letters,  ** Time and Sequence  **  Word Wall Lessons  ** Paper dolls to retell stories  **  Owl & Mouse.  **  Word a Day by Wordsmith  **  Paper doll site  **  Star Fall **  Word Meister  **  FFFBI **  Literacy Lessons of the Week Archive **  Spin and Spell ** Analyzing text activities * Antbee stories  **   KYReads ** Online Stories **  Stories, Poems, Tales and More by Grandpa TuckerBetween the Lions - Stories to read **   Classic Children's Storeis **    Comprehensive list of Audio Book Sites ** Beatrix Potter **  Letter Match (click bottom right of screen for full screen**  Word Wall Lists & Cards for all Grades ** Printable Games and Cards for phonics ** Interactive reinforcement skills ** Online stories, comprehension questions & activities **  Compound Word Interactivity with PPT - must download to use** Compound Words **  Listen to Book Pop Stories **  Early Literacy ** Prefixes & Suffixes **  Literacy Connections **  Garden of Praise Literature Based Lessons **  Aesop Fables **  Tampa Reads - Grade 1 level reading ** Word Families ** Rhyme a Week ** Reading Graphic Organizers - cute graphics **

 

Literacy Internet Tools Kidspiration Ideas

Map Study  

www.funbrain.com/where/index.htm**www.weeklyreader.com Go to Kid, 4th grade, states**Road Maps ** Outline Maps**World Atlas.com**U.S. Capital Cities**Graphic Maps.com**National Geographic Maps** South America Map **  Map Adventures for Primary Grades  **  Download Map Puzzles  **  TerraFly  **  Various world maps to print  **  Online map games  **  United States and Capitol Practice  **  Color Landform Atlas of the United States ** abc teach **  

Use coordinates to locate cells on an Excel document.  Finished product creates a picture or letter for immediate feed back of proper work. * Map of States and Major Cities **

General Math

Fractions  * Geometry

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives **NCTM Interactive sites **Illuminations **Worksheets * More Math Worksheets * Regrouping in Addition Use my Excel WorksheetInteractive Math Puzzles     ** Java:  Base 10 Blocks & Cuisenaire Rods  * SEE PROBLEM SOLVING BELOW * Interactive Base Ten regrouping * Interactive Basic Math FactsInteractive weighing scales see "weighing pumpkins" **  Kid Port  * *  Lessons by Laneus  ** AAA Math ** Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies **  Mad Minute math drills for all addition, subtraction and multiplication. **  Word Problems  **  Money Jeopardy for First Grade  Power Point -right click, save target as  **    Math Magic Resources for K-4 Teachers  **  Gamequarium **  Place Value-10,000 Jeopardy (Power Point) ** What are You Eating: Calculator Practice ** Multiflyer practice multiplication ** Aplus math online worksheets  ** Word Problem Practice **  Soda Play **  Vector Kids ** Primary Subtraction **  Primary adding and subtraction **  Primary Subtraction **   Just for fun Strategy Games **  Games to make you think ***  McDonald's First in Math **  Interactive Materials 3-5 grade ** java script math practice **  Resource of Many Math Sites **  Volume of Rectangular Prism  **  Volume and Surface Area  **  <