Top 10 Search Tools


AOL Elementary School Site (http://www.school.aol.com/elementary/index.adp)
Links to educational websites chosen by education professionals.



Ask Jeeves for Kids (http://www.ajkids.com/)
Kids can type in real questions at this great site!



Awesome Library for Kids (http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html)
Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory that can be found either by browsing or searching.



CyberSleuth Kids (http://cybersleuth-kids.com/)
Search from thousands of subject specific internet sites.


KID'S TOOLS
Kid's Tools For Searching the Internet (http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm)
Pick a word, encyclopedia or web search tool - all in one spot - and prescreened for content.



Kids Click (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/)
A super collection of kid sites selected by librarians and grouped by subject.



Look It Up! (http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/lookitup/index.html)
Time For Kids provides selection of curriculum related subjects.



TekMom's Search Tools For Students (http://www.tekmom.com/search/)
An all-in-one search page for kid search engines and reference tools.

Art Kids Rule! (http://www.artkidsrule.com/)
Links to hundreds of fun activities, resources and tutorials for kids and teachers.



ArtEdventures (http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/)
Terrific art activities and resources for everyone.



Arts & Crafts

Basic Arts & Crafts (http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~sarah/rdr010.html)
A guide to making play dough, paper airplanes, bubbles, etc.



Family Crafts
Crafts for Kids (http://kidsartscrafts.about.com/kids/kidsartscrafts/)
Lots of great links for craft projects - paper mache, dinosaur projects, etc.



Crayola (http://www.crayola.com/)
Coloring games, how crayons are made, crayon trivia.



National Gallery of Art (http://www.nga.gov/)
Information about the National Gallery of Art, its collections of art work and exhibits.



WebMuseum: Famous Paintings Exhibition (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/)
A comprehensive site of artists, movements and paintings of world art from the 13th
to 20th centuries.

AIMS Puzzle Corner (http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/puzzleList.html)
Great math puzzles that offer lots of fun and learning!



Cyberchase (http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/)
Check out the new PBS animated math series web site with many math games and problem solving opportunities!



Flashcards for Kids (http://edu4kids.com/index.php?page=11)
A simple site to create math flash cards for a variety of mathematical operations.



Fourth and Fifth Grade Student Research Resources in Math (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math.html)
A great collection of math links.



Fractals
Fractals (http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/)
A fascinating fractal unit for third through sixth grade students.



FunBrain.Com (http://www.funbrain.com/)
Educational games organized into 8 subject categories by grade level.



Mathematics
Math For Kids (http://kidsmath.about.com/kids/kidsmath/)
Links to lots of kids math sites.



MathStories (http://www.mathstories.com/)
More than 1000 word problems for grades1-6, organized by grade level and topic.



Mrs. Glossers Math Goodies (http://www.mathgoodies.com)
This site for upper elementary students features interactive math lessons with a problem solving approach.



SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator (http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/index.shtml)
Create printable math drill worksheets.



U.S. Mint's Site for Kids (http://www.usmint.gov/kids/)
You'll find facts, games, a timeline and lots more coin related information at this interesting site!

Elementary Music Sites!
Elementary Music Sites (http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/2374/359.html)
A list of internet web sites that focus on Elementary music and music education.



KidsClick Music Links (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/midmusi.html)
Links to music topics with reading levels listed for each site.



Songs for Teaching (http://www.songsforteaching.com)
Great ideas for using music to teach content across the curriculum.

Sports Illustrated For Kids (http://www.sikids.com/)
A super kids sports magazine to explore with many interesting topics.



Yahooligans! Sports Page for Kids (http://www.yahooligans.com/sports_and_recreation)
An easy page for kids to use to link to major teams, players and sports news.

4th and 5th Grade Student Language Arts Resources (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/stures.html)
Links to literature and writing resources for kids.



Bibliomania (http://www.bibliomania.com)
Free online literature with over 1000 texts and study guides.




Bookhive (http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive)
A list of children’s books for you to enjoy.



Children's Books
Books For Kids (http://kidsbooks.about.com/kids/kidsbooks/)
A site devoted to people who love kids books!



Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Guide (http://www.carolhurst.com/)
Collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas for ways to use them in classroom, etc.



Children's Literature Web Guide (http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html)
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Includes awards, bibliographies, links to authors, publishers, and storytelling resources.



Reading Corner (http://www.carr.org/read/index.htm)
A place to find good books to read and book reviews for Readers in grades 2 – 8.



Web English Teacher (http://www.webenglishteacher.com/)
This is a great resource for all kinds of Language Arts lessons and activities.

Awesome Library Ask a Question
(http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Office/Main/Involving_Students/Ask_a_Question.html)
Links to many ask the expert sites.



CNN Interactive (http://www.cnn.com/)
Daily updated news!



EBSCO (http://search.ebscohost.com/)
Invaluable periodical index with full-text articles.



Factmonster (http://www.factmonster.com/)
An online atlas, almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia from Information Please.



Facts On File (http://www.Fofweb.com)
Reference databases including Science, History, Georgraphy and more. Excellent curriculum resource center.



Fourth and Fifth Grade Student Reference Resources (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/ref.html#a)
A super set of links to reference resources for middle elementary students.



Infotrac (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/indihill_ca)
Access to the Gale Databases, which include full biographies from Contemporary Authors, a leading biography source



Internet Public Library Youth Division (http://www.ipl.org/youth/)



Library of Congress Learning Page for Kids (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/)
The best of the LC collection easily organized for student use.



Look It Up! (http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/)
A terrific new offering from Time For Kids.



National Geographic for Kids (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/)
An easy to use student link to the current issue with a complete index to all National Geographic features. Activities, maps and experiments are featured.



PBS Kids (http://www.pbs.org/kids/)
Links and activities for many of the PBS kids programs.



Refdesk.com (http://www.refdesk.com/)
Links to every imaginable reference.



Weather Channel Home Page (http://www.weather.com/homepage.html)
All you need to know about weather!



World Almanac For Kids Online (http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/)
A terrific companion site to the World Almanac for Kids.



Yahooligans Kids’ Almanac (http://www.yahooligans.com/content/ka/)
Stop here for a great selection of quick facts!



Yahooligans Reference Directory (http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Reference/)
Links to many useful reference sources.



Yahooligans! News (http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/)
Hundreds of links to current news sources, magazines, newspapers, science sources, sports and weather.

Ask the Experts from Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm)
Links to experts in many fields of science.



EE Link - Endangered Species (http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html)
This site contains a listing of endangered and extinct species in the US by region, group or common name.


Elementary Science Student Resources
Elementary Science Student Resources (BOCES 2) (http://www.monroe2boces.org)
This excellent site features activities of the month, elementary science unit resources and additional science related links.



EPA’s Explorers’ Club (http://www.epa.gov/kids)
Have fun learning how to protect our environment and save our plant and animal resources. Includes information, games and art activities perfect for elementary students.



Evergreen Project Adventures (http://mbgnet.mobot.org)
An excellent site for kids to explore biomes, freshwater ecosystems and marine ecosystems.



Flying Turtle Science and Technology Exploration Site (http://www.ftexploring.com/index.html)
Have fun exploring how things work in nature, living organisms, and human technology.



Fourth and Fifth Grade Student Research Resources (http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/scilist.html)
Links to upper elementary general science, physics, space, life science and earth science sources.



How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)
Learn the inner workings of all kinds of scientific developments.



Microbe Zoo (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html)
Explore the wonders of the world under a microscope.



Monarchs and Migration (http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/monarchs/top.html)
A site for monarch and butterfly lovers with great links to many other butterfly web sites.



National Wildlife Federation Kids Page (http://www.nwf.org/kids)
A web page for children with information and games about animals. Also includes access to Ranger Rick.



Online Field Guides (http://www.enature.com)
Information and photos for over 4800 North American plant and animal species.



San Diego Electronic Zoo (http://www.sandiegozoo.org)
View videos and photos of animals and happenings at the San Diego Zoo.



Science Bob's Science Links (http://www.sciencebob.com/questions/scilinks.html)
Cool experiments and links to web sites on space, animals, weather and the body.



Science Links from MiddleSchool.Net (http://www.middleschool.net/curlink/science/scimain.htm)
Hundreds of great science links.



Teaching Youth About Trees (http://www.arborday.org/programs/TeachingYouth.html)
Trees are terrific! Play "Treevial Pursuit", "Who Want's to be a Treellionaire and many more fun activities to learn about trees.



Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection (http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm)
Learn facts about owl pellets, bird skulls, bird topography and more.



Yucky Worm World (http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/)
Everything you wanted to know about worms.



Zoom School (http://www.ZoomSchool.com/subjects/)
An on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.

America’s Story From America’s Library (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi)
Jump back in time, and explore the states at the Library of Congress’ new site for kids and families.



Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (http://www.gpo.gov)
Great information organized by grade level through the Government Printing Office.



CIA World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
A quick reference tool to country information.



Famous People (http://homeworkspot.com/features/famouspeople.htm)
HomeworkSpot.com links to online information about people.



Government Sites for Kids (http://GovSpot.com/features/kids.htm)
Links to local, state and world government resources created for children!



HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD FOR K-12

Holidays Around the World for K-12 (http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/holidays.htm)
An excellent set of holiday links.



Kathy Schrock's American History Sites (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html)
Lots of great resources about American history.



Map Library (http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-5104.html)
Printable outline maps for all states and continents can be found here!



National Geographic Map Machine (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
A wonderful source of printable maps.



The New Jersey History Kids multimedia website is intended to instruct New Jersey students in grades K through 4 in New Jersey History and Social Studies in accordance with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies, adopted by the New Jersey State Department of Education in October 2004.



Portals to the World (http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html)
This new Library of Congress site provides links to information about countries and regions of the world.



Today In History (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/)
From the Library of Congress, a day-to-day history of the U.S.



U.S. Mint's Site for Kids (http://www.usmint.gov/kids/)
You'll find facts, games, a timeline and lots more coin related information at this fun site!



Welcome to the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)
The official White House web page.

ABC Teach (http://abcteach.com)
A great site with free printable activity sheets, templates for graphic organizers, theme units, web sits and much more.



AskEric (www.eduref.org)
This educational site has compiled over 3,000 resources on a variety of educational issues.



Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher (http://www.connectedteacher.com)
A great one stop place for teachers to share ideas, find colleagues and explore internet resources.



Education World (http://www.education-world.com/)
A terrific searchable site for curriculum and lesson planning ideas. Good section on National Standards.



Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists (http://www.fi.edu/learn/index.php)
Great sites to explore and learn in many curriculum areas, particularly science.



Free Teacher Tools (http://www.monmouth.com/~cathygrim/workshops/teacher_tools.htm


Global Schoolhouse (http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm)
Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning. We engage teachers and students in meaningful project learning exchanges with people around the world to develop literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. We prepare youth for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasing global economy.




Great Sites for Great Kids (http://geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third_index.html)
These links feature curriculum for middle elementary students.



Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)
A huge, subject organized and frequently updated guide of internet links for teachers and students.



The Librarians' Index to the Internet (http://lii.org/)
The Librarians' Index to the Internet (lii.org) is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 12,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. lii.org is used by both librarians and the general public as a reliable and efficient guide to Internet resources.



Math Forum (http://www.mathforum.org)
The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet.



teAchnology (http://www.teach-nology.com)
We provide free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.



Technology Resources (http://www.suelebeau.com/technology.htm)



The Virtual Institute (http://www.ettc.net/techfellow/institute.htm)
Online workshop and or lessons for teachers and students to use to help integrate technology into the NJ CCCS