Summer Provides Opportunity For Tech Lessons
by Ken Englehart, Technology Director
June 03, 2009
We are a few days away from summer vacation. Most of you will be going on vacation and doing some serious relaxing, however, you can continue to challenge your children via a computer. Computers are available at the public library for those of you who are lacking the equipment or connection at home.
The list below offers some educational links.
Some
sites are free to use while others require a fee.
•NASA Kids http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
•Ed Helper http://www.edhelper.com
•Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
•Learning Page http://www.learningpage.com
•Nine Planets http://www.nineplanets.org
•Britannica http://www.britannica.com
•Ocean Planet Home Page
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
•Discovery School http://school.discovery.com
•Sci4Kids http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
•StarChild http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
•-The Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
•The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources http://sln.fi.edu
•New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
•-The MAD Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org
•ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org
•The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
•Try Science http://www.tryscience.org
•Arts & Crafts tp://www.childrensmuseum.org/
htartsworkshop/index.html
•BBC Online Learning Arts Workshop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/basic_skills.shtml
•Arts EDGE http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
•Tutor.com - http://www.tutor.com
•Art Lessons for All Grades
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
•Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math
•Kinder Art http://www.kinderart.com
•The Math Worksheet Site
http://www.TheMathWorksheetSite.com
•Math Goodies.com http://www.mathgoodies.com
•Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com
•Mega-Mathematics http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
•Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com
• How To Learn http://www.howtolearn.com
•Web Math http://www.webmath.com
•Science Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
•Chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com
•Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
•HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com
•Imagine the Universe! http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
•Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids
•Online Writing Guide
http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wg/para.htm
•The Write Site http://www.writesite.org
•Study Stack http://www.studystack.com
•What Makes a Good Story?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature
• Geography Virtual Travel & http://www.history.org/trips
• Study Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com
•CyberBee http://www.cyberbee.com
•Xpeditions @ National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
•HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
•K-12 Africa Guide
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
•Lewis and Clark http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
•Life in the Middle Ages
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
•New Perspectives on the West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
•States and Capitals http://www.50states.com
•The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
•The Civil War Homepage http://www.civil-war.net
•The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
•Geography Worksheets
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm
•White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids.org
