Educational Websites for Students
Educational Search Engines Learning Resources
Recommended Literature. More than 170 K-3 children's books on this site are recommended only after having been screened and evaluated. www.proactiveparent.com/children.htm
Discovery Education. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
Reading
Grimm Fairy Tales. Read and hear interactive, animated stories. Children's literature and folklore classics featuring animals, princesses, magic, and fabulous creatures! Grimm Brothers cartoon characters present a biography of Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. Online books link to e-learning, coloring downloads, arts, flash games, and other kid stuff. www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
Anderson Fairy Tales. Classic folk stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Web-published children's books with Flash animation and narration. Featuring cartoons, e-learning, biography of Hans Christian Andersen, and links to the fairy tales. www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
Learn to Read. Learning to read with Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, and other friends is so much fun! www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm
Between the Lions. Stories, games, things to print, and songs. Get wild about reading with Between the Lions! (you need shockwave to play some of these games). http://pbskids.org/lions/
Early Literacy. Play on-line games that support early literacy. www.starfall.com/
Math
A+ Math. This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. https://www.varsitytutors.com/aplusmath
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun!
Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. coolmath.com
FunBrain.com Math Baseball. Play to learn! www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Games
Dr. Suess Games Lots of games for you to play to keep you entertained all day! https://www.seussville.com/play/
Reading
Grimm Fairy Tales. Read and hear interactive, animated stories featuring animals, princesses, magic, and fabulous creatures! Grimm Brothers cartoon characters present a biography of Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. Online books link to e-learning, coloring downloads, arts, flash games, and other kid stuff. www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
Anderson Fairy Tales. Classic folk stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Web-published children's books with Flash animation and narration. Featuring cartoons, e-learning, biography of Hans Christian Andersen, and links to the fairy tales. www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
Play on-line games that support early literacy. www.starfall.com/
Learning to read with Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, and other friends is so much fun! www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm
Math
A+ Math. This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. https://www.varsitytutors.com/aplusmath
Teaching Treasure. Interactive Mathematics. http://teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/Maths_more.html
Snapdragon-Tell the Time. Try to make the hands on the clock match the time the dragon give! www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm
Telling Time Excellent interactive website with fun clock games. www.teachingtime.co.uk/index.html
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun!
Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. http://coolmath.com
Math Baseball. Play to learn! www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Oceans
SEA Shedd Educational Adventures. Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. Dive into the SEA today! https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Games
Dr. Suess Games. Lots of games for you to play to keep you entertained all day! https://www.seussville.com/play/
Math
Telling Time. Excellent interactive web site with fun clock games. www.teachingtime.co.uk/index.html
Snapdragon-Tell the Time. Try to make the hands on the clock match the time the dragon give! www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm
A+ Math. This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. https://www.varsitytutors.com/aplusmath
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun!
Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. http://coolmath.com
FunBrain.com Math Baseball. Play to learn! www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Reading
Learn to Read. Learning to read with Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, and other friends is so much fun! www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm
Grimm Fairy Tales. Folk and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Read and hear interactive, narrated, animated stories. Children's literature and folklore classics featuring animals, princesses, magic, and fabulous creatures! Grimm Brothers cartoon characters present a biography of Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. Online books link to e-learning, coloring downloads, arts, flash games, and other kid stuff. www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
Anderson Fairy Tales. Classic folk stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Web-published children's books with Flash animation and narration. Featuring cartoons, e-learning, biography of Hans Christian Andersen, and links to the fairy tales. www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
Oceans
SEA Shedd Educational Adventures Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. Dive into the SEA today! https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Games
Dr. Suess Games. Lots of games for you to play to keep you entertained all day! https://www.seussville.com/play/
Astronomy
Astronomy for Kids. Basic Astronomy. Clear, concise, nice pictures. http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
Star Child. "A learning Center for Young Astronomers." http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Astronomy. This site offers crafts, puzzles, and coloring pages! www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
History
Shakespeare for Kids. Activities for children and families! Fun, fun, fun! www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=588
Educating Shakespeare. Learn about the King's New School School and what it was like to go to school in William Shakespeare's time. www.likesnail.org.uk/welcome-es.htm
World Flag Database. This is a complete list of all the countries, territories and sub-national regions covered by the database. www.flags.net/mainindex.htm
Fifty States. Detailed maps and information about the beautiful United States of America. www.50states.com/
Math
Telling Time. Excellent interactive web site with fun clock games. www.teachingtime.co.uk/index.html
Snapdragon -Tell the Time. Try to make the hands on the clock match the time the dragon give! www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm
Elapsed Time. Figure out how many hours and minutes pass with this activity. www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2002/grade_3/018.html
A+ Math This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. https://www.varsitytutors.com/aplusmath
Fun Brain Measure It! You can play with centimeters or inches! www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
Revise Wise Maths. Activities on shapes, space and measurement. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/shape/
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun!
Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. http://coolmath.com
FunBrain.com Math Baseball. Play to learn! www.funbrain.com/math/index.html
Oceans
SEA Shedd Educational Adventures Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. Dive into the SEA today! https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
National Geographic for Kids This site has experiments, activities, creature features and more! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Wetlands Game The goal of the game is to help populate the three habitat regions by correctly answering the questions in each habitat. www.greenwing.org/greenwings/fun/fun5.html
Games
Dr. Suess Games Lots of games for you to play to keep you entertained all day! https://www.seussville.com/play/
Computer
Click and Learn Click and learn what is inside your computer. www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
California History
California History Online Excellent timeline of California history. www.californiahistory.net
Virtual Exhibit of the Gold Rush Go back into 1849 and visit the days of the California Gold Rush with the Oakland Museum virtual tour. www.californiahistory.net/
The Gold Rush, PBS A complete compendium on the great quest for gold. Activity ideas and fun facts. www.pbs.org/goldrush
The Virtual Museum of The City of San Francisco Major online exhibits of the Gold Rush, the Golden Gate Bridge, the 1906 fire and earthquake. This site is an awesome source for San Francisco history. www.sfmuseum.org
California Missions Interactive In 1995 two bicyclists embarked on a self contained tour of twelve of the California Missions. Join them on their tour. www.rawbw.com/~cmi/index.html#Buttons
California State Railroad Museum Located in Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions. http://www.csrmf.org/
History
Freedom Trail Online Take a virtual trip to the Freedom Trail. t’s fun, it’s entertaining, it’s really interesting — it’s American Revolutionary history but not the same old story. www.thefreedomtrail.org
Oceans
SEA Shedd Educational Adventures Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. Dive into the SEA today! https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Monterey Bay Aquarium Learn about conservation and research in Monterey Bay. View live pictures of sharks, penguins, otters, kelp forests and Monterey Bay. www.mbayaq.org/
Art
A. Pintura, Art Detective An online game about art history and art composition. You play a 1940's noir detective with a degree in art history. You must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Have fun! http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
Inside Art In this game you explore a painting from the inside out. During an art museum tour, you're sucked into a vortex and find yourself inside a mystery painting.www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Health/Nutrition
Nutrition Explorations Fun integrative games and activities. www.nutritionexplorations.org/
Astronomy
Star Child "A learning Center for Young Astronomers." http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Stanford Solar Center An excellent site all about our star, with lots of interesting things to do. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
Computer
Click and Learn Click and learn what is inside your computer. www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
Math
Multiplication Game See how many problems you can solve in sixty seconds! www.fs.fed.us/npnht/mathgame/
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun! Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. http://coolmath.com/
Astronomy
NASA Kids A fantastic site hosted from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
STARChild An award-winning learning center for budding astronomers. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Stanford Solar Center An excellent site all about our star, with lots of interesting things to do. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
Zoom Astronomy This site offers crafts, puzzles, and coloring pages! www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
Social Studies
World Flag Database. This is a complete list of all the countries, territories and sub-national regions covered by the database. www.flags.net/mainindex.htm
Fifty States. Detailed maps and information about the beautiful United States of America. www.50states.com/
California State Railroad Museum. Located in Old Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions. www.csrmf.org/
Freedom Trail Online. Take a virtual trip to the Freedom Trail. t’s fun, it’s entertaining, it’s really interesting — it’s American Revolutionary history but not the same old story. www.thefreedomtrail.org
Oceans
SEA Shedd Educational Adventures Shedd Educational Adventures (SEA) contains a treasure trove of aquatic science resources for K-12 teachers and students. SEA brings the Philippines to life with fact sheets and multimedia interactives based on the Wild Reef exhibit at Shedd Aquarium. Dive into the SEA today! https://www.sheddaquarium.org/
Health and Nutrition
Healthy Kids Dealing with feelings, staying healthy, recipes, illness injuries, your body, growing up, people places and things that help you, the game closet, and much more! https://www.kidshealth.org/en/kids/
Nutrition Explorations Fun integrative games and activities. www.nutritionexplorations.org/
Math
Multiplication Game See how many problems you can solve in sixty seconds! www.fs.fed.us/npnht/mathgame/
Coolmath.com An amusement park of math designed for fun! Come for the games... Stay for the lessons. http://coolmath.com
Computer
Click and Learn Click and learn what is inside your computer.www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
Social Studies
Colonial Williamsburg Explore US History on Colonial Williamsburg’s web site for kids. www.history.org/kids/
The National Archives. Learn US History and explore our nation’s most precious documents on the National Archives’ web site for teachers and students. www.archives.gov/education/
White House Kids. Tour the White House and learn about our first families on the White House’s web site for kids. http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Scholastic News Online. Learn about what it is like to be the President of the United States by playing Scholastic.com's on-line game: "If you were the President, how would you run the country?" http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp
Scholastic.com's Presidential Election 2008 web site for kids http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm
Elementary social studies link. You need a user name and password that is you can get from your teacher. www.ca-hss.com
Science Links
Exploratorium. Discover science on Exploratorium’s web site for kids. www.exploratorium.edu/
Educational Games and Activities
Educational games for kids on-line. Games to help kids learn the states, capitals and countries of the world. Vocabulary, chemistry and math games on-line. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/
Explore the Smithsonian Institution’s web site for kids. www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/
The Library of Congress' web site for families and kids. Play around, learn something. http://www.loc.gov/families/
On-line games and books for kids at Scholastic.com. www.scholastic.com/kids
Nutrition
Producepedia Fun for kids adults with loads of nutrition information. You will find history, fun facts and nutritional information www.producepedia.com/
Art Sites
Artcyclopedia. A Guide to Great Art on the Internet. www.artcyclopedia.com/
Cartoonster. Cartoonster features a collection of fun and interactive tutorials, which teach children and young people how to create their own animations! www.cartoonster.com/
Art Tales. Telling Stories with Wildlife Art Discover the world of wildlife art. Create a story, write a wildlife field guide, or curate a museum exhibit with these artworks. Add excitement with music and sound effects, and then publish your creation on the web site. www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales/index.html
GettyGames. Test your memory, play detective, or solve a puzzle in online games with Getty art! www.getty.edu/gettygames/
Learning About Health
KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents — each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone. There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources — all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens. https://www.kidshealth.org/en/kids/
Producepedia, your one stop shop for information on California and Arizona fruits, vegetables and nuts, brought to you by Western Growers. Here you will find history, fun facts and nutritional information. Meet the family farmers that grow your favorite fruits, veggies and nuts. Fun activities for kids too on this website. www.producepedia.com
Gardening With Kids. Common sense advice to help make the most out of you your child’s garden experience. www.gardening-with-kids.com
Study Skills for Students
How-to-study.com Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources Resource Site site on how to study. Focus 6-12. www.how-to-study.com/