Teaching Books

www.teachingbooks.net/

Thinkfinity

http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx

ALA Great Web site for Kids

http://www.ala.org/greatsites

Internet Safety

http://www.att.com/Common/images/safety/game.html

Teaches children how to be safe on the internet.

Dead Search Engines

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/reviews/

For future use. List of search engines that no longer exist or have changed.

Good Search Tool

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

I chose this because it is a good search tool for future use.

Fourth Grade Ecosystems

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm

Great for understanding the food chain (that exists in an ecosystem.)

Fourth Grade Ecosystems

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0211/quickflicks/

Explores the tundra and how that kind of ecosystem is defined.

Fourth Grade Buoyancy

ttp://www.surfnetkids.com/buoyancy.htm

Buoyancy takes teachers to related buoyancy websites for experiments, interactive learning games, worksheets, etc.

Fourth Grade Floating and Sinking

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoybasics.html

This website has brainteasers, questions and puzzles to explain buoyancy basics. Also explores the shipwreck of French explorer Robert LaSalle's "LaBelle" off the coast of Texas and it's relation to buoyancy. Includes related stories and teacher guide.

Fourth Grade Electrice Circuits

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/

Interactive games and quizes for 1-5 players on circuits, conductors & insulators, switches, changing circuits and a section of circuit diagrams.

Fourth Grade Electrice Circuits

http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/index.html

An e-learning interactive website with games for 1 or 2 players to help understand electricity in the home, an introduction to circuits, circuit components, changing circuits, circuit diagram & quiz, and a wire experiment.

Fourth Grade Ecosystems

http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/

Enter "ecosystems" in the keyword search box. This site is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System, and has several ecosystem related links, but I would recommend two. The first is the "Bottle Biology" activity shows how to create an ecosystem in a plastic bottle. The second is "What's it Like Where You Live?", which discusses and illustrates the different bioms and the plants and animals that live there. Includes links for each biom.

General Elementary Science

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science_elem_general.htm

Great website for general science. Has tons of cool experiments, pictures, podcasts, blogs, diagrams, and more. A lot of fun to explore.

Fourth Grade Whale Research

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=236668

Click on "view frames." Takes you to a Fact Monster page about whales. The article has links where you click on words and it takes you to information about that word and other facts. Discusses characteristics & behavior, types of whales, whaling, and their classification. Also contains a side bar with more related links.

Fourth Grade Great Lakes Study

www.greatlakeswiki.org/index.php/Geography

This wiki has information on the states, rivers, cities, islands, bays, and other lakes as they relate to the Great Lakes. Contains articles & maps, and other topics concerning the Great Lakes.

Fourth Grade Great Lakes Web Page

http://www.msu.edu/~trember1/final.htm

This is a great site for elementary age kids beginning a study on the Great Lakes. Has sections on history, recreation, wildlife, tourism, pollution, and more. Great facts, lots of maps, pictures, and related links.

Fourth Grade Great Lakes Study

http://www.askkids.com/

Enter "The Great Lakes" into the search box. Loaded with facts about the Great Lakes, including maps. Has a really nice printout of a map and quiz from Enchanted Learning. If you type in "The Great Lakes" at the bottom of the page it links you to more great stuff from Enchanted Learning.

Great Lakes Resources

http://www.healthylakes.org/stories/2008/08/22/the-day-the-great-lakes-drained-away

This site is basically a pitch for a book written by Charles F. Barker called "The Day the Great Lakes Drained Away". (Sorry, no underline feature). It's an interesting interview with the author, but what I really like is the navigation bar down the side. Its loaded with links about the Great Lakes as a whole and individually.

Fourth Grade Great Lakes Resources

http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/

This site contains just about anything you could possibly want to know about the Great Lakes, individually or as a whole.

Fourth Grade Great Lakes and Whale Research

http://go.grolier.com/

Grolier Online is a purchased web site. Enter the password. Once on the site, enter keyword in the search box. Each entry has a short annotation and a Lexile reading level . Each entry also has a colored symbol that tells you which feature of Grolier it is taking you to. When you open the entry you get the article, pictures, other links to relevant sites, and more. Some have a table on contents that you should check out. This is a very good site for solid fact research.

Fourth Grade Whale Research

http://www.exploringnature.org/

This is a really cool and kid friendly web site that gives good pictures and information for free. If you become a member there is a lot more for kids and teachers, including activities, handouts, and teaching aids. Worth looking into.

Fourth Grade Whale Research

http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/

This is a wonderful web site dedicated to animals.There is a really nice section on biomes too. Click on Marine Life and then click on whales. Has info on whale behavior, anatomy, reproduction, and whale song.

Fourth Grade Animal and Whale

http://kidsclick.org/midanim.html

Click on whales and dolphins. Takes you to a page with a substantial list of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals. Click on any whale site to get all sorts lot of facts on whales. Orca Live has an audio clip of Orca sounds from Johnson Straight, Canada.

Enchanted Learning Fourth Grade Whales

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

This is an incredible web site! Click on mammals and then click on the "W" in the alphabet to get you to whales. Once you start clicking, you can't stop. It has facts on whales, games, puzzles, projects, and more. Every link has links, which have more links. Every subject in Enchanted Learning is the same way. This is a subscription which has been bought by our school district.

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