Scholastic's Max's Math Adventures Index of Max's Math Adventures with a list of difficulty and subject levels

Aunty Math Math Challenges Aunty Math's Math Challenge- new ones all the time

Cool Math 4 Kids Math games, various math topics

http://www.mathcats.com/explore.html Awesome math java application games.  Explore all kinds of topics

Count Us In Basic number concepts from Australia

http://www.aaamath.com/B/grade1.htm Grade 1 math from aaamath.com

http://www.timetoteach.co.uk/ PowerPoint lessons for teaching doubles, near doubles, and adding strategies

Kid Klok Interactive website for telling time, and 2 worksheets you can print out to fill out at home and bring with you to the lab to do the activity here: worksheet and worksheet 2

http://www.funbrain.com/ Funbrain!  Fun mathematics

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/buttons/ Math Patterns

Funbrain Subtraction Subtraction less than 10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm Telling time website for kids

http://www.trevor.org/clocks/ Clock Quiz

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Guidance Curriculum Links:

Holidays    Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Chanukah, Chinese New Year, Martin Luther King and Black History, Valentine's Day,  President's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day

Columbus Day

Columbus Day Columbus Day information for kids from "Sunnie Bunniezz"

Teaching Heart Columbus Day Poem

   Thanksgiving

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/hlinks.html More on Thanksgiving, pilgrims, and native Americans

http://www.plimoth.org/  Links from "Plimoth on the Web"

http://www.everythingesl.com/downloads/Thanksgiving_story.pdf Thanksgiving story

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/pilgrims.htm Lots of straightforward information about Thanksgiving

http://www.usathanksgiving.com/thanksgiving.html Here you will see a very cool movie about the housing of the pilgrims

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/index.htm Scholastic's Plimoth site, where students can explore what it was like to be a pilgim or as a Wampanoag.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/mayflower/ Explore the Mayflower on Scholastic's site.

http://www.new-life.net/thanks01.htm  More information on the first Thanksgiving

http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/FIRST%20THANKSGIVING.pdf  A quiz - how much do you know about Thanksgiving?

http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/lesson-plan.html  More background on pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving

http://www.myschoolonline.com/ Thanksgiving information from Mrs. Elliott's second grade, and from Mrs. Pugh's second grade, there is http://www.myschoolonline.com this link

http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_kids.htm Kid friendly Thanksgiving links and games

http://legendsprings.dvusd.org/thanksgiving_resources.htm Links to much information about Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving-for-Kids.html Better Homes and Gardens Thanksgiving for Kids

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/ Links and activities for Thanksgiving

Thanksgivingstoriesandpoems.htm Thanksgiving stories and poems

http://www.jeannepasero.com/thankskids.html More crafts and activities for kids- Thanksgiving based

http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111901_thanksgiving.jhtml Thanksgiving background

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm All about turkeys for kids.

http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/thanksgiving_book.pdf PDF format "make a book" for you to print out for students to make about Thanksgiving

http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/mayflower_pattern.pdf Simple pattern of the Mayflower for students to print and construct, and http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/sail_pattern.pdf the sail for the boat.  For the interior of a Pilgrim's house, click http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/pilgrimhouse_interior.pdf , thatched roof for the house at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/thatched_roof.pdf , a chimney and door pattern at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/door_chimney.pdf  and a plain square for the outside of the house at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/house_pattern2.pdf

http://www.janbrett.com/hedgie_as_a_pilgrim.htm Jan Brett pilgrim hedgehog coloring page

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems9.html Thanksgiving songs from CanTeach. 

Thanksgiving Day Songs and Poems Thanksgiving Day poems by CanTeach

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/puzzles/index.htm Online Thanksgiving Puzzles

http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/collection.htm Autumn leaf collection project

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Christmas/Chanukah

http://northpole.net/world.htm Short, fun and very easy to read website that lists the important customs for celebrating Christmas around the world.

http://www.rcas.org/mb/christmasTrad.html This website has several links to Christmas celebrations and traditions around the world.

http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm Christmas around the world

http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm Christmas around the world

http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/ Christmas around the world

http://www.aish.com/chanukahbasics/chanukahbasicsdefault/What_is_Chanukah$.asp Chanukah basics

http://www.christmas.com/worldview/ Worldwide Christmas traditions

http://www.umkc.edu/imc/kwanzaa.htm Kwanzaa traditions

http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/christmas.htm Christmas crafts

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/religion/christianity/christmas/christmas_around_the_world/

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Information Chinese New Year learning activities for kids

China for Second Graders Exploring China- a website designed for second graders about China

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Martin Luther King Day/Black History Month:

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html  This site features a time line designed by young children.  It is fairly easy to read, and the pictures created by the children are great

http://users.rcn.com/tstrong.massed/Martin.htm  Scavenger hunt on Dr. Martin Luther King.  Pretty advanced, best for the teacher to click through and interpret for the children to see the pictures and hear the sound files.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/1.htm Dr. Martin Luther King's life explained in KidPix report form- created by children, easy enough for children to read

Mrs. P's Famous Americans- Martin Luther King Mostly pictorial and extremely simple

http://www.creativeprocess.net/gp/king.html Three nicely written, informative, short paragraphs about Dr. Martin Luther King, and a picture of him.  Beware that it has an order form for items for sale on it, not flashing or pop up, but there all the same.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ This website has sound byte that plays for the children right away, nice to let the students hear his voice

http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/mlkfr.htm Sound files of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech in Washington

Mrs. Nash's Second Grade MLK Day Activity Page Links to age appropriate Martin Luther King day activities

Mrs. P's Famous Americans- Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson's biography, very simple

Mrs. P's Famous Americans - African Americans Famous African Americans

http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Links to many famous African American biographies

Famous Blacks  Biographies of Famous African Americans

http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Links to biographies of many famous African Americans

African American History Kids' links to biographies and information about famous African Americans

http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/bio.htm Biography of Faith Ringold

Valentine's Day:

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~rstewart/k2001/Themes/valentine/valentine.htm

Friendship Cinquain Here is a PDF file that you can use to teach children to write friendship cinquain poems for Valentine's Day for their classmates!

  President's Day links:

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington:

http://www.divy.net/Lincoln.html Easy to read page about Abraham Lincoln

http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/timeline.htm Lincoln Timeline: Click on the pictures drawn by kids to get facts about Abraham Lincoln

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/ Abraham Lincoln in celebration of President's Day

http://www.bonus.com/bonus/list/PT_hist.html  Click on the link for President Lincoln

http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html

Name that President Play a game to Name That President!

http://www.nps.gov/liho/home/home.htm The National Park Service's virtual tour of the Lincoln Home.

http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/presidents_day/index.html Virtual museums and information about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

President's Day Quiz President's Day quiz about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, 10 questions

http://www.divy.net/Washington.html Easy to read page about George Washington

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/lesson/k5/k5slide1.html George Washington slide show

Mount Vernon.org See Mount Vernon, home of George Washington

St. Patrick's Day

http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/march/stpat.htm Lots of 2nd grade St. Patrick's Day activities, including a reader's theatre, Irish blessing, riddles, and more!  Includes downloadable sorting and graphing activities too.

Enchanted Learning's St. Patrick's Day Page St. Patrick's Day activities for children

St. Patrick's Day Fun Wacona Elementary School's Wee bit o' Fun Page

Billy Bear's Pot o' Gold Pot o' Gold Money math game

Alphabet Soup St. Patrick's Day Page The explanation of St. Patrick's day, easy enough for 2nd graders to read

http://www.sdmf.k12.wi.us/bf/resources/stpatrick.htm St. Patrick's Day resources- includes a web quest for 2nd graders

Kids Domain St. Patrick's Day Page Holiday printouts, including a game

Shamrock Lane This page is from the Franklin Institute, and is advanced.  Best for the virtual tour and weather descriptions of Ireland

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Memorial Day

History of Memorial Day How Memorial Day became a holiday and what it means

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/worksheets/TCM/pdfs/020524pt.pdf Make a mini-book to learn more about Memorial Day, and a windsock to celebrate.

Hundredth Day of School

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/index.html   One Hundred days of school website

Alfy's 100th Day of School Thematic Units A few links on the hundredth day of school

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Life Skills

Life Skills  Great explanations of various life skills, and posters created by children that exemplify these skills (such as responsibility, perseverance, caring, common sense, integrity, etc.)

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Foss Science Links

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html for most units

Matter Unit

http://www.kidzone.ws/plans/view.asp?i=183 Kidzone lesson plan for teaching about matter - geared toward 1st and 2nd grade.  Good ideas!

http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/three_states_of_matter_mov.html A movie from NASA geared for young students (A cute little animated animal tells children about the three states of matter)

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/slg.html  Three states of water

http://www.brainpop.com/science/matter/ Matter and molecules, building blocks of the universe

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/whatismatter.html  Nice elementary website about matter (grade 4 level, but not too hard)

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Rocks and Minerals Unit

Volcano World Volcano World, click your way through rocks!

http://www.eischools.org/mst/web/lessons/activities/rocks/activities.html  Great online investigations of rocks.

http://www.rocksforkids.com/ Just what it says!  Rocks for kids!

http://viking.stark.k12.oh.us/~greentown/rocks.htm Great Rock Unit from North Canton City Schools, Canton, Ohio

http://www.capecodrocks.org/ Great site on the rocks found in nearby Cape Cod

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hawthorne/rocks/  A task and places to record findings about rocks

http://www.proteacher.com/110023.shtml  and http://www.proteacher.com/110073.shtml  Links to many sites on rocks and minerals

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/RocksandMinerals/rocks.html Another school's 4th grade rock unit

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/netsbest/rocks.html 5 of the Net's best rock sites

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/rocks.htm  Thematic Unit on rocks... a bit advanced for first grade, but a model

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html Discover how rocks are made, for kids

http://www.canadianrockhound.com/junior/index.html   and http://www.canadianrockhound.com/junior/minerals.html a great place for kids to learn all about rocks and minerals, various activities

http://www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/bestgall.htm A mineral gallery with fine photos of minerals

Lesson Plan for Rock Hounds

MINERALS, CRYSTALS, AND GEMS STEPPING-STONES TO INQUIRY

Rock Song   Just a cute song regarding rocks

Beakman & Jax - Rock Candy

http://www.cobweb.net/~bug2/rock1.htm Rock Doctor's Guide to Minerals

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/school/e_mine.htm Minerals and Metals

http://www.cln.org/themes/rocks_minerals.html  Lots of websites about rocks, some too high for first grade

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Endangered Animals Unit

Animals of the Rainforest WebQuest  A third grade level web quest on Animals of the Rainforest with lots of neat projects and web links for more research

http://www.kidsplanet.org/  Kids Planet, kid-friendly website about endangered animals

http://abcteach.com/endangeredspecies/estoc.htm A website with lessons on endangered species

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/ Links about endangered animals, photos and profiles on the animals

http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/species/species.html Endangered Species Project

http://www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl/indexusa.htm Many links to endangered species, and another Endangered Species Project

http://wcs.org/7617 A few links to animals, many of which are endangered

http://elephant.discovery.com/conservation/elephants.html  Nice website on elephants

Defenders of Wildlife- at risk animals Defenders of wildlife:  Endangered species

www.pbs.org/wttw/web_newexp/newexp_web_pages/newexp_tg_toc.html Endangered Species:  Battle for Survival

http://www.ran.org/ran/ Rainforest Action alliance network

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Many facts about animals

Alfy's Rainforest Unit Rainforest related sites

Alfy's Animal Thematic Units More animal sites

Alfy's List of all Teacher Thematic Units Thematic units

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Spiders and Bats Unit

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm Spiders of North West Europe.  Excellent close-ups of spiders and their spinnerets, the types of webs various spiders spin, and on the page bottom are some links to great close-up shots of the silken web fibers, the spinnerets under electron microscope, and close- ups of the FANGS!

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Spiders/SpidersHome.html Home page for countless links to spiders and arthropod websites!  SPOOKY but cool.

http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/index.htm Primary information on bats

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/mammals/ More bat links for kids

http://www.batcon.org/ Bat conservation International website, with great photos of bats

http://www.thewildones.org/avocado.html A bat unit from Avocado Elementary

http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/elementary/batrpt.htm A bat unit developed by third graders

http://www.batsnorthwest.org/ Facts about bats, photos, and more

http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/a2lilelo.htm Links to bat trivia, facts, and more

http://abcteach.com/Bats/BatsTOC.htm Starting point on bat unit

http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/  All about bats and how to help them.  Many links and facts

http://www.geocities.com/flack46/batheaven.html Lots of links about bats

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Insects Unit

http://www.insectsafari.com/game/  A very cute game where you guess the name of the bug of which a silhouette and hints are provided.  Elementary, but need to be able to read

http://makostek.epsb.net/Insect.html Insect webquest

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/insects/story8/piratebugs2.htm  Not all insects are bad

http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/bugmenu.html Amazing insects

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/IPM/teachers/bug-go/bug-go.htm  This site has a bug-go card (like a bingo card) and bugs for an insect identification game - what a great way to learn the insects

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/multimedia/maskindex.html  Make insect masks, either in black and white or color

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/brooklyn/insects/  What's Bug'n You... cute web page with printable activities for children to recording what they have learned about insects (observation logs, Venn diagrams, etc.)

http://www.heatersworld.com/bugworld/ Ant Boy's page on ants, bees, roaches, other bugs, and spiders

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Insect.htm  Thematic Unit on insects... a bit advanced for first grade

http://www.naturesongs.com/insects.html Hear a bug.  Adults need to read the text

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/index.htm Scholastic websites and activities on insects

http://place.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm# Build a bug, give a bug the correct wings, head, and legs, learning facts and having fun

http://www.kidscom.com/orakc/Games/Animalgame/index.html Insect game

http://www.greensmiths.com/bees.htm Bees and wasps

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/bugs/index.htm  Research and answers to questions about insects

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/bugs/general.htm  More questions and answers about bugs

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lucky/bugguide.htm Bug activities and a print out bug sheet

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/tguide.htm Teacher lesson and activity guide on insects

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bugs/reco.htm#sites Web sites on bugs

http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=insects A collection of Yahooligan's web links on bugs

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzinsect.html LOTS of links about insects for students

Dennis Kunkel's Education page Great pictures of bugs

http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/keyword.cgi?keyword=insect&level=1 More pictures of bugs, by an alphabetical list

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/ Yuckiest site on the Internet, roaches and worms!

http://www.bugbios.com/entophiles/index.html Very cool bugs- a list of 14 families of bugs

http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/menu_wkshts/fact_insects.html Fact sheets on insects

http://www.geocities.com/flack46/insectheaven.html Many links about insects, different levels

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/bugoff/index.html Very advanced site, for gifted

http://www.discovery.com/exp/spiders/spiders.html They're not insects, they're arachnids, but I like spiders!

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/  Great site with movies of bugs, and images of bugs

http://whyfiles.org/016skeeter/index.html  BZZZZZZZ mosquitoes!

http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mutant_flies/mutant_flies.html  Did you let the fruit get too ripe?  Check out the fruit flies

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ A very COOL science website.  Explore and learn.  See caterpillars turn to butterflies and more!

http://www.ris.net/~lawnman/poems.html Poems about grasshoppers, invite us to send new poems in

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Monarch Butterfly Unit

http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/index.html GREAT primary link with brief easy to read information and questions about common butterflies

Alfy's Butterfly Thematic Units   Lots of butterfly links on Alfy.com

http://www.billybear4kids.com/butterfly/flutter-fun.html Great site about butterflies of all types

http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=butterfly Yahooligan's links to butterflies

http://wcs.org/7807 Good site on Monarch butterflies, excellent photos, brief explanation, simple

http://www.naba.org/ Butterflies of North America

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Clean and Green Unit

http://riverdeep.net/current/2001/08/082001t_smog.jhtml Map of the globe showing smog pollution from space

http://riverdeep.net/current/2001/07/072301_m_wetlands.jhtml Wetlands protection and issues

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html Garbage, garbage, garbage

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Trees Unit

http://abcteach.com/trees/treestoc.htm Trees unit page

http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/leaf/byleaf.html Identify a leaf, by sample (easy)

http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/leaf1.htm Pictures of leaves and the type, not much reading involved.  Good pictures for identification.

http://www.foliage-vermont.com/foliage_leaves_1.htm Identify the leaves by color of fall foliage and by shape as sample pictures of the leaves are shown on this page

http://members.aol.com/kirkor/teled/studlnge.html  This is a great Nature Net site where a student can bring a leaf in, and by clicking on various attributes they can find out what kind of tree leaf it is (for instance, is it compound or simple- pictures to click on, is it lobed or simple-pictures to click, etc., and by the end of the clicking on attributes they can find out what kind of tree it came from!  The child is the scientist on a discovery.  Great!)

http://www.state.me.us/doc/foliage/kids/movie.html A narrated movie that shows how leaves change colors in the fall, and shows outline pictures of the leaves of several trees we have in the Northeast.

http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/trees.htmlx Simple information on trees

http://www.realtrees4kids.org/elementary/elementary.htm Real Trees for Kids

EEK! Leaves Everywhere! Just what good are leaves after they have fallen?

http://www.domtar.com/arbre/english/index.htm WOW!  Great website on trees.  On the left side of the index page, click on your browser's settings (800 x 600 is best).  This site covers the silhouettes of trees for identification purposes, gives the life cycle of a tree, leaves of trees, how man uses trees, games and quizzes of knowledge, and more!

http://www.arborday.org/trees/RingsMain.html All about what the rings show about a tree, Arbor Day Foundation website

http://www.naturenet.net/trees/important.htm Why are trees important?

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