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Resources for youth, parents, and teachers

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- BAM: Body
and Mind. Got a question about fitness, disease, or
peer pressure?
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Breakfast Detective. The clues are right here.
Can you meet the challenge?
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Children With Diabetes. An online community for kids,
families, and people with diabetes.
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Diseases Explained. Turning waiting rooms into
classrooms.
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FDA Kids Homepage. A site by the Food and Drug
Administration - eat healthy and be active for a healthy future.
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Food Safety at Home, School and When Eating Out.
An Activity Book for You to Color.
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Food Safety Coloring Books. Food Safety at Home,
School and When Eating Out.
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Human Body, Human Body Information, Facts, News, Photos
(National Geographic). Great resources for health and biology
lessons.
- KidsHealth.
A popular online site, from the health experts from Nemours.
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KidZone. The world's leading website on learning
disabilities and ADHD.
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Nutrition Exploration: Make-a-Shake. You can
make your own virtual milk shake, print your recipe and then try it
at home in your own kitchen.
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Seeing Disabilities from a Different Perspective. This
site offers a new way of looking at disABILITIES, focusing not on
the disability, but on the ability.
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Test Your Food Label Knowledge! Are you ready to take
our challenge?
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6
Trait Writing Resources. Here are some links to
support 6 traits in the classroom.
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Amazing Vocabulary Machine! Practice adjectives <->
adverbs
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Ask Dr. Math. Here's the elementary school version of
this popular Website from Math Forum.
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Apostrophes. Are you ready to master this important
part of writing?
- Biography Writing
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Biography Maker
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Create a Timeline
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Create a Timeline: Read, Write, Think
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Selected Figures from Recent History
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Writing With Writers: Biographies
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Book Adventure: Find a Book. If you're not sure
what book you're looking for, we can help you find a book that's
right for you.
- Book Reports
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Book Report: I Did it on the Computer
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Book Report Sandwich Station
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Book Report Wizard
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How to Write a Book Report
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Spaghetti Book Club
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Write a Book Review
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Bright Ideas for Writing. Fun site - click on the
links for GRADES 3-5.
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Children's Story Writing Analysis. Copy and paste your
story into the box below. Then click on the 'Check Text'
button.
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Create a Timeline. An easy to use timeline generator,
just fill in the form on this Website.
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Create a Timeline: Read, Write, Think:. Great
resources to graphically illustrate events over time.
- Creative Narrative Writing
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Comic Creator
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Interactive Creative Story Writing for Children
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Plot Diagram
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Write Your Own Myths, Folktales, and Fairytales
- Compare/Contrast Writing
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Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer (.pdf)
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Compare & Contrast Guide
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Compare & Contrast Webquest
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Interactive Venn Diagram
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Interactive Venn Diagram: Read, Write, Think
- Descriptive Writing
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Descriptive Essays
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Descriptive Writing
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Writing with Writers: Description Writing
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Elementary Test Prep Grade 4 Language Arts (New York State).
Comprehensive set of lessons and activities.
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Evaluation Station. Stop here to check your writing.
What works? What doesn't?
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Expository Writing. An expository writing is meant to
inform the reader. Learn more here.
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Idiom Connection. The Idiom Connection is a collection
of idioms, phrasal verbs and proverbs. These expressions are common
expressions in most English speaking countries.
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Idiom Zone. Another great site to look at idioms and
how we use them.
- Letter Writing
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Interactive Letter Generator
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Letter Writing Fun
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Letters of
Felix Voltz, MS 93-021
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Spy Letters from the American Revolution
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Graphic Organizers. Print out one of many different
types of graphic organizers.
- Homonyms
- A
Feast of Homonyms
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Homonym Madness
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Word Confusion
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Edit Down the Story of Goldilocks. This fun site helps
student develop editing and revising skills by editing the story
Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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How to Write an Essay. There are many different kinds
of essays, including narrative, descriptive, and persuasive. The
following steps, however, can be used to write any kind of essay.
- Math
Fact Cafe. Free printable math worksheets for
elementary school and home use. This includes generators for math
drills, flashcards, time, and money!
- Narrative Writing/Personal Narrative
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Narrative Essays
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Narrative Writing
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Interactive Graphic Map for your Personal Narrative
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Personal Narrative Resources
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Personal Narrative Resources II
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Paragraph a Week: A Yearly Writing Program.
Here's a yearly writing program designed to give students practice
writing various types of paragraphs.
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Paragraph Builder. Here is a comprehensive set of
links to help writers create great paragraphs.
- Persuasive Writing
- Don't
Buy It: Get Media Smart
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Persuasive Map
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Persuasive Essays
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Persuasive Writing
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Persuasive Writing Webquest
- Poetry
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Abstract Noun Interactive Poetry
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Forms of Poetry
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Instant Poetry Forms
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Interactive Shape Poem Generator
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Letter Poem Creator
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My Monster
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Poetry Splatter
- RhymeZone
Rhyming Dictionary
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Poetry4Kids
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Writing with Writers: Poetry
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You're a Poet and You Want to Show It
- Research Writing
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Hints About Print
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Mr.
B's Research Seminar. Let's review this Webmaster's
"Take 5" research project. Special Thanks to
Club TNT.
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Writing Workshop: Research
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Road
to Grammar. Choose a topic on the left and click
START.
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Sentence Clubhouse Game. Join us at "the club" and
learn different types sentences.
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SillyBooks.net. A Literacy Site with animated
children's books, musical stories, stories written by children.
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Skillswise Words. Fact sheets, worksheets, quizzes and
games to help you improve your English. Choose from grammar,
spelling, reading, listening, writing and vocabulary.
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SpellaRoo. Kangaroos can hop better than they can
spell. Click on the word that is spelled wrong. If you get twenty
right, you will go to the "Land of Joeys".
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Spelling Bee: Fourth Grade. Three levels, you
must spell all the words at the current level to move on to the
next.
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Spelling Practice. How's your spelling - 5 levels will
challenge you.
- Synonyms and Antonyms
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Awesome Antonym Match Up
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Same Difference
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Super Synonym Match Up
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There, Their and They're Quiz. Do you have the usage
of these words down? Take this online quiz and see.
- Visuwords
Online Graphic Dictionary. Look up words to find their
meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Enter words
into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand
the tree.
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What Makes a Good Writing Story? Here's a fun site
that reviews what you need to be a great writer.
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Write Your Own Play. This Website will help you make
your own play. You can then print it out and go back to the
classroom and practice it with your friends.
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Writing Instructions. From BBC, this website has a
tutorial and let's you practice technical writing.
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Young Writers' Clubhouse. A wonderful site for and
about kid's writing.
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AAA Math: 4th Grade Topics
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Batter's Up Baseball. Here's a math game that is played
like real Baseball. When the math game starts you will see the
visitors score on the screen. Your goal is to beat the visitors score
and win the baseball game.
- Chances. What many people refer to as 'good luck'
can actually be explained by a little knowledge about probability
and statistics. Our dice game allows you to see how increasing or
decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
- Cool Math for Kids.
The name says it all - fun games that teach math.
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Crack the Code. Find the missing number in a series
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CyberChallenge. Choose your mastery: awesome
addition, super subtraction, magnificent multiplication, and divine
division.
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Draggable Division. Answer the problems by dragging the
digits to their correct locations. This application is especially
good for students who have trouble keeping digits organized in
long division. Also
Draggable Addition;
Draggable Subtraction and
Draggable Multiplication.
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Elementary Test Prep Grade 4 Math. Comprehensive set of
lessons and interactivities to learn math skills. (New York State)
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Estimating a Sum. A quick way to estimate the sum of
two numbers is to round each number and then add the rounded
numbers. This probably won't be the exact answer but it may be close
enough for some purposes.
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Fourth Grade Math Websites & PowerPoints. Learn math,
play games, and review math slideshows.
- Fractions
- AAA
Math: Fractions
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A
Tour of Fractions
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Balloon Pop Fractions
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Cool Math: Fractions
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Equivalent Fractions
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Equivalent Fractions Match
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Flitting with Fractions
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Fishy Fractions
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Fraction Addition & Subtraction
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Fractions and Decimals
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Fraction to Decimal Conversion
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Fraction Flowers
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Fractions Model I
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Fraction Switch
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Fraction Tutorial by Kids Online Resources
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Math League: Fractions
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No
Matter What Shape Your Fractions are In
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Shade
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Simple Fractions
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Tony's Fraction Pizza Shop
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That Quiz: Fraction Inequality
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Visua7 Fractions
- Geometry
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3D Earth Exploration
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Angle - Guess the Random Angle
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Angle Estimator
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Geometric Shape Flashcards
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Identify Geometric Shapes
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Identify Types of Angles
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Patterns for Solid Figures
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Right Back At You
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Solids and Shapes
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Sorting Triangles
- Graphing
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Create a Graph
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Bar Graph
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Circle Graph
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Pie Charts
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What's the Point. Challenge your graphing skills.
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Handling Data. Links for: interpreting data;
Mean, media, mode; and probability.
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Math Playground. Practice your math skills with these
fun and challenging games. There are action games, puzzles, and
other learning activities. Concepts include basic math operations,
algebra, percent, geometry, and money.
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Mathematics Problem Solving Index. Choose the operation and
solve the problem.
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MathSURF: Grade 4
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Minute Math. Select type and level of problems to give students
practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division
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Mental Math Drills. Addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division.
- Measuring Activities
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Area Explorer
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Area and Perimeter
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Capacity - Soda Jerk
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Comparison Estimator
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Equivalent Measure
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Estimator
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Finding the Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
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Measuring Game: To 1/4 Inch
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Measuring Game: To 1/8 Inch
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More or Less Estimator
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Perimeter
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Perimeter Explorer
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Shape Explorer
- Multiplication/Division
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Divide Two Numbers
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Divider Machine
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Division Facts Practice
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Division Practice
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Division Practice
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Drag Race Division
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Moon Math: Division
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Moon Math: Multiplication
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Multiflyer
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Multiplication Applet
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Multiplication Flash Card Game
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Multiplication Grand Prix
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Multiplication Grid
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Multiplication Hidden Picture
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Multiplication Interactive Games
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Multiplication Tables
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Multiplication - Tunnel Blaster.
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Multiplication
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Number Square. Fill in the square with numbers that equal
the sums
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Order of Operations. From Speedmath: Multiply
and divide first, from left to right and then add and subtract, from
left to right.
- Place Value
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Place Value Pirates
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Place Value Puzzler
- Rounding
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AAA Math: Rounding
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Free Rounding Number Game
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Half-Court Rounding
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Rounding Concentration Game
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Rounding Flashcards
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Speedmath Delux. The goal is to create an
equation, as quickly as possible, from the four digits the computer
gives you. You can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division to create your equation, but you are not allowed to
rearrange the digits. Make certain that you remember the
order of operations!
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Tackle Math Ball. Learn your math facts a fun way. This is a
game in which students
choose football teams and rumble down the field by identifying math
facts.
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Train. Fill up the train with the correct number of
passengers - game of numbers and critical thinking.
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Two-step Computation. Multiply and add to find costs of
food.
- Word Problems
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Story Problems
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Word Problems for Kids
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Problem-Solving
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Word Problems with Leon
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Adventures of Herman the Worm. The autobiography of
squirmin' Herman the worm.
- Animals
- American Kennel Club
(dogs)
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Animal Adaptations
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Animal Games
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Animal Names
- Animal
Planet
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Animals: Creature Features
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Animals of the World Games
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Animals: National Geographic
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Animal Land
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Endangered: Exploring a World at Risk
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Fish FAQ
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Frog Land
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Grizzly
People
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Horse Breeds
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Infrared Zoo
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Kids Go Wild:
Wildlife Conservation Society
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Planet Pets
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Print and Go: Animal Coloring
Bow Wow
Meow. Thousands of Pet Names, Popularity, Meanings and
Ratings.
Earth: Our World in Motion. A comprehensive site
on earth sciences from the American Museum of national history.
Earth's Water. As the saying goes ... "water, water,
everywhere." Well, how much water is there; where is this water; how
does it move around? This section of Water Science for Schools tells
the story of where, how much, and in what forms water exists on
Earth.
Ecology
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Adventures in Waste and Recyling. Web-based Lesson
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Ecology. This site explores issues of sustainability and
environmentalism
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Ecology - It's a Green Life. Game format; students answer
questions to become Environmental experts.
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Ecology - World's Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide.
This handy chart has everything you need to know.
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Ecosystems and
Habitats. On-line lesson, activities and
quizzes
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Ecosystem Flashcards.
Another fun game by Quia.
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Ecosystem Matching Game. A learning game by Quia.
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Meet the Greens. Get kids thinking about the world and their
place in it; video episodes on Ecology : from WGBH Educational
Foundation and PBS
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Recycleroom. Learn about ecology and recycling with
Roscoe.
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What's Your Footprint?. A carbon Calculator that measures how
your footprint impacts the Earth.
Electricity & Magnetism
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AC
- DC: What's the Difference? A simple explanation of the difference between these two types of
electrical currents.
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Background information for Magnets. Answers to questions about magnets and magnetism.
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Brainpop: Electricity. Watch cartoons, take quizzes, and try experiments to learn about
electricity, batteries, static electricity, energy sources,
thunderstorms, and atoms.
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Electricity and
Magnetism. A series of experiments about electricity and
magnetism designed for fourth-graders.
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Electrified Ben. Have you ever watched lightning during a storm, and wanted to know
more about it? Ben Franklin did.
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Exploratorium Science Snacks. Activities and experiments to help you learn about electricity.
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Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory. Visit Dr. Frankenstein to
learn about electrical safety, static electricity and fruity
electricity.
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Jake's Attic: What's Electricity? Learn about this form of energy.
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Magic of Static Electricity. What causes static electricity?
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Theater of Electricity.
The Boston Museum of Science invites you to see their exhibit of the
world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. You can even
see some of the huge sparks it makes! Also learn about Franklin's
kite, Tesla coils, lightning, and more.
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What is
Electricity? Learn the basics of electricity and test your knowledge with the "Electrivia"
quiz.
Exploratorium. The museum of science, art, and human
perception.
Extreme Science. Here are the biggest, baddest, and
the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind
what makes each the most extreme example of its kind.
Living Things. Resources for science by the Franklin
Institute - here is a great place to start learning about plants and
animals. This site presents characteristics and
classifications of living things.
Machines
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Classes of Levers. Levers are probably the most common
simple machine because just about anything that has a handle on it
has a lever attached. Learn more here.
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Edheads Compund Machines. Learn how forces and simple
machines can work together to create The Compound Machine!
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Edheads Simple Machines. Learn
about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and
Tool Shed!
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Inclined Planes. An inclined plane is a slanted
surface used to raise an object. A ramp is an inclined plane.
Learn more here.
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Inventors Toolbox. Get started with the basic tools
that become machines.
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Machines by MIKIDS. Simple machines make work easier
for us by allowing us to push or pull over increased distances.
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Machines Make Life Easier! Yes they do, find out how
here.
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Marvelous Machines. Here's a series of experiments
about simple machines: levers, wheels and inclined planes.
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Simple Machines. Click on any of the simple machines
to learn more.
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Simple Machines: Franklin Institute. A
machine is a tool used to make work easier. Simple machines are
simple tools used to make work easier.
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Simple Machines: Gander Academy. A great
collection of information and interactive sites for kids and
teachers.
Matter
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Matter Match
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Matter Matching
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Matter: Chem4Kids
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Phases of Matter: Molecule Chamber
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Matter Games: What are the Building Blocks of the Universe
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Matter in Motion Vocabulary
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Measuring Matter: Dr. T
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Properties of Matter
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States of Matter
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States of Matter: Harcourt Schools Publishers
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States of Matter Millionaire Game
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What is Matter
Museum
of Science and Industry
Oceans
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Ask
Jake, the SeaDog
- Fisheye
View Camera
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In Search of Giant Squid
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Ocean Collection for Kids
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Ocean Virtual Field Trip
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Ocean World: Links for Kids
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Oceanography
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Oceanography from the Space Shuttle
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Oceanography: Science & Technology Focus
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Oceans Alive
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Planet Ocean
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Secrets of the Ocean Realm
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Secrets@Sea
Plants
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4-H Children's Garden Tour
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Alfy's Picks for Plants
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Beanstalk Project
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Biology of Plants
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Children's Garden Survey
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Design Your Own Tree
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Gardening for Kids
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Great Plant Escape: Vocabulary
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How Did Plants Adapt to Dry Land?
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Life Cycles of Plants
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Plant Activities: abcteach
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Plant Anatomy
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Plant Parts
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Plants for Kids
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Plants Inside & Out
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Spring Wildflower Walk: EEK
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Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?
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Why Do Plants Have Flowers?
Science Glossary: Fourth Grade. This site presents an image
illustrating the term, and correct pronunciation of the term
Science for Kids. ARS' Sci4Kids (USDA): Bridging the
gap between science, agriculture, and you.
Scientific Method. Quia makes learning fun.
Scientific Method: Ordering. Put the steps of the
scientific method in proper order.
Scientific Method for Kids. Learning about the
scientific method is almost like saying that you are learning how to
learn. It can be used to study anything from a leaf to a dog
to the entire Universe.
Volcanoes
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BBC Newsround: Volcanoes
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Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics
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How Volcanoes Work
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Lesson in Plate Tectonics
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Parts of a Volcano (printout)
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Shake, Rattle, and Slide: The work of earthquakes, volcanoes,
and glaciers.
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Types of Volcanoes
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Volcano Explorer
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Volcano! Mountain of Fire
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Volcano World 4-Kids
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Volcanoes And Land Formation
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Volcanoes and the Theory of Plate Tectonics
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Volcanoes Around the World
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Volcanoes: Kids Research Center
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Volcanoes Online
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Volcanoes: Interactive
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Volcanoes: USGS
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Why Volcanoes Explode
Social Studies
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America's Civil War
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Civil War Timeline
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Weapons of the Civil War
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The Fighting
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The Soldier's Life
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Civil War statistics
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The Civil War for Kids
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Peace: The Healing of a Nation
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Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
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Government of the Conferedate States of America and the United
States of America
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Military Leaders during the Civil War
- Economics
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Economic Games
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Econopolis!
- Lemonade
Game
- KidsBank
- US
Mint For Kids: Games
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Young Investors
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Geography for Children
- Maps
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Animated Atlas
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How Are Flat Charts and Maps Made of Our Round Planet?
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Learning to Read Maps
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Latitude & Longitude
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Look-up Latitude and Longitude: USA
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Map Games: National Geographic
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Map Maker
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Map
Match Games
- Map Symbols
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Maps and Map Skills for Kids
- Maps4Kids
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MapStats for Kids by FedStats
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Oceana Map Match Game
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Online Map Games
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Reading Maps
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United States of America Map Game
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US Map Test
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Walk through the Continents: Print Maps Large and Small
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World Map Match Game
- Wisconsin History
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Dictionary of Wisconsin History
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Facts About Wisconsin
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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A
Virtual Look at the Works of Frank Lloyd Wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Wright in Wisconsin
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Laura
Ingalls Wilder
- Odd
Wisconsin
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Old World Wisconsin
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Paper Dolls
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Pronunciation Guide for Everything Wisconsin
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Timeline of Wisconsin History
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Wisconsin Department of Justice for Kids
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Wisconsin Electronic Reader
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Wisconsin Firsts
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Wisconsin Folks: Wisconsin Arts Board
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Wisconsin Historical Society: History Portal
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Wisconsin Native American Tribes
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Wisconsin State Legislature
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Wisconsin State Symbols
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Wisconsin Tour Project
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Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks
- US Government
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America's Story from America's Library
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Constitution for Kids
- Ben's
Guide to US Government for Kids
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Congress for Kids
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FactFinder: Kids Corner (US Census Bureau)
- Kids in
the House
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Kids Konnect: Government
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Kids World: Politics & Military Links
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US Government & Government Agencies Links
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US Government for Kids
- US
Treasury for Kids
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Animated Internet. Discover how the Internet really
works, with less than 50 clicks of your mouse.
- E-Pals Global
Community. Welcome to the Internet's largest global
community of connected classrooms!
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How Internet Infrastructure Works. Sure, the Web is fun,
but how does the Internet work?
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Internet Classroom Projects. A large collection of
links to support school collaboration on the world-wide-web.
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Internet Projects Registry. This is the original
clearinghouse for collaborative projects from across the globe -
projects hosted by the Global SchoolNet Foundation, other reputable
organizations, and outstanding partner projects conducted by
teachers worldwide!
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KidLink. A place for kids to collaborate and network
with friends around the world (This is the English version, other
languages available as well).
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Keyboarding
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Bubbles Typing Game
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Computer Circus
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Computer Hardware: Keyboard
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Computer Keyboarding Questions
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Cup Stacking
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Dance Mat Typing
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How Fast Can You Type the Alphabet?
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How fast can YOU type the alphabet BACKWARDS?
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Mr. Kent's Typing Tutor
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Nimble Fingers
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One Hand Typing (Great for keyboard uses that do not have
full use of both hands)
- Test
Your Typing Skills
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TypeOnline. A free, online keyboarding course in 5
lessons.
- TyperA:
Test your typing skills
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Typing of the Ghosts
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New WWW FAQs.
Have a question about the 'net? Start here.
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Using the Web: Searching for Websites. The World
Wide Web is a great place to find more information about a topic.
But there are a lot of sites out there—some are good and some are
not so good.
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Who
Owns the Internet? The Web is a system that lets
different computer networks communicate with each other using a
standardized set of rules. Without rules, these computer networks
wouldn't be able to communicate with each other.
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