Resources

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Resources

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The following sites may be useful and fun for math practice, educational games, and research.

For Music
Try out the game on this website, http://www.carnegiehall.org/orc/interactive_resources.html. Once there, choose The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, by Benjamin Britten. When that window comes up, please register so your child's results will be kept. If you choose a user name and password, please share it with your child's music teacher. That teacher would then be able to log on and see the student's progress.

Reference Tools

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/ includes Dictionary and Thesaurus

Search Engines

Ask for Kids: http://www.askforkids.com/
Kids Click: http://www.kidsclick.org/ - Librarians put this site together.
Kids space: http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Science Fair Project Help Sites:

http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide This site is provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan. It includes ideas for projects, suggestions on doing a project, information about the scientific method, and more.
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ Discovery School offers tips for students and parents, project ideas, and more.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html Lynne Bleeker, a science teacher, lists the steps involved in designing a project, some topic suggestions and warnings, as well as a list of links to other useful sites.

Additional Science Sites:

StarChild - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html - a NASA site
NASA’s KSNN - http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/home.html
Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
Sydney Aquarium (Australia): www.sydneyaquarium.com.au/Interact/INT021.asp
Monterey Bay Aquarium: www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
Physics for Beginners (recommended for 6-8th graders, younger students may need help using the information on this site): http://physics.webplasma.com/index.html

Math:

Math Dictionary for Kids - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ includes games and more
National Library of Math Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Cool math at http://www.coolmath.com – Math lessons and games for all age, has lessons, practice problems, and games for Pre-K through Trigonometry and Fractals
Math games for K-6 – http://www.mathplayground.com/
This site, from BBC, includes lessons and quizzes for middle school aged sutdents. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/
Online Printable Math Worksheets – http://mathfactcafe.com/
Fractions - http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=8505

Foreign Languages

Links for Spanish, French, and Japanese – http://learninglanguages.net/ – Choose your language at the top of the page for appropriate activities, resources, and a word of the day.
French: http://fslactivities.sd61.bc.ca/wordprintouts.html
Spanish: http://lingolex.com/spanish.htm
This site includes Spanish, Gaelic, Polish, and American Sign Language learning games: :http://www.apples4theteacher.com/foreignlang.html
Fodor’s offers language phrases written and aurally in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. :http://www.fodors.com/language/
Latin: http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe This site offers translations from English to Latin and Latin to English for thousands of words.

All Subjects – BBC Schools - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Great K-4 Sites

http://funschool.kaboose.com/index.html - includes games for social studies, science, math, and more. It also has coloring pages.
Language arts games for a variety of skill levels – http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Just for Fun – http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

For Parents
Internet safety sites recommended by Ofc. Romano of the Lynchburg Police Dept.

Happy Learning!