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These sites are intended to help teachers in preparing activities in support of the
East Brunswick elementary curriculum. There are sites that provide lesson plan ideas
or links to classroom resources.
The subject areas covered are:
Social Studies
Language Arts
General (cross-curricular)
General
| Education
Place |
| URL: |
http://www.eduplace.com |
| Grade level: |
K-8 |
| Subject: |
General |
| Activities, bibliographies, discussion forums, projects,
links, etc., including specific activities, etc., for East Brunswick’s social studies
textbook series (K-8). Check out Kids’ Clubhouse, Teachers’ Center, and
Parents’ Place.
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| LibrarySpot |
| URL: |
http://libraryspot.com/ |
| Grade level: |
3 to adult |
| Subject: |
General |
| Provides a reference desk, which includes a dictionary,
encyclopedias (some of which require subscription), biographical dictionaries, and map
resources. Also provides links to the Library of Congress, U.S. Census Bureau, and the
Federal Web Locator.
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| Kathy
Schrock’s Guide for Educators |
| URL: |
http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/ |
| Grade level: |
Teachers, parents, and children of all ages
(Kidstuff) |
| Subject: |
General |
| Provides teachers resources in all curricular areas,
including lesson plans. Also gives links to great children’s sites, including Disney,
the Amazing Picture Machine, How Stuff Works, and many others.
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| Yahooligans!
the Web Guide for Kids |
| URL: |
http://www.yahooligans.com/ |
| Grade level: |
All |
| Subject: |
General |
| Easy to use subject search engine, with categories such as
School Bell, Science and Oddities, Around the World, Computers and Games, and more.
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| 50+ Great Sites for Kids &
Parents |
| URL: |
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.html |
| Grade level: |
All |
| Subject: |
All |
| A list of sites for elementary school children which is
constantly changing. Created by the American Library Association.
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| Berit's
Best Sites for
Children |
| URL: |
http://db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db |
| Grade level: |
All |
| Subject: |
All |
| Provides hyperlinks to many chlidren's sitesin categories
like "Just for Fun," "Holidays," "Serious Stuff,"
"Creatures Great & Small," "Kids on the Net," "And
More." The Serious Stuff category includes Art, Environment, Government, Health
and Safety, History, Science and Math, Space, and World Travel.
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| Equity Education On Line |
| URL: |
http://www.etdc.wednet.edu/equity/index.html |
| Grade level: |
Teachers |
| Subject: |
Gender equity |
| An On-line resource for information on people,
resources, organizations and information on gender equity issues in the public schools.
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| The
Awesome Library |
| URL: |
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ |
| Grade level: |
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| Subject: |
General |
| Searches 12,000 articles by keywords &
categories of Teacher, Parent, Student… |
| The Encarta® Lesson Collection |
| URL: |
http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/lessons/default.asp |
| Grade level: |
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| Subject: |
General |
| The Encarta® Lesson Collection
(ELC) is a
growing collection of lesson plans and activity sheets which have been developed by
practicing teachers and have been tested in real classrooms. They are supported by
references to Encarta® Encyclopedia, Encarta® Virtual Globe (Encarta® World Atlas), and
Bookshelf®, and they contain links to relevant Web sites. |
Social Studies
| Kent
School District Social Studies Resources |
| URL: |
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/index.html |
| Grade level: |
1 and up, teachers |
| Subject: |
Social Studies |
| Includes links to sites on subjects such as farms,
communities, U. S. regions, Native Americans, Explorers, the Colonies, Revolutionary War,
and more. |
| Other Native Sites (Native American) |
| URL: |
http://www.cradleboard.org/other.htm |
| Grade level: |
4 and up |
| Subject: |
Social Studies |
| Provides links to Native American tribes’ home pages,
and other Native American links, listed by tribe. |
Language Arts
| ADVENTURES
from The Book of Virtues |
| URL: |
http://www.pbs.org/adventures/ |
| Grade level: |
K-5 |
| Subject: |
Language Arts |
| Presents stories, poems and essays that illustrate
compassion, courage, honesty, responsibility, self-discipline, and work. Includes various
links including a parents/teacher guide and reproducibles. (Character Counts) |
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