Curriculum Resources
K-12
November 20, 2007
| Curriculum Resources |
Math K-8
Free Math Worksheets generate multiple worksheets from basic math, pre-algebra, sudoku, word searches, word scrambles.
Math.com unique combination of teaching math skills with technology
Math Playground action-packed site for K-8 math skills practice; play a logic game, solve word problems, logic puzzles and see a math video
Math 7-12
Cut the Knot Games designed by a former ISU math professor, practice skills in geometry, probability, algebra in game form, Memory game starts at wolf and rabbit and progresses in difficulty to JH/HS levels
Nutrition and Exercise
Food Pyramid USDA's interactive food guidance system website
Nutrition for Kids a website for people dealing with issues around children and nutrition
Physical Fitness a government website on how to get children of all ages active
Poetry
Turn students into poets the easy way by composing the following poems:
Shel Silverstein official website of Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky official website of Jack Prelutsky
Reading/Language Arts/English
Solving the Copyright Mystery help students to understand copyright law for upper elementary and above
Read Across America Official website for Read Across America in honor of Dr. Seuss. Calendar, toolkit, posters, tips on Read Across America Day events, and links to keep reading in the forefront all year long.
Paraphrasing Practice Site which shows examples of how to paraphrase and guided practice for learning how to paraphrase, not plagiarize.
Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration read about astronauts in space, solar system storybook, color and learn book, plus links to other NASA sites like Starchild, Spacekids, NASA Quest, and more
Social Studies/Language Arts
Awesome Stories interactive learning with thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts, documents, and primary sources on such topics as American Presidents to Teaching with Movies, Wars, Censorship, Civil rights, Literature, Pirates, Gladiators and Legends. You can use the academic login: or you can sign up for a free membership. (See Mrs. Sanders for the Library Membership log-in.)
Central Intelligence Agency CIA World Factbook--updated country profiles, maps, flags, searchable by country, city, etc. Check out Library and Kids Pages.
Time Capsules Build a time capsule for any date (Click on Inspiration)
Internet for Classrooms grade specific for students to practice concepts K-8
Kids Government lots of geography games, activities about currency, wastewater, national parks, all about the U.S. Sections for K-5, 6-8 and Educators.
National Geographic animals, maps, people and places, continents, cities countries
USA United States government official website, quick facts about the U.S., history, population, cities, capital, weather, maps, zip codes, flag and national anthem (Click "For Visitors to the U.S." link)
Study Skills Education
Study Skills listening, procrastination and memorization
How to Study a web resource devoted to identifying and teaching study skills
Web quests
Webquests complete and current source of information about the web quest model
Have a web site you use regularly and enjoy? Share with your colleagues. E-mail the URl and a short description to Mrs. Sanders. Look for it here next time!
