Tech Buddies

Tech Buddies

Quarterly Testing

Language Arts

	Little Animals Activity Center A with stories, word games, number games, and crafts to make.	The Magic Key This site will help with sentence writing. Practice skills in writing and grammar.
	Starship English Practice your story structure and word skills.	Salty Sam Learn words and phonics.
	Listen and Write Practice your poetry skills using different activities.	Whomp Practice word making skills. A game very much like Boggle
	Race to Ramses Use prefixes and suffixes to stop thieves from stealing items from a mummy's tomb	Escape from Planet Zug Practice parts of speech in this game show format.
	Ball Hogs Practice using prefixes and suffixes to beat your opponent to the ball.	Word Jungle Practice Vocabulary as you swing through the jungle trees.
	Research Building Blocks This ReadWriteThink site helps students find fact fragments when researching a topic.	Game Goo Different games to practice language skills, divided into primary, intermediate and advanced.
		Search Engines
	Author's Purpose Poster	Live Search Club
	Diamante Builder

Mathematics

	Bug Splat Practice adding, subtracting, reducing fractions.	Cyberchase Based on the popular PBSkids show. You can practice many math skills here.
	Interactive Math Games and activities for a variety of math strands.	Math Maven's Mysteries Solve mysteries using different mathematical operations.
	Math Hunt Scholastic provides a scavenger hunt for solving math problems.	Fraction Games A list of many fraction games to practice with
	Cool Math	Math Brain
	Coordinate Grid Webquest Use this webquest to further understand a coordinate grid and how to use it.	Word Problems with Harry Potter Problem solving made fun and easy with this webquest.
	Least Common Denominator	BBC Math games
	MultiFlyer	Compass Math

Science

	TryScience Try online experiments and ones that can be done without the computer.	Funology Experiments to do in the kitchen, outside, and brain teasers
	ROLLER COASTERS ThinkQuest Learn the science of roller coasters Amusement Park Physics Learn the science of roller coasters and then test your knowledge. SIMULATORS Funderstanding's Roller Coaster Use this site to design a working roller coaster using physics. Build Your Own Roller Coaster Practice building a roller coaster with this Travel Channel site. Make Tracks Design a coaster and then ride it!	Simple Machines and Physics Edheads - Learn about simple machines Simple Machines learning Read and then take a quiz. Quia Battleship for simple machines and models and designs Science Experiment Power point
	Kites Vehicles - Kites read and then take a short quiz. Forces in Flight - Interactive book with quiz How Things Fly - Kites for Kids Only - Use this site for ideas for your own kites	EGG DROP Egg Drop Contest - see how these sixth graders did on their egg drop contest entries The Great Egg Drop - Check out the rules for this egg drop contest. All About Egg Drops - Look at these designs to create your own.
	Science Fair Project Ideas	A great resource for science fair projects!

Social Studies

Geography

Explore United States geography and history in this fun game.

National Geographics geography game, test to see if you know your continents and countries.

Government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

An easy to read site that explains the United Sates Government, has games, and government sites for children.

White House for Kids

Visit the President in his home, learn about history, traditions and play games.

History Mystery

Use the net to solve history puzzles.

Peanuts and Crackerjacks

Learn about the economics of pro-sports. This site was designed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

We Remember Anne Frank

Place to learn about famous folks

Art

	Crayola Visit this page for art projects, printables, and ways to use different Crayola products.	Art Games Learn about painter, paintings, techniques, and play games.
	The Artists Toolkit Learn about different art principles and practice using them to make different creations.	Color Theory Learn about color theory and practice how it affects art.

General Sites and PE

	pbskids.org This site is filled with different sites to help you learn a variety of things.	Kidport Choose your grade level and subject and explore different educational games.
	VerbNow Learn about different sports, get tips, and play.	AchieveIt Math, Writing, and Reading lessons for students, teachers, and parents.

Music

	Music Genre Sampler Listen to different types of music and learn about	Creating Music Create rhythms, play with music, and create a cartoon conductor.
	New York Philharmonic for kids Meet composers, musicians, and instruments while you play at the New York Philharmonic.

Languages

	Primary Spanish Learn to speak phrases in Spanish.	Mi Cara Learn about the parts of the face in Spanish
	Alfabeto en espanol Learn the Spanish alphabet and how to spell words.

Web Quests

Created by Kristina Swenson for use in classrooms

	Go Cart Webquest Designed to be used with the Fifth Grade FOSS Kit Models and Designs.	Insect Pet Webquest Designed to be used with the Second Grade FOSS Kit Insects
	The Wolf's Defense Help defend the Big Bad Wolf with a group of real characters. Designed for 3+ this quest allows students to experience fairy tales from different cultures and to research real wolves. Once that is done it's off to court to defend the wolf of his storybook traits. Is he really that bad?	Fantasy Power Point Computer project for a lab. This project can be done with a connection to a fantasy genre study. Students will make a commercial for the novel they are reading in class.
	On the Day I Was Born Students use different resources to create a newspaper for the day that they were born that documents the historical significance of the date, their name and its meaning, famous people and popular music and movies of that year.	Mystery Power Point A ReadWriteThink lesson that incorporates mystery novels with expository writing. This power point takes the student through the steps with plenty of examples.
	The Lightning Thief Web quest	Poetry Feast
	Fairy Tales Webquest

Harcourt Extensions

Lewis and Clark

Use the following list of sites to complete an in class project about this exciting expedition.

Island of the Blue Dolphin

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