CURRICULAR LINKS
Mathematics
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Through the use of manipulatives, physical objects help students visualize relationships and applications.
Scratch
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Space Math @ NASA
This web page contains problem sets in PDF format. The goal of these problems is to teach students about astronomy and space science by using mathematics and real-world problems.
Khan Academy
A free web site providing video tutorials on math topics from basic arithmetic to college level mathematics. Includes other curricular areas.
NOTE: If videos do not open try going to iTunes U and open from there by first searching for Khan Academy then the name of the topic.
Web Math
Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.
Language Arts
Great Books Online
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
PBS Teachers Reading & Language Arts
Content has been contextualized within the grade-subject pages on the new PBS Teachers site.
No Fear Shakespeare
Puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today.
Science
Interactive Science Simulations
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.
History
African Voices
African Voices is a permanent exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. Included are historical and contemporary objects from the Museum’s collections, commissioned sculptures, textiles, and pottery. Video interactives and sound stations provide selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics.
Best of History Web Sites
This is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Art
Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance.
Museums-
Cross Curricular
Go Animate
In the past, it was very difficult and time consuming to make animated cartoons. Now with GoAnimate, you can easily make animations the way you want to. There is nothing to download and there is no need to draw. You can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons, and watch others' creations. It's easy, fun and free. You can customize your animations with a large number of tools and features that allow you to create truly unique works of expression.
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals:
Plagiarism Checker
This free plagiarism detector will find plagiarized text in homework and other essays/reports.
Paper Rater
PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Through the use of manipulatives, physical objects help students visualize relationships and applications.
Scratch
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.
Space Math @ NASA
This web page contains problem sets in PDF format. The goal of these problems is to teach students about astronomy and space science by using mathematics and real-world problems.
Khan Academy
A free web site providing video tutorials on math topics from basic arithmetic to college level mathematics. Includes other curricular areas.
NOTE: If videos do not open try going to iTunes U and open from there by first searching for Khan Academy then the name of the topic.
Web Math
Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.
Language Arts
Great Books Online
The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
PBS Teachers Reading & Language Arts
Content has been contextualized within the grade-subject pages on the new PBS Teachers site.
No Fear Shakespeare
Puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today.
Science
Interactive Science Simulations
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.
History
African Voices
African Voices is a permanent exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. Included are historical and contemporary objects from the Museum’s collections, commissioned sculptures, textiles, and pottery. Video interactives and sound stations provide selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics.
Best of History Web Sites
This is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Art
Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance.
Museums-
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Kennedy Center
- Art Institute of Chicago
- New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross Curricular
Go Animate
In the past, it was very difficult and time consuming to make animated cartoons. Now with GoAnimate, you can easily make animations the way you want to. There is nothing to download and there is no need to draw. You can make your own animated characters, direct your own cartoons, and watch others' creations. It's easy, fun and free. You can customize your animations with a large number of tools and features that allow you to create truly unique works of expression.
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals:
- Provide education to everyone for free.
- Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
Plagiarism Checker
This free plagiarism detector will find plagiarized text in homework and other essays/reports.
Paper Rater
PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing.