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Cite your sources!!!
Kids Click! - Created by librarians.  Gives reading level of recommended sites.
Quintura for Kids
The Fact Monster - Atlas, Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia
Enchanted Learning - Easy reading resource
Encarta Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
Chippewa River District Library - Put in the Log in and password and access cool databases.
Research Maps
Map Machine - All kinds of maps - cultural, weather, population, historical, and more
Mapquest - Use the atlas to find cool info about countries
The World Factbook - Info collected by the CIA
InfoNation - Compare countries
Country Reports - Another great source of info
US & World Newspapers
Country Profiles - Flags, geography, climate, etc.
Maps - Outlines of States, Countries, and Continents
Google Maps

Distance Tool - find out how far your state or country is from Mt. Pleasant
City Distance Tool - spell Mount Pleasant in the Origin city

United States Time Zones
Average Rainfall and Temperatures
Area of States
Image Collections

Photos
Clipart
Classroom Clipart
ETC Clipart

 
Science

Try Science
- Virtual field trips, experiments, adventures
Gamequarium - Science games
Ology - What are YOU interested in??
Who Wants to Win $1,000,000? The Science Game
Froguts - Dissect a frog without the mess!
Arkive - Nature games to explore.
Switch Zoo - Switch the critter's heads, legs & tails to make a new animal.
Virtual Knee Surgery - Have you got what it takes to be a surgeon?
World Builder  
Canada's Food Guide
US Food Pyramid
 
Social Studies
Xpedition Hall - Explore!
GeoGlobe - Interactive Geography
Time Line Generator - Make a vertical or horizontal timeline
America's Story - Games, Scavenger Hunts, and cool info from the Library of Congress
National Geographic Games

HyperHistory  3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of lifelines, timelines, and maps. 

Landforms
Enchanted Learning: Definitions
Landforms of the World: Definitions
Landforms of the World Click on the left to get the characteristics of a landform

 
Math
Math Fact Practice
MultiFlyer - Try it. You'll like it! 
BasketMath - How many baskets can you make?
AAA Math - choose your grade level and your topic.
A+ Math Select the non-Java games in the classroom - Java games in the Lab.
Flash Card Math - sign in with ONLY your first name!!
NEW! mathFROG  Sharpen your Math skills
NEW! Math Playground  Lots to choose from
Pattern Blocks
Create a Graph - Create your own area, bar, line or pie graph online - print it out and Voila!!
Cool Math - 'An amusement park of Math' contains games and math activities
Figure This! - Fun problem solving challenges like: How many colors are needed on a map of the US?
Math Cats Explore - Interactive Math
   Tesselation Town
   Polygon Playground
   Multiplication Table
   Magic Squares
A Maths Dictionary - Interactive definitions 
Interactive Math - Choose a grade level & Math area
NCTM Illuminations - More interactive Math
ExploreMath - Interactive math tutorials - catch now, will go to for fee later this year!
What Good is Math? - Math in the real world
Math in Daily Life - How do numbers affect daily decisions?
Math Games - Choose one!
NEW! The Same Game
 
Language Arts
Online Publishing
KidPub
Kids Online Magazine
MidLink Magazine
Publish! Kids

Magnetic Tiles - Choose a theme and 'write' a story or poem!

Biography Maker - How to write a Great Biography
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
More Kids Authors
Authors, Illustrators, & their Creations
Poetry Tiles - Arrange the words just like refrigerator magnets!
Puzzlemaker
Fake Out! Choose a word & guess its definition

Wacky Web Tales

The Comic Creator Create your own comics!

BookPals Watch movies in which famous actors read stories aloud
 
Fine Arts
Music
Stage - Learn about musical instruments
Creating Music - Compose your own music 
Learn About Instruments - Click on any instrument to hear it.
Art
The Art Zone - Collage Machine, PixelFace, 3-D Twirler, and more
A. Pintura: Art Detective - Solve the mystery of Grandpa's Painting

Inside Art - Another mystery to solve
The Art of Crime Detection - Create composite portraits to catch the criminal
Go West, Young Artist - Meet 6 artists and learn about landscape composition
Out of This World - Design objects for aliens
Leonardo's Workshop - Interactive mystery
Faces of the Past - Identify people in portraits
 
Dream Vacation Travel Agency Project

How to find distances from here to there

Airlines from Chicago/Detroit to...

 Use Google Earth for local restaurants, hotels

Weather
Type in your city
Look under 36 hour forecast – click on the Average button.
Record the January hi + low and July hi + low temps.

To locate vacation destination highlights, get your keywords ok’ed by your teacher, then do a Google search. Do NOT copy & paste – use keywords & phrases only. Remember to city your sources!!!
Copy pictures (and CITE YOUR SOURCES) while exploring for information about your vacation destination.

Computer Lab
Wordle
6th Grade
6th Grade Tech Skills
6th Grade Activities

Home Keyboarding Practice !!!
Good Typing
Touch Typing
Learn 2 Type
Typing Tutor



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Last updated
August 27, 2008