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June 2008
Human Body Systems
MacMillan/McGraw-Hill resource for gr 5 unit on Human Body Systems. Animations and audio. Great for DI
May 2008
Welcome to The Monticello Classroom!
Resources and activities for unit on Colonial America.
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April 2008
Listen and Spell Dolch Words
Eleven Dolch word lists with audio prompt for given spelling word.
Spin and Spell
Learn to spell common words. Click a category, then click a picture. Spell the word by clicking the spinner. Click submit to check your answer.
March 2008
BAM! Body and Mind |
From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.
November 2007
On the Trail of John Smith
Follow John Smith as he helps establish the Jamestown colony, explores the Chesapeake Bay, and meets local Native Americans in this new interactive adventure. Great for differentiation: audio narration with animated story and embedded learning games occur withing within the story.
World Atlas
Highest lowest biggest smallest tallest deepest oldest youngest Continents Countries Cities Dependencies Deserts Islands Lakes Mountains Oceans Provinces Rivers Seas and more list by World Atlas
The Seven World Wonders
A complete listing of all the World Wonders in a variety of categories
Geospy -- National Geographic Kids
Can you identify all the continents, states, and provinces? Try GeoSpy and find out!
October 2007
BodyWorks Games
Hi! We're Art and Spleen from PROBE, PROfessional Body Explorers. Do you know how your body works? Let’s find out!
Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure
Engaging site designed by a middle school teacher for grade 7 life science, but content can be used for 5th grade unit because of the way the information is presented in bulleted format with graphics. If students have trouble using the naviagation menu, use the site map:http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/map.html
The Watershed Game
This is an interactive computer game which illustrates how human actions affect water quality within a community. Players take on the role of a city planner, and must make choices about recreational, agricultural, industrial, and residential development projects. The choices made by players will determine how much of a negative impact the project will have on the water and habitat within the community
Interactive Body
Try some of these interactive games to learn about the human body.
Yucky Gross and Cool Body
Learn about the human body and body systems on the Yuckiest Site on the internet.
Great Plant Escape
Interactive reading environment for the study of plants geared for grades 4 and 5.
Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. You have many options in this program. Choose any or all of the suggested activities for your class. Many activities are for students to work independently and some are for group work.
September 2007
The Space Place
Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
