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PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags gr5 & msvt

2009

Have Fun with Living History - Free streaming history videos & activities

American history is best served hot and there are lots of ways to warm up to it. At HFwH, we bring free streaming video, interactive presentations, and links to many other resources to bring history alive. Go a step beyond the social studies or history classroom and use all your senses to connect with American History through audio, video, and living history.

Science Up Close

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Harcourt Science grades 1-6 with audio narration

2008

K-6 Science

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill science editions online with animated and audio content.

BAM! Body and Mind |

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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.

2007

Google Earth Virtual Tours

Click the "Open KML" Link to view the tour in Google Earth

World Atlas

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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

Geo Quiz Archive

Geoquiz from BBC/PRI in text and audio format

The Seven World Wonders

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A complete listing of all the World Wonders in a variety of categories

Geospy -- National Geographic Kids

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Can you identify all the continents, states, and provinces? Try GeoSpy and find out!

Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure

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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 Space Place

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Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.

eWord Game

Companion to textbook Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary but still useful for grades 1-6. Hover over the word or definition to hear it read aloud.

Writing notebook"Paragraph unit"Writing a Paragraph topic

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BrainPop movie that explains how to write a paragraph. Great for whole class instruction and then let students review individually.

Time for Kids

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Current news articles for grades k-1, 2-3, 4-7. Use with Clicker 5 or WordTalk for text to spech. Find the article, click the Print button. A new, plain web page will appear. Copy and paste directly into Word or a new Clicker document.

Lake Champlain Basin Atlas

The Lake Champlain Basin Atlas by the Lake Champlain Basin Program contains more than 40 full-color maps about the Lake Champlain Basin, articles about the maps, photographs, and a glossary. Extra resources, such as website links, manuals, and factsheets are also available. This 2004 version is loaded with lots of new information, many revised maps, and a new Students and Educators page!

Merchants of the Great Exchange | EXPLORATION through the AGES

Two fun and educational interactive games: Merchants of the Great Exchange and Whose Lunch is it anyway. Numerous handouts for teachers of this unit.

2006

Blogical Minds

This is a blog created to explore what happens when 5th graders blog and converse about literacies in class and beyond.

Countdown

Math resource of video clips devoted to mathematics learning! Students call in to the tv host with a math problem. Together the problem is solved step-by-step.

Quadrilateral Quest: Do You Know Their Properties?

Complete the quest to see how well you know your quadrilaterals.

2005

The Broken Calculator

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Use the broken calculator to solve your math problems in a creative way. Can you add 2+2 if the addition key is broken? Sure can..how about (3*2)-2 . The answer is the same! Create some challenges for you, your friends, and teachers!

CountOn - The Rules of Sudoku

The rules of the game are simple: each of the nine blocks has to contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only appear once in a row, column or box. Every puzzle has just one correct solution.

NCTM : Illuminations Lessons

Interactive Math tools for grades for K-12. Accompanied by lesson plans and NCTM standards