DIRECTIONS: Click on one of the categories below to view the related links. Remember — students of SOTH are expected to follow only the links from these sites from school computers. You are not allowed to type in web addresses manually without direct instructions from your teacher.
NEW — LINK TO THE SCHOOL ACCELERATED READER SITE
Link to student Google Docs accounts for upper grade students
Link to Google Sites for upper grade students
TEACHER LINKS |
SUBJECT LINKS |
- Study Sphere: Child-safe websites organized for education.
- Kids Search Tools:This site provides links to many of the search engines listed below. The difference is that these links may be all found on the same page. This is a GREAT place to start your research!
- Google: The world's most popular search engine. NOTE: Some searches may be blocked by the Internet filter at school, especially image searches.
- Wikipedia: Online encyclopedia created entirely by volunteers. Be sure to fact check information found here with other sources. This site is blocked at school to all but 7th and 8th graders who have completed a computer class project on analyzing Internet information.
- Awesome Library: The K-12 Education Directory. All sites are previewed and categorized. Try it!
- Ask.com for Kids: This is a different type of search tool. Students are able to type their request in the form of a question instead of typing in keywords for the search. A great way to research just about any topic.
- KidsClick!: Web search for kids by librarians. KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. Enjoy searching the vast web links of KidsClick!
- The Librarians Guide to the Internet: Great research websites selected and indexed by librarians across the country.
- 50 States.com: Information about all 50 states in our nation.
- Arapahoe Public Library District: Access the card catalog and online subscription databases (if you are a cardholder).
- Douglas County Libraries: Access the card catalog and online subscription databases (if you are a cardholder).
- Jefferson County Public Library: Access the card catalog and online subscription databases (if you are a cardholder).
- Google Custom Search for Primary Sources: Use this search tool to identify primary historical sources related to U.S. History topics. Primarily created for the 8th grade class.
- WebBible Encyclopedia: Research names and places found in the Bible.
- Wolfgram\Alpha: The Computational Knowledge Engine. Learn more about this powerful tool by viewing the introductory video here.
- Copyright information for using images:
- You may use work that is found in Creative Commons, providing you give credit to the creator of the work
- You may use up to five images from the same photographer for a school project that is NOT shared over the Internet and is not used for commercial purposes.
- You may use any images from copyright free sources, such as the ones listed below.
- You MUST give credit to the creator of all the photographs you use.
- Explanation of the different types of Creative Commons licenses.
- Video that talks about Creative Commons and copyright.
- Creative Commons content search
- Pics4Learning: Copyright-friendly images for education.
- Classroom Clipart: Free clip art images.
- Kids Image Search Tools: Compiled by KidsClick!
- Freefoto.com: Free photographs for use on non-commercial websites.
- Teacher Files Educational Clip Art
- Politicalinformation.com: A search engine for policy, politics, and political news.
- Project Vote Smart: Praised by the New York Times, CNN, PBS and virtually every other major media outlet as the most trusted and comprehensive source for information on candidates and issues.
- The Jefferson Project: The comprehensive guide to online politics.
Finding Quality Internet Sources Lessons:
- Lesson One Presentation
- Lesson One Activity
- Activity — Do these sites have legitmate information?
Internet Safety Information and Activities: Use this link to complete the questions and activities on cyberbullying.
- Power to Learn: Interactive Case Studies: Click on the link under the Cyberbullying section called Classroom Version to go through the interactive activity on cyberbullying in class.
- San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: View a unique online exhibit on this devastating event, complete with stunning photographs and first person historical accounts.
- The Redistricting Game: This online simulation allows users the opportunity to establish new congressional districts within a simulated state after a new census has been taken. But beware! There are many factors which affect redistricting!
General Links:
- Scratch: Home page for the open source programming and animation software for elementary and middle school students.
- Puzzlemaker: Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.
- The Exploratorium: The online museum of art, music, and human perception. Contains many fascinating, interactive exhibits, such as the science of sport.
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Google Sites:
- The Internet Public Library Youth Division
- Encyclopedia.com: Provides short articles with basic information on a wide variety of topics.
- The Library of Congress Home Page: Our national library is placing more documents and information online than ever before. Contains a powerful search tool.
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Google News: News articles from over 4,500 sources from around the world
- CNN Online (Cable News Network)
- MSNBC.com
- ABCNews.com
- CBS News Home Page
- Online Newspapers (listed by the Internet Public Library)
DENVER NEWS SITE:
- Mrs. Shoaf's Wiki
- Book Review Wiki
- Make Beliefs Comix: Use this online generator to create your own comic book characters and scenes.
JACKSON, WYOMING LINKS
- Jackson, Wyoming, Town Profile
- Jackson Dog Sled Race
- History of Jackson
- Iditarod: The Official Site of the Iditarod race
PAUL GOBEL LINKS:
- Featured Artist — Paul Gobel:
- Meet Paul Gobel: A look at the life and work of this artist.
OTHER WEBSITES FROM MRS. SHOAF:
- Batter Up Baseball: Online multiplication drill and practice game.
- Weekly Reader Galaxy, from Weekly Reader, a newspaper for children in the elementary grades.
- Encyclopedia Titanica: A unique resource for anyone interested in the Titanic.
SPACE SITES:
Middle East Geography Links:
- CIA World Factbook: Current information and statistical data about every nation of the world as produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government. One of the most useful world geography sites on the Internet.
- U.S. Department of State — Travel Advisories
European Geography Links:
- CIA World Factbook: Current information and statistical data about every nation of the world as produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States government. One of the most useful world geography sites on the Internet.
Other Excellent Geography Links:
- The Weather Channel Home Page: Track the climate and weather of nearly every major city in the world.
Looking for other resources? Then go to Search Engines for Students.
8th Grade U.S. Constitution Links:
- U.S. Constitution: Resources concerning our nation's governing document, including an online copy of the entire document with selected notes about constitutional issues and amendments.
- The United States Constitution Online: Contains the entire Constitution plus FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), debate topics, questions and answers, and other information.
- U.S. Constitution with Annotations and Explanatory Notes: From FindLaw.com for legal professionals.
Research Links for the 7th Grade Middle Ages and Renaissance Era Project:
- Eyewitness to History: View primary sources documenting important events in the history of our country and world.
- The Middle Ages: Feudal Life
- The Middle Ages For Kids: Contains many additional links connected to topics on the Middle Ages.
- Galileo's Battle for the Heavens: Detailed information on his life and work, with many external links. This site was created to be used along with the PBS mini-series on Galileo, but there is plenty of information for anyone researching him.
Ancient Egypt Links for the 6th Grade Research Project:
- Mysteries of Egypt: Sponsored by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
- Ancient Egypt: Incredible site on Egyptian history from the British Museum. The site may be slow to load due to the many graphics used to create the site.
Don't forget that you may use the Search Engines for Students (links found on this site) to see out more sites about ancient Egypt. Click here to go back to Search Engines for Students.
Monarch Butterfly Research Links:
- Monarch Watch: Source site for your monarch informational brochure project.
- The Butterfly Website Home Page
- Journey North: Butterfly migration information may be found here.
- The Butterfly Pavillion Website
- All About Butterflies
6th Grade Science Research Links:
- Volcanoes.com: A complete research site with photographs, information from volcanoes around the world, and links to hundreds of other websites about volcanoes.
- The Cascades Volcano Observatory: Learn about volcanic activity in the Cascade Range of North America — a range that includes the famous Mt. St. Helens volcano. The site provides information that will help people live knowledgably and safely near volcanoes.
- How Volcanoes Work: An educational resource that describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes.
- Volcanoes: Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions?: This site attempts to answer this question by providing facts and data concerning volcanic activity.
- Understanding Earthquakes: Contains an earthquake quiz, maps showing common earthquake locations around the world, and descriptions of how earthquakes occur.
- Earthquakes for Kids: Sponsored by the United States Geological Survey, this site, geared toward students, includes such links as This Day in Earthquake History, Cool Earthquake Facts, and Current Earthquakes. A great starting point for any student research on earthquakes.
- National Earthquake Information Center Home Page: I don't think this site needs an additional explanation!
6th WEBQUEST SPREADSHEET INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete Zoo Challenge 1 from the Math Webquest site
- Create a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to record the data. Your spreadsheet should list the types of animals you decided to purchase, the quantity of each animal, the total cost for each animal (expressed using a formula in Excel), and the total cost of all your purchases. Be sure to stay under budget!
- Copy your chart to Microsoft Word and print it. If your spreadsheet is too large, here are some options to get it to work on your page:
- Go into Page Setup from the File menu and change your page's orientation from portrait to landscape
- In your Excel document, use smaller font sizes and columns and rows that are more narrow before copying your document to MS Word.
- Proofread! Make sure all your word spellings and formulas are correct!
- Type your name on the page and print.
Complete Zoo Challenge 2 from the Math Webquest site
- Make sure you complete all graphs as required. Copy and pasted these to Microsoft Word so that they may be printed in a single document.
- Be sure to answer the questions on mean, median, and mode in the same document. Please ask if you have any questions about that.
- Mickey's Treasure Hunt:
- Arthur's Virtual Goose: An online matching game.
- Crayola Fireworks Spectacular: Create your own fireworks display.
- Make a Snowman!: A fun winter activity for children.
- Flip 'em: An online memory/concentration game.
- Coloring Book Fun: Color online while learning to match different letters and numbers.
- Wordmaker: Have fun combining letters to make real words.
- Boohbah: A unique site of exploration which is never the same activity twice.
- Etch A Sketch: Remember the old red Etch A Sketch toys from years gone by? Now you can play an online version.
- Snakes and Ladders: Learn to count as you play an online version of the popular children's board game.
- Create-A-Reader: Activities for basic letter recognition, number recognition, and other simple academic activities.
- JCPlayZone: Games and online activities for children aged 2-6. Each activity connects the user to Jesus Christ in some way.
- Fall Fever: Celebrate the fall season by catching the falling leaves in your basket.
- U.S. Fire Administration for Kids: Games and activities relating to fire safety, designed specifically for early elementary students.
- Make-a-Flake: Design your own "paper" snowflake.
- Design Your Own Gingerbread House
- Teddy Bear Measuring Game
- Build Your Wild Self: Interactive activity that allows one to create all sorts of fun fantasy characters.
- Cupid Clobber: Valentine's Day activity that is silly fun as it teaches the use of the arrow keys on the keyboard.
- Between the Lions: Excellent literacy-based early childhood learning games from PBS.
- Who's Missing?: Online activity in identifying patterns.
- Roy the Zebra Reading Games: Appropriate for K-2nd grades.
- Starfall
Interactive Internet Activities
- Word Wizard Club: Lost of fun word puzzle games.
- Collage Machine: Enjoy this unique interactive art activity.
- Mr. Picassohead: Create art in the style of the famed abstract style of Pablo Picasso on the computer!
- Be the President for a Day!
- Amusement Park Physics: Can you build a roller coaster?
- Cosmic Quest: A living in space simulation
- Bible Slide Puzzles: Take the challenge to solve one of several puzzles.
- Puzzlemaker: Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topic
- Crossword Puzzle Maker: Create and print simple crossword puzzles, complete with clues.
- The Underground Railroad: National Geographic presents an interactive journey on the Underground Railroad.
- Arty the Part-Time Astronaut: This site has a number of fun and education activities about space travel.
- Renaissance Connection: Learn more about art, science, and life during the Renaissance through this interactive site.
- Set Daily Game: Create sets using this popular puzzle game.
- Word Spy: Find as many words as possible in three minutes. Similar to the popular word game Boggle, but with a new twist that makes this more challenging for older students.
- Whomp: Play this fun word game that is similar to the popular commercial game Boggle.
- Google Maps: View both maps and satellite images of sites all over the world.
- A Game A Day: A new educational game for each day of the month.
- Can you hit a baseball? Fun activity that shows students the reaction time needed to hit the fastball of a major league baseball pitcher.
- Funbrain.com Learning Games: Lots of math and word games to try.
- Collage Machine: Enjoy this unique interactive art activity.
- Mr. Picassohead: Create art in the style of the famed abstract style of Pablo Picasso
- Online Bible Hangman Games
- Online Bible Word Searches
- Arty the Part-Time Astronaut: This site has a number of fun and education activities about space travel.
- Design a Satellite: Use basic principles of physics and astronomy to design the perfect satellite for relaying signals.
HABITAT WEBSITES:
- Arctic Animals: Lots of links to sites about animals from this habitat.
- Arctic Links: More links to all kinds of topics related to the Arctic region.
- Forest Habitat: General information on the forest habitat.
- The Temperate Forest: Site with information on one type of forest habitat.
- Desert Habitat Page: Great information about deserts for students.
- The Desert: Another desert habitat page.
- The Tropical Rainforest: Basic information on the rainforest habitat and the animals who live there.
- Rainforest Biome: Basic rainforest information.
VIKING WEBSITES:
- http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/history/vikings/index.html: Index for general Viking information.
- http://www.viking.no/e/maps/index.html: Viking map.
- http://www.viking.no/e/england/guttorm/index.html: Read the story of Guthorm's invasion.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/timeline.shtml: Look at a Viking timeline.
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runes.html: Find out what your name would have been if you were a Viking!
CASTLE WEBSITES:
- Kid's Castle
- Ghost in the Castle
- Castles
- Castles of the World
- Life in a Medieval Castle
- History of Castles
- Motte and Bailey Castles
- Quia — Links to foreign language activities
- Digital Dialects — Learn the French language
- Glencoe Learning Activities — French Online Learning Centers
- Free Spanish Verb Conjugation Games
- Spanish Flash Cards
- Spanish Games
- Dictionary.com: Contaings a text translator
- Google Spanish Translator
- Apuntes — Trabajos — Examenes — Practicas
- Search the Great Buildings Online
- Alhambra — by Wikipedia
- Tiles of Alhambra
- Wildside Studio: The art of Kris Lee
- 25 Fascinating Facts About the Dead Sea Scrolls
Questions or comments about this page may be sent to Dave Black, Technology Teacher, Shepherd of the Hills Christian School, Centennial, CO. This page is designed for the students and parents of Shepherd of the Hills, although anyone who finds this page useful is welcome.
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