Katherine's Links
Here are some websites that we are using for class.
Look for updates as the year progresses.
For geography
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm U.S. states
http://sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm world geography, countries
http://mrnussbaum.com/ geography games and lots more, does contain ads
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Pennsylvania/State_Symbols.html explanation of PA state symbols (don't tell Grace I gave this to you:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuMFugCdfaA&feature=related Wakko's State Capitols
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGX3TT1-COQ&feature=related Yakko's World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfMriL_s5ZM&feature=related Yakko's song with flags instead
For American History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8 Presidents song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60MKSBT_wWM&feature=related film version of landing of Christopher Columbus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3fYF6YvesA Age of Exploration video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpIx99cD-zE&feature=related short video about Magellan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dVhgLVbbH4 Cortez and the Aztecs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsYUqkXcWZ0 Pissaro and the Inca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScsguX-zqeM&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL605DB5C9DD68C8AB great documentary about Magellan, but only 1st part of 4 part series. Can't find the rest except in German.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fyzjk3dIcU&feature=related cartoon version of Christopher Columbus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv-_JxApHzo&feature=related story of the Plymouth pilgrims
For Writing
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/ Main idea
For grammar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4KybdSi1Fc Tom Lehrer "ly" song
For math
http://sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
http://www.gamequarium.com/measurement.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/multiplication.html
http://www.funbrain.com/measure/index.html
http://justkidsgames.com/ make change game and lots more
For weather
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ information about weather
http://theweatherchannelkids.com/climate-code/ weather channel for kids
http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/index.php cool NASA weather project
For biology
http://www.neok12.com/Cell-Structures.htm good info about cells
http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/structures.html review of organelles
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm cells alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU5Ymc00S4w Bill Nye cells
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mHlf17f0Y0&feature=related Magic School Bus goes cellular
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvMNOMRRm8&feature=player_embedded DNA for kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=V9BZ3zx8b8I Bill Nye DNA and chromosomes
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/microorganisms/whatandwhere.asp is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnOSnJJSP5c use of algae to clean air
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_scimethod.html great overview of biology with quizzes
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm environmental education website for kids
http://www.epa.gov/gateway/science/ecosystems.html epa website, lots of great stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_9SutNmfFk 7 billion people, population growth through history
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/oldgrowth/bearmeadows.aspx dcnr website, this is Bear Meadows, but you can look up any forest in the state
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15798290nt7JgSz6 Prehistoric America video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6GhtgFGWNY Tarantula video for Christian
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/animals-pets-kids/bugs-kids/tarantula-goliath-kids.html another tarantula video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giWqEPNLtBo&feature=related what is alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCdAgeMGOA&feature=related corn growing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1PqUB7Tu3Y vascular system in plants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9gUm1mMzc&feature=related explanation of transpiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puDkLFcCZyI fungi growing, timelapse photography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETRX1-3fqRo&feature=related fungi-2
http://vimeo.com/6984507 Private Life of Plants, travelling
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-private-life-of-plants/ the whole set of videos
http://www.moosewood.org/bogwalk1.html virtual bogwalk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs1Xs3Eheag&NR=1&feature=fvwp Wow! Interesting piece about a stick insect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIO4W8el7Fk&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=SPFF2B5BA8FE8D46A7 Life in the undergrowth, David Attenborough again, in the world of the tiny
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search great resource for bird identification
For old times' sake
http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm Nottingham University, chemistry. You've got to love those guys.