George A. Jackson School
Library
M. Bertolini, Library Media Specialist
Search the Internet
Use these cool sites:
Reference
Art and
Music
Art Capades
- K-3 site for art fun
Louvre Online -
tour the most famous museum
Web Museum - famous
paintings and index to painters and periods
Health
and Safety
Dole 5-a-day - games,
recipes, and cartoons on healthy eating
Fire
Safety - home fire safety, lesson plans, games, and puzzles
Food Finder - calories,
fat, and sodium content of fast food
The Heart - an
online exploration
Kids' Food Cyber Club -
information on the food pyramid, nutrition, and recipes
KidsHealth-
the body, feelings, fitness, health, food for parents and kids
Vince & Larry's
Safety City - crash dummies teach bike, pedestrian, and bus
safety
Homework
Help
Ask Jeeves for Kids- help
with homework questions by clicking on a Web site
Kids Connect -
Web sites for kids chosen by librarians for research and
homework
Language
Arts and Literature
A+ Research and
Writing - step-by-step guide to writing a research report
Biography
Maker - what it is and how to construct one
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - a
searchable site for a dictionary and a thesaurus
Mythology
Encyclopedia - information on myths with browse and search
capability
Tales of Wonder
- full text of fairy and folk tales around the world
Math
Conversion Chart - How
many grams in an ounce? How many inches in a kilometer? Find it
here.
Science
General Science
4Kids Treehouse
- links for kids on animals, geography, museums, and space
Science - Animals - Bats
The Bat Cave -
tour a bat cave and hear about myths
Science - Animals - Sea Animals
Ocean 98 - UNESCO site for
everything from killer whales to virtual dolphins
Ocean
Life - pictures and facts about animals of the ocean and
seashore
Sea & Sky: The
Sea - picture galleries, games, experiments, and sea links
Sea World -
lists of animals and their sites
Whale Club for Kids -
facts, poetry and sounds of dolphins, whales, and manatees
Whale Education Center -
New England whales, dolphins, and porpoises
Whale
Encyclopedia - index to information on specific whales
WhaleNet
- a day in the life of a whale watch
WhaleNet's
Student Page - ask a scientist, news, species, and slide
shows
Whale
Quest - information about each type of whale, dolphin, and
porpoise
Whales on the
Net - links to other sites about whales
Science - Animals- Other
Animal
Printouts - click here for animal pictures that you can
color
Antarctica
- pictures and information about this continent and its
inhabitants
Biomes /
Habitats - describes biomes and the various animals living in
them
National Zoo - a
look at the animals in this Washington, DC zoo
Peterson Online - the
definitive book on bird identification
The Bear Den - kid's site
for bear sounds and facts
Zoom Dinosaurs
- an interactive online book about dinosaurs
Science - Astronomy
Astronomy for Kids -
fun site with lots of information on planets and stars
The
Nine Planets - information about each planet (advanced)
Sea & Sky: The
Sky - picture gallery, tour of the solar system, games, and
exploration
StarChild
- learning center for young astronomers
Science - Rainforests
Rainforest
Biome - rainforest animals, plants and maps
Rainforest
Facts - information about animals, plants, and products
Rainforest
Kids' Corner - animals, peoples, sounds, and political
action
Science - Volcanoes
Volcanoes
- extensive information about rocks, predictions, plates etc.
VolcanoWorld - games and
information about individual volcanoes
Science - Weather
Cloud
Boutique - pictures of different types of clouds
Weather - forecasts for
the entire world
Social
Studies (History and Geography)
American Memory - historical
collections from the Library of Congress
Antarctica
- news, history, environmental issues
Atlapedia
Online - climate, people, and history of every nation on
earth
Boston
- history including the Freedom Trail
CIA
World Fact Book - flags, maps, population, and facts on every
nation of the world
Countries of
the World - flags, government, geography, people, and
economy
Ellis Island Museum -
history, pictures, and statistics of American immigration
50 States and Capitals -
maps, songs, mottoes, birds, flowers, government etc.
Fodor's Travel Online -
travel guide for cities and countries including money, climate,
tourist attractions, hotels, and food
Long Island: Our Story -
Newsday's history of LI with games, time-line, documents, and
maps
Long Island
Sites - directory of LI sites on the Internet
Long Island's Page -
click on search for Long Island sites on the Internet
Make a Map - personalize a
map with directions from here to there
MapQuest - interactive
atlas
Maps.com - maps online for
every need
Presidents -
biographical information on the US presidents
Stately
Knowledge - Internet Public Library's site for information on
states
USA
Counties - census information on geography and population
White House -
tour of White House and facts on presidents and vice-presidents
World Flags -
pictures and histories of flags
World Map -
interactive world map
Teachers'
Sites
A-Z Kids
Stuff - activities for school-age children on many
topics
Children's Literature
Awards - American Library Association site for Newbery,
Caldecott, and other awards
Classroom
Connect - use of the Internet in your classroom
Eric Database - hundreds of
lesson plans plus AskEric with abstracts of educational articles
Gateway to Educational
Materials - searches federal, state, non-profit, and commercial
Internet sites for collections of educational materials
K-12 World - links to
educational sites and resources
Tapped In - professional
development
Teacher
Vision - lessons, professional development and tools for
teachers
Miscellany
and Fun
Arthur Page -
site from PBS featuring the famous aardvark
Circus
Lingo - terms used in the circus
Disney.com - our favorite
cartoons
FunBrain.com - leaning
games divided into age categories - great fun!
PITSCO's Ask an Expert -
e-mail an expert in folklore, space, geology, math, medicine,
etc.
Sesame
Street - create a story or enjoy activity pages