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Sites for Grades 5-8
 * General Resources**

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 * Internet4Classrooms**

Educational PowerPoints for Learning []

Puzzlemaker []

FactMonster []


 * [|PBS Learning Media] **


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 * Create a free login to hav access to thousands of resources by subject and grade level. **

Thinkfinity [] lists a huge variety of lesson plans and activities. It also allows you to search for activities based on State Standards. []


 * [|Mr. Nussbaum] [] – although the ads are very annoying (you can get an ads-free version for a fee) clicking on the tab for the subject you’re interested in will lead to links upon links.**


 * Language Arts**


 * [|Read Write Think] – a whole list of lesson plans, writing activites and interactives.**


 * [|Boys Read] [] – A wonderful resource, even if you just use the book list.**


 * [|Girls Read] [] – a list designed by the Hennepin County Library.**


 * How to do Research http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html** **The Kentucky Virtual Library presents an interactive on the different steps of doing research in a “kid-friendly” format.**


 * [|Free Rice] [] – Answering questions allows you to earn rice to be donated to the World Food Programme. Now has topics other than just vocabulary.**


 * [|Wacky Web Tales] [] Just like it’s paper and pencil counterpart, this is a fun way to teach students grammar.**


 * Math**


 * [|Khan Academy] [] began when Sal Khan started long distance tutoring a cousin who was having trouble understanding unit conversion. This has grown to over 2,400 videos (most about 10 minutes) covering not only math, but science and other topics as well.**


 * [|World Math Day] [] – mark your calendars. The next World Math Day will be in March 2012. You register your class, and students can then compete against students across the world, solving math problems in games which last 60 seconds. After the 60 seconds is up, they move on to another student – kind of like speed dating, but with math.**


 * [|IXL] [] – Math Practice – click on your grade and then math skill.**


 * [|Sheppard Math] [] – Math section of Sheppard Software Site.**


 * [|BBC Math] [] - Interactive math games for students 11-14.**


 * [|Illuminations] []– Site created by the NCTM. Has lessons, activities, standards and resources.**


 * Science**


 * [|NOVA] [] – click on a category and you get a list of various media on topics in that category.**


 * [|Life is BBC Earth] [] – has monthly themes, but you can click on the little magnifying glass to “see more stuff”.**
 * [|Learning Science.org] [] - lists of interactive activites and information.**

The American Library Association has put together a collection of the best websites for kids. Their[| **//science section//**] has a large assortment of links on various science topics.


 * [|Study Jams] [] this can go under math or science. It’s a Scholastic product and uses everything from videos to songs to quizzes on a number of math and science topics.**


 * [|The Yuckiest Site on the Internet] [] – The name says it all – students will love it.**


 * Social Studies**


 * [|History.com] [] provides videos and information on a variety of topics, as well as a section on “This Day in History”. You may prefer to use this with a projector, as the ads and links to other programs may prove distracting to students. You might not mind if students stray to “How the States got their Shapes”, but would probably prefer they stay away from “American Pickers”.**


 * [|Sheppard Software] [] – Geography Games of increasing difficulty. Check the other games as well by clicking on links at the top of the page.**


 * [|National Geographic Map Skills] [] – use map skills in these interactive games.**


 * [|Jamestown Online Adventure] [] – Like Oregon Trail, but using the Jamestown Colonies.**


 * [|Mr. Donn] [] has links for a whole timeline of social study categories. A word of caution, if you go to the games section, you may want to select interactive activities for your students and post or bookmark the link. The activities themselves are great, but the ads on the host page are not necessarily what you might want in school.**


 * [|Make your own mummy] [] -**
 * Site from the University of Chicago allows students to simulate the steps of making a mummy.**