Student Resources

Sites to Use With Elementary Students*

General

• Enchanted Learning
  • Little Explorers
• Scholastic Online Activities
• National Geographic for Kids
• Time for Kids
• Kid Friendly Search Sites
• Study Island (Subscription Only)

Math 

• Real Math
• Count Us In
• Math Cats
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Illuminations (NCTM)
• A+Math
• Flitting with Fractions
• Visual Fractions
• Mad Math Minutes for Web
• Kid Klok
• Mrs. Chisholm's Favorite Math Web Site's

Science

• American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Site
• Science News for Kids
• Science Clips
• FossWeb K-2 Activities
• FossWeb 3-6 Activities
• Classifying Critters
• Typical City Birds
• Windows to the Universe
• Space Sciences
• NASA Kids
• Kids Astronomy.Com
• Virtual Reality Moon Phases
• Amazing Space
  • Telescopes from the Ground Up
  • Tonight's Sky: (A Guide to Constellations and Planets)
• Seasons
• Rock Hounds
• Rock Doctor
• Our Earth
• The Atoms Family
• A Walk Through Time
• Sport Science
• Electric Avenue
• Inventive Kids
• Engineer It!
• Simple Machines
• EdHeads
• Interactive Water Cycle
• Water, Water, Everywhere
• Oceanography 
• Hurricanes: How They Work and What They Do
• Weather Wiz Kids
• Web Weather for Kids

Literacy/ELA

• BookPals
• KidsRead
• Starfall
• Create-A-Reader
• GameGoo
• Literacy Center
• The Open Court Resource Site
• BBC Words and Pictures
• Read Write Think
• Giggle Poetry
• Instant Poetry Forms
• Go For Grammar Gold
• Contraction Match

History/Social Studies 

• Ben's Guide for U.S. History for Kids
• Kids In The House
• The Democracy Project
• White House Kids Page
• America's Library
• The Constitution for Kids
• The National Constitution Center for Kids
• The Midnight Rider Virtual Museum
• Geography4Kids
• World Almanac For Kids
• Massachusetts Kids' Zone
• Interactive State House (Massachusetts)
• Massachusetts Facts
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• United States History Map

Simulations

• The Jamestown Online Adventure
• The Underground Railroad
• Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
• Become A Spice Trader

Computer Technology

• Dance Mat Typing
• PowerTyping
• Technology Buzzwords
• What's Inside A Computer
• Growing With Technology
• NetSmartz Kids

Information Literacy

• Kid Friendly Search Sites

• Intellectual Property
  • Kids Stop Piracy
• Copyright
  • CyberBee
  • Copyright Kids
• Plagiarism
  • KidsHealth: What Is Plagiarism
  • When Your Writing Isn't Your Own
  • You Quote It, You Note It!
  • What Is Plagiarism?
• Citation
  • What Is Citation?

Sites to Use With Middle School Students

Math

• Junior High Math Interactivities
• LearningWave Online
• Mathematics Materials for Tomorrow's Teachers (M2T2)
• MathTools
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• NCTM e-Resources: Middle School
• Interactivate
• Problems "with a Point"
• Seeing Math
• Spy Guys
• Visual Fractions
• Wired Math
• Word Problems for Kids

Science

• Earth's Timeline (MSNBC)
• Your Weight on Other Worlds (Interactive)
• The Virtual Cell Web Page (Interactive)
• What is a Gene?
• Kids Genetics (Some Interactive Activities)
• Biodiversity Basics 
• Lily and Biodiversity (Interactive - Requires a simple login. Only a first name is required. Students create a username and password.)
• Why We Have Seasons (Interactive)

Social Studies

• Africa (PBS)
• African Voices
• Ancient Egypt (The British Museum - Interactive)
• Ancient Greece (The British Museum - Interactive)
• Ancient Greece (BBC-Interactive)
• Ancient Mesopotamia (KidsConnect)
• Ancient Rome (KidsConnect)
• Hannibal: Ancient Rome's Greatest Enemy
• Human Evolution (PBS - Interactive)
• Medieval Life (Interactive)
• The Middle Ages
• Middle Ages (Quia Activity)
• Mesopotamia (The British Museum - Interactive)
• Mesopotamia
• Pyramids (PBS Nova -Interactive)
• The Renaissance Connection
• The Roman Empire in the First Century (PBS)
• The Tudors (Interactive)
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus
• World Almanac for Kids: World Religions

High School Students

New Bedford High School Technology Page

*Many of these interactive sites may require a plug-in be installed on the computer first. Visit the plug-in page for assistance.