Links
LIBRARY CATALOG
Animals
- Kids Planet - This website is for kids who love animals.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium - Choose from 11 ocean and shore habitats to find information on many sea animals.
- Oakland Zoo – Animals A to Z section has facts on many different animals
- Sea World/Busch Gardens – Includes Animal Byte fact sheets on many different land and sea animals
Bibliography/Resource List
- Son of Citation Machine This web site helps make citations for your resource list.
Databases
- Britannica Online – Online text and multimedia encyclopedia.
- CultureGrams - Database full of information about countries and U.S. states.
- NetTrekker – Search engine for students to find appropriate web sites.
- Soundzabound – Database of sound clips for use in school projects.
- e-Library – Database of text and multimedia information on many topics
- ProQuest Research Databases - High level research database
- ProQuest Learning: Literature - High level database on authors and literary works
- History Study Center - High level database on history topics
- SIRS Discoverer - Database of texts from many sources on many topics
- PebbleGo databases and MackinVia ebooks - Four databases for K-3 students and electronic books for students and teachers
Health And Human Brain
- KidsHealth – Grownups – Information on health problems of adults.
- KidsHealth – Kids – Information about kids’ health problems and diseases.
- The Fast Food Explorer – Look at the nutritional value of fast food
Images for Projects
- Pics4Learning – copyright friendly mages for educational projects
- MSN Office Online – clip art and images for projects
Math
- Cool Math – Fun and educational math games.
Reading
- International Children’s Library – read books in different languages online
- Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award – Information on a children’s choice reading award for second and third graders.
- Caldecott Award – The Caldecott Award is given each year to the best illustrated children’s books.
- Guys Read – Author Jon Scieszka’s website for boys and reading
- Newbery Award - The Newbery Award is given each year to the best in children’s literature.
- Starfall – Literacy and math games for primary grades.
- Word Clouds for Kids - make a visual map of words
- A Book and a Hug – Find great books that are just what you want as a reader.
- Raz-kids- Read and listen to books
- Tumblebooks – Read and listen to books through the Sno-Isle Library
- ABCYa – Practice keyboarding and word sense
- Professor Garfield – Practice math and reading skills with games
