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Website Evalutaion

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Smithsonian Education Students - a place for kids to explore, discover and learn

Smithsonian Kids

Grammar:

• Parent Primer: Grammar - learn parts of speech and review sentence fundamentals. 
• Kids Place (K-5) - site by Houghton Mifflin an educational publisher.  Try Grammar Blaster and Wacky Web Tales

Writing Skills

• How to Write a Book Report: First Rate Book Report - a how-to article          

• How to Write an Essay:

                               Basic
                               Advanced
                               5 Paragraph Essay

• How to Write a Bibliography:

                              General Format - from Fact Monster

• Story Bird - this is a site for writing and publishing stories using prompts.

Literature:

• Starfall
• Learn to Read - the beginnings

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Don't forget the homework areas in Scholastic's Homework Hub and Fact Monster's Homework Center.  These links can be found in the left column.

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• MATH BASEBALL - play baseball using math skills
• MATH GAMES
• COOL MATH 4 KIDS - lessons, games and more
• FACT MONSTER MATH - lessons and games.  Please note this site does not cover beginner math
• MATH BLASTER - "refine your skills through lessons and arcade-like games." This is a link to a free trial and this site required registration
• STANDARD GRAPHING CALCULATOR
• METRIC CONVERSION - site to convert American measurements into metric measurement.

MONEY

• PETER PIGS MONEY COUNTER
• CHANGE MAKER
• MONEY METROPOLIS - learn about budgets, earning, spending and saving money
• THE STAR BANKS ADVENTURE - learn how to reach your financial goals.  A great game created by T.Rowe Price
• U.S. ECONOMY AND MONETARY POLICY - learn how the fed affects our economy

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a touch of everything 

• Discovery Kids - a site for kids to explore the world around them
• Metric Conversion - place to convert American measurements into metric

Plants and Photosynthesis

• Dan the Gardener - gardening site for kids.  Check out the sections on compost, seeds and the plant dictionary.
• Arbor Day Foundation: Trees - everything you want to know about trees. Sections of special interest: What Tree is That and the Tree Guide
• Plant Basics - the basics to plants with a hint of photosynthesis
• Agriculture in the Classroom - great site to explore farms and your food
• The Plant List - great place to investigate types of plants

Space

• Lunar and Planetary Institute
• NASA for Kids
• NASA's Space Place
• Astronomy
• Birthday Stars - Planet Science just for fun - find a star's whose light has taken your age to get to earth
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• To Infinity...and Beyond! Did you know that Buzz Lightyear spent over 15 months on the International Space Station?  See his mission training here. - just for fun

People in Science

• African American Scientists
• Women Scientists - from Eastern Illinois University 
• Inventors - Smithsonian Spotlight Biographies

Natural Disasters

• FEMA - the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency - learn how to be prepared for an emergency
• Earthquakes - U.S. Geological Survey - all the information you could wish for about earthquakes.
• Volcanoes - National Geophysical Data Center's Volcano location data base
• For more information visit our Multi-Use Sites in the column to your left.

Human Body

• Kid's Health - learn all about your complex body.
• Health
• Explore Your Body (for more links to Body Systems)

How Things Work

• How Stuff Works
• Exploratorium

Projects

• Science Buddies - great place for science project inspiration
• Science Experiments - just a few that you can try at home

Weather

• Web Weather for Kids
• Weather Whiz Kids

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Animals

• Endangered Animals - there is "no one official endangered species list but many." This list is a selection from other lists from U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species
• San Diego Zoo Kids Page
• World Wildlife Fund - this is a link the their species list, this page does have a link the Wildfinder
• National Wildlife Federation - this is a link to their Wildlife Library dedicated to U.S. Species

Rocks and Minerals

• Rocks for Kids - this will link you directly to the Table of contents
• Geology for Kids - just scroll down the the green section on Geology

Dinosaurs

• Dinosaur Sue - please note the "visit the exhibit" link is no longer active as the exhibit is no longer at the museum.  The other educational links are still active.
• Curse of the T-Rex - this is a NOVA presentation
• Dino Directory

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World History

• World Factbook - check out the interactive map and flags of the world
• World Flag Database
• Countries of the World 
• World History - Blast through the past
• World History - by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Cultures

• Native American Facts
• Native American Tribes
• Native American Legends

Holidays and Traditions

• Holidays and Festivals
• Christmas Celebrations
• Christmas Traditions

U.S. History

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• America's Story  - by the Library of Congress
• Smithsonian History Explorer
• Smithsonian Kids - Our Story
• Smithsonian Student Center - history and culture
• Explore the States

Government

• Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government (ages 4-8)
• Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government (ages 9-13)
• Congress
• Kids in the House - the House of Representatives
• CIA
• FBI

​Geography

• Geography for Kids by GeoKids
• National Geographic for Kids