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ANIMALS

Tigers

Birds
Cows Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Fact Files
Endangered
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Sharks Whales exZOOberance

Virtual Zoo, Animal Photo Gallery, Animal News, Animal Web Cams, Animal Quotes, Zoo and Aquarium Directory, Animal Web Sites, Get Published (animal-related kids art & research)
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AUTHORS & BOOKS
CLIPART & IMAGES

EDUCATION RESOURCES
American Memory
Historical Collections
For The
National Digital Libraryl
Education World
"Where Educators Go To Learn"

Gameaquarium

Choose games by grade level.

internet
4classrooms

Grade Level skills help page.
Kathy Schrock's Guide
For Educators

A categorized list of
sites on the InterNet found to useful for enhancing curriculum
and teacher professional growth.
A personal favorite!

Learning Page.com
Alphabet practice sheets, free worksheets (basic and theme),
links to educational websites ranked by popularity, and more!

Quiz Center
Quiz Center is a powerful tool you can use to create, administer, and grade quizzes online.
Zoom School
An on-line elementary
school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts,
and early childhood
activities.
ELECTRONIC POSTCARDS
GEOGRAPHY
HUMAN BODY
ILLINOIS
Make the
Link to Illinois


Each link is a web resource or classroom ready activity that links to one or more of the benchmarks from the Illinois Learning Standards.
INSECTS & BUGS
MATH
Figure This!
Math Challenges for Families
MUSEUMS
NUTRITION
Nutrition Explorations
Inclusive thematic unit on fruits and vegetables.
Dole 5 A Day
A wealth of information on fruits and vegetables. Find out how to order a free CD.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Posters and reproducibles to download and print.
Healthy Choices
Learn more about nutrtion with worksheets, lesson plans, and an activity kit.
OCEANS


Oceanography:
An Office of Naval Research Science and Technology Focus Site


This site is packed with exciting ocean
facts and information. We've even included some
cool naval discoveries. . .

ONLINE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
QUIA! Create Your Own Learning Activities
Thousands of activites in over 40 subject areas.
Activites for all ages and game creation templates.
PERIODICALS
PLANTS
The Great Plant Escape
Help detectives Bud and Sprout
unlock the amazing mysteries
of plant life.
Teachers' guide available.
University of Illinois Extension
Kid's Garden
Articles, links, and a
discussion area.
What's It Like Where You Live?
Biomes of the World
Freshwater Ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems
READING
Once Upon A Time ...
A children's literature
website


Starfall

A creative website designed to teach children to read. Interactive stories.
Story Creations
Stories and letters
are customized with a child's name.

StoryPlace:
The Children's
Digital Library
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Word Builder

Kids make their own word search puzzles

Literature Learning Ladders
Encouraging active reading through book and technology connections.
RESEARCH

Refdesk: Best Source For Facts On The Net

Formerly called 'My Virtual Reference Desk'
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
BrainPOP
Health, Science and Technology - Animation and Educational Site for Kids
SEASONAL SITES
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Columbus Day
Halloween
Thanksgiving
     
SOCIAL STUDIES

Presidents
of the
United States


U.S. & World
Geography Maps

"Interactive maps to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. Learn the countries of different continents and their capitals with these fun and educational map puzzle games. Do you know where the evening news is coming from? Free Software! "

SPACE

NASA Explores
Express lessons and online resources by grade level.

StarChild:

A Learning Center For
Young Astronomers

SPIDERS
Spiders
Created by children in Australia
Spiders And Immunology
Great photographs and links
WORKSHEETS
Puzzlemaker
Allows you to create puzzles and games for newsletters, handouts or classroom assignments.
WRITING

The Author Corner
A place to meet authors and illustrators of children's and young adult books. Pages are clearly written and appropriate for students in grades 2-10.
Writers' Blocks
Here kids join together to build a story block by block.
Writer's Workshop
Includes grammar handbook, tips on writing for all kinds of assignments from essay exams to research papers, resources for teachers, links to other sites, critiques, and more.
Writing Den
Includes teacher resources, topics for papers and essays,
tips for writing paragraphs
(topic sentences, supporting details, closing sentences, editing, sequence), sentences (punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepostitions), and essays (introduction, supporting paragraphs, editing and
publishing essays), and more.
Advertising
Writing Workshop
Ideas fromSpringfield Public School District 186

The Young Writer's Club
A club for young writers (most between 7 and 15) with activities submitted by club members, stories and poems, global issues, research, book and film reviews, and storybooks you can add to.
ZOOS
The Electronic Zoo
Winner of numerous awards
exZOOberance
Zoo & Aquarium Directory
ZooNet
All About Zoos!


Dirksen Primary School
501 Maywood
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: 309.477.4711
Fax: 309.477.4701

This page was last updated on Monday, April 5, 2004 by kschlappi@pekin.net