Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Young Writers Workshop
A wonderful collection of downloadable PDF story starters ("workshop pages") for young children. Each worksheet includes a colorful image, fun prompt and writing lines. Students can also submit their stories for publication on the site.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Kids' Quest on Disability and Health
KQ, the techno-health wizard, lets kids choose a WebQuest about a disability-related question they may have been wondering about. They get a page of activities and resources about Autism, Vision Impairment, Mobility Restriction, etc.,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Kids' Quest on Disability and Health
KQ, the techno-health wizard, lets kids choose a WebQuest about a disability-related question they may have been wondering about. They get a page of activities and resources about Autism, Vision Impairment, Mobility Restriction, etc.,...
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: Outside Games
Learn about how the synapse works in the nervous system. Then play common games that demonstrate many functions of the nervous system. Find definitions of the vocabulary necessary to understand how the nervous system works.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Stopwatch
This is a general-use stopwatch that can serve any purpose, for any subject area. The stopwatch counts up and down, records times that events happen, and also includes a buzzer that will activate at any time the user chooses. Java is...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Separate but Equal? An Experiment Mixes Urban and Suburban Students
Life is very different for students in urban and rural communities. Find out how these differences impact their everyday lives and experiences in the classroom.
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math for the Fun of It
This compilation of math activities engages parents and children in the use of math whenever they are at home. Packed with concise, high interest activities, related illustrations, detailed "parent pointers," and easy to following...
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math in the Home
An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Toxic Trees: Just How Toxic Is That Black Walnut Tree?
The goal of this plant biology science fair project is to make and test an herbicide made from the leaves of the black walnut tree and investigate the toxicity of black walnut trees.
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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Seeing Seeds [Pdf]
An exploration for younger students into the diversity of seeds and what is inside a seed. Includes extension activities.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Where the Wild Things Are [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of Maurice Sendak's early childhood book, Where the Wild Things Are, is provided on this script. Six character roles are needed in this performance.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Hat [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Jan Brett's picture book, The Hat, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Bill Luttrel's children's book, Redheaded Robbie's Christmas Story, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Bingo: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words
A version of Bingo! that teaches students to differentiate between words that rhyme. The site includes links to bingo boards and rhyming pictures.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Robo Wheel
Make your own Robo Wheel to race or do freestyle tricks using simple household items like paper bowls, string, and rubber bands.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Lessons
Art lessons for elementary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
Other
Science4 Us: Changes in Matter
Through an instructional video, games, and activities, students explore three types of change matter makes: physical change, in which only the shape of the matter changes; physical phase change in which matter changes to a different form...
Other
Class tools.net: Create Interactive Flash Tools & Games for Education
ClassTools.net offers a collection of templates you can customize and save online and even embed into your own website or blog. Fast and intuitive Flash animations guide you through the template-building process, and you'll be creating...
Other
Susan Kramer: Singing While Dancing to Learn Basic Math
Students will master basic rhythmic movements and incorporate songs and rhymes into math learning. Site provides sample music selections, songs, and accompanying movements for nine activities.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Memories of Mandela
Learn about the life and passing of 95-year-old political leader and civil rights activist Nelson Mandela.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Personified Sculpture
After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.
Other
Play It Safe on the Playground: Lesson Plan
This lesson plan provides plenty of activity suggestions for reinforcing playground safety. Although this is designed for primary students, it could certainly be adapted to other grades.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creative Problem Solving With Ezra Jack Keats
Contains plans for eight 50-minute lessons that use Ezra Jack Keats books to teach predicting, comparing and contrasting, and problem solving. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF...
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Our Capital: Washington, d.c. (Grades K 2)
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a history of Washington, D.C. Links to related sites are available.