SW Elementary

Virtual world Make-a-Flake teaches real-world scissoring skills by letting players create snowflakes from folded sheets of paper. Can also print a flake from a gallery to start making snowflakes in real life.

Many interactive science activities for use with elementary students.

"CarrotSticks is an online multiplayer game that improves math skills for 1st - 5th graders as they practice and compete with peers around the world!"

"Into the Book is a multimedia package designed to improve students' reading comprehension, as well as their ability to think and learn across the curriculum. Based on current research, the project focuses on eight learning strategies: * Using prior knowledge * Making connections * Questioning * Visualizing * Inferring * Summarizing * Evaluating * Synthesizing Into the Book includes: * student Web site featuring interactive reading comprehension activities * teacher Web site featuring music, video clips, classroom design ideas, posters, teacher guides, lesson plans and lots more * Into the Book video series: nine 15-minute classroom videos teaching children how to be strategic readers"

Links and strategies for teaching math facts.

"TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love."

"What2Learn is a national award-winning interactive learning solution which provides effective educational resources and revision games. A great tool for students with learning difficulties such as ADHD and literacy difficulties. It is also a great resource for high achieving students looking to work independently to get ahead. "

Kindergarten and first grade web resource links

"Students will learn about supply, demand, price, competition, and entrepreneurial skills in this lesson. They will put what they learned into action by creating an ice cream stand, to complete with other stands in the classroom."

"...three award-winning educational wikis on Wikispaces. These wikis have been used to interact with schools from around the world, share classroom activity, and turn online class notes into end-of-year exams. They're great examples of how wikis can be used to create engaging learning experiences. "

"A new blog from the York Daily Record/Sunday News focusing exclusively on youth sports in York and Adams counties."

180 alternatives to the book report.

Interactive site for telling time.

"OLogy is a Web site for kids created by the American Museum of Natural History. The development of OLogy has been made possible by a generous grant from The Louis Calder Foundation. Early Childhood and Family Learning at the American Museum of Natural History provides exciting science learning opportunities for young children and families through OLogy, the Discovery Room, the Science and Nature Program, and Public Programs. Support for Early Childhood and Family Learning has been provided by the Edith C. Blum Foundation, ConEdison, the Filomen D'Agostino Foundation, the Edward John Noble Foundation, and Ravi and Mona Sinha. Additional funding has been provided by Dr. and Mrs. Marc Avram/Elizabeth and Richard Dubin Foundation and the Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation, Inc. Privacy is a very important issue for all Web sites. Our Privacy Policy tells you how we are designing this site to be safe and fun at the same time. OLogy is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education & Technology at the American Museum of Natural History. The National Center would like to acknowledge the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for its programmatic support."

Grade level links for the Everyday Math program.

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