Books
Constitution Day
Dental Health
Halloween
Iditarod
Mathematics
Memorial Day
Money
Music in our
Schools Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Poetry
Month
Nutrition
Professional
Materials
Science
Social Studies
Veteran's Day
Weather
Winter
Women's History
Month
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Bookwink – a
searchable list of books with video booktalks (requires QuickTime to view
videos, but all books have text versions of recommendations/synopses)
http://bookwink.com/
Library Booklists - a list of booklists by genre and topic,
available for Children's Fiction, Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, and YA Fiction
http://librarybooklists.org/fiction/children/jindex.htm
The National Archives’ Teaching with documents
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/index.html
National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ncc_progs_Constitution_Day.aspx
ConstitutionFacts.com from Oak Hill Publishing, the site is a companion to
their book
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/
The National Archives’ Constitution page, includes transcript and high
resolution images of original document
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
Lesson plans and activities from National Endowment for the Humanities
http://edsitement.neh.gov/special_features_view.asp?id=3
American Dental Association – Classroom Ideas & Resources
American Dental Hygienist’s
Association – Kidstuff
http://www.adha.org/kidstuff/index.html
Healthy Teeth – Nova Scotia Dental
Association
http://www.healthyteeth.org/
Taking care of your teeth –
KidsHealth by the Nemours Foundation
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/teeth.html
Snack smart for healthy teeth –
National Institutes of Health
http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/pubs/snaksmrt/main.htm
Halloween
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Halloween on History.com
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween
Halloween, The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/halloween.html
MeddyBemps Halloween
http://www.meddybemps.com/halloweenpage.html
Halloween around the world
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Halloween-Around-the-World/
Halloween Safety Game
http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/play2.html
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The official site of The Iditarod
http://iditarod.com/
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Anchorage Daily News – keep up with the race while you’re perusing
info on previous races
http://www.adn.com/iditarod/
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The Historic Iditarod Trail
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/seward/rec/trails/iditarod_info.htm
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Online practice for students in several different mathematical
areas
http://www.math.com/students/practice.html
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Math site with games, puzzles, videos and more, all about math!
Great teaching tool.
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
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Math worksheet creator that you can personalize
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
Memorial Day
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Memorial
Day activities
http://www.usmemorialday.org/activities/
The Meaning Behind Memorial Day – Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1808979,00.html
Memorial Day facts, information, and resources
http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/memorial.htm
History of Memorial Day (also has a great photo gallery of Memorial Day images)
http://www.history.com/topics/memorial-day-history
The Flag of the United States of America
http://www.usflag.org/index.html
KidsBank.com from Sovereign Bank
http://www.kidsbank.com/index_3.asp
Money Smart Kids from Kiplinger.com
http://kiplinger.com/guides/moneysmartkids/
Practical Money Skills for Life: Financial Literacy for Everyone
http://practicalmoneyskills.com/
The Mint.org from Northwestern Mutual
http://www.themint.org/index.html
Savings Quest – an interactive game for kids from Wells Fargo
http://www.mysavingsquest.com/
Music in our Schools Month back to top
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Activity ideas from the National Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/guides/miosm/miosmactivityideas.html
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Article on “using music to enhance learning,” from researcher Eric
Jensen
http://www.songsforteaching.com/ericjensen/2.htm
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Recordings of classical pieces of music that can be used in the
classroom
http://www.classicsforkids.com/teachers/audio/music.asp
National Hispanic Heritage Month back to top
Hispanic Heritage Month at FactMonster.com
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/hhm1.html
Hispanic Heritage Resources for Teachers from TeacherVision
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/hispanic-heritage-month/south-america/6629.html
Major Holidays and Celebrations of Spanish-speaking countries
http://www.de.nrcs.usda.gov/about/spanish/majorholidays.html
We the People: Hispanics in the United States, Census 2000 Special Report
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-18.pdf
President Obama’s Proclamation of National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/c32850.htm
National Poetry Month back to top
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Giggle Poetry, lots of great poetry kids will love, plus visit
their home page for more
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poemcategories.aspx
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Poetry Place – “an internet hotlist on poetry”
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listpoetrymr14.html
Fern’s Poetry Club – students can read, write, or study
poetry
http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/
Nutrition Explorations from the National Dairy Council
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutrition-main.asp
Build a healthy meal according to the Food Pyramid
http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/en/build-a-meal/build-a-meal
Meals matter – Kids’ Activities
http://www.mealsmatter.org/cookingforfamily/activities/index.aspx
Dole SuperKids
http://www.dole.com/DoleFlashHomePage/tabid/972/Default.aspx#/superkids/
Nutrition Fun for Kids – a great collection of resources
http://nutritionforkids.com/kidactivities.htm
The New Food Pyramid for Kids
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/
Professional materials back to top
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Free teacher tools – a
huge collection of electronic tools put together by a public school district in
NJ
http://www.techtrain.org/teacher_tools.htm
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Teach-nology – an
online resource center for materials, lesson plans, etc. You do NOT have to
sign up to use this
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Assessment & rubric tools from
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Sci4Kids from USDA Agricultural Research Service
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/
Science Kids
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
Science Games from PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/games/science.html
Atlapedia Online has detailed
world maps, as well as listings for countries around the world.
http://www.atlapedia.com/
The
fifty states from Infoplease.com…everything from the Governor to the State
insect!
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
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CIA – The world
factbook, a resource from the CIA, listing detailed information on almost every
country in the world
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Veteran's Day
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VA Kids
http://www4.va.gov/kids/k-5/index.asp
Veterans Day Teacher Resource Guide
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/schoolkit.asp
The History of Veterans Day
http://www.military.com/veterans-day/history-of-veterans-day.htm
LOC American Memory – Veterans Day
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html
Veterans Day from America’s Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_veteran_1.html
The Weather Channel – Kids!
http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/
National Weather Service Kids’ Page
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/kidspage.shtml
Web Weather for Kids
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/index.html
EPA Climate Change Website for Kids
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/climateweather.html
New York State Emergency Management Office
http://www.semo.state.ny.us/info/publicsafety/winterprepare.cfm
Winter
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Winter Weather Safety
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-safety-winter-storm.htm
Winter Weather Preparedness
http://www.semo.state.ny.us/info/publicsafety/winterprepare.cfm
Playtime for kids: Winter Storms (from the National Weather Service)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/reachout/winter.shtml
Blizzards and Winter Weather
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/blizzardhome.html
FEMA for kids: Winter Storms
http://www.fema.gov/kids/wntstrm.htm
Women's History Month back to top
National Women’s Hall of
Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php
Women’s
History Month from the Library of Congress
http://womenshistorymonth.gov/
Women’s History Month from Time for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/whm
Facts about Women from the US Census
Bureau
http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/003897.html
Women who Changed History – Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/