Science and social studies websites
The science and social studies websites listed below provide information, online teaching activities, and downloads to support classrooms. Newly Alphabetized!
| Science and Social Studies Websites to Support Teaching | K-2 |
3-5 |
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| ABC Clio Schools - Choose from American Government, American History, State Geography, World Geography, and World History. Information is searchable by time period and type of resources (e.g., documents, maps, graphics, etc.) | x |
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| Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - has information specific to the grade levels you are teaching. A good place to find simplified information for kids in upper grades. Click on Parents and Teachers for more links. | x |
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| new! Kapili - Content for chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and physics. Just the right amount of text on each page. Choose from a set of subtopics. Good navigation. | x |
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| new! NASA for Educators has lesson plans, information and more | x |
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| new! National Geographic has sites devoted to animals, kids, history, people and places, science and space, and more. | x |
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| National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas - Printable maps of all continents and countries. You can view with or without cities and borders. Also check out National Geographic Maps | x |
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| NOAA Education - Discover information about weather, climate change, earth science, oceanography and space. Links are sorted by elementary grades, high school grades, and adult learning. | x |
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| Online Periodic Table by the Los Alamos National Laboratory - Click on the links to learn information about each element. | x |
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| Owl & Mouse Educational Software's Humanities Links take you to interactive social studies activities online. Have you tried these activities in MCPS? Tell us about it. | |||||
| Windows to the Universe - You can choose a topic for a brief description and then select beginner, intermediate, or advanced to change the font size. You can also select Spanish or English. Click on “Images” at the bottom of the page to find space-related multimedia. Find the advanced search button on the side of the main page. | x |
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| New! Winged Sandals - A variety of resources, including digital text on Ancient Greece, Flash animation versions of Greek myths, a Who's Who of Monsters, Mortals and Gods, and a whole lot of fun games and materials. | x |
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Updated June 3, 2008 | Maintained by by Linda Wilson
