Rachel Carson Elementary School

Media Center

    

  

 

Other Online Services

 

• Funbrain.com- Includes games like Math Baseball and Grammar Gorillas.
• KidsClick!- web guide/search engine for kids by librarians.
• Room 108- There are songs, art, math, kids games, children's stories and much more on this site created by a teacher in Canada.
• Scholastic.com- Excellent site with lots of activities and events that change weekly.
• SIRS Discoverer- Provides access to periodical and newspaper articles selected by subject with strong curriculum integration and expanded access to excellent expository reading materials.
• Time for Kids- the magazine online.
• Zoom School- an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
• NoodleTools - Research tool. 

 

Curriculum Enrichment and Review

 

• Native American Links 
• February- Black History Month 
• March- Women's History Month 
• American Revolutionary War 

 

Search Engines

 

• Yahoo Kids 
• Kids Click 
• Ask Kids 
• Surfing the Net with Kids 
• Web Walkabout- The media specialist at Travilah Elementary has created an excellent file of websites that fit the MCPS curriculum as well as many other great resources.

 

Resources for Staff

 

• Biography Maker- A great site to use for biography projects.
• FunBrain.com Kids Center- Games, Activities and Extras. Click on "Teacher" at the bottom of the page.
• Puzzlemaker- Great site for crossword puzzles, and more.
• Quia Math- Quia is a treasure trove of more than thirty math activities which include flashcards and a Concentration-style matching game. Topics range from basic addition to algebra terminology. Don't miss the Math Journey, where students can travel around the world as they practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and/or rounding at four levels.
• Read Across America- NEA's Reading project.

 

 

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