Web Walkabout Educational Resources by Subject
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Pathfinders - Units of Study Websites

Activities for ESL Students
American Heroes Hall of Fame Biographies
American Revolution Who What Where When
Animal Pathfinder.
   Includes Explore the Animal World Lesson Plan
Biology of Plants Missouri Botanical Garden
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
Castles
Chesapeake Bay Matters 
Colonial America
ESOL Research Resources
Exploring Maryland's Roots Thinkport
February Favorites
Folklore: Tales To Tell
Food Fundamentals
4th Grade Math Explorations
Geography Bee Resources
Green Thumb Mystery MD Tech Academy Webquest
Hardened Criminals Rocks and Minerals
Heritage Pathfinder.
   Includes Explore Countries and Cultures Lesson Plan
How Can I Persuade You ...
Idioms
Immigration: An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
I Want To Learn About ...
MCPS Grade 3 Compares several cities
MD State Symbols

Maryland With Pride On-line lessons
Mexico
National Archives Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights - Documents and related information, such as biographies.
Native Americans
Plant Growth WebQuest Stone Mill ES
Poetry Is More Than Rhyme
President for a Day
Regions of the World
Rocks, Minerals, ... Earth Science 4th Grade
Scavenger Hunts Monthly Activities - Highland ES  
Space Day
Starfall.com Learn To Read
Stars Astronomy  
Structures
Study Skills 5th Grade
Supernova Sentence Puzzles Homographs,etc.
Thanksgiving
USA
U. S. Constitution
Volcanos, Earthquakes, Hurricanes
What makes a city thrive? MD Tech Academy Webquest
Word Skills Homophones, synonyms, etc.
World War II
Wright Brothers Centennial of Flight

Teacher Feature

Maryland State Department of Education
Thinkport  MPS and JHU
School Improvement in Maryland   Assessment
Elementary School Learning Units  MEPP
   Mathematics Education Partnership Program
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online  a literature goldmine
Blue Web'n Learning Sites  Pacific Bell
CyberSmart Curriculum Internet safety/responsibility
DiscoverySchool.com Discovery Channel School
Education Atlas Online map to education, online degrees, and distance learning
Education World
Enchanted Learning
Expository Writing Prompts
HIAT - Websites To Support All Students
KidsHub.org Interactive games and resources

Marcopolo Lesson Plans, Search Engine
MarcoGrams Teacher Resources
Math Sites Johns Hopkins University (games, puzzles, etc.)
Mrs. Bogucki's ... Interactive Web Applications
NTTI Lesson Plan Database
Elementary Literature for Character Education
PBS TeacherSource
Read Write Think International Reading Association
Sites for Teachers
Six Traits of Writing
Teach the Children Well
Teacher Planet
abcteach free printables
Puzzlemaker

• ALA Great Web Sites for Kids
• B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
• 42eXplore
• Global Access to Educational Sources
• Global Schoolhouse

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Kids Connect (ALA)
• KidsKonnect.com
• Library in the Sky
• LibrarySpot
• National Geographic Homework Help
• Smithsonian Museums and Organizatio

Language Arts

• Author Study Resources (MCPS)
• Author Studies (Barnsley Elementary School)
Authors and Illustrators
• Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators Index to Internet sites
• Children's Books and Authors PBS Reading Rockets
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Chris Van Allsburg
• e-books websites Read books online!
• Ed Emberley
• Eric Carle's Caterpillar Express
• Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
• Giggle Poetry
• Internet Picture Dictionary ESOL
• IPL The Internet Public Library
• Jan Brett's Home Page
  

• Kids Who Read Vote for Your Favorite Book!
• Kids Web - Literature
• Let's Write a Newspaper Story JHU
• Little Explorers  Picture Dictionary with Links
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• My Virtual Reference Desk
• Nutcracker Ballet
• One More Story
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Patricia Polacco's Home Page
• Picture Books Through Time RIF
• Reading Rockets Author Interviews
• Research-It!
• Rosemary Wells Home Page
• Tomie dePaola
• yourDictionary  Links to online dictionaries

Social Studies

• MCPS Social Studies
• MCPS Geography Web Sites
• MCPS Celebrate and Investigate Diversity
• American History Archive Project
• Asian Pacific Americans Biographies by Category
• Assateague Naturalist
• Bay Trippers
  Online fieldtrip to the Chesapeake Bay
• Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
  
• Black History Month Biographies by Category
  
• Black History from A-Z Kulture Kidz
  
• Boundaries of the Contiguous US
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Biographies
• Chinese New Year Resources
• Color Landform Atlas of the US
• Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
• Discoverers Web: Alphabetical list
• Explorers  Enchanted Learning
• Explorers of the World
• FactFinder Kids' Corner  Census Bureau - fun State Facts
• 50 States and Capitals
• Flags of the World Colouring Book
• Flags of the World Symbolic use of color
• Ghana

• Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
• Japan
• Jobs for kids who like...
  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Kid's Domain Holidays
• Learning Adventures in Citizenship
• Liberty's Kids American Revolution
  MapQuest Interactive Atlas
• MD Kids' Page
• Mount Vernon Tour
• MyWonderfulWorld Geography
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Presidents of the United States
• Titanic
• Tower of London KIDS Tour
• U. S. Census Bureau
• U.S. Mint 50 State Quarters™ Program
• Welcome to Econopolis!
• Spotty's White House TourWhite House Kids page
• White House Life in the White House Video Tours
• Women's History Month Biographies
• Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site

• MCPS Elementary School Science
• MCPS Recycling Program
• Science Learning Network
• Bill Nye, the Science Guy  needs Flash 4
• Children and Smoking Action on Smoking and Health links
• Children's Butterfly Site  USGS
• Disaster Area FEMA
• Dragonfly
• FBI Kids Fingerprints
• The Galapagos
• Inventors
• Penguins
• Penguin Fact Index KidZone
• Project Primary

• Rocks and minerals  Links from KidsKonnect
• Sea and Sky Exploring the ocean and outer space!
• Snowflakes Photographs
• NASA Liftoff to Space Exploration
• Space Day
• StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers
• WeatherNet4
• USDA for Kids U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Wacky Dan the Weather Man
• Weather Scavenger Hunt  (Forest Knolls El.)
• Yuckiest Site on the Internet

• Web Curriculum Resources Elementary Mathematics MCPS
• Glencoe Mathematics
  
• Harcourt Math Password needed
• Houghton Mifflin Math - Roz's Math-a-rama
• A+ Math
• Ask Dr. Math
• CoolMath4Kids Games, puzzles, lessons
• Create a Graph
• Curious and Useful Math
• Figure This! Math Challenge Index
• Forbes World's Richest People 2004
• Forbes World's Billionaires 2005
• Forbes World's Billionaires 2007

• FunBrain.com
• KidsKount Age group math games.
• Maths Dictionary for Kids
  Math Web Tools for Elementary Teachers
• Math2.org Math Reference Tables
• Math Sites JHU (games, puzzles, problems, etc.)
• MegaPenny
• Oakland Terrace Math Websites
• What Is a dollar worth? (Calculates comparison of Consumer Price Index from 1913 to today)

Favorite Recess Sites: many of these sites need shockwave, some may be blocked in MCPS.