	Welcome to the Baker School System Chalkboard. This site contains links to helpful educational websites that can be used to both entertain and educate students. The site also contains suggested reading and study material for all students grades K - 12

Educational Resources
Various web based educational tools can be found by clicking each of the links below.
Teacher's notes and assignments can be found by clicking the "Teacher Tools" link.

SCIENCE RESOUCES

Genetic Probe

Use the online genetic probe to locate a sequence of basis that appear in a genetic code. Grades 5-12

Wicked
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/quizit/feature_quizits_s.php
Interactive quizzes on topics of solar system, Earth science, electricity, simple machines, and changes of state.

Ace on the Case: Secrets@sea

http://www.secretsatsea.org/

An interactive adventure that helps students learn about marine ecology. Grades 4-7

Zoom:Kitchen Chemistry

http://pbskids.org/zoom/kitchenchemistry/

The virtual kitchen to perform online experiments, solve a puzzle, and get a reward. Grades 4-6

Get Smarter

http://www.getsmarter.org/

Get Smarter is an interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide. Grades 3-12

The Biology Project

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

From the University of Arizona, the Biology Project site is an interactive online resource for learning biology. The site includes tutorials, problem sets, activities, and other resources. Grades 9-12

Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The Exploratorium is a collage of 650 interactive exhibits in science, art, and human perception. Students can explore any of these subject: light color, sound, music, motion, animal behavior, electricity, heat and temperature, language, patterns, hearing, touch, vision, waves and weather. Grades 3-12

Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience
Cool Science is a fun site that helps students appreciate science. Covered: Observation skills, plants, animal classifications and metamorphosis. Grades K-3

Education 4 Kids

http://www.edu4kids.com/chem/
This site contains a table of elements drill. Grades 5-8

Gameaquarium

http://www.gamequarium.com

A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Grades PreK-6

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A4=1

This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science. Grades K-6

Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
This is a fun educational site for audiences as young as preschool. Some of the areas covered: science, language arts and geography. (Not all pages are interactive.) Grades Pre-K-3

HHMI’s BioInteractive

http://biointeractive.org

HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) provides activities and tools for students. There is also a section for teachers Grades 9-12

Iowa State Insect Zoo

http://zoocam.ent.iastate.edu/

This site contains a live, interactive camera that allows students to view the insects at the Insect Zoo. It also provides information about the insects. Teachers can use this site to set up a tour by an entomologist. This site is geared for elementary students, Grades 1-5

The Great Plant Escape

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Students can help Detective Leplant and his partners investigate plant mysteries including cases about soil, plant growth, seeds, and reproduction. Grades 4-5

Creature Feature

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/

Audio and video clips help students learn about featured animals. Grades 3-8

Entomology Image Gallery

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/

Students can view images and movies of beetles, ticks, lice, and lots of other creepy crawling insects! Grades 3 and up

Dinosaur Movie Clips

http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/funpage/television/dinosaurs/download/download.html

Download sound files and video clips from the Dinosaurs television show. Grades 2-5

Endangered Animal Channel

http://www.endangeredtv.com/

Students explore videos of endangered animals from the Bagheera site. Grades 2-6

Amoeba Movies

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/amoeba/index.html

Explore videos of an amoeba eating and moving through different environments. Real Player needed. Grades 5+

Way Cool Surgery

http://www.waycoolsurgery.com

View video clips of an actual doctor performing cardiac bypass surgery. Learn about heart
health, and careers in the health care field. Grades 3+

Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com
There are plenty of interesting things to read at Popular Science Magazine's web site. Articles on science, space, the Internet, computers, and more. Grades 3+

The Astronomy Workshop

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/index.html
Students can view a multitude of Java programs that creates a solar system, view the moons and their orbits around their planets, and learn about astronomical distances. Grades 3+

Exploring the Planets

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm

Exploring the Planets is a simulated research center at the National Air and Space Museum that illustrates how scientist explore planets that are millions of miles away. Students can choose to log in, enabling them a chance to save their work. There are three levels for grades 5-8, grades 6-8, and grades 7-9.

Planet Impact!

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/

Discover the fierce force of gravity and pelt poor Jupiter with a comet! Teacher Tips included. Grades 5-8

Mission Mastermind

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/mastermind/

NASA needs your help in planning a Hubble Servicing Mission. Join the team! Teacher Tips included. Grades 6-8

Galaxy Hunter

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/
Statistically speaking, this cosmic photo shoot is out of this world! Students construct and interpret frequency tables, demonstrate knowledge of simple random samples, define range, mean and median as they apply to statistics, and demonstrate knowledge of min/max plots. Teacher Tips included. Grades 10-12

Galaxies Galore

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/galaxies-galore/
Galaxy construction timeline: billions of years. For you: ten minutes. Teacher Tips included. Grades 6-8

No Escape: The Truth About Black Holes

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/http:/amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/

An opportunity for students to research the fascinating topic of black holes and to examine the concepts of escape velocity, gravity, mass, and the speed of light as they apply to black holes. Grades 8-12

Solar System Trading Cards

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/

students will collect solar system trading cards by playing an interactive card game. They will identify the sun, planets, comets, and asteroids by answering questions about them. Students will learn facts about the solar system presented with amazing pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and various NASA missions. Grades 3-6

Star Light, Star Bright

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/light/

Explore the nature of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this lesson, students will identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Students will correlate images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical instruments to the wavelength, color, and temperature information that can be found in the spectrum. Grades 6-9

Hubble Deep Field Academy

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/hdf/

Join Professor WifPic in examining the Hubble Deep Field image and simulate the process astronomers have gone through to count, classify, and identify objects in the image as well as estimate their distances from Earth. The lesson is modular so that all or part of it may be completed using computers and the Internet. Grades 6-8

Funology

http://www.funology.com
At Funology find fun facts, experiments, crafts, recipes, magic tricks, jokes, and a whole lot more. Grades 2-5

Inner Learning Online

http://www.innerbody.com
Students can study the anatomy of the human body or learn about the inner workings of an automobile. Each of the detailed graphic images has 'hot spots' that interact to provide more information. Grades 5+

ScienceMonster

http://www.sciencemonster.com
Created by the makers of CoolMath, this site entertains with information about our solar system. Students can take a star tour, see how gravity and inertia work, and play a fun lunar landing game.Grades 2-5

Amazing Space

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
Amazing Space is a collection of interactive activities designed to teach students about black holes, collect solar system trading cards, and more. Each activity includes high quality graphics and animation. Grades 3+

Earth and Moon Viewer

http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
View a map of the Earth showing the actual day and night regions at this moment. You can also view it as currently seen from the Sun, Moon, orbiting satellite, or from above a variety of cities. Grades 3+

spaceKids

http://www.spacekids.com
Start the countdown and blast-off for fun and learning at this stellar site! Take a virtual tour of the solar system, play games, view space pictures and movies, get up-to-date space news, and more. Grades 2-5

Virtual Solar System

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/splash.html
A fantastic site from National Geographic with a vast amount of information about our solar system. With the Viscape SVR plug-in students can take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet, but even without the plug-in the site is a must-see for space buffs. Grades 3-8

3-D Virtual Physics

http://www.virtualphysics.com/vp2/

The Eggs of Time game features an exciting science fiction story and includes over 20 fully interactive 3-D exercises, animated tutorials, and 200 review problems! Grades 6-8

The Atoms Family

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/

Explore educational activities about energy concepts, the power of the sun, energy conservation, energy transformation, electricity and fossil fuels being presented by famous gothic horror characters.

I Want to Fly!

http://www.jsf.or.jp/education/sora/
Explore the wonders of flight with Toby, the wizard who wants to fly. Grades 2-4

phFactor

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/index.html

Is it acid or base? Use the ph factor resource to find out. Grades 6-8

Hurricane Storm Science

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/

Interactive activities related to weather instruments and storms. Grades 4-5

SLN.Laboratory

http://www.jsf.or.jp/sln/laboe.html
Visit the Laboratory and make an aurora, a cloud chamber, and acid rain.

Bones Inside You

http://tcm.childrensmuseum.org/bones/otherSites_gamesActivities.htm

An interactive skeleton that assist the learner in identifying specific bones. Grades 3-6

Air Travelers

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/air/

Air Travelers is an introduction to the basic principles of buoyancy, properties of gases, temperature, and the technology involved in hot air ballooning. Grades 5-8

Amazing Feats of Aging

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/life/aging/

Explore the mysteries of why and how humans and animals age, and discover the secrets of healthy aging. Grades 3+

Engineer It!
http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/engineerit/
The online guide devoted to basic engineering principles with cool activities and online games. Grades 3+

Experiencing Chemistry

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/unit.cfm?UnitCurrentKey=1

Online chemistry resource and experiments for students. Grades 4+

Eyes on Earth

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/earth/eyesonearth/
Check out satellite images from NASA's Earth Observing System. Includes an Educator's Guide with lots of great classroom activities on satellite technology and imagery (requires QuickTime plug-in). Grades 6-8

Hanford at the Half Life Radiation Calculator

http://www.omsi.edu/explore/online.cfm#radiationcalculator
Estimate your annual radiation dose with an online version of the Radiation Calculator from OMSI's Hanford at the Half Life exhibit. (Note: This activity requires the free, Macromedia Flash Player.) Grades 6+

Water Works

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/physics/ww/
Explore the science and engineering behind water fountains at home or in the classroom with Water Works. The website has loads of fun and fascinating online activities, as well as helpful curriculum resources. Grades 4+

What's Your EQ?

http://www.omsi.edu/teachers/psd/2002/eq/
Did you ever wonder how much energy your house uses each year? Now you can calculate your EQ (or
energy quotient) online and determine how many kilowatt-hours you use! Grades 3+

Measure 4 Measure

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#science

A complete list of online calculators and converters. Grades 3-12

The Physics Classroom

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

An online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. Grades 9-12

I Know That Science Games

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Science

LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES

Sesame Street Games

English Grammar Pronouns provides rules, a simple game, and the "gory details" for using pronouns correctly. Grades 3-5

Sadlier-Oxyford Phonics Interactive Phonics and Word Study provides exciting activities for short vowels, long vowels, diphtongs, homonyms, synomyms, diagraphs, suffixes, contractions, and many more! Grades K-5

Sesame Street Games

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games

Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read interactive stories from Sesame Street. Grades PreK-1

My Hero: An Interactive Series

http://myhero.com/home.asp

My Hero is a non-profit educational project that brings information to a global audience. From peacemakers such as Nelson Mandela to scientific visionaries such as Albert Einstein, visitors can explore historical and contemporary heroes. Visitors are also invited to create web pages about the people who inspire them, providing thousands of children and their parents a chance to tell their stories. Grades 2-12

Room 108 Don't Wet The Bear

http://www.netrover.com/~jjrose/bear/bearintro.html

Play this fun interactive game which is just like Hangman but instead you throw a bucket of water over a bear. The word lists include: Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Colour Words, Dolch action words, Number Words 1-16.

Room 108 Original Hangman

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hangori.htm

Play this fun interactive game which is like the regular Hangman. The word lists is the Common, Number, Animal, Bible and Colour Words.

K-8 Online Animated Interactive Lessons

http://www.dositey.com/index.html

Free animated online workbooks for the development of reading and math skills, Grades K-8. You can also print out free worksheets. Grades K-8

Storybook Station

http://www.searsportrait.com/StoryBook/StoryBook_StoryIndex.asp

Sears created this interactive site to use with elementary school children. Just choose your favorite holiday story and answer a few short questions. When you click "submit", your personalized story will be complete. You can also print the story. Grades 1-4

KidsRead

http://www.kidsreads.com/
Trivia games and word scrambles based on children’s books and movies. Visit the Trivia and Games section. Grades K-5

Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. The interactive books available here have sound – so please turn your speakers on. Teacher may request free writing journals for classroom use that reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book. Grades Pre-K-1

Cyberchase

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/how_started.html

Follow the online adventures as you travel through the three webisodes. Grades 2-3.

Nursery Rhymes 4 You
http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com
A collection of nursery rhymes and songs to share and enjoy, with pictures to print off and color. Grades PreK-1

Interactive Books allow the user to experience a book online. Two good examples: Children's Electronic Picture Books (http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/childpix.html) and Children's Electronic Story Books (http://www.antelope-ebooks.com/child.html) Primary Grades

Building Language for Literacy

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/bll/

Online literacy skill activities. This site appears to be a product advertisement but scroll down to click a character to enter the online practice activities of oral language, phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, or concepts of print Grades K-3

Meet An Author

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/authors.htm

Choose from classical or current authors and learn more about them at this website. Grades 1-4

Story Starters

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/setting.htm

Choose from a collection of stimulating story settings to help get your story started. Grades 1-4

Online Reading

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/psmain.htm

A collection of stories with comprehension and main idea questions. Grades 3-5

Between the Lions

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

Stories with adventure games. Grades 1-3

The Reading Matrix

http://www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/

Online interactive reading resources that cover: Analyzing Text, Audio and Text, Proofreading, Reading Comprehension Advanced, Reading Comprehension Beginner, Reading Comprehension Intermediate, Short Stories, Vocabulary Grades 3+

BBC - Schools - Words and Pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/

Know your basic letters and sounds, now what? Well it's off to words and further phonics areas such as Vowel Phonemes and Consonant Clusters. Here you can find great online interactive games and activities for each of these areas along with printable activities for further reinforcement. How many of the High Frequency Words do your students already know? There is also a Gallery section with student submitted writings and suggestions for getting your students' work posted. Maybe your students will enjoy this site so much that they will even access it from home. Grades 1-3

Reading Games for Younger Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read1.html

Reading Games for Older Kids

http://kidsdomain.com/games/read2.html

Funschool Games
http://www.funschool.com/games.php
Choose from 194 Flash, Java and Shockwave games. Grades K-8

Aesop's Fables

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

Traditional and modern fables Illustrated and retold by art students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Grades 3-8

Online Collection of 656+ Aesop's Fables

Reading Comprehension Tests

http://users.erols.com/interlac/testdir.htm

A collection of 7 reading passages with comprehension questions and answer key. Grades 5-12

MATH RESOURCES

Math TV

Solve multistep math word problems (middle school students).

Sesame Street Games

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games

Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read interactive stories from Sesame Street. Grades PreK-1

Wicked
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php

Interactive flash and shockwave games to practice basic math facts. Also provides fraction practice.

Harcourt Multimedia Math Glossary

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html

Interactive, animated math glossary for Grades 1-8.

AAA Math

http://www.aaamath.com

Interactive practice and estimation games sorted by grade level and math topic. Grades K-8

Math Playground Grades K-6

Visual Fractions

http://www.visualfractions.com/

Interactive practice to help students visualize fractions. Grades 3-8

Cool Math 4 Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com Grades K-5

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/mathgames/ Grades 3-8

Interactive math activities for students with games, calculators, etc.

Create A Graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing

Create bar, line, area, or pie graphs online! You submit the data and the website does the rest! Grades 2-8

K-8 Online Animated Interactive Lessons

http://www.dositey.com/index.html

Free animated online workbooks for the development of reading and math skills, Grades K-8. You can also print out free worksheets.

Interactive Math

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm2/nav/index.html

Series of math activities designed for Grades K-12

Gameaquarium

http://www.gamequarium.com

A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Grades PreK-6

Escape From Knab
http://www.escapefromknab.com
Escape From Knab was created by the financial institution Firstar to help students develop financial strategies that will enable them to make sound decisions about day to day financial matters. (Shockwave required.)
Grades 6-8

Get Smarter

http://www.getsmarter.org/

Get Smarter is an interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide. Grades 3-12

Math Flash Cards

http://www.edu4kids.com/math

Math flash cards provides easy to complex problems utilizing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Grades 1-12

AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com
While the pages offered are limited in 3 of the 4 areas (science, math, language arts and social studies) this is still a resource worth using.
Grades Pre-K-12

ExploreMath.com

http://www.exploremath.com/activities/activity_list.cfm?categoryID=14

Explore Math offers a variety of resources to teach mathematics, including multimedia learning activities that enable teachers to illustrate difficult math concepts with interactive simulations. Try Explore Math Gizmos Grades 6-12

Free Puzzles.com

http://www.freepuzzles.com/puzzles/PuzzlePage.asp?PuzzleNumber=Math012&CategoryID=3

Free Puzzles offers interactive math and geometry puzzles with solutions. Grades 3-12

Kids Math

http://www.kidsmath.com/e_int.html

Math activities for grades 1-5

Kids Math Pre-Algebra

http://www.kidsmath.com/Algebra.html

Online quiz based on pre-algrebra skills Grades 6-8

Interactive Math

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml

A variety of math activites that include arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus fractals, and probability. Grades 2-12

JAVA Gallery of Interactive On-Line Geometry

http://www.geom.umn.edu/java/

A collection of interactive geometry experiences. In order to enjoy this exhibit, you will need a Java-capable Web browser. Grades 7-12

Zona Land: Graphing X-Y Scaling

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/graphPaper/scalingGraphPaper/scalingGraphPaper.html

Interactive web page for demonstrating the interaction of the X and Y axis on graphs. Grades 6-12

Interactive Math Site

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
Games teaching color theory, knots, algorithms, graphs and more. Grades 6+

Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath
This is a must see for every math teacher. Each grade level section includes lesson plans, interactive lessons for students and an interactive version of NCTM Standards. Be sure to bookmark this one!
Grades Pre-k-12

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml

Math site with puzzles, games, a math glossary, and more. All Grades

Math Goodies: Interactive Math Lessons With A Problem-Solving Approach!

http://www.mathgoodies.com/

A free educational site featuring interactive math lessons. All Grades

QuickMath
http://quickmath.com
QuickMath is an online calculator that solves equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus problems - instantly and automatically! The answer is then displayed on your browser, usually within a couple of seconds. Grades 9-12

The Math Forum @ Drexel's Ask Dr. Math
http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math
The Math Forum @ Drexel's Ask Dr. Math is a database of math problems with tutorial solutions that lets students search for problems similar to those on their homework. All Grades

S.O.S. MATHematics
http://www.sosmath.com
S.O.S. MATHematics is a free resource for math review in which students can browse more than 2,500 Math pages filled with short and easy-to-understand explanations. Grades 9-12

Hotmath
http://hotmath.org
Hotmath helps students learn math: through guided step-by-step solutions for homework problems in popular textbooks. Hotmath has tutorial solutions and answers for math problems found in pre-algebra, algebra, pre-calculus, calculus and geometry textbooks. Grades 9-12

Math Glossary
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math
Math Glossary provides illustrated and animated definitions and explanations for math terms to help students with homework. Grades K-6

SchoolHouse Rock
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html
This site has lots of catchy tunes here help students learn about grammar, America, mathematics, science, and computers. The RealPlayer plug-in is required for the audio and video files. Grades 2-5

The Counting Story
http://www.magickeys.com/books/count/index.html
This site is illustrated with animated pink bunnies that do different tricks on each number page. Grades PreK-1

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A4=1

This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science. Grades K-6

Teach R Kids Math

http://www.teachrkids.com/
Students learn number basics, addition, subtraction, fractions, and much more with interactive online math worksheets. Grades PreK-3

BasketMath Interactive

http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html

Students choose a math skill from the table of contents and a mathematics question and animation based on a basketball game appears. Click the Results option to get a score.

Silver Burdett Gin Math Activites

http://www.sbgmath.com/act.html

Ready to use math activity descriptions, activity sheets and answer keys. Grades 3-6

Go Math

http://www.gomath.com

Online math with 3-D Virtual Physics, Algebra and Geometry Solutions, graphs (AutoGraph) SAT Math, and interactive tutorials and quizzes. Note: Some areas are not available to the general public. Grades 6-12

Online National Budget Simulator

http://www.budgetsim.org/nbs/

This activity asks students to adjust spending and tax expenditures in the the 2004 budget proposed by the White House in order to achieve either a balanced budget or any other target deficit. Grades 7+

King's List of Online Math Activities

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm

A huge listing of math interactive activities for all grades. Grades K-12

Math Exercises

http://www.syvum.com/math/arithmetic/level1.html

Online activites for levels 1-4. Watch for watch pop-ups, expecially Gator!

Math Advantage (Harcourt Brace)

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html

Online resource for grades K-12. Note: Grade 1 does not work.

Interactive Math Activities

http://www.globalclassroom.org/authors/florida/math/interactive.html

Pattern Blocks, base ten, and integer activities. Grades K-2

Primary Grades Interactive Math Site

http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html

Huge listing of sites related to specific math skills. Grades K-3

Measure 4 Measure

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#science

A complete list of online calculators and converters. Grades 3-12

StudyWorks

Tutoring help with interactive resources for grades 9-12 on the following topics:

Interactive Calculus http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,,NAV2-62,00.html
Interactive Trig http://www.studyworksonline.com/cda/explorations/main/0,,NAV2-23,00.html

I know That Math Games

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Math

More Interactive Resources: Maths Stories, Interactive Maths Games, Maths MagNet KS1, Maths game using Head Lice, Number Gym, Investigations, KS1~Number Jumbler, Make It Count, Multiplication and Division, Pinpoint That Number, Catapult, Frogs and Ladders, KS1~Numeracy Games, Bearings KS2/KS3, Shop Till You Drop, Tangrams, Coin Activity, Symmetry, Foundation Counting Activity, Drag and Drop Numberline, Mental Starter

SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES

Geosense
http://www.geosense.net

Test your knowledge of world geography by playing Geosense, alone or with a partner. Grades 7+

Latitude and Longitude http://www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/java/lat-long.htm

Enter two global coordinates and receive the crow's flight distance between the two or examine the
distance between many large cities on the planet. Grades 5+

Growth of A Nation

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

Explore the animated timeline that traces the growth of the United States at the animated atlas. Grades 3+

Archiving Early America

http://earlyamerica.com/series.html

This site contains movies based on the 'Famous Moments' series which highlight a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. Grades 3-8

Edison Motion Pictures http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvhm.html
*Alphabetical Listing http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edmvalpha.html
A collection of 341 Edison films, including 127 titles made from 1891 to1918. For best results, right-click and save file to computer. Grades 2-12

Take the Worldwide Table Manners Flash Quiz and find out how much you know about customs around the world. Grades 2-8

Wicked

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/science/what_on_earth.php

Interactive shockwave quizzes on topics of geology.

Kids in the House

http://clerkkids.house.gov/kmain_index.php3

An interactive center created to help kids learn about the United States House of Representatives and its role in lawmaking. Grades 2-5

FactFinder Kids' Corner:

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html

A super site for kids to learn U. S. census information. Includes an interactive map students can click on to learn information about each state. Also includes online quizzes. Grades 2-5

National Geographic's "Xpeditions":

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/hall/index.html

Check out this interactive "museum" that will take on geography journeys. Come in and visit an archeological dig or climb a mountain. This site includes lesson plans, games, maps, activities and more. Grades 5-8

Virtual Tourist

http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/
At this site there is an interactive world map and you'll be instantly transported to a large collection of online sites located in the continent, country, city, or town or your choice. Grades 6-12

Time Capsule
http://www.dmarie.com/timecap
There are many time capsule sites available on the web and this is just one that students can use. At this site you can type in a specific date and see the highlights including music, politics, TV, movies, prices of goods, etc. Grades 3-8

Scholastic News
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
The News Zone presents current events that are most relevant to students, in a format that is fun and appealing. The current events and engaging activities include Note Now, Games and Quizzes, What’s Your IQ and Write a Caption. Grades 3-8

Gameaquarium

http://www.gamequarium.com

A collection of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Grades PreK-6

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A4=1

This site contains a variety of edu-taining activities covering areas of math, language arts, social studies, and science. Grades K-6

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
This site provides interactive timelines, essays, visual histories, and a reference room with speeches, music, images, maps, and more from various periods of American history. Ask a professional historian questions, play games, or watch a flash movie. Grades 3-12

Consumer Kids

http://www.consumerkids.govt.nz/english/index.html

Economics for the 8-10 year old.

World Magazine

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/index.html
This e-zine from National Geographic provides articles, online games, brainteasers, plus lots of other
surprises. Grades 3+

The Seven Wonders of the World

http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm
Take a virtual tour of the seven wonders of the world and and learn about The Temple of Artemis, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Great Pyramid, The Lighthouse of Alexandria plus three others.

I Know That Social Studies Games

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_SocialStudies

READING RESOURCES

Sesame Street Games
Play over 100 games, hear your favorite theme songs, read interactive stories from Sesame Street. Grades PreK-1

My Hero: An Interactive Series

http://myhero.com/home.asp

My Hero is a non-profit educational project that brings information to a global audience. From peacemakers such as Nelson Mandela to scientific visionaries such as Albert Einstein, visitors can explore historical and contemporary heroes. Visitors are also invited to create web pages about the people who inspire them, providing thousands of children and their parents a chance to tell their stories. Grades 2-12

Room 108 Don't Wet The Bear

http://www.netrover.com/~jjrose/bear/bearintro.html

Play this fun interactive game which is just like Hangman but instead you throw a bucket of water over a bear. The word lists include: Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Colour Words, Dolch action words, Number Words 1-16.

Room 108 Original Hangman

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/hangori.htm

Play this fun interactive game which is like the regular Hangman. The word lists is the Common, Number, Animal, Bible and Colour Words.

K-8 Online Animated Interactive Lessons

http://www.dositey.com/index.html

Free animated online workbooks for the development of reading and math skills, Grades K-8. You can also print out free worksheets. Grades K-8

Storybook Station

http://www.searsportrait.com/StoryBook/StoryBook_StoryIndex.asp

Sears created this interactive site to use with elementary school children. Just choose your favorite holiday story and answer a few short questions. When you click "submit", your personalized story will be complete. You can also print the story. Grades 1-4