5th Grade Links
General
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/jewish_life/index.html
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-century.html
http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/usim.html
http://www.nps.gov/latino/latinothemestudy/immigration.htm
http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1820
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/timeline.htm
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm Stories of immigration, graphs and charts, tour of Ellis Island, statistics, publishing oral histories, book lists – additional websites and links under “More to Explore”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/ Current US policies on immigration (difficult vocabulary)
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/immigration.html US Census Bureau – population maps, international migration (difficult vocabulary)
http://www.42explore2.com/migration.htm LOTS of websites and links on immigration and migration
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/immigrating.htm
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/immigration/index.html
http://www.ushistory.org/us/38c.asp
http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachdearamerica/westward.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/italian_immigration.cfm
Elements of Geology
Rock Cycle: http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle
Atoms:
Molecules
http://www.reciprocalnet.org/edumodules/commonmolecules/index.html
http://www.ivy-rose.co.uk/Chemistry/GCSE/Common-Chemicals-in-the-Home_Molecular-Formulae.php
http://www.chemicalformula.org/chemistry-help/common-chemical-formula
http://www.worldofmolecules.com/
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/
Elements
http://www.chemicool.com/
http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/chemistry.html
http://elements.wlonk.com/
http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/
http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon980109/skinnyon.html
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Chemistry/Elements/
Structures of Matter
Experiments
Compounds
Mixtures and Solutions
Biomes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php
http://www.mbgnet.net/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/biome.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/
http://bioexpedition.com/biomes/
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/biomes.htm
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/map.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/antarctica.html
Cycles
Water Cycle
Oxygen Cycle
Nitrogen cycle resources
Ecosystems
Food Webs
Create your own food web: http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/food-webs.htm
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/food-web/?ar_a=1
http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/projects/fingernails/foodweb/definition.html
Endangered Animals
Photosynthesis
Carbon/Oxygen
Terrariums
http://www.stormthecastle.com/terrarium/terrarium-basics.htm
http://containergardening.about.com/od/floweringcontainergarden/ss/Terrariumht.htm
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/science-fair-projects/96257-make-an-easy-terrarium/
http://www.thefernandmossery.com/2009/04/how-to-make-terrarium-materials-and.html
http://spikesworld.spike-jamie.com/science/ecology/c241-02-terrarium.html
http://teachnet.com/lessonplans/science/biology/terrariums-the-water-cycle/
http://www.ehow.com/how_5102985_build-terrarium-kids.html
http://www.kidsvt.com/vermont/building-a-terrarium/Content?oid=2141573
http://www.stormthecastle.com/terrarium/soda-bottle-terrarium.htm
Aquariums
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Freshwater-Aquarium
http://fish.mongabay.com/aquarium.htm
http://www.petco.com/caresheets/fish/SetUpFreshwaterAquarium.pdf
http://ezinearticles.com/?Elements-of-a-Freshwater-Aquarium-Setup---The-Fish-Tank&id=3354978
http://www.ehow.com/how_8658967_set-up-fishtank.html
http://www.untamedscience.com/lessons/setting-classroom-aquarium
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/project_ideas/balanced_ecosystem/
Aquarium Life
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=900+1499+1530&pcatid=1530
http://www.mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/mosquito_control/mosquitofish_fact_sheet.php
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/native/elodea.html
http://www.ehow.com/about_5452658_elodea.html
http://www.arkive.org/great-pond-snail/lymnaea-stagnalis/
http://molluscs.at/gastropoda/index.html?/gastropoda/freshwater/lymnaea.html
All Spheres
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ESS/ESSspheres.html
http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/fourspheres.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/dynamic/session4/sess4_interactions.htm
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0103/es0103page01.cfm
http://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/climate/1a.html
http://www.flatheadwatershed.org/natural_history/natcycles.shtml
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/spheres.html
Geosphere/Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Owl Pellets
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm
http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/do/pellet/why_study.aspx
www.advfn.com
www.bigcharts.com
www.dailystocks.com
www.djindexes.com
www.dowjones.com
www.marketwatch.com
www.money.msn.com/stocks
www.nyse.com
www.thestreet.com
www.usatoday.com
www.yahoofinance.com
Economics for kids - http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=455
Sites about money - http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_money.shtml
Japanese economy - http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/economy/
International economics - http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/st/eng/index.htm
Various websites on economics - http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/School-Bell/Social-Studies/Economics?pstart=11
People who influenced the world economy -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/people/index.html
Economic reports on various countries -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/index.html
Key world events that influence the world economy -http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/timemap/index.html
Gulf oil spill - http://www.bp.com/
Gulf oil spill - http://gulfoilspill.blogspot.com/
Gulf oil spill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Gulf oil spill - http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100910/BUSINESS/9100329/1003/Gulf-oil-spill-claims-fund-presents-big-decision
Gulf oil spill - http://blog.al.com/live/2010/09/survey_oil_spill_changes_ala_v.html
Economies of different countries - http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Economies of different countries - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
Economies of different countries - http://www.state.gov/misc/list/index.htm
Economies of different countries - http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/ Stock market crash - http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic19.html
Stock market crash - http://library.thinkquest.org/J001569/st.html
Stock market crash - http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm
Stock market crash - http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/crash_1929/index.html
The great depression - http://www.42explore2.com/depresn.htm
The great depression - http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/er2a.htm
The great depression - http://www.stocks-simplified.com/Facts-About-the-Great-Depression.html
The great depression - http://www.allabouthistory.org/life-during-the-great-depression.htm
The great depression - http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/267-great-depression.html
Entrepreneurs
http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/index.htm
http://www.financial-inspiration.com/famous-entrepreneurs.html
http://www.topbusinessentrepreneurs.com/
http://entrepreneurs.incredible-people.com/
http://www.freshthinkingbusiness.com/entrepreneur-bios.html
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/boss/
Economics
Advertising
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/youarehere/
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/
http://www.mensaforkids.org/lessons/Media/MFKLessons-Media-all.pdf
http://www.annefrank.org/en/
http://www.nineplanets.org/
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html
http://umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/latest.html
http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/
http://www.earthsky.org/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6955261/?GT1=10450
http://www.space.com/
Phases of the moon
Constellations
Revolutionary War
The Gilder Lehrman Institute: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution.php
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/revolutionarywar1.htm
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html newspaper chronicles of the American Revolution
Civil War
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/
http://www.civilwar.org/education/students/
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/facts.htm
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/overview.htm
http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/interactive/
http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/unionconfederacy/
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarmenu/a/cause_civil_war.htm
http://www.historynet.com/states-rights-civil-war