Content Area Resources

Language Arts Math
King County Library Home Page-
The choices will surprise you. King County Library System, King County, Washington.
King County Library Kidpage--
Go directly to the Kids' Page and find recommended book titles, branch activities, and lots more.
National Council of Teachers of English: http://www.ncte.org
Amanda's Mnemonics Page-- I think the most useful part of a mnemonic is for remembering the order of things...planets, presidents, kings, battles.
American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/
Primary Math Games
Illuminations Site
This site is designed to "illuminate" the new NCTM Principles and Standards for K-12 School Mathematics.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics:
Flash Cards Exchange
A site for trying out flash cards-not just math, but social studies, vocabulary, literature, and lots more.
Math Baseball
MathGym--Good puzzles and games are a fun way to develop the thinking processes often used in Mathematical problem solving.
Addition
Description: Pre-K and Kindergarten addition: The bus number tells you how many children you should put on the bus. Click and drag the children, in as many different ways as you can. When the children are sitting down, click "check number" to make the bus go. If you have too many children, you can click on anyone sitting to make them stand again.
Clock Wise
Description: 1st – 3rd grade Telling Time: This activity allows the student to input any time through the day and see it displayed on the clock. The user can also choose to have a random time displayed and try to correctly identify it.
Polyhedron
Description: 5th – 8th grade Surface Area: Create and discover patterns using three dimensional blocks. Visual Thinking Topic 9 in GWM (link on MTP Concept Index - Geometry)
Integers Description: 6th – 8th grade positive and negative integers: Demonstrates addition and subtraction on a number line. (link on MTP Concept Index – Number)
Science/Health Social Studies
National Science Teachers Association: http://www.nsta.org/

Bullying Online--Bullied at school and if you feel you don't have any friends. Here's help and advice if you're having a hard time. There's also information on how to stay safe.

Dinosaurs on the Natural History Museum site--Here is a brief introduction to dinosaurs.

Flags And Maps Of The World--Here you can view national flags and maps for countries of the world.
50 States--Blank state outline maps.
State Maps--State maps, capitols, flags, and lots more.
City Of Shoreline--Office site of the community in which we live.
Social Studies for Washington Teachers and Students: National Council for the Social Studies: http://www.ncss.org/
History Link--Information on the local history in this region, from the Denny Family to the Seattle World's Fair.
Smithsonian--The Smithsonian is the umbrella sight for Washington D.C. musuems--The National Art Gallery, Air and Space Museum, Musuem of Natural Histroy, etc.
The White House --The official government site of the White House.
Africa Web Cam --Remote wildlife webcams Antarctica Web Cam--Facinating views of weather & research projects.Panama Canal Cam --Watch ships transfer between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Miraflores Locks.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government--This is an excellent site to discover the history of the United States.
Musuem of Flight--Site for the Seattle Museum of Flight, exhibitions and activities.
  • Time Magazine For Kids--The online kids souce of Time magazine.`
    Nasa for Kids--Puzzles and games about space exploration
  • Art General
    Seattle Art Musuem--The museum site includes a kids' page, teachers' page and other links to SAM's activities.

    Tech Links-
    Extremely Helpful links for all subject levels. Collected by Shoreline TIS, Bob Stegner.