Jane Ryan Elementary School

List of Recommended Sites For Fourth Grade

Language Arts Sites

http://www.stonesoup.com/ This student created magazine includes articles and art by young people.

http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml For students want to be published.

http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm Biography Maker: This is a step by step process on how to write a biography.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm An online writing guide.

http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/bookmain.html Students can write and publish stories.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids Site sponsored by Houghton.

Math Sites

AAA Math Basic Math Skills with Interactive Practice on every page.

Brain Teasers Test you math abilities with the math question of the week.

Change Maker: Cash register games.

Flashcards for Kids Includes timed flashcards for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Hungry for Math Fractions and recipes mixed together.

Fraction Shapes Students manipulate shapes to create new shapes.

Fun Brain Math Baseball A baseball game using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Harcourt School for Math Math games by grade level.

Interactive Mathematics: Use manipulatives on-line.

Multiplication.Com Interactive games of multiplication.

Stanley Park Chase Use math skills to help find the gold!

Science Sites

Solar System

Amazing Space Explorations: Online animations for exploration of the universe.

Kid Space Air and Space: Learn and read about things in the sky.

Kids Com Planetarium Adventure Learn more about each planet.

Mars Exploration Rover Expedition Latest Mars photographs

The Nine Planets Includes movies of the planets

Science Monster - Solar System Facts about each planet.

Virtual Globe See the world shaded with the areas that are currently in the dark.

Windows to the Universe: Go to "Cool Stuff" and see a collection of virtual tours and images.

Zoom Astronomy: A comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy

Plants
Great Plant Escape: Help Detectives to unlock mysteries of plant life.
Plants and Our Environment
Seeds of Change Garden: Investigate plants during yearly seasons
Exploring the Secret Life of Trees
Helping Plants Grow Well
Eric 's Garden

Simple Machines

http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ try out some simple machines.

Social Studies Sites

Continents, Maps and Globes
Continents Click on Land Forms to find the continents.
The continents
What is Latitude and Longitude?
Anchors Aweigh Tour