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Here are a few good sites for students and parents to visit

CTK previous Student Links page

Search Engines for Teens and Kids

Google For Kids

Yahooligans

Thinkfinity

Kindergarten Links

Grade 7 Animation Project - To view samples, check out the Tech4Learning site. Log in to Ed1Stop and go to Project Help to view the Recipes and Snacks.

Always start your research at ed1stop or Nettrekker

Ed1Stop is an award winning Web portal service from Contra Costa County Office of Education that acts as a personal gateway to both subscription-based services and free educational Web sites. These portal resources have been selected to help teachers meet state standards and students complete successful research and curriculum tasks.

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This link works only at school
Atomic Learning, our online resource for software training. It's available to our students and their families, in school and at home 24/7 throughout the school year. Use the ID and passwword given in the classroom.

Need copyright friendly clip art? Video or audio? Go to UnitedStreaming by logging into Ed1Stop and going to Curriculum Resources.

Religion

Looking for information on a saint? Try this site. Angeles and Saints


Social Studies

An excellent source for American History is the Library of Congress - American Memory

The New York Times Learning Network benefits students in junior high with news summaries.

Time for Kids is great for kids of all ages.

Check out the Weekly Reader for current events and news summaries.

A beautiful site for all your geography needs - games, pictures, information and articles from National Geographic.

If you are studying about the government of the United States, don't miss this site created by a Berkeley High School teacher, Teel's Government Page.

Attention Fourth Graders! Do you need a place to start your reasearch on the Califronia Missions? Try The Uncommon Mission

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Browse the world in a Virtual Classroom

 Math

 

For great math practice go to AAA Math.

Interactive Math is an awesome virtual math site.

Students can visit Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies for puzzles, math chats, homework help, and tutoring options. A good site for practicing basic math facts.

Looking for a place to practice math skills while having great fun? Try Cool Math for Kids or Fun Brain, both with a variety of fun math activities.

A great site for Metric - U.S. Measurement Conversions

 

Language Arts

 

Mr. Kirby's Writing Tips is a great page to help organize creative writing ideas.

Merriam-Webster's site just for kids, Word Central has clever,colorful, and kid friendly activities with vocabulary.

Book Adventure is a Web-based reading program for kids 5-14. If you need some suggestions for books to read, check out the reviews on this site.

If you need help with a bibliography, visit Student ABC or BibMe

 

Science

 

If you need an idea for a science fair project, visit Nettrekker. Go to Science - then Science Projects

NASA's Planetary Photojournal is the place to go for those stunning photos you want to illustrate projects about the solar system. Try Earthview for views of the earth from every angle. Zoom Dinosaurs is a great site if you love those giant prehistoric reptiles. Need a science summary? Try Science Daily .

Windows to the Universe. Funded by NASA, this is an extremely comprehensive site on space science.

Try Tiny Planets for some science fun with aliens Bing and Bong. I love the site COOL SCIENCE FOR CURIOUS KIDS

If you are looking for information for animal reports try the UC Berkeley site, Animals, Animals, Animals

Have some fun while earning food for the hungry at the Free Rice site or earn water at Free Poverty.


 Technology

 

If you are interested in how the computer works, click on the computer.


Copyright laws are important to know when you are using information from the internet. Here is a great site written by fifth graders that might help in understanding the complicated rules of copyright. It's called From Pokemon to Picasso, Art Rights and Wrongs .

If you are creating a movie or podcast and need copyright free music try Pod Safe Audio.

Need creative commons phopos? Try the Morgue File or Flickr

If you are looking for more information on html or need a RGB color chart with Hex codes try WebMonkey.


Clip Art

The Kidz Page

Discovery School

School Clip Art

A List of Clip Art for Kids