temporary link to AR
Accelerated Reader
Learn how to use Word processing programs
Mrs. Sterling's Word Pad
Colonial Williamsburg - electronic field trips
login is tualatinvalley, you must enter the password I gave you (shh)
Colonial Williamsburg
How the Brain works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/brain.htm
Brain info
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000135.html
BBC's kids' info about brains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/brain.shtml
Harcourt school e-labs
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2002/grade_5
Read letters from a Pilgrim girl or Wampanoag boy
Visit the Pilgrim village or the Wampanoag village
Thanksgiving virtual field trips
National Geographic
Click on GeoBee link for today's quiz
You can also choose yesterday's quiz
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
National Geographic videos
cities and countries
news
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/
Sound - hearing frequencies of animals
Lots more choices than our science book
http://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html
Kids Bible Info
questions answered, stories, fun stuff
http://www.kidsbibleinfo.com/lessons
Make your own "Wanted" Poster
http://www.glassgiant.com/wanted/
Pirates NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/
National Science Foundation - Pirates
http://whyfiles.org/036pirates/
Capt. Dave's Treasure
A research-based game
http://dcls.org/pirate/
Thinkquest is full of pirate information
try the biographies
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110360/history.htm
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Site for Nez Perce Trail used by Joseph and his band as they fled the soldiers.
http://nezpercetrail.net/
Our textbook chap 1
World Studies: Asia and the Pacific (East Asia)
our textbook chap 2
World Studies: Asia and the Pacific (Southwest Asia)
Try out the 10 questions on today's quiz.
Enter a name and choose the level of difficulty
Geo Bee Quiz
data base about historic bridges all over the U.S.
Look up by "category", then click on "facts" for all the info you need.
Thanks, Calvin, for finding this
Historic Bridges of the U.S.
Bridges listed alphabetically
You can scroll down to look for specific types
Bridge Mapper
This lists all the different types of bridges on the Willamette River and has
good descriptions and explanations of how they work.
Multnomah County's Bridges
Click on the 6 choices they looked at. They've decided against the last 3, but
the first 3 are still in the running. Which one do you think would be best for
a new Sellwood Bridge here in Portland? Extra credit if you write a letter
explaining your choice.
Sellwood Bridge Alternatives
Talk about TORSION! Click on the "Play" button to see short video(maybe 4
minutes)
Video of Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Building Big Labs
Super Bridge
make puzzles, crosswords on discovery education's site
Discovery's Puzzlemaker
log in with your login and password
IF you get permission to use your parents' email address, put it in and they
will be notified that you are using this program
Discovery Education
Trailer for Born to be Wild
http://www.omsi.edu/sites/all/FTP/files/OMNIMAX/borntobewild.swf
Meet the orangutans who starred in the movie, "Born to be Wild"
Orangutan Foundation
Meet the elephants from the movie, "Born to be Wild"
David Sheldrick Wildlife trust
Create a Character from a book; draw a portrait and write 10 things about this
character
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/
Historical record of Amos Fortune
Historical Society of Cheshire County, NH
Answer the questions by clicking on web links and finding information about
Harriet Tubman. EXTRA CREDIT social studies or reading
Harriet Tubman web search