HCISD Gifted & Talented / Advanced Placement

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/jld_gtld.html
Students who are gifted and learning disabled 

www.brainpop.com   
BrainPOP - Health, Science, Technology, Math, English, & Social Studies Educational Animation for Kids.  

www.timefor kids.com
Election and debate site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur 
Marc Brown, author

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville 
Dr. Seuss

http://www.harperchildrens.com 
Childrens' author site

http://www.berenstainbears.com 
Authors Stan and Jan Berenstain

http://www.fema.gov/kids/   
A weather site

http://www.endangeredspecie.com 
Animals 

http://www.greece for kids.com 
A site for the study of Greece

http://www.factmonster.com
A wealth of information for all subjects plus reference sources and homework help
       
http://aimsedu.org  
Activities integrating math and science

http://balancedassessment.concord.org
A large collection of innovative mathematics assessment tasks

Sites for economics/mini-society unit

http://www.fleetkids.com/index.html
This site lets you sign up your school and as the students play, they
get points for the school that can then help them win prizes from Bank
of America.

http://www.moneyopolis.com/new/home.asp
This site has you sign up as a class and then you can keep track of the
lessons they have completed and how they progressed through each
topic.  It includes income tax, an allowance budget maker, and owning
and operating a virtual baseball team.



M. Pearcy Favorite Websites for GT

1st Grade Websites - FAIRYTALES UNIT

http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main  
Hans Christian Anderson stories

http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main  
Grimm Brothers stories

http://www.noggin.com/games/storytime/index.php?story=red&activity=main
Ddifferent fairytales told on noggin

http://www.brementownmusicians.com/en/story 
Bremen town musician story

http://www.kidsfuncanada.com/en/bremq/  
Bremen town musician’s game

http://www.realprincess.com/en/main      
Princess & the pea story

http://www.kidsfuncanada.com/en/realp/    
Princess & the pea game

http://www.littleredridinghood.ca/en/main   
Little red riding hood story

http://www.emperorsnewsuit.com/en/textonly  
Emperor’s new clothes story

http://www.emperorsnewsuit.com/en/story 
Emperor’s new clothes game

http://www.adventuresofpeterrabbit.com/en/story 
Adventures of peter rabbit story

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=lmr&book=k3rainbow&story=_
Fairy tales for 6 year old  ( text only)

http://www.kidstuffcanada.com/en/redri/  
Coloring pages for several stories

http://www.janbrett.com/games/games_main.htm 
Jan Brett website games

http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/mouse_concentration.htm 
Jan Brett mouse concentration game

http://www.kidsfuncanada.com/en/memory/  
Animal memory game

http://www.animatedhalloween.com/en/thanks 
Halloween fun website

http://www.playtimecanada.com/ play time 
Canada website to read, play, & color


ENDANGED SPECIES/ANIMALS UNIT

http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
Endangered Species website 

http://www.iwc.org/aworldwithout/
Endangered Species- A World Without Website

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/diversity.html
Education Place Activity: Natural Diversity

http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html
Endangered Species Information, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

http://www.owlpages.com/physiology/Default.htm
Owl Physiology, Anatomy of Owls, Owl Facts

http://www.statefishart.com/
Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest

http://kids.ran.org/kidscorner/rainforests/slideshow/
Rain forest / endangered animals 


CULTURES

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/publications/texansoneandall/texans.htm
Best site on Texas cultures   Texans One and All   

http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~klwehner/A%20New%20Life.htm
A New Life: Coming to America

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/
A Stitch In Time! A WebQuest on Quilting Traditions

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/oregon/
Oregon Trail Web quest 

 http://www.peak.org/~mransom/pioneers.html
Oregon Trail: The Great Migration: 1843 Pioneer Wagon Train to Oregon

 http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/index.htm
The University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio Home Page  

http://utopia.utexas.edu/history/index.html
UTOPIA – University of Texas at Austin 

 http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/stennille/ST3/webquest.html
Cultures Web quest

ELECTIONS

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/
Life in the White House 

ENVIRONMENTAL UNITS

http://www.kiskadee.org/
Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society 

http://www.uaf.edu/salrm/gbg/botanicallinks/propagation.html
Plant propagation (how to)  

http://www.epa.gov/students/
Environmental protection agency site for kids has cool stuff

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/index.cfm
EcoKids  (has learning games and neat stuff)

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/index.html
Toxic Waste Game 

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/paper/

http://kids.ran.org/kidscorner/rainforests/slideshow/
Rain forest / endangered animals 

http://www.globe.gov/hq/templ.cgi?theater&lang=en&nav=1
Environmental videos 

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
The World Biomes 

http://edugreen.teri.res.in/
Environmental website called EduGreen 

http://www.enature.com/localguide/localguide_standard_display.asp?curGroupID=1&zipcode=78550
Local Guide to Birds in South Texas 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/themes.html
National geographic website about themes of geography  

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/rainforest/
Rainforest (An Eco Tourist Webquest)

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/schoolgarden/
Web quest for designing your own garden 

INSECTS

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/index.html
Cockroach game 


FABLES

http://coe.nevada.edu/jbanales/webquest/index.html
Aesop's Fables 
 
http://www.webterrace.com/aesop/index.htm
Aesop Fables - The Complete works of Aesop  

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/skits/fableskits.htm
Aesop's Fable Skits - Mrs. Sunda's Third Grade Gifted Class

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/cgi/aesop1.cgi?1&LifeofAesop
Aesop's Fables - "LifeofAesop" - 656+ fables 

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/contents.html
Aesop's Fables -- Contents 
 
http://tomsdomain.com/aesop/aesopintro.htm
Introduction  TO AESOP Who was he?  

FAMOUS AMERICANS UNIT

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa
General Famous Americans  


PRESIDENTS

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/speeches.htm
Abraham Lincoln's Speeches and Writings
 
http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trenv.html
Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt Conservation 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/intro.html
American Experience | The Presidents | Introduction to the Series | PBS 

http://www.americanpresident.org/history/h_home.shtml
American Presidents
 
http://www.fredericksburg.com/CivilWar/Teaching/Education/Definitions/a_nation_divided/Forms/Issues/Activities/puzzle
America's Civil War: puzzle

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt  

http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html
Biography of Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States 

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/map.htm
Confederate & Union States Map

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conservation.htm
Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt Association 

http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/dayinlife/sunrise/home.html
Day in the Life: Sunrise Home 

http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/FDRcartoons.html
FDR Cartoons Main Page

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrbio.html
Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography  

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html
George Washington  

http://www.nationalcenter.org/WashingtonCivility.html
George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation  

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/lesson/life/index.html
Learning About George Washington  

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/
Life in the White House white house for kids 

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/lifeoftr.htm
Life of Theodore Roosevelt as President and much more  
 
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/chronology/frame.html
Lincoln/Net: Chronology of Abraham Lincoln's Life 
 
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/4403.html
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in Translation - English  

http://www.dropbears.com/b/broughsbooks/history/us_presidents.htm
List of U.S Presidents - American Presidents from Washington to George W. Bush  

http://www.monticello.org/house/index.html
The House  Monticello room by room

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/civility/transcript.html
The Papers of George Washington  

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/index.html
The Papers of George Washington 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/trftime.html
Theodore Roosevelt on Film  

http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/
Theodore Roosevelt: Icon of the American Century  

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/jefferson
Thomas Jefferson  

http://www.library.arizona.edu/users/arawan/usmap.htm
U.S. Civil War Center -- A Nation Divided (Map)  

OCEANS

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/oceans/
Ocean Web Quest

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/dolphins/
Dolphin or Tuna Web Quest  

http://www.statefishart.com/states/
Your state fish 


WEATHER

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/weather/title.html

http://www.globe.gov/hq/templ.cgi?theater&lang=en&nav=1
Some videos about weather 


OTHER FUN SITES

http://digicc.com/fido/
Fido Puzzle    

http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/interactive_curriculum_sites.htm
Interactive Curriculum Sites   has all kinds of really cool stuff in all areas 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/profbooks/technology/easyinternet/index.htm
Professional Books  great for famous Americans 

http://www.quia.com/dir/geo/
Quia - Geography - top 20 activities  great geography, map, games etc. 

http://www.quia.com/cb/24459.html
Quia - Geography and Map Skills Handbook  

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/activities/activities/activity_black_magic.html
Yucky Lab Activities 

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/index.html
Yucky Lab Activities   Human Body sites 

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/fun_n_games/category_creepycraft.html
Yucky Lab Activities Creepy Crafts sites

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/mars/
Human life on Mars WebQuest 

GENERAL / TECHNOLOGY SITES

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/

CIA - The World Factbook  
 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Teacher Resources
http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/tresources.html

Additional Resources

http://www.4teachers.org/braingames/index.shtml
Brain Games – with applicable Technology standard

http://www.dep.anl.gov/aattack.htm
The ArithmAttach – math practice

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
Brain Teasers - A weekly challenge for grades 3-8

http://www.mnh.si.edu/garden/
Seeds of Change – Interdisciplinary Unit

http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/tif/index.html
TIF Web Sites created by Harlingen teachers

http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/virtualtrips.html
Virtual Field Trips created by Harlingen staff

First - Third Grade GT Units: Technology Integration
Developed by HCISD's Gifted & Talented Program

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/gted/
TEA Division of Advanced Academic Services

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/
National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/links.htm#FOR KIDS AND TEENS:

http://www.nagc.org
National Association for Gifted Children

http://www.collegeboard.org/
Information on AP, SAT

http://www.txgifted.org
GT advocacy group for teachers and parents

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
Outstanding resources for teachers and parents

http://www.coe.unt.edu/gifted/
On-line graduate courses in gifted education at University of North Texas

http://www.schoollife.net/schools/
A project that generates student-collected grocery price data for computation, analysis and conclusion-building

http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
A list of categorized internet sites for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth

http://www.RogerTaylor.com/
Connecting the curriculum using an interdisciplinary Approach K-12

http://www.tenet.edu/teks/language_arts/resources/getstart.html#STUDENT_CENTERED
Language arts web site for teachers and students K-12

http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
History and social studies website K-12

http://www.quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/index.html
Allows students to get involved with authentic science with NASA

http://finearts.esc20.net/art/ARThome.htm
Fine Arts Center for Educator Development (art, music, dance, theatre)

http://www.funbrain.com/
Excellent site for teachers, students, and parents

http:www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/
Word of the day e-mail. It's Free!

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/
Subscriptions can be turned on and off from at the Web

http://www.visualthesaurus.com
Visual Thesaurus Online Edition

http://www.cartoonbank.com
Cartoon Bank

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/whatsnew.htm
Science for Kids

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/scientists/subscribe.htm
You can sign up or sign off, or change your subscription information

http:://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/getstarted/default.asp"
Microsoft MovieMaker 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/expert/default.asp
Microsoft MovieMaker2.0 for the expert

http://www.aaronshep.com
Author on-line, tips for storytelling

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Filamentality– an interactive website that assists teachers in developing activities for students

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
New York Times Learning Network 3rd-12th

http://www.learner.org/jnorth
Allows students to be engaged in tracking and sharing information on migrating animals and seasonal changes

http://www.newsofthecentury.com/
Students are challenged to design award-winning front pages about the 20th century

http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/
K-12 History on the Internet Resource Guide

http://www.historynet.com
The History Net

http://www.quia.com
Create your own activities

http://www.accessexcellence.org
Specifically for biology teaching and learning

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/homepg.htm
Busy teachers website. K-12 with materials, lesson plans, and classroom activities.

http://www.teleport.com/~vincer/math.html
Math Education Resources; this site offers links to many good online math sites and includes lesson plans, curriculum guides, and interactive links, such as the Gallery of Interactive Geometry.

http://www.nwf.org/nwf/education
National Wildlife Federation. Environmental Education K-8.

http://www.seaworld.org/teacherguides/teacherguides.html
Sea World provides lesson plans and a teacher's guide for a variety of subjects relating to life in and around the ocean.

http://www.cagle.com/teacher
Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonist: helpful hints and lesson plans on how to use the site in the classroom.

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.htm
Theme - Related Resources on the World Wide Web: a collection of activities and links for over 30 theme categories.

http://www.field-guides.com
A collection of virtual field trips on a variety of topics.

http://www.ccph.com/index.html
Let's Go Around the World combines cultures in other parts of the world with language arts instruction in the classroom.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/pocantic.html
Great elementary school site with student and class-created websites on a variety of subjects including Harriet Tubman, Sarah Plain and Tall, the Twentieth Century, and Earth Day.

http://www2.hawaii.edu/suremath/home.html
21st Century Problem Solving: this site is dedicated to helping students learn how to solve word problems. It includes valuable teacher materials and areas in math, physics, and chemistry.

http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/
Alphabet Superhighway: this very extensive site features many activities for students and resources for teachers.

http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
From Microsoft, here is a very extensive site that features online lesson plans and activities on a variety of subjects.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education
This site includes many lesson plans and classroom ideas in three grade categories: K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.

http://www.usgs.gov/education/
This is the educational resources portion of the U.S. Geological Survey's website, with many classroom lessons.

http://users.hsonline.net/kidatart/
The Imagination Factory includes lessons, activities and links to other art and environmental sites, all with a focus on recycling.

http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons
AskEric offers more than 1,000 lesson plans on a variety of subjects.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
A searchable database of tutorials activities and lesson plans.