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STAR LINKS We have compiled some links to assist students, parents, and staff. We hope you find them useful! Check back often as we will be adding them as we find them! We currently have them organized into the sections below for easier navigation: |
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Reading | Social Studies | Science | Math | Language Arts | Pre-K and Kinder | TAKS | Parents | Teachers| MISC.
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| Reading | |
| Kid Port | Kidport is an Internet-based educational service designed to help K-8 students excel in school. It provides a unique, multi-step program to create empowered learners, not simply good students. |
| LearningPlanet | Learning Planet has a variety of great activities for all grade levels. |
| FunkySkunkies.com | Author and Educator Lucas Miller's web site has science games and activities as well as previews of his books! |
| Social Studies | |
| Interactive U.S. Map | Do you know all 50 states? Well, if you don't, this game is a great way to sharpen your skills! |
| American Memory | The Library of Congress' collection of historical items. |
| Today In History | The Library of Congress' "Today in History" page. |
| History Channel Site | The history channel web site has all sorts of great historical facts and info! |
| Hyper-History Online | This is a great site for ALL sorts of interesting historical information. |
| Inventors Bookmark | Third Grade students will be using this bookmark for their inventor research!! |
| Sheppard Software | This site has a rich variety of Geography games, as well as many others! |
| State Symbols | A great site for lots of information about our wonderful 50 States! |
| CNN Student News | This site is geared towards keeping students current on world events and news! |
| Bill of Rights Institute | All you ever wanted to know about the Bill of Rights and more! |
| Science | |
| World Builders | This is a great site for an introduction to biomes. All grade levels study Life Science and knowledge of biomes can be a great foundation. |
| Simple Machines Learning Site | This is a great web page for our third graders to use to refresh their knowledge of simple machines, before, after and during their Science Unit. |
| MIKIDS-Simple Machines | This is another great site to learn the concepts the different simple machines and how they work. |
| Mr. W's Simple Machines Page | A teacher in Virginia created this site to demonstrate real life examples of simple machines! |
| Simple Machines | Brauchle El. Simple Machines Web-page is created based on the 3rd grade NISD unit. |
| NASA - Games | This site offers a few science games for kids of all ages! |
| NASA - Home | National Aeronautics and Space Administration home page. |
| NISD Science | Our district's science home page. |
| Science Links | This web page has a lot of useful science links, and was created by another NISD CIT ! |
| USGS Home | This is a wonderful site for all sorts of geological information throughout our country. |
| Chem4Kids | This web site is geared towards kids of all ages, and teaches a variety of physical and chemical science concepts. |
| Catch the Waves | This is a great web site to demonstrate the Light Spectrum. |
| Wildlife Trust | Second grade use this site to support their Science Unit on Woodland Forests. |
| USGS Weathering vs. Erosion Page | This page explains the difference between erosion and weathering. |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | This is a great resource to explain and extend many of the Elementary Science units we cover!! |
| Exploring Earth's History | This is a great resource to provide children a visual perspective of Pangea. |
| Pangea to Present | Another great resource to help students better understand the concept of Pangea |
| NASA 4 Kids | Here is a link to NASA's games for kids!!! |
| Internet Classroom | Here is a link to Internet Classroom where you can find activities for all grade levels. |
| National Zoological Park | Smithsonian's National Zoological Park's web site. |
| OLogy | American Museum of Natural History's collection of children's activities. |
| Plate Tectonics | Images and explanation of plate tectonic theories. |
| NISD - Outdoor Classroom | This is one very exciting extension of NISD's science curriculum! |
| Creature Features | National Geographic Kid's web page allows kids to search for particular animals, and habitats! |
| Sally Ride Science | Dr. Sally Ride's Science site designed to inform and inspire through education! |
| Math | |
| Destination Math - Riverdeep | Access student activities designed and created by your classroom teacher! |
| FunBrain | Funbrain offer lots of great games for a wide variety of ages! |
| Math Links | Here is a great list of web links for kids focusing on Math content! |
| A+ Math | A great web site for different basic facts games! |
| Allmath.com | Another great interactive web site to improve math fact skills. |
| Virtual Manipulatives | This is a link to the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives which offers K-5 activities. |
| AAA Math | Math topics with interactive practice, explanations and challenge games for each. |
| Teaching Time | Fun games and activities that make teaching time fun! |
| Time for Time | Teaching Clock. This clock will allow you to change the time in whatever minute/hour intervals you want. |
| Rainforest Math | Activities and games for all age users!!! |
| The Math Forum | This is a wonderful resource, for parents, teachers, and students alike! |
| What time will tell? | Here is a site for students to practice elapsed time. |
| Harcourt Elapsed Time | Another great tool to practice elapsed time! |
| Math Playground | Contains a wide variety of games and activities to support classroom objectives! |
| Language Arts | |
| ALA - Sites for Kids | This page contains a collection of links that will offer a wide variety of applications for improving Language Arts skills. |
| Pre-K and Kinder | |
| Mouse Exercises | This is a great site to help get the kids used to using a computer. |
| Little Fingers.com | This site incorporates mouse skills while introducing academic concepts. |
| KinderWeb | A great site for younger children to teach computer skills, as well as support academic goals! |
| TAKS Resources | |
| TAKS Study Guides | This page has T.E.A. created study guides to help with TAKS objectives. |
| TAKS Tests | Here you will find TEA released tests in printable form, as well as online interactive form. |
| TEKS | These are all of TEA's Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. |
| Parent Resources | |
| Control Your TV.org | This site is designed to assist parents in controlling their child's TV intake. |
| Cuisenaire Products | ETA/Cuisenaire offers products to support academic achievement. |
| Computer Guides | Here are some free computer guides to use as resources. |
| Especially for Parents | U.S. Department of Education's parent resource page. |
| Recursos en Espanol | U.S. Department of Education's parent resource page in SPANISH. |
| Additional Resources for Spanish speaking Parents. | |
| No Child Left Behind: A Parent's Guide | Parent's guide to understanding the "No Child left Behind" legislation. |
| Family WatchDog | As part of the National Sex Offender Registry, this site provides parents with information to help keep our communities safe! |
| AUP Forms | Here is a link to the district's AUP forms. |
| Teacher Resources | |
| Teacher Tube | Similar to "U-tube", teacher tube is filled with educational videos! |
| e-Files | Access your campus files from any location! |
| Ed Helper | This is a great resource for all types of lessons and activities. |
| Texas STAR Chart | Here is a link to TEA's STAR Chart Login. |
| FREE Edu Resources | Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. |
| GrantsAlert.com | A great resource to help find grants for your classroom! |
| E-Learn | NISD's virtual Learning Community! |
| RubriStar | A rich resource for most of you rubric needs! |
| Sites for Teachers | This is a great collection of web sites for all of your teaching needs! |
| The Music Room | This page has a great collection of songs to support curricular efforts! |
| T.R.S. | The Texas Teacher Retirement System's home page. |
| T.C.E.A. | Texas Computer Education Association's web site! |
| Copyright Info | This link will be very helpful in deciding what things are listed under fair use! |
| Motivator | A useful site in making motivational posters! |
| Miscellaneous | |
| freetranslation.com | Here is free web site to help translate from one language to another. |
| BabelFish | Another great site to use to translate from one language to another. |
| Fact Monster | Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and homework helper! |
| E-Pals | E-pals is a web based email community. |
| United Streaming | This is a great resource for all ages and topics, use your campus login to enter! |
| B4UCopy | A child friendly web site for teaching students copyright responsibility |
| Cyber Tree House | A interactive, student friendly guide to "Cyber Safety". |
| NetSmartz | Another interactive web site designed to teach students internet safety. |
| C.A.T.C.H. | Coordinated Approach to Child Health - This is a new model our district is beginning to use to empower our children! |
| Flaming Text | A great resource to help make your multimedia products great! |
| Kid's Turn Central | A safe, monitored site for child friendly chatting! |
| United Streaming | Here is the login page for United Streaming, you WILL need your login info! |
| Dositey.com | This site has a wide variety of games and activities for all ages!! |
| The Polar Express | The "official" Polar Express web site! |
| The Polar Express for Teachers | A web-page to integrate the Polar Express into your classroom! |
| Internet4Classrooms | Another k-8 site with resources for parents, students, and teachers! |
| Fifth Grade Bookmark | This is a collection of Web sites used in the 5th Grade curriculum. |
| A to Z Kids Stuff | This page has toddler, Pre-School, and School-Age Activities and Ideas! |
| FreePlay Music | A great collection for free music and sound effects! |
| Mr. M.'s Blog | Here is a link to Mr. Moran's blog! |
| Knight's TV | This site is a great resource for CIT's and Morning Announcement Crews wanting to improve their broadcast! |
| Zamzar | Zamzar is a file converter useful for all sorts of file extensions! |
| PB Wiki's | A great WIKI development site for educators! |
| WIKI Spaces | Another great WIKI development site. |
| Wetpaint | Another great WIKI development site. |
| Brain POP | A great animated educational site aligned to curriculum! |
| Book Marks | |
| 5th Grade | This is a collection of sites used throughout the 5th grade curriculum. |
| 4th Grade Turtles | This is a collection of web sites 4th grade used i their turtle research. |
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