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:

Pre-K and Kinder|Reading | Social Studies | Science | Math | Language Arts

Miscellaneous - More than one content area!!
Arcademic Skill Builders This is a great site for Math, Reading, and Language arts skills, including some fun interactive games for kids!
Quizlet THE site for flash cards, create your own, or search theirs!!
   
   
   
 
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!
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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!
Story Bird This is an awesome site to create and publish your own stories, or just read someone else's!
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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!
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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!
San Antonio Astronomical Ass. The SAA is an awesome organization dedicated to education and astronomy!
Eepybird.com Entertainment and experiments!!!
Children of the Earth An adventure in Environmental Education!!!
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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!
Math Sites A collection of websites to make learning fun!
Multiplication.com Interactive games to help kids learn their facts!
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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.
Arcademic Skill Builders This is a great site for Math, Reading, and Language arts skills, including some fun interactive games for kids!
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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.
Virtual Field Trips This is a collection of websites to take you on all sorts of great adventures!
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