Deserts

• Desert tortoise
• Barn Owl
• Desert Horned Lizard
• Desert Tarantula
• Desert Life Wiki

Valdez' Blogging Center

Email Santa:

http://www.emailsanta.com/email_santa.asp

Reading:

http://www.starfall.com

Writing:

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

http://media.barnesandnoble.com/index.jsp?fr_chl=
14c8ca491be89555b6ae619f97fac9bd90c871c5

Continents

Woodland Forest Animals

More Woodland Forest Sites:

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/woods/

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/woodland/index.html

Talking Pets (Pet avatars)

View our pets

Space Scavenger Hunt #2

Bunnicula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Transylvania

http://www.draculascastle.com/index3.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/603323/Transylvania

http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/euro/erdely/what.htm

http://www.wordtravels.com/Cities/Romania/Transylvania/Climate

http://countrystudies.us/romania/54.htm

Cesar Chavez
http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Chavez.html

http://sf.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0811583.html

Magnets
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/
concepts/magneticforces.htm

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/
tests/questions/magneticforces.htm

Simple Machines
http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

http://www.smartown.com/sp2000/machines2000/main.htm

http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/invest.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002079F/sub3.htm

http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Machines/Machines.htm

Wetlands Treasure Hunt
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/wetlands/index.htm

http://www.kcwetlands.com/photo.htm

http://csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/flynnbog/FB1.HTML

Archimedes and Density
http://www.dctech.com/eureka/archimedes/crown/

Alamo

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/battle-alamo.htm

• Powerpoints
  • Who am I?
• Colonization and Texas Independence

Animal Adaptations
http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/index.htm

www.enchantedlearning.com

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.
cgi?activity_id=4750

http://fen.com/studentactivities/CCCNet/sciencelab/
Animals/AnimalAdapts.html

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.
cgi?activity_id=4750

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=741&title

Beagles
http://www.akc.org/breeds/beagle/

Buffalo
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net

Clouds
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=60FA0A18-5F34-4E7B-B02E-8E9262A5C2EA&blnFromSearch=1

Dust Bowl

Webquest

Hotlist for Webquest:

Website 1:
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312210/Dustbowl.html

Website 2: http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312210/childrenslife.html

Website 3:
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

Website 4:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/dustbowl.htm

Video:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/
peopleevents/pandeAMEX06.html

Economics
http://kids.rrc.state.tx.us

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids

http://www.lemonadegame.com

Elapsed Time
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_318_g_1_t_4.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2002/grade_3/018.html

Electricity
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

Famous Texans
http://www.famoustexans.com/

Food Chain

http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

Fossils

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
dinofossils/Fossilhow.html

http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthshistory/fossilsadvanced/

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/fossils/how-fossils-were-made.htm

Fractions

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_104_g_1_t_1.html
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/index.html

Geography

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/continents-puzzle.html

http://kidsgeo.com/geography-games/index.php

Grammar and Writing

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/6/102.html

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/language_arts/grammar_park_g4.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/

http://reading.ecb.org/student/entry.html?login=nmnm00004

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm#

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

Law and Order
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Senators.htm

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html

http://pbskids.org/democracy

http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/constitu.htm

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/constitution

Long Division

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php

Math
http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox
/fractioncafe.html

Jeopardy Game from Released TAKS

http://onlineintervention.funbrain.com/measure/index.html

http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp

http://www.smarttutor.com/home/math4.asp

Mother's Day
http://g5w0639.atlanta.hp.com/activitycenter/us/en/
customizable/hfc_mothersday.jsp

Online Practice TAKS Test

2004
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/
resources/online/2004/grade4/math.htm

2006
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/resources/sol/TX/G04M06.html

Punctuation
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball

Reading

• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/
  interactives/venn/index.html
• http://www.digitalpencil.org/Projects_AllGrades/BooksCompare/
  Compare_RickieHenri_OwenMzee.asp
• http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=
  

Sea Turtles
http://www.suttonschools.net/teachers/watts/process.htm
http://www.cccturtle.org/turtletides.php
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtle-information.php?page=loggerhead
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9911/turtle/ http://www.efieldtrips.org/SeaTurtles

Solar Energy
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/roofus

Spanish Explorers
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/spanishexplorers.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1205

http://www.floridahistory.com/

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/nativeamerican/
texas_native_americans/htms/TheMeetingSpanishandNApg.htm

Texas Heroes

Stephen F. Austin

• www.answers.com/topic/stephen-f-austin 
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Stephen_F._Austin
• www.lsjunction.com/people/austin.htm
• www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=3

Davy Crockett

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett
• www.infoporium.com/heritage/crockbio.html
• www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Davy_Crockett.aspx
• www.elm.esu3.org/elementary_/3B/Colling/Students/wadeb/
  WEB/Davey%20Crocket%20Facts.html
• www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0814075.html
• www.answers.com/topic/davy-crockett 

Jane Long

• www.lsjunction.com/people/long.htm
• www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~auntjean/dent/archive/tx00001b.htm 
• www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/mother_of_texas
  _jane_long
• www.texanalivinghistory.org/longbio.html
• blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/07/today_in_texas_historymother_o.html
• www.ahisd.net/campuses/cambridge/heights/MOM/Long/long.htm
• www.texasdar.org/chapters/JaneLong/mother.html

Texas Symbols
http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/Trivia.htm

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/kids/about_texas/symbols/

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tx_symb.htm

Triple Beam Balance

http://www.ohaus.com/products/education/weblab/TBBins.html

http://www.ohaus.com/products/education/weblab/TBBread.html

Underground Railroad

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/escape.htm

Weather
http://www.fema.gov/kids

Word Clouds
http://www.wordle.net

Writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/
interactives/letter_generator/

Adaptations

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Student-Made Biome Scavenger Hunts

• Desert Biome Scavenger Hunt
• Salt and Fresh Water Scavenger Hunt
• Tropical Rainforest Scavenger Hunt

City of Ember
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm

Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids

Early Americans

• Thomas Jefferson
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/jefferson
  http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin
  http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
  http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm
  
  
• George Washington
  http://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/George_Washington
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/wash
  
  
• John Adams
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html
  http://library.thinkquest.org/12587/contents/personalities/jadams/ja.html

Economics
http://www.lemonadegame.com

Food Chains
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/
frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm#

Lewis and Clark Expedition

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/

Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

Additional Oregon trail sites

• http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/
• http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/

Plate Tectonics

Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

Earth's Changing Surface

Playing with Time

Plate Tectonics

Science

http://www.nsta.org/elementaryschool/connections/
200904InspiringFutureScientists.pdf

Word Clouds

http://www.wordle.net/

World War 2

http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/ArcadoES/Spencer/WW1/WWI.html

Emmanuel

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Gabriel

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