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Our Favorite Websites

Note to parents and families: This site includes kid friendly web pages that we either use in class or are posted for your child’s enjoyment. We make every effort to check sites before posting them. We periodically recheck sites for changes. Should you find anything you question on a site, please contact us through our contact form:  https://holynameschoolomaha.org/contact/

*Some sites contain ads. During class we discuss how to avoid clicking on items, such as ads, not part of the educational value of the sites.

Please use links below to access websites.

Art

Homework Help

Internet Safety

Intro to Computer Programming

Just for Fun

Keyboarding

Kindergarten-First Grade

Language Arts

Math

Media Literacy

Multiple Curriculum Areas

Omaha Public Library

Disney Books Online On the middle tab, “Collections,” go down to the last selection, “Disney Online Books”

Ebooks for Kids online

Great Websites for Kids.

Kidspot for Programs and Events

Tumblebooks for Kids  On the first tab, “Catalog”, go down to Tumblebooks and click.  This is a link through the OPL that does not require a login.

Online Storage

Presentation Sites

Reading

Resource Sites

 

Math and Science

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http://www.multiplication.com/games

http://www.coolmath-games.com  Cool Math is “designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics.” This interactive site features a plethora of fun games, puzzles, calculators and lesson plans.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html   Math Live, a fantastic site for upper elementary students, is full of cartoon math tutorials on subjects like fractions, multiplication, area and perimeter, tessellations, probability, and a variety of other topics. The glossary section is an amazing collection of math concepts animated for more solid understanding.

http://multiplication.com

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/  Skill building activites for single or up to 4 players

http://mathrun.net/   A fun site for practicing basic math facts, Mathrun is a simple idea (math problems float up the screen, and you have to tell whether they are correct or incorrect), and I love simplicity. There is no registration required and no advertisements — I love this, too.

http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php  Science Bob is a fun, interactive site that has several different areas for kids to choose from. There are videos, experiments, science fair ideas and a research help link with many fantastic links to other sites.

http://www.sciencebug.org/index.html  The educational goals of Catch the Science Bug are to increase science literacy and raise environmental awareness by having fun through interactive learning.

Reading

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http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/   Skill building

 

http://www.starfall.com   A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.

http://www.magictreehouse.com  If your students like The Magic Tree House series (and let’s be honest, who doesn’t?), they’ll love The Magic Tree House website. Students climb up the tree and enter the tree house to find some great puzzles, fun games and quizzes on any of the 45+ MTH books.

http://www.storyjumper.com/  Story Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.

http://gardenofpraise.com/   Free biographies and activities

http://www.adrianbruce.com/ Games to reinforce language arts skill

http://storylineonline.net/ The Screen Actors Guild Foundation brings story alive with their members reading children stories aloud.

Science

Simulations- great for SmartBoard

Create their own simulations  Downloadable program

Celestia  3D solar system software to download

  1. 3D Toad—3D science study
  2. A Collection of Virtual Field Trips
  3. About Rivers
  4. Adventure Island
  5. Amazing 3D world—via skateboard
  6. Animal games
  7. Animal Habitats
  8. Animal homes
  9. Animals
  10. Antarctic Environ—find the animals
  11. Avalanches
  12. Bill Nye, the Science Guy
  13. Biomes of the World
  14. Breathing earth–the environment
  15. Breathing earth–the environment
  16. Build a habitat
  17. Build a habitat II
  18. Build a Prairie
  19. Butterflies and habitats
  20. Changing States of Matter
  21. Classify animals
  22. Cockroach—virtual
  23. Colorado River
  24. Cool Science for Curious Kids
  25. Cyber Prospecting
  26. Deserts
  27. Dynamic Earth–interactive
  28. Earth alerts
  29. Earth Science Digital Library
  30. Earthquake simulations
  31. Earthquakes
  32. Earthquakes for Kids
  33. Earthquakes–USGS
  34. Electric Circuits Game
  35. Explore the Colorado
  36. Extreme Organisms on Earth
  37. Fantastic Contraption
  38. Food Chains
  39. Forest Life
  40. Frog habitat
  41. Frog life cycle
  42. Geo Games
  43. Geography game
  44. Geography game
  45. Geography Games
  46. Geography Quiz Game
  47. Geography Reading Problems
  48. Geologic history
  49. Geologic history
  50. Geologic movies–great and fun
  51. Geologic movies–great and fun
  52. Geology
  53. GeoNet Game
  54. Google Earth—African Animals
  55. Google Earth—animal habitats
  56. Google Earth—endangered animals
  57. Google Earth—free download site
  58. Great Science site
  59. Habitat Game
  60. Habitats—create one
  61. Habitats—match them
  62. How the water cycle works
  63. Human Body Games
  64. Hurricanes
  65. Labeling Maps
  66. Land on the Moon
  67. Landform Detectives—cool game
  68. Landforms
  69. Landforms make a greeting
  70. Landforms—matching games, etc.
  71. Learn the states
  72. Legos in Space
  73. Life cycle of a frog–scroll to Ch 2
  74. Life cycle of a snake
  75. Life cycle—potatoes
  76. Life Cycles
  77. Life Cycles
  78. Lifeboat to Mars
  79. Life—the Game–colorful
  80. Lifestyles 
  81. Los Angeles River Tour
  82. Map skills
  83. Mapping Game
  84. Mars
  85. Matter
  86. Matter Changing States
  87. Molecularium
  88. Moon around
  89. Moon—We Choose the Moon
  90. My Garbology
  91. NASA City
  92. NASA For Kids
  93. National Geographic
  94. Natural disaster videos
  95. Natural disasters—National Geographic
  96. Natural disasters–resources
  97. Nature—explore it
  98. Nova video programs
  99. Observe Different Climate Zones
  100. Ocean Currents—video from NASA
  101. Ocean Explorations—life
  102. Ocean Safari
  103. Ocean Tracks
  104. Ocean Videos
  105. Ocean Waves–video
  106. Ology Sites
  107. Periodic Table of Videos
  108. Planet in Action via Google Earth
  109. Plant games
  110. Plant life cycle
  111. Rainforest Websites Videos
  112. Redwood Forests video
  113. Riding the Wind with Kalani
  114. Rivers Seen from Space
  115. Rock Cycles
  116. Rock Scavenger Hunt
  117. Rocks
  118. Rocks for Kids
  119. Satellite Fly-bys–by zip code
  120. Savage Earth
  121. Science activities for the mind
  122. Science Bob–videos
  123. Science games
  124. Science games I
  125. Science Games II
  126. Science Games–Advanced
  127. Science Games–Bitesize
  128. Science info websites
  129. Science interactive—plates, etc
  130. Science stories—audio and textual
  131. Science stories—video
  132. Science Stuff
  133. Science websites
  134. Science—interactive activities
  135. Simple machines
  136. Simulations–varied
  137. Smithsonian Museum
  138. Solar system
  139. Solar System in 3D
  140. Solar System Video
  141. Solids and Liquids
  142. Space and Space suits
  143. Space in 3D  
  144. Space Sounds
  145. Space station game
  146. Space Websites
  147. Space–explore it
  148. Spacesuits–clickable
  149. Stardate Online
  150. States of Matter Game
  151. Storm Chasing
  152. Tornadoes
  153. Tornadoes II
  154. Tsunamis
  155. Video Safari
  156. Virtual Cockroach
  157. Virtual Field Trips
  158. Virtual Lion Tour 
  159. Virtual tour (with pictures) of a zoo
  160. Virtual tours
  161. Virtual tours
  162. Virtual tour–undersea 
  163. Virtual weather, machines and surgery
  164. Virtual weather, machines and surgery
  165. Volcano Adventure
  166. Volcano Underwater
  167. Volcano videos
  168. Volcanoes
  169. Walk in a Forest
  170. Water Cycle
  171. Water Cycle Game
  172. Water Cycle–animated
  173. Weather Websites
  174. What’s on a Map
  175. Wild Weather Adventure
  176. Wonderville
  177. World’s Biomes
  178. Zambezi River Tour

Human Body

  1. Blood Flow
  2. Body functions
  3. Body Systems
  4. Brain and Senses
  5. Brain Pop
  6. Brain Pop–Body–UN smaa PW techclass
  7. Brain’s Secret Life
  8. Build a Skeleton
  9. Build a Skeleton II
  10. Can you place these parts in the correct place?
  11. Choose the systems you want to see.
  12. Enchanted Learning—the body
  13. ESkeltons.org
  14. Find My Body Parts
  15. First Aid (go to tab—Nursing for Kids)
  16. Google Human Body
  17. Health Games—BrainPop
  18. Heart attack—rescue simulation
  19. Heart Trek–Be the beat
  20. How Stuff Works
  21. How the Body Works–more
  22. How the body works–videos
  23. Human Anatomy Online
  24. Human Biology
  25. Human Body
  26. Human Body Games
  27. Human Body websites
  28. Human Body Websites II
  29. Human body—body parts matching
  30. Human Body—by a 2nd grade class—video
  31. Human body—explore it
  32. Human Body—Fast Facts
  33. Human body–interactive
  34. Human Body–links
  35. Human body—the brain
  36. Human body—the brain
  37. Human Body—video by 2nd grade class
  38. Human Body—videos on how body parts work
  39. Human Body—videos on how body work
  40. Inside the Human Body: Grades 1-3
  41. Inside the Human Body: Grades 4-6
  42. Keep Ben Healthy
  43. Kid’s Biology 
  44. Kid’s Library page
  45. Kids Health
  46. Kids’ Health-My Body
  47. Kids Konnect
  48. Label the body
  49. Learn about the human body
  50. Lots of Human Body sites to play
  51. Matching Senses
  52. Matching Senses
  53. Mr. Bones–put his body together
  54. Muscles Game
  55. Neuroscience for Kids
  56. Nutrition Music and Games from Dole
  57. Senses Challenge
  58. The Brain
  59. The heart
  60. The Respiratory System
  61. Virtual Body
  62. Virtual Knee Surgery
  63. Virtual surgery 
  64. Websites: Human body
  65. Weird stuff your body does
  66. World Book Online
  67. Worldbook: Human body

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Search Engines

Sign Language

Social Studies

STEM Websites

stemfinity.com

Test Taking Sites

World Culture