University Park Elementary School

Cool Links

Sites Geared Toward StudentsColor Coding: Geared toward primary - Geared toward intermediate - Geared toward both

Art: Artsonia; Draw Online; Fotoflexer; Glogster; Kinderart; Mugtug Sketchpad; Olga's Gallery; Phoenix Art Museum; Photopeach; Picnik; Sumopaint
Business Education: Create Your Resume; Dance Mat Typing; Touch Typing; Typing Games; Typing Speed Test
Current Events: CNN Student News; KidsPost; New York Times for Kids; Timeforkids
General: Activities for Kids; Activity TV; Apples for the Teacher; BrowseWithMe; Checkers Online; Chess Online; DC Library; Educational Music; Enchanted Learning; Free World U Flash Cards; Gizmo; Houghton Mifflin Edu Place; Howjsay; How-to-Study.com; I Know That; Interactive Websites; Internet4Classrooms; Internet Public Library; Kids' Corner; KidsKnowIt; Learning Planet; My Avatar; PG County Library; School for Champions; Sesame Street Games; Sheppard Software; Study Island; Surf the Net with Kids; Teacher Tube; Text to Speech; ThinkQuest; U.S. Mint
Health: Dental Health; FDA Kids' Home Page; Kids Health; Ready Kids; USDA Education
Math: AAA Math; A+ Math; Arithmetic 24 Game; Change Maker; Cool Math 4 Kids; Count Us In; Cuisenaire Rods; Create a Graph; Education Place; Figure This; First in Math; Fun Math Lessons; Gamequarium: Math; IXL; Johnnie's Math Page; KidsNumbers; Math Cats; Math Dictionary for Kids; Math Fact Cafe; Math Files Game Show; Math is Fun; Math Lessons; Math Playground; Math Warehouse; Multipication.com; Online Calculator; Polygons; Playkidsgames.com; SRA Numberworlds; Virtual Manipulatives; Woodgear Interactive Geometry
Multiplication Workshop: Academic Skill Builders; Drag Car Racing; Flashcards; Missing Factors; Multiplication Games; Multiplication Table; Word Problems
Music: Classics for Kids; Fun with Music

Virtual Piano Keyboard
PreK/Head Start Links: Web Sites for Prek-Head Start
Reading & Language: AAA Spelling; Acrostic Poems; Anagram Fun; Book Adventure; Book Talks; Chateu Meddybemps; Children's Poetry; Children's Storybooks Online; Circle of Stories; Fairy Tales; Giggle Poetry; Jokes; Jumpstart; Kids Read; KidsSpell; Listen and Write; Monkey Business; The Moonlit Road; Online Children's Stories; PBS Kids; Poetry4Kids; Reader's Theater; Reader's Theater Edition; The Reading Matrix; Reading Planet; Scott Foresman Reading; Starfall; Story It; Storyline Online; Storynory; Story Place; The Times Spelling Bee; Wordle
Reference: Ask Kids; BIGpedia; Dictionary & Thesaurus; Fact Monster; Kids' Search Tools; Yahoo Image Search
Science: The Atoms Family; Cool Science; Ecokids; Energy Quest; Fossweb; Frog Dissection; Froguts; Amazing Space; Gamequarium: Science; KidsAstronomy; KidsBiology; KidsDinos; Kids Geo; Mineralogy for Kids; NASA Kids; National Aquarium; National Geographic Kids; National Zoo; NIEHS Kids' Pages; OLogy; PhET Simulations; Physics4Kids; Science Bob; Science Fair Resource; Science Monster; Science Reporting for Kids; StarChild; Switcheroo Zoo; ThinkQuest: Rocks and Minerals; Yuckiest Site
Science Fair Help: All Science Fair Projects; Chemistry Projects; Easy Kids Science Experiments; Free Science Fair Projects; Free Science Fair Projects Network; Home Science Tools; Kids Science Projects; Science Buddies; Science Projects; Teri More Science Projects
Social Studies: America's Story; Awesome Stories; Ben's Guide to US Government; Black History; Cyber School Sus; Kids.gov; KidsGeo; KidsPast.com; Maryland Kids' Site; Name the States; Social Studies for Kids; SS Websites for Children
Spanish: Best Spanish Websites; For ESL Students; La Bamba; Spanish Sites for Children

PGCPS Recommended Databases/Search Engines

Ask Us Now
Biography
CyberSleuth Kids
Encyclopedia Britannica
Grolier: (ID: pgcps; password: remote)
Informall
Infotrac: (ID: prin11369; password: remote)
Kidsclick

Library Spot OPAC (Intraweb Only) Pics4Learning
PG County Memorial Library System
Sailor: MD's Public Info Network
SIRS Discoverer: (ID & password: pgcps)
SIRS Knowledge: (ID & password: pgcps)
TeachingBooks

Discover Club Birding Sites

eBird
All About Birds

Mock Elections

Ron Gunzbuger's Politics
(Note: Rosa Parks ES lies within the 8th Congressional District)
Youth Leadership Institute

Miscellaneous

Color Backgrounds

Sites Geared Toward Parents & Teachers

Art: The Art Kids; Balimore Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum; Kennedy Center; Kid Pix; Kid Pix Ideas for the Classroom; MNCPPC; Museum of African Art; Museum of the Amercian Indian; National Gallery of Art
Current Events: Scholastic News; Timeforkids
Downloads: Google Earth; Photo Story 3; Picasa 3; Scratch
General: Annenberg Media Learner; Apples4Teachers; Brainpop; Classtools.net; edHelper; Education World; The Educator's Reference Desk; Edutopia; English to Spanish Translator; Free Online Resources; Great Websites for Kids; Have Fun Teaching; Homeschool.com; Hotchalk Lesson Plans Page; Houghton Mifflin Edu Place; Improve Memory; Internet Public Library; Kathy Schrock; Kidblog; Kids on the Web; Many Things; Marcopolo; NPR; Online Stopwatch; Read Write Think; SmartBoard Interactive Sites; Smile; Special Education; Sparklebox; Study Island; Teaching Heart; Thinkport; Vicki Blackwell
Homework Help: Homework Heaven; Homework Help
Math: Ask Dr. Math; Allmath

Math Forum; The Math Worksheet Site; Metric to U.S. Customary Conversion; Principles & Standards Webmath; Rainforest Maths
Reading & Language: Colorin' Colorado; L. Chandler Literary Lessons; Learn Spanish; Libravox; MP3 Audio Books Free; One More Story; Read Write Think; Reading is Fundamental; Read Please; Tumblebooks; Word Way
Search Engines: Google
Science: Animal Planet; Discovery School; Exploratorium; The Franklin Institute; How Stuff Works; The Jason Project; McDonald Observatory; NASA Education; National Zoo; Nova Teachers; NSTA; Nye Labs; The Physics Classroom; Phyics is Phun; Resources for Teachers; Rocketry; The Science Explorer; Science Joy Wagon; Science Learning Network; Steven Spangler Science; UM Phyics Demos; The Weather Channel; The Why Files; Wow Science Lab
Social Studies: C-Span; Distinguished Women; Library of Congress; National Archives; National Geographic; National Park Service; Smithsonian Institution; Social Studies Clearing House; Stock Market Game; The White House; Youth Leadership Institute
Spanish: Espanole