K-5 Resources

The following are great resources for when Kindergarten studies their weather unit.

GPS weather unit links

http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=9968

Flip Books and Image Cards

Make a Weather Vane...

 

Kindergarten Sites

Kidpix an application on each lab computer.

PebbleGo: Customs Around the World

BookFlix: Celebrations

Kidpix an application on each lab computer.

Brainpop Jr.: user newleb password: nl2009

• Butterflies

PBS Learning- Video and Life Cycle Cards

BookFlix
BookFlix has ebooks with the following titles:

• A ladybug larva grows up
• A tadpole grows up
• It’s a good thing there are insects
• Life in a pond
• A chick grows up
• Waiting for wings, and Butterflies

Follet Shelf

Follet Shelf has a small collection of e-books on butterflies on the district shelf.

Turtle Diary - Games

• Butterfly Life Cycle
• Frog Life Cycle

1st Grade Resources

The following are great resources for 2nd graders when studying their botany unit

PKlife Science- Plant Life Cycles & Plants

ScienceFlix: Dive Deeper, Discover More, Do Experiments

• Plant Kingdom
• Plant Science

Additional sources available through this site.

Follet Shelf - E-books

Follet Shelf has a small collection of e-books on the district shelf.

Additional Sites

Pebble Go- Biographies

Brainpop: Read & Write Bios

TrueFlix: Biography, Abe Lincoln

Turtle Diary: Biographies

Discovery Streaming: Search Names e.g. George Washington

Grolier Online: Search Biographies

(enter through GPS page http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=11112 )

Digital Storytelling:

• Word Clouds
• Storybird
• Little Bird Tales

 

PebbleGo - Adaptations

Follet Shelf - Ebooks About Adaptations:

Brainpop:

• Camouflage
• Hibernation

Additional Sites

ScienceFlix:

Watch or read about conservation, conservation challenges, resources, programs

 

BrainPop:

• Water Pollution
• Erosion
• Natural Resources:
• Citizen Science Game
• Water Cycle

 

Educannon: 5 Human Impacts on the Environment

Discovery Streaming Video: Human impact on Environment

Grolier Online: Database of Articles

ScienceFlix: climate change

Additional Sites

TrueFlix

• Stars
• Solar System
• Outer Space:

 

PebbleGo: Space

BrainPop: Space

Current Events

• Newsela
• TweenTribune
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Scholastic News
• Junior Scholastic {Log In as Student then use code Schnefke}
• Freedom Flix {Username: nlegps Password: nlegps}
• NatGeo Kids
• Kids Right to Know
• Time for Kids
• DOGO News
• CNN 10

Science

• Science Flix {User Name & Password: nlegps}
• ARKive - animals
• Science News for Kids
• PETA Kids - animals

   

History, Geography, Social Studies

• Freedom Flix {Username: freedomflix Password: leaf}
• TrueFlix {User Name & Password: nlegps}

Read Think Wonder

• Wonderopolis
• The Kids Should See This

General Reference

• Factcite {Username: newlebanon Password: library}
• Grolier Online {User Name & Password: nlegps}
• World Book Online {Username: greenwich Password: green}

Image Safe for Use

• Pics4Learning
• FlickrCC
• Photos For Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Sites