Links
**Table of Contents and Homework point sheet examples are down below.
School Handboook: tinyurl.com/eichhandbook
Back to School Night Presentation
Back to School Night Math and Science Presentation
Cell Phones - When and Where Can I Use Mine?
Behavior Process - School Wide
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
How to log onto Clever from home (video)
How to log onto Clever at home (instructions)
The 5 C's in the 21st Century
Helpful and Fun Sites
How to get organized and take notes
KidNuz - Kid-friendly current national/international news report for kids! This is presented by a retired San Francisco news anchor and a high school friend of Mrs. McDevitt.
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. If you would like to set up an account for your child, I can assist you with getting started. I highly recommend this resource as it allows your child to practice what we are learning in class as well as watch videos teaching them how to master the concepts.
Calculation Nation fun math games that challenge your mathematical thinking.
Electrical Circuits click here to make some circuits
Arcademics - free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and more!
Pixel Art create artwork using pixels
Alien Angles predict the angle within 5 degrees accuracy
ABC Ya, multiplication practice--Clear It Up link
**Mean, Mode, Median, and Range Game
How to use a protractor link
Prodigy - Math games. Sign up by clicking the link, clicking "New Student", followed by the class code, 8B2C1C
Inventors & Scientists read about some interesting and life-changing inventions and science ideas.
SMARTER BALANCE--PRACTICE here
Fractions to Decimals--Fruit Shoot click
Skeleton labeling game click
Skeleton information click create
Algebra games practice your algebraic thinking and reasoning by using these games. Read the instructions for each game carefully.
Patterns and numeric thinking practice the basics of numeric thinking and pattern identification.
Multiplication & Division Games practice your facts here.
Practice your math facts with Bruce & Howard.
Sports Illustrated for Kids is the online home of Sports Illustrated Kids. We aim to create a fun, safe environment for kids, filled with some of the best news, games, and interactive features on the internet. If you're a kid, consider this site yours. And if you're an adult, well, let your kid back on the computer!
Fun Brain allows kids to play some engaging and challenging games while also learning... great combo!
California Regions & California Map students can view images of the four regions of California and write brief summaries about images they find.
Eric Shane's MTB Technology Links - Links to on-line virtual manipulatives, games, demonstrations, and activities that can be used to enhance lessons with Math Trailblazers.
Fish Tank Probability - Find the probability of Pythagoras picking a red fish
A Broken Calculator - Can you calculate the numbers 1-15 using this broken calculator?
Cyberchase - Many activities to choose from
Who Wants Pizza - A fun way to learn or review fractions.
Coordinate Maze Game - Practice your point plotting skills by moving a robot through a mine field to a target location.
Fractions Snap - Match the fractions, decimals and percents.
Coordinates Game - Name the coordinates of the house.
Math Activities - Online math activities, fact sheets, and tests
The Product Game - 2-Player Game
The Factor Game - 2-Player Game
Quotient Goal - Work towards a target quotient by trying different divisors. 2 player game
Data Picking - Use the data to complete frequency tables and choose the correct graphs.
Fraction Frenzy - Match the equivalent fractions.
Planet Hop - Find the coordinates of the planets and the equation of the line.
Small Blue Printer - Design your own home.
Spell Binder - Practice spelling and writing by writing a story based on a picture.
Noodle Tools Quick Cite - Quick easy way to help kids cite their sources. Click on NoodleBib Express.
Power Proofreading - Interactive proofreading activities.
Paragraph Punch - Takes students through the process of writing a paragraph.
Essay Punch - Takes students through the process of writing an essay.
RIF Reading Planet - Lots of activities both online and off.
Loaves and Fishes - What is it and how can humans help?
Science
Various Science Topics and Games
Virtual Aquarium - Keep the fish alive in a virtual aquarium for 30 days by making good habitat choices.
Print the handout for students to record their results.
Physical Processes - Interactive activities and quizzes for 10 different topics including light and sound.
Changing Sounds - Use this interactive to experiment with volume and pitch of sounds.
Use this handout to record your findings.
How We See Things - Drag the mirrors to reflect the light onto the correct objects. Use
this handout to record your findings.
Design a Habitat - First learn about the black-footed ferret, then design a habitat for it to live in.
Food Chains - Learn about food chains then complete 3 food chains.
Corpse and Robbers - Collect clues at the crime scene, investigate the clues, and solve the crime.
Invention at Play: Tinker Ball - Explore using an assortment of objects to build a path so that the ball can reach the goal.
Mechanical Madness - 3 levels of play. Move the missing pieces into the correct positions to move the ball from start to finish.
Dragon Fly: Matter and Motion Videos - Watch these video clips to investigate motion and matter.
Dragon Fly: Living Things Videos - Investigate living things by watching these videos.
Edheads: The Odd Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create The Odd Machine!
Edheads: Simple Machines - Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed!
Simple Machines - Investigate the facts and report your findings.
Robot Factory - Build robots to do common household chores.
Forces of Wonder - Learn about different types of forces while helping the "World's Strongest Man".
Mechanical Madness - Add missing parts to make these machine work.
Goldburger to Go - Can you perfect this Rube Goldberg invention?
Kitchen Chemistry - Experiment with acids and bases.
Disease Detective - Investigate a disease outbreak to solve the medical mystery.
Interdependence and Adaptation - Complete the food webs.
Create-a-Bird - Create a new species of bird by answering some questions.
Animals, Adaptation, and the Galapagos Islands - Explore with Darwin.
Forces in Action - Experiment with forces on a moving object.
Simple Machines - Find all the simple machines.
EdHead's Simple Machine Activity - Find the every day simple machines.
EcoKids - Interactive environmental web site for children
Outbreak in Delaware - A 5th grade pathogens Webquest
Food Webs - Put the food webs together.
Virtual Pond - Pond population simulation
Build-a-Prairie - Turn a barren plain into a healthy prairie.
Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster - Build your own roller coaster
Soda Play - Online erector set
Environmental Explorers Club - Learn about protecting the environment.
FossWeb - Online activities to accompany the science kits
Science Activities - Online science activities, fact sheets, and tests.
Amazing Reef MovieMaker - Make an animated film about life on the reef.
The Reconstructors - Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past.
Endangered and Wild Animals- Links to websites for researching endangered species and wild animals.
Math
Table of Contents in Toolkit
Math
Fractions - Pointsheet
Booklet 6-7
Science
Table of Contents in Toolkit
Trimester 1 (ends at Water Cycle)
Science
Table of Contents - continued
Trimester 2 starts with Weather & Climate