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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... I used it all summer with own daughter.

Khan Class Code: QS5MHE2F

Calculation Nation fun math games that challenge your mathematical thinking.

Electrical Circuits click here to make some circuits

Pixel Art create artwork using pixels

Alien Angles predict the angle within 5 degrees accuracy

ABC Ya, multiplication practice--Clear It Up link

How to use a protractor link

JOIN MY PRODIGY CLASSROOM: use this code... 80D00C (those circles are all zeroes, not letters) The most engaging math platform in the world. Everything your students work on in Prodigy Math is reported back to you in real time. Quickly see which skills your students have mastered, and where they may need some additional support.

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.

Math Links

Algebra practice link

Math racing with algebra link

Algebra Who Wants to Be a Millionaire link

One step equations ALGEBRA BASKETBALL

+ and - fractions link here

x fractions link here

divide fraction link here

Math Dictionary link....here

Number bonds game link

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.

Science Links

Genetics facts click

Dolly the Sheep genetics click

Monster genetics click

Punnett Square Practice click

Amoeba Sisters INTRO TO HEREDITY click

Plant Cell practice click

Animal and Plant cells practice click

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.

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.

ELA Links

Improve your grammar here! - great games and practice pages to improve your grammar

StoryBird - Online collaborative story writing tool.

Mr Nussbaum's synonyms, antonyms and more - Interactive ELA games

Past Tense - Type the past tense of these verbs in this self-checking Excel file.

Plurals - Type the plural of these "y" words in this self-checking Excel file.

Contractions - Self-checking Excel file. Given a contraction, students type the 2 words that make the contraction. Right-click on the link and choose Save Target as. Save the file to the computer or the student shared drive.

Vocabulary/Word Knowledge: Jeopardy style game. Choose a 1 or 2 player game.

Irregular Verbs - 1 or 2 player Jeopardy style game to practice the past tense of irregular verbs.

Harcourt Grammar Gold - Chapter 17 Irregular verbs

StoryBird - Online collaborative story writing tool.

Reading Comprehension Activities - Hotlist of interactive links

Reading Comprehension - Read a passage and then answer questions. Immediate feedback provided.

Writing Activities - Interactive activities that help students with writing. Topics include writing a story, and factual writing such as letters and instructions.

MakeBeliefs Comix Creator - Create you own comic strips.

Tell-a-Story Storybuilder - Create a story using this interactive tool.

Word Central - Use the online dictionary, create your own dictionary, or check out the daily buzzword.

Rhyme Zone - Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus

ReviseWise English - Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Grammar activities.

Making Sentences - 3 activities about sentence writing.

The Artist's Toolkit - Explore the tools that artists use.

The Adjectives Game - Use adjectives to make sentences more interesting.

Summarizing - Listen to audio of a trip then summarize the trip.

Story Starters - Finish the story online and print it.

Social Studies Links

California Regions & California Map students can view images of the four regions of California and write brief summaries about images they find.

Gold Rush resources and links. Seeing the Elephant link

Ben's Guide to U.S. Govenrment- great information to learn about government, laws, and our country

The Official Site of the Iditarod - Information, video, live updates and more. Includes a specific section

for teachers.Iditarod: Race Across Alaska - Interactive site from Scholastic.

Digital History - The site includes a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents, essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference resources.

Our America: Westward Expansion - Interactive Scholastic site.

Peetnik Mysteries - Challenging mystery game in which students use common tools such as maps, phones, and phone directories to follow up on hunches and solve a mystery.

Go West with Lewis and Clark - Be a part of this great American Expedition.

Lewis and Clark: Student Reporter - Research and write a newspaper report on Lewis and Clark.

Discovering Lewis and Clark - Contains journals of the expedition, maps, animated graphics, photographs, moving pictures, sound files, and links, the site offers marvelous insight into the men, the movement, and their discoveries.

Archiving Early America - Primary Source material from 18th Century America digitally displayed.

Children in Victorian Britain - Click on "work" to learn about child labor in Britain.

Child Labor Hotlist - Industrial Revolution and contemporary child labor links.

Image Detective - Students critically analyze historical turn of the century American pictures.

Famous African Americans - Links to use for researching African Americans

America on the Move- Discover how transportation has impacted America.

If You Were President- What choices would you make if you could be President?

The Jamestown Online Adventure - You are the captain of the Jamestown Colony.

Kids in the House - Learn about Congress

Paul Revere Virtual Museum - Visit 5 exhibit halls and complete the activities.

The Road to Revolution - Saddle up your horse and join the revolution.

An Interview with Thomas Jefferson - Ask Thomas Jefferson some questions and hear his response.

This Day in History - See what happened on this day or any day in history.

Inside the White House - Make your mark as the President.

Newseum: The Adventures of Chip Tracer - Join this cyber journalist on her adventures back in time to get the real truth behind news stories.

Elections- You are a Presidential Candidate. Pick your party and create your platform.

Global Trek - Travel to another country and learn about the country and its people.