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Language Arts

RhymeZone - http://www.rhymezone.com/ -A dictionary that finds rhyming words and more for poetry etc.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary - http://www.m-w.com/ - A thesaurus and dictionary, will also pronounce words for you.

One Look - http://www.onelook.com/ - Another dictionary.

The Winnipeg Sun - http://www.winnipegsun.com/ - Has the complete stories available that in appear in that day’s paper.

Everyday Spelling Lists - http://www.everydayspelling.com/spellinglist/ - Spelling lists suitable for grades 1-8. There are about 36 lists per grade; some also have extra topic specific lists.

 

Math

Calculator.com - www.calculator.com - A bunch of calculators for specific math work, including area, unit conversion and percents.

Webmath - http://www.webmath.com/index3.html - Some good question and demonstration stuff.

Education 4 Kids - http://www.edu4kids.com/math/ - basic fact practice can be done here, fully customized to your liking.

Cool Math 4 Kids - http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ - Bunch of new stuff and oldies but goodies.

Brain Teasers - http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/ - Weekly questions and answers.

 

Science

NASA- Human Space Flight - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html - Great info and photos from all human space missions.

Space Ref - http://www.spaceref.com/ - Up to date space news.

Solar System Exploration - http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm - Awesome site about our solar system.

History of Space Exploration - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/history.htm

 

Energy Ed. - http://www.ergon.com.au/energyed/default.asp - Information about electricity and all of the ways to generate it.

Energy Resources - http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm - Another site with good info about generating energy.

Energy Quest - http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html - Lots to do here on the subject of energy. Big list of other energy sites as well.

 

Kids Fly Zone - http://www.centennialofflight.gov/user/kids.htm - How we began to fly.

Boeing Flight Kids page. http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/wonder_of_flight/index.html - Learn about how different objects fly.

 

Animal Classification - http://www.wildanimalpark.co.uk/kids/classification/ - Good explanation of different categories.

 

Animal Diversity - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html - Excellent animal diversity site.  Great photos of each animal kingdom.

 

Classification of Living Things - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Life/classification_intro.html&edu=elem

Neat site that has many topics and gives 3 different reading levels for many of them.

 

Social Studies

History Place - http://www.historyplace.com/ - Good history site although it appears on front page to be American focused.

 

Map Quest - http://www.mapquest.com/ - Create a map of any street location in North America and more.

 

The Canadian Encyclopedia - http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A - Excellent resource.

 

The Atlas of Canada - http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/sitemap/index.html- Government site with tons of maps.

 

Civilization.ca - http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp

 

Exploration the Fur Trade and Hudson’s Bay Company - http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html - Title says it.

 

Other

 

Inner body - http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html - Good site for labeled diagrams of body systems.

 

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/ – Online dictionary, almanac and encyclopedia.

 

World Book Onlinehttp://www.worldbookonline.com

 

Virtual Museum of Canada - http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English - Listing of museums.  Views of some of the galleries and more.  Some of these museums students will never see, here is a way to experience some of what they have to offer.

 

Winnipeg Weather from Environment Canada - http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?ywg

 

The Weather Network - http://www.theweathernetwork.com/ - Also provides historical weather data.

 


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