Groton Dunstable School Library Online Catalog

Teacher Selected Resources by Grade

   Grade 4

The fourth graders learned about simple machines at:

http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

(find the simple machines in a house and a toolshed)

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html

Leonardo’s Mysterious Machines from Boston Science Museum

http://www.cosi.org/onlineExhibits/simpMach/sm1.html

Simple machines online exhibit from Center of Science and Industry

http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm Simple Machines Learning site from University of Houston

They practiced math at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/shape/symmetryrev1.shtml

Symmetry

http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm

an assortment of math games such as “ghostblaster”

They researched inventors at:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml

http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html

http://inventors.about.com

http://invention.smithsonian.org/home/

They will learn about plants at

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/bioplants/

They can practice keyboarding skills at:

http://www.play4traffic.com/game.php

 (type the word as it moves across the screen)

http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=typershark

 (type words before a shark gets you)

http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=arcade/typememenu

 (type letters as they fall from the screen)

http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/albunnydemo.html

 ( a downloadable typing tutorial.)

    Grade 3

Mrs. Jacques class created slide shows of New England animals;

They learned about animals at

www.enature.com

Ms. Gardner’s class created slide shows of Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/news/index.asp?article=home&topic=0

Both classes learned about astronomy at www.enchantedlearning.com

Practiced math facts at:

http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm

http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/

http://www.aaaknow.com/grade3.htm

And will be learning about states at  www.50states.com

Grade 2

Practiced math facts at

http://www.gamequarium.com/addition.html

and

www.aaamath.com

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