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FactMonster- Search topics from here!-

  • 20th Century Chronology Section- Listing historical, entertainment, and sports events for any year you choose
  • Play Math Baseball or Power Football to practice skills
  • Scramble-Saurus- A word play game

    Go to Fact Monster

    Pen Pals::

  • Hartley Elementary School- St. Augustine, Florida

    Our Community Connections: (3 sites)

  • E-Starr.com- This is the company that makes this site possible! They help us have an online site.
  • Flagler College- St. Augustine, Florida
  • St. Petersburg Times Newspapers in Education Program [Gretchen Letterman]

    FETC (2006)::

  • Florida Educational Technology Conference [Official Site]
  • ArgoScience
  • Digital Learning... MAGIC! (I did a practicum in Michele Wiles' classroom!)
  • Mrs. Wiles' PowerPoint Presentation
  • Environmental Distance Learning- Pinellas County Schools
  • Kim Pearson (.org)
  • Larry Bedenbaugh- Language Arts
  • Paterson Elementary School Library (These were my favorite presenters, tied with Lynell Burmark)

    Search Engines::

  • Google.com's Kids Directory
  • Kids Click!
  • Scholastic
  • Yahooligans!

    Reading::

  • Author Sharon Creech
  • Cause and Effect; Using Transition Words
  • Compare and Contrast for Grade Four
  • Compare and Contrast for Grade Five
  • FCAT Explorer
  • FCAT Fourth Grade Reading
  • FCAT Vocabulary Building Practice
  • Guessing Vocabulary in Context
  • Michigan History for Kids Magazine- Just a REALLY neat magazine for kids anywhere to read.
  • Multiple Meaning Words
  • Sunshine State Readers 2007-2008
  • Using Chapter Headings To Find Out More About Books
  • Word Jungle Game! Word Meanings
  • Word Meanings

    Writing::

  • 258 Topic Ideas For When You Write In Your Journal
  • Creative Writing from Kids on the Net
  • Definitions, Rhymes, and Word Games
  • Flip A Chip- A neat vocabulary game
  • GIVE YOUR WRITING A BOOST!- This is an extremely neat resource for writing class. You can learn how to write a compare and contrast essay, how-to article, a news story, biography, book report, or other types of essays. There are also expert tips provided as well as a Writer's Toolbox!
  • Grammar Bytes- Interactive grammar games
  • Harcourt Grammar Glossary
  • How To Get Yourself Published!
  • How To Make Your Poem Leap From The Page!
  • Journal Writing- Including lots of journaling topics to write about!
  • Melissa Forney- A very creative, fun author who writes about the writing process to help kids become incredible authors
  • Power Proofreading- A game from Houghton-Mifflin
  • Revise-Wise English
  • Scholastic.com's Research Starters
  • (One Hundred!) Stellar Journaling Topics
  • Wacky Web Tales- An interactive "mad libs-style" site
  • Writing With Writers- A Scholastic.com Site

    Journalism/News Media::

  • Learn All About Digital Photography from Adobe.com
  • News Writing with Scholastic's News Editors
    Do you want to learn more about publishing a newsletter or simply your writing in general? Visit Scholastic's website dedicated to news reporting and publishing.
  • Newspapers in Education from the St. Petersburg Times
  • Newspapers in Writing and Journalism Links
  • The Pulitzer Prize- Tells about journalism's most prestigous award
  • TIME FOR KIDS Journalism Links
  • TIME FOR KIDS How To Write A Journalism Piece
  • Using the New York Times in the Classroom
  • Virtual Tour- The News- The Process Behind The Presentation
  • XPress- Newspaper for Young Readers from the St. Pete Times, reporters ages 9-17

    Writing Test Prep::

  • A Paragraph A Week- Recommended! You get to write and read what others write as well.
  • Power Proofreading- I don't think proofreading gets more exciting than this!
  • Prompt Generator- You get to pick a prompt with the "Prompt Generator"!
  • Sentence Speedway
  • Verb Power
  • Why Am I Writing This? The Purposes Beyond Writing- Click on the red dots when you enter this site.

    Math::

    Multiplication and Division:

  • Around the World in 80 Seconds Game- From Maggie's Earth Adventures, Math Section. There are two levels of difficulty.
  • Dude's Dilemma- Rescue Maggie's dog from a roof by solving either addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problems. There are three levels of difficulty.
  • Multiplication Station Online Game
  • Rock Hopper- Are you seeking a challenge? Then visit this website!
  • Talking Calculator- A Cyberchase creation.
  • Your Very Own Virtual Flashcards

    Vocabulary:

  • A Math Dictionary for Kids

    Test Prep:

  • 8 Question Test Prep Quizzes- These are scored online! It's a fast way of figuring out whether you completely learned a math skill!
  • Boxer Math- A general grades 3-5 math test, scored online.
  • Dare to Compare!- How do you measure up against other students around the world??

    Number Sense:

  • Glowla's Estimation Contraption- A neat game that involves rounding/estimation.
  • "Icky Factor Genius"- Watch an online Cyberchase cartoon about factors.
  • MISSION: Magnetite- An online game from Cyberchase that focuses on matching fractions, decimals, and percents.
  • Telling Time- This is from our math textbook's website.
  • Time and Temperature- What time is it? What is the temperature outside? All that involves math. Here are some practice questions about time and temperature.

    Geometry:

  • Angle Estimator- Congruent angles
  • Identifying Angles Game- Obtuse/acute/right and congruent angles
  • Interactive Geoboard
  • Net Pattern for Cubes
  • Study Shapes from the Air- Different. Interesting.

    Graphing and Data:

  • Bar Graphs and More- You'll see questions in here on bar graphs and other types of graphs!
  • Create Your Own Graphs!- Interactive and fun.
  • Graphing and Data- In here, you'll see some mean, median, and mode as well as some more questions on graphs you should use for collecting specific data.
  • Mean- Find the average of different numbers added together and divided.
  • Median- Median is when you find the middle number in a set of data.
  • Plotting Numbers on Graphs- This online quiz is eight questions long. It is about plotting numbers on graphs.
  • Probability- Every time you play a game with a six-sided dice, you have a 1 in 6 chance of rolling any of the numbers. Probability is about spinners and chances.
  • Roll the Dice!- Virtually roll dice!
  • Train Race- Involving all the skills!
  • When You Graph Data- This is all about when you graph the results of surveys and other data on charts.

    Printable Resources:

  • DynaMath Problem of the Day Calendar- Go to page four
  • "I Have, Who Has" Game- Whole Numbers
  • Math Quizzes- Easy, challenging; the variety is there.

    Other:

  • Math Hunt- If you like Ancient Civilizations or learning about places like Antarctica, for example, complete the math scavenger hunt online for the topic of your choice! Challenging, but fun!
  • Math Mysteries- Solve math mysteries by using the skills you acquired in class!
  • Rainforest Math- Choose your grade level and an activity. There are a LOT of activities here.

    Science::

  • American Museum of Natural History- OLOGY
    Want to complete a dinosaur dig online or investigate the Incas? Want to know about the hunt for fossils in Mongolia in the Gobi Desert? Does taking a journey to the bottom of the sea sound interesting to you? Well, this site is dedicated to many types of science- archaeology (the study of dinosaurs), astronomy (the study of space), geology (the study of the planet Earth), and marine biology as well as other sciences.
  • Visit the museum for the site above...
  • Bill Nye The Science Guy
  • DIG- The Archaeology Magazine For Kids
  • Discovery School- A-Z Science
  • Exploratorium- The site for a hands-on science museum in California
  • Franklin Institute- One of our nation's best and most exciting museums, located in Philadelphia, PA
  • How Stuff Works Express
  • Science Fair Central- From the Soup to Nuts handbook to an expansive list of project ideas, this site provides ample information on completing science projects.
  • Steve Spangler- Only the greatest inspiration for Ms. Jasztal
  • TryScience- Really FUN and interactive; gets you involved with all kinds of science topics
  • Writing With Scientists!

    Space::

  • Astronomy- Our Place in Space- Very Highly Recommended
  • Astro-Venture- Design a habitable planet!
  • Challenging The Space Frontier- from Scholastic
  • Earth and Moon Viewer
  • Explore Mars Now!
  • Explore the Solar System- from the World Almanac for Kids
  • Explore the Universe from PBS
  • Life Beyond Earth from NOVA
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory- Learn about spacecraft that has orbited space such as Deep Impact, Cassini, Mars Odyssey, and Voyager.
  • NASA and Kennedy Space Center Photo Gallery
  • NASA Photo Album of the Planets
  • Science Monster- Solar System
  • Solar System Simulator
  • Stanford Solar Center for Kids
  • The Space Place- NASA's Site For Kids- Probably in my opinion one of the greatest sites on the internet, brought to you by NASA. You can try out awesome projects or see animations such as how we communicate with far-away spacecraft, putting cannonballs into orbit, and some interviews that have been done with NASA scientists and engineers.
  • Space Kids- Space Science For Kids- Send your name out to Mars, learn about astronomy, and read about Starshine 2 and 3, satellites built by students that are orbiting around space.
  • Understanding The Universe
  • Views of the Solar System
  • Virtual Solar System from National Geographic
  • Welcome To The Planets
  • World Almanac Article/Planetary Dictionary about Space

    Human Body::

  • Kidshealth.org
  • Major Bones of the Skeleton
  • Nutrition Explorations
  • Physical Activity in Your Daily Life
  • The Healthy Refrigerator
  • The Heart- An Online EXPLORATION- Very Highly Recommended
  • The Human Body Movie
  • The Virtual Human Body

    Energy and Simple Machines::

  • An Overview of Energy
  • Cool Science- Energy-related science information
  • The NASA Sci Files
  • Strange Matter- Discover the science of everyday stuff!

    Social Studies::

    Try This!:

  • Sandwiches of Time: A Time Warp Trio Game- It's not easy! I promise!

    Florida Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow::

  • Exploring Florida- "Florida Then and Now"... and more
  • Florida in 3D- If you have 3D glasses, then this is a must-see!
  • Florida Kids
  • Florida Lighthouse Page
  • Museum of Florida History- Tallahassee, Florida
  • Floripedia- An Online Florida Encyclopedia
  • The Wonders of Florida: What's So Wonderful About Our State?
  • The 50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century
  • Southwest Florida Water Management District

    Government::

  • Ben's Guide to United States Government
  • Contact Your Congressional Representative
  • Contacting Your State and Local Representatives
  • Do Something- Getting involved in your community through service
  • Florida's Government "Online Sunshine"
  • Florida's Governors, Past and Present
  • Hernando County Government (Where We Are From!)
  • Kids In The House- The House of Representatives
  • Kids Voting USA
  • Law-4-Kids (From the U.S. Navy)
  • "Money, Money, Money" (The United States Mint)
  • PBS- "The Democracy Project"
  • President For A Day!
  • Presidential Elections from Scholastic
  • Symbols of United States Government
  • Take Your Kids To Vote!
  • The White House for Kids
  • Tour of Florida's Capital- Go on a guided tour of Florida's old and new capital, full of awesome pictures.
  • United States Census Bureau for kids
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Virtual White House Tour
  • Websites for Every Single State

    Geography::

  • Around The World in 80 Days- A Geography Adventure
  • Atlapedia- With Geography Facts From Around The World
  • Fact Finder- Kids' Corner
  • Fodors Online Travel Guide
  • Geo-Globe- An Interactive Geography Site
  • GeoSpy- from National Geographic Online
  • Go Places- Explore the World!
  • How To Track A Hurricane- from FEMA
  • Hurricanes Bonnie and Charley- 2004 Aerial Maps
  • Maps of All Kinds
  • Map Zone- LEARN ALL ABOUT MAPS!- Very Highly Recommended
  • National Geographic Magazine for Kids
  • Time For Kids Online- Map Mania

    Everglades/The Quest to Recycle::

  • American Museum of Natural History- Biodiversity
  • EcoKids Online Games
  • Everglades- Animals and Habitats
  • Florida's Everglades Foundation- "Save Our Everglades!"

    Wars and Hard Times::

  • Our America- Civil War
  • Our America- Great Depression

    St. Augustine::

  • National Park Service- Archaeology Site for Kids
  • San Francisco Maritime Archaeology- A site I use to explain archaeology and shipwrecks
  • St. Augustine Colonial Lesson Plans- For teachers, of course!
  • StAugustine4Kids- Created by my college professor, Dr. Davis
  • St. Augustine Historical Society- Information on the historical society and oldest house

    Things to do and print out::

  • Build A Bubble-Powered Rocket!- The first time my class completed in building these rockets was in January 2005, and it really works! This is a fun activity that ties in space and Newton's Laws of Motion.
  • How To Grow Rock Candy (rocks, minerals, geology)
  • Light Quest (energy)- A printable board game that tests your light smarts

    Interesting in General::

  • Architecture Books for Kids- Do you want to build houses and towns out of around-the-house materials? Architecture projects can get you started, if you have the paper, wood, or other materials to get yourself building.
  • BrainPop- Movies about all kinds of things you learn- the human body movies are highly recommended. One thing, though, is that this is a pay site and you cannot view -all- the movies if you are not a paying member.
  • Design Your Dream Room- Interactive
  • Lissa Explains it All- How to create your own webpage
  • Theater History For Kids

    We in Jasztalville are not affiliated with any of the above links.

    • Featured awesome off-site links:

  • OLOGY from the American Museum of Natural History
    OLogy is one of the greatest sites I have visited. You get to explore the various types of science such as archaeology, geology (study of the planet Earth), astronomy (space), paleontology (dinosaurs), and marine biology. The site is full of colorful graphics and interesting new facts to get you focused on science!