Online Resources

Here are some links that I've found useful in past.  I hope that you may like some of them, too!

Periodic Tables with good info and videos showing properties of the elements:

http://www.chemicool.com/

http://www.periodicvideos.com/

Free Lapbook:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/periodic_table.php

Water Science:
(use with earth science or chemistry)

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html

http://www.nps.gov/archive/wica/Hydrology/PDF.htm

http://earth.usc.edu/~stott/Catalina/Oceans.html

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol111/streams.htm

Chemistry:

http://www.alkaseltzer.com/as/student_experiment.html

Chem lapbook and unit study:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/chemistry.php

How Fireworks work:  http://www.pyrouniverse.com/consumer/howtheywork.htm

Chem4Kids:  http://www.chem4kids.com/
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzchem.html

http://reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/chemistry.html

http://mypages.iit.edu/~smile/cheminde.html

http://education.jlab.org/index.php

Sewage treatment:  http://www.chemistrydaily.com/chemistry/Sewage_treatment

Treating the Public Water Supply: 

http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/Water/PublicWaterSupply/PublicWaterSupply.html

Changing plastic to oil:  http://www.flixxy.com/convert-plastic-to-oil.htm

How Stuff Works website (good for physics, etc., too):

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

How products are made:  http://www.madehow.com/index.html

Physics: 

http://www.physics4kids.com/

Thomas Edison lapbook:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/by_resources_thomasedison.php

Math: 

Robinsunne's Multiplication Clock:

http://robinsunne.com/robinsunnes_multiplication_clock

MEP math curriculum:  http://www.intermep.org/

Order of operations worksheets:  http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/math/order/

Charts and Graphs:  http://www.squidoo.com/chartsandgraphs

Online Space Science curriculum:

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/capture/

Earth/Sky Tonight:  http://earthsky.org/tonight

Cosmos4Kids:  http://www.cosmos4kids.com/index.html

http://stardate.org/nightsky/weekly

http://www.botproductions.com/stellar/index.html

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/educators/news/index.shtml

Onlines Earth Science curriculum:

http://www.agiweb.org/earthcomm/geosphere/platetectonics/activity1.html?State=

Dirt, the Movie:  http://dirtthemovie.org/

Soil Science:  http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/basics.htm

Lesson plans:  http://www.middleschoolscience.com/earth.htm

Geography 4 Kids:  http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_intro.html
(really covers geology)

Oregon State's earth science curriculum:  http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/plate-tectonics (their website also has lots of videos, photos, games, etc.

Savage Earth, online:  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/index.html

Plate tectonics:  http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/index.htm

RocksforKids:  http://rocksforkids.com/index.html

USGS Volcanoes:  http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/volcanoes/

Mineral information:  http://www.mii.org/

Minerals and Molecules (can be used with chemistry, too): 

http://virtual-museum.soils.wisc.edu/displays.html

Biology resources:

http://www.biologycorner.com/

Plants:  http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/

Biology for Kids:  http://www.biology4kids.com/files/studies_scimethod.html

Drawing with Children, Nature Journal Style:  http://www.squidoo.com/drawingwithchildrennature

Nature Study using Comstock's book:  http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2008/06/green-hour-name-and-logo-changes-or.html

Hands-on Biology:  http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/

Cells Alive!  http://www.cellsalive.com/

Immune Attack game:  http://www.fas.org/immuneattack/

Neuroscience for kids:  http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmodel.html

Trees:  http://www.treesforyou.org/

http://www.butler.edu/herbarium/treeid/treeparts.html

The Visual Dictionary:  http://www.infovisual.info/volume_en.html

Parts of a plant cell:  http://ghills.metamora.k12.il.us/webquest/5th/plants/plantcell.htm

Parts of a plant:  http://www.botanical-online.com/lasplantasangles.htm

Plant structure:  http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPLANTANAT.html

Real Trees 4 Kids:  http://www.realtrees4kids.org/

Secrets of Plant Genomes:  http://www.plantgenomesecrets.org/

Life science lesson plans:  http://www.smithlifescience.com/PH001LessonPlans.htm

The Great Plant Escape game:  http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/index.html

Plant labeling:  http://www.botanical-online.com/lesplantesactivitat9angles.htm

Biomes and Ecosystems:  http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html

Classification (but it's outdated): 

http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/Science/core/7thgrd/sciber7/Classify/html/INTRO.HTM

Ecology:  http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/default.asp?page=772

Kids Do Ecology:  http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/

Mixed Science:

http://www.edheads.org/

http://www.amnh.org/ology/index.php

http://www.msnucleus.org/

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/bio.htm#5

http://eequalsmcq.com/

Worksheets:  http://www.worksheets4teachers.com/sciencesheets.php

The Story of Stuff (et al):  http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Science News for Kids:  http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/search.asp?catid=29

How to Teach Science:  http://www.howtoteachscience.com/index.shtml

Forensic Science:

http://bsapp.com/forensics_illustrated/index.html

Medical Mysteries game:  http://medmyst.rice.edu/index.html

Literature Study Guides:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/

Literary Elements and Devices (lessons): 

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/literary_elements_devices/menu.htm#Advance

Metaphor worksheets:  http://bogglesworldesl.com/metaphor_worksheets.htm

Lesson plans:  http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edadolescentlit.htm#shortstories

Mythology links:  http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/mytholog.htm

Myths and legends teacher's info links:  http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/mythold.html#persian

Prehistoric Novels bibliography:  http://www.trussel.com/prehist/juv.htm

Baldwin Project, old books online: 

http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=feature

Children's Books of the Ancient world, bibliography:

http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/kidsklassics.html

Online books:  http://www.classicreader.com/browse/3/title/

http://www.bartleby.com/

http://publicliterature.org/

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/

http://www.fiction.us/

International Children's Digital library (w/ picture books online, in color):

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Early Modern poetry online:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Early_modern_poetry

Shakespeare Notebook pages:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/shakespeare_notebook_pages.php

Phrases coined by Shakespeare: 

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

History: 

Ancient history:  http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/education/cargoes/Cargoes_Chapter15.pdf

Vikings Study Guide (5 lessons):

http://www.ncte.ie/viking/less1.htm

Viking ship construction:  http://www.regia.org/Ships1.htm

Viking study and lapbook:  http://www.homeschoolshare.com/viking_adventure.php

Anglo-Saxons:  http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/saxons.htm

History's Happening!  Lessons for all historical time periods:

http://www.loeser.us/timemenu.html

more history and lit:  http://www.macspage.com/research.html#MedievalEurope

Western tradition videos:  http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html?pop=yes&pid=819#

http://www.historyguide.org/

Make a medieval book:  http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1220_gothic/make_book.php

Medieval games:  http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/games.html

Middle Ages:  http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/index.htm

http://www.kathimitchell.com/middleages.htm

http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleages/overview.htm

Norman Conquest:  http://www.mrfield.btinternet.co.uk/Conquest/index.htm

British Battles (from Norman Conquest onward):  http://www.britishbattles.com/braddock.htm

Conquest of Constantinople:  http://www.reformation.org/fall-of-constantinople.html

Discovery and Exploration Notebooking:  http://www.squidoo.com/discovery-exploration

Timeline Index: http://www.timelineindex.com/content/home/forced

U.S. History using foldables (lapbooking):  http://ushistory.pwnet.org/links/foldables.php

U.S. Historical Maps:  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html#early.html

American History AP Quizzes:  http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm

Voyageurs Study Guide:  http://www.mackinacparks.com/Userfiles/File/CM_Adventure_JP.pdf

Boston Tea Party Lapbook:  http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/boston_tea_party.htm

U.S. History Lesson Plans (also many other subjects):  http://www.downloadlearning.com/topics/8/

Texas Indians Activity Guide:  http://www.downloadlearning.com/topics/8/

American Revolution Lapbook:  http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/free-stuff/

Oregon Trail Lapbook:  http://lapbooklessons.com/OregonTrailLapbook.html

http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/westwardhooooo.htm

World History Quiz: 

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/World-History-for-Kids-286912.html

British Kings and Queens Printables: 

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/british_kings_and_queens_printables.htm

Maps:  http://www.fsmitha.com/maps.html#h1

Geography:

Study of India: 

http://www.uni.edu/gai/India/India_Lesson_Plans/India_Lessons.htm

Tons of geography resources:  http://home.comcast.net/~tbrown117735MI/Maps.html

A wide variety of Lesson Plans for many, many topics:

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html#Lesson%20Plans

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

Constitution Day Lessons for all grade levels:

http://www.k12.com/events/constitution_day_lessons/

Democracy in America lesson plans:  http://www.learner.org/resources/series173.html

Art History/Appreciation Resources on the web:

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm

Middle school art lesson plans:  http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Art/Middle_School/index2.htm

Music appreciation:

http://www.classicsforkids.com/

http://www.alaska.net/~tiptoe/webquest/

Orchestra lapbook:  http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/orchestra.htm

Philosophy for Children:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/omc/kidsphil/stories.html

Grammar:

KISS grammar curriculum:  http://home.pct.edu/~evavra/KISS.htm

Language arts (lit, writing, grammar, etc.):  http://guest.portaportal.com/vsprague1

Bible Study for younger children:  http://www.geocities.com/~perkinshome/childrennew.html

Free Lapbooks:  http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/

http://hebrews110.wordpress.com/free-stuff/