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Curriculum
Websites ~ Music, Art, Science, Social Studies Information, Methods, and Strategies |
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Curriculum
Websites ~ Music, Art, Science, Social Studies Information, Methods, and Strategies |
Making Connections with Music, Art, Science and Social Studies
EdSITEment ~ http://edsitement.neh.gov/ ~ "The best of the Humanities on the Web"; includes lesson plans and information for art and culture, literature and language arts, foreign language, history and social studies.
Children's Music Web ~ http://www.childrensmusic.org/ ~ a non-profit resource for kids, families, and children's performers worldwide
SFS Kids ~ http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1 ~ San Francisco Symphony kids web site includes an interactive music lab and orchestra information.
Children's Music Games by Morton Subotnick Creating Music ~ http://www.creatingmusic.com/ ~ creative music environment for children of all ages; compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles.
New York Philharmonic Kids' Zone ~ http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml ~ interactive music website with a composition workshop, directions for making your own instruments, and more
Picturing Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art ~ http://www.picturingwriting.org/ ~ ideas for using art to fostering literacy through art; includes video, articles, and examples of student work
How To Read a Painting ~ http://www.kcsd.k12.pa.us/~projects/critic/index.html ~ lessons for art appreciation
ArtsEdge ~ http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ ~ art lessons and more from the Kennedy Center.
Student Art Lessons ~ http://www.geocities.com/theartkids/artlessons.html ~ Ideas for classroom art projects categorized by grade level and theme.
Mark Harden's Artchive ~ http://artchive.com/ ~ links to art prints, artist biographies, and more
Favorite USA Art Museums ~ http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/museum2.htm ~ 20+ sites for online intereactive GAMES that teach art from museums all over the world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum Kids ~ http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/museumkids.htm?HomePageLink=museumkids_c ~ interactive art activities and information about art and artists
National Museum of Wildlife Art Games ~ http://www.wildlifeart.org/Frame_Games.cfm
A. Pintura: Art Detective ~ http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html
Cowboy Photography ~ http://www.cartermuseum.org/smithkids/smithkids.htm
Cartoon Art Museum ~ http://www.cartoonart.org/
Cyberchase ~ http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/ ~ a great site for science games from PBS kids
Gamequarium Science Games ~ http://www.gamequarium.com/science.htm ~ assorted science games to play online
Astronomy and Space for Kids ~ http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ ~ A space website for kids, with information and resources.
Kennedy Space Center Home Page ~ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ ~ official NASA website
Science NetLinks ~ http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/ ~ lessons, tools and other resources from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Xpeditions ~ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ ~ lesson plans, activities, and maps from National Geographic.
Gamequarium Social Studies Games ~ http://www.gamequarium.com/socialstudies.htm ~ assorted science games to play online
Wikipedia ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ~ an online encyclopedia for everyone!
Historical Fiction for Children ~ http://bookgirl3.tripod.com/historicalfiction.html ~ has lists of non-fiction books by subject
1492 ~ http://www.sisterschoice.com/1492.html ~ words and real audio to a song about Columbus
Thanksgiving Information ~ http://www.2020tech.com/thanks/temp.html ~ information from the Fourth World Documentation Project
Plimoth Plantation ~ http://www.plimoth.org/ ~ Take a virtual tour! Tons of pictures and information to enhance Thanksgiving lessons.
Wampanoag information ~ http://www.bostonkids.org/teachers/TC/ ~ From the Boston Children's Museum
Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg ~ http://www.history.org ~ Colonial Williamsburg online
The U.S. Presidents ~ http://www.uspresidents.com/ ~ A "character in time" history project featuring one-act plays with U.S. presidents as protagonist.
The History Channel ~ http://www.historychannel.com/ ~ features "This Day In History" and a search engine for any topic in history.
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