Jefferson Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School
1825 NW 27th Street, Corvallis OR 97330
541-757-5951 • Denise Gorthy, Principal

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Online Encyclopedias (only available from school district computers): Grolier -Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, Encyclopedia Americana.
GALE- Site sponsored by OSLIS (Oregon School Library Information Systems)
EBSCO Magazine- Kids Search Databases

World Almanac for Kids- Scroll down to chapters on the left side. Some of the topics are: animals, birthdays and holidays, books, environment, geography, language, mythology, nations, numbers, population, religion, science, sports, technology, united states, weights and measurement.; Scholastic Research Starters- Topics in social studies, science and biographies.

Microsoft Encarta- Basic encyclopedia including dictionary and atlas features.

Kids' Page- Corvallis Public Library: Corvallis Public Library- Visit the new Kids' Page at the public library
Scholastic: Scholastic On Line Activities- Activities divided by grade level and subject.
Scholastic Magazine- A limited online version of the student magazine. There are a couple of good current new articles.

Read, Write, Think- Flip Book Exercise; Graphic Map- Graphic Map Exercise
Cyberhunts: St. Patrick's Day Cyberhunt NEW-Celebrate this Irish holiday.

Daylight Savings Time NEW-Learn about daylight savings time and the seasons of the year.

Seussentennial NEW- Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Have A Heart NEW- Learn about your amazing heart- February is heart health month!

Presidents' Day NEW- Learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Chinese New Year- Learn about the traditions and symbols of Chinese New Year.

Statue of Liberty Cyberhunt

Water Cycle NEW- Learn about the Water Cycle.

State Project Preview NEW- Use resources to prepare for state projects.

Colonies Quest NEW- Learn about the colonies and the Jamestown settlement.

Animals of the Arctic- Learn about the amazing animals of the Arctic.; Martin Luther King Jr. - Learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, and why we celebrate his birthday on this web scavenger hunt
Ben Franklin Cyberhunt- New
aScholastic Cyberhunt Spooky Spiders- Spooky Spiders.
Spider Web Site- Closeup photos of many types of spiders.

Rock On Planet Earth- Cyberhunt on Rocks and Minerals.

Earth Day Cyberhunt

Washington D.C.- The capitol of the United States.
St. Patrick's Day Cyberhunt
Daylight Savings Time-Learn about the changes to daylight savings time.; Have A Heart-Learn about your heart.
aScholastic Cyberhunt Spooky Spiders- Spooky Spiders.
Spider Web Site- Closeup photos of many types of spiders.

Extreme Planet Cyberhunt- The hottest, coldest, highest, deepest, driest, wettest, places on earth.
Rock On Planet Earth- Cyberhunt on Rocks and Minerals.
Calling All Astronauts- Cyberhunt on Astronomy.
Cyberhunt Geography- Cyberhunt on World Geography.
Chinese New Year- Learn about the traditions and symbols of Chinese New Year.
Martin Luther King Jr. - Learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, and why we celebrate his birthday on this web scavenger hunt
    Cyberhunt: Bears in North America

    Wild Weather Cyberhunt- Answer questions about the weather to finish the crossword puzzle.

    Veterans Day Cyberhunt
    Colonial America Cyberhunt
    Extreme Planet Cyberhunt
    Statue of Liberty Cyberhunt
    Ben Franklin Cyberhunt
    Wright Brothers Cyberhunt
    Amazon Rain Forest Cyberhunt
    Soccer Cyberhunt
    St. Patrick's Day Cyberhunt
    The Weather Cyberhunt

    Visit the Animals of the Arctic (For Mr. Phillips' Far Out Class)
        http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/
        http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/Satellite.htm
        http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-s
        http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl

    Alaska: Fairbanks Alaska- Learn what it would be like to go to school in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Animals of the Arctic- Learn about the amazing animals of the Arctic.
To the North Pole (These Too!) http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/resources_faq.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/peary.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henson.shtml: Veggie Power- Learn surprising facts about vegetables.
Ahoy Columbus- Cyberhunt on Christopher Columbus.
Calling All Astronauts- Cyberhunt on Astronomy.
Scholastic Cyberhunt Bones- The Bones Inside Us.
Scholastic Cyberhunt Spooky Spiders- Spooky Spiders.
Spider Web Site- Closeup photos of many types of spiders.
AOL Research and Learn- World's Largest Web, Brown Recluse, and Spider Fighters.

Wild Weather Cyberhunt- Answer questions about the weather to complete the crossword puzzle.
Scholastic Weather Watch- Information about clouds, severe weather and natural disasters.
Scholastic Weather Articles- Articles and answers to students' questions about weather.
Web Weather for Kids- Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become
hot at forecasting the weather

Education World- Cyberhunts organized by months of the year.
Scholastic Cyberhunts- Cyberhunts organized by content.

More Colonial America
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcolonialma.html

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Primary Web Sites: Scholastic- I Spy
General - Little Clickers- Web site for students ages 3-12. Recommended by Children's Technology Review Magazine.

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General Web Sites: American Library Association- Great Web Sites for Kids - Links available in many categories. A site sponsored by the American Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children.

Kid Space at the Internet Public Library- Upper elementary and middle school reading level. Many features available at this site from a wide variety of subjects (reference, the world, computers, health and nutrition, reading zone, art and music, sport and recreation, fun stuff, etc.) and features (science fair, state information, html, author page, culture quest, story hour, culture quest, u.s. presidents, etc.). A site sponsored by the American Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children.

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WWW Sites of Interest: Art - Crayons
Art - www.enchantedlearning.com
History - Ben Franklin's Guide to US Government for Kids
History - Library of Congress
History - The White House for Kids
History - Time for Kids
History - US History
: Math- NEW http://www.spacetimearcade.com/

Math- NEW http://www.mathplayground.com/area_perimeter.html

Math- www.multiplication.com

Math- www.hbschool.com/menus/auto/13/0.html

Math- http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html

Math- http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames
: Math- Math Playground
Math- Mathbrain; Math - A+ Math
Math - Math Stories
Math - Cool Math for Kids
Math - A+ Math
PE - Sports Illustrated for Kids
Reading/Writing - America Writes for Kids
Reading/Writing - Reading Rainbow
FUN - Discovery School
FUN - Fun Brain

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Student Search Engines: Yahooligans for Kids
Kids Click!- KidsClick was created by librarians and is run by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San Jose State University.
Ask Jeeves For Kids!
LITTLE EXPLORERS Picture Dictionary
Kids Search Tools
www.cybersleuth-kids.com - CyberSleuth Kids, An Internet Search Guide for the K-12 Student.

www.factmonster.com - Fact Monster has an online dictionary, encyclopedia and homework help.
www.surfaquarium.com -SurfAquarium, Ride the world wide wave, everything you need with one click.
www.aboutschool.com -AboutSchool, dedicated to helping students, parents and teachers succeed.
www.eduhound.com -EduHound, Everything for Education K-12.
www.figurethis.org -Figure This! Math challenges for families.
www.hbschool.com/index.html -The Learning Site, offers a wealth of resources to bring the world to your classroom.

http://school.discovery.com/ -The Discovery Channel for Schools.
www.educationplanet.com -Education Planet, The Education Web Guide.
http://www.historychannel.com/ -The History Channel.
www.exploratorium.edu -The Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception.

Search Hound
Lycos Kids Homework Zone- Reference

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Software Tutorials: Designing School Web Sites- Buddy Projects
Tips for Developing School Web Pages
A Beginners Guide to HTML - Tutorial from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
What's New With HTML
Technology and Teaching - Tutorials from the Public Broadcasting System TeacherSource site.
Sample School Websites: http://www.loogootee.k12.in.us/west -Logootee West Elementary, Logootee Indiana.
http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/upk/upk.home.html -University Park Elementary, Fairbanks, Alaska.
http://ambleweb.digitalbrain.com/ambleweb/web/home.db_psc - Ambleside Church of England Primary School, Ambleside England

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Web Resources - Clip Art Sites (from Duane Jager's "Search for Clipart" class): Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
School Related WEB Graphic Images
Earl's ClipArt Page - ClipArt Image Search Engines
http://www.clipartconnection.com/
http://dir.coolclips.com/Education/School/
www.ditto.com
http://www.hoxie.org/clipart/CLIP00.HTM
MediaBuilder:: http://www.mediabuilder.com/graphicsborder.html
ht tp://www.mediabuilder.com/graphicsicon.html
www.iconbazaar.com
www.flamingtext.com
Backgrounds for web sites

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Jefferson Elementary School

Online Encyclopedias | Corvallis Public Library- Kids' Page| Scholastic| Cyberhunt | Primary Web Sites| General Web Sites |WWW Sites of Interest | Search Engines | Research Sites Web Resources | Software Tutorials | Computer Lab Schedules

Online Encyclopedias | Corvallis Public Library- Kids' Page| Scholastic| Cyberhunt
| Primary Web Sites| General Web Sites |WWW Sites of Interest | Search Engines
| Research Sites Web Resources | Software Tutorials | Computer Lab Schedules