Earthquakes
Understanding Earthquakes - your guide to global hiccups, with history, science, famous accounts, and even a quiz. (Also check USGS)

EBSCO Web4School
EBSCO has created a direct-assign program geared to K-12 students of all reading levels. EBSCO has provided a tool that enables teachers to supplement textbook instruction with current, nonfiction magazine articles.

EdGate Copernicus Education Gateway
Search the Curriculum Matrix for Lesson Plans.
Access Online Courses through e-Class Post.
Homework Assignments with SchoolNotes.com.
Search TeacherVision.

EDSITEment
Is a Web site devoted to computer-based instruction in the humanities. It includes links to the top sites in history, social studies, English, language arts, foreign languages, and art history. It also lists learning guides and other resources for the classroom.

Education Index
An annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web.

Education News Online
Produced by the New York Times, an online newspaper just for students.

Enchanted Learning
Produces children's educational web sites and games from A-Z which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. This site has great information, crafts, and activities that are age-appropriate for preschool to elementary, many include downloadable activity sheets.

eSchool News
The K-12 decision maker's technology and Internet newspaper with a careers center along with literature review.

EgyptWorld
Explore the ancient pyramids in this virtual museum.

The Eisenhower Regional Alliance for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

The Electronic School
Is a quarterly technology magazine for K-12 school leaders. It is a print and online supplement to The American School Board Journal in cooperation with the Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE), a program of the National School Boards Association.

Empire Internet Schoolhouse
Provides a collection of K-12 resources, projects, and discussion groups for new Internet users.

Encarta Learning and Research

Environment - Exploring the Environment
Welcome to Exploring the Environment™ (ETE). The ETE online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future™; at Wheeling Jesuit University. Through a cooperative agreement with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the ETE online series is supported by NASA's Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) Program, which facilitates public use of Earth and Space Science remote sensing databases over the Internet.

Environmental Protection Agency
Student activity pages along with teacher links.

ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded national information system. Resources at this gopher site include AskERIC information, education listserv archives, lesson plans, and links to educational resources.

European Exploration of the New World
Created by three fifth- and sixth-grade students, this ThinkQuest Junior activity was a finalist during the competition in 2000 and can be used both as a resource and as an example for a project students might enjoy doing. It includes an overview of the various motives behind exploration, information about individual explorers categorized by country, and several activities (i.e., crossword puzzles, word searches) students can complete using their knowledge of explorers.

European Voyages of Exploration
This comprehensive tutorial focuses on 15th-and 16th-century Spain and Portugal, the motivations behind explorations sponsored by these two nations, and the consequences of colonization.

Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception
Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center.

Exploration
Age of Exploration - this site provides links to biographies of six explorers: Erik the Red, Christopher Columbus, John and Sebastian Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, Jacques Cartier, and Amerigo Vespucci. Short biographies include general information about the explorers and links to more specific details. Most appropriate for use with upper-elementary students, the site may be used as a starting point for further research.

Explore Science
Brush up on harmonic motion, genetics, optics, and even your golf game at this shockwave-intensive site devoted to science theory.

Explorers Picture Dictionary for Little Explorers
Designed for use in second and third grades, this area of the picture dictionary provides information about different explorers. Students may search for names alphabetically or click on predetermined categories such as "Americas" or "Early 1500s" to find information about specific explorers. Many entries include links to additional information.

Exploring Maps
The United States Geological Survey offers a multidisciplinary set of materials designed to help grade 7-12 students learn basic map reading and mapmaking, and develop an understanding of how maps can be used as representations of reality. Although not specifically for elementary school, there may be some things on this site that 5th and 6th grade children will enjoy learning.