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MaMaMedia.com
MaMaMedia is the number-one kids' brand born on the Internet. At MaMaMedia.com,
kids discover by doing and create while clicking. Our engaging activities
help them gain technological fluency and expand their minds through playful
learning; they can design and animate characters, make their own digital
cards, invent games, and more. Our free membership lets kids save, publish,
and e-mail their creations to friends. At MaMaMedia.com, almost anything
you can dream, you can do.
Magic
School Bus Page
Check out what Ms. Frizzle and her class are doing now!
Making
of America
A vast digital library of primary sources in American social history from
the Antebellum Period through Reconstruction.
Making
Science Make Sense
Primarily a chemistry site that explores all the chemicals in the periodic
table. It has a library, which reviews other science areas and has some
very good links. This site can be appropriate for almost any grade level
with teacher supervision. Parents can learn much from this site as they
use it with their children. It has links with the U.S. Department of Energy
and goes into some environmental issues. I also came across some simple
experiments, which can be done in the home. I am adding it to the website
list that I use in teaching rehab counselors as a means for them to learn
more about science. Excellent job by Bayer.
Maps
- All the Worlds Maps
A compilation of each nation's maps - including cities.
Maps
- An Atlas of World Maps by Encarta Online
An interactive map with reference to Encyclopedia articles about places
on the map.
Maps
- Antiquarian Maps
World maps, and cartographic curiosities from the Yale Map Collection.
Maps
- Blank Outline Maps
Collections of blank and outline maps to print out for educational or
personal use at home or in the classroom.
Maps
- Collections: 1500-1999
Maps of cities and towns, conservation and environment, discovery and
exploration, cultural landscapes, military battles and campaigns, transportation
and communication maps, and general maps hosted and sponsored by the Geography
and Map Division of the Library of Congress.
Maps
- Color Landforms Atlas of the USA
Topographic and political maps of the US states.
Maps
- Historical Map Collection
Early map images and an exhaustive collection of historical maps arranged
by country.
Maps
- Languages of the World
Ethnologue country index.
Map
Libraries on the Web
From the John R. Borchert Map Library
Maps
- National Atlas.gov
The new National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate
children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships
between environments, places, and people. It contributes to our knowledge
of the environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political,
and historical dimensions of American life.
Maps
of the Global Biosphere
Frequently updated maps of the global biosphere.
Maps
- Online Map Games
From Alienz! for children to Super Quiz for geography professionals, the
Maps.com games area has something to offer for just about everyone.
Maps
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
A large collection of maps of the world, countries, cities, and regions.
Its outline maps and historic maps are helpful for classroom assignment.
Maps
- World Sites Atlas
Using geography to explore the world - and the web! Maps, hotels, tourist
information, weather, photos, links, news...Hundreds of pages of information
can be found on this site!
MapQuest
Maps, Driving Directions, Road Trip Planners, and Yellow Pages!
Mariner's
Museum
The Mariners' Museum Age of Exploration On-line Curriculum Guide has materials
that address maritime discovery from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768
voyage to the South Pacific. Teachers can use the curriculum guide in
a variety of ways. It is especially appropriate for grades 5, 8, and high
school world history and geography. The curriculum weaves together visual
images, video, and text, as well as materials that can be downloaded or
printed for transparencies, presentations, or reports. It includes lesson
plans, vocabulary, links to related web sites, and guides to other reference
materials. Teachers planning a field trip to The Mariners' Museum will
find the guide valuable for classroom sessions before and after their
visit, but it can also stand alone, bringing the Museum's treasures into
the classroom. The Guide materials are based on The Mariners' Museum Age
of Exploration Gallery, in which intriguing artifacts, videos, and other
material trace how technological inventions and growing knowledge of the
Earth and skies made possible the voyages of exploration and discovery
that changed the course of history.
Math
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Grades: 4 & up. This very comprehensive resource includes short, traditional
biographies of women mathematicians from the fifth century B.C. until
modern times. It was created and is maintained by faculty at Agnes Scott
College in Atlanta, GA.
Math
- Cool Math.com
Keep cool with Coolmath.com, a roller-coaster ride of math and science
fun. Explore the solar system, tease your mind with mathematical Brain
Benders, and play thinking games designed to build your math muscles.
Math
- Games
Sponsored by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory
at Brown University.The goal of this website is to support teachers who
are implementing Investigations in Number, Data and Space in their classrooms.
The site is also valuable for other educators and parents who need more
information about this elementary mathematics program. Since this site
is an open forum for teachers' and others' opinions and ideas, the views
represented here do not necessarily represent the views of the site's
collaborators.Here you will find the names of all the games from grades
1 to 5, which unit(s) and grade(s) each game occurs in, and one or two
major mathematical topics for each game. Generally the games are rich
with many topics and ideas for students to engage in, but we confined
ourselves to the main topic(s) for this list.
Math
- Helping your child learn Math
This online edition of Helping Your Child Learn Math is for parents of
children in kindergarten through fifth grade. It has been revised to include
a variety of activities that will help children learn and apply mathematical
concepts such as geometry, algebra, measurement, statistics, and probability
in a useful and fun way. All of the activities relate math to everyday
life and complement many of the math lessons that children are learning
in school. These fun activities use materials that are easy to find. They
can be done in the home, at the grocery store, while traveling, or just
for the fun of it.
Math
- Kids' Page
Sponsored by the National Security Agency, the Puzzle Solvers at Cryptic
Manor was developed to share the fun and excitement of solving challenging
problems--and hopefully get young people thinking about careers in math,
computer science, and technology. The National Security Agency employs
some of the world's leading code makers and code breakers, many of whom
are also talented computer scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and
analysts. Student's will discover a number of the puzzles involve codes.
In fact, Codey, the owlish guide for this site, was named for the codes
created by their master cryptanalysts as well as the programming instructions
(also called code) generated by their computer experts.
Math
- MegaMath
Mathematics is a live science with new discoveries being made every day.
The frontier of mathematics is an exciting place, where mathematicians
experiment and play with creative and imaginative ideas. Many of these
ideas are accessible to young children. Others (infinity is a good example)
are ideas that have already piqued many children's curiosity, but their
profound mathematical importance is not widely known or understood. The
MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical
ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers
can think about them together.
Math
- Number Time
The animations, games, songs, and movies at this site are so entertaining,
your students won't mind at all that they are actually learning! In fact,
this stuff is so much fun, you might even want to link to it on your school
web site or hand it out as a summer math assignment.
Math
- Plane Math
Sponsored by NASA. Just plain math? Or just plain fun? How about a combination
of the two? The activities and animations at this site combine math and
aeronautics to teach students about flying, designing an airplane, and
interesting aeronautical trivia.
Math
- What Good is Math?
At one time, you may have asked yourself, "What good is math?" This site
was created to answer that question. We all use math every day, most of
the time without even realizing it! Here are some situations that you
may find yourself in on any given day. Each problem involves the use of
math skills.
The
Math Explorer
Explore new approaches to mathematics with these fun games, tricks, and
activities.
The
Math Forum
Drexel University's online student math resource site arranged by grade
level pre-Kindergarten and up! Ask Dr. Math, student showcase, math tips
and tricks, Internet math hunt, math magic and more!
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
Merry
Math
What could be more fascinating this season than learning the concepts
of measurement; numbers and operation; problem solving and critical thinking
with space travel experts, Astroclaus and Dr. Joy! Enter the Merry Math
contest, stump Dr. Joy, design Astroclaus a new Astrosleigh, and watch
Astroclaus and Dr. Joy as they unravel the strategies behind our math
contest problems. Merry Math has a content focus on Grades 1-5 but is
for everyone.
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collections include more than two million works of art, spanning more
than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.
The
Middle Ages
An exploration of feudal life, religion, health, arts and entertainment,
and much more.
Mighty
Book.com
A nonprofit public service Website with Read aloud picture books, sing-along
stories, video song books, poetry, story writing & illustration contests,
learning games & puzzles for kids ages 2-12 -- FREE!
Mungo
Park
This is a wonderful site that uses cutting-edge Web technology including
audio, video, and surround video to take you on a monthly expedition to
an exotic corner of the world.
Museum
of Afro American History (Boston)
The Museum of Afro American History (MAAH) is a not-for-profit history
institution dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting
the contributions of African Americans during the colonial period in New
England.
Museum of American Financial History
Museum
of the Confederacy
Visit The Museum and The White House of the Confederacy, "perhaps
the finest Civil war museum in the country," according to The Chicago
Tribune. The museum is a private, nonprofit institution maintaining the
world's largest and most comprehensive collection of military, political
and domestic artifacts and art associated with the period of the Confederacy,
1861-1865.
Museum
of Science
The mission of the Museum of Science, Boston is to stimulate interest
in and further understanding of science and technology and their importance
for individuals and for society.
Museum
- The Tech Museum of Innovation
The area that you should look at in this museum is the Imagination
Playground. The interactives in Imagination Playground are designed
to give you new ways to play creatively with technology and to challenge
you to assess the value of high tech play. You will not only ask "What
can this technology do?" but "What can I do with this technology?"
Music
for the Nation - the Library of Congress
Consists of tens of thousands of pieces of sheet music registered for
copyright during the post-Civil War era. Included are popular songs, piano
music, sacred music and secular choral music, solo instrumental music,
method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.
Music
- Mojo's Musical Mouseum
This is one of the very best and most comprehensive lists of classic kid's
song lyrics, many with audio files that you can sample. The best feature
is that you can access the songs using either the alphabetical index of
the keyword search tool, if you know some of the lyrics, but not the song
title. There is also a nifty subject index that clusters similar songs
together into categories.
Musical
Instrument Encyclopedia
The Musical Instrument Encyclopedia is a Web site that lets you experience
a sampling of instruments, complete with images and music samples.