Sixth Grade  Sites

Book Banter Blog
http://sites.epals.com/bookbanter/

 

Math --Ancient Civilizations- Science- Library Skills

 

Guidelines for Composer Paragraphs

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/

Florence Griswold Museum
http://www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org/learning/

 Beethoven
  http://www.lucare.com/immortal/

Composers
http://www.naxos.com/

Classical
http://www.allclassical.com/

Estrella's Dictionary of Composers
http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/

Math Sites

Multiplying Fractions
Use these internet sites to practice your fraction multiplication skills.
Be sure to read instructions, follow directions and do the practice activities for the best use of your valuable math time.

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

http://math.rice.edu/%7Elanius/fractions/index.html

http://www.themathpage.com/ARITH/multiply-fractions-parts-of-fractions.htm

 

 

Ancient Civilizations

 

Dig Magazine:Archaeology for Kids
http://digonsite.com/

Prehistory

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
(from the Art Institute of Chicago)

Ancient China Webquest

India

Greece

Rome

 

 

Science

Nature Works Files-New Hampshire Public Television
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nw4.htm

Learn about Connecticut's Wildlife  at DEP
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=326218&depNav_GID=1655&depNav=|

Build a Food Web
http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2690&q=322450&depNav_GID=1511&depNav=|

Soil

Inventors and Inventions

Biomes

Chemistry

Weather

Tessillations

Great Backyard Bird Count
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Online Bird Guide at Cornell
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/

 

 

Library Skills

Careers Project Websites

What Do You Like?- Choose a job based on your favorite subject
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm

The Fun Works - short interest inventory
http://www.thefunworks.org/

Learn More Indiana- detailed interest inventory that will help you narrow your choices.
http://www.learnmoreindiana.org/careers/exploring/Pages/IndepthCareerInterestInventory.aspx

 

Information on Various Careers

http://online.onetcenter.org/

 

 

 

Website Evaluation

Finding a Good Website about Henry Hudson 

Web Evaluation Practice 

 

Using Graphic Organizers to take notes

Dogs Helping People
http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/atd/index.html

The Truth behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2006/09/piratestwo.html