5th Grade Sites

	Internet4Classrooms - 100's of links for 5th Grade mathematics and language arts activities grouped by subject/concept.
	Getting Students Connected - Numerous 5th Grade links from the Avon Maitland school district.
	Language Arts - Reading, Writing, and Spelling
	Sitton Spelling Program Online Activities for 5th Grade A wonderful collection of online spelling activities that can be done along with each unit of study.
	Read-Write-Think - Persuasion Map Use this tool to map out your argument for a persuasive essay or debate.
	Scholastic - Poetry Study the genre of poetry by taking part in step-by-step workshops with favorite authors such as Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, Jean Marzollo, and others.
	Patricia Polacco Check out this author's website for lots of ideas and activities.
	My Side of the Mountain This supplemental unit for My Side of the Mountain provides activities and web resources developed as part of the Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) Project, funded by the California Technology Assistance Program (CTAP)

	Mathematics
	See Sites on the Hill - Mathematics

	Social Studies
	Lower East Side Tenement Museum Visit the Urban Log Cabin to read about tenement life in New York City in 1870 and 1915. For additional information, check out the links for Excavation, Tenement VR, and History.
	Scholastic - Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century. Read about coming to America in 1920, 1933, and today, take a tour of Ellis Island, and explore immigration through a number of links.
	You Teach the Decades Webquest An integrated, thematic webquest unit for English, Social Studies and Science. See if you're up to the challenge of creating,, organizing, and presenting a complete multimedia lesson regarding a decade's worth of history to your peers.
	Enchanted Learning's Zoom Inventors and Inventions A nice site for information on lots of different inventors and inventions. You can search by ABC order, by year, by category, and even by the country of origin.
	BBC's World War I This site from the BBC provides great information about WW I. Students can read true stories from people who lived the war, read articles about the war, play war games, explore a timeline, and even read WW I poetry. Teacher information is provided as well.
	A Nation Divided A webquest about the Civil War.

	Science
	Discovery Lab 2000 - The Mixed Up Cells Professor Mill Ennium has left the Discovery Lab in the hands his trusty lab assistant (you). Your challenge is to help with sorting Plant and Animal cell slides.
	Genetics - Tour of the Basics What is DNA? What is a Gene? What is a Chromosome? What is a Protein? What is Heredity? What is a Trait?
	Micro-Organism Sites Links to micro-organism sites.
	Chem4Kids Check out this site for information and activities on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry. If you're still not sure what to click, try the site map that lists all of the topics on the site. If you surf and get lost in all of the information, use the search function on the side of the pages.
	Woodlands Junior School - Science Zone: Sound Teaching and Learning Resources Check out this site for tons of links to wonderful teaching and learning resources about sound
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	Plate Tectonics Sites Check out a variety of sites on plate tectonics
	Ocean Regions - Ocean Floor
	Flight During the Twenties - Check out this Smithsonian National Air and Space museum for site for information on the "Spirit of St. Louis" and other milestones of flight!
	The Great Plant Escape - Help Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life
	Westward Ho! Worksheet (sites) Westward Movement Worksheet
	Diasters in History
	The Roaring 20's Includes links for "The Roaring Twenties Internet Scavenger Hunt"