Hot Websites

Teaching Pre K-8, Apr 1999 by Lindroth, Linda

April always brings thoughts of spring and new beginnings. Try these websites for your Earth Day celebrations.

Planet Earth

http://powayusd.sdcoe.kl 2.ca.us/

mtr/PlanetEarthMainPage.htm

Need interactive learning activities for Earth Day? This comprehensive resource has web-based lessons to enhance any ecology curriculum.

Students get "web hints" from related Internet sites and video and audio clips to help them learn about the in a web treasure hunt. Students print their report after exploration of environmental issues, identifying treasures in their own community and making an environmental commitment.

by creating a TV, radio, newspaper or web page public service announcement for an ecology issue. Links focus on recycling, tigers, forests, the everglades and oceans. A final webquest takes the class on a quest to solve the reentry of wolves into Yellowstone.

is an extensive index of websites divided by topic and grade level. Don't miss .

Energy Quest

www.energy.ca.gov/education/

Here's a quality education site with current information on energy. Colorful and easy to navigate, this site has dozens of great resources, categorized by difficulty level, for K-8 environmental studies.

is an Energy Game Show based on the rules of "Jeopardy." Three levels let students test their knowledge of energy and the environment. Play as a whole class or use it to guide students on a search of the site for information.

has printable word searches, crosswords, word scrambles and cryptograms. Or, test your . There are even dot-to-dot> and coloring pages.

shows how to set up many energy experiments with readily available materials. Make lightning, build a solar cooker or a steam-powered "rocket boat" and more. Research energy pioneers with and make a . Use the detailed fact sheets to note energy events.

your energy questions, organize an energy patrol in your school or link to parent and teacher resources on energy. This is a not-to-be-missed site for Earth Day!

The Read In!

www.readin.org/

Get ready for this year's Read In on May 13,1999 by visiting this website. and visit their websites for online activities and lessons that integrate their books with the curriculum.

There are twenty-two authors including Judy Blume, Avi, Jan Brett and Ed Emberley. Each author's page is full of book guides and lessons using literature.

gives teachers great ideas for school Read In activities and downloadable bookmarks. There are links to super websites.

The Authors site at the Mining Company (www.miningco.com) is a comprehensive resource library of authors on the web. You'll find the PBS Arthur page, a reading index and This Day in Literary History

Linda Lindroth is an Area Technology Teacher K12 with Kanawha Schools in Charleston, WV. She is also a Teaching Editor for Teaching K-8.