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Media Resources

Research class projects, challenge yourself with academic games, enhance your typing
and internet skills, visit a favorite authors web site, and so much more!

Picture

​HOW TO
​Video!

Picture

​Learn how to be
SAFE ON THE INTERNET
with
Cyber-Five!


Google Apps for Education

Benchmark Universe

Moby Max

Language Arts

​Author Web Sites

Stan & Jan Berenstain
Judy Blume
Jeff Brown (Flat Stanley)
Marc Brown (Arthur)
Eric Carle
Patrick Carman
Beverly Cleary
Roald Dahl
James Dean (Pete the Cat)
Tomie DePaola
Kate DiCamillo
Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid)
Eric Litwin (Pete the Cat)
Mercer Mayer
Megan McDonald (Judy Moody)
Barbara Park (Junie B. Jones)
Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants)
Art with Dav Pilkey every Friday @ 8:00am - click here!

Patricia Polacco
Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House)
Rick Riordan
J. K. Rowlings  (Harry Potter)
Dr. Seuss
Mo Willems


Other Great Sites
ABCmouse (Grades Pre-K - 2) -
Use Redeem Code: Coming Soon
ABCYA!
Adventure Academy (Grades 3 - 8) - Use Redeem Code: Coming Soon

Brain Pop
​Between the Lions - PBS
Carmen Sandiego

Chess Kid - Learn To Play
Classics For Kids - Music
Code.Org
Cyberchase

Discovery Kids
Epic! - Digital Library
Fact Monster
Fun Brain
GoNoodle - Get Movin!
Highlights
How It's Made Videos - Science Channel
Kids-Know-It
Magic School Bus
​#MetKids - ART!
Mrs. P.'s Magic Library
National Geographic for Kids
Starfall
Time Magazine for Kids


Other Libraries
Library of Congress
elibrary - Ventura County Public
Libraries

​​Reading Suggestions & Apps
Battle of the Books​
​Epic! - Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library
Read Kiddo Read
Read Aloud America - Reading List

Scholastic Learn At Home
Storytime With Dr. Jane Goodall


Math 

​Grades K-8 - Math Practice by Grade Level and Concept: aaaknow.com

Math Instructional videos by subject with exercises (Only watch videos that begin  with the word "arithmetic"):
www.khanacademy.org

Math Games and Enrichment:
www.Xtramath.org
www.mathplayground.com  (Grades 2-5)
everydaymathonline.com  (Grades K-5)


Science

Mystery Science
​
Exploratorium
Farmers Almanac For Kids
​
Climate Kids

​Butterflies & Moths

​
​ANIMAL VIRTUAL TOURS FOR KID
Aquarium of the Pacific
​Atlanta Zoo – Pandas
​Australia Zoo - YouTube
​​Georgia Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium
​​San Diego Zoo
​​Smithsonian National Zoo
​The Tundra with Discovery Education
​Engineering, Go For It!
​Outside Science - NPS
​​ALMA Kids - Observatory 
NASA

​​
​
VIRTUAL TOURS OF SPACE
​​International Space Station
Mars
​Moon

​Sun

​
Typing Practice

​www.typingtraining.com

(Student user I.D. and password required.)
Home keys - Beginning
Typing Lessons
Typing Tests
Speedy Typer
Typing Games - 1
Typing Games - 2

​Geography

​World Nations Geography

aaaknow.com/worldnations
The Americas
United States and Canada
U.S.A. States/Capitals/Landscapes
South and Central America
South America

Europe
Europe - Country Identification
Europe - Countries/Capitals/Landscape

Asia
Asia - countries
Asia - Capitals/Countries/Landscapes

Africa
Africa - Countries/Capitals/Landscapes


Landmarks, Museums, Virtual Tours & more...
Ellis Island
​Baseball Hall Of Fame
National Women's History Museum

​
US HISTORY VIRTUAL TOURS
​The White House
​Mount Vernon
​Colonial Williamsburg
​Mount Rushmore
​Liberty Bell

​
US NATIONAL PARKS VIRTUAL TOURS​​
Art and Culture - NPS Webcams at the National Parks
​Hidden World of National Parks - Google ​Yosemite Park​
​Dry Tortugas National Park
​Carlsbad Caverns National Park
​Bryce Canyon National Park
​Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

​Kenai Fjords National Park
​
​
MUSEUM VIRTUAL TOURS
​​The Louvre
Smithsonian Museum
​Vatican

​
VIRTUAL TOURS AROUND THE WORLD
​Great Wall of China
​Buckingham Palace
Explore - Live Cams Around The World
​Pompei
​Pyramids
​
Ancient Egypt - more info!
Taj Mahal
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