Elementary Library Media Resources

Encyclopedias

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

Encarta Online

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com

Merriam Webster's WWWebster Dictionary

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary (elementary)

Thesaurus

Thesaurus.com

World Almanac for Kids

Fact Monster (elementary)

Information Please Almanac

Old Farmer's Almanac

Atlas

about.com:Geography (blank and outline maps)

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

Map Machine (from National Geographic)

Science

Discovery Channel School Science

Friday Harbor Whale Museum

National Marine Sanctuaries

Point Defiance Zoo - This site offers classroom activities, teacher and student resources on their Web site.

Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Science Fair

Woodland Park Zoo - This site offers professional development workshops, curricula, and other resources for educators and their students.

Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Zoobooks

 

 

Social Studies

American Memory Collection

America's Story, from the Library of Congress

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Burke Museum

ClassBrain.com

Culturegrams - access from school ask for passwords for home

Presidents of the United States - Provides information on each president.

Proquest - access from school ask for passwords for home

Tacoma Public Library Northwest History

U. S. Census Bureau

Washington History Online

Washington State History Museum

Washington State's Home Page - Your state's home page equals http://state.state abbreviation.us

Teachers' Sites of Interest

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - Lists subjects, lesson plans, and/or homework, etc.

Puzzlemaker - Create word searches, crosswords, and/or math puzzles.

State Reading Standards - On line grade level resources: Asks content area, EALR, component, and grade level to give objectives.

Spaghetti Book Club - These are book reviews by children.

Teaching with Historic Places

Other

CIA World Factbook 2001

Citation Machine (use MLA format)

FirstGov - Your first click to the U.S. Government

Flags of the World

Kids Konnect Subject Search

Kids Space at the Internet Public Library (elementary)

Literary Criticism

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Ready Reference from the Internet Public Library