Toy Town Student Hotlist

Looking to learn something new?  Explore these websites!!!

American Museum of Natural History - http://ology.amnh.org/
   Activities about science, astronomy, biology, etc.

Baseball Almanac - http://baseball-almanac.com/
   Baseball-related facts, figures, and trivia

Birdwatching - http://www.birdnature.com/
   Identify birds, build a birdbox, photographs

Boston Marathon - http://www.baa.org/
   Official Site of the Boston Marathon

Boston Public Library - http://www.bpl.org/teens/mcas/R04Menu.htm
  Practice MCAS tests online

Boston Red Sox – www.redsox.com
   Official Boston Red Sox site

BrainTeasers -  . http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
   Test your brain.  A new question every week

Bubblesphere - http://bubbles.org/
   Everything you wanted to know about blowing bubbles

Chicago Public Schools - http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/
   Resources, online projects

Clip Art for Free - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

CyberSleuth Kids - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
   Internet Search guide for kids.  Find information and sites by subject

EdHeads - http://www.edheads.org/
    Activate your mind.  Weather, simple machines, examine evidence at a crash scene

English Language Quizzes - http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/
   257 Free English Language quizzes in grammar,  usage and vocabulary

Exporatorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/
  Museum of Science, art and human perception. 

 FactMonster - http://www.factmonster.com/
   Reference Materials.  Fun Facts.  Homework Help.

 Homework - http://www.homeworkspot.com/
   Links to every subject – good resource center

 How Products are Made – www.madehow.com
   Processes used to create common products such as action figures and potato chips

 How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
   Find out how some common things work

Iluminations - http://illuminations.nctm.org/
  Practice your tessalations and math skills.

Internet Safety - http://www.netsmartzkids.org
   Learn about using the Internet safely with these fun activities

JOIDES Resolution boat - http://www.oceanleadership.org/learning/bubba
   Ocean Drilling Science Expedition

Journey North - http://www.journeynorth.org/
  Global Study of wildlife migrations and seasonal change

Lexington, MA - http://www.libertyride.us/historic.html
   Tour Historic Lexington. 

 Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/families/
   Explore your interests, browse the digital libraries, find out what happened today in history

 Massachusetts Kid Zone - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/ciskid/kididx.htm
   Take a tour of the State House, take a Massachusetts History Quiz, reconstruct Massachusetts artifacts

 National Geographic Magazine - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/
    Information about animals and other parts of the world

 National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/
   Explore National Parks across America

 New England Aquarium - http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html
   Take a virtual tour of the Boston Aquarium

New York Public Library - http://kids.nypl.org/
   Links for Kids put together by the New York Public Library

 Official Boy Scout Page - http://www.scoutorama.com/
   Items of interest for scouts

 Patriot’s Day - http://www.noblenet.org/year/patriotsday.html
    Links to the State Holiday in April

 PBS for Kids - http://pbskids.org/
   Explore your favorite PBS character, activities and fun

PrezQuest - http://prezquest.fraboomlive.com/index
    Quizzes, games to test how much you know about U.S. Presidents  

 Secret Messages - http://www.thunk.com/
  Learn about secret messages and how to create them

 Plimoth Plantation - http://www.plimoth.org/
  Learn about a 1627 Plymouth village and more

 Salem Witch Museum - http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
  Visit the museum and learn about the 1692 witch trials

 Time Magazine for Kids - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
  Kids version of Time Magazine

 Vocabulary Fun - http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
  Practice your vocabulary with word searches, hangman

 Wacky Web Tales - http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
  Create Mad Libs online

 White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  Visit the White House where the President lives.  Click on the kids button and learn some cool stuff

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - http://www.whoi.edu/
   Visit the world’s largest ocean research institution right here at Cape Cod– go on an Expedition

 World Almanac for Kids - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html
   Tons of cool information!

  Writing Prompts - http://writingfix.com/Index.htm
    Fun site that gives you ideas to practice your writing.  Lessons and Resources for Teachers too.