Keyboarding Activities

Learn the Keys http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm 
Your job is to put a keyboard back together. You can click and drag letters to their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! Choose the keyboard design you like below and click on it to begin.

12 Piece Color Coded Keyboard Puzzle 12 piece color coded puzzle.exe
Choose Run, Run, and OK to play. Right click on the puzzle piece to rotate it. Left click and drag to move the puzzle piece.

Dance Mat Typing  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ 
Start with Level 1, Stage 1 to practice your home keys.

Touch Typing http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/index.html 
Sense-lang.org, a free internet program for learning and practicing touch-typing. Builds slowly, two keys at a time. Also includes numeric keypad practice and two games and a timed test to use when user has learned all of the finger positions.

Phillip Hoose Sites

Hey Little Ant http://www.heylittleant.com/ 
Meet Phillip and Hannah Hoose at the offical "Hey Little Ant" website.

How "Hey, Little Ant" Became a Book http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org/pwork/0500/052k13.htm 
Article from Peacework Magazine

Phillip Hoose http://www.philliphoose.com/ 
Read about Phillip Hoose at his official website.

Math Activities 

Connect the Dots, Count by 2's (2-50) http://www.abcya.com/connect_the_dots_pig.htm 

Connect the dots by counting two through fifty!

Connect the Dots, Count by 3's http://www.abcya.com/connect_the_dots_computer_3s.htm 

Connect the dots by counting three through sixty!

Math Match (Addition) http://www.abcya.com/kids_match_addition_game.htm 
Concentration game. Math the sums to their addition fact.

Math Match (Subtraction) http://www.abcya.com/kids_match_subtraction_game.htm 
Concentration game. Math the differences to their subtraction fact.

Number Monster- Subtraction Facts (Choose: Easy)
http://www.coolmath-games.com/numbermonster/sub25.htm

Choose Easy to work on facts.

Sum Sense (Addition)
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumadd.html
Students practice single digit addition by dragging numbers to complete the sentence.

Flash Fun http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/flashfun/flash/index.html 
Interactive Flash Cards.  Play by yourself or with a partner.

Math Match (Multiplication) http://www.abcya.com/kids_match_multiplication_game.htm 
Concentration game. Math the products to their multiplication fact.

Ladybug Mazes  http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_141_g_2_t_4.html
This virtual manipulative provides an environment similar to the Logo programming environment that allows you to create, try out, and revise plans (programs).

Ladybug Leaf

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_287_g_2_t_3.html 

Turtle Geometry http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_178_g_2_t_3.html 
Move the turtle through complex mazes, or between rocks. Draw some shapes with the turtle.

Attribute Blocks http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_270_g_2_t_3.html?open=instructions 
Practice sorting blocks by color, shape, and size.

Math Magician http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/maths1.html
Certificates may be printed if students succeed with a good percentage correct.

QuickFlash http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/quickflash/flash/index.html 
Let the computer quiz you on your multiplication facts. Get the answer before the time is up.

Sites for ECards

Yahoo! Kids http://kids.yahoo.com/
Play Games, Watch Music Videos, Check Out Movies, Learn About Science, Read Jokes, Send Ecards

Animated Ecards for Kids http://www.uptoten.com/kids/cards-home.html 

Animal Adaptations

Animal Adaptations Game at EcoKids.com http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm 

Artic Adaptation Quiz at EcoKids.com http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptation_quiz/index.cfm

Kratt's Creature World http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html 
Explore creatures in different parts of the world.  

Dirtmeister's Science Reporters: Animal Adaptations http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/index.htm
Tips on how to investigate, observe, record and then report your findings on animal adaptations.  

Animals with Interesting Adaptations  http://widgeon.com/Wilson/Grade4/SelectedAnimals.html 
Part of a 4th grade webquest on adaptations http://widgeon.com/Wilson/Grade4/AnimalAdaptations.html , this site links to some animals with interesting adaptations. Links go to www.enchantedlearning.com .

More animal printouts at Enchanted Learning.com http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/  

Animal Adaptations http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750 
A general description of animal adaptations and links for more internet sites about animal adaptations.

Zebra Online grades 3-5 animals, habitats & adaptations http://www.lpzoo.org/education/zebra/student/a.html
On this site you will find out interesting ways animals survive in the wild. 
In the first set of games, "Form and Function", you will run with a zebra as well as hunt with a lion.
You will put together real animals from their parts and then build your own animal and discover just how important its adaptations really are in the game of survival.  

Animal Fact Sites

Woodland Park Zoo Animal Fact Sheets
http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/alpha_facts.htm 
Check this alphabetical listing; click on the link if you see your animal.

Animals at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park (information on some animals can be found here) http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/  
The National Zoo is home to thousands of animals from all over the world. Visit here to learn about the wonderful species in their collection. Take a virtual tour, watch many of their animals on web cams, and view their photo galleries.

National Wildlife Society ---Animal research http://www.enature.com/home/

Forest Animals http://library.thinkquest.org/11234/woodland.html