Cinco de mayo

http://www.zianet.com/cjcox/edutech4learning/cinco.html

This WebQuest is based on celebrating a Cinco de Mayo party and finding information on the reason it is celebrated in Mexico, planning on the food and dress for the party

Down on the Farm

http://members.tripod.com/teachnu2/farm_kids.html

If you are planning a trip to a farm this WebQuest will help you.  Students in this WebQuest learn which animals live on a farm.  They also learn facts about the animals.

Search for the Lost Mitten

http://www.angelfire.com/stars3/trispg/title.html

  This is Trish Yacona's WebQuest.  It is written for first graders and as the learn about the story by Jan Brett   The Mitten  they discover animals and facts about these animals.

A Quest for Respect with THE GROUCHY LADYBUG

http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqfrey/webqsfrey.html

This WebQuest is a good unit to use when teaching time.  It also reinforces good manners and the ways we can earn respect. Students can also learn about ladybugs.

 Article with links for Internet Scavenger Hunts

 http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml

Internet scavenger hunts are a way for students to practice problem solving, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and learn how to search the Internet. Included: A sampling of online scavenger hunts for students of all ages!

CyberBee’s Internet Treasure Hunt

http://www.cyberbee.com/hunt.html

This scavenger hunt was designed to help teachers explore some websites that might be useful to them. Linda C. Joseph designed the site in 1999 .All the connections still work and it provides some useful information. The scavenger hunt is part of a website designed to help teachers integrate technology in the classroom.

 Links to Internet scavenger hunts

 http://www.utc.edu/~tpa/mcallister/scavenger.html

Links to Internet scavenger hunts written during educational methods and educational technology courses. They are organized by semester and course.

Virtual Tours Links

 http://www.virtualfreesites.com/museums.html

These Sites present over 300 Museums, Exhibits, Points of Special Interest and Real-Time journeys, which offer online multimedia, guided tours on the Web. Most of the following offer text and pictures; others in addition transmit sound and an occasional movie.

Beijing, China

http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/!start.html

In this tour you visit Beijing, China. This tour has easy to navigate slides. It is a good site to show the contrast between countries. 

Washington, DC

http://sc94.ameslab.gov:80/TOUR/tour.html

This virtual trip of Washington DC has a map that students can click on to view the different sites. It loads easily and is easy to navigate through. The reading is difficult for younger readers. There are pictures to many of the map links.

Tower Of London

 http://www.toweroflondontour.com/

Tour the tower of London, England.

Monster Exchange

http://www.monsterexchange.org/index.asp

Monster Exchange is designed to encourage the development of reading and writing skills while integrating Internet technology into the classroom curriculum. Classrooms are paired together; the students in each classroom are split into groups, each of which designs an original picture of a monster. The students must then write a description of the monster. The partnered classes then exchange their descriptions via e-mail and the Internet. These students are then challenged to use their reading comprehension skills to read the descriptions and translate them into a monster picture.

All American Quilt

http://gsn.org/pr/_cfm/GetDetail.cfm?pID=1774

Project Title: All-American Quilt 

Project Begin & End Dates: 11/01/01 to 2/28/02 

Project Summary: 

Help make an e-mail quilt for America! A class can design, color and e-mail (no attachments) a square to be part of the quilt. Your square should represent your state/area. On April 2002, see the finished quilt at cranford schools.org/has/index.htm Click on First Grade. 

USA Quilt Project

http://www.angelfire.com/va2/bjenglish/Quilt/quiltfacts.html

Students have also been able to express themselves in art by creating the wonderful quilt squares representing their state. 

Each class will send by E-mail an electronic picture postcard about their state. 

Each class will also make a brochure about their state. 

Each class will create a quilt square.

Each class should send e-mail to the other classes discussing the topic of the month.

4teachers

http://4teachers.org

Lots of links to help with technology integration and study skills. This site has tools for teaching technology.  It also has WebQuests and information on implementing technology.

ISTE

http://iste.org/

ISTE is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. They are dedicated to promoting appropriate uses of information technology to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in K–12 education and teacher education.  This site will help provide the latest trends in technology education.

Red Clay Instructional Technology

http://rctech.redclay.k12.de.us/insttechweb/

Learn about Red Clays’ progress toward technology integration.View the integration plan and find lots of education links.  You can also find the minutes to the technology chair meetings and a calendar of technology events.

Ed Helper

http://edhelper.com/

Need to find lesson plans; scavenger hunts, or WebQuests here is a good start.  You can find out about the latest education headlines.  There is also a subscription to worksheets you can download for a fee.

Sink or Float

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=23 Floating Log 

If a log is 2 m in radius and 10 m long, how much weight can I put on it without it sinking? Explore your ideas with this virtual log.

Design Snowflakes 1

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=46

Folding a piece of paper and pulling out the scissors is always fun near the holidays. If you want to 'design' your snowflake before slicing the paper, start here!
Snow Flake Designer (8 sides) 

Design your own 8-sided snowflake.   

Design Snowflakes 2

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=47

Using this virtual design template you can make a six sided snowflake.  It cuts the paper like scissors cut and you can view the results.  Snowflake Designer (6 sided) 

Design your own 6-sided snowflake.

Explore Light and the Primary Colors 1

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=11

Explore Additive Colors  Explore the way colored light mixes to form new colors.  The colors used are red, green, and blue light.

Explore Light and the Primary Colors 2

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=49

The colors you see around you on cars, plants, etc., are due to color subtraction.  Learn about color subtraction using this vitual light simulator.  Explore Subtractive Colors.

Build a Snowman

http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/online/virtual_snowman/
Students can build their very own snowman.  They can add clothes, eyes, a mouth, a hat and other "stuff" to create their very own snowman. The younger (and older) students will love this.

Insects Lesson Plan

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Insect.htm

Students will explore the world of insects to expand their knowledge of ants, bees, butterflies, caterpillars and ladybugs.

The Me Quilt

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/2131/mequilt.html 
This lesson is about a semi-glyph activity to help students express and share who they are.  Students learn to make a patch about themselves.  The patches are pieced together to make a classroom quilt.

Growing and Changing

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAGrowingAndChanging1.htm
This is about teaching about growth and change.  The lesson is suited for teaching in the Spring and it is geared for first graders.    

The Ginger Bread Man

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-9.html
Using the Ginger Bread Man as a starting point student in K-2 will learn about different occupations.  The student learn about the occupations in a school.  They also work on retelling a story and sequencing in this lesson.