Interactive Web Sites for K-12
Grade Levels and Subject Areas
Elementary
Kindergarten - 2nd
3rd - 6th
 

High School

Online Databases for All Grade Levels is at:
www.iowaaeaonline.org
www.iClipart.com will replace schools.clipart.com and
www.learn360.com is a cool new addition


Reading Sites for K-2:

http://www.starfall.com
Interactive reading web site for PreK-3.

http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
Students identify misspelled words.

http://www.funbrain.com/vocab/index.html
Vocabulary word identification.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm
Helps emerging readers identify letters,sounds, and words using interactive multimedia.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/smg/
Spelling Game for 1st and 2nd grades.

http://www.billybear4kids.com/games/online/alphabet/alphabet.htm
Alphabet Letter game.

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/quiz/1st1020.htm
First Grade Writing Sentences activities.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/wwf/
Online Word Find game.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Interactive games.

http://www.roythezebra.com/
Guided reading and reading games with Roy the Zebra. Includes words that rhyme, high frequency words, capital letters, and much more.

http://www.storylineonline.net/
The Screen Actors Guild members read children’s books aloud.

http://www.bemboszoo.com/
Bembo’s Zoo (requires Flash Player) watch how the letters ofthe alphabet re-form into the shapes of the animals they represent.

http://www.randomhouse.com/golden/funfactory/fun_factory_game.php?game=roadhog
Road Hogs and Random House Golden Books web game to form 3 letter words.

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html
Phonics game from ‘Read Between the Lions.’

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/blending.html
Blending sounds game from ‘Read Between the Lions.’

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
Learning Planet’s Alphabet Action.

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/interactivities/prefixcatch/prefixcatch_sr_content.html
Prefix Catch online learning game.

http://www.storyit.com/magnets/wmagnets.htm
Word Magnets and vowel learning games.

http://www.sesamestreet.org/browsegamesbysubject
Sesame Street educational games for teaching letters, early reading skills, etc.


Math Sites for K-2:

http://www.aaamath.com
This awesome website it interactive, tracks how many students get
right or wrong, time them, and provides math activities for all grade levels.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/
Math Games K-2.

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
Money Site -- make change.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://ejad.best.vwh.net/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
Interactive pattern blocks.

http://www.funbrain.com/
Math activities for all ages.

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/
Math Flashcards for 1st and 2nd graders.

http://www.mathsnet.net/puzzles.html
Interactive math games for 1st and 2nd grades.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm
First Grade Skill Builders.

http://www.learningplanet.com/
Learning games: Math.

http://www.sesamestreet.org/browsegamesbysubject
Click on the link forSesame Street Math Games.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html
Harcourt Math Glossary.

http://www.mathplayground.com/
Math games for grades K-6.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Cool Math for Kids grades K-5.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx
Math lesson activities for all age levels.

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
Number concept games to download or play online.

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
A Math Dictionary for kids.

http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/games/make_number.html
Reading Rainbow Place Value.

http://www.gamequarium.com/
Gamequarium interactive Math games for K-6.

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
King has a huge list of interactive math activities.

http://www.lesd.k12.or.us/insttech/vtc/math_interactive.html
Links to virtual math manipulative sites.


Science Sites for K-2:

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
NASA site for kids.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html
Interactive Science games.

http://www.fossweb.com/
Inquiry-based science curriculum with fun activities.

 

Reading Sites for 3-6:

http://kids.mysterynet.com/
Mystery Site: students read a brief story and try to solve the mystery presented in the story – for grades 3-6.

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/how_started.html
Follow the online adventures as you travel through three webisodes.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/playhouse/
Forty-plus short and sweet complete play scripts.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/smg/
Spelling games for 3-6.

http://www.inklesstales.com/games/makeaword/index.shtml
Make as many words as you can from the given word.

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/word_mover/words.01.html
Read-Write-Think website: Word Movers where you create words and sentences.

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Students identify parts of speech.

http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
Students choose a word and try to guess its definition.

http://www.bookadventure.com/
Free Reading Motivation web site with over 6,000 titles –created by Sylvan Learning Centers.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html
Interactive activity for 3-8th grades where students must identify the correct idiom.

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/puzzles.asp
Crossword puzzles that students complete online by typing on their keyboard.

http://www.nsa.gov/kids/index.cfm
National Cryptologic Museum< has online games and challenges for students.

http://www.learningplanet.com/
Learning games for Reading.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/wwf/
Online Word Find.


Math for 3-6:

http://www.aaamath.com
This awesome website it interactive, tracks how many students getright or wrong, times them, and provides math activities for all grade levels.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ArithmeticQuiz/
Arithmetic Quiz gives the userrandomized questions to answer.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html
Harcourt Math Glossary.

http://sheppardsoftware.com/
Awesome interactive activities.

http://www.webmath.com/
Interactive math site where students do math challenges.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/index.html
Offers math flashcards, bingo, concentration,and more online interactive activities.

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
Money Site -- make change.

http://www.fema.gov/kids/dizmath.htm
Disaster Math site by FEMA.

http://www.funbrain.com/
Math activities for all ages.

http://arcytech.org/java/money/
Story of Money and Counting Activity.

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home/
Math Flash Cards for 3rd graders.

http://brainchild.com/gen/usmap.asp
Brainchild online assessments by State for Math.

http://www.dubster.com/math/
Math puzzle.

http://www.mrsbogucki.com/aemes/resource/apps/change/
Interactive Math Site for counting money.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/
Math Games 3-6.

http://www.lesd.k12.or.us/insttech/vtc/math_interactive.html
Links to virtual math manipulative sites.

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/games.shtml
Many interactive math games listed for upper elementary grades.

http://www.mathsnet.net/puzzles.html
Interactive math games.

http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivitiesall.html
Math games.

http://www.learningplanet.com/
Learning games: Math.

http://www.mathplayground.com/
Math games for grades K-6.

http://www.visualfractions.com/
Interactive practice to visualize fractions for grades 3-8.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Cool Math for Kids grades K-5.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx
Math lesson activities for all age levels.

http://www.mathdrill.com/index.php3
Online math practice with free graded reports!

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
A Math Dictionary for kids.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Create a Graph from Kids’ Zone.

http://www.gamequarium.com/
Gamequarium interactive Math games for K-6.

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
King has a huge list of interactive math activities.


Science Sites for 3-6:

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html
Interactive Science games.

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Imagers Interactive Activities.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/sciman/index.asp
Interactive Science activities for 6th graders and up.

http://sheppardsoftware.com/
Awesome interactive activities.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/
Scholastic’s New Science site.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/volcano/index.htm
The Magic School bus interactive game about earth and its core game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/colgate/
The Magic School Bus Maze Craze game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/
The Magic School Bus Monster Bugs game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/habitat/
The Magic School Bus Habitat Matching game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/sound/
The Magic School Bus Learn about the Ear game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/space/index.asp
The Magic School Bus Space game.

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/quizzes/
The Magic School Bus Pop Quizzes on a variety of science topics.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/index.htm#earth
Dirtmeister’s Online Science Lab – students learn about a topic and perform an experiment online.

http://sheppardsoftware.com/
Awesome interactive activities.

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#science
Science/Math Measurement site.

http://www.fossweb.com/
Inquiry-based science curriculum with fun activities.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/
Zoom! Kitchen chemistry for kids.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium: 650 interactive exhibits.

http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/
Iowa State Entomology Image Gallery.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm
Exploring planets.

http://www.peepresearch.org/
Good introduction to the Scientific Method.


Social Studies Sites for 3-6:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp
Interactive activities of your choice.

http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html
Who Is That? Interactive activity.

http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
Where Is That? Interactive activity.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
Lewis and Clark Interactive activity.

http://sheppardsoftware.com/
Awesome interactive activities.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/index.htm
Interactive Skill Builders for K-12.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/whhome.html
Put yourself in the Oval Office and make decisions that the president has to make.

http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary/
Awesome resource for pre-made PowerPoint presentations appropriate for elementary grades in all subject areas.

http://www.geosense.net/
Must know your geography to play this game!

http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/wonders/sevenwondersoftheworld.htm
Seven Wonders of the World resource.

http://www.mysavingsquest.com/
Interactive Game on Saving money & creating a budget.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
Geography games.

 

Language Arts 7-12:

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php
Text content analysis tool.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/la-cs.pdf
Grammar usage cheat sheet.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
Citing in APA Style.

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html
Online Rhyming dictionary for poetry.

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/Onlineexercises.htm#Vocabulary
Interactive exercises/quizzes for Vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and others.

http://www.bibme.org/
Bibliography maker in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian.

http://www.americanliterature.com/ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML
American literary classics: a chapter a day. Read the book online!

http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/grol/index.htm
Classic chapter books online.

http://www.classicshorts.com/bib.html
Classic short stories available online.

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Make your own comic strips.

http://drb.lifestreamcenter.net/Lessons/TS/diagram.htm
Diagramming sentences.

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/
Online English and Grammar.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php
A vocabulary site that donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations for every word defined correctly.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm
Grammar & Writing interactive quizzes.

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Poetry 180: A poem a day for High Schools.

http://www.youth.net/cec/ceclang/ceclang-high.html
Mini lessons grades 9-12 on creative writing, writing for fun, increasing listening skills, etc.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Guide to grammar and writing.


Math Sites 7-12:

www.aaamath.com
This awesome website it interactive, tracks how many students get right or wrong, times them, and provides math activities for all grade levels.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html
Harcourt Math Glossary.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

http://www.visualfractions.com/
 Interactive practice to visualize fractions for grades 3-8.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx
Math lesson activities for all age levels.

http://www.mathdrill.com/index.php3
Online math practice with free graded reports!

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
A Math Dictionary for kids.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Create a Graph from Kids’ Zone.

http://www.sosmath.com/
Free math review from Algebra to Differential Equations.

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
Interactive online games that teach color theory, knots, algorithms, graphs and much more!

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
King has a huge list of interactive math activities.

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/buttons.html
Mental Math.

http://www.lesd.k12.or.us/insttech/vtc/math_interactive.html
Links to virtual math manipulative sites.


Science 7-12:

http://www.wolinskyweb.net/measure.htm#science
Science/Math Measurement site.

http://www.fossweb.com/
Inquiry-based science curriculum with fun activities.

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
The biology project: problem sets and tutorials.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium: 650 interactive exhibits.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/etp.htm
Exploring planets.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/ghunter/home.html
Galaxy hunter.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/blackholes/lesson/index.html
The truth about Black Holes.

http://www.innerbody.com/
About the human body.

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
The Atoms Family.

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices/flash/
Devices of Wonder.

http://www.biologyinmotion.com/
Biology in Motion.

http://edheads.org/
Design a cell phone, do a virtual knee surgery, and more!

http://www.extremescience.com/
Explore extreme science topics.

http://www.amnh.org/ology/ >
American Museum of Natural History.

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/index.html
The pH factor.

http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/index.php
Online science games and homework help.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
The Physics online classroom.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html
David’s Periodic Table.

http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/funstuff/xword/
Creative Chemistry Crosswords.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electromagnets/
Interactive Electromagnetism.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/
Cow eye dissection.

http://www.explorelearning.com/
Online Science and Math Simulation activities.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html
This site has a ton of information on the 9 planets and the solar system.

http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
The heart online exploration site.



Social Studies 7-12:

http://www.geosense.net/
Must know your geography to play this game!

http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf
International Etiquette quiz.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/circumcode.htm
Social Studies games, maps and history.

http://www.usaweekend.com/97_issues/971102/lewis_and_clark/971102trail_intro.html
Historic steps of Lewis and Clark interactive game.

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
Growth of a nation: animated atlas.

http://www.factmonster.com/
Information Please: Great resource for students.

http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
Reference Desk: encyclopedias, newspapers, language translator, and more!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_dragdrop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Place the state on the map.

http://www.buzztracker.org/index.html
BuzzTracker: World News mapped.

http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxActivities.htm
Interactive activities.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/series.html
Archiving early America. Short films of noteworthy events.

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/science/what_on_earth.php
Interactive Geology quizzes.

http://www.virtualtourist.com/
Virtual tours and travel guides.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Digital History to enhance the learning experience.

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/topics.cfm?Course=USHG
US History & Government.

http://www.prongo.com/unitedstates/index.html
US Quiz Game.

http://www.pitara.com/activities/quiz/online.asp?qname=geography
World Geography quiz.

http://www.pitara.com/activities/quiz/online.asp?qname=Hiroshima
Hiroshima quiz.

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/search/Castle_Tours/England/
Castle Tours.

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Titanictreasure/treachery_on_the_titanic_start.htm
Treachery on the Titanic interactive game.

http://www.geographic.org/
World Geographic information.

http://www.envirolink.org/
Global Warming information site.