Davis - Townsend Elementary - Our Favorite Links

Brain Pop / Christmas Traditions / Clip Art / Discovery Streaming / Free Rice / Good Search Engines for Kids / I Know That /Internet Safety / Kids Know It Network / Math / Paws in Jobland / Resource Sites / Spelling / Storyline Online

The In-School Prevention of Obesity and Disease (ISPOD)

https://www.ispod.info/survey/student/index.php

Christmas Traditions

http://www.countryreports.org/holiday/Christmas.aspx

Paws in Jobland

http://paws.bridges.com/paws2_detect_usa.php

Internet Safety

http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm

Discovery Streaming
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Free Rice Learning Activity
For each answer you get right, 20 grains of rice is donated through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.
http://www.freerice.com/

Writing Assessment System

Writing Assessment System

http://center.ncsu.edu/write/

Spelling
http://www.spellingcity.com/

Resource Sites
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com

http://www.wikipedia.org

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm

http://www.encyclopedia.com

Best Practices in Media and Technology
We have taken ideas that teachers across our district have implemented in their classroom and are sharing them with everyone. We have 4 main sections right now. PBL Units, Computer Skills Lesson Ideas, Integrating Technology in your Classroom and Featured Classroom Websites. There is not a tremendous amount there right now but enough to get you started. We plan to continue gathering teacher's ideas and posting them. This will be an ongoing thing so we can continue building a big library of resources for you so please keep visiting.
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=29737

Good Search Engines for Kids
http://www.factmonster.com

http://www.infoplease.com

http://elementary.nettrekker.com

http://www.ask.com

Goggles' Safe search engine for kids is Onekey
http://www.onekey.com

Resources for teaching Kids about searching
Using the Web - Searching the Web
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g3-5.html

How can you search the Internet?
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/searching/page2.htm

Four NETS for Better Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

KidsClick! Worlds of Web Searching
http://www.kidsclick.org/wows

I Know That (Great Website!)
http://www.iknowthat.com/com

Storyline Online
http://www.storylineonline.net/
*Books are read to the kids by actors/actresses from the Screen Actors Guild…has activity ideas and downloadable activity guide

Brain Pop Jr.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
*Short online movies to teach kids about various topics (ex. Plant life cycle, nonfiction text, measurement) with games & other activities to do after watching a movie clip (word wall, write about it, etc.)

Brain Pop (original site---designed for older kids)
http://www.brainpop.com/
*This is a paid site but it has some topics for free (ex. Homonyms,Synonyms,Anytonyms or nouns or multiplication)

Clip Art