Social Studies Sites

This Day in History -What happened on this day in history? Click to find out, and check to see what important event happened on your birthday, etc!

The United States’ Mint Site for Kids -Learn about US coins through games, cartoons, Camp Coin, and even a Time Machine trip!

U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour -This tour will leave you with the feel of an actual visit to the U.S. Capitol and serve to provide a unique “Capitol” experience.

Presidents of the United States

New Years Around the World -Learn all about how different groups of people celebrate the New Year!

Kids Konnect– Fast Facts About the States -A detailed summary of each state’s information in one click, as well as a list of the major museums and interesting tourist spots in each state.

Where is That? -A fun geography game where you identify the correct country or state, and even the country or state’s capital on the hardest level.

GeoSpy -The GeoSpy Agency needs you to help them identify continents, countries, states, and provinces and earn full GeoSpy status.

World Almanac For Kids -Not only is this an online world almanac, but there are also games to play here!

Follow these links to websites with information about all seven continents:

1.                                   Continents from A-Z 2.                                   Continents at Enchanted Learning 3.                                   Our World 4.                                   Interfact Atlas 5.                                   Travel for Kids 6.                                   Kratts’ Creatures 7.                                   Fun Social Studies 8.                                   Continents 9.                                   Continents on Fact Monster 10.                           Interactive Continents

Learn more about our World

Follow these links to information about each special continent.

Find your continent and read all about it:

Asia:

1.                                   Asia at Enchanted Learning 2.                                   Ask Asia for kids 3.                                   Animals of Asia 4.                                   Asia on Geographia

Africa:

1.                                   Zoom School Africa 2.                                   PBS Kids’ Africa 3.                                   PBS AFRICA – Africa for Kids 4.                                   Afro America – Discover Africa 5.                                   Animals of Africa 6.                                   The Living Africa 7.                                   Africa on Geographia

Australia:

1.                                   Zoom School Australia 2.                                   Australia: Kids Down Under 3.                                   Australia for Kids 4.                                   Kip and Co. 5.                                   Animals of Australia

Antarctica:1.                                   Antarctica 2.                                   Zoom School Antarctica 3.                                   Live from Antarctica 2 4.                                   Antarctica Diary 5.                                   Antarctic Penguins

North America:

1.                                   North America at Enchanted Learning 2.                                   North American Wildlife Park

South America:

1.                                   Adventures in South America 2.                                   South America at Enchanted Learning 3.                                   Rainforest Heroes

Europe:

1.                                   Europe at Enchanted Learning 2.                                   Europe on Geographia

Click on these links to find more fun continent activities online:

1.                                     Take a quiz on the continents and oceans 2.                                     Copycat (Memory) continent game 3.                                     Geospy Continents game 4.                                     Another continents game 5.                                     Continents map puzzle (downloadable game) 6.                                     Another continents quiz 7.                                     Another continents game 8.                                     Another quiz 9.                                     Play continents hangman 10.                               My World game

Science Sites

Day, go on a scavenger hunt, and play online games!FOSS Science -Sunset Ridge studies science through hands-on activities from the FOSS Science program. Play fun online games which go along with our third grade science units (measurement, the human body, water, and the physics of sound.)

Cool Science for Curious Kids -“The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology… on screen, off screen, and in between.”

National Geographic for Kids -Explore science and history through interactive activities.

Kids’ Planet Wildlife Preservation -Learn all about the wildlife on each continent and play online games.

NASA for Kids -Planetary Exploration, Earth Science, interactive sites and more!

Star Child -A learning center for young astronomers!

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet -Yucky fun and games and facts, as well as Roach World and Worm World!

Pieces of Science -Read all about important scientists, scientific discoveries, and important dates in science.

Earth Day -How much do you know about Earth Day? Learn all about Earth