This website is a great resource for Social Studies and History projects because you can now find all of your research from one area. Since the subject matter is broken down by the different periods, it is easy to parse through the content and find what you are looking for easily.
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The site takes you on a journey of over 17,000 ancient paintings inside a cave in Southwestern France. Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers whilst on a hike, the caves were initially opened up to the public. But, when scientists realized that the carbon dioxide emitted by humans was harming the works of art, they had to shut down the caves. However, now thanks to this website we can tour the caves and feel like we are actually there.
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Interactives is a fun site that allows you to hone your skills about various subjects, ranging from 3-D shapes to DNA to our Dynamic Earth. Read through the brief tutorials and then test your knowledge through the fun sleuthing games. Each interactive is marked by subject and the appropriate grade level, making it easy to navigate through the various choices.
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The mantra of this site is 'Learning that Sticks' - What they forgot to add is - 'And Is Fun'. The three tiered language art games cater to youngsters, as well as, older kids trying to master rhyming words or synonyms and antonyms.
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A great site to brush up your social studies skills. Choose a map and then an activity from the six choices, which range from location to population and culture - then go at it - Even if you know or are able to guess the answers accurately, you will learn details that you may have not known before.
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Did you know that right in the middle of busy city of Los Angeles lies some of World's most important fossil finds? The La Brea Pits is home to over three million fossils from the ice age - ranging from Wooly Mammoth to the fierce Saber-tooth cats. Learn all about the finds at this fun and informational site.
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Explore the lives of butterflies or peek inside the world of foxes that are scampering in the museum's wildlife garden. Learn about dinosaurs or about all the 'ologists' professions from the scientists at the museum. if none of these interest you simply play the fun games. No matter what you do, you are bound to have fun at this Natural Museum of History site for kids.
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Quiz yourself on almost every topic you can think of (even the oscars) on this fun site. Simply pick a topic from the tree or scroll down for the lengthy list of stuff you can have fun with.
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Think Egyptian mummies were lucky to 'live' forever? You may reconsider after reading through this fun site, which describes in detail how a mummy is created - And it may help you get an 'A' in your social studies paper too!
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