Hawthorne School District Selecteer een taal Schools Home Department Educational Services GATE GATE Student Resources GATE GATE Benefits GATE Parent Resources GATE Student Resources Goals for Students Identification Contact Info QUICK LINKS Home Connect Khan Academy SEARCH ENGINES Clusty is the perfect search engine for yourr child's style of thinking. It "clusters" the results of the search by topic. Yahoo Kids Ivy Internet Search Engine LITERATURE AND WRITING The Online Literacy Resources page can be navigated by your choice of literacy topics or skills using the labeled books on the left side of the page. Publishing Student Work online, Reference Tools, and Writing Contests will be especially interesting to GATE students. Writing with Writers lessons on Scholastic.com. Also, if you want to have opportunities to talk to your favorite authors online. You'll also find a lot of great information about your favorite authors. CREATIVITY Cartoons Kids write, read and tell stories by creating comic strips online, then printing or e-mailing them to friends or relatives. Program a video Create movies, music and video games at Scratch, developed by MIT Media Lab members. Music On Crank It Up!, kids can compose and record multilayered rhythms using pots, pans, wooden spoons and even the computer keyboard to create a masterpiece. GATE Student Resources CURRICULUM WEBSITES Khan Academy With a library of over 2,800 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 290 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Exploratorium The Exploratorium isn’t just a museum; it’s an ongoing exploration of science, art, and human perception—a vast collection of online interactives, web features, activities, programs, and events that feed your curiosity. Math Challenge A website dedicated to the puzzling world of mathematics Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum Learn by doing! A variety of online activities test your knowledge and demonstrate the principles of aviation and spaceflight. Scholastic.com (Families, Kids, Teachers, Librarians) You will be able to find answers and visit with experts. PBS (Also visit the Kid's Site, Parent's Site, and Teacher's Site) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Center Index of the Animation Series. An index of fascinating animations created by NASA scientists in an effort to visualize collected data. The National Wildlife Foundation sponsors a kids' site that provides hours of learning fun. The National Zoo sponsors an entire page of fascinating web cams so students can study animal behaviors and habitats virtually. The American Museum of Natural History has an entire website, "Ology" dedicated to the great "ologies" such as paleontology, astronomy, marine biology, and more. Starfall.com A great site for K-2 students to practice reading skills. STUDENT APPS TED Riveting talks by remarkable people Toontastic A creative learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons Khan Academy Khan Academy is a non-profit video channel with over 2,500 videos covering topics ranging from high school math and science to banking and venture capital. Painting with Time Explore how the world is changing by controlling the flow of time with your fingers Poetry Creator Create-Poetry, Poems & Poets Science 360 Access engaging science and engineering images and videos from around the world Brain Pop Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your new knowledge with an interactive quiz – free! TinkerBox HD Gives students an opportunity to invent machines that capitalize basic engineering concepts. HOMEWORK HELP Free Online Language Courses These sites contain lessons to help learn one language from another. The courses vary in quality and the quantity of material presented. BrainPop has great video and Flash animations that help students explore many fields of study. ipl2 for Kids Kids can submit a question (barring medical, legal, tax, and personal opinion) to a volunteer librarian and receive a well-researched answer back within about a week. FactMonster The place to go for fun facts and homework help. It's brought to you by educational professionals Math Homework Helper Homework Helper will allow you to input a problem and your answer. It will then figure out if your solution is correct. REFERENCE WEBSITES Your Dictionary A dictionary that provides a variety of stimulating educational experiences are more likely to remain actively engaged in the learning process. Visual Thesaurus, a great tool for all writers! You'll find some real-world learning opportunities that will truly inspire learning. Links For Learning. You can find lists of e-book sites, math sites, foreign language sites, and more. Merriam-Webster OnLine an easy-to-use online dictionary, Thesaurus and research tool CONTEST AND PROJECTS Raptors in the City provides excellent additional resources to make this project an outstanding real world learning experience. For a page filled with outstanding reading and writing contests for your students, visit the Scholastic Contest page. Science Fair Projects HAWTHORNE SCHOOL DISTRICT 14120 Hawthorne Blvd. Hawthorne, California 90250 (310) 676-2276 Phone | (310) 644-9216 Fax Accessibility | © 2018 Hawthorne School District Powered by School Loop Contact School Loop Privacy Login