Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center

Curriculum Resources on the Web

There are an infinite number of really useful educational websites. Just do a google search of what your are looking for. Here are some of our EHRC family and staff favorites. If you would like to add a link to a known resource please sumbit that information here.

History

The History Channel	http://www.history.com/classroom/ Website expanding on history channel content
The Public Broadcasting System	www.pbs.org There are many educational links designed to expand learning around the excellent PBS programming. For example: Search Freedom of US on the PBS web page. You’ll find fabulous educational material to help your child study US history using History of US and Freedom of Us books by Joy Hakim and the PBS 16 episode Freedom of US documentary series.
The British Museum	http://www.britishmuseum.org/
The Smithsonian Institute	http://www.mnh.si.edu/ Smithsonian
50 States.com	http://www.50states.com/ States and Capitals Homework help resource for state report assignments. State flags, songs, symbols.
Kids.Gov	http://www.kids.gov/The Official Kids portal to the U.S. Government

Science

Discovery Channel	http://dsc.discovery.com/ Discovery Channel
Animal Planet	http://animal.discovery.com/ Animal Planet
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration	http://www.nasa.gov/
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	http://www.noaa.gov/
NOVA Online Videos	http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/index.html PBS NOVA online Videos
Smithsonian	http://www.si.edu/ Smithsonian
Science Classroom	http://gotoscience.com/Graphic_Organizers.html Large Selection of Printable Graphic Organizers
How Stuff Works	http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Math

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/ Math Playground is a teacher created site featuring math games and interactive word problems.

Arts

ISLMC Art Education page	http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arteducation.htm
A Lifetime of Color	http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com
The Getty Museum	http://www.getty.edu/education/ the Getty Museum
The Smithsonian Institute	http://www.mnh.si.edu/ Smithsonian
Discovery Channel Education	http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/arts/artarch.html
Kids Space	http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/ Very nice music interactives for younger kids
Childrens Museum	http://www.childrensmusic.org/rkids.html

Various

TeAchnology	http://teach-nology.com/ Lesson plans, worksheets and printables, teacher downloads, 80 teaching themes, teaching tips, and many free web tools for teachers.
Gamequarium	http://www.gamequarium.com/ Gamequarium, is a portal to more than 2000 interactive learning activities and games for preschool through grade 6. Readquarium, a section dedicated to literacy, was recently added.
ABC Teach	http://abcteach.com/ Very good! Printables, Word Walls, Portfolios, Theme units, Seasonal Units, Basics, Shapebooks, etc.
Get Worksheets	http://www.getworksheets.com/ K-12 worksheets that are easy to download and print. Subjects include: Computers, Countries, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood, Graphic Organizers, Language Arts, Math, Physical Education, Themes, Math, Miscellaneous, Science, and Social Studies. Flash animations, fonts, sounds, MS Office templates, and web templates are included as well. Extensive math worksheet collection.
Soft Schools	http://www.softschools.com/ FREE handwriting worksheets and Math worksheets, word search worksheets and games. Useful for lesson plans, Language arts, social studies, geography and spanish games for preschool to middle school.