Web Resources for Grade 6

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Web Resources
for Communications
- Scholastic
News
An online news magazine for kids. In addition to interesting
articles, there are links to surveys, games and quizzes.
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- World
Literature for Middle and Secondary Schools
Links to Russian, African, Latin, and World Literature.
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- Fake
Out!
Develop your vocabulary by playing the vocabulary game Fake
Out! Three words are provided weekly for each age group. Select
Past Games from the menu to learn
words from previous games.
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- Common Errors
in the English Language
Scroll to bottom of this page and choose: Go to errors.
Select a word or phase from the list to see how its should be
used in the English language and how it is often misused.
- Online English Grammar
This site is an excellent reference tool for grammar rules on word
usage and parts of speech. Topics can be accessed from the Table
of Contents or from a Subject index. Online tests for
grammar skills are available in The Test Centre. Free registration
is required to take a test.
- Vocabulary
Workshop
This site gives the definitions of prefixes and suffixes.
Print out the vocabulary exercises. Determine the root, prefix
and suffix for each word. Select Answer to reveal the
answers to your worksheet.
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- Bookhive!
Find a good book in a specific literary genre. Find book
reviews and comments for each book. What to find a specific book?
Use the search engine to learn the genre of a specific book and
read the viewers comments.
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- Carol
Hurst's Literature Site
Looking for a great book to read? This site provides titles and
reviews of books that are interesting to 6th graders.
Web Resources
for Math
- Dave's Math
Tables
This site provides reference tables for math concepts such
as fraction-to-decimal conversion, measurement conversion, and
finding area and volume. It also provides references for algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus and advanced math
topics.
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- AAA Math
This is an awesome site for interactive practice for students
of all grade levels. Select your grade level or math topic to
begin. Topics that address the 6th grade curriculum are computation,
geometry, divisibility, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios,
measurement, consumer math, area, perimeter, circumference, volume,
integers, inequalities, and scientific notation.
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- Math Help
for Students from Math Goodies
This site provides 54 interactive math lessons and activities
for the following 8 areas: Introduction to Statistics, Topics
in Pre-Algebra, Probability Lessons, Integers, Understanding
Percent, Understanding Percent, Number Theory, Circumference
& Area of Circles, Perimeter & Area of Polygons.
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- Math
Advantage
Select a grade level and choose an interactive math activity.
Additional activities and printable materials can be found by
selecting the Parent and Teacher view. This site requires Shockwave
and Adobe Acrobat for many of the activities.
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- Math Quizzes
This site provides quizzes on math topics that will help students
assess their study needs.
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- Interactive
Math Activities
Great interactive activities that help students with many
math concepts. Sixth graders work with topics such as venn diagrams,
angles, perimeter, area, volume, and more!
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- Word
Problems for Sixth Grade
These 45 multi-step word problems provide practice in a variety
of math topics such as area, volume, multiplying decimals and
more. Hints are given if needed along with the answer key.
Tangrams
- Choose from three interactive websites, where you can move and rotate
the basic geometric shapes that create a tangram to reproduce a variety of
figures.
- Tangram
Game from PBS Kids
Tangrams at Javalovers.com
Tangrams
at Enchantedmind.com
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Web Resources for Science
- Aliens
Explore Earth
This site provides information about mammals, pond life,
photosynthesis, food chains and ecology basics.
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- Helpful
Science Links
This site provides excellent real time sites about about
current weather and moon phases. Other links include information
about the periodic table, simple machines, the human body, and
multiple biomes.
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- NASA Human Space Flight
Find out what's happening today in space! Read the news about
the next space flight, the space station, NASA events and other
press releases.
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- CosmicQuest
This is a fun site that allows students to design a space
station with supplies necessary for life in space. Other features
include A Field Guide to the Universe, An Expedition to the Magnetic
North Pole, and The Current Night Sky.
Web Resources for Social
Studies
- Connect
Europe
Travel to Europe! Get the facts and a map of each country
in Europe. This site also recommends related sites.
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- Mission
Impossible: European Adventure
This WebQuest allows students to take the detective approach
to learning about European countries as they determine the "phantom
country". Great links to sites about England, Italy, Germany,
Greece, and Spain. This site also provides learners with a beautiful
map of Europe, a CIA factbook, and links to Encarta Encyclopedia.
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- An Overview of French
Culture
This site provides information about Politics, Modern Life,
Social Customs, History and French Architecture. A statistical
profile of the country is also provided.
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- Expedia.com
This site is a great resource for learning about the geography,
people, culture and history of most countries around the world.
Students may acquire a map of any location by using the map tab
at the top of the page and by selecting Find a Map. This site
also provides all the facts and travel information you may need
for your research. Check out the currency converter and the link
for weather conditions!
Web Resources for
Encore
- French
Language Course Pages
This link provides lessons to help students review vocabulary,
parts of speech, sentence structure and conversation.
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- AltaVista
Translations
This site allows students to translate words, sentences and paragraphs
in from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian
and Russian languages.
Web Resources for Reference
- NC WiseOwl
- NC WiseOwl is a site published by the North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction. This site provides an incredible wealth
of reference materials which include access to online encyclopedias,
periodicals, journals, dictionaries and photographs. Contact
your school media specialist to obtain passwords for at home
access.
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- Dictionary.com
Type in any word and get the correct spelling, definition,
respelling, part of speech and related words. There are many
types of dictionaries at this site such as sign language, translators
for languages, rhyming dictionaries.
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- School
Subjects
Need help finding information for a school research project
or just need help with homework? This site provides many links
for school subjects, reference resources, student leisure, search
engines and more! Select computers and choose free clipart to
gain access to a wonderful selection of clipart and photographs!
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- Kentucky-in-Touch
References!
This site contains hundreds of links to grade appropriate
topics. Select the middle school icon and look at the links in
each subject area.
Please send URL's for additional web resources,
comments, and/or questions to:
Donna
Martin
This site was last updated on January 1, 2001.