Good Reading on the Web

 

Recommended in The Comprehension Toolkit by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis


Ready-to-use short texts, engaging content and projects, and other valuable resources for kids and teachers are available just for the browsing.

www.nationalgeographic.com/kids	Explore geographic, scientific, and historical concepts, issues and events. Bibliographies and links to countless web sites to explore a given topic in depth.
www.timeforkids.com/TFK	Offers a variety of opportunities for kids and teachers including an archive link (http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/archive) that allows one to print any or all of the TFK articles in English and Spanish!
www.nwf.org/kids	Student section of the National Wildlife Foundation website. Information about animal conservation and animals in general. Click on Prowl the Past: Ranger Rick index to find the titles and locate any past articles in the Ranger Rick archives.
http://www.loc.gov/	Library of Congress. Click on kids and families to discover the compelling story of America's past as presented by the Library of Congress. Explore this site for anything you can imagine.
www.nytimes.com/learning	The New York Times kids' edition. News summaries, science Q&As, who's who and what's what features, as well as an opportunity to explore the NY Times learning network by subject.
http://www.thinkquest.org/	A library created by students for students. The ThinkQuest Library is a free educational resource featuring 5,500 plus websites created by students from around the world.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/	A site that explains how just about everything in the world works! Kids will love this!
http://www.whyfiles.org/	A site that gives us the science behind the news. Click on The Why Files in Education for an amazing array of information on scientific topics of all kinds.
http://www.nobelprize.org/	This site offers Nobel speeches, history of winners and their prizes, simulations for kids, and more.
http://www.freedomcenter.org/	The web site of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Click on Learn or Educators for historic information, narratives, and lesson plans related to the Underground Railroad.
http://www.ocean.com/	Check this out for great information, photographs, and stories about anything pertaining to the ocean and to marine conservation.
http://www.ecokidsonline.com/	Ecokids is Earth Day Canada's environmental education program for youth who care about the planet. This web site is their interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/	The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service provides up-to-date weather forecasts. Click on Education/Outreach, and then NOAA Education Page for general educational information about the weather and a list of weather web sites of interest to kids.
http://www.exploratorium.org/	The site of the San Francisco-based Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception. This is packed with scientific information and interactive possibilities on a wide range of topics.
http://www.learner.org/	The site of the Annenberg Foundation to advance excellent teaching in America's schools. Information on school reform, professional development, teaching and learning, curriculum suggestions, and so on.
www.learner.org/students	The student section of the Learner.org site with interactive exhibits that focus on extensions of a concept or theme that is explored on the site.
www.learner.org/biographyofamerica	The history of America from New World encounters to contemporary history with information, narratives, maps and links to other relevant American history web sites.
http://www.classicsforkids.com/	A web site dedicated to hooking kids on classical music. As they say on their home page, "Classics for kids is here to help you learn about classical music and have fun too."
http://www.siforkids.com/	Sports Illustrated's web site for kids. Full of sports information, articles, radio programs, survey questions and more.
http://www.kidsdiscover.com/	The web site of Kids Discover magazine. Click on Teach and then click on A Look inside Every Title and you will discover an amazing list of resources that includes a list of web sites, children's books, adult books and community resources related to the title topic.
http://www.si.edu/	The Kids button on this Smithsonian Institution's web site leads you to a selection of arts, science and nature, history and culture, and people and places resources that support both social studies and science curriculums.
http://www.nasa.gov/education	The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's education site. Check out the Site Map for an impressive array of space-based resources. The site's designed -for-kids games and activities pique interest in the universe beyond our planet.
www.pbs.org/teachersource	From PBS, an educator's resource that allows you to search for featured lessons and activities by curriculum area.
http://www.mos.org/	The Boston Museum of Science web site contains both student ("Explore and Learn") and teacher ("Educator Tools") resources. The Virtual Exhibits provide great content for a variety of topic studies.
www.ushmm.org/education	With sections for students, teachers and families, as well as for adults and scholars, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides in-depth information about one of World War II's most shameful crimes.
www.sandiegozoo.org/kids	In addition to local zoo events, the San Diego Zoo web site offers a wealth of conservation and wildlife information, activities, and projects.