Sixth Grade Web Resources

Compiled by the Professional Development team at TCCSA

Updated September 2004

Contact barber@tccsa.net or porr@tccsa.net  for revision suggestions

Writing | Matter | Electricity | Potential and Kinetic Energy | Physical and Chemical Changes | Cells | Cycles | Simple Machines | Space | Moon | Supply and Demand | Factors of Production | Entrepreneurship | Proficiency Sites | Economics | Government | Ancient History

 

Writing

 Poetry:

 

http://www.poetryteachers.com/  

  EXCELLENT teaching ideas for a unit on poetry

http://www.amalnet.k12.il/meida/english/engi2096.htm  

collection of sites for teaching poetry

 http://www.gardendigest.com/poetry/haiku4.htm  

 Haiku poetry

Writing

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html 

  ideas for teaching writing. Includes:

General Ideas for Teaching Writing

Six Trait Writing Model

Teaching the Writing Process

Teaching the Modes of Writing

Teaching Ideas and Content

Teaching Organization

Teaching Voice

Teaching Word Choice

Teaching Sentence Fluency

Teaching Writing Conventions

http://disney.go.com/educational/language.html 

  Just look at all of the ideas this site has to offer

 

 

back to top

 

SCIENCE

Matter

http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/index.html 

A basic tour of the atom and its structure. Nicely done.

 

WebQuests about Matter:

http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/tec/Davis2/webquest.html

 http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/lessons/matter2.html  

 http://www.runet.edu/~sbisset/grp502.htm 

 Matter sites: 

 http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/index.html

AWESOME sit that graphically shows matter as it changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas

 http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/matter.cfm  

some of the images don’t load, but this site appears to have a lot of information about the states of matter, etc. 

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr5ubesc.html

Core Unit: Matter and its changes

 

back to top

 

 

  Electricity

Electricity & Magnetism

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci72.txt

Brown Bag Science

 

http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/science/lessons45/conductor.html

Conductor or Not

 

http://www.schoolnet.ca/general/electric-club/e/index.html

Electric Club (37 Experiments)

 

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/electric/index.shtml

Electricity & Magnetism (17 Experiments)

 

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr4ueesc.html

 Electricity & Magnetism for Grade 4

 

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/hair.html

Hair-Raising Results

 

http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~coalitn/sciedoutreach/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/energy/lemon.html

Make a Battery From a Lemon

 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope.html

Electroscope

 

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5217/

Shocking Electricity

 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/stripped_down_motor.html

 Stripped Down Motor

 

back to top

 

Kinetic and Potential Energy

The following sites have interactive experiments students can do on the computers involving energy transfers, making hypotheses, etc.:

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/KineticEnergy/

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/PotentialEnergy/

http://plabpc.csustan.edu/general/tutorials/temperature/temperature.htm

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ke.html

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/mechanics/energy/kineticEnergy/kineticEnergy.html

 

These sites explains potential and kinetic energy in terms kids can understand:

http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/story/story-html/chapter01.html

 

http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/kinpot.htm

http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/lessons/c3.hts?core=3&course_num=3050

takes proficiency standards and aligns them with web activities

 

 

Physical and Chemical Changes:  

 http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/newton/index.html

Watch as you fill out the chart to see how mass, force, and acceleration are related.
When you are d one see if you can write a rule.  Wonderful on-line game that the students can interact with to discover the relationship between mass, force and acceleration.

 

back to top

 Cell Sites

http://www.brainpop.com/health/basicsandcells/cells/index.weml

watch cool cartoons and try the activities to learn cool stuff about the trillions of cells in your body!

 http://www.icnet.uk/kids/cellsrus/cellsrus.html 

Cells Are Us! read this illustrated story about how two cells become one with its own special DNA to create a new life.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/life/osmsis.htm 

learn about the process of diffusion and how osmosis is a special form of it. Find diagrams and questions for osmosis activities as well. 

http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/bacteria_cells.htm 

Let Chloe the chloroplast introduce you to her cellular friends including Simon the soil bacterium and Ishy the E. coli. Learn about the structure and functions of cells.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/cells.html

basic description of neurons, or cells of the nervous system, with diagrams

http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html 

photos of insects, plants, and cells as viewed through the lens of an electron microscope

http://www.cellsalive.com/ 

http://www.scienceteacherstuff.com/cells.html

MANY web resources listed here on the subject of cells

back to top

 

 

 Cycles-easily explained and with diagrams 

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa/EBpdfs/EB.IM5.L4.pdf 

carbon-oxygen cycle

http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/science/mhscience/teachres/blm/pdf/gr3/practice/G3U6T3.pdf  

http://www.alken-murray.com/Nitrogen.html

 Nitrogen Cycle Diagram

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111040/Informative/Popups/pop_dia_nitro.htm  

Life Cycles WQ

http://www.biopoint.com/gvsu/projectlifecycles.html

 

back to top

 

 

Simple Machines

List of sites for kids:

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html

 

Integrated Unit-NOT requiring the web

  http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/simp-mach/default.htm

Simple Machines WebQuests:

  http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/sthroop/webquest.htm

  http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq8/jjquest.htm

  http://outreach.rice.edu/~dgabby/science/simp_mach/

    http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/ab/el/simplemachines.html  - would be neat to use with Mousetrap game!

  http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/ccarothers/wquest.htm   

http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Machines/Machines.htm

 

 

back to top

 

 

Space

Nasa-Educational Site for Students

http://spacelink.nasa.gov/

Welcome to EduSpace: The Office of Public Outreach's Education Group is dedicated to providing K-12 astronomy and space science education support. We have a variety of services, products, activities, and resources that are just click away.

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/edugroup/educational-activities.html

 

Interesting Facts about EVERYTHING related to Space

http://www.ips.gov.au/papers/index.html

Space Science Hotlist

Lists every site that addresses ANYTHING related Space:WOW!!!

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/space.html

 

 

back to top

 

 

Moon Phases:

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html   

   virtual reality moon phase pictures

http://www.googol.com/moon/  

  shows a monthly calendar and the corresponding phase of the moon for each day. You can choose the month and the year.

 http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html  

 explains all of the terms associated with moon phases and shows an animation of the moon’s movement

 http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/birthdayphases.html

   shows a picture of each of the phases

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon/Phases.shtml 

 

 

back to top

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Teaching Supply and demand

This site: http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/demand.htm   has an excellent simulation with great discussion questions.  After you finish there go to:

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/Dem_Sup/supply.htm  and learn about the supply and entrepreneurship 

http://www.wviz.org/edsvcs/k_12/Correl/prof6thcit.htm   Each of the sixth grade Citizenship proficiency standards are here and each is linked to websites with ideas for teaching. Great resource!!!

 http://www.kcee.wichita.edu/Documents/KCEE/HANDS%20on%20economics%20by%20Ken%20Garwick.htm    My sixth grade students spend the school year learning various economic concepts with a hands-on approach.  Many situations are created where my students get first hand practical experience.  I feel that by using this approach to teaching economics students can more easily understand the concepts I am trying to teach.

 

 

back to top

 

Factors of Production:

.. Fourth-Grade Proficiency Test Citizenship Learning Outcomes related to Economics.
Identify the factors of production (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship ...

http://www2.lakotaonline.com/east/leh_davish/leh_4thgradeques.html

4th Grade Proficiency Economics test items, questions, answers and key words

 

http://www2.lakotaonline.com/east/leh_davish/leh_6thgradeques.html

6th Grade Proficiency Economics test items, questions, answers and key words

 

 

back to top

 

 

Entrepreneurship

 http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901/

 

 Complete site for teaching and having students experience the factors of economics.

WOW, What a great site designed for grades 3-5. This will make your job SOOO much easier

   

back to top

 


Proficiency Outcome Details

  http://www.chuh.org/Standards/   Go to this site and click on Ohio Proficiency on the left side of the page. It will take you here:

Ohio Proficiency Outcomes


Find Proficiency Outcomes for:
Strand:
and contain   

1 through 25 of 114 proficiency outcomes found for Grade 4

Next


Related links to this outcome: D=Detailed Description S=Technology Standards Skill, W=Web Resources G=GEM C=CPL
Grade Subject Strand Outcome Links
4 Citizenship American Heritage 1. Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to think about the relationship among events by: W
4 Citizenship American Heritage 1.a. identifying sequence of events in history. (Students could be asked to examine a time line to locate needed information, or they could be asked to place historical development on a time line.) W
4 Citizenship American Heritage 1.b. grouping events by broad historical eras on a time line. (Where does an event fall on the time line?) W
4 Citizenship American Heritage 1.c. recognizing that change occurs in history. (Identify a development on a time that caused a given event to occur.)  
4 Citizenship American Heritage 1.d. identifying cause-and-effect relationships. (Use information from a narrative or time line to explain a particular cause and effect relationship supported by the information provided.) W
4 Citizenship American Heritage 2. Identify and use sources of information about a given topic in the history of Ohio and the United States. W
4 Citizenship American Heritage 3. Relate major events and individuals in state history to time periods in the history of the nation and the world.  
4 Citizenship People in Societies 4. Identify the various kinds of cultural groups that have lived or live in Ohio. ("cultural groups" refers to a number of individuals sharing unique characteristics [e.g., race, ethnicity, national origin, and religion].) W
4 Citizenship People in Societies 5. Identify or explain how various cultural groups have participated in the state's development. W
4 Citizenship People in Societies 6. Identify or compare the customs, traditions, and needs of Ohio's various cultural groups. W
4 Citizenship World Interactions 7. Demonstrate map skills by: W
4 Citizenship World Interactions 7.a. identifying various major reference points on the earth; W

 

From here you can search for the grade level, the subject, the strand…OR you can just go to the whole area like Citizenship. Each Outcome is listed separately with a link or links to web based lessons dealing with that outcome.

 http://www.wbeducation.com/oh_4th_citizenship.html

 http://www.mcrel.org/standards

http://www.kathimitchell.com/econ.htm 

MANY websites listed here that will assist you in teaching economics to students

Click on Econopolis for an EXCELLENT ThinkQuest project dealing with the subject of economics.

Web Page Econopolis
   Complete site for teaching and having students experience the factors of economics.
Grade Level K-5 Subject Area Social Studies Keywords economics
Author/Sponsor Thinkquest Advertising No
Type Lesson Interactive
Submitted by J_Wolf Date 8/11/1999
Modified by   Date 12/29/1999
Related Technology Skills
Related Proficiency Outcomes
4.C.10 Identify the factors of production (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship) needed to produce various goods and services.
4.C.11 Name the resources needed to produce various goods and services, classify each resource by the factors of production, or suggest alternative uses for those factors.

 

 

 

back to top

 

 

Government Websites

Systems of Government

Detailed US/Chile Congressional Comparison (Lesson)
Modern Local Government: Town Meeting Simulation
In Congress Assembled (Continuity and Change, less ons)
Congress Link

PBS Kids Democracy Project (How does the government affect me?)

Constitution &  Bill of Rights 

The Documents
The U.S.Constitution, Amendments 1-10 (Bill of Rights) - list, Amendments 11-27 - list

Lesson Plans & Activities
Creating Classroom Constitutions - Opening Lesson Plan
The Constitution: Principles & Structures of American Democracy  
The United States Constitution
The Constitution Game: Lesson Plan
Constitution and Economy Lesson Plan
The Constitution in American History Lesson Plans
The Constitution: Debate on Ratification (lesson activity)
The Constitution - A Living Document (6th-8th)
Creating a Bill of Rights - Opening lesson plan

Freedom of the Press Lesson Plan (Freedom of Speech)
School Violence and the Second Amendment
4th Amendment: Search & Seizure Lesson Plan
4th Amendment - Do I have a right to privacy?
Reworking the Bill of Rights Lesson Plan
Students' Rights (Role Play)
14th Amendment UNIT (6th)
Women's Suffrage Movement - 19th amendment
More Lesson Plans
Constitution Day & lesson plan
Constitutional Community (35 lesson plans)

Lesson Ideas

Rewrite the Declaration of Independence.  After the kids try to do this, ask Is it your meaning? Justify your answer!

Write an amendment to the Constitution about which you feel strongly today. Use the language of the existing Constitution.

Give examples of what you can do today in your everyday life that are protected by the Bill of Rights.


Law Units & Lesson Plans

Law UNITS (middle school)
A Child's Rights in the Eyes of the Law UNIT (6th)
How a Bill Become s a Law (Civil Rights Act 1964)
The Civic Mind (lesson plans about the legal system)
Kids Privacy Act - Teachers Guide

General Sites Designed to teach kids about the Government:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

Whitehouse for kids

 http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/constitution.html

Lesson plan for teaching government: 

 http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

lesson plans for government by grade level

  http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5873/

Government Site for kids

 Government Sites and teaching ideas:

 http://www.dowslane.org/government.htm

 

 

back to top

 

 

Mr. Donn’s Ancient History Site

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/

TONS of sites on all of the following:

Includes:  lesson plans and units, resources, links, maps, online games and activities, pictures, webquests and MUCH MORE!!!!

To do a neat mummification activity go to this site:

http://www.neferchichi.com/fruity.html

 For other GREAT ideas for teaching Ancient Egypt:

http://www.neferchichi.com/lessonplans.html