Second Grade
Links
Educational games
Funbrain games for age 7: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=gba&A2=7&A7=0
Many fun games at Funschool.com http://www.funschool.com/php/games/games.php?section=g3
Bats
Photos, facts about where bats live, what they eat, what they look like, etc.http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/bats/index.htm
This special website is designed for all children and created with the hope that you will like, respect and help protect these endangered species. http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/
Bats in the desert Southwest: http://www.desertusa.com/jan97/du_bats.html
Loads of bat information: http://www.jaguarpaw.com/Bats.html
Echolocation: http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/echo.htm
Bats in Australia: http://www.amonline.net.au/bats/
Bat of Arizpona: http://www.xpressweb.com/~talon/BATSinAZ.html
How bats work? http://science.howstuffworks.com/bat.htm
Batty about Bats kid’s page: http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/kids/kpbats.htm
See a bat cave: http://www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/cave/index.html
Information about bats in Tucson, Arizona: http://www.colossalcave.com/bats.html
Online tour of a bat cave: http://www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/
Community Helpers
Community Helpers: http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
Your neighborhood-the firefighter: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/firefighter.html
Your neighborhood-the letter carrier: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/lettercarrier.html
Your neighborhood-the doctor: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/doctor.html
Your neighborhood-the police: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/policeofficer.html
Your neighborhood- the librarian: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/librarian.html
Your neighborhood-the teacher: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/teacher.html
Illustrated Glossary of landforms and bodies of water: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
Pictures of landforms and detailed written descriptions: http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
Color Landforms Atlas of the United States: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Five different links about neighborhoods: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=Neighborhoods&title=Neighborhoods
Manufacturing
See how bubble gum and gumballs are manufactured: http://www.dubblebubble.com/tour.html
From cocoa beans growing in the jungle to candy bars on store shelves, this site shows how chocolate is manufactured. Includes photo and video tours. http://www.hersheys.com/tour/index.shtml
Photos and text show how these gourmet jelly beans are produced. http://www.jellybelly.com/About/Tours/Virtual_Tour.htm?cookie%5Ftest=1
Everything from how Caterpillar creates gigantic tractors to how 3DO produces video games. http://www.howstuffworks.com/factory-tour.htm
Click on cartoons to see how coins are made. http://www.usmint.gov/kids/
See the steps that go into making a sweater or knitwear. http://www.neknitting.com/tour.htm
Weather
KidsClick links to various weater related Web sites: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=Weather+Meteorology&title=Weather+(Meteorology)
The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/
How NASA studies air: http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/air.htm
How NASA studies natural hazards such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods. http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/hazards.htm
Great site full of information about weather, even has weather jokes! http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Clouds: http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
Dan’s Wild Weather Page: http://wildwildweather.com/
Hurricane Storm Science: http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/
Make your own weather station: http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html