Dianne Fulton

Web-Based Resources:

3^rd Grade Teacher

Springfield, Illinois

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu

This NASA supported website provides a list of the world’s volcanoes so that viewers may find information, pictures, and realtime actions of the volcanoes.

Square of Life

http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/

This collaborative project will demonstrate to students how one square foot of land supports life. Students will be able to observe, chart, graph, and respond to the project. Teacher guidelines are also provided.

Illinois State Museum

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/index.html

Necessary site for the study of Illinois. This site provides information and pictures of the exhibits. Students may click on the area of interest.

Webquest of Springfield, Illinois

For complete details: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/dfulton/project.htm

This was my project for our first CTER class. It is a study guide for Springfield, Illinois. My students have enjoyed searching and learning about their city.

Natural History Museum

A Gem of a Story

This can be used as an educational supplement to the electronic field trip broadcast. It also serves as a self-contained, Web-based resource guide to the topics and issues that are examined during A Gem of a Story. There are educational activities, resources as well as a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institute.

The Weather Webquest

http://sg-4.beth.k12.pa.us/lkrenz/welcome.htm

This is a Webquest for grades 1-3 that has students find out what the weather is and chart it. I like this because it is not too complicated.

Out of This World Webquest

http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/wright-quest.htm#Out

A website for 3^rd Grade science on the solar system.

Volcano Watch

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html

Show the latest volcano images and Java Animation.

The Trouble in Paradise/ Real Video “How Volcanoes Kill”

http://www.discovery.com/exp/montserrat/videoarchive.html The video clips show how the ash or lava is devastating to human life.

Funbrain.com This site offers varying levels of difficulty for math games.

http://historychannel.com We look up historical events and dates and get speeches and videos.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com Many of the units I teach can be found here, such as dinosaurs, solar system, butterflies… There are activity pages, quizzes, and even jokes.

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