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Merry Bee Presents |
| Students Use the Web - | |
| Student Magazine Sites | |
| teachers use web students use web curriculum sites reading book guides homeschool | |
American Girl - Fun for Girls ..........
http://www.americangirl.com/fun.html
Grades 3-8. Information on girls of other places and times, crafts and projects, games, tips. Some parts require Shorkwave, Flash, or Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Backyard Buddies ..........
http://www.nwf.org/yourbigbackyard/
Grades preschool-2. Online pages from the print magazine Your Big Backyard published by the National Wildlife Federation. Pictures, offline activities, recipe, online game.
Kidsnewsroom ..........
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/
Grades 4 and up. Weekly news archived from Oct, 1999. Students can read and respond to news items, or write and submit articles. Online comprehension quiz with each week’s issue. Also contests and games. Download current issue as PDF file.
KNOW: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids ..........
http://www.knowmag.ca/
Grades 1-4. Projects, articles, answers to science questions. Reviews of books and other science products written by elementary level readers. A new undertaking by the publishers of YES Mag.
National Geographic Explorer ..........
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/
Grades 3-6. An online edition of the print subscription for classrooms (formerly National Geographic for Kids until 9/02). Offers articles, games, movies, online adventure; contests, and information for teachers.
National Geographic Kids Magazine ..........
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/
Grades 2-8. An online edition of the print magazine for home subscription (formerly National Geographic World). Stories, activities, and games related to the world and its people. Student can submit an opinion response to a current article. Browse archived issues.
OWLkids Online ..........
http://www.owlkids.com/
Grades preschool-6. Fun and facts to explore from the OWL group of discovery magazines for kids. Select from Chirp for kids ages 3-6, ChickaDEEnet for kids ages 6-9, Wired Owl for kids ages 9-13. Not all levels will have changing content each month. Produced by Bayard Canada.
Pop ..........
http://www.popmagazine.com/
Grades 3-8. Articles and games on the current theme of the print publication. Canadian, so first select whether to read in English or French.
Ranger Rick ..........
http://www.nwf.org/rangerrick/
Grades k-5. Articles and games. Information about each of the fifty states. Homework Help section to search for school projects about animals and nature. Magazine Index for those with access to back issues of Ranger Rick.
Sports Illustrated for Kids Online ..........
http://www.sikids.com/
Grades 3-8. Articles, interviews, sports news, fun activities.
Stone Soup Magazine ..........
http://www.stonesoup.com/
Grades 3-6. Students ages 8-12 from around the world are the authors in Stone Soup. View a sample issue or highlights and features from the current issue of the print magazine. Browse archived student written stories, poems, book reviews, and artwork. Listen to selected student authors read their stories and poems. Audio requires RealPlayer which can be downloaded from the menu page. Directions are given for submitting stories by regular postal mail.
Teen Ink ..........
http://teenink.com/
Grades 6-12. Written by teens, for teens; 13- to 19-year old. Fiction, poetry and nonfiction writing, reviews, interviews, opintions, and an art gallery. Searchable. An active bulletin board posting area. This website is the online publication piece by the nonprofit Young Authors Foundation which also offers a print magazine and book series; all devoted entirely to teenage writing and art.
Time for Kids ..........
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Grades 1-6. Time Magazine online for kids. Searchable. Issues archived from 1995. Designed to make current events interesting rather than as a research tool. Some parts of this site change daily. Articles, poll, game.
Wee Ones Children’s Magazine ..........
http://www.weeonesmag.com/
Grades #preschool-5. Bimonthly issues have articles, stories, poetry, puzzles, activities and crafts. Each article/story is designated for ages 4-8 or 6-10. Section for the teacher.
Weekly Reader ..........
http://www.weeklyreader.com/
Grades 1-10. Word of the Day and some feature items on the home page. Click "Kids" in the menu on the left for articles, surveys, and activities. Teens section for readers of upper level magazines such as Current Science. Searchable.
Yak’s Corner ..........
http://www.yakscorner.com
Grades 3-6. Articles about animals and people around the world. Features from the current edition of the newsmagazine are on the home page. Browse news, world, or animal articles, recipes, and crafts from past issues. Free teacher guide for each issue is a PDF document to download using Adobe Acrobat reader.
YES Mag. (Youth, Engineering, Science) ..........
http://www.yesmag.ca/
Grades 3-8.Online version of a Canadian science magazine. News, projects, thinking challenges, and student authored product reviews. Searchable archive of science questions and answers.
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