Social Studies for Kids is a good place to find answers to social studies questions. There are maps, timelines, book reviews and fun facts.  You can find facts and links for economics, geography, U.S. history, world history, civilizations, explorers and archaeology.  The site itself doesn’t offer a lot of interactive activities, but there are some [...]

Wouldn’t it be great if students could go on field trips around the world to learn about wildlife conservation for animal reports, social studies, science, and just for fun? Well, now teachers and students can with Field Trip Earth, a resource for “teachers, students, and proponents of wildlife conservation.”  The site focuses on field-based wildlife [...]

I’m not usually all that enthusiastic about drill and practice, but the organization FreeRice has come up with an interesting concept.  What a combo – online quizzing combined with the motivation of giving.  John Breen founded FreeRice in 2007 and donated the site to the UN World Food Program in March, 2009.
FreeRice combines an interest in [...]

The website SoftSchools has numerous online games for math, language arts, science, social studies, Spanish and French.  There are games for students in Pre-K through Middle School.  I suggest testing the games before using them because some are more boring than others and the graphics differ greatly from one to the next.  Most of the [...]