Kids for Saving Earth

Kids for Saving Earth provides free, inspiring, environmental education curriculum by mail and online.
http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/

Fedville

Online game complete with a local bank that encourages kids to save, a neighborhood cinema that shows movies about money, and a local deli and store where kids can spend their earnings.
http://www.frbsf.org/education/fedville/

Mr. Dowling

Site created for middle school students spans the period from Henry the Navigator to Nelson Mandela. Includes facts in brief as well as a more detailed look at some of the major people and events of the era.
http://www.mrdowling.com/710caribbean.html

CIA – The World Factbook

Government resource provides detailed information on countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Sheppard Software

Offers several levels of quizzes and games about the geography of the Caribbean.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Caribbean_Geography.htm

Environmental Literacy

Discusses global environmental issues and educates for Environmental Literacy.
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/

Fun Social Studies

Social studies is anything but dull. Social studies for kids can include lessons about history, government, economics, religion, and even psychology. Even the youngest students can benefit from fun, interactive social studies lessons designed with their needs in mind.
http://funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/

Explore the globe and learn about making a difference as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/

Biographies and profiles of people who shaped the world, written simply for children.
http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people.asp

Take a virtual tour of the world around us with this new interactive atlas. Follow colourful maps to faraway lands and peoples. Visit places of mystery like the Titanic Shipwreck Site. Learn about population, climate, resources, and lots more. Watch as oceans, waterfalls, deserts and caves come alive on your screen.

Maps are available at 3 different levels of difficulty, beginning with simple picture maps. As children answer questions, records are kept on how well students determine direction using a compass rose, measure mileage with a scale and utilize symbols from a map key.

The Ready-Made Activities CD includes 70 additional cross-curricular, standards-aligned map activities. With these structured practice activities, students: Develop understanding of scale, cardinal direction, and grid coordinate systems; Practice reading and understanding map symbols.

Take an unforgettable trip to 8 exciting periods of the past, from Ancient Egypt to a 1920’s city. As you explore colourful historical worlds that bustle with movement and sound, collect stickers in your personal travel journal. Here you can note down facts about yourself to compare life today with that of past times.

The award-winning books, interactive software, carefully chosen Web sites,* and classroom activities build upon each other, providing a rich learning experience that includes text, video, and hands-on projects. Students' perspectives about the world will expand as they study the historical, cultural, and political issues related to each wall's region.

This easy-to-use tool enables students to design buildings on the computer and then turn them into 3-D paper cutouts. Students design scaled-down versions of communities from different historical periods or recreate their own towns.

Kids face difficult choices every day, balancing their own values with the expectations of friends, parents, and teachers. Choices, Choices 5.0 helps students develop the skills and awareness they need to make wise choices and to think through the consequences of their actions.

As mayor of Spring Falls, your students are faced with a town wide controversy: a local antique store is selling items that many residents think promote racist attitudes. It is now a central issue in the upcoming election. With decisions, Decisions: Prejudice, you can create a non-threatening environment in which students learn and talk about prejudice, discrimination, and the processes that underlie them.