Pinewood Intermediate School
We are off to another exciting year at Pinewood School. We offer a restricted internet access to our students to add to or show what you are learning this year. As you study different units in class this year, we will add information about them to our site.
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Here is a great resource for teachers and parents. Here's a great resource for students at home and at school.
You may go to the Scholastic site with your teacher's permission. Click
only on the links as you are directed.
SCIENCE
Read about the Water
Cycle.
For a really hot trip, check out our volcano site. The Mt. St. Helen's site has great before and after shots of the eruption. Here is a site that contains an earth science picture of the day. This site shows many photos of interest relating to weather patterns and volcanoes.
Next, you might want to visit the Miami Hurricane Storm Center. Check out the local weather from the Weather Channel. You might also want to check out the weather at Intellicast. Practice with weather at this site.
Flood and Flash Flood Information--The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fact Sheet on Floods and Flash Floods. Click here to go to a web quest site on earthquakes.
Learn about how tornadoes form.
Learn more about the human body. Click here for more information about the heart, circulatory system and respiratory system. You may click on any of the links found on this page, "The Heart: An Online Exploration." Label the organs with this interactive human organ builder. Here is an excellent site about the human body.
Click here to go to a page that includes more healthy body topics.
Animals of the Rainforest can be found here. When you have completed your research, you can test your skills as an Amazon explorer. Where is the Amazon Basin located? See a movie where macaws are eating rocks. Why do scientists think they do this? Here is a Thinkquest site about the Amazon that was created by middle school students.
Simple Machines
This site has a great introduction
to simple machines. Here is another good site that shows simple machines
used in everyday
life. Check this site to see a demonstration of levers. Test
your knowledge of simple machines that you might find
in your home. Can you identify these inventions created by Leonardo
DaVinci?
Practice answering questions to help prepare yourself for the New York State grade 4 test. you will need to select "science," then "4th grade," then "10," "15," or "20" questions. Explanations are provided for all questions.
Test your knowledge of politics and the upcoming election.
Learn about our country in this interactive United States map. The American Revolution site has much information about important people, places and events from this event. Travel the Road to the Revolution in this game type format. Learn more about the American Revolution from the series on PBS. Complete an American Revolution mini web trek. After completing this trek, check your work here.
Click here to go to the website for your social studies text book.
Click here to learn about life in Pennsylvania in the 1700s.
If you need to practice your Social Studies facts related to the United States, play the game at this website. If you make a mistake, the correct answer is explained to you.
All fourth grade classes toured historic Johnstown in October. Click here to access the Fulton-Montgomery Photo Archives.
Here's another great site to explain important details about the election process.
The Howe Caverns virtual tour will enhance your class field trip to this unique area.
This year we will study the canal system in New York State. Click here to view a map of the canal system. Read the history of the canal system. More about the Erie Canal. Go to this page to see how a lock works.
Are you looking for directions to your favorite destination in the US? Click here.
How about having some map fun with pirates from long ago?
Read about the Iroquois Indians now. Running Deer's longhouse site has a great deal of information about Native Americans. The Iroquois Museum has good information about longhouses. Read about the Iroquois of today. Do you know much about the Sioux Nation? Explore Native American cultures.
The United Nations is a great place to also gather information about the countries in our world.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is remembered during the month of January. Read a timeline of his life. Also available is a short biography of his life.
Harriet Tubman was a strong woman who helped slaves travel the Underground Railroad. Take your own virtual trip on this railroad.
Learn more about the Iditarod Dog Sled race in Alaska.
Take a virtual tour of the New York State Assembly and Capitol Building. You can print a word search of different areas of New York State.
New York State Assembly Welcome page. Our senator, Senator Hugh Farley has a page just for kids!
Fourth graders study New York State and its history. Check here for some fast facts about our great state! the library of congress has some facts about New York State and the other states in our country.
Click here for the link to the Abraham Lincoln research site. The treasure hunt contains much information about Lincoln's life. Think you know many facts about Lincoln? Try this quiz about this great president. View a picture gallery of sites from Lincoln's life. Take a virtual tour of Lincoln's home.
Match the coin to the correct US President. Match the bill to the correct US President.
Click here to see an animation of the US from 1650 through 1907.
Mrs. Moffit's and Mrs. Osinski's classes are both learning about being good sports through their partnership with Iona College and the MAAC Basketball Tournament.
Mrs. Lester's class is learning about famous New Yorkers.
click here to see how a lock on a canal works.
Learn about the election process.
Take a virtual tour of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon Farm.
You can view the interactive US National Topographic map here.
What historical events happened on your birthday?
Get "Into the Book" with this great site!
Practice building 5 or 7 word sentences with correct punctuation.
Create haiku poems using online "magnets."
Listen to some popular stories read by actors you may recognize.
Bibliography Maker can help you complete this type of writing assignment.
Create an essay map to help you organize your writing.
Here is a site that shares tales from around the world. Here's a version of "The Three Little Pigs?" tale. this is a version written by a 4th grade student. Click here to go a site that has myths and fables from around the world.
Click here for a link to a site about authors of children's books
.Biography.com allows students to search for people of interest. Be sure to follow your teacher's instructions.
Here are a variety of phonics activities. Here are some literacy activities from the BBC in Great Britain. Many of these exercises are read to you by a speaker with a British accent, so be sure to listen carefully!
You can try some challenge activities for math--easier and harder.
Crack the math code. Test your speed with "Multiplication Station."
Here is a site you can visit to get some resources on our math program, Everyday Math.
PBS Kids has a TV show called Cyberchase. You can try all of the games from the show online. Here are some math games from England. Choose a math activity from Max's Math Adventures. This site has different multiplication games.
Try "Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop." Make pizza and learn fractions at the same time! "Place Value Pirates" will challenge your number skills. "Math Fries" will leave you hungry for more math!
Practice finding the missing number in a sequence with Number Crackers. Need some extra practice with math facts? Create your own worksheet here.
Practice answering questions to help prepare yourself for the New York State grade 4 test. You will need to select math, then 4th grade, then 10, 15 or 20 questions. Explanations are provided for all questions.
This site provides help creating different types of graphs that can be printed. You don't need to know how to use excel to create these graphs. You can also explore probability by rolling these online dice. Try these math challenges. Explanations are provided for all questions. Practice answering questions to help prepare yourself for the New York State grade 4 test. you will need to select "math," then "4th grade," then "10," "15," or "20" questions. Explanations are provided for all questions.
Here is some math practice you can do at home. These are rainforest-related math activities.
Try the Fantastic Four game for a challenge.
Create your own math problems!
Practice your keyboarding skills at home. Here are more sites for online typing. Not tired of typing yet?
If you are up for a challenge, click here to read a brief biography of the life of Albert Einstein. How smart was Albert Einstein? (Hint: Can you spell genius? Go ahead, try to think like Einstein. Not sure who was Albert Einstein? Read here.
The San Francisco Symphony has a wonderful web site where students can compose their own music and hear it played back to them!
Explore the ghosts in this castle from the 1300s. Read this slightly spooky Halloween story.
Try this site to create a Halloween "rap." You may chant your rap as a group, since we do not have a sound player installed on our computers. However, you may be able to hear these "raps" on your home computer.
| Click here to read about the history of Thanksgiving. How much turkey history do you know? Try your hand at a turkey game. Maybe you can try a new holiday recipe. Test your funny turkey bone with these jokes. Take a visit to Plimoth Plantation. Scholastic has created a cornucopia of Thanksgiving information. Learn some more Thanksgiving games you can play. |
Christmas--Play
games at Northpole.com. Write
a letter to Santa! With Mom or Dad's permission, you can send a holiday
post card to someone. How about building
a snow village?
Try Cupid's math game. You will need paper and pencil to play this game.
Want to create something special for your family? Click here to go to the HP Activity Center and find just the right project!
Try some challenge math activities. Some of these are really hard! Here are more challenging math activities to keep you busy! Compare your math skills with other kids around the world.
Keep up your spelling and decoding skills during the summer vacation with these activities. Try this "Word Wiz" game. Try your skill at disaster math. Read some fun facts from the Library of Congress. Learn new words in a foreign language. This site will help you learn to speak Spanish. Here is a lengthy list of foreign language dictionaries that are available online. Say hello to people all over the world in their native language.
Check out some of the activities at Black Dog, a site for children. Logic games from Superkids.
Play "Save the Egg," based on March of the Penguins. If you want a more challenging game, play "Antarctic Adventures" from National Geographic.
Learn about pests in our environment.
Check out a variety of games from the U.S. Mint.
Do you want to learn to speak French?
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