Every Friday I’ll send you a wonderful website that my classes and my parents love. I think you’ll find they’ll be a favorite of your students as they are of mine.
Age:
3rd grade
Topic:
Landforms
Review:
If your third grader has to write a report about landforms, try these websites:
- About Rivers www.42explore.com/rivers.htm
- Biomes/Habitats http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/
- Deserts http://www.42explore.com/deserts.htm
- Explore the Colorado http://www.desertusa.com/colorado/explorriver/du_explorrv.html
- Geography Activities—for teachers www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
- Geography Game—Geospy kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
- Geography Quiz Game www.quia.com/pop/114591.html
- Geography Reading Problems www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=4&que=1
- GeoNet Game www.eduplace.com/geonet/
- Labeling Maps www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=LabelMaps
- Landforms make a greeting www.geogreeting.com/main.html
- Landforms www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
- Landforms—matching games, etc. www.quia.com/jg/29.html
- Los Angeles River Tour http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/index.html
- Map skills www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=3&que=1
- Mapping Game www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
- Rivers Seen from Space http://www.athenapub.com/rivers1.htm
- The Colorado River http://www.desertusa.com/gc/gcd/du_glencaydam.html
- What’s on a Map www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=8&act=2&que=1
- Zambezi River Tour http://www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/zambezi.asp
Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and creator of two technology training books for middle school. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for five blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything and Technology in Education. Currently, she’s working on a techno-thriller that should be ready this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.
