Thanksgiving sites

Some of these Thanksgiving sites will be great for the Smartboard.

This is a HUGE selection of links through Pete's Powerpoint site. This site has tons of links for everything!
http://holidays.pppst.com/thanksgiving.html


This is a cute animated puzzle page for the younger student.

http://www.billybear4kids.com/jigsaw-puzzles/animated/online/ThanksgivingTurkey.html

Go on a voyage, see a daily feast or go on a webquest.

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Cute turkey anagrams.

http://www.akidsheart.com/animals/birds/turkeyangol.htm

A nice multiple choice Thanksgiving quiz for upper elementary.

http://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/quiz.htm

Here is a fun "Mad-Lib" style site with a Thanksgiving twist.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/MoreGames/Funnyfillinpictureperfect

Flibriks is a fun and fast game of concentration.
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/thanksgiving/games/game_turkey_flibriks.html

Ocean Fun

Monterey Bay Aquarium:
A site where kids and teens can learn about marine life through games and interactive videos.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/lc/activities/default.aspx?c=dd


Video of life in the kelp forest
dsc.discovery.com/videos/planet-earth-shallow-seas-kelp-forest.html
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/kelpforest.html




Live webcam of the sea otters, wading birds, penguins, underwater kelp, and aviary birds.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/cam_menu.aspx



Tide pool videos
http://baynature.org/videos/tidepools


coral reef video
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/discovery-atlas-australia-revealed-great-barrier-reef.html

go on a vacation without leaving home!

LIVE from the Animal Kingdom!

Here is collection of websites that my second graders helped to pick. Go through these sites to find out your facts about animals from each of the animal groups.

National Geographic for kids.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature

This is the Panda Cam from the San Diego Zoo.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/

More animal research sites for kids...

http://animal.discovery.com/animals/wild-animal-guides.html

http://kids.yahoo.com/animals


http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

This alligator cam lets you take control for one minute at a time. Very cool!

http://www.gatorland.com/gatorcam.php

We love you Dr. Seuss!!

My school has a big Dr. Seuss celebration each year to go along with Read Across America. I hope the sites below are useful to your school too.

How else could I start, but by taking you to Seussville?

http://www.seussville.com/

This is the site for Dr. Seuss National Monument in Springfield, Massachusetts. Don't forget to go to the bio page.

http://www.catinthehat.org/


This isn't a virtual field trip, but I love Dr. Seuss quotes. This link is FULL of Dr. Seuss quotes that are great to make kids and adults alike dream, think and challenge themselves.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/dr._seuss/