NC State University
Global Book Club: The Westing Game
Do you like mystery and intrigue in your literature? This site features activities for the mystery story, "The Westing Game," by Ellen Raskin. Come and check out these cross-curricular activities.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Westing Game
Read about Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game in this insightful website that gives fascinating information about characters, themes and the importance of special quotations.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Westing Game
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
BBC
Bbc: Dinosaur Survival Game
If you were a dinosaur, would you have what it takes to survive, reproduce and evolve? Knowing directions (north, south, east, west) and sizing up other organisms in your environment will be crucial to your survival.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Snoring Wild West
It's the wild west but and the elephant is snoring again! Help your friends by rolling, bumping, hoping, and planning to stop the elephant from snoring. Kids will enjoy this problem solving physics game!
A&E Television
History.com: The States
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Westward Expansion
An interactive and fun crossword puzzle game about the Westward Expansion of the US.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Texas Ranch House
What was it like to be a cowboy in 1867? Visit the Cooke Ranch and explore a cowboy's working and dwelling quarters. Play the interactive games to learn about the many aspects of daily life in the American West. (Click "Interactive...
A&E Television
History.com: Why This Pioneering Hopi Soldier Has a Mountain Named After Her
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Piestewa has became synonymous with patriotic Native American sacrifice. In 2008, a...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Okiek
"Okiek" is the name of a Kenyan people who formerly lived by hunting game, making beehives, and gathering and trading honey; it is also the name of their language. The collective name "Okiek" includes over two dozen local groups, each...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Our America: Western Expansion
Reviews of children's literature, student activities, and interactive games from Scholastic that enrich a student's understanding and appreciation of western expansion before the Civil War.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Gene Connection Show [Pdf]
Fifth graders will discover the difference between inherited traits and learned behaviors by bringing the traits to life in a game of charades. After that, the students will demonstrate knowledge of recessive and dominant traits as they...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Manatees
Come swim along with the manatees and learn more about them while you're at it! Site includes fun facts, a video as well as games and activities.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Ecosystems in Action [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders explore animals and plants that inhabit ecosystems by using movement to deepen the retention of vocabulary. After reviewing the ecosystem players, students will play a call and response game by responding with...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Dison National Historical Site: The Invention Factory
This terrific interactive site from the National Park Service describes the different buildings on Thomas Edison's West Orange, New Jersey's laboratory facility. After exploring the buildings, follow Edison's invention and application of...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abraham Whipple
Abraham Whipple (26 September 1733 - 27 May 1819) was an American revolutionary naval commander. Whipple was born near Providence, Rhode Island and chose to be a seafarer early in his life. He embarked upon a career in the lucrative West...
Other
Junior Achievement: Save Usa Interactive Lessons
Interactive money management lessons teach about spending, saving money, financial responsibility, credit, and financial planning.