Papillion-La Vista School District

4th Grade Resources

4th Grade Interactive Sites - A variety of interactive sites for 4th graders, sorted by subject area.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm

50 States - information on every state in the nation.
http://www.50states.com

Buffalo Painting and Sod Houses - Learn about Native American paintings and build your own sod house.
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryonline/index.cfm

Cash Register - An interactive site to make change.
http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/cashreg/

Cashout-Beat the Clock Game! - Beat the clock and try to figure out the correct change!
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/cashout/index.html

Change Maker - Funbrain's Change Maker Game.
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi?A1=s&A14=medium&country[usa].x=50&country[usa].y=22

Counting Back Change - This is another interactive website to practice making change. You may need to wait a minute while Java loads.
http://arcytech.org/java/money/money.html

Current Events for States from USA Today - keep current on events from the 50 states
http://www.usatoday.com/news/states/ns1.htm

Early Omaha: Gateway to the West - information on early Omaha
http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/earlyomaha/

Education Place from Houghton Mifflin - Houghton Mifflin social studies site for students, parents and teachers.
http://eduplace.com/kids/hmss05/

Elapsed Time - You are given two clocks with a starting and ending time. You have to figure out what the elapsed time is by clicking the correct choice.
http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_Pages/Henry_Anker/Mr_Anker_Tests_New/Math/Time/Elapsed_Time_Set_01.swf

Elapsed Time - You are given two clocks with a starting and ending time. You have to figure out what the elapsed time is and then click check to see how you did.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=6339

Great Websites for Kids - a collection of websites for students
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm

Lewis and Clark Website - website on the Lewis and Clark Adventure
http://www.lewisandclarkgnet.org/index/

Magnets and Electricity - Work with magnets and how they interact with electricity!
http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/MagnetismandElectricity/activities/electromagnet.html

Making Change - You must figure out what the change is and then how to give it in the least number of coins!
http://www.mathplayground.com/Making_Change.html

Making Change - An interactive game for making change.
http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?MakingChange

Making Combinations - Make combinations of clothing for the bear!
http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=3

Math lab

http://www.math5.com/math_lab.htm

Math Mavens - Math Mavens: Time for a Crime. You must use your knowledge of elapsed time to solve the crime.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/timefor/index.htm

Math Playground! - Work on math games for any subject area!
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Nebraska Blue Book Statistics - facts about the state of Nebraska
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/about/blue-book.php

Nebraska History Exhibits - on-line exhibits related to Nebraska history
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/exhibits.htm

Nebraska State Historical Society - information on Nebraska history
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/

Nebraska Studies

http://www.nebraskastudies.org/index.html

Official Web Site of the State of Nebraska - to get to each state's home page type in http://www.state.us For example to get Nebraska's home page type: http://www.state.ne.us
http://www.nebraska.gov/index.phtml

Place Value Practice

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html

Poetry - poetry from the Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41

Prairie Building - An interactive site to learn about the prairie.
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/

Rounding Flash Cards - Practice rounding with these flash cards!
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html

Ruler Game - An interactive measurement game with rulers.
http://www.rsinnovative.com/rulergame/index.html

Silent Letter Sound Invaders - To save the world from alien invaders, click on the silent letters found in words.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/soundandspell/silentletters/game.shtml

Stately Knowledge - KidSpace Internet Public Library site
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/skhome.html

Symmetry - An interactive symmetry site.
http://www.haelmedia.com/OnlineActivities_txh/mc_txh4_001.html

Telling Time - Click the correct time so you can stay up later!
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/bedtime.htm

Telling Time - Click the right clock so the mouse gets to eat his cheese and doesn’t get eaten by the cat!
http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html

The 50 States--Nebraska - information on Nebraska from the 50 states website
http://www.theus50.com/nebraska/history.php

Tinkerball - An interactive site involving simple machines.
http://www.inventionatplay.org/playhouse_tinker.html

Virtual Nebraska by UNL - historical information on Nebraska counties
http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/

Visit Nebraska! - official Nebraska government website
http://www.visitnebraska.org/

Webquest on Planets

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/webquests/Planetwq/WebQuest2.html

Yahooligans List of the 50 States
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/around_the_world/u_s__states/