Mar 23 2009
Some Links for School Children – November 2005
These links were prepared for Malaysian school children when I was working as a district English language coordinator in Malaysia.
Activities for Kids
Africa
SNA One Million Computers for African Schools
Asia
Indonesia – For Teachers Links to Studies of Asia Learning Emphases
Asian Animals
ADW Helarctos malayanus Information
LookSmart – Gibbons and Siamangs
National Geographic Interactive King Cobra
Siberian Tigers A Page For Reference
USGS Learning Web Explorers Plants and Animals
Welcome to Friends of the Asian Elephant
Zoobooks Magazine – Turn a Child’s Love of Animals Into a Love of Reading!
Astronomy
NASA Space Science Education Resource Directory
Authors
Surfing the Net with Kids Language Arts
Batik
Birds
Techlearning All About Birds June 25, 2005
Blog
Dekita.org English-Portuguese and Chinese-Tagalog
Project Petaling Street – Content from Malaysians being Malaysian
Borneo
Business English
BESIG The Business English Special Interest Group of IATEFL
Calendars
Calendars through the Ages – Home
Teacher Resources – the Philippines
Camps
MSF-UAE Refugee Camp Project – Curriculum for Teachers Introduction, Contents
Cheap Computers
Balancing Act News Update – African internet Developments
Computing
Critical Thinking
Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing
Health Sciences Writing Centre
Clipart
Classroom Clipart Free Clipart, clip art Illustrations and Photographs
Computer Security
Windows FAQs, plus Tips n’ Tricks from our Readers
Crafts
Arts and Crafts for Children Ages 6-10
Home Plate-Paper Plate Education
Critical Thinking
Debates
Conversation Lesson Multinationals – Help or Hindrance
Debates & discussion lessons for esl teachers eslflow webguide
Debates – Internet Craze – Lesson Plan Debates for Esl Classes
Krieger – Teaching Debate to ESL Students A Six-Class Unit (I-TESL-J)
That _Other_ Argument Clinic — University of Northern Colorado
Dictionary
Answers.com – Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more
OneLook General dictionary sites
Online Dictionary – HyperDictionary.com
Discussion
Distance Learning
Administration Distance Learning
Education Home- Microsoft Malaysia
Earthquakes
Exploratorium Life Along the Faultline Try These Activities!
Exploring for oils. Clues form tectonic plates. Quiz.
Quake Seismology at the Science Fair
Recent World Earthquake Activity – Clicking to Regions
Stuff for Kids – Online Coloring
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-For Kids Only
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Ed Tech
Designing for the Virtual Interactive Classroom Campus Technology
ELT Technology in Language Learning
E-journals
Bilingualism and Japanology Intersection
E-learn
http://www.calliopelearning.com-resources-papers-Keyboard.pdf
http://www.thelearningalliance.info-Docs-Jun2004-ThwartedInnovation.pdf
Engineering
http://membres.lycos.fr-jcviel-efl.htm
Environment
Conserving and Preserving Thailand
ESL
BBC British Council teaching English – Try – Lesson plans
More about Teach English As Second Language Courses by Learn English…
Teaching English as a Second Language, TEFL, ESL – eslbase
ESP
English for Science and Technology
Favourites
Faculty of Science – English Language Unit
Kuwait University On-line Language Learning
Learn English – Teach English As Second Language Courses
Pandorabots – A Multilingual Chatbot Hosting Service
Project Examples Africa and Middle East
Ten Ways to Prepare for the End of the School Year (Part 2)
By Special Invitation ONLY from Jim Sheridan
http://www.curriculum.edu.au-accessasia-indonesia-teacher-pdf-textiles.pdf
Professional Development The Electronic Village Online of the TESOL CALL Interest Section
SANTEC – Educational Technology and eLearning for Developm
Send My Friend to School Home Page
The Learning Federation Website
Flash
Fun
Gizoogle – Fo Sizearchin Stuff
Games
Educational Information, EROS, Sioux Falls, SD
Free Games To Improve Your Child’s Reading and Math Skills!
FunBrain.com – Curriculum Guide
Geography
China Dim Sum 3 Mapping Lessons
http://esen.unl.edu-lessons-envirchange-rainforesthp.asp
http://nesen.unl.edu-lessons-lessonlist.asptopic=Weather and Climate
USGS Learning Web Explorers Main Page
Geology
Educational Information, EROS, Sioux Falls, SD
Grammar
Graphs
SmartDraw.com – Create Charts and Diagrams with SmartDraw
SmartDraw.com – For business charts and diagrams
Great Kids
China Dim Sum 3 Mapping Lessons
Harry Potter
Harry Potter Surfing the Net with Kids
Harry Potter fanfiction stories
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org-
J.K.Rowling Official Site – Harry Potter and more
History
Spices & Spice Routes Explorers of the East
Holidays
BAMBOO HILL CHALETS TIOMAN ISLAND MALAYSIA
How to travel by train Singapore-Malaysia-Bangkok
Hot Potatoes
Indonesia
Indonesia – For Teachers - Classroom Resources
Islam
Jobs
International Development Jobs
Journals
IATEFL POLAND COMPUTER SIG JOURNAL – Contents
Kids
Kids’ Business
FleetKids – Frontyard Fortunes
Kids’ Grammar
Activities for ESL-EFL Students (English Study)
Kids’ Maths
BJ Pinchbeck’s home work helper offers links to math sites for kids.
Frank Potter’s Science Gems – Mathematics
Math Word Problems for Children
Kids’ Mixed
ESL Kids Resources Flashcards, Worksheets, Games, Lesson plan tips, Jobs
The Lesson Plans Page – Over 2,500 FREE Lesson Plans!
Kids’ Movies
BBC – Radio 4 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Kids’ Reading
Callahan Cousins Summer Begins
Indian Kids Stories, The Egg-breaking Champion. The boys tried to choose the hardest eggs with the thickest shells.
Stories for Kids – Children’s Stories about India, Indian Stories by Kids
Kids’ Science
10 Backyard Science Activities
Home Plate – Paper Plate Education
Kindergarten
Children’s Storybooks Online – Stories for Kids of All Ages
Elementary Education Resources – Kindergarten
Kindersite Project Educational Resources
Kindersite to Introduce Young children to Computers in Safety
Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes-Enchanted Learning Software
Phonics and Kindergarten Reading Comprehensions
Preschool Activities – EnchantedLearning.com
Preschool and Kindergarten Resources
Stories and Folktales, Beginning Readers Books EnchantedLearning.com
Yahooligans! – School BellLanguage ArtsAlphabet Fun
Yahooligans! – School BellLanguage ArtsWritingHandwriting
Language Learning
Literature
CLWG Children’s Literature Web Guide
Character Analysis in Indonesian Folk Tales – Lower Secondary English Unit
http://www.curriculum.edu.au-accessasia-indonesia-teacher-pdf-folkact.pdf
Indonesian Myths
International Children’s Digital Library
The Adventures of Mouse Deer (Malaysian, Indonesian Folk Tales)
The Literature Page – Read Classic Books by Famous Authors
The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)
Making Websites
EV Online 2002_Webheads Syllabus, Week 6
Kelly – Guidelines for Designing a Good Web Site for ESL Students (I-TESL-J)
BrainPOP – Health, Science, Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids.
FunBrain.com – The Internet’s #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers
Malaysia
KampungNet BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE
Laman Web Rasmi Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia
Langkawi Hotels Malaysia Reservation & Travel Guide – Langkawi Hotels
Mylangkawi.com – the Official Travel Website of Langkawi
Asian values may not be so particularly Asian
British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur Education
Focus on Malaysia and All Things Malaysian (Cap sur la Malaisie). Home Page of GOH Peng Joo
Geographia – World Travel Destinations, Culture and History Guide
Malaysia – All Malaysia Info
Project Petaling Street
Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Links and Affiliates
Focus on Malaysia and All Things Malaysian (Cap sur la Malaisie)
Jungle Trekking in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak
Tourism Malaysia Official Homepage
RAINFOREST WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2005, KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA.
Maths
Medicine
Health Sciences Writing Centre
Medical English online exercises and games.
Mountains
Mountain Voices - oral testimonies from mountain and highland regions round the world home page
Moslem
Movies
BBC Online – Cult – Hitchhiker’s – Douglas Adams – Arts and the Sciences
BBC Online – Cult – Hitchhiker’s – Guide – Tea
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
BBC – London – Panoramics – London 360 List
BBC – Video Nation – Your views and experiences, on camera and online
The Great Wall of China – 360-degree Virtual Tour, Simatai
The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
Myths
Laura Gibbs
Ocean
North Sea faces collapse of its ecosystem
WhaleTimes Fishin’ for Facts Library
WhaleTimes SeaBed ~ Whales, dolphins, sharks, penguins and more
Online Courses
Old English
Online Conference
Robin Good’s Official Guide to Web Conferencing and Live Presentations Tools
Online Journal
K A I R O S A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
Organisers
Outreach
Peer Review
Jung – A Peer Review Form for Evaluating Writing (I-TESL-J)
Photos
Tripod Tutorials Photo Album Builder
Pods
Podcast Genres on PodcastAlley.com — The place to find Podcasts
Podcasting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yahoo! Groups Podcasting-Education
Podcast Genres on PodcastAlley.com — The place to find Podcasts
Poems
Patrick Martin The Web Page-The Poetry Resource
Poetry for Kids – Funny Poems for Children by Poet Kenn Nesbitt
Nature Poems and Science Poems – 222 Poems
Physics
Cutting Edge Physics for Us All
Pictures
AllPosters.com – The World’s Largest Poster and Print Store!
PowerPoint
Primary
Art Lesson Ideas that Motivate Students
Health, Science, Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids.
Free Games To Improve Your Child’s Reading and Math Skills!
Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
http–uk.oneworld.net-penguin-front.html
KidStuffCanada – Downloads for Children
Lesson Plans for Teachers on Scholastic.com
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Reading, Writing
Surfing the Net with Kids Free Newsletter
TESL-TEFL-TESOL-ESL-EFL-ESOL Links – ESL Kids
The Best on the Web for Teachers
The Lesson Plan Library offers kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school lesson plans.
The Lesson Plans Page – Language Arts Lesson Plans, Language Arts Ideas, & Language Arts Activities
The Teacher’s Corner – Teacher Resources – Lesson Plans
Proverbs
British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce
Proverbs from 100 Countries and Cultures
Quotations
Quotation Search – Quote Search – The Quotations Page
Radio
Rainforest
Fact Sheets – Rainforest Action Network
Greenpeace Forests Campaign
In Cambodia, Military Style Rangers and Police Squads Combat Wildlife Trade
Lesson Plans – Human Impacts in the African Rain Forest What Can We Do
Medicinal Treasures of the Rainforest
Mountain Voices oral testimonies from mountain and highland regions round the world home page
Rainforests and Species Extinction
Tiki visits the Yanomami in Brazil
Reading
Top Ten Ways to Improve Reading Skills
Reports
Teachers Report Assistant – FREE time saving utility for teachers
Research
Bedford Research Room
Reading
50 Fun Ways to Improve Reading
Recording
Audacity Free Audio Editor and Recorder
School Management
Science
BrainPOP
Directory of the Museum of Unnatural Mystery
English for Science and Technology
Explore The Franklin Institute Online
Howstuffworks
Science Daily Magazine
BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper
Science Across the World Support for Language Teachers
Secondary
Art Lesson Ideas that Motivate Students
Lesson Plans for Teachers
Lesson Plans & Resources
TESL-TEFL-TESOL-ESL-EFL-ESOL Links – ESL Kids
The Best on the Web for Teachers
The Lesson Plan Library
The Lesson Plans’ Page
The Teacher’s Corner – Teacher Resources – Lesson Plans
Tiki the Penguin
Security
Yahoo! Security Center
Sygate – Enterprise Security Solutions, Personal Firewall Solutions, Professional Services
Senior Kids’ Science
Smart School
Ministry of Education, Malaysia
Software
Creative Technology – Markin Download Page
Solar Computers
BBC NEWS Technology Solar Plan for Indian Computers
Songs
Learn a Song Podcast
Space
Special Needs
Spice
Spices & the Spice Routes – Discover Spices
Stories
Aaron Shepard ~ Rights and Permissions
Buddhist Tales – Jataka Stories – Volume 2
Children’s Literature – Resources for Storytellers
China Dim Sum Table of Contents and Home Page
The Short Story Classics
Children’s Stories and Pictures, Educational Family Fun
Children’s Storybooks Online – Stories for Kids of All Ages
King Goodness the Great (Perseverance)
Surveys
Teachers
Creative Technology – Markin Download Page
ESL Web Guide by Dave’s ESL Cafe
Internet TESL Journal (For ESL-EFL Teachers)
Parenting Advice, Child Development and Family Reference
Technical Reports
Understand the type of technical report you are writing
Time
Educational exhibits about time, clocks, daylight saving, and calendars
Tree Diagrams
Vlogs
Vocabulary
Acronym Finder
English-Truespel Text Conversion Tool
Volunteer
Web
Webheads
Paper by Vance Stevens Developing a Community in Online Language Learning
Papers and presentations by Vance Stevens
Tutor-Mentor Exchange – A Place for volunteers, donors and business partners to contribute and learn
Vance Stevens Designing a CALL Facility from Bottom to Top at the MLI in Abu Dhabi
Vance’s ESL_Home Online journals for ESL and language learning
WiABCO 2005 Convergence of Bridges across Cyberspace
Writing for Webheads – Software downloads and websites for meeting the class online
Webhost
Webquests
NECC 04 Attendees Program
Best WebQuests
Webquests-
TESOL 2001 How to Create Web-based Culture Capsules
The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
WebQuest Search ResultsbrAdult-College Professional Skills
Writing
Handouts & Links Reviewing Drafts with Microsoft Word’s Comment Feature
Taking Notes from Research Reading
Teaching writing on line with English for Internet A Report
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
UC Writing Handouts Paraphrase and Summary
Using Microsoft Word Like a Pro, Part 1
Young Kids
Early Learning Ages Three to Five
FunBrain.com
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
KinderStart – Because Kids Don’t Come With Instructions!
Lesson Plans for Teachers on Scholastic.com
Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Reading, Writing
Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers
Surfing the Net with Kids Free Newsletter
TESL-TEFL-TESOL-ESL-EFL-ESOL Links – ESL Kids
Telling time, clocks worksheets, hours, minutes – kindergarten,first, second grade
The Best on the Web for Teachers
The Lesson Plans Page – Newsletter – Mailing List
The Teacher’s Corner – Teacher Resources – Lesson Plans
Other URLS
Lots of topics. All levels.
Self-study grammar quizzes, exercises and puzzles
http://www.eslgames.com/teachingsongs/edutainment1/
Songs to help you learn English
http://www.nanana.com/grammarlinks.html
Grammar links for kids
http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Games
Games for learning English
http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/sefer.cgi?Kids
Exercises for kids
Websites for Kids
1 News articles to help you learn English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
2 Listening Activities
http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/
3 Tests, Quizzes and Crosswords
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/test.html
4 Make a Thunderstorm
http://www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather/tstorms/tstorms.htm
5 Online Maths
Excellent online math practice on a variety of topics. Children can use all or some of the pages to develop their knowledge of math.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsme/gameswheel.htm
Games for math
http://mathforum.org/sum95/math.forum/middle.projects.desc.html
Interesting links for many subjects
6 Sites about Ancient Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/ CR0215615/
7 Ancient History Projects
http://www.internet-at work.com/hos_mcgrane/ancient_history/eg_history_intro.html
8 Quiz about Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/brainteaser/egypt/egypt.html
9 Activities about Ancient Egypt
http://www.seaworld.org/Egypt/
10 Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
11 Shopping
12 Space
Site about Astronomy
http://kidsastronomy.about.com
Games about science and space
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/
Photos and facts about space
Http://www.spacekids.com/homework_homepage/
http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/solarsystem-ez.html
13 Websearching
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/tryfun1.html
14 Science
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/trythis/try10.html
Interesting experiment about a water clock
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/index.html#science
Lots of interesting experiments
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Science_Games/
Science games
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/Print-n-Play_Games/
Puzzles and crosswords
Yucky experiments
Chemistry website
Fun site
All areas of science
15 Movies
Visit http://www.yahooligans.com, then click on “movies”.
16 Recipes
http://www.britegg.co.uk/kidssection/startsection.html
Recipes for eggs
http://www.hookerycookery.com/
Kids’ recipes
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/banana_bread.html
Healthy recipes
17 Fun
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/fun.shtml
18 Health
19 Other Interesting Sites
If you go to http://www.yahooligans.com you will find lots of interesting sites on a variety of topics. Click on the buttons on the left and follow the instructions on the screen. There is enough information here to keep you busy for hours!
20 Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/matrix.html
There are many printable exercises on geographical topics in http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography. You can download the exercises and then complete them. Interesting topics include the Middle East, deserts of the world, the Earth, world flags, continents and oceans quiz, and labeling the world map. You can also try http://www.nationalgeographic.com.
Different activities about geographical topics
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/
Information about earthquakes
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/
Maps of world
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Quizzes about geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
Maps
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/
Activities and pages for geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/
Geography games and quizzes
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/geonews2/1.html
Countries in the news quiz
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/quiz/travel/1.html
Travel quiz
Http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/
Geography game
21 Calendars and Holidays
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar to make your own calendar. Print out the pages.
If you print out the weather calendar, you can glue pictures on your calendar. Http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar/2002weather/.
If you go to http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0760942.html, you can mark Islamic holidays on your calendar.
22 Holidays
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/History_Games/
Holidays
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/holidays/
Holidays
http://www.timeandate.com/calendar/
Website for making Islamic calendar with Saturday as the first day of the week
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/main.html
Multicultural calendar
23 Making a Homepage
Go to http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/pagebuild.html and follow the instructions telling you how to make a homepage.
24 Health
If you go to http://www.kidshealth.org/, enter kids and click on word, you will find definitions for words used in medicine.
25 News from Around the World
Go to http://www.kidnews.com/news.html, and complete the following table by answering the questions who, why, what, where, when. When you finish, you can write a story about Malaysia or any other Asian country, and send it to kidnews.
News Story
1 Who?
2 What?
3 When?
4 Where?
5 Why?
26 Clipart
Go to http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/. You can download the art and save it as a screensaver, or use it to make cards to send to your friends.
27 Brain Boosters
Go to http://www.school.discovery.com/. Click on students and brainboosters. You will find lots of puzzles to help you learn English.
28 Puzzles
Go to http://www.puzzlemaker.com. You can have fun with your friends by making up your own puzzles, crosswords and cryptograms.
Some Links for Maths and Science
Activities for astronomy, biology, conservation/environment chemistry, life science, maths, physics, science, technology
2 http://firstscience.com/site/poems.asp
Science and nature poems
3 http://firstscience.com/SITE/factfile/factfile.asp
Quick facts about different subjects
4 http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Activities for science students
5 http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/pages/timeline.html
Chemistry timeline
6 http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/logo.htm
Exercises for writing about science
7 http://www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm
Prefixes and roots
Maths
1 http://www.quia.com/dir/math/
Activities for maths
2 http://linksmanager.com/firstscience/links7.html
Links to different branches of science
3 http://www.coolmath.com/home.htm
Algebra, geometry, calculus, fractals, etc
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Wow that’s quite a long list. Thanks for sharing.
Bill
ESL for Kids
[Reply]
Hi,
Kindly note that the correct link for “Focus on Malaysia” under your Malaysia sub-heading is as follows:
http://pgoh13.free.fr/Malaysia.php
Thank you.
[Reply]