Grade 6
Language Arts
- Free Rice – Build vocabulary and donate rice through the United Nations World Food Programme.
- NoodleTools – Create citations using your assigned username and password.
- Citation Machine – Create citations for research projects.
- Pierce Library
Math
- Sixth Grade Math Skills – Practice numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis.
- Common Denominator Game
- NCTM Illuminations Factor Game
- Pan Balance Shapes
- Math Magician – Practice multiplication and division facts.
- Math Magician Games – Choose facts to practice.
- Tessellations – Create a tessellation by editing a triangle, rectangle, or hexagon.
- Product Game – Practice factors and multiples.
- Concentration – Match numbers, shapes, fractions, or multiplication facts to equivalent representations.
- Lemonade Stand – Run a virtual lemonade stand and try to make a profit.
- Coffee Shop – Run a virtual coffee shop and manage your earnings.
- Deep Sea Duel – Select multiple cards that add to the target number.
- Cube Nets – Identify which nets can fold to make a cube.
- Cubes – Explore volume by filling a box with cubes, rows of cubes, or layers of cubes.
- Isometric Drawing Tool – Create designs by drawing 3-D shapes with cubes.
- Banana Hunt – Estimate the number of degrees in an angle.
Fractions
- Equivalent Fractions Triplets Game
- Interactive Fraction Wall
- Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers – Video lesson
- Multiply Fractions by Whole Numbers – Visual fraction models
- Fractions Mystery Puzzle Game
- Rectangle Multiplication
- Thinking Blocks – Model and solve word problems.
- Multiplying Fractions Millionaire Game
- Subtracting Fractions from a Whole
- Equivalent Fractions – Practice creating equivalent fractions.
- Fraction Game – Work with relationships among fractions.
- Fraction Model – Manipulate fractions and view decimal and percent equivalents.
- Equivalent Fractions Manipulative
- Adding Fractions – Find common denominators to add fractions.
- Comparing Fractions – Compare fractions with different denominators.
Science
Current Events
- Science News for Kids
- Science Daily
- The New York Times Science Section
- The Boston Globe Science Section
- Discover Magazine
- Scientific American
- Science Friday
- Wired Science
- NASA
- Krulwich Wonders – NPR science features
Climate Change
- BBC News: Rising Sea Levels
- CNN Climate Change
- European Commission Climate Action
- Extreme Ice Survey
- National Geographic Global Warming
- Greenpeace International Climate Change
- International Youth Climate Movement
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The New York Times Climate and Environment
- Scientific American Climate
- TED Talk: The Science Behind a Climate Headline
- TED Talk: Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change
- United Nations Climate Change Portal
- United States Global Change Research Program
Social Studies
- Distinguished Women of the Past and Present
- PBS American Experience
- Jonathon Porritt Biography
- CIA World Factbook
Technology
Copyright-Friendly Images
- ImageQuest – Britannica image resource for non-commercial use.
- U.S. Government Images Search
- Photos for Class – Age-appropriate images with automatic Creative Commons citation.
- Pics4Learning – Image collection donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
- Pixabay – Royalty-free stock photos and videos.
- Google Images – Use advanced search filters to find reusable images.
- Unsplash – Free high-resolution photos.
Research Sites
- InstaGROK – Visual search engine for generating keywords.
- SweetSearch – Search results reviewed by librarians and teachers.
- NoodleTools – Create a Works Cited page.
- Advanced Google Search Tutorial
- How to Refine Web Searches Using Google
- Citation Generator – MLA format