ONLINE RESOURCES

The Online Resources on this page are provided for the convenience of Saratoga's Parent Partners and Students.
The sites that you link to from this page are not associated with the Stanwood-Camano School District.

TYPING AND KEYBOARDING		EARLY LEARNING
SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY, CIVICS		HANDWRITING
SCIENCE, HEALTH, P.E.		TOOLS & PORTALS FOR TEACHING & LEARNING
MATH		CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
READING, WRITING, ETC.		COLLEGE PREP
ART		MONTHLY THEMES

(Is Online Learning For Me?)

FEATURED SITE

KHAN ACADEMY
Math, Science, History, Test prep for SAT and other topics are supported with online videos
Unique access can be set up using your existing Facebook or Google account
Khan Academy resources are also freely available as podcasts in the iTunes Store at iTunes U

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) with the mission of providing a world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Is Online Learning for me?

Online learning is quickly becomming a common choice for many of our partner families. Saratoga offers online classes through our association with Digital Learning Commons. While online learning can be the right choice for some, it's not the best or proper choice for others. To take a quick assessment to see if online learning might be for you, click on

TYPING AND KEYBOARDING

Typing Practice from the BBC	Keyboarding Practice	Plain, Simple, Free, Effective
Typing Game and Practice	Free Touch Typing	Keyboarding Sites

Early Learning

Literacy Center Education Network Play and Learn English	ABC Match (Interactive game like Concentration or Memory)	Cyberchase Machine
Starfall.com A great site with activities for beginning readers	Counting Money	PBS KIDS
Mother Goose Club	Story Jumper	Sesame Street Initiatives
Sound City Reading	Hooplakidz

SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY, CIVICS

BallotPedia	Maps for Kids
Printable Maps from Fact Monster	Pr intable Outline Maps
Washington State History http://washingtonhistoryonline.org/	National Geographic Kids
Washington State History from Secretary of State	Printable Maps
Maps of the World (Games and Quizzes)	History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
Klondike Gold Rush Curriculum Materials Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides from the Klondike Gold Rush Seattle Unit	Early Washington Maps
Washington State Digital Collections	Washington State Historical Society
Teach with TVW - Online Video Resources for Washington State	TVW - Washington State Public Affairs TV Network
Washington State Council for Social Studies	Printable Washington State and County Maps

TOOLS AND PORTALS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

MIT OpenCourseWare	Beginner's Latin	Instructables
Scratch (also from MIT)	Thinkport's Online Field Trips	ClassBrain
Teachers' Domain	Helping Your Child Learn Math	Reading Rockets
	Internet Public Library	Fact Monster
Saxon Placement Tests	Washington State Online EALRs and GLEs	L exile Book Database
United Streaming	Enchanted Learning	Digital Learning Commons
Education World	How to Write an Essays for specific purposes	Kentucky Virtual Library How to do Research
Pitara Kid's Network	This is from the National Center For Educational Statistics	Educational Technology Clearinghouse Presentations Etc.
NoodleTools Citation Generator	Citation Maker	Interactive Games

SCIENCE / P.E. / HEALTH

The Biology Project	Human Anatomy Online
Chem4Kids	Woodland Park Zoo
FOSSWeb	Kid's Corner - Kiddy House
e Nature	BioEdonline K-5
Learn To Be Healthy
E lectric Universe provided by Snohomish County PUD	Tornado FAQ
Bycycle Heroes Break it Down	Sketching Gadget Anatomy Inventors Toolbox Exploring Leonardo
Chemical of the week	SciFun
UCLA OceanGLOBE	Let's Move.gov
Kid's Health	BAM Body and Mind
MyPyramid.gov
Spark and Healthy and Wise	Backyard Nature
Fitness for Kids Who Don't Like Sports

LANGUAGE ARTS - READING,WRITING, GRAMMAR

Grammar Bytes	Rare Classic Children's Literature	Reading Planet (From the Dept. of Education)
Between the Lions	Sadlier Oxford	Bedtime Stories
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories	Notetaker Outline Tool	Holt Writing Resources
Writing Bugs (month-by-month prompts)	Write On Prompt Generator	Writing (From ThinkQuest)
Everyday Spelling Writing Prompts	Persuasion Map Tool (from ReadWriteThink)	Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Vocabulary.com	University of Minnesota Style Manual	How to do Research
Alliterations	Harcourt & Holt Resources	Guide to Grammar & Writing
Principles of Composition	Citation Maker - Secondary	Citation Maker - Elementary
Sound City Reading	Reading Planet (From the Dept. of Education)	Holt's Elements of Language Writing Ideas and Models

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Discovery Education Brain Boosters

Brain Bashers
Online Recources

Everyday Vocabulary Anagrams

NIEHS Kids' Page

FunBrain (math, reading and more for K-8)

Daily Dose of the Web

CryptoKids

Online Recources

HANDWRITING RESOURCES

Create Your Own Handwriting Worksheets	More D'Nealian Printables	Coloring and Tracing D'Nealian Letters
Print a D'Nealian Desk Tape	Create "Tracers"	A+ Worksheet Maker

MATH ONLY

Balanced Assessment	Math is Fun	Absurd
	Place Value Puzzler	Purple Math (help with Algebra)
Saxon Placement Tests	NCTM's Illuminations (a Saratoga favorite)	EdHelper math
	Problem of the Week	Port Angeles' Math WASL prompts
Singapore Math Placement Tests	AplusMath	How to use the TI 83/84 Graphing Calculator
	Paul's Online Math Notes	Holt Algebra 1 Online Resources
Thinking Blocks - Add/Subtact	RHL School Math Worksheets	Holt Geometry Online Resources
T hinking Blocks - Multiply/Divide	Math World (a resource for higher math)	Virtual Manipulatives
Thinking Blocks - Ratios	Math (Pre-Algebra from another dimension)	Visual Fractions
Math Homework Help	Wolfram Demonstrations Project	Wolfram Educational Portal

COLLEGE PREP AND PLANNING

Free OnlineCollege Writing Course	Compass Test Prep	Compass Student Information
Asset Test Information	Skagit Valley Running Start	Everett Community College Running Start
Compas Practice Tests