Fifth Grade Web Resources

SUMMER READING LIST

Reference Source: American Impressionists
http://jlewis1.homestead.com/AmericanImpressionists.html
Read about seven American Impressionists whose work is part of the permanent collection at the Florence Griswold Museum and Art gallery in Old Lyme Connecticut .

Portraits: George Washington Portrait for Kids
http://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html
An interactive exploration of a George Washington portrait.

Inside Art Adventures: An Art History Game
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
An interactive adventure in art history looking at Impressionism, Post Impressionism and Expressionism

National Gallery of Art- Washington D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm

National Gallery of Canada- Ottawa Canada
http://national.gallery.ca/

Wallpaper Patterns and Symmetry
http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/wall16.html

Geometry
http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/

COMPUTER

LANGUAGE ARTS
World War II
Dear Home: Letters from World War II
www.historychannel.com/exhibits/dearhome/
Read letters written by soldiers and others during World War II. Learn how to preserve your letters. Write a letter that will go into the History Channel Archives.

LATIN

MATH

MUSIC

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball
Fit 4 Life Motion Commotion Activity Cards
www.bam.gov/fit4life/cards.htm
Maintained by the CDC, this site offers interviews with young athletes, game descriptions, practice and game tips, links to other sport sites.

SCIENCE

Solar System 
http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/facts/pluto.html

National Institute of Environmental Health Services Games
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/games.htm

SOCIAL STUDIES
World War II Resources

National World War II Memorial- Washington D.C.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/

National Museum of the United States Air Force
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm

History of the Tuskegee Airman of WW II
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/prewwii/ta.htm  

http://www.jamestown1607.org