Grade One Research

Grade One Research

These are some suggested sites for the first graders to use for assisted Internet research

The Internet changes all the time. Every reasonable attempt has been made to ensure Web pages are educationally safe and do not contain links to materials that violate Blanchard's acceptable-use policy. An adult should always check to make sure that the suggested link is still working and that the content has not been changed before sending a student to any Internet site.
Please report any problems with links to the Technology Department.

Sports

Mom’s Guide to Sports
Baseball, basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball.

Fact Monster Sports
Links to sites about a variety of sports.

Yahooligan’s Kids’ Almanac Sports Section - More links to sports sites - these are from Yahooligans.

Animals

Sea World Animal Bytes
Animal Bytes were specifically designed to help you quickly find information about some of the unique creatures found in the animal kingdom.

Enchanted Learning’s Animals
Print outs with drawings and fact sheets about a wide variety of animals.

Pick an animal to learn about. - Pick from the following choices. Koala, snowy owl, coyote, llama, bison, hyena, rhino, camel, toucan, polar bear, giraffe, gorilla, zebra, panda, eagle, bats, raccoon, zebra.

Ocean Life

Explore the Sea
Facts and photos about a variety of creatures that live in the sea including fish, crabs, sand dollars, turtles, and more.

Whale Information Sheets
Information about specific whale species with diagrams.

Ocean Life for Kids
Great photos, simple text

Space

Astronomy for Kids
Basic information with graphics and photos.

Solar System Tutor
Elementary students can reinforce solar system knowledge by visiting the planets online in this interactive tutorial. Reading comprehension skills also come into play, as students must answer questions on the information they read here before advancing to the next page.

Welcome to the Planets
This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.

Visit the Astronomy Page at Enchanted Learning and find kid friendly info, activities, coloring pages and more!

Rocks & Minerals

Rock Hounds: Become A Rock Expert
Facts and illustrations about rocks. View these rocks and read how they were made. After looking at these pages, take the quiz to test your rock smarts by seeing if you can remember which rocks are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous!

Irving Family Pages – Rock Collecting - Click on the photos of the rocks for a bigger picture and the names of the rocks.

Facts about rocks and minerals - Facts about rocks and minerals

Volcanoes

Visit Volcano World to find information and links to other volcano sites.

Check out World Book's Volcano web site and find info and beautiful photos. Both of these sites will require adult help with the reading level.

Plant Life
Enchanted Learning provides lots of links, print outs and such depending on what plants you are interested in learning about. All at “kid level”	“Meet the Plant Parts” is a cute interactive quiz that identifies the parts of a salad and how they are all different parts of the plant. Gives some specific characteristics for each part of the plant.
At Botanical Online find diagrams, activities and such on parts of a plant. Some info may be more than what first graders need, but you can be selective.	Growing Herbs in the Classroom provides fairly easy directions for growing plants. If not in the classroom, perhaps some would like to try it at home.
Here is a Unit on Growing Plants that includes a variety of activities you might wish to try.	Visit the Nature Grid for some quick and easy visual information on the parts of a plant.

Insects
Visit Amazing Insects and find a collection of a number of insects. Some pages have more info than others but all include pictures of one kind or another (photo or drawing)	Enchanted Learning has a very kid friendly section on butterflies including print outs and more. For specific insect info and printouts, try their Little Explorer Dictionary.
View the world through the eye of a honeybee.	Great kid friendly info from U of Kentucky Entomology Dept

Airplanes

Knowble has a cute “slide show” that explains how planes fly.Also has “paper airplane factory” and info on history of flight This link takes you to the “index” page. Move cursor over radar screen to make choices

This site uses paper airplanes to demonstrate how planes stay in the air and explains how they fly.

National Air and Space Museum has some pretty basic info on how planes fly but certainly need adult help for grade 1 reading. Also check out the link to “wings at the museum” for some neat photos of planes then and now.

Once again, Enchanted Learning has a great diagram of a plane, suitable for coloring, that also explains about landing gear.