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Non-Fiction Web Resources
National Geographic Explorer, a magazine for kids, has interactive games, experiments to do at home, and lots of interesting information.
This other offering from National Geographic includes a daily fun fact, games, and puzzles to solve.
The World Almanac for Kids offers assorted information, informational graphs, games, and interactive trivia quizzes.
An informative site for kids to learn how our bodies work.
This companion site to the PBS' television series features pictures and information on animals, categorized by continent. (Click Explore – you don’t have to login)
An easy-to-use, kid-friendly search engine; just type in a question and get an answer and/or links to the answer.
News Resources
http://sp.askkids.com/docs/askforkids/help/tours/newsresources.htm
From the Ask for Kids search engine, this page links to a variety of news sites especially for kids.
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
Learn about NASA earth science projects related to air, thunderstorms, the earth's
crust, tropical rainfall, and water.
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids
NASA brings you an exciting way to look at our Sun and Earth, our solar system and
the universe beyond.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html
Includes information about space weather, global space physics and a real time movie
of current solar activity.
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=11
ALA librarians have selected some excellent biography sites for young people.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Provides educational information geared for children about the President and the White
House.
http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet.jsp
Information includes biographies and videos from The Biography Channel.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/biographies
The TIME For Kids Biographies give kids a close-up look at some of America's favorite
heroes and leaders.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/0,27955,080502,00.html
The latest news from around the world for kids in grades K-6.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm
From the date of the first printing press to the current explosion of the Web, the
greatest moments in the history of innovation are chronicled on a vivid time chart, complemented by photographs, quotations, and additional resources.
http://inventors.about.com/od/astartinventions/a/FamousInvention.htm
Research the history of famous inventions - past and present.
Non-Fiction Activity Links
Writing Non-fiction
Reading Non-fiction
Quiz
Students read picture books by an author/illustrator, make inferences about the author based on the works, compare two biographies of the author finding discrepancies between them, study the work of another author/illustrator, and compose their own brief author biography.
This lesson supports students' exploration of sources to create a timeline about the life of a person. The experience requires students work together and research and resolve conflicting information.
After completing a cyber scavenger hunt, students use their notes to prepare a timeline and summary report.
This lesson provides a model, practice, and assessment in the sorting and categorizing of main concepts through the awareness and understanding of section headings.
As students read, gather, and present information about Alexander Graham Bell, George Washington Carver, and Stephanie Kwolek, they learn how their inventions changed and shaped America's past and influenced the future of technology.
This lesson combines historical research and acrostic poetry.
Students will learn the importance of citing their sources to give credit to the authors of their information as well as learn about plagiarism.
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