Olympia Fields Educational Commission

Help for Middle School Students

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Educational Resources

Middle School

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Department of Education

This site has many links to help with Science, Mathematics, Reading, etc.

http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/hyc.html

ERIC

As ERIC web page states, “ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Money Now! USA

A comprehensive resource on teaching finance to children ( and up through adults).

http://www.moneynowusa.com/v1/articles/a-comprehensive-guide-to-teaching-children-about-finance.php

Music and the Arts

A portal for hundreds of resources with information in Music, Architecture, and Art, Theater, Dance, and Drama.

http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledMusicArt.html

National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives

From number operations, algebra, geometry, probability, data analysis, and measurement, this site is a treasure trove of activities that integrate games and/or active learning while the child is mastering the concept.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Free online graph paper

If you have children like mine, then you have been asked for graph paper at 8:30 pm and do not know how you will get it on time for the required homework assignment. This site has various types of graph papers that you can download for free!

http://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Visual Fractions

This site presents fractions is various ways and allows the student to further attune her skills with this necessary math function.

http://www.visualfractions.com/

Thinks.Com

If your child likes to solve logic puzzles this is a site to visit. Why not have her go in here and try this as an alternative to a video game?

http://thinks.com/games/

Create a Graph

This is a wonderful site that has multiple ways of creating a graph. Good to use for Science Fair presentations.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Coolmath.com

A site that has many math games and is heavy of visual graphics.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Illuminations

Any math teacher will tell you that this is one of the best math sites available. Illuminations is sponsored by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

United States Mint for Kids

This site if great if your child is into collecting coins (or doing a paper on money).

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

A graphing calculator on line!

http://www.coolmath.com/graphit/index.html

ifigure.com

Higher level math portal with links to many sites like cube, cube root, squares, factorials, etc.

http://www.ifigure.com/math/basic/basic.htm

Surfnetkids.com

The link to the site below is one of hundreds of sites that are available from Surfnetkids. The link below has activities for prime numbers.

http://www.surfnetkids.com/primenumbers.htm

National Geographic

This site has maps and activities for Science or History.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

History of Money
Lists a number of sources for the history of money.
http://www.purechecks.com/all-personal-checks/before-there-were-checks-the-history-of-money.html

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