Here you will find links for useful sites, homework help, and some for fun. Check back as this section is still under construction. Links will open in a new separate window when you click on them.
Useful Sites Games Language Arts Science Math Social Studies
GoodSearch (www.goodsearch.com) - Download the search bar and link the bar to Northwest Elementary (look for the Patriot logo!)
Google (www.google.com) - Search engine
Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) - Search engine and news
Newport Plain Talk (www.newportplaintalk.com) - Local newspaper online
Cocke County Sports (www.cockecountysports.com) - Photo highlights and recaps of local sports and events, including our basketball games
Channel 6 WATE (www.wate.com) - East TN news and school closings
Channel 8 WVLT (www.volunteertv.com) - East TN news and school closings
Channel 10 WBIR (www.wbir.com) - East TN news and school closings
RefDesk (www.refdesk.com) - Trivia, headlines, quotes, word of the day, and many other features
Family Education (http://www.familyeducation.com/home) - Parenting advice, activities for kids, family games and recipes
Cool Math (www.coolmath.com) Homework help and cool games
Edheads (www.edheads.org) Science games
Free Rice (www.freerice.com) Excellent quiz game for vocabulary, science, math, and art; correct answers generate donations of rice for the United Nations World Food Program
FunBrain.com (www.funbrain.com) Games for all subject areas
GoMo.net (www.gomo.net) Games and activities featuring characters from Mo Willems' books
iKnowthat.com (http://www.iknowthat.com/com) Games for all subject areas
Professor Garfield (www.professorgarfield.com) Reading games, word games, & make your own comic strips with Garfield
Poisson Rouge (www.poissonrouge.com) French for "Red Fish"; European site with fun and educational games using art, music, time, and more. In both French and English
Spelling City (www.spellingcity.com) Create games from spelling lists
Timez Attack (www.bigbrainz.com) Fun downloadable game - the free version teaches students multiplication facts through 12.
Language Arts (Reading, Spelling, and English)
Spelling City (www.spellingcity.com) Create practice tests from spelling lists
Storynory (www.storynory.com) Free audio stories for kids
Bill Nye (www.billnye.com/flash.html) Science facts, Q&A, episode guides and projects from Bill Nye, the Science Guy. (If you are having trouble viewing this site, please update your Flash plug-ins, available at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/)
Edheads (www.edheads.org) Science games
Steve Spangler's Blog (www.stevespangler.com) Famous science guru's site includes experiments, videos and science store
Aplusmath.com (www.aplusmath.com) Has online flashcards and games to practice math facts
Cool Math (www.coolmath.com) Math homework tips and games, geared to students in pre-algebra and more advanced topics (13 & up)
Cool Math 4 Kids (www.coolmath4kids.com) Related site to Cool Math, for younger students with basic math and fractions. (3-12 years old)
Math.com (www.math.com) Great for homework or extra help. Features definitions, examples, and exercises.
Timez Attack (www.bigbrainz.com) Fun downloadable game - the free version teaches students multiplication facts through 12.
National Geographic Kids (kids.nationalgeographic.com) History, geography, social studies, & more! This site features many topics - including animals, writing, and plenty of educational games.
Tennessee History for Kids (www.tnhistoryforkids.org) State history, geography, and civics for Kindergarten to High School.
Last updated 1/20/11