Morrisville Elementary School 
Morrisville, NC

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Media Center Resources

The Morrisville Media Center has a collection of over 18,000 book titles, 15 periodicals, books on tape, etc... We also maintain an active collection of web links for use by students, staff and parents.

The following links are a very basic list of resources . They are in no way inclusive, but meant to be a guide for homework/project completion, or lesson planning. See other resources under the "links" button on Morrisville's home page!

**Please know that when you follow a link you are leaving Morrisville Elementary's web site. While the listed outside sites have been reviewed, we cannot be responsible for the content of outside sites.

KID STUFF

E-'Zines for Kids
Cricket
Dig!
- archaeology mag for kids
Ladybug 
- lots of "play & sings"
Little Planet Times

Kid's Report 
- online newspaper 
National Geographic - Kids!  
Ranger Rick
Smithsonian Magazine's Kid's Castle 
Sport's Illustrated for Kids
Time Magazine for Kids - news!

Kid's Search Engines
Yahooligans!  
Ask Jeeves for Kids  

Online Databases
NC Wise Owl Student Zone - online resources and activities for students, free access
*Searchasaurus  - includes Encyclopedia of Animals, a general encyclopedia, online magazines, etc... (user name & password needed for access - contact Media Center) - after entering user ID and password, click on link for "Searchasaurus"

Kid's General Resources
Biographical Dictionary  
50 States.com - States and Capitals
Civil War for Kids  - written by kids
Discovery School.com - Discovery Channel's collection of resources & links for students
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Dewey and the Alien - online story - makes learning the Dewey Decimal System fun!
Noggin! - a sister site of Nickelodeon. Adventures in thinking skills
English Dictionary - English language dictionary from Merriam Webster
Thesaurus - from Roget

PARENT & TEACHER STUFF

Curriculum Resources
NC Info Skills Curriculum - Table of Contents - the State curriculum for Info (ie, media) Skills
North Carolina Standard Course of Study - the State curriculum, all grade levels & subjects

Lesson Plans
ALA 700+ Great Sites
AandE.com - Classroom
Animal Planet.com   
Discovery School.com  
History Channel.com - Classroom  
Big Chalk -
online resources for kids, parents, teachers, librarians
CLWG Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet School Library Media Center
LEARN North Carolina
Thematic Units for Primary Grades
National Geographic.com - Education
Biography.com - Classroom
Teachers First - Lesson Plans
Motivational Ideas for Children's Book 
The Art of Story Telling
Ask ERIC Lesson Plans
Index to I-net Lesson Plan Sites for K-12 Educators
Scholastic.com
NC Wise Owl Essential Teacher Web Sites

Resources for Media Specialists
Information Power 
Media Awareness Network Teaching Media Elementary (grades K to 8)
New Media Specialist's Page
NC School Library Media Association
NC Wise Owl - Media Web sites
Internet Library for Librarians
Activities for School Librarians