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Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Earth
Learn the basic facts about planet Earth, and its unique position as the only known planet where life can survive. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Venus
Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mercury
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Mercury. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies
Learn the basic facts about galaxies. Brief, to the point text make this site most appropriate for younger students.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies: Milky Way
Learn the basic facts about the Milky Way. Brief, to the point text make this site most suitable for younger students.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Nixon's Accomplishments and Defeats
One of the most controversial presidents since Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, learn more than just the basic facts in this article about Richard M. Nixon's presidency.
Cosmos 4 kids
Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Pluto
Learn all about Pluto ..its discovery, basic facts, recognition as a planet, and most recently, its 'demotion' from a planet to a dwarf planet. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Executive Branch: The President
Learn the basic facts about what requirements a person needs in order to become the President of the United States.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Giant Panda
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides a concise introduction to the giant panda. Find out all the basic facts about this rare mammal, including where it lives, what it eats, and even learn about some of the controversy that surrounded...
Read Works
Read Works: The Holocaust
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares basic facts about the Holocaust. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Hypertension?
This resource from Khan Academy provides information about hypertension, a circulatory system disease. Students will learn the basic facts about this disease.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 1 Through 9
This site gives practice problems for division by 1-9 and games to use this skill. The information is very brief, but factual, and worth checking out for helpful tools on the subject. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and...
Other
Basket Math: Multiplication Practice
Use this interactive math site to practice multiplication problems.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fraction Facts
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to introduce learners to the basics of fractions including fraction operations and converting fractions both to decimals and percents. NCTM Standards are listed for this activity....
New York State Dept. of Health
New York State Dept. Of Health: Poliomyelitis Fact Sheet
Here, basic questions about polio are answered in brief responses. Learn how polio is spread, what its symptoms are, and how it is treated and prevented.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Basic Science of Waves
Kids learn about waves in the science of physics including types such as mechanical, electromagnetic, transverse, and longitudinal. Facts and examples are included.
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Cheetah
Learn all about cheetahs in this in-depth fact sheet.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Cpr
At this website find answers to the following questions: "What Is CPR?" and "When is CPR Needed?" Learn the three basic parts of CPR (airway, breathing, and circulation), and learn about opportunities to take CPR courses.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
This lesson plan is designed to guide students in practicing their basic arithmetic skills by learning about clock arithmetic and cryptography. Linked resources include helpful applets.
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Wolf
Learn about the habitats and habits of wolves, along with their feeding and breeding characteristics.
US Department of Energy
Ippex: Fusion Power!
Engaging site allows users to discover what fusion is all about by learning what it is, what the basic principles are behind it, how it works and more.
Other
Siemens Science Day: Physical Science: Through the Looking Glass
Students will make their own spectroscope, learn how light is bent by a diffraction grating, and explore how various forms of light differ.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Reducing Fractions
Any number, divided by itself, is just 1. Use this fact when reducing fractions. This resource helps you learn about how to reduce fractions. It has few worked out examples with detailed explanations.