Grade 4 Links Page

Here are some classroom links for Grade 4 Students. These links should be used in your work at school and can be followed up at home for completion.

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Sounds of various species of Crocodiles and Alligators from around the world. .

2. Crocodiles

Welcome to CROCODILIAN.COM - the crocodile site, which aims to provide everything you need to know about crocodiles, from the different species, their biology, how they talk, and even their captive care.

3. Mammals

What Is a Mammal? Mammals are animals that have hair, are warm-blooded, and nourish their young with milk. Some modern-day mammals include people, apes, cats, bats, dogs, tigers, mice, moose, aardvarks, beavers, elephants, gorillas, sloths, pandas, hamsters, horses, whales, and dolphins. Start here for your mammal work!

4. Wildlife of Zimbabwe

A site for exploration of mammals, arachnids, and other life in Zimbabwe. Pictures , quizzes and puzzles are available.

5. Frogland

Frogland, all about frogs is a fun site for frog lovers. It contains froggy fun and games, mad libs and so much more. Hopefully, it will inspire some young minds to find new interest in herpetology, biology, and environmental issues...not to mention providing some inspiration for young future computer "wizzes"!

6. Ancient History Clip Art

This site contains excellent clip art and animation for use with your reports.

7. Soil and Dirt

We know less about life in the earth under our feet than we do about the far side of the moon. Yet every plant and animal you can think of depends on this hidden dirtpile.

8. Oh, Those Mammoths

Just in case the Pleistocene Epoch makes a comeback, you¹d better be prepared. First, test your Ice Age I.Q. by playing Seven Steppes to a Woollier Mammoth. Then head to the Mammoth Migration Map and follow evolution of our furry friend. You can also still click on Join the Expedition to read archived reports from the big Siberian dig. If you think finding fossils under 20,000 years of ice is hard, try to navigate the woolly mammoth maze in Puzzlemaker.

9. Egyptian Heiroglyphs

So you want to write like an Egyptian, huh? Well it took several years for aspiring scribes to learn how to do it, so for the sake of time we'll just cover the basics.

10. Your Name in Hieroglyphs

Hieroglyphics was a system of "Picture Writing" used in Ancient Eg ypt. There were 24 one-letter signs which roughly correspond to our 26-letter English alphabet. Although a perfect translation from Modern English into these Hieroglyphs might not be possible, our online computerized translator will do an excellent job. So good, in fact, that any Ancient Egyptians you know will have no trouble reading the translated results.

11. Sports in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

Hippias of Elis, was the first to compile the initial victor list of the Olympic games. From him we learn that the first athletic contest, the foot race, was held at the sacred place of Olympia, for the first time in 776 BC. Learn more about the ancient games here.

12. Geo Mysteries

Discover the fascinating science of geology with these Geo Mysteries about rocks, fossils, and minerals.

13. Frog Quest

Frogs, A Webquest by Marcia Boehning Everyone thinks they know a frog when they see one. But do they really? Are they green or brownish? Are their eyes on the front of their heads or at the side? Do they have long legs or short?

14. Magnetic Field

This is a 1 page site showing a moving diagram of a magnetic field using bar magnets.

15. Orbit and Phases of the Moon

Description of the orbit and the phases of the moon. It is alittle bit advanced for the fourth grade, but it can be used as a starting point for the animations and some terms.

16. The Moon and Its Phases

A Java animation showing the phases of the moon.