Middle School Curriculum Links
(please let us know if the links are no longer active or relevant: jmb@ambrit-rome.com

 

Language Arts

Social Studies

Science

Math

Italian

Art & Music

 

Language Arts
 
Dictionary.com
Grammar site

Fine Minds (Ms Trotta's website on literature and poetry)

Poetry of the Romantics
Shakespeare On-line
Shakespeare Resource Center
Ambrit Students' Favorite Library Books
 
The Great Depression (many links on the subject)
 


Social Studies
 
Hyperhistory
Yahooligans
History for Kids
History & Culture (National Geographic)
Country Studies
Cia World Factbook
Mr. Dowling's on line social studies class
Mr Donn's Ancient History Page
Xpeditions
Architecture through the ages
 
 
Pompeii (lots of links about Pompeii and Herculaneum)
The Roman Forum
 
Middle Ages SItes
The Middle Ages (History for Kids)
Middle Ages (Wikepeida)
The Middle Ages (Learner.org)
Life in the Middle Ages (created by students and quite informative)
A web quest on the Early Middle Ages
Medieval Studies for k-12
Netsurf (extensive listing ofwebsites on every facet of the Middle Ages)
Labyrinth (extensive info and primary sources)
Byzantine and Medieval Links

Arab-Islamic History

Understanding Islam and the Muslims
 
The Renaissance
La Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
 
The Industrial Revolution - A WebQuest
Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor
 
General information on the Great Depression and the 30s (many links on the subjet)
 
Storie di guerra (by Ambrit Grade 8 students)


World Food Day

World Food Day (Official site)
Feeding Minds
Map of World Hunger
Kids can Mame a Difference
Bread for the World Institute
Hunger Banquet
Know Hunger
World Hunger
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The State of Food Insecurity in the World (FAO)
Oxfam
World Food Program (WFP)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
 


Science
 
How Stuff Works
Discovery Channel School
National Geographic
Science Fair Central
 
The Scientific Method
 
General Properties of Matter
Matter - from Chem 4 Kids


Water

Water Planet
World Water Day
Oxfam-Water for All
Acid Rain


Human Body

Immune System
 

Cells
Cells Alive!
Cell Structure and Processes
The Cell


Solar System

Our Solar System
The 9 Planets just for Kids
Views of the Solar System (info & pictures)
 

Volcanoes
About Volcanoes
Volcano World
Volcano Models - learn to make a dozen different kinds
Structure of a Composite Volcano
Italy Volcanoes and Volcanics
The "Plus Side" of Volcanoes
Volcanic Eruption Research 
Vesuvius

Habitats and Adaptations
Project Amazonia
 

Environment

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Resources
 
 
Grade 8 Class Experiments
Light & Sound Waves - Young's Two-slit Experiment
Wave Phenomena
Genetics


 

Math
 
Games Wheel
AAA Math
Ask Mr. Math
Algebra Help
Allmath.com  flash cards and biographies of mathematicians
Math Archives - lots of math sites; almost all types of problems have drills at this site
How to Use Venn Diagrams to Solve Problems  this makes a hard problem easy
Arithm  100 problem challenge (use the enter key)
Fresh Baked Fractions  Choose from four levels
Math Goodies  good explanations with visuals that really help
Math in Daily Life  There are so many examples!
Webmath - you can check your math or learn how to do all kinds of problems
Brain Teaser Contest - check back for weekly changes
 


Siti in Italiano
 
siti di ricerche
Virgilio
Google
Quotidiani italiani

Matematica

Ripaso de matematica
Ubi Math ( Materiali didattici, esercizi risolti, link e altro ancora)
 
Cienze
Le fonte energique (sito ENEL)
Ubi Scienza ( Materiali didattici, esercizi risolti, link e altro ancora)
 
 
 

Art & Music
 
Islamic Art
Islamic Art, Music, And Architecture Around The World
 
Artists of the Italian Renaissance
Renaissance Painters (Wikepedia)
Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Music Links
 

 

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