LibGuides: Velma Bell Hamilton Middle School: 6th Grade

What Should I Read??

Goodreads.com
NoveList
Reading Rants!
Read On Wisconsin
Teen Reads
Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels
Your Next Read

Egypt

Ancient Egypt -- BBC
Ancient Egypt -- Children's University of Manchester
Ancient Egypt for Kids
Ancient Egypt Gameboard - do all kinds of activities!
Ancient Egyptian Magic
Ancient Egypt Quiz -- Nat'l Geographic
Egyptian Clothing
Egyptian Gods & Goddesses
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Egyptian Mummies -- Smithsonian
Fact Monster: Egypt
Mummy Maker
Pyramids -- PBS Nova
Ramasses II: BBC
Ramesses I: Emory University
Religion in Ancient Egypt
Write Like an Egyptian

Greek Mythology

Hamilton Greek Mythology Library Portal

Social Studies

Becoming Human: How Did We Learn to Stand Up?
Chromosome Connection: Compare our Genes with Primates
Learn TCI
Pre History: Cave Painting
Pre History: Cave Painting Tour: Lascaux Cave
Pre History: Early Humans
Pre History: Early Writing
Pre History: Evolution of Tools
Pre History: Kids Past
Pre History: Prehistoric Timeline

Water Cycle

Conduction, Convection, Radiation
Water Cycle Diagram
Water Cycle info/diagram
Water Cycle Interactive Game
Water Cycle Quick Summary (USGS)
Water Cycle video -- EPA
Wet: Discover the Role of Water in Our Lives

Fake News

Checkology: 10 Questions for Fake News Detection
Common Sense Media - 1 min video and article
Factitious: Can You Tell Real News from Fake News?
Newsela - articles at different reading levels
Shmoop Video: How to Decide if a Source is Credible
Video: FactCheck.org:How To Spot Fake News (3 min)
Video: How To Evaluate Sources for Reliability
Video: TedEd (TedTalks) - How to Choose Your News (5 min video)
Video: The Problem With Fake News (3 min)
Washington Post: Fake News is an Old Story (Fake News in the 1700's)

Show What You Know!! [Web Tools that you can use to show your learning!]

Are you sick and tired of PowerPoint and Google Slides?? Use one of these web tools to impress your audience!!

Adobe Spark - create social media graphics, web stories, videos
Animoto
Canva - make an e-poster
FlipGrid -- teacher gives you something to answer, you make a short video of your answer
FlixPress - online video maker
Flocabulary
Google Slides
Piktochart -- make awesome online infographics
PowToon -- make animated videos
Prezi -- fancier slide presentations
Sutori -- create visual stories
ThingLink -- create an interactive poster
VoiceThread - record yourself and include images, and invite others to respond

Language Arts

6th Grade Language Arts Skill Builders
Books in Series: Bettendorf Library Young Adult Series and and Sequels
Chicken Spaghetti: Best Books of the Year
Literacy Center
Starfall
Wordle: Word Clouds

Mr. Branch's Social Studies

Class website

Ancient India

Around the Indus in 90 Slides
Indus Valley -- BBC Primary

Ms Phelps' videos for Research Unit

Videos to help with research project

ELA Research Unit

7 fake websites
EasyBib.com
Politi-Fact: check here to see if that claim is true!
Snopes.com: Check here to see if that claim is true!
YouTube videos about how to find credible sources
MyBib - free bibliography maker
FactCheck.org: check here to see if that claim is true
Shmoop Video: How to Decide if a Source is Credible

Canva Poster: How to Tell if a Source is Credible
How to find credible sources
How to Tell if it is FAKE NEWS

Math

Prodigy
Games for Math
Hooda Math
Johnnie's Math Page
NCTM Illuminations (Interactives)

Science

Climate Test
Try Engineering
Discover Engineering
Making Discovery Visible

Timeline Makers

Dipity

Timetoast
Read Write Think Timeline Maker
Capzles

Velma Bell Hamilton Middle School: 6th Grade

What Should I Read??

Egypt

Greek Mythology

Social Studies

WEATHER Links

Water Cycle

Fake News

Show What You Know!! [Web Tools that you can use to show your learning!]

Language Arts

Mr. Branch's Social Studies

Ancient India

Ms Phelps' videos for Research Unit

ELA Research Unit

Fossil Sites

Math

Science

Timeline Makers