Facts 4 Me:  Research site with facts and photos
World Book Online Encyclopedia
Select either the Kids or Student edition.  No password is required if accessed from school.
Pebble Go (For Grades K-2):  Research site with facts, photos, videos
Pebble Go Next (For Grades 3-5):_  Research site with facts, photos, and videos on Native Americans and U.S. states.
Brain Pop:  Watch educational videos to learn about school subjects.  
Creative Commons Search:  Use this site to find copyright free photos and images for your school projects.  There is no password required.  
Pixabaypixabay.com/: This site provides copyright free photos to use for school projects. Please turn on the safe search box. Click on the 3 dots in the upper right. Then, select FAQ. Click the box under question 5 (Enable Safe Search).
Tumble Book Library:  TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. *This website can only be accessed from within Olive school, not at students' homes.
Mexico Symbaloo for Second Grade:  Click on the taco below to be taken to a Symbaloo of research links for Mexico.
Countries of the World Symbaloo for Second Grade: Click on the world map below to be taken to a Symbaloo of research links for countries: Australia, Brazil, Greece, Kenya, and India.
Earth Day Links to Thinglink pages
True Flix: This site connects to online ebooks that are part of the True series by Scholastic.  There are also links to related websites. Some of the topics covered are Native Americans, 13 colonies, biographies, animal kingdoms, U.S. government, and more! No password is required if accessed from school.
Username: trueflix23    Password: pink
Book Talks To Introduce Book Club Choices
Midwest States for Third Grade




Click this USA.Gov link to find your state's tourism website.
                       



Click this link to search Fact Monster for your state information.  Click on United States once you get to the website.
Click this Roadside America link to find unique attractions in your state.  When you get to the page, look for the yellow box in the center that says "Find Attractions and Oddities".  Use the dropdown menu to find your state.
Severe Weather Resources on Thinglink for Third Grade
Blizzard Video
Click on the link or the photo to open the Thinglink.  Hover your mouse over the letters on the Thinglink, then click "Read More" to open the videos. The tsunami videos show on the picture of the thunderstorm.
Great Chicago Stories for 2017
Third Grade Biome Links
Click the Biomes image to the right to be redirected to the page of links about each biome.
Third Grade Chicago Links
Click the Great Chicago Stories image to the right to be redirected to the page of links on Chicago.
Fourth Grade Native American Links
Click the image of the Native American to the right to be redirected to the page of links on Native American tribes.
Fourth Grade: You Be the Historian Simulation
Click the image of the colonial farm to be redirected to the simulation where you can practice looking at pictures and documents (clues) and thinking like a historian.
Fourth Grade Fake News National Geographic Link
Click the link to read some stories and to try to spot the fake news.
Fourth Grade Evaluating Websites Links
Click the links below to find an endangered animal website to evaluate. 
Black Rhinoceros
Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus
Fourth Grade Explorer Links
Click the Explorer image to the right to be redirected to the page of links on explorers.
Fifth Grade Revolutionary War Links
Click this link to be redirected to the page of links about each of the events leading up to the war.