FUN+Stuff


 * Fun Stuff **

**MOVIES**:
 * The below links lead to movie clips for a short story by Ray Bradbury called "The Sound of Thunder." It's a short story about a man who travels back in time to hunt dinosaurs. Due to its length, the movie is split up into three parts, so make sure you click on all three links in order.
 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3


 * This link leads to a Disney cartoon version of a classic tale by Charles Dickens called //A Christmas Carol//. It's about a miserly, cruel man, Ebeneezer Scrooge, who is haunted by four ghosts who wish to teach him how to be kind.


 * This link leads to a live-action version of "Jack in the Beanstalk" from a 1980s show called //Fairytale Theater//. It's a little corny at times, but it's still worth watching! :)


 * This link leads to a movie version of a famous spooky story by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Tell-Tale Heart." It's about a crazy person who murders an old man, and after thinking he got away with it, believes the old man has come back to haunt him.


 * This link leads to a movie version of another spooky short story by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Cask of Amontillado." This story is about a man who wants revenge against a man who angered him. He locks his enemy up in a catacomb (a kind of basement where skeletons and dead people are buried) and leaves him there.


 * This link leads to a movie version of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Raven." It's about a man who's grieving over the death of his wife and is visited in the middle of the night by a large bird--or is it something more? It's quite different from the original poem, but it's still fun to watch.


 * This link leads to a Disney cartoon version of a book by Mark Twain, the man who wrote //Tom Sawyer// and //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//. The story is called "The Prince and the Pauper" and is a tale about a look-alike prince and poor young man who pretend to be each other. There have been many remakes of this story, so I'm sure you'll find it familiar!


 * This link leads to a cartoon version of the famous book //Gulliver's Travels//. This story, written by Jonathan Swift, is a classic about a shipwrecked man who travels across the ocean on a raft to a land of giants, a land where //he's// a giant, a land run by horses (while humans are slaves), and other strange lands.


 * If you've never been to BrainPOP (the website with tons of video clips) you should check it out. Each movie is under ten minutes in length, but there are clips on almost anything you could possible be interested in: fireworks, space flight, submarines, football, the Aztecs, Halloween, the Great Wall of China, Helen Keller, Judy Blume, Jackie Robinson, the Mexican Revolution, pirates, mummies, Vikings, chocolate, and literally HUNDREDS of other topics. Use your school login to access the site.

**AUDIO BOOKS**:
 * This link leads to an audio version of Lewis Carroll's //Alice in Wonderland//, a fantasy story about a girl who follows a rabbit down a hole and into a strange and dangerous world. Click on "Listen to Podcast" to play it. (You can also scroll down and play specific chapters if you choose.)


 * This link leads to an audio version of // The Time Machine, // by H.G. Wells. It's a story about a man who travels far into the future and sees what becomes of the world. Click on "Listen to Podcast" to play it. (You can also scroll down and play specific chapters if you choose.)


 * This link leads to an audio version of Jack London's "To Build A Fire"--a story about a man trying to survive the extreme cold in a frozen tundra. It's a fantastic person VS nature and person VS self story.


 * This link leads to an audio version of //War of the Worlds//, by H.G. Wells. It's a very famous story about aliens invading planet Earth. Will the humans survive? Listen to find out! :) Click on "Listen to Podcast" to play it. (You can also scroll down and play specific chapters if you choose.)

**GAMES**:
 * This link, from the makers of Lifesavers candy, leads to a website that's LOADED with all kinds of games. Use the navigation bar at the top of the screen to choose the kind of game you want: sports, arcade, card, puzzle, racing, etc.


 * This link leads to a game on Nickelodeon's website with Kung Fu Panda!


 * This link leads to another Nickelodeon game called Monkey Quest. Check it out!


 * This link leads to a third Nickelodeon game called PetPet Park. Click the "Next" button toward the bottom of the screen to turn to the next page.


 * This link leads to Jumpstart, an online virtual world game.


 * This link leads to the Lego website. There are lots of fun games to play here. Just scroll down to the bottom of the screen to see them.


 * This link leads to the Disney website. There are a TON of games here.


 * This link leads to the Yahoo! Kids website. There are a TON of games here.


 * This link leads to the National Geographic for Kids website. There are lots of games here, and no, they're not all educational--not that there's anything wrong with that! :)

**OTHER**:
 * This link is extremely cool. It leads to an interactive website where you can use your cursor to move the planets and watch them orbit the sun. You can also zoom in on each one and see what they look like up close. (Make sure you give the site a second or two to load. Also, keep the volume on your computer up; there's great background music!)


 * If you enjoyed the movie versions of Edgar Allan Poe's work above, this link will lead you to a website that has online versions of his short stories and poems that you can read for free.


 * This link leads to a spooky online comic book called //No Story, No Room//. The story falls under the mystery genre.


 * This link leads to an online version of //Diary of a Wimpy Kid//. Click the "Next" button toward the bottom of the screen to turn to the next page.


 * This link will lead to a video clip that shows what the world would be like if there were only 100 people in it. Not only is it interesting, but it will make you appreciate what you have.


 * This link leads to a website with cool and interesting facts about all sorts of things: space, animals, weather, food, sports, nature, dinosaurs, the human body, and lots more.


 * This link leads to the Crayola website, where you can print out over a thousand coloring pages.


 * This link leads to Time Magazine for kids. It's a great (and informative) website with lots of up-to-date, interesting articles. It even includes book reviews in case you're looking for a good book to read!