Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kids Against Bullying


Kids Against Bullying in a wonderful site that uses games, videos and more.  It is an interactive site that provides games, polls, art work and stories.  This could and should be used at home and at school.  We need to STOP bullying!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

KidSMART

Check out KidSMART!
It has a number of favorite activities (academic and social) on the internet. It then shows students and parents how to stay safe on the internet.  It is very interactive and entertaining for the students.  A very powerful tool.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

A Twitter Guide in K-8 Classrooms

 
A Guide for Twitter in the K-8 Classroom is fantastic.  Great hands-on information.  It is presented in a very people friendly fashion.  Give it a try!

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Animated Cells

Cell Games











Cell Games is a fantastic free interactive site for science class.  Each type of cell (Animal, Plant and Bacterial) has a tutorial and game.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Great Interactive Sites

These are a few of the high quality sites that are available for your students.  These can be used in the classroom or as resources for your e-learning sites.
Amy's Electronic Classroom











Amy's Electronic Classroom is a math site that is broken down into strands and grade levels (3rd-8th).

Discovery KIDS















Discovery KIDS is a science site.  It has games, activities, puzzles, and more.

Funbrain





Funbrain is for the younger students.  It has both reading and math interactive activities.

PBS KIDS














PBS KIDS is another site that is designed for the younger students.  It has activities for language arts, math, science, social studies, music and more.

ict Games







ict Games is a site that provides interactive activities in math and language arts.

Game Goo














Game Goo is a site that helps to develop early reading skills.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

My Farm

My Farm is a new find.  I just saw this featured on CNN.  Give your students the virtual experience of running a farm.  They will find out where their food comes from. My Farm comes from the UK and seems like a very interactive site.  There is a subscription charge.  

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Group of Science and Math Sites

This is a wonderful group of resources.  Each of these sites is full of  information, quizzes, diagrams, videos, and more.  They span from the basics to the more advanced activities and information.  Give them a try!
  

Biology4Kids!

Geography4Kids!
Chem4Kids!

Physics4Kids!

NumberNut

The Secret Annex Online













The Secret Annex Online is a great find.  It is the ultimate resource for the story of Anne Frank. You will discover a virtual tour of her hiding place.  You will also view videos that will give you background information.  There are biographies of all the majar characters. I found this on The Whiteboard Blog.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Museum Box











Museum Box is an exciting way to engage the students in their own learning.

This could be used across the curriculum.  They need to collect images that will tell the story about: Literature
Math
Science
Social Studies

Check out the example:  Thomas Clarkson's Box

Sign up your class and have the ability to review and approve of their projects before they complete them.