January 2009
October 2008
Thinkfinity
High quality resources from recognized providers such as ReadWriteThink, Illuminations, Science NetLinks, etc.
ZAC Browser
Browser targeted for austistic children, but beneficial for the pre-school and kindergarten children. PC only at this time.
June 2008
Science Up Close: Gr 1-6
Harcourt science topics interactives with audio
skoool.co.uk ::
Math and science interactive learning modules with audio
March 2008
BAM! Body and Mind |
1 comment (via)From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.
February 2008
Interactive Whiteboard Resources Elementary Classrooms
whiteboard activities in all subjects
December 2007
Launchball Educators’ guide
Info and resources for the Launchball site
Science Museum - Launchball
by 8 othersSlide, bounce, and spring your way through 30 obstacle filled levels using your creative problem solving skills. Need to register to save progress. Complete the training games first!
November 2007
Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net
by 2 othersWe are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo
Search for Your Favorite Animals -- National Geographic Kids
Search by animal category or habitat. Each Creature feature has a page of facts and photos, video and sound, map, e-card and printing features
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition
Grade 3 activities: Line 'Em Up! Three levels of play
October 2007
BodyWorks Games
(via)Hi! We're Art and Spleen from PROBE, PROfessional Body Explorers. Do you know how your body works? Let’s find out!
Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure
(via)Engaging site designed by a middle school teacher for grade 7 life science, but content can be used for 5th grade unit because of the way the information is presented in bulleted format with graphics. If students have trouble using the naviagation menu, use the site map:http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/map.html
Animal Habitats
(via)Choose a habitat. Then click and drag the animals to the habitat
When you are finished, take the quiz:
http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/activities/habitats_quiz/quiz_home.htm
Easy Science Experiment Projects at Steve Spangler Science
(via)Welcome to the ever-growing, ever-changing collection of Steve Spangler's favorite science experiments, recipes and cool science projects. This hands-on science library represents Steve's most requested science experiments from his weekly television appearances and live presentations throughout the country. Just search for an easy science project idea or browse the entire library of experiments.
Learning Flash MX for Teachers
Do you match this description?
You have been using PowerPoint in your lessons and feel that you have pretty well mastered it.
You are starting to feel limited by the way that PowerPoint works and you want to take more control over the way that objects are animated.
You have seen flash animations and games on the internet and want to have a go.
You haven't really got much of a life and think that staring at a laptop screen all weekend is fun.
September 2007
At Home Astronomy - Science Experiments for the Entire Family
(via)10 activities for astronomy ...useful for science fair
Solar System Exploration
Interactive tool for learning about the planets
ESL Teacher Resources
content based ESL activities and materials. Also useful for regular classroom use since many of the materials are based on elementary themes:lifecyle of the frog, insects,halloween, etc. Mixed in with adult ESL activities so previewing before using with students is recommended.
August 2007
Monarch Watch
(via):Dedicated to Education, Conservation and Research
Great site for the study of monarch butterflies.
