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A violent volcanic explosion immediately and forever alters the landscape. Elsewhere, raindrops gradually pick patterns out of the rock over the course of thousands of years.

Can you recreate some of Earth's most amazing geological features by uncovering the natural processes that shaped them?

via http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2672

"Branches of Power lets you play all three branches of government, collectively charged with a critical goal: to build new laws! As President, choose issues you think are important and rally the people around them. As a legislator, craft bills around your constituents' values. As a Justice, uphold the law or strike down unconstitutional legislation. Only through using all three branches cooperatively can you construct towering laws upon the issue foundations that dot the landscape."

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"A great way to build the foundation skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These learning games and songs are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they're free. Want educational games that help build skills? You've come to the right place!"

via http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=2409

via Ruth Howard

via Jackie Gerstein

Thinking is a process where we have to:

* create new connections
* look for meaning behind the facts.
* analyze in order to understand.

These are the goals of SuperThinking!

All games here were made by Exuberant Games. Each game goes through important information for a certain subject matter for grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. The math games are great if you need to review your math facts for addition, subtraction , or division. Be sure to check out our new games for other subjects.

* English games to review parts of speech
* Reading games to help learn sight words
* Science tutorials and games are coming soon!

via http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/04/fun-4-brain-great-educational-games.html

from Cool Cat Teacher

from http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Exploration/Tinkering

Exploratory play is about asking questions: "What happens when I do this?" "What if I did it this way?" Experimenting with materials and pushing their limits encourages us to consider a wide range of possibilities when problem-solving. Playing around with objects and ideas helps us see that there may be more than one solution.

Some inventors have a goal in mind and work persistently toward it. Others stumble across solutions to problems they weren't trying to solve.