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This is a pretty cool hack. Just mirror your iPad to your SMARTBoard and then turn on the iPad camera. Voila, instant document camera with a lot more features than a regular document camera. Watch the video for a great science idea.

Engineering Interact is a new and exciting free educational resource for primary school children aged 9 to 11. The resource provides fully interactive, engaging game environments and high-quality learning material tailored to the National Curriculum. Information about real world applications and cutting edge research motivates children and introduces them to the exciting subject of engineering. This resource has been created by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, with a grant from the HEFCE Aspirations Fund and the University of Cambridge Active Community fund.

Get free help with homework and tests on literature, Shakespeare, science, math, and history. Each literature note includes a book summary, analysis, essays on theme and plot, character analysis, quotes, quiz, and more.

brilliant use of Angry Birds app to teach math/science concepts associated with use of catapults.

Maureen LaFleche spotted this great resource and here's what she has to say about it "Check out CK-12.org. It is a website that provides open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning opportunities for students globally. Free access to high-quality, customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles and levels, will allow teachers, students and others to innovate and experiment with new models of learning. CK-12 helps students and teachers alike by enabling rapid customization and experimentation of teaching and learning styles. Text can be read at two different levels - grade level and basic. You can download books and activities as pdf, epub or mobi." I have checked out several of the units and they look excellent for middle and high school.

Student contribute stories using multi-media featuring their heroes who have contributed to society. The content is searchable.

Big questions about our Universe, our planet, life, and humanity. From the Big Bang to where we are going in the future, Big History covers it all.

Great pics to support study of geology

Natural disaster simulation game.

StudyBUZZ is a test preparation tool for grades 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. StudyBUZZ gives students personalized study guides that are directly aligned to BC, Alberta, Florida and Wahington Curriculum. The free tool helps them figure out what they do and don't know so they can use their study time more wisely.

Great activity in which students find a simple machine, select it's function from a humorous list and tell what kind of machine it is.

Great site if your students wanted to find out more about worms (decomposers in the food chain).

Excellent Harcout interactive has students drag pics onto a food web showing the food chain. Three webs: meadow, arctic, pond Suitable for elementary and middle school.

Wiki page on Food Chains I created for a grade 4/5 class. Includes a Sqworl page of student activities.

Great game provides a bit of description and then students choose to assemble food chains in either a northern or a forest biome.

Great sub-titled video with pictures and song created by a teacher. Explains the food chain and calorie transfer from one level to another. Suitable for upper elementary or middle school.

Information about space presented at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.