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" Story Math is a collection of 3 activities that use storytelling to present math in a new way. Students take part in the interactive stories to discover math in new ways, help them learn new math vocabulary and understand concepts more completely. "

"ExploreLearning Gizmos, the world's largest library of interactive online simulations for math and science education in grades 3-12."

"In order to report your observation of the night sky, you will need to know the geographic coordinates for your location, your latitude and longitude (Lat/Long). There will be an interactive lat/long locator available when entering your observations online at the "Report" page of this site."

"Whether they are created by nature or in the lab, chemical substances are all made of some combination of just 118 pure elements. These elements come together to produce an amazing diversity of materials. In this interactive, discover which elements are most abundant in the universe, the sun, and the Earth as well as in the human body and in that flashiest of human creations-fireworks. "

"Demonstrating The Evolution of the Idea...and Beyond! The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive demonstration/exhibition of antiques and inventions inspiring innovation and creativity - learning from the past to create a better future."

This interactive Flash applet helps students explore concepts of ratio and proportion. It displays two containers, each with its own tap that can be set to deliver different-colored liquids in units of 1 to 10. A main tap can be set to deliver multiples of the amounts on the left- and right-hand taps. Proportion can be modelled using the drain container, which receives whatever is in the left- and right-hand containers.

"Astronomy And Outer Space Games Play exciting astronomy games developed for children. These interactive games range from educational, to just plain fun."

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"Matter & Interactions is a textbook by Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood that emphasizes a modern perspective on the calculus-based introductory physics curriculum taken by engineering and science students. It engages students in: Starting analyses from fundamental principles rather than from secondary formulas. Making macro-micro connections, based on the atomic nature of matter."

"The shapes you draw interact with the wheel to make it move. Touch Physics has settings for multiple users so the whole family can give it go."

"The laboratory will provide online access to data from real physical instruments and equipment - developing cutting-edge technology including: remote access to laboratories and observatories: students can operate real physical equipment controlled remotely - a method already established in astronomy virtual laboratories and instruments, such as the virtual microscope: interactive screen experiments will include photo-realistic recordings of physical experiments and replicate the behaviours of real specimens online field investigations: these can involve electronic access to a conventional field trip or offer a virtual experience using satellite-borne and remotely-operated sensors citizen science: a distributed way of gathering data, where non-professionals collect or process data as part of a scientific enquiry. This data can be combined to offer new insights.

"Building sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer. Researcher Johnny Lee became a YouTube star with his demo of Wii Remote hacks -- bending the low-cost game piece to power an interactive whiteboard, a multitouch surface, a head-mounted display"

NROC's Developmental Math-An Open Program is designed for students striving to meet college entrance requirements. The program offers video, audio, interactive simulations, puzzles, and other instructional approaches that engage a variety of learning styles and attitudes as learners work to close proficiency gaps.

"dynamic teaching and learning tools available. We are pleased to offer the best of all of our technologies to you here in the Wolfram Education Portal, organized by course. In the portal you'll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts."

"Some of the mathematics in Math Apprentice may seem advanced for its targeted age group, grades 4-7. That's ok. It's important for students to interact with math concepts beyond the standards. This is where the joy of math can often be found. The goals of this project are to connect math with real world careers, introduce students to more advanced mathematical ideas, and provide additional opportunities to apply math concepts they have already learned. "

a great primary site to teach students about music and instruments. The site is enchanting with it's interactive story/video platform. It invites students to take part in the story and introduces them to various "magic" instruments. As students learn, they get mouse practice (dragging dropping) for some fine motor skills; matching shapes, and identifying different types of instruments. Students also get exposed to a variety of types of music that instruments are used to create.

"ReviewGameZone.com contains online educational games for school aged kids. Play FREE, fun and interactive online school games to help you study for exams, tests, quizzes. There are over 10 types of play offered as classroom games."

This interactive training keeps you interested and involved as you learn the basics about fatigue, sleep, and fatigue risk management.

How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching -- two innovative techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching, which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching, visit http://bokcenter.harvard.edu

Links to free statistics software, online statistics books, tutorials, downloadable software, and related resources. Selecting the right kind of analysis; online software package websites; calculators, plotters, function integrators, and interactive programming environments; probability distribution functions, such as tables, graphs, and random number generators; descriptive statistics, histograms, and charts; confidence intervals and single-population tests; sample comparisons, such as T-tests, ANOVAs, and non-parametric comparisons; contingency tables,