This YouTube channel features fun science experiments for families. Families nationwide can take advantage of the information presented on this dedicated YouTube channel, featuring simple, fun science experiments that parents can conduct at home with their children__such as making colors explode in a puddle of milk, creating sidewalk chalk, and making a cloud.
Pest World for Kids is a fun educational website for students in elementary school grades. Pest World for Kids has a great index of pests which includes information on what they look like, where they are found, and how to prevent pest infestations. The Pest World for Kids website has four fun educational games that students will enjoy playing as they learn about insects and rodents. In the teacher section of Pest World for Kids, teachers will find lesson plans to accompany the educational games.
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Looks like an interesting site. Please share with anyone you feel may be interested. This is also another site to share with parents via your teacher web page.
Geosense is a fun way to use and improve your knowledge of world geography. Players can play against the computer or challenge another player. Geosense can be played anonymously or you can register and have your scores recorded for you. There are four Geosense maps (US, World, Europe, or advanced) that players can select from.
"The Best Resources For Learning Research & Citation Skills
September 24, 2009 by Larry Ferlazzo | 8 Comments
This "The Best…" list is sort of a combination of two lists I had been thinking of making to go along with The Best Online Resources To Teach About Plagiarism (Another list to keep in mind might be The Best Reference Websites For English Language Learners - 2008).
The more I thought about it, though, the more I felt that a list of engaging (and even fun) sites to teach research skills and accessible citation resources would make a good combination.
Since a graduation requirement in our district is that seniors need to develop a "Senior Project," I've spent some time finding these kinds of helpful sites that might be accessible to English Language Learners. I have to say, though, that these sites (except for the first one) would probably only be accessible to more advanced ELL's.
Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning Research And Citation Skills:
LEARNING RESEARCH SKILLS:"
This site for kids approaches poetry with a sense of humor. Read new poems and rate them. The activities are terrific. there are also fill-in-the-blank poems and riddles that have rhyming answers. Be sure to visit the Poetry Theater in the Poetry Fun section.
Grandpa Tucker's Rhymes and Tales feature a collection of short, silly poems and online humorous stories written in verse for elementary school kids. the site also offers holiday poems and tips and materials for teaching poetry in the rhyme time fun section. Teachers can print out the poetry to use in their own classrooms.
DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids features a variety of fun children's crafts and coloring pages, including projects for Holidays, educational themes, and children's favorite cartoon characters. There are lots of crafts to make for space study and science and printable templates suitable for preschoolers and elementary school children. For each craft, you'll find a detailed materials list, mostly everyday household items, and instructions.
"Tux Paint\n is a free, \naward-winning\n \ndrawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It \ncombines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon \nmascot who guides children as they use the program."
"JumpStart is a magical online world packed with friends, games and adventures!
From training dragons to exploring lost islands, JumpStart.com includes
thousands of games and activities for kids ages 3-12. But what really sets
JumpStart apart is our commitment to education. We believe that learning should
be an adventure, not a chore. That's why the games at JumpStart.com are
specially designed to make math, reading and critical thinking fun! After all,
there's no stopping a kid with a JumpStart!"
ABCya! Word Clouds are graphical representations or words. A Word Cloud can represent any main idea or topic based on the words used. ABCya! Word Clouds are fun and exciting because they allow for creativity and imagination beyond lists or graphic organizers.
"Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.
Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting
cards. They're curiously fun."
A fun site for creating animated slide shows that has lots of content to choose from. This site will let users create amazing slide shows and edit and share photos.