E09Fall2012

National Geographic presents GeoGames, an interactive game to build the earth that serves as an assessment tool of students' geographical knowledge

This game allows students to understand how Native Americans used Bison to create useful tools and materials. National Standards for teachers are provided.

Students can create a research-based descriptive movie using clips and information from the Smithsonian History Museum website.  National Standards are provided for teachers

Students can examine the relationships between fractions, as well as add and subtract

Students are able to manipulate shapes by rotating,stretching, reflecting and building patterns

This online helps students learn to count by 5s and 10s as well as practicing adding and subtracting 

Over 100 interactive maps that include sunken ships and graveyards, artists/architects/photographers, explorers and conquerors and other world connections!

THE BEST SITE

This map provides critical locations and descriptions of the main events of the French Revolution

This map, completed by a fifth grade class, locates the places of origin of many goods traded and transported during the Columbian Exchange

Interactive map that integrates assignments, movies clips and examples of artworks associate with Renaissance artists. A teacher introduction that lists the standards is provided, as well as student introduction that elaborates on the assignment.

An interactive map that tracks the first journey of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Main events and incidents of note are included in the location descriptions

Different potential lessons involving the various functions of google maps/google earth. Includes suggestions of lit trips, path profiling (shape of land), map scavenger hunts and animal habitat maps

An example of a "Lit Trip" that follows the main character's travels to the 7 continents (first grade standard)

Suggestions from google for lessons with students of all ages. Additional suggestion to create "Lit Trips" with students that maps the travels of a novel's main character

This map locates the battles fought during the Civil War. There are several battles that are further described to provide students with more information

a cool tool to use when searching for educational stuff