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The new ebook platform Zing offers thousands of free trade-book titles that students will want to read, including award-winning book and series titles from well-known authors, Spanish leveled books, and short texts, poems, and articles. On Zing you can browse for books by topic, language, or reading level and access the books anywhere-on desktops, laptops, tablets, and interactive whiteboard. Customizable teaching points within the books support students in developing the skills and strategies they need in order to comprehend the texts. In the Zing reader, students will find a built-in dictionary and tools for taking notes while they read. Zing also enables student progress monitoring and reporting to provide actionable data for teachers and schools.

Interactive list of tools for each level of SAMR

Histography is an interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015. The site draws events from Wikipedia and self-updates daily with new recorded events. Events tie to all subject areas including art, music, literature, wars, inventions, medicine, etc. The interface allows you to view between decades to millions of years. You can choose to watch a variety of events which have happened in a particular period or to target a specific event in time. For example you can look at the past century within categories such as riots or inventions. Most have links to video, related events and articles. Use the slider across the bottom to navigate through time.

Interactive website requiring students to use context clues to identify unfamiliar words.

this website offers many online interactive tools for teachers

Interactive Algebra Lessons for all grade levels

Inaugural speech transcripts for all American presidents. Explores key words & compares use of those words by various presidents throughout the years.

Over 500 math, science & technology animations. Subscription though....

Great interactive games for Early Math, Basic Operations, Mixed Operations, Time, Place Value, Money, Measuring, Fractions, Decimals and Pre-Algebra.

"Welcome! Nourish Interactive is your free one stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family. Created by nutrition and health care professionals, Nourish Interactive's nutrition education website gives children and families the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices."

2,100 math, science & finance videos with interactive practice questions. Bill Gates has "adopted" the Kahn Academy and donated money toward its development. The videos explain basic concepts of a variety of subjects in 10 to 12 minutes. The point seems to be that the basic idea or function is explained in a concise, focused manner.

Interactive writing resource that uses graphic organizers to help students complete the writing process. Materials can be downloaded and saved for off-line use.

Interactive look at the news. Students will get background knowledge and be asked to give their opinion and make predictions.

Review games of world's continents, countries, capitals & landscapes

Review games for states, capitals and landscapes

"This interactive multimedia timeline traces the search for extrasolar planets, from ancient philosophical speculation to modern discoveries."

Chemistry-related scenarios, interactive and educational video games, and laboratory procedures to take learning beyond the classroom. Created by students, for students.