Social Science 2.1, 2.4
ThinkQuest's site "Ancient World" won the Gold in the ThinkQuest Competition for Students. This site, created by students, includes factual information, craft ideas, recipes, and online activities for Ancient Egypt. The "Fact Page" contains information on every aspect of Ancient Egypt and is a great online resource. "Online Activities" is the place for interactive maps, an Egyptian calculator, hieroglyphic name translator, rules for the popular Egyptian board game of "Senet" and much more. Finish off this unit by sharing the recipes. They sound delicious!
Virtual base ten blocks; Students are given a target number and drag base 10 blocks onto the paper to represent that number. As students add blocks, a counter at the bottom of the page shows how many blocks are currently on the paper. This is a great way for students to digitally practice place value, counting by hundreds, tens and ones.
Accessibility features in Microsoft products. This is a gudie for educators on the accessibility features that can be found in Microsoft products for students with disabilites or difficutlies in reading, seeing, hearing, etc.