Cathlin O'Reilly brought this page to the Grade Three team's attention several years ago. It is a great resource for getting started with math differentiation. Thanks Cathlin!

Quotations about effort and hard work, from The Quote Garden.

There are many free apps as well as some free online metronomes. I like them b/c they help students find rhythm in the poems that they write.

BRAIN QUEST is a curriculum-based question-and-answer game. Its content reflects national and state grade level standards. The app allows for an interactive way to review content.

I use this in addition to Leafsnap to help students get to specific nouns in writing a descriptive piece. Also excellent research resource.

Researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution beat me to this. They developed this free mobile app that uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. I use it to help students practice careful observation prior to writing. It motivates them to use specific nouns when describing a setting.

Point your ipad at the sky any time of day or night to see what is up there. Learn the names of constellations, planets and satellites. Click on any of them to learn in depth information. Cool spacey background music too!

Cool. I like Solar Walk a lot. Star Walk has more, but Solar Walk fits the bill for sure.

Journey North is a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Journey North is an online science education project in which students track spring's journey across the northern hemisphere.

This cool app helps students learn facts about states and get practice recognizing state's shapes, all in the guise of a fun game!

Thanks for the list link Mark. I was wondering about that.

Use this timer to give auditory signals to students during work blocks about how much time remains.