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Science Kids is a site designed to help students understand different science topics. It has different sections: games, experiments, facts, and quizzes. The games allow the student to test their knowledge. They give instant feedback to the student. The experiments allow the student to try different experiments at home. They give a list of supplies and the science behind the experiment and results. This site is great for reinforcing different scientific concepts. It has both life and physical sciences topics. The games are more beneficial when reviewing a unit as opposed to the end of a lesson. This site would be beneficial for a teacher to use inside the classroom for quick reinforcement when a student may have some time at a computer. The teacher might also reference the site at a parent/teacher conference or open house.

Really amazing games with lots of levels. In the geography section alone, there are nine levels that range from perfect for second grade to challenging for middle school.

This is a public media site out of Northern California. It has lots of articles about technology trends that have influenced the classroom. Seems to be heavily focused on science and the arts.

Sporcle is one of the most addicting, trivia based, gaming web sites that students will enjoy for reviewing content or new material pre-testing. Instructors can create their own content using anyone of the three major delivery methods. Image identification, fill in the blanks, or answer bank selection. Students challenge themselves to answer the questions before time runs out and then scored based on percentage completed. Once the game is over, students are revealed the correct answered and where they fall in the percentages of games played. Sporcle is free and can be run on any platform or web browser. Games or test are easily created using manually entry or loaded from a document. Sporcle allows all users to create content giving everyone opportunity to add content specific to unique topics. Once content is created, the links can be shared and the data is view able for all users to see and collect.

Tinkercad is a fun and great resource for students who may be interested an easy to use 3D CAD design tool. it will alloy any user to develop and produce models using simple geometric shapes. Also provided in the interface, are 3D numbers, letters and other objects to aid in construction of solid models. Models can be exported or imported into the design center in either metric or English units. All models are saved online and can be easily assessed through two recommended web browsers. Once models are constructed and ready for production, they can be converted to .STL files or send electronically to a third party to be produced at a small fee. Tinkercad is a web based tool that can be operated on Microsoft and Apple machines inside Chrome or Firefox web browsers recommended. Tinkercad is a great resource for instructors to prove proof of concept models for students who need to build simple models. Students find this site extremely easy to use and resourceful when needing one of a kind models for projects. Tinkercad can be used in student centered instruction to build or construct a final project which solves the intended goal. Students then can review, make changes, then resign the models to meet the groups requirements.