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Knotebooks is a supplementary education platform that enables students, teachers and self-learners to effortlessly create and collaborate on customized multimedia physics lessons. Think Math too!

Site with physics and math resources. Lectures, lessons, and videos, mostly for grades 9-12.

This project is directed at the persuasive writing process. The multimedia kit is keyed to grades 8-10 language arts standards and includes a teacher guide, five videos and a Web site.

Great example of tech integration--grade 4.

"The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council held a symposium to coincide with the release their report "Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects." Participants spoke about the recommendations and implementation of programs to include more engineering topics in primary math and science classes. The report assessed the value of developing and implementing engineering curricula for kindergarten through grade 12. It also describes what engineering concepts children are able to understand and at what age, and provides an analysis of more than a dozen engineering curriculum projects. "

"Are you ready to solve the challenges of space? Join the RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge! This is a unique education initiative that targets students in grades 9-12 and encourages them to explore and build skills essential for successful careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through two phases of project-based learning and team competition"

a high-quality, open-source, free reading intervention program for grades pK-6

Online classifieds service designed for schools, teachers, and homeschoolers. it allows customers to buy and sell school supplies, books, furniture, and other education-related items. The site has a mix of used items from individuals and new items from vendors and distributers. The search function allows users to search by category, item, grade level, or state.

Interesting.

"These self-paced classroom activities are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5-8. Each uses videos, interactive activities, note-taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science or history topic. Each activity addresses a range of specific literacy strategies. All 15 activities promote monitoring comprehension, synthesizing, asking questions, developing vocabulary, connecting prior knowledge to new learning, and developing a topic in writing."

"The U Games is a Multiplayer Video Game Tournament where students use math skills to compete for scholarships and prizes." Grades 3 - 8.

Interactive activities that work directly in the browser, broken apart by subject, topic, and grade level. The US history map and the ecology simulator are very good.

Interactive activities broken down by grade level. Awesome for use with students and SmartBoard!

Interactive Math activities by grade level and category: Number, Data Analysis, Geometry, Operations, Probability, Measurement, Time and Money, Algebra

"Math Snacks are short animations and mini-games designed to help learners "get it". Each snack presents a mathematical concept, particularly those addressed in grades 6, 7 and 8. Ideal for use in a classroom or on your own, they can even be placed on mobile devices for "homework". The accompanying print materials can assist learners in applying their conceptual understanding to math problems."

I choose the Launch iTunes because it has a nice display by grade level.

"findingEducation is a FREE educator tool that helps you find the best online resources and share them with your students. Find online education resources for all grades and subjects. Manage, organize and share your link resources. Create Web-based assignments for your students."

A 7th grade student gives a tour of her personal learning environment, sharing how she uses Google Docs, blogs, Evernote, Skype, and more in her life science class.

Online Multimedia Educational Games for Kids in Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary Grades

This project is designed for 2nd and 3rd grade students studying York County geography and history. Through videoconferencing technology, your class will meet students in other classes while learning about different parts of York County! Prior to the videoconference each classroom will add information to this York County wiki with clues about their city, town, and school district. The other classrooms, using maps, the Internet, textbooks, and other resources, will try to discover the location of each participating classroom. Each class will get a chance to guess, "Where in York County Are YOU?"