2009
Have Fun with Living History - Free streaming history videos & activities
by knannAmerican history is best served hot and there are lots of ways to warm up to it. At HFwH, we bring free streaming video, interactive presentations, and links to many other resources to bring history alive.
Go a step beyond the social studies or history classroom and use all your senses to connect with American History through audio, video, and living history.
2008
BAM! Body and Mind |
by knann, 1 comment (via)From the CDC, a great interactive site for health topics: diseases, food and nutrition, physical activity, your safety, your life, your body. Resources for teachers here as well.
2007
Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net
by knann & 2 othersWe are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo
Life Science Connections - Human Body Adventure
by knann (via)Engaging site designed by a middle school teacher for grade 7 life science, but content can be used for 5th grade unit because of the way the information is presented in bulleted format with graphics. If students have trouble using the naviagation menu, use the site map:http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/map.html
Time for Kids
by knann & 1 otherCurrent news articles for grades k-1, 2-3, 4-7. Use with Clicker 5 or WordTalk for text to spech. Find the article, click the Print button. A new, plain web page will appear. Copy and paste directly into Word or a new Clicker document.
2006
Quiltmaker
by knannDesign a quilt by clicking on the squares. Each square has 6 possible positions.
Change COLORS by clicking the color palettes
Make a quilt by clicking REPEAT, REFLECT or ROTATE
2005
The Broken Calculator
by knann (via)Use the broken calculator to solve your math problems in a creative way. Can you add 2+2 if the addition key is broken? Sure can..how about (3*2)-2 . The answer is the same! Create some challenges for you, your friends, and teachers!
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation
by knann (via)Engaging presentation illustrates the growth of the US from Post American Revolution through Post Civil War.
Problem Solving with Pentominos
by knannPentominos are the names of shapes created by 5 squares connected together. The objective of the puzzle is to place all pentominos inside the square after marking 4 boxes to remain empty.
NCTM : Illuminations Lessons
by knannInteractive Math tools for grades for K-12. Accompanied by lesson plans and NCTM standards
Strange Dead Bird - Science Mystery
by knann"Strange Dead Bird" is an interactive mystery. Can you figure out what this strange dead bird has to do with our disappearing wetlands?
Tessellate!
by knannThis activity can be used to:recognize and explore the properties of tessellations, identify and examine symmetry in geometric figures,describe, and classify polygons, examine the role of mathematics in society and nature
Fraction Track
by knannThe first player starts by moving one or more blue markers along the tracks, either forward or backward, so that the positive and negative distances moved by all markers add to the amount shown in the fraction box.
Logic: Cannibals and Missionaries
by knannTry this...not as easy as it looks! What's your strategy??
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
by knann & 1 other (via)An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains 500 common mathematical terms in simple language.
Secrets at Sea
by knannAce on the Case: Secrets @ Sea is an online curriculum-based adventure story for grade 4-7 students covering topics in Ocean Science.
Cynthia Lanius' Lessons: All About Ratios
by knannThe "All About Ratios" activities are designed to introduce ratios in a concept-building way. The activities can be done on computers with Internet access or printed.
Make your own "Old West" style Wanted Poster
by knann & 5 others (via)Upload a picture, add some text, and create your authentic "Wanted" poster online!
Amazing Space!
by knann & 1 otherExcellent collection of online explorations for space/astronomy topics. Plenty of teacher_resources.
The Tudors
by knannInteractive activities from Great Britain's National Archives. Learn about the Court of Henry VIII, tudor life, and jousting. Well done and informative. Includes teacher resources.
Blueberry Farm
by knannBlueberry Farm is a computer program that models a simple ecosystem.
It was designed to be used as part of a sequence of science lessons aiming to help Yr7 pupils understand more about the use of chemical agents in farming and how these can affect ecosystems.
Survivor
by knannA thinking for learning activity to encourage group discussion and justification of decision making. 6 people are left on a liferaft, for the raft to stay afloat 2 people must be thrown off.Who will it be? Why? Is it fair? Who should go first? Are some lives less valuable than others?