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Speed, Eggs, and Slam! - Try Science/ New York Hall of Science
Grades
4 to 9Our reviewers found a glitch in the technology using Firefox on a Mac: once you start the interactive version of the experiment, clicking over to the offline version caused Firefox to "crash." Decide which version you want to use first! There is also a "kids comment" section of the site where students who have done the experiments can write what they thought about the activity.
In the Classroom
The website would be great as an introduction to the laws of motion. It could be shown on the interactive whiteboard or projector to start an inquiry discussion on motion. The kids comment section would be useful to evaluate other's ideas and reflect on their own learning. Enter comments as a whole-class activity under teacher supervision or in accordance with school policy. Be sure to check out the Teacher's Page! There is also a link for parents. Why not list this link on your class website or wiki?You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Math Interactives - Alberta Education
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): data (161), equations (151), exponents (43), integers (40), numbers (197), square roots (22)
In the Classroom
Use these great activities with an interactive whiteboard or projector to engage students and identify underlying math rules. Students can work individually or in groups on the "Use It" activities for guided practice in understanding the math concepts. Use the "Explore it" activities for additional practice or to uncover the math concepts. Students can create their own interactive directions using wikis, video or photo tutorials, or podcast which can be shared with others. Not sure where to begin with the multimedia projects? Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through. Having students create a video? Use a video sharing site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here. Looking to narrate an image? Try ThingLink, reviewed here. Not sure where to create Podcasts? Try a site such as PodOmatic (reviewed here).Comments
This is a great resource. I will use it during our Exponents unit.Nancy, GA, Grades: 6 - 12
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Toys from trash - Arvind Gupta
Grades
K to 10In the Classroom
Share this site on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Use the simple directions and pictures for students to make their own manipulatives. After creating and observing, students can share their observations and the math and science processes can be uncovered. Use these to uncover misconceptions and dispel myths that undermine understanding of processes. Group students to choose one manipulative and present the concept to the class. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create their own "Toy From Trash." Have the groups create videos to share their "toys" and instructions. Share the video clips using a site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Problem site - The problem site
Grades
K to 12Membership is not required though members receive additional benefits. Find an interesting activity to try. On its page, click to play the game, read the directions for play, bookmark the specific game, or generate a link for embedding in a website, wiki, or blog. Printable game worksheets that can be customized can also be found on this site. Note: Ads appear along the side and students should be cautioned in clicking on these ads. Teachers should decide whether you are willing tolerate the extensive ads in light of the high-value site content.
tag(s): integers (40), solar system (119)
In the Classroom
Use these activities for problem solving drills and interest in words or numbers. Many of the activities could also be used for science class, research, or math extension activities. These interactives can be used for review that is both educational and engaging. Save this site in your favorites, as it is useful in many subject areas. Share this link with your students on your class website or wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Problem site
Grades
K to 12Note: Ads appear along the side and students should be cautioned in clicking on these ads. This site requires Flash and Adobe Acrobat. Get both from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): problem solving (294)
In the Classroom
Share this eclectic site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use these activities for problem solving drills and interest in words or numbers. Use this site for review. List the link on your class website for students to practice both in and out of the classroom. This is a great find for gifted students!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Monster Squeeze 1-10 - EM GAMES
Grades
K to 3In the Classroom
Use this site to inspire logical thinking skills. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students try out this site on individual computers, or as a learning center. List this link on your class website, for students to access at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Frieze Patterns - NCTM Illuminations
Grades
4 to 12There is a link to a detailed lesson plan (including a few lesson plans, printables, and interactives). This site is aligned to national standards. The site requires both Flash and Adobe Acrobat. You can get both from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): rotation (12), transformations (18)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector during a unit about rotation and/or reflection. Have students work with partners to explore this site together. Have students create their own patterns using graph paper or a drawing program with lines of symmetry and simple "flip horizontal" or "flip vertical" commands. Take advantage of the ready to go lesson plans, printables, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Primary KRYPTO - NCTM Illuminations
Grades
2 to 7tag(s): addition (227), division (161), multiplication (211), number sense (96), subtraction (187), vision (79)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. This is an excellent challenge for young gifted students. Have students work in pairs to try out these interactive puzzles. You may find them challenging each other to do more as they become addicted!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathematical Fiction - Alex Kasman
Grades
K to 12tag(s): logic (248), probability (141), statistics (127)
In the Classroom
Use this site to find extra reading choices for reluctant readers who are interested in technology and math. Use it also to show students that math processes are inherent in a lot of life's experiences. Search the site for your current math topics. Share this link on your class website for students (and parents) to use at home. Share it with your school librarian for a featured reading shelf. Challenge your more verbal/linguistic gifted students to write similar stories that feature a math concept and create an online book using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digger and the Gang - BBC
Grades
K to 6tag(s): addition (227), charts and graphs (198), counting (113), money (185), spelling (168)
In the Classroom
This site can easily be differentiated using the specific age ranges provided. Use this site to differentiate for your special education, ESL, or ELL students.Be sure to visit the Teachers Link for some excellent ideas. All of the activities are perfect for learning stations, individual computers, or on an interactive whiteboard or projection screen. The offerings available are so diverse, that this website could be used throughout several language arts, math, science, art, and music lessons. Feature this website in your class newsletter or on your website so students can practice these educational activities at home.
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Johns Hopkins University CTY Program - The Johns Hopkins University
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): gifted (88)
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Share this link with your parents of gifted students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Write Like an Egyptian - University of Pennsylvania Museum
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): egypt (67)
In the Classroom
By providing picture clues, have students try to solve names using the Egyptian symbols. If students want to seek the scribe and delve into hieroglyphs a bit further, click on Scribe at the bottom of the page. They will be directed to the University of Pennsylvania Museum website for detailed information regarding the Egyptian culture. Are you looking for a site to use with younger students? Check out Journey to Egypt (reviewed here). Click on the link for Hieroglyphics to learn more.Use this site as part of a study of different alphabets and coded symbols, even comparing them to mathematical or musical symbols as a means of communicating meaning. Gifted students will enjoy exploring and comparing different symbol systems.
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Fantastic contraption - InXile Entertainment
Grades
3 to 10tag(s): machines (27), newton (26), simple machines (35)
In the Classroom
Share the tutorial on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students make a contraption and then discuss the simple machines used to create the contraption. Create a contest for the most elaborate contraption or for creativity in reaching the goal. Share the student created contraption (providing the URL) on you class website or blog. Have students write an explanation of their contraption on the blog or wiki, using terms from physics and Newton's laws. More able students can create several alternate machines to accomplish the same task and compare them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KENKEN - Nextoy, LLC
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): addition (227), division (161), logic (248), multiplication (211), puzzles (203), subtraction (187), sudoku (16), vision (79)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore the puzzles on their own. Use this site to differentiate for various students. Be certain to save this site in your favorites and check back often. List this link on your class website so students can "play" both in and out of the classroom. Have older students attempt to create their own KENKEN puzzles. It's not as easy as you think.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Multiplication Puzzle - An Interactive Whiteboard Resource - West Midlands RBC
Grades
2 to 6tag(s): logic (248), multiplication (211)
In the Classroom
Share this site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work on individual computers and fill out the interactive grids. Share this site with parents on your class website or blog, so students can practice both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Meet Amazing Americans - The Library of Congress
Grades
1 to 8tag(s): composers (21), explorers (65), inventors and inventions (92), presidents (123), scientists (69)
In the Classroom
This site could be used throughout the entire year. Why not highlight a "hero of the week." Share the information on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students write diary entries (or blogs) from the perspective of the "hero of the week." Use this site for individual research projects and have students create multimedia presentations about their hero: a Powerpoint, website, blog, wiki, or video. This site can be used in more than just social studies topics. Music classes, science classes, and gifted classes can also benefit from the many research areas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AAA Math
Grades
K to 8Be aware there are several advertisements at this website (all appropriate). But considering this site is free (and full of ready to go math activities), the advertisements are worth the minor annoyance.
tag(s): estimation (48), exponents (43), measurement (175), mental math (30), money (185), patterns (87), place value (54), statistics (127)
In the Classroom
This site has countless possibilities in the classroom. Use the descriptions and activities as an anticipatory set for a new topic in math class. Share the activities on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Set up a learning station for students and differentiate the activities for your lower and higher level math students. Provide this link on your class website for students to use to review at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Puzzlers Paradise - Shelly Hazard
Grades
2 to 10In the Classroom
Save this site in your favorites. Use a logic puzzle as a class opener to "warm up" brains. Display the puzzle on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Print out the logic puzzles for students to complete for additional enrichment. Use this site with your gifted students. Provide a link to this site on your class website for students to use at home. Challenge your students to create some puzzlers of their own and share them on a class wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Remember The Milk - Remember the Milk.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (179), organizational skills (128), time (141)
In the Classroom
Read the Blog at this site to learn many cool ways to interact with your personal computer an devices using RTM. Learning support teachers and teachers of disorganized gifted students may want to "model" using such an online tool to help middle and high school students learn better personal organization. Make a demo account for a "mythical" student and organize him/her together so students can see how it works. You will have to check school policies and access to some of the messaging tools, however, since some may be prohibited in your school. Learning support and gifted teachers will welcome this online tool as an engaging way for students to become better-organized. Give students a tech tool, and they just might try it!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WayBack: Plast-O-Matic - PBS Kids GO!
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): 1950s (10), inventors and inventions (92), plastics (8)
In the Classroom
Use this site to teach your students about the importance of plastics in medicine, cooking, and everyday life. Have students try the interactive challenge with a partner. Use this site for research projects on inventions. Have students brainstorm a list of things that they use that are made from plastics. Try some of the science experience (Slime, Anyone) -- sure to excite your students, and possibly get them a bit messy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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