Archive for the 'Math' Category
The Museum of Modern Art has posted over 65,000 of its 200,000 paintings online. This online collection includes works from the 1800s to today. These works can be searched by medium and by time period.
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PhET Interactive Simulations is a site maintained by the University of Colorado in Boulder that offers interactive math and science activities. In addition to the simulations, you can find lessons and activities created by other teachers who have used the PhET activities with their classes. The PhET team is in the process of converting the […]
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Annenberg Learner is a site created to promote excellent teaching. The site offers many resources for use in the classroom as well as those to help teachers stay current in their field. The site offers videos, professional development, lesson plans and interactives, categorized by subject area and grade level.
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NASA Kid’s Club is a site created for students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. It is designed to spark interest in the areas of science, engineering, math, technology, and exploration. It contains games and other fun activities through which students can develop their thinking and problem solving skills.
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BrainRush is a website that allows teachers to create interactive activities for their students. Activities are created using built-in templates: Cards Template, Buckets Template, Sequences Template, and Hotspots Template. The Cards and Buckets games allow you to add images and audio. Teachers can create classes and add their students to assign activities. To get a […]
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The Digital Public Library of America is a one-stop-shop for over 7 million images, books, primary documents, audio files, artifacts, maps and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the country. These resources are freely available to the public. You can search for resources by keyword, date or location of where the artifact is located. […]
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ThingLink is a site that allows users to create interactive images. After uploading an image, the user creates hot spots on the image that link to text, video and audio content or to other websites. ThingLink for Education allows teachers to set up and manage accounts for their students, which is a great feature for […]
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OpenEd is a repository of online educational materials that are aligned to the Common Core standards. It contains a searchable database of videos, games, courses and assessments. The resources can be browsed by topic, grade level and standard. In addition to the resources, OpenEd has a practice assessment generator which allows teachers to add multimedia […]
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ABCYa! Animate is a tool for creating short animations. The animations are made using the tools available through the site. Students can create up to 100 frames before downloading their animation. One drawback is that there doesn’t seem to be any way to save an unfinished project to work on at a later time so […]
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Boolify is a visual search engine that I found out about from Kristen Novotny. The site is designed to help students learn Boolean searching through a drag-and-drop, visual interface. To use Boolify, start by dragging the green Word or Phrase rectangle into the workspace and enter a search topic. Then drag the other rectangles as […]
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