Archive for the 'Science' Category
Khan Academy is an amazing site that contains over 1,600 math, science and history videos designed for “providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere”. It is created and maintained by Salman Khan, who started the site after remotely helping his niece with her math homework. All the videos on the site are created by […]
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Braingle is a site that boasts having the largest collection of brain teasers, trivia, puzzles, riddles, etc. on the Internet. While some of the activities require a free registration, there are plenty of activities available without needing to sign up. The site is easy to navigate and is updated regularly.
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Kids Know It Network is a kid-friendly site for elementary students, created by a teacher in Utah. The site contains animated videos, which introduce topics related to the core subject areas. After the students watch the videos, they take an online quiz on the topic. If they do not pass the quiz with an 80% […]
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The Health Hut is a blog devoted to providing information related to health, fitness and nutrition. While not specifically created for students, The Health Hut can be a useful site for teachers who teach health-related topics. A post that I found interesting is “How Healthy Is Your City, State or Country?”, posted on July 21, […]
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WatchKnowLearn is a site created for teachers and students by the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, to provide a place for them to go to access free, quality educational videos. WatchKnow has indexed over 15, 000 educational videos from all over the Internet and organized them by age and subject. WatchKnow doesn’t host the videos, but […]
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LIFE Photo Archive is a joint venture between LIFE Magazine and Google. The site contains millions of photographs dating as far back as 1750. Each photo has its own page, which lists the date the photo was taken, the size of the photo, the name of the photographer (if available), a brief description of the […]
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Differentiated Curriculum Samples is part of the “Reaching All Students” site, which is sponsored by the Oregon Department of Education Gifted and Talented Office. On the Differentiated Curriculum Samples main page is a chart that lists the name of the activity, the targeted grade level and the subject area. The downloadable lessons are beautifully done […]
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Thirteen Ed Online is a site for teachers, students and parents, sponsored by the Educational Broadcasting System. The site provides a wide variety of lesson plans, many of which integrate technology through video clips, online games and websites. If you click on the “Educators” link on the top, you’ll find the lessons archived by subject […]
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SweetSearch is a suite of search engines designed for teachers and students. The sites that are searched through SweetSearch are approved by their evaluation team of teachers and librarians. SweetSearch configured their search engine to favor sites like the Library of Congress, PBS, and university websites. SweetSearch4Me is a search engine for elementary students. There’s […]
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ReadWriteThink: Flip Book is an online flip book maker. I know I mentioned ReadWriteThink in an earlier post, but there are so many great tools on the site that it’s easy to miss some. The flip book maker is a user-friendly template for creating flip books. The site walks you through the steps of creating […]
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