Tap Into the World of Comics is a slide show that offers several good suggestions for using student-created comics in the classroom. In addition to offering teaching strategies it also gives an extensive list of online tools for creating comics. Comics can be great motivators for students. Is there an activity that you’ve used in […]
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Geographical Media is an online tool that helps you follow a news story from a variety of sources from around the world. In addition to reading current news stories, Geographical Media also provides statistics and popular videos related to the stories. This is a great current events website.
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SnagFilms is a storehouse of full-length, high quality documentaries on a variety of topics. Browse their topics to find documentaries related to science, social studies, sports, health and more or use their Search function to find videos related to a specific topic.
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Cost of Living Comparison is a CNN Money is an online calculator that allows you to easily compare the cost of living in cities around the country. Just enter a salary and two US cities to compare the cost of groceries, housing, utilities, transportation and health care between those two cities.
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Visual Math Learning, provides a variety of visual and interactive lessons, activities and games that reinforce math concepts taught in the elementary and middle grades. Some of the animations in the activities and games move a little too slowly, but overall I think students will enjoy using this site to help them learn math facts […]
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View At is a site that offers panoramic views of major sites and cities from around the world. What a great way for you and your students to explore places that you’re studying or reading about. You can use the site’s Search feature to help you find a specific location.
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360 Cities offers beautiful interactive, high-resolution panoramic views of major sites and cities across the globe. By clicking and dragging the images, you and your students can explore places around the world in a way that you can’t do with a single image. I would recommend reading the 360 Help page for tips on how […]
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Guess the Wordle is a new web site in which new Wordles are posted three times a week. Each Wordle is based on a topic, and the challenge is to figure out what the topic is. Monday’s Wordle is simple, Wednesday’s is a bit more challenging, and Friday’s is even more tricky. Guess the Wordle […]
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Smarty Games offers a great collection of interactive games for students. I especially like the math games, which include games related to telling time, using money and practicing basic facts. Smarty Games also has a limited number of classic stories that can be read aloud to the students. Jigsaw puzzles, coloring and dot to dot […]
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Measuring Worth provides a variety of tools for comparing the purchasing power of a dollar over time and around the world. Use the Measuring Worth calculator to find out what a dollar was worth 50 years ago or to estimate what something purchased years ago would be worth today. Use the data sets to measures […]
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