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Battleship Numberline - PlayPower Labs
Grades
2 to 6
tag(s): decimals (77), estimation (31), fractions (137), measurement (103), whole numbers (11)
In the Classroom
This site is great to use on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) as a math center or as a short practice filler. Create a link to the site on classroom computers for students to use during math centers. Share this site with parents through your classroom newsletter or website to use at home for number practice. Have students create an accuracy log for activities and challenge them to increase accuracy levels.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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101 Questions - Dan Myer
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): creative writing (67), creativity (66), images (115)
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Creative fluency begins here! Set up a whole class account. Use this site in language arts: discover main idea, details, cause and effect, or even an inspirational writing prompt. Find ways to group images together based on characteristics or attributes. Use in gifted or enrichment situations, for inspiration for problem-based learning. Sequence the images to find ways to form a logical plot. Find ways to make Perplexors out of the given image. In math, write short word problems to accompany images or videos. Find ways to illustrate vocabulary definitions with examples and non-examples. As a morning work challenge, find questions, details, or even other questions. As a writing challenge, look for the image that conveys the mood or feeling you are trying to convey. In science, submit examples to illustrate scientific concepts. Use to generate scientific method style questions based on the given image. In social studies, find images to convey feelings represented by the time being studied. Challenge students to make a historical statement or political statement by finding and adding to an appropriate image. ESL/ELL students can use this site to help acquire conversation/questioning skills. In world language class, have students generate questions in their new language, even if they do not post them. In art, find mood, theme, style, or self expression images. Be sure to monitor the blog content. Put similar content on your own classroom blog. Challenge students to create their own 101 question images or videos to share on your class blog, inviting viewers to respond with questions in the comments.Edge Features:
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Assessment Websites - Jefferson County Schools
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): assessment (30), grammar review (17), test prep (53)
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Save this site in your favorites on classroom computers and use specific links as a center. Students can focus on areas of strength or weakness on a math game day or practice test taking by answering previously released test questions. Because this site offers multiple levels and activities for many topics, it is easy to differentiate for ability levels within your class. Include this site on your class web page for students and parents to access from home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rich Chart Live - Blue Pacific Software
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (129), data (92)
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Create colorful and interactive charts on the fly at anytime by using this website. Display the website on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Watch charts change by using different inputs and customization options. Challenge students to predict and draw what charts will look like before changes are applied. Use the site to compare and contrast different ways to present information and discuss styles that work best in different situations. Create a class wiki and embed different examples of charts with explanations of how the chart was created. Have student use the discussion on the wiki to explain what the chart tells them. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through.Edge Features:
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Edublog - Edulogs.org
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): blogs (51)
In the Classroom
Save this site as a favorite for all of your blogging needs. Find very informative instructions on blogging, and follow the student blogging challenge lesson plans. Peruse through the various subjects and discover how other teachers use blogging in their classrooms. Using the given PDFs on blogging start up, parent guidelines, incorporating into subject areas, and adapt to make them suitable for you. Look at a variety of examples to help devise your own unique style to meet your students' needs.Edge Features:
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Convert center - Baltsoft Software
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): conversions (14), measurement (103)
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Demonstrate how to use this tool on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Share this link on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom. Family and consumer science and world language teachers will also find the U.S. liquid measure and weight conversions handy when converting recipes from English/U.S. to metric and vice versa. Have students create infographics SHOWING the relationships between units of measure during your math or science unit on measurement.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mugeda - mugeda.com
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4 to 12tag(s): animation (38), comics and cartoons (51)
In the Classroom
Bring along Mugeda in your bag of tricks to capture and intrigue all of your students. Use Mugeda to illustrate class content, support debate, persuade, and entertain. The possibilities are endless! Add the creations to your website to share with your community. Use on school news programs to add student content without cost, and make information available for all levels of student abilities. Create commercials for your content or to convey information. In history classes go back in time to envision popular opinion that made history happen. Use during campaigns to promote your side of the debate. Science fairs will never be the same. Highlight projects to create anticipation. Send messages to students using the embedded tool. This programming tool has applications in all subject areas. Gifted students, ELL/ESL students, and remedial students will be captivated by this high interest way of expressing themselves.Edge Features:
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Encalc - Encalc
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): calculators (22)
In the Classroom
Click on the embed tab of the site and copy the code to embed this tool directly into your class website. Be sure to also link this tool to your website or blog for easy access. Use the calculator on an interactive whiteboard or projector for students to show how they solved problems.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dib Dab Doo and Dilly too... A smarter safer way to search the Internet - Dibdabdoo.com
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K to 7tag(s): alphabet (56), animals (166), animation (38), clip art (6), colors (36), comics and cartoons (51), cooking (24), crafts (25), creative writing (67), cross cultural understanding (38), cultures (62), dance (17), dinosaurs (32), disabilities (14), diseases (35), drawing (58), fitness (38), flags (19), folktales (59), geometric shapes (42), grammar (169), homework (34), insects (46), journalism (20), measurement (103), museums (30), mysteries (19), numbers (137), nutrition (102), oceans (106), operations (66), origami (10), painting (54), photography (96), poetry (169), psychology (28), rainforests (9), religions (27), search engines (41), seasons (21), sign language (5), social networking (50), spelling (124), sports (55), trivia (10), vocabulary (251), weather (150)
In the Classroom
Help students learn about narrowing and refining research by demonstrating this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard. As you start a project, take the time to SHOW how to use this tool to save time and find appropriate resources. Allow students to explore this site on their own finding relevant information from the various topics. If time permits, have students research a specific topic and create a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Samsung Super Hero - SAMSUNG TECHWIN AMERICA
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): famous people (12), grants (14)
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Explore the many examples on Samsungs Superheroes to begin presentations, autobiographical sketches, or living history museums. Sharpen the language arts skills of research, creating an organized presentation, effectively communicating, and listening while bringing in content from other subject areas. Analyze and uncover the traits of a great presentation. Introduce outlining, storyboarding, or written autobiographies in an interesting and attention catching student made video. Brainstorm with your class to uncover the important components necessary for learning goals and assessment while creating a rubric. In social studies, discover superheroes/leaders from different times or geographic areas. Include in your math classes to feature famous mathematicians. In language arts, the world of authors and speakers come alive with literary contributions. Have groups collaborate to portray the ways the character influenced the world. As a competition, choose the best in your class, grade level, or school. Share the videotaped presentations on your website, on student DVDs, or as examples of great student work at parent conferences, open houses, or PTO meetings.Edge Features:
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Stem Career - Rich Feller
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
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Share some of the infographics on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Allow time for students to search careers to report to the rest of the class using conventional or multimedia posters and other products. Use an online poster creator, such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here). Include the skills required for the job, the education needed, and what that person does. Challenge students to create an advertisement for a STEM career they might enjoy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pora Ora: The Online 3D Educational Game for Children - Caped Koala Studios
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K to 6tag(s): continents (29), counting (87), equations (73), geometric shapes (42), keyboarding (19), landforms (29), landmarks (14), numbers (137), operations (66), preK (99), problem solving (123), puzzles (146), sequencing (23), spelling (124), vocabulary (251), vocabulary development (41)
In the Classroom
Create accounts for each student or one class account for students to work on skills together. Demonstrate the site using your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to show students how to create their avatar, find games, view quests, and more. Share this site with families using your class webpage, wiki, blog, or newsletter.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CK-12 Flexbooks Library - CK-12 Foundation
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5 to 12tag(s): biodiversity (31), environment (230), human body (54), integers (28), number sense (52), operations (66), probability (68), problem solving (123), ratios (26), resources (75), spanish (81)
In the Classroom
Choose a textbook that suits your teaching needs. Read online or download to customize to your specific requirements. Use this resource for teaching online. Textbooks are protected by Creative Commons so use them in the courses you create. Respect the CK-12 Foundation by crediting them when you use their resources. Share the website with students via the class Wiki so that they can use different texts as alternate resources. Share this site on your class website or blog for students to explore for extra practice or self-directed exploration by motivated or highly able students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TES Interactive Whiteboard Activities - TSL Education
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K to 6tag(s): animals (166), characterization (7), charts and graphs (129), communities (18), counting (87), data (92), human body (54), numbers (137), plants (71), preK (99), setting (7)
In the Classroom
Use activities on this site on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) as whole class activities or in classroom computer centers. Share the site with parents through your classroom website or newsletter as a resource for skills practice at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wolfram Tones - Wolfram Research Labs
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6 to 12tag(s): music theory (14), musical instruments (15), patterns (56), sound (79), sounds (52)
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In math class, have students choose and analyze a musical pattern as part of a unit on algorithms. Have them change the parameters using the program controls to produce a sound that they like. Then have them relate the changes they hear to the changes in the math. In music class, have students create their own portfolio of music using Wolfram Tones. Encourage students to replicate their tones with their own musical instruments. Your talented math/music students and gifted students will love this site! Be sure to share the link on your class web page for easy access.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LearnZillion - Eric Westendorf and Alix Guerrier
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2 to 10tag(s): data (92), equations (73), fractions (137), functions (38), measurement (103), number sense (52), numbers (137), problem solving (123), ratios (26), statistics (79)
In the Classroom
Create a classroom account and create playlists for different instructional content. Assign content as stuednts move along in the curriculum. Assign videos for students to use for review and remediation, or assign videos for self-motivated students who are ready to move ahead. Share this site with parents (on your class website or wiki) to use as review when helping their student with homework.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Pickle - Dr. Gordon Hamilton
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K to 12tag(s): logic (162), number sense (52), operations (66), problem solving (123)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use as a resource for challenging math activities for the classroom. Use these videos and activities with gifted students to promote problem solving, trial and error, and exploration of concepts. This collection includes a wealth of professional material to inspire new teaching strategies. Videos are hosted on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view that at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as Zamzar reviewed here to download the videos from YouTube.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Viral Vinnie Presents Gut Instinct - BBC
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3 to 6tag(s): animal homes (10), animals (166), cells (63), grammar (169), operations (66), order of operations (12), planets (89), plants (71), problem solving (123), root words (7), vocabulary (251), vocabulary development (41), word choice (15), word study (30)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect to use on your interactive whiteboard as a center or quick review activity. Create a link on classroom computers and allow students to "test themselves" during free time. Send a link to the site home on your class website or newsletter for students to play at home. This is a great site to visit during the summer to keep students fresh. Use the site as an example, and have students create their own multiple choice game for any subject or based on individual research topics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Zoo Whiz - EdAlive
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K to 8tag(s): audio books (19), grammar (169), logic (162), operations (66), preK (99), problem solving (123), punctuation (31), sight words (16), word choice (15)
In the Classroom
Create a classroom account and accounts for each student to monitor students' progress. This is an excellent tool for differentiating. If you don't want individual accounts, create one classroom account and have students can take turns earning money for the zoo and deciding how to spend it. Share this site with parents through your newsletter or classroom website as a resource for practice at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Game A Day - AgameAday.com
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2 to 8tag(s): logic (162), operations (66), problem solving (123), puzzles (146), sight words (16), spelling (124)
In the Classroom
Use kids' love of games to inspire problem solvers and thinkers within each of your students. This ever-changing site allows for a wide variety of topics and interests. Use as a center tool, reward time, reinforcement, introduction, or review of a variety of skills and concepts. Many of the games are well suited for ELL students to simply practice reading directions and using vocabulary. Add as a link to your website to provide interesting new ideas and concepts. Inspire thinkers in your gifted or advanced classes. Use in computer classes to provide examples for game types. Use as examples of review tools at the end of any unit so students can create their own review games to challenge each other. Put the daily challenge up on your interactive whiteboard or projector as students are entering the room. Preservice teachers will find this site invaluable.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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