Website of the Week: Yong’s China Quest Adventure (Gr. 1-7)

Yong’s China Quest Adventure – An interactive learning game Yong’s China Quest provides an interactive approach to learning about China and Chinese culture. While the site is more game than academic, students will be exposed to bits and pieces of information on clothing, figurines, and weaponry as they try to solve puzzles. Where the real [...]

Website of the Week: 24/7 Science (Gr. K-8)

24/7 Science – The best projects and activities whenever you want! From the Lawrence Hall of Science, this website is chalk full of interactive games and activities covering a wide variety of science topics. The first collection of activities are designed to be hands-on with titles like Sticky Situations and How Old is Your Penny? [...]

Website of the Week: LogoType Maker (Gr. 6-12)

LogoType Maker – Create & customize your own logo images LogoType Maker is a free, Flash-based web tool with an impressive archive of fonts, graphics, and templates for making logos and rich titles. Simply type in the text for your logo, then click the Generate LOGO button. If you don’t see one you like, click [...]

BONUS Website #2: Math By Design

Math By Design – Put on your thinking caps! (Gr. 6-10) Get your hard hat on and prepare to get down and dirty with geometry,  measurement and other math challenges. Mayor Barnum has contracted you for two major community projects: Renovate the Flossvile Town Park and design the new Windjammer Environmental Center. Each project comes [...]

Website of the Week: ChemGameTutor

ChemGameTutor – Refine your chemistry knowledge (Gr. 9-12) “Dr. Despair has gone and captured the 12 most famous scientists of all time! You have been dispatched with your knowledge of chemistry and mathematics to find them and set them free.” Current game levels include significant figures, heating curve, moles, balancing equations, kinetics, naming and acids [...]

Website of the Week: Timelines

Timelines: Sources from History (Gr. 4-12) Provided by the British Library, Timelines allows users to explore a variety of topics throughout history as far back as 1210 A.D. and as recent as the first decade of the 21st century. Once you launch the timeline, use the navigation controls at the bottom of the window to [...]

Website of the Week: Changing the Balance

Changing the Balance – Digital assets investigating climate change (Gr. 6-12) Changing the Balance dives into the debates around climate change by investigating the story of some unlikely players in this game: blood-thirsty parasites. As students progress through the story they will learn about mosquitoes, Malaria, the West Nile virus and how climate change has [...]

Website of the Week: Interactive Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet: An Interactive Folio and Study Guide (Gr. 6-12) This interactive study guide give students access to Shakespeare’s play and a wealth of interactive media to provide a unique way to immerse oneself in the literature. From the “script” of the play displayed in the left panel of the study guide, students can [...]

Website of the Week: ArtBabble

ArtBabble – Play Art Loud (Gr. 3-12) ArtBabble is a “free-flowing conversation” using video to explore, discuss and showcase art. This vast archive of videos can be searched by way of video series, channels (e.g. types of art), artists and organizations that have partnered with the site. ArtBabble was conceived, built, organized and maintained by [...]

Website of the Week: Incredibox

Incredibox – An experiment in sounds (Gr. 3-12) Incredibox is an interactive website that allows you to experiment with sounds, rhythm and vocals. Available in English and French, the music is reminiscent of a cappella music or music without the use of musical instruments save the human voice. At the composition screen, choose from one [...]