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: Money Management (Gr. 2-12)

Money Management International – Improving lives through financial education This site contains a wide variety of tools and resources on topics ranging from budgets to financial wellness to how loans and debt work. For educators, click on Lesson Plans under the Resources menu to access 55 different lesson plans and activities, almost all of which [...]

Google Apps Tip – Historical Imagery

Historical Imagery – Using Google Earth to see change over time Historical Imagery is a fantastic, yet often overlooked tool found in the free application Google Earth. This tool allows the user to view a location on the planet at different points in time thanks to Google periodically updating its maps with newer satellite images. [...]

Website of the Week: QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator (Gr. 4-12)

QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator – Get students using their mobile devices to move and to learn. If you’ve ever been shopping at just about any type of store, you’ve seen the bar codes they use to quickly scan and record the price of each item. Recently, a variant of the bar code called the [...]

Website(s) of the Week: Two Earths

Another Earth – Compare two Earths over time GE Teach – Look beyond your borders Both of these sites use the Google Earth plugin to give viewers a unique perspective of our planet and the wealth of information we’ve collected about it over time. Each site allows you to put TWO Google Earths side-by-side in [...]

PBS LearningMedia

PBS Learning Media – Fostering Classroom Innovation and Student Engagement PBS Learning Media is an online platform created to help teachers “re-imagine classroom learning” and integrate rich multimedia into lessons and activities. Currently there are over 14,000 resources available and can be filtered by grade level (Pre-K to 12+), subject (8), media type (document, audio, [...]

Website of the Week: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade – An informational database (Gr. 4-12) This site is chalk full of information, maps, lesson plans, timelines and multiple databases including slaves names, ship names, voyages and more. A definite asset to any student doing serious research but with enough diversity in materials and oversight to be helpful to those looking for [...]

Website of the Week: Mission US

Mission US – A Revolutionary Way to Learn History (Gr. 4-8) Mission US is an interactive online experience for students to learn about US history. Students start with Mission #1, “For Crown or Colony?” about the steps leading up to the Revolutionary War. More missions are forthcoming, so check out the ABOUT section for updates [...]

Website of the Week: QuizGeo

QuizGeo – Create, play, and share quizzes about geography (Gr.5-12) “QuizGeo allows you to create and play quizzes based on geography using Google Maps. This can include anything from locating all of the countries in the world to locating all of the playground equipment at your local park or school. Since you place the questions [...]

Exploring The Far East

Exploring The Far East: Myers & Dalton Teams Each year 7th grade students at MSK immerse themselves in the diverse cultures, people and customs that exist in countries and how they compare to life here in Kennebunk, Maine. So please join us as we journey to China, Japan and other countries to learn about what [...]