How my son would have cherished this site- as a young child, he was fascinated with any type of construction equipment. More than once we would stop by the side of the road to watch a construction job. Kikki’s Workshop explains everything about construction equipment. The simulations would be a great addition to any unit [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2009
Join this nation!
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Math
Want to practice your fraction skills? Don’t have a partner for those online math games? Try Calculation Nation! This site (created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) provides several interactive games. Once you login (you can create a free account), you can play against the computer or players in other countries. I liked [...]
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911 for homework help
September 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Classroom, Content - Math, Content - Science, Content - Social Studies, Content- Foreign Language
While I on a webinar with Discovery Education today, several of the presenters mentioned this FREE homework help site. Send your students to www.discoveryeducation.com and have them select the Home Resource Tab (it’s in the center of the page- no logon is required). As you can see from the screen shot, helpful videos are available [...]
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Does this grab you?
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Classroom, Content- Cross Discipline
Vocabgrabber is a free site that will pull out the key words and provide a variety of definitions. All you do is copy the text, paste, and grab the vocabulary. The word size will depend on the frequency (the more frequent the word, the larger the size). You then have access to the definitions. The [...]
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