INNOVATIVE WAYS TO TEACH and OTHER INTERESTING LESSONS.From ATOM'S FAMILY - http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
THE AFRICAN ED-VENTURE - http://www.ackworth.w-yorks.sch.uk/africa/index.html
A journey of discovery, exploration, and mystery, through the wilds
of Africa, in which you and your students participate via the
expedition
Internet site. The ed-venture team will cross Africa in a fully
Internet
capable and satellite linked Land Rover to combine the thrill of an
African
expedition with expansive and content rich educational projects,
subject
modules, special events, and to provide a forum to meet and make
friends
from all over the world. Interact with the ed-venture team with
e-mail,
or call on the satellite phone. Watch WALTER McKENZIE jump off a 216
mile
high bridge, investigate the origins of humankind with a visit to the
sites
of prehistoric human skeletons. A fantastic and exciting way to get on
the Internet, integrate ICT with your everyday teaching, and learn
through
discovery and exploration.
AMAZING TRAVEL BUREAU - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/bureau/
National Geographic site for kids. When they click into the
bureau
they will begin an adventure into the past, present or future.
AMAZON
INTERACTIVE
- http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Learn about the people and geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Try
running a community-based ecotourism project.
ANCIENT EGYPT WEBQUEST - http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
You must locate the burial mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh
Tutankhamen
- on the inside of the mask is written a message that if successfully
decoded
could solve our earth's environmental crisis; your quest is to decode
that
message and return to our time
BLUE
WEB'N
- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Web-based tutorials, activities and projects, Lesson plans, Hotlists,
Resources and Reference tools for the Arts, English, Health and P.E. ,
history and Social Science, Math, Science, Technology and others.
Find the content table and click on the type of lesson or information
you
are looking for.CELEBRATING HEROES: Click Magazine - http://www.bonus.com/enter.cgi/99A2
Bonus.com put together some online extensions related to the
subject of heroism. Appropriate for kids ages 5 and up. Type in
"heroes" in the search bonus box on the upper right of the site.
DARE TO FLY
WITH CLASS
- http://www.geocities.com/daretofly2001/
Here's an engaging project for grades 3-5. Students love to fly paper
airplanes, so mix a little scholarship in with the fun. Cover the four
forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust, and weight (gravity) and have
students
chart the results of their efforts. Registration ends February 1, 2002
with results due no later than February 28.
EDUSCAPES:
A SITE FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNERS - http://eduscapes.com
Collaborative learning/distance learning? Each week they explore
a different topic in 42eXplore. There is an index for past topics
and activities for the first timers. Internet sources are
included.
Check this out and explore!
ENCHANTED
LEARNING SITE - http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
On-line activities for the little ones includes Bird Jokes, make a
truck, nursery rhymes, dinosaurs, Kindercrafts, connect the dots and
info
about schools in Japan, Africa, Australia and Others. You'll love
it - K-3.
ESCAPE FROM KNAB - http://www.escapefromknab.com/
This simulation finds your students on the planet Knab. By making the
right financial decisions they can find their way back to Earth - a
different
game every time you play
FAKE
OUT - http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
Pick your grade level -- Interactive game which challenges students
to correctly guess definitions - archives of past challenges too.
FBI KIDS PAGE
- http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm
and http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
Two different sites for kids. The first site is for grades K-5 and
is set up in a Field trip format. Pretty extensive overview of
fingerprinting,
DNA, jobs at the FBI considering the audience. Ends with a cross word
puzzle
review. The second site, for 6-12 students, follows various cases from
through a variety of scenarios. Special Agent Challenge requires
answering
factual questions about the FBI. Working dogs describes jobs dogs play
in bomb sniffing, etc. Games too.
THE FRACTORY
- http://library.thinkquest.org/3288/fractals.html
This page will help you learn about fractals: what they are and how
to design them, but it will also let you discover more on your own;
play
a part in the interactive fractal creation center, designing and
displaying
fractals you have invented - too cool!
INTERNET
AND MY
CLASSROOM CURRICULUM -
http://www.cyberbee.com/
How Tos, Treasure Hunts, curriculum ideas, research tools,
activities. This is a great site.
INSIDE ART
- http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/
Participants get sucked into a Van Gogh painting and then must learn
all about art in order to get out; terrific online simulation with
tie-ins
across the curriculum.
IZ/ED - http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/cb/
A virtual factory that allows students to apply business theory to
real world applications; everything is downloadable and usable off
line.
Has teacher's guides, etc.
KID'S CASTLE - http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/
Smithsonian Magazine production for kids 8-16 on sports, history, the
arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photographs
KID'S TECHKNOW - http://pbskids.org/games.html
PBS site made for kids to become Internet savvy - excellent production
and lots of substance
LEONARDO'S
WORKSHOP
- http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/leonardo/index.html
Someone has changed history! You must travel back in time to the
Renaissance
and explore Leonardo da Vinci's workshop in search of clues. (Fourth
grade
to adult)
LINGUISTIC FUN PAGE - http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/
Looking for a new twist to many of the English topics we attempt to
impart to our students? Lots of off-beat approaches.
MEDIA FOR KIDS - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
Children look at television, film and video games.
MOZART WEBQUEST - http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/mozart/Mozartquest.html
Travel through time. Your mission is to gather information about the
famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Click on the time machine to
board.
MYBUDDY
PROJECT -
http://www.buddyproject.org/
Includes lessons, tools and stuff for teachers with great ideas for
interclass activities. You can also join a collaborative project!
NATIONAL ZOO - http://natzoo.si.edu/
A virtual tour including the famed live webcams, a clickable map and
enhanced photo library; it's the next best thing to being there!
ONLINE EXHIBITS AT THE EXPLORATORIUM - http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Amazing simulations and illusions which allow the viewer to experience
and understand sophisticated scientific principles; many require
Shockwave
but it's worth every second of download time!
PREHISTORIC ARTIFACT GAME - http://bama.ua.edu/~alaarch/prehistoricartifactgame/part02.htm
PROJECTS
-
FROM SAN DIEGO - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/
Webquests by grade level, or subject matter.-- click on project
database
and do a search by curriculum, grade level or other criteria.
SCHOOL WEB
PROJECTS
- http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/webworld2000/projects.htm
Numerous projects in various
subjects and grade levels.
SCORE - SCHOOLS OF CALIFORNIA ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS
- http://score.rims.k12.ca.us
Project based learning lessons in Social Studies, Language Arts, Math
and Science based on State of California Standards. Click on the
appropriate subject matter, and search by grade level. Also
excellent
resources, checked for availability.
SCORE - AZTECS MEET THE SPANISH -http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/aztecs_spanish/
and The Fall of Constantinople, "Let's Sue Them All" - http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/lets_sue/
SPARKY THE TIME
TRAVELER - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3826/
ThinkQuest Jr. site invites elementary students to join Sparky, the
cyber space time traveler, who takes students to a mystery in history.
STAR CHILD - http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
This is a learning center for young atronomers written by NASA
- kid-friendly with a searchable database for curious teachers
THE THIRTY SECOND CANDIDATE - http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/
An offshoot of the PBS Democracy project, this interactive site looks
at political advertising in the U.S.
TIME
TRAVELER WEBQUEST
-
http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/sg/quinte/webquests/timetravel/index.htm
You have been given the opportunity to step into a time machine to go
back in time to spend a month living in one ancient civilization.
At the end of the month, you will automatically be returned to the
present time. You just need to choose your destination and go....
TREASURE
HUNTS
- http://www.cyberbee.com/hunts.html
Math, science, language arts, references, try them all.
TRACKING CREATIVITY
- http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4382/
A 1998 ThinkQuest entry designed by Sixth Graders takes children
through
originality, fluency, flexibility and elaboration.
TRACKING THE
TIGER
TRADE - http://www.mnzoo.com/education/TICadventures/ta4text/a2.htm
Go undercover to Asia to expose the illegal trade in tiger parts.
(Sixth
grade to adult)
VIRTUAL BLACK HOLES - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html
Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole? A
neutron
star? Descriptions and MPEG movies of black holes that are
scientifically
accurate and visually amazing!
WEBQUESTS - http://ginaotto.com/webquesttraining.html
Webquest Training how-tos and great Webquest Sites. Also A
WEBQUEST
ABOUT WEBQUESTS - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestwebquest.html
WESTWARD, HO
-
http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/
Westward Ho is now taking registrations. The LAST wagon train
left
in January 2005, and headed to Independence,
MO, the starting point for the journey. Watch for a 2006 start. If you
want your class to participate
in this trip, which will be filled with thrills, register at http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/wwho_reg2.html
WHAT
MAKES A GOOD
STORY? - http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/What_Makes_a_Good_Story.html
Advanced readers and writers will enjoy this interactive murder mystery
based upon "A Jury of Her Peers," by Susan Glaspell. Players
piece
together a mysterious murder and learn how to create plot, characters,
settings and dialogue.
WHEAT
MANIA!
-
http://www.wheatmania.com/
This site zooms in on real Kansas families and their harvests, like
the Stoskopf, Ehmke and Clanton families and their lives as farmers.
The
sections on Prairie Skyscrapers lets students look inside the mechanics
of a grain elevator, and All About Wheat and Flour Power will help your
students learn more about the uses of this important agricultural crop.
The trivia presented on Kansas, wheat and agriculture in general can be
used to create fun learning games in your classroom.
WORLD WEATHER WATCH -
http://www.cyberbee.com/weatherwatch/
An Interactive Weather Project. Perceiving weather conditions
in other parts of the United States and the world can be a difficult
concept
for children. Because they live in the "here and now", children assume
that the weather in their area is the same as everywhere else. This
project
is designed to pair classes located in different climatic zones who
will
then exchange specific weather information on a weekly basis. At the
same
time, weather information from all participating classes will be
posted on the World Weather Watch Automated Results page so teachers
and
students can do more global comparisons if they desire.
YELLOW
JACKIE -
http://www.accessexcellence.org/yjackie/
You hired on as crew to help sail a yacht across half the Pacific.
Now, two weeks later, in the aftermath of a gale 500 miles from land,
You
find something new added to yourjob description: Detective. Read the
interactive
mystery -- unravel the science-based clues -- enter your answer.
From A & E.
ALSO SEE PROJECTS
ON
LINE, WEBQUEST
ARCHIVES or
individual subject areas by clicking back to the
Table
of Contents.
Learn how to use projects on line by going to my new How
to Use Internet Field Trips site.
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Last Updated August, 2007