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Dr. Math
This is a great site for students to find answers to questions they have about math topics. They can look under the topics, or they can send a question of their own to Dr. Math.
There are lots of activities here to help students learn about telling time.
This is a great site for students (and parents) who are looking for answers to questions. You just type in your question, and this search engine returns sites that can answer your question.
This site provides engaging on-line and off-line interactive activities, focusing on the areas of science, mathematics and literacy for preschool and elementary-aged children. Teachers can search for activities by grade level and can also register for an online newsletter that contains creative activities for children.
"An interactive place for kids (and adults) to learn the way that they choose to learn." Too much fun! This site uses shockwave files to let you tour the night sky, play logic games, and learn how to groom a horse. Plan on spending some time on this site trying out the different areas. Covers music, economics, science, art, and geography. This is one of those websites where you can't help but learn something.
In both English and Spanish, the Space Place includes activities and information related to the exploration of outer space, as well as Earth from space. Dr. Marc's amazing facts tie space science into their everyday lives. Toward the bottom of the page, you will find the teacher's section with lesson ideas
The National Center for Education Statistics created this online tool so that anyone can make an area, bar, pie or line graph and print it out or download the image to a computer or disk. Older students can benefit from the link that shows how graphs can be used in probability. Younger students will quickly learn the difference between the left X and Y axis when they need to create their own line graphs
Mathmatics + Athletics = Mathletics...a natural combination. One math application is given for baseball, basketball, bowling and football. Part of the previously reviewed Blue Web'n site "What Good is Math?"
The MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK is an interactive 'Ask a scientist' interface staffed by scientists actively engaged in science education and research at institutions around the world. Anyone with access to the Web or e-mail may submit a question to be answered by members of the network. Answers often include links to Web resources and work through the logic behind the answer. The site includes a question and answer archive. Be sure to see the Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive
Developed by the Exploratorium with the assistance of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, this site takes you inside the sport and explains the science behind the world's fastest game. The site contains RealVideo and Audio interviews with top scientists and NHL players and coaches. Part of the Exploratorium's Sport! Science site.
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This is a resource for teachers and parents who have questions about teaching mathematics.
Math Goodies is a free educational web site with more than 400 pages of free math activities and helpful resources. Parents and children from around the world visit this award-winning site daily. They offer a variety of resources to help parents and their children with math education.
Math
Forum
This is a great resource for teachers looking for resources for math of any kind. It is sorted out by grade levels, and then by subject. Not only are there resources about any math topic, but there are great lesson plans too.
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. You may browse through mathematics and science education curricula (we plan to expand to other curricula) or conduct searches that focus on specific interests
This is a great site for teachers and students who do not want to dissect a REAL frog. The students can dissect a virtual frog named Fluffy,. They can also make a movie about their dissection, and play a virtual frog builder game.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Math and Science Education
This site offers mathematics and science Internet links for educators, stories and ideas about mathematics and science teachers who are charting new territory in education, resources for teaching some of today's hot topics, and more.
Mathematics Lessons that are FUN!
More creative fun lessons! The bottom of the page to easily shows which lessons are best to use with your students. It also tells you the grade level and a short description of the lesson.
This site contains a wide range of lesson plans and activities, organized by subject area, for primary and middle school students. This link will take you to a variety of activities organized by grade level.
Education World is designed to help educators integrate the Internet into the classroom. It contains a wide range of resources for teachers including lesson plans created by teachers and articles written by professionals in the field. This particular link takes you to the Back to School activities 13 ideas for those first few days of school.
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5 A Day
Everything you need to get your students excited about eating fruits and vegetables is presented here. (This is also a great site for parents and students).
This site has wonderful resources for teachers and students (and parents, too) on just about anything you can imagine. They have lessons, craft projects, and all kinds of things for kids to do.
The problem of the week challenges elementary students with non-routine math problems and encourages them to verbalize their solutions
Funbrain.com is the home to interactive, educational games for kids. Games include Math Baseball, Fun Match, Change Maker, Spell Check, and Wacky Tales
This site was created by the Defenders of Wildlife, an organization dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. This interdisciplinary site has wonderful animation, color and sound. It contains a variety activities and lessons that are appropriate for grades K-12.
Exploring Planets in the Classroom
More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring geology, earth, and planetary sciences.
