Internet Project

For EDT 548

By Emil Pluhar

The Daily Motivator

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

This site has daily motivational writings. I use these with my class when appropriate. I have had great success with these. Some parents have asked for them if I don’t do them for a while.

Brain Busters

http://www.brainbashers.com/

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

Here is a site that gives very good thinking games and puzzles. It also has illusions. Good for kids fourth and up.

Those were the days.

http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

Whenever a child has a birthday I give them a copy of this page. Some of my kids come back the next year to get a new copy. It can also be used for many lessons.

Brain Teasers

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

This is another great brainteaser site. I like using these to promote high level thinking

. Michael Palins travel site

http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

Michael Palin is one of the guys from Monty Python. He has a great site on traveling the world and of course there is a bit of a sense of humor.

Segmation

http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayOverview.html

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

This is a good reward site and it helps computer skills. Remember paint -by –numbers?

Here it is in digital format.

History 101

http://www.historylink101.com/

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

The name says it all. This is a great history site. Especially on Ancient Greek and Egyptian history.

Hyperhistory

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

This is another good History site. I often use it for reference.

The World History Encyclopedia

http://www.bartleby.com/67/

Intended Audience: Adult, 4^th -12^th grade

I use this as a reference for myself. It covers from prehistoric times to the present. It also has other on-line reference books hat I use quite often.

Earth As Art

http://astroboy.gsfc.nasa.gov/earthasart/

Intended Audience: Adult, 3rd-12^th grade

This site is very interesting. It uses images from the Landsat-7 satellite from an artistic perspective. You can choose the area on the planet you want to see.

Maps Of Mexico

http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/

Intended Audience: Adult, 3rd-12^th grade

I try to bring in Mexico to my lessons to add relevancy. This site let kids show me where they are from or we can figure it out together. Many times my kids don’t know what towns they go to in Mexico or how far it is so this is a good way for them to learn map reading skills.

Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Intended Audience: Adult, 3rd-12^th grade

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Intended Audience: K-12^th grade, adults

I love this site. It shows images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The educational opportunities are endless. They have a huge archive of images and each one is explained by an Astronomer. It has hyper linked text to fill in background information.

Astronomy For Kids

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/

Intended Audience: 3rd-12^th grade

This is a good start for learning astronomy.

The Mayan Astronomy Page

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/astro.html

Intended Audience: 3rd-12^th grade, adult

Good site. Shows the great knowledge of the ancient Mayans.

Kids Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Intended Audience: 3rd-12^th grade, adult

This is another good site for beginning astronomers.

Beakmans World

http://www.beakman.com/

Intended Audience: 3rd-8th^th grade

This is a good general science information site. Goes with the cartoon.

National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/home/menus/k12.htm

Intended Audience: 3rd-12^th grade, adult

This is a place to send students to find research on Science. The links section is great.

Thursday's Classroom

http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/

Intended Audience: 3rd-12^th grade

NASA sponsors this site. They connect NASA research to everyday things.

The Yuckiest Site On The Internet

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

Intended Audience: 3rd-8th^th grade

I love the name and my kids do too. They don’t even know they are learning science while they have fun.

The U.S. Patent Office web site for kids.

http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/

Intended Audience: K-12^th grade

Nice puzzles and information on inventions and how to register them.

Explore With Bubbles

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/bubbles.html

Intended Audience: K-12^th grade, adults

On this site you learn about math and science principles using bubbles. How cool???

Bubblesphere

http://bubbles.org/

Intended Audience: K-12^th grade, adults

This is another wonderful math and science site that uses bubbles as a medium. There are some good learning games for reward time.

Kids Domain Science Games

http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/science.html

Intended Audience: 4^th -12^th grade, adults

I like to give computer time as rewards but if I leave it to the kids they go to non-educational sites. This is a site that mixes good games with learning. Ya gotta love that!!!!

Science Quizzes for Kids

http://www.syvum.com/squizzes/science/

Intended Audience: Varies

One more site for kids to have fun and learn about science.

The Flying Turtle

http://www.flyingturtle.org/

Intended Audience: 4^th -12^th grade, adults

This is a good site for general research on science. This site has many resources for lesson plans.

The Funky Lab

http://www.funkylab.co.uk/

Intended Audience: K-12^th grade, adults

Great name and the kids remember it. This site has many resources for science.