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. Cross Africa in a fully
Internet
capable and satellite linked Land Rover to combine the thrill of an
African
expedition with expansive educational projects. A fantastic and
exciting way to get on
the Internet, integrate ICT with your everyday teaching, and learn
through
discovery and exploration.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, AN INTERACTIVE
ADVENTURE - http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/
A wonderful world of Lewis Carroll. So many different activities, like
Alice's Guessing Game (hangman type), Help Distract the Puppy (a
draw/color activity) - for all ages.
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
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
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN FOR 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
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.
FINDING THE LIGHTHOUSE
DIAMOND THIEF - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/kroc/scimethod/
Using the scientific method, you can discover who stole the diamonds.
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.
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
MYSTERIOUS MACHINERY - http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousmachinery.html<>
Click on one of eight buttons to view a mysterious machine and figure
out which best describes each one.
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."
MOZART WEBQUEST - http://teacherweb.com/IN/ChelichAcademy(Homeschool)/MozartWebQuest/index.html
Travel through time. Your mission is to gather information about the
famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Click on the time machine to
board.
NATIONAL ZOO - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/worldtour/default.cfm
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
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/
Links not updated but the basic idea is great! You can find
replacements for the dead links.
SPARKY THE TIME
TRAVELER - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3826/
Click on the keyboard and Sparky takes you to a mystery in history,
tells about important facts and interesting people of the era. For
elementary students.
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/tricks_of_the_trade/
An offshoot of the PBS Democracy project, this interactive site looks
at political advertising in the U.S.
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, explaining odes,
idioms, and other things.
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.
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
WHEAT
MANIA!
-
http://www.wheatmania.com/
WORLD WEATHER WATCH -
http://www.cyberbee.com/weatherwatch/
An Interactive Weather Project. 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 June, 2011
