Interactive_Websites

Interactive Websites - interactive websites (Notebook file) - New!

Language Arts
[|Starfall] - Wonderful K-5 reading activities, customized by reading readiness level. Includes audio feedback. [|ReadWriteThink]- High-quality interactive literacy activities K-12. [|Instant Poetry Forms] - Click on a poem theme/type, fill in the blanks, and come away with a poem. Award-winning. [|Sadlier-Oxford] - Phonics and word-study activities sorted by grade level. [|PBS Between the Lions]- Reading-based games, stories, and videos for K-2. [|Bembo's Zoo] - Fun alphabet activity for early childhood. [|Woodlands Literacy Links] - Collection of interactive websites for language arts [|ICT Literacy Games] - Fun games (including on SmartBoard) such as rhyming rockets, phoneme pop, and blending bingo. [|Tutpup] - free educational website that allows kids to play timed math or spelling games against competitors from around the world- in real time! Learning Today Reading Interactive Resources- Several primary interactive reading games focusing on concepts such as identifying antonyms & synonyms, homophones, multiple meaning words, and more. ETC Whiteboard Links - Collection of interactive websites for language arts. Internet4Classrooms - Collection of interactive math and language arts activities from websites sorted by grade level and skill. K-8.

Math
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Excellent site for a variety of math manipulatives Everyday Math eTools - Virtual manipulatives (select by grade level) that correspond to the Everyday Math program [|Illuminations] - Searchable index of interactive math activities correlating to NCTM standards. Search by grade level, word/phrase. [|Interactivate] - Comprehensive listing of interactive math activities, grouped by math concept (algebra, probability, numbers & operations, etc.) [|Johnnie's Math Page] - collection of selected interactive math activities covering most math concepts. [|Woodlands Interactive Math Links] - Collection of interactive math websites [|ICT Numeracy Games] - Categories include counting, addition, comparison, place value, addition, subtraction, and more. Great with SmartBoard. MathsFrame - Free interactive tools for teaching key math concepts for elementary. Thinking Blocks - Interactive modeling tools for solving math word problems, for students age 8-12 [|Tutpup] - free educational website that allows kids to play timed math or spelling games against competitors from around the world- in real time! Glencoe - Virtual math manipulatives and backgrounds K-8. Includes ability to print, annotate. [|Learning Clips] - Free interactive math resources especially designed for interactive whiteboards. For years 3-6. Categorized by concept. National Strategies - Excellent downloadable interactive math tools/activities for primary kids designed for the SmartBoard. [|Absorb Mathematics] - Collection of interactive animations and illustrations for secondary math. Great with SmartBoard. [|Learning Today Math Interactive Resources] - Several primary interactive math games - great with SmartBoard. [|ETC Whiteboard links] - Collection of links for interactive math websites Harcourt Brace Think Math! - K-5 interactive math activities Internet4Classrooms - Collection of interactive math and language arts activities from websites sorted by grade level and skill. K-8. Alberta Math Interactives - includes interactive math activities, print activities, learning strategies, and videos that illustrate how math is used in everyday life. For 5-12 students. Exploriments - Shockwave-based interactive simulations for enhancing understanding in Chemistry, Physics and Math. Includes a few SmartBoard Notebook activities. Learning Objects Math - Collection of interactive online activities by Ontario IT university for grades 7-12, and other great interactive sites.

Science
[|Science Net Links Tools] - grouped by grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) and benchmark. Includes description and how to use the resource. [|EdHeads] - Engaging activities including virtual knee and hip surgeries, a great simple machines activity, and weather. [|Exploratorium] - Online activities in categories such as human body, observatory (solar system), living things, seeing, and more. [|KidsHealth]- Great resource for kids on the human body, including its function, health concerns. Movies, activities, etc. [|Scholastic Science Labeling] - Labeling activities on the plant, respiratory system, flower, fish anatomy, earth and atmosphere layers. Houghton Mifflin Discover Simulations - Interactive simulations for K-6 on science units. Includes speaking of text. [|Woodlands Interactive Science Links] - Collection of interactive science sites [|Absorb Science] - Collection of interactive animations and illustrations for secondary physics and chemistry. Great with SmartBoard. FreezeRay Science - Collection of interactive teaching aids in science for ages 11-18. ETC Whiteboard Links - Collection of interactive websites for science. Skool.co.uk - Excellent interactives (plus quiz and review) for key stages 3-4 on biology, chemistry, physics, and math topics. KS Science - Teacher-made Flash animations of science topics for middle and high school. Biology in Motion - Exploriments - Shockwave-based interactive simulations for enhancing understanding in Chemistry, Physics and Math. Includes a few SmartBoard Notebook activities. University of Colorado - Interactive science & math simulations for upper elementary through HS. Freezeray- Animated interactive science resources (biology, physics, chemistry, etc) for ages 11-18. Learning Objects - Collection of interactive online activities focused on science for grades 7-12, particularly suited for the SmartBoard. PHET Science Simulations - Interactives (downloadable or online) for K-12. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Earth Science.

Social Studies
[|Google Earth]- Free download [|GeoNet] - Quiz game focusing on either North America or the other continents. Multiple-choice, two levels. [|National Geographic XPeditions] - Collection of quality activities sorted by standard. ETC Whiteboard Links - Collection of interactive websites for social studies

General
[|National Geographic for Kids] - Quality activities, movies, games, photos, and stories from National Geographic. [|CrickWeb] - Collection of interactive whiteboard friendly activities, sorted by age level and subject matter. [|Scholastic Online Activities] - Searchable online and interactive activities by grade level and subject area. [|BBC Schools]- Collection of interactive activities for 4-11 yr olds, sorted by subject. Some great tools. [|BBC Bitesize Revision] - English, math and science interactives for kids. [|K-2 Student Interactives] - Utah's collection of activities (many from PBS site) on reading, writing, ABC's listening, words, art & music, math for K-2. [|Maggie's Learning Adventures] - Collection of activities in grammar, Spanish, math and science [|Sheppard Software] - Collection of great interactive activities categorized by subject area. Great with SmartBoard. [|PBS SmartBoard Games] - Activities from PBS designed for the SmartBoard: Math, Arts, Social Science, and Language Arts [|Topmarks] - Interactive activities great with SmartBoard, sorted by subject & grade level. Also includes links to excellent interactive sites, categorized by subject and grade level. [|Teacher LED] - Free activities for the interactive white board in Math, Geography, and Language Arts. [|Global Classroom Interactive Resources] - Collection of interactive websites including some designed for SmartBoard. [|NGFL] - Excellent activities covering all subject areas and grade levels that are perfect with the SmartBoard. [|Engaging Learners the SmartBoard Way] - Collection of interactive websites by subject, links to Notebook files, SmartBoard tutorials StudyLadder- Over 5,000 interactive activities for students in math, literacy, science, music, art, language,culture, health, and citizenship, primarily for elementary and middle school. Includes ability to assign tasks to students and monitor progress. Free for teachers and students (signup required). Hippocampus - Interactive, multimedia content for HS & college in ten different subject areas. Correlation with textbooks as well. Free. Smartboard Interactive Websites 2.0 - Livebinders collection of resources on interactive websites for Ele, MS, HS, and SmartBoard links. Triptico - Free downloadable software resources: activities, timers, class sorters, and scoring tools. For Macs and PCs and works with any interactive whiteboard.

ESL
[|BGFL Virtual House] - Explore the parts of a house and its components. With audio feedback and prompts. [|BGFL English Language Interactives] - Activities created by BGFL. Can further refine by grade level, keyword, etc. [|Learning Vocabulary Fun] - Set of vocabulary games including hang mouse, word search, vocabulary quiz, and more. [|Interactive Picture Dictionary Exercises in English] - Interactive vocabulary exercises and test your spelling: Zoo, Shapes, Numbers,Vegetables, etc. [|Many Things]- Contains numerous activities that work great on a SMART Board including word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs, etc. Great audio section.

Arts
[|ArtsEdge] - Collection of quality interactive art activities- filter by arts type (music, visual, dance, theatre) and activity type. [|NGA Kids]- Engaging art activities from the National Gallery of Art ArtPad - Online painting tool - record brushstrokes, hang in gallery [|San Francisco Activities for Kids]- Music theory and creation, instruments, and more. [|Classics for kids]- Music composition [|PBS Kids Thumb Piano] - Create your own music on this virtual thumb piano [|Sphinx Kids] - Engaging music site with activities on composers, virtual instruments, matching activities, and more Music sites for Interactive Whiteboard - Collection of K-5 music sites that would work great on the SmartBoard. ETC Whiteboard Links - Collection of interactive websites for Art. ETC Whiteboard Links Music - Collection of interactive websites for music

Foreign Language
[|13 Sites for MFL teaching] for use with an interactive whiteboard - blog posting ETC Whiteboard Links- Collection of interactive websites for foreign languages