NGAkids Art Zone interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these activities are suitable for all ages. Simply select a thumbnail image at the left or click one of the colorful banners above to learn more about each program. Great for elementary students.
Is there chemistry in the kitchen? Is there physics at the park? Videos and interactives will help students discover the real-world science around them and make connections to what they are learning in school. There is something for everyone!
The story of Anne's life told through photos, audio and video clips. Contains some great historical photos of the time period that could be used in history class or in discussing the Holocaust.
This slideshow gives some great ways you could bring the world to students in the classroom. You could find images yourself related to your topic in geography or literature. You could have students find images showing specific math angles or architecture. Street views also go inside buildings for museum tours and underwater for science exploration.
Great collection of maps that could be used in Geography, History, Social Studies or Current Events. Maps include economic dispersal, world invasions, religion and more.
Over 100 interactive, research-based STEM simulations for Grades 4-12. Click one of the STEM word in the left column to see the simulations. Also includes lessons ready to use for the classroom.
Gain access to primary resources centering around the hot topics of Kennedy's presidency - Civil Rights, Cuban Missile Crisis, Race to the Moon and more. By entering the various interactive timelines, students and educators can view primary documents and videos of the events as they unfolded.
Article focusing on non-fiction text structures in relation to the Common Core Standards. Provides an understanding of the text structure and resources for teaching text structures to students.
Create customized one-page maps of the world, continents and countries. Maps can be downloaded, emailed or printed. This beta site was created by National Geographic Education.
Students can practice their work on measure and estimate with angles through this sailing gaming. It gives them practice in placing and reading a protractor. Appropriate for elementary students.
Practice your spelling and audio skills with this resource from Oxford English Dictionary. Listen to words and try to spell them from one of 3 difficulty levels. Choose between British and American English. Appropriate for 6-12 grade students.
Listen and follow along as author's read their children's poems. Search poems by themes, forms or poets OR checkout the "Ask the Poet" section to learn more about poetry writing.
Select your topic and chart name. Then print a poster of that chart to display in the classroom OR save it as a pdf & display the chart via your computer project for a class lesson. You could even link this site to your webpage or wiki as a reference tools for parents and students at home.
Free sound clips that can be imported into Garageband to ehance your project. When you find the sound you want, click the MP3 file for downloading. You can simply drag and drop the file into Garageband; however, don't through the download away until you have finalized your project and shared it with iTunes.
This BBC site offers 200,000 digitized paintings from various artists including Degas, Warhol, Bacon, Picasso and more. When completed, the site will show the enter UK national collection of oil paintings and the stories behind the paintings. If you scroll down on the main page, you will find a section for teachers which offers lesson plans and ideas for utilizing these paintings in art, history and more.
Encourage digital storytelling with the Zimmer Twins movie making site for kids (suitable for elementary students). The site is monitored on a daily basis for content appropriateness. Students will need to create a free account if they want to save their movies. (A parent or guardian email is required for creating an account, but students could use their school email address if they have one.)
A collection of over 100 play scripts for elementary children. A great resource for engaging students in reading. The plays are short and may be used and performed, but you may not modify or adapt the plays without written consent.
Watch the various programs available on C-SPAN including author interviews, political rallies, newsmakers and more. Many of the videos can be embedded on web pages, blogs and wikis.
More than 60,000 digitized maps that you can search by keyword, dates or map. Contains David Ramsey map collection - including the Kansas territory - British map library and more.
Explore history through video & audio clips, reading selections and more. This would be a great resource tool to impact a history lesson or student presentation.
Take a virtual tour of the Museum of Natural History with author Brian Selznick and he highlights the path of his characters from the book Wonderstruck.
Source: "Doodle 4 Google รขDoodle 4 Google." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2012. <http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html>.
The Doodle 4 Google 2012 competition will be closing this month, but there is still time for your students to enter. Google has been creating their famous doodles since 1998 beginning with a basic doodle
Source: "Burning Man Festival."Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2012. <http://www.google.com/doodles/burning-man-festival>.
The doodles have focused on historical celebrations, science, innovation, cultural celebrations and more. This marks the 5th year Google has held the Doodle 4 Google competition.
Any K-12 student may enter this competition. Their doodle must center around the theme "If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." Students must complete an entry form, signed by their parent or guardian, with their doodle and may only submit one doodle. The national winner receives a $30,000 scholarship for college and a $50,000 technology grant for their school.
