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The Homework Hub  from Scholastic.com includes advice and references to jump-start reports, activities and quizzes to boost skills, writing help, organizational tips, preparing for tests, and more.

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An Astronomical Alphabet is a fun introduction to astronomy.  The photos displayed show the alphabet shapes as found in a variety of astronomical phenomena.  A picture’s worth a thousand words, so this one’s worth 26,000 at my count, but really what happens here is the photographed ‘letters’ are the hook — if [...]

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CountOn offers numerous interactive math activities from England (hence ‘maths’ instead of ‘math’). Use the links on the left to fully explore what’s here, including numerous links and helpful resources. The activities themselves are straightforward and engaging, making it a useful classroom tool.  Explore Pictures Interactive, a creative building-like interface which leads to explorations that [...]

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Math for Morons Like Us gives good humored advice and tutorials for anyone struggling with math concepts such as pre-algebra, algebra I & II, geometry, pre-calculus and calculus.

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BrainsRule! provides information, reference materials and interactive games, animations and slideshows to explore how the brain works and what happens, for example, if someone has a stroke. Also included are options to set up your own BrainsRule web page and interact with the BrainsRule community via voting for favorite games, sending notes to BrainsRule and [...]

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FossWeb offers three sites with interactive inquiry-based science activities. The site does not have full auditory support, but downloadable audio versions of the Foss texts are available. Each level offers a different range of features and topics, but all three offer extensive parent and teacher support.

The K-2 site includes background information, an interactive activity, [...]

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The Math Cats web site offers several activities to explore, ideas for and examples of math crafts, and a great section on make-at-home math manipulatives. It has a simple, folksy feel, a welcome contrast to much of the slick stuff you see on the web. Most of the activities include some guided discussion of [...]

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