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Scholastic Homework Hub

K. Haugen — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:52:11 +0000

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.

Rader’s Geography4Kids

K. Haugen — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:45:25 +0000

Rader’s Geography4Kids provides clear explanations and helpful examples related to physical geography, including the earth’s structure, atmosphere, biosphere, climates and Bio-Geo-Chemical (BGC) cycles. It also includes interactive quizzes and some video

Math for Morons Like Us

K. Haugen — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:49:43 +0000

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.

UpToTen.com – fun and educational

K. Haugen — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:40:04 +0000

UpToTen Kids calls itself “the fun place to learn online.” With online cards, coloring, interactive games, puzzles and more, there truly are a lot of fun activities, with some opportunities to learn along the way. As the name implies, the site is designed for kids up to age ten, but will probably appeal most to kids a bit younger. The site has many free games and highlighted games change frequently. There are also paid and premium subscriber options to skip the (mainly print) ads and access even more games and content. Plenty of teacher and parent info regarding the design of the site and its content.

Neuroscience for Kids – Amazing site!

K. Haugen — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:29:50 +0000

NeuroScience for Kids is a buried treasure of brain information and activities for kids. There’s Neuroscience in the News, online and hands-on explorations, experiments, contests, and links to sites, books and articles all about brains. It’s worth the time to dig deep into this site!

Aunty Math

K. Haugen — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:19:36 +0000

Aunty Math
gives kids in K-5 a different math challenge each week, with three levels (regular, ‘a wee bit harder,’ and ‘a wee bit easier’). Kids can try the challenge and submit their answers. Teachers and parents can view tips on how to use the challenges with kids, what math is involved and how to modify or extend the challenges for different learners.

Math Cats

K. Haugen — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:46:28 +0000

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 how to explore and interact. The activities provide feedback rather than corrections, so the students can discover for themselves how the concepts work.

I especially like the OBBL Architecture Blocks. You can build with different architectural shapes, but the blocks have gravity for an added challenge! Beyond that, you’ll find a balance activity, an age calculator (in hours, minutes, etc.), logic challenges, fractions, tesselations, polygons, place value, ‘really big numbers,’ story problems, crafts and much, much more.

Starfall Reading

K. Haugen — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:34:21 +0000

Starfall is one of the best sites for early reading and literacy, with online stories that offer audio support as needed, a fun, enticing interface, and supportive activities and printables. Multiple levels, with numerous stories and activities at each level.

Starfall was created by the family behind Blue Mountain Cards, one of the earliest online greeting card companies. One member of the Blue Mountain Card family struggled to read because of learning disabilities. The activities are free, and the printed materials very low cost, as a way to help all students who are learning to read, including those who struggle.