Math.com is a good resource for students and teachers. However, students might find the site to be more beneficial. Math.com has a wide variety of information on the basic concepts of elementary math to middle school math. The site is beginning to get more information on more advance math, like trigonometry and calculus too. Students can use this website to look up how to do various math problems. Also for the more basic concepts Math.com gives practices problems for the students to work on should they choose to. One other thing that is fun about this site is that it has math games. The games allow the students to use the knowledge that they already know to play these mind stimulating games.
If you ever search anything related to math on Google, you will find some Math Forum in your search. This website has a wide variety of information from math concepts to information on various mathematicians. Students can use this site to see how to do math concepts in a different manner than what their teacher might have taught them. Math Forum also has problems of the week that really challenge the students to think and build upon what they already know. If a student should really get stuck, the student can ask an expert or take part in a group discussion.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
For any middle school student seeking to take an adventure on the Underground Railroad, this is a perfect site. Here, students can take the place of a slave as they navigate themselves to freedom. They will learn about the fear of being caught or sold, an aspect often neglected by our social science instruction. Students are faced with choices at every click of the mouse. Instead of just telling students about this momentous trip, students are absorbed into the interactive site as they struggle to find their way, just like the slaves did. They will not know what consequences their choices hold until they finish their journey. This helps to expand upon middle school learners’ developing thought processes as they are taken from a world of black and white and thrown into a world of gray, having to rely upon their instincts as their guide. This site helps them to realize that much of history is not as clear-cut as the history books would like to portray it.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
Students searching to learn more about African American history will thoroughly enjoy this site. The site has links to games, quizzes, and other information sites that they can view alone or challenge a friend or parent to. Along with the typical information about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, the site also tells students about crafts, activities and lives of others in the African American community. Students will enjoy learning content beyond their textbooks as they search through the many links provided on this page. While the information presented is sound and appropriate for middle school students, the page also offers students options that are more fun than educational, like printable coloring pages for examples. Regardless, students would be able to complete any report or presentation assigned on African American history by visiting and utilizing this comprehensive site.
http://www.edu4kids.com/math/math.php
This website is for a math flash card game. It allows students to practice their math skills on-line. The site allows the child to choose from addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and addition and subtraction together. Next, you can choose between positive and negative numbers. Here, it also gives the choice to have up to 10 numbers involved. Next, you can choose the place values involved. This will allow students to set their own goals and work on achieving their goals.
Crayola’s website has many topics to choose from. It has tabs for Educators, parents, and kids to search under. Searching through the kid’s area it is easy to find fun things to learn about. It has a wide variety of integrated art activities. The activities show the kids step by step how to create or design the art piece. I like the web site because it also leaves room for the kids to be creative. Another part of the site I like was how it involved other parts of the world. The site has links to the UK, Canada, and Australia. I thought that these links would be a great way for students to learn more about other areas of the world. Another aspect of the site I know kids will enjoy is the game feature. The site has 16 different games to choose from. The games allow the kids to use problem-solving skills while learning about the season.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
What a great website for students to use for information on creating maps and how to use a map. There is a search icon that students can click on if there is something else that they want to find out about. It offers accurate information and is easy for students to use.
This is another great site that students can go to further their knowledge on whatever topic that they are researching. Discovery offers programs on television that coincide with their lessons that they have on line. Students will benefit even more from seeing the material and interacting with it on the web and seeing the programs that follow the same material on the television program. There is even a television listing for parents and teachers to have the students watch.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm-
The site, How Stuff Works is a useful web site for middle school students to do research in almost all content areas. Students are able to formulate there own questions about areas of that interest them. They are then able to use their interest in a certain topic to learn how that thing is used and what parts make up that thing. An example of a situation in which students could use this web site to enhance their social studies learning would be to use this web site during a geography lesson. The students can research how GPS receivers work. This meets state learning standards by relating geography to the students’ everyday lives.
http://www.atlapedia.com/
The site, Altapedia Online is another good site for middle school students to use. This site offers a variety of different maps and statistics for every country in the world. The site is divided into three categories. The first category lists the countries of the world, from A to Z. In this category students find not only colorful maps, but important statistics and information about the country and the people living there as well. This part of the site is good for a middle school student, because it offers facts that are not normally explored in traditional textbooks. The site also offers a category that covers world maps; this section displays physical and political maps of the world. The final category that the web site offers is a section that is specifically designed for students and teachers called; Class Resources. This sections offers additional information to enhance learning.
On this website, students can explore by subject: history, arts, sciences, culture, and hobbies. For example, a George Washington site is in the history section. Students can look at a timeline of his life, documents and letters from his presidency, and images. In addition, lessons are provided for teacher use. Television programs are listed to supplement areas of student interest. In addition to history, middle school students could explore topics like DNA therapy, panda bear facts, and destructive wildfires. This site is very comprehensive and allows students to discover their own interests in science, history, arts, culture, and hobbies.
http://www.historychannel.com/
This website, which is also a television supplement, provides a classroom section. In the classroom section, middle school students can view a variety of exhibits relating to history. Some areas include the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Band of Brothers paratroopers series, and National History Day. Students can browse a timeline of events, video, summaries, and resources. This site contains primary source documents, such as pictures, and other facts to make history more meaningful to adolescents.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
This website’s home page is a tree house and you use the mouse to roll over different items to see what the site has to offer. Kids can play many science related games that are divided into the subcategories of wildlife, science and nature, energy and environmental issues. One game is called Eco-Quizzes: The weird world of frogs. Which asks the player al sorts of questions about frogs. This is a really good site for students to be entertained as they read and learn about science. It also allows you to print out word searches, coloring pages and craft activities. It offers contests you can enter and reads stories to you. You can download pictures and calendars to have on your screen. This is truly a great science site for children.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/hurricbro.html
This website is from the NOAA Miami Library. It is a natural disaster website. It allows you to better examine hurricanes, tornadoes, lightening, floods, thunderstorms, hail and heat. When you click on each of these topics, it brings you to a page that contains other links of relevant information. In the hurricane topic, it lists links about the definition, the basic facts, the scales in which they are measured, the breading grounds, national concern, history of, explanation of their names, awareness and planning and more links that students would be interested in. This site is really great for doing units on natural disasters. Students can browse at their leisure without falling off track to play games or find irrelevant information. At the bottom, this website offers activities concerning these hazards and gives further resources about where to find more information.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/
This website is part of the Museum of Natural History. On this site teachers and students can explore many subjects including, dinosaurs, plants, the solar system and virtual tours. This site also gives news articles and information about their in-house exhibits. You may not be able to take your class on location, but they can still discover and learn about all of the amazing things that are there. The feature “Mission: Explore” lets the student choose a topic and act as an explorer. They must sign an agreement, record data, and keep track of locations. This site also contains resources, such as a bookshop with great descriptions of the books and easy to follow ordering instructions. This site is very user friendly and would be easy for students to navigate and use for research.
This site is a great site to keep your students thinking! This site contains features such as daily quiz, picture of the day, and today in history. The daily quiz is a great way to keep your students challenged to keep up with their history. Today in history provides some fun knowledge for your students to share with their friends and family. This site also contains some articles that challenge history and discuss new findings. This feature can be used as topics for debate, discussion, or writing. This site also has a history poll and lets your students express their opinions on history. This site also offers suggested readings and makes these books available for purchase. This site is great for free time and just to share with your students.
I think that this website is, by far, one of the greatest resources that students can use on the Internet. Every discipline is addressed in a way that each and every student can learn something new. What is of particular interest, to me, is the area about science. When traveling through this link, students will be able to explore everything from cells to the biomes of the world to mammals, scientists, and outer space and beyond. The website looks like it is designed for more primary grades; however, the information in each section is very thorough and useful for middle school students. I had the opportunity to use this website when I was doing my student teaching. I was amazed at the amount of information the students were obtaining. They loved it!
http://edspace.nasa.gov/index.html
Students will love the graphics and pictures seen throughout the site. On this website, students are encouraged to explore outer space and beyond as a member of the “NASA Earth Crew.” They can choose to learn about astronauts, the planets, what it would be like to live in space and what careers are available at NASA. Middle school students will also enjoy the video clips available to view as well as “experiencing” astronaut school. As a benefit to teachers, there are so many “fun facts” and other interesting tidbits of information—your students will shock you with what they have learned!
This site is supposed to be geared mainly toward the student. I feel that they may need some help realizing how it will help them. I like the fact that the student has to search for their subject of interest and they will have to read. It is a very useful site. The information is wonderful. The site also has a place for teachers too, which is always a bonus.
I love this site. It is a site that is great for students. It is very educational and it reaches all levels of math learning. I feel that I would allow my student to use this site for a reward or if they finish their homework on time. This site is not only great for students, but it is great for parents and teachers as well. The have part where teachers can go for more creative lessons and reward certificates. Parents also have a special place where they can learn and help their child achieve better.
This website can be a great resource for students and teachers. The site is set up as a newspaper pressroom where students can learn to develop their own writing style, use helpful researching tips, learn about exciting careers in journalism, and includes a monthly classroom challenge for schools to compete against one another. This site is a member site and is based out of Ohio. However, there is a lot of helpful information and great resources for students and teachers.
This website is an excellent site that can be used to benefit both students and teachers. Based as a newspaper website, students can view news summaries, ask reporters questions, read letters to the editor, take daily news quizzes, and explore upon other topics, including all content areas. Teachers can search through lesson plans, teacher resources, education news, etc. This website is a great way to connect current events and language arts together.
This site has features for both students and teachers that can be very helpful and interesting. There are many aspects of the site that will appeal to teachers. The best feature is the abundance of lesson plans that are available for viewing. The plans are conveniently sorted by grade level (K-5, 6-8 and 9-12). Also, they cover many topics, some of which are literature, math, animals, ancient history and contemporary studies. New plans and topics are conveniently labeled with a “new” label. Another great aspect is the many fun puzzle makers and brainteasers.
What I really liked about this site is the fact that it is a link to many schools’ websites and pages. The schools are all located in Michigan. There are resource sites that children can view when doing research that are produced by a variety of high school and middle school aged children and their instructors. It is not only helpful for students because of the wealth of information, but it could also be inspiring for them to view work that children their own age have produced.
This website, KidsHealth is awesome. It is colorful and eye catching, the graphics and artwork are very appealing. Kids would enjoy spending time on this site. The great thing about this site, it’s packed full of information. KidsHealth has doctor-approved articles, animation, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and staying healthy. The buttons down the left side of the page address issues such as dealing with feelings, staying healthy, everyday illness and injuries, kids’ health problems, a glossary of medical terms. This will be a site worth sharing with my students.
This website, FirstGov for Kids is loaded with information for kids. Actually the site is targeted for kids, but it could be a useful source for adults also (teachers and parents). This site consists of 4 pages, which might be lengthy, but it is to appealing that you wouldn’t even realize it. Like I said, it is loaded with valuable information. There are government sites, organization sites, education sites, and commercial sites. This site is jam packed with information that teachers could use in any content area. Here’s one; 4 Girls Health, www.4girls.gov web site, developed by the Office on Women’s Health in the Department of Health and Human Services gives girls between the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, current health information. The site focuses on many health topics that respond to adolescent girls’ health concerns and motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors using positive, supportive and non-threatening messages. This will be another valuable website to share in my classroom.
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
This website contains an interactive game that allows students to choose their own path in the life of a Jamestown settler. The game contains factual information and lets students see why things were the way they were back then. Many different paths are available and with each new path, the student can learn more about the early settlers. I think this site would be good for middle school students because it is interactive and learning will take place while the students are playing through the game.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/home2.html
This is another site for students. It is interactive which is a definite plus. Students are able to click on portions of a early settler house and see how that part of the house relates to the every day life of early settlers. I like this because it is non linear. Students do not have to follow a certain order to finish the lesson. The students can choose in what order they wish to learn about the aspects of early settler life. I think this is important because middle school students like to have input into their decisions. This website suits that need.
This is a great website for students interested in space. The website is directed for students in grades 5-8. Current news articles are provided for students to read and homework help is available. Also, it contains a page of other NASA links that would be helpful to the student seeking additional information. One of the best features is the multimedia site, which has links to a wide variety of fun and educational information. It contains such things as interactive projects, photographs, satellite tracking, and movie clips, to name a few. This is a great website, but if students want more in-depth information, their best bet is to use the NASA homepage.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
This website contains many activities and lots of information for students of all ages. It is a great website for students wanting to learn more about many types of animals. It even contains a homework help page that has information on animals, history/culture, maps/geography, photos/art, places, and science/nature. Kids can read the exciting articles centered on things kids enjoy on the Kids News page. The activities and experiments page contains fun stuff such as coloring book pages, a bookmark factory, crafts, recipes, science experiments, sports and games, and expedition activities. This site is great for parents and kids. Parents enjoy their children using this site because they can learn so much, while kids just think they are playing and having fun.
http://www.math.com/students/puzzles.html
This site has many links to interactive mathematical games. Varieties of math games are offered and provide students with the opportunity to practice numerous mathematical problems. The site also has brainteasers and problems that are more difficult. Students who enjoy math are always looking for challenges and this web site can offer just that. The problems also allow students to “think out of the box” and practice their abstract thinking skills. There is also a resource section in which students can search formulas, study tips, and calculators. This section can help students complete homework and perform better on tests.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
The Project Interactive site is a great one for teachers. A teacher can research beneficial mathematical lessons. The lessons contain hands on activities that would benefit students. The lessons also contain the NCTM standards. Another great part of this website is that you can select the mathematical textbook that you use in your classroom and search lesson plans that go along with your textbook. An activity link can also be found. Each activity has a what, how and why containing to each activity.
This site has many tools for students to use. Ask Dr. Math can answer almost any question about math. There is also a section entitled Problems of the Week. This section gives many problems in the various disciplines of math. Math Magic is a telecommunications program that encourages the students to use computers. Math Tricks and Tips have calculation tricks and many puzzles. This site also has games, hobbies, and virtual field trips. There is a special interest link for extra activities like Non-English Math Resources and Science Fair Math Projects. The best part about the site is the fact that there is a link to a math library containing more than 8,000 annotated links to other math sites. The site covers all age ranges and has a quality middle school section.
This site is very useful for students up to eighth grade. It even has a world level. Almost every topic is covered from Algebra to Statistics. There is a glossary for students to understand key terms. There is a section on Homework Help as well. This section gives tutorials on any topic. Learning Aids is a section that offers help on any topic too. Web Resources offers the students a variety of links for help in their math topic area. The middle school students will also be able to review software and buy books from this site also. The unique item I found at this site was the information on home schooling. There are many references for how to home school as well as over 1,200 books on the subject. Software is also available. This site has many aids for the student that can be used at home or in the computer lab at school.
This website allows students and teachers access to Time Magazine for Kids online. Teachers can click on the link for teachers to find the current week’s magazine online, along with reproducibles, archived issues, and magazines geared for different grade levels. In the kids’ section, students can read the current week’s issue of Time Magazine for Kids, participate in various polls, read articles written by student reporters, design their own magazine cover, or chart their own adventure through a zoo, space station, Washington D.C., Williamsburg, Mexico, and several other locations. Students can test their knowledge against celebrities, play trivia games, and create their own wizard newspaper in the games section. For a subscription, students can access the homework helper. Students would benefit most from this website by researching current events by pulling up the online issue of Time Magazine.
The social studies center of the Houghton Mifflin website offers textbook support for classes that use their textbooks, an interactive geography game for students to play, the outlines of maps for students to test their knowledge, and a section on current events. Within the current events section, students can play word games, take a news quiz, and respond to questions. The Project Center has a few lesson plans/activities in the social studies area for teachers to print and share with students.
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