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This website has what appears to be hundreds of web-based games aimed at K-5th grade students in the following categories: "shapes, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, integers, money, time, decimals, fractions, ratio & proportion, algebra, language arts, spelling, typing, geography."
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Founded by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 2009, iCivics provides some great tools to learn about citizenship in the classroom. Students can "Win the White House" with an interactive and fun (I've played it many times) web-based game. There are also games to teach about the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and lesson plans and resources to accompany all of their activities.
FreeRice.com is a great way to grow student vocabulary at any age. With over 60 levels, even adults are challenged to learn new words at the higher levels. There's also a social-component, as each right answer donates ten grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme.
There are plenty of oral history programs which document, through interviews, history of a geographic area. The Citadel Oral History Program is a great example, with oral histories collected on South Carolina, Charleston, World War II, Vietnam, and The Citadel. Using interviews is a very effective way of teaching topics that can be considered mundane or boring. You can find some of The Citadel OHP's interviews here at the Lowcountry Digital Library, check out the Columbia University Oral Histories here, University of North Texas's library, University of Florida's OHP, UCLA's Center for Oral History Research, University of Wisconsin's Archives, and the World Bank's OHP. If you Google "oral history programs" you'll find plenty more! Here's a comprehensive list of programs from the Oral History Association.
National Geographic Kids has lots of different resources, including videos, games, and information about animals.
There's also an activity on Lewis and Clark, information on the National Geographic Bee, and clips from the show Brain Games.
There's also an activity on Lewis and Clark, information on the National Geographic Bee, and clips from the show Brain Games.
Fun.com has a great list of "Brain Games for Kids," like links to a Ready.gov emergency preparedness game, games about science, memory, earthquakes, money, literacy, and anatomy.
This link was submitted by Tess Lyons and her online super sleuths: Braden, Megan, Kaia, Nate, Aidan, Selena, Meg, Emma, Compton, and Shannon. Thanks everyone!
This link was submitted by Tess Lyons and her online super sleuths: Braden, Megan, Kaia, Nate, Aidan, Selena, Meg, Emma, Compton, and Shannon. Thanks everyone!
Sheppard Software's website has lots of free, online games to teach about world and US geography, English, nutrition,. The games are differentiated and have plenty of levels of difficulty to keep all levels of students engaged. There are also plenty of topics, including:
Geography:
US States, world countries, capitals, landscape, lakes, rivers, and oceans.
English:
Grammar, commas, nouns, adjectives, verbs, capital letters, SAT/GRE vocab, medical vocab, computer vocab, crosswords, hangman, and other word games.
Math:
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, mixed operations, decimals, percentages, place value, telling time, money, early math, geometry, measurement, algebra, integers, rounding and estimates, probability, and ratios.
Science:
Cells, seasons, life cycles, producers/consumers/decomposers (elementary/middle school), and other lower-level topics.
Brain games:
Solitaire, puzzles, logic, word, music, action puzzle, strategy, memory games, and more.
Geography:
US States, world countries, capitals, landscape, lakes, rivers, and oceans.
English:
Grammar, commas, nouns, adjectives, verbs, capital letters, SAT/GRE vocab, medical vocab, computer vocab, crosswords, hangman, and other word games.
Math:
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, mixed operations, decimals, percentages, place value, telling time, money, early math, geometry, measurement, algebra, integers, rounding and estimates, probability, and ratios.
Science:
Cells, seasons, life cycles, producers/consumers/decomposers (elementary/middle school), and other lower-level topics.
Brain games:
Solitaire, puzzles, logic, word, music, action puzzle, strategy, memory games, and more.
TeachersFirst itself has a lot of resources that are great for any level of class, but one of their website-based lessons on frontier forts during the American Revolution is worth mentioning by itself. It walks student through a brief explanation of construction and use of, as well as life in and around these bastions of the early American west. According to the lesson, "The text and photos for this unit were developed in cooperation with colonial reenactors during a meeting at Fort Roberdeau, near Altoona, Pennsylvania."
While TitleMax is known for giving people loans, they have a remarkably good list of brain games, psychological tests, brain teasers, car games, riddles, and more!
This link was submitted by Jenna Clark and her helper Katie. Great job, keep sending in those links!
This link was submitted by Jenna Clark and her helper Katie. Great job, keep sending in those links!
Jeopardy Labs is an AWESOME site to use for creating a Jeopardy game. Not only can you easily create, edit, share, and play your own, but you can also find/edit/play other peoples' games! This means it's easy to find a ready-made game or a starting point in a pinch.
So it turns out that HomeAdvisor has a large number of math-related games in its resource section, particularly aimed at home-schooled students but applicable to any age student! They've collected dozens of links to games on many other sites all over the internet, so let us know your favorite.
This link was submitted by Ms. Peggy Hughes and her students in Kingston, Tennessee. What a great find, and thank you so much for helping other students around the world practice math in a fun way!
This link was submitted by Ms. Peggy Hughes and her students in Kingston, Tennessee. What a great find, and thank you so much for helping other students around the world practice math in a fun way!
Coupon Follow has links to lots of fun math games, many of which are money-based. Whether you need to practice grade-appropriate math skills (counting, skip-counting, addition, multiplication, mental math, problem solving) or want to learn how to manage money in a simulation-based game called Moneytopia, they've got some great resources for all of it.
This link was submitted by Liza, a member of Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls, and her club adviser Mrs. Denise Goodwin. Keep working hard Liza; you can achieve any dream through curiosity, hard work, and enthusiasm!
This link was submitted by Liza, a member of Lyndhurst STEM Club for Girls, and her club adviser Mrs. Denise Goodwin. Keep working hard Liza; you can achieve any dream through curiosity, hard work, and enthusiasm!
