FossWeb Science for K-2, 3-6 or Middle School
FossWeb offers three sites with interactive inquiry-based science activities. The K-2 site The 3-6 site The Middle School
#Printables
Printable materials, worksheets and activities for students, primarily in early childhood / preschool or elementary grades (up to age 12). Most of these printables will have an educational focus, though occasionally, they’ll be just for fun!
Combining Cool Tools
Okay, so now I'm blending Google Doc's new online presentation software with Plasq's cool and easy screenshot/annotating/uploading tool called Skitch. I think this has potential. The image is everything, because you write your step-by-step instructions right on it. Both students and teachers could use Skitch to create, snap or import images, then write and draw on them to give instructions, create maps or diagrams, indicate key features of...
Make Your Own Comix!
Just in from the MadATer... Make your own comic at makebeliefcomix.com. What a great way for kids (or adults) to dip into creating comic strips - for fun, for social stories, and more. I especially like the tips that pop up on the bottom.
ArtThink from SFMOMA
ArtThink is the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's curriculum site, which provides theme-based activities in visual arts, language arts, history and social studies. ArtThink includes a glossary, online lessons, special features, tools and games. http://sfmoma.org/artthink/default.asp
Links to Helpful Math Web Sites
You can find more excellent math activities, printables and other resources by accessing my del.icio.us math links: Interactive Math Sites Math-related Printables More Math Resources
Digital Pen and Paper near $200
Apparently, with a Livescribe smartpen and paper, you can: Listen to your class lecture by just tapping on your handwritten notes. View & listen to your notes on your PC and search by keyword. Email your written & audio notes to your classmates or study group. Translate a word or phrase by simply writing it on paper. Download one or more languages to your pen computer. Practice your...
A “Math Toolbox” in Every Home (& Classroom)
The whimsical Math Cats web site offers tips and instructions for making and using your own "Math Toolbox" of free or low-cost math manipulatives, including * Base Ten blocks * Cuisenaire rods * pattern blocks * tangrams * multiplication grid * egg carton math and more...
Templates for Handmade Manipulatives
Make your own pattern blocks and base-ten blocks using these printable pages www.frontiernet.net/~mmankus/Handson/manipulatives.htm#bd10
Wikijunior develops online kids’ books for free
WikiBooks, whose motto is "Think free. Learn free." has a special section called Wikijunior, a project aimed at producing full-color booklets for kids 8-11. The books are being developed and offered online (and some in pdf format). Some books may also go into print. One of the current complete titles is The Solar System. Other Wikijunior books will reportedly follow a similar format. In that these books are...
Make your own graph paper and other specialty grids
Incomptech.com provides free pdf generators for making your own graph papers and other specialty papers to print. Many allow you to set spacing and other variables.