World Electricity Mix-The Global Energy Outlook is just one feature of National Geographic’s “The Great Energy Challenge” initiative “designed to help all of us better understand the breadth and depth of our current energy situation. #elemchat #spedchat #environment #energy #scichat Other features include.. Personal Energy Meter Energy Challenge Video and other environment videos focusing on energy Your Energy IQ 360 Energy Diet Households around the world are on a life-changing mission to lower their carbon footprints. Our bloggers share their experiences as they make lifestyle changes both large and small. Very interesting and informative. Added toKids Go Green You may also like… ElectroCity Loop Scoops EcoKids
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World Electricity Mix-The Global Energy Outlook is just one feature of National Geographic’s “The Great Energy Challenge” initiative “designed to help all of us better understand the breadth and depth of our current energy situation.

#elemchat #spedchat #environment #energy #scichat

Other features include..

Very interesting and informative.

Added toKids Go Green

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ElectroCity

Loop Scoops

EcoKids

Excellent interactive resource for teaching Simple and Complex Machines from Aspire. #elemchat #spedchat #scichat #machines Includes interactives, lesson plans, and printable lab packets. Make sure you check out their “New Machines Lab” (beta) (screenshot below) for an updated version. Interested in more interactives from Aspire? Click here. Added to my  Sensational Science Sites
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Excellent interactive resource for teaching Simple and Complex Machines from Aspire.

#elemchat #spedchat #scichat #machines

Includes interactives, lesson plans, and printable lab packets.

Make sure you check out their “New Machines Lab” (beta) (screenshot below) for an updated version.

Interested in more interactives from Aspire? Click here.

Added to my  Sensational Science Sites

The Virtual Body is a neat site that features interactives, narrations, guided tours, diagrams and info about the human brain, skeleton, digestive track and heart. #scichat #spedchat #elemchat #humanbody The Virtual Body is awesome. You can’t tell by the opening screen but once you get into the site it is colorful and interactive. I like that it is narrated along with the text. Included in my  Sensational Science Sites LiveBinder. You may also like… Viral Vinnie Presents Gut Instinct  Cow’s Eye Disection Super cool! Kids love this!!! PBS Activity Packs Planet Science
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The Virtual Body is a neat site that features interactives, narrations, guided tours, diagrams and info about the human brain, skeleton, digestive track and heart.

#scichat #spedchat #elemchat #humanbody

The Virtual Body is awesome. You can’t tell by the opening screen but once you get into the site it is colorful and interactive. I like that it is narrated along with the text.

Included in my  Sensational Science Sites LiveBinder.

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Viral Vinnie Presents Gut Instinct 

Cow’s Eye Disection Super cool! Kids love this!!!

PBS Activity Packs

Planet Science


BAM! Body and Mind  #elemchat #spedchat #healthed #4thchat #5thchat From the site: “BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them — such as stress and physical fitness — using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. BAM! Body and Mind also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to the national education standards for science and health.” Excellent comprehensive site!
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BAM! Body and Mind 

#elemchat #spedchat #healthed #4thchat #5thchat

From the site: “BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them — such as stress and physical fitness — using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.

BAM! Body and Mind also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to the national education standards for science and health.”

Excellent comprehensive site!

LiveBinder update not to miss! One of the best…Paises@ is a super interactive map tool. #sschat #spedchat #elemchat #maps It allows you to click on any country and find central facts and information about it. Windows pop up with the desired information and can be easily moved around the board. These windows can also be printed. Available in three languages, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Some of the information available… Summary Population Social Indicators Economy Networks Environment Millennium Goals The site is quite comprehensive and very easy to navigate. Paises gave me the feel of one of Tom Cruises cool interactive boards in Mission Impossible with sound and all. Screenshot Added to Maps for Kids and  Countries for Kids I learned about this on Twitter but can’t find who tweeted it. If it was you please let me know so I can give you credit and a great BIG Thank You!
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LiveBinder update not to miss!

One of the best…Paises@ is a super interactive map tool.

#sschat #spedchat #elemchat #maps

It allows you to click on any country and find central facts and information about it. Windows pop up with the desired information and can be easily moved around the board. These windows can also be printed. Available in three languages, English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Some of the information available…

  • Summary
  • Population
  • Social Indicators
  • Economy
  • Networks
  • Environment
  • Millennium Goals

The site is quite comprehensive and very easy to navigate. Paises gave me the feel of one of Tom Cruises cool interactive boards in Mission Impossible with sound and all.

Screenshot

Added to Maps for Kids and  Countries for Kids

I learned about this on Twitter but can’t find who tweeted it. If it was you please let me know so I can give you credit and a great BIG Thank You!

Gamestar Mechanic was brought to my attention yesterday via tweet by @scsdmedia. This is a really neat tool. Chelsea Thompson, Nukezilla, writes “It’s a pretty unique concept of a game that teaches kids the basics of game design as they play, and then allows them to create their own games.” To read more about it click here.  Screenshot via Nukezilla
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Gamestar Mechanic was brought to my attention yesterday via tweet by @scsdmedia. This is a really neat tool.

Chelsea Thompson, Nukezilla, writes “It’s a pretty unique concept of a game that teaches kids the basics of game design as they play, and then allows them to create their own games.” To read more about it click here. 

Screenshot via Nukezilla

I am so excited to share this resource! FRABOOM Online Children’s Museum is a FANTASTIC (mostly free), educational website for kids. It is the epitome of Web 2.0. Features include games/interactives, Fraboom TV, interactive books and live classes. Yes! You read me right…LIVE CLASSES for Kids.        Screenshot of Live Class The classes feature a live teacher who interacts with the kids online while teaching them. Students can send messages to the teacher and receive a reply. I just participated in a fun drawing class and the teacher responded to me as well as the other “kids” in the class. How cool it is for kids to have their names heard online as well as their work shared with everyone in the class. This site is a total winner!            Screenshot                         I am totally in love with this interactive!!! It is one of the coolest drawing tools for kids. Finish the picture, save to gallery or computer, and print options available.           Screenshot                    Some presidential games available on FRABOOM Everything that I have shown you here is FREE on Fraboom. Even the live classes although I did not see a schedule for them. The only difference I could find with the free and paid version ($5.99 a month) was a few games. via @mrschureads Thank YOU!
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I am so excited to share this resource! FRABOOM Online Children’s Museum is a FANTASTIC (mostly free), educational website for kids. It is the epitome of Web 2.0. Features include games/interactives, Fraboom TV, interactive books and live classes. Yes! You read me right…LIVE CLASSES for Kids.

      

Screenshot of Live Class

The classes feature a live teacher who interacts with the kids online while teaching them. Students can send messages to the teacher and receive a reply. I just participated in a fun drawing class and the teacher responded to me as well as the other “kids” in the class. How cool it is for kids to have their names heard online as well as their work shared with everyone in the class.

This site is a total winner! 

         

Screenshot

                        I am totally in love with this interactive!!! It is one of the coolest drawing tools for kids. Finish the picture, save to gallery or computer, and print options available.

         

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                   Some presidential games available on FRABOOM

Everything that I have shown you here is FREE on Fraboom. Even the live classes although I did not see a schedule for them. The only difference I could find with the free and paid version ($5.99 a month) was a few games.

via @mrschureads Thank YOU!

San Diego Zoo Kids is an amazingly beautiful interactive site for kids. They can watch videos, play games, access animal webcams, learn about zoo jobs, and even get instructions for a craft or two. If your class is studying animals I highly recommend this site.  I have added this to my Amazing Animals for Kids Binder. You may also like… Your Zoo View A+++++
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San Diego Zoo Kids is an amazingly beautiful interactive site for kids. They can watch videos, play games, access animal webcams, learn about zoo jobs, and even get instructions for a craft or two. If your class is studying animals I highly recommend this site. 

I have added this to my Amazing Animals for Kids Binder.

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Your Zoo View A+++++

National Geographic’s Interactive The Underground Railroad lets students travel the path of Underground Railroad requiring them to make decisions throughout their journey. from the site: You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet … your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it? This is a fantastic site for learning about slavery and the journey many took to freedom. You can find this site and much more in my “Black History Month” LiveBinder. It includes resources, printables, lessons, interactives, etc.
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National Geographic’s Interactive The Underground Railroad lets students travel the path of Underground Railroad requiring them to make decisions throughout their journey.

from the site:

You are a slave.

Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to.

And yet … your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it?

This is a fantastic site for learning about slavery and the journey many took to freedom.

You can find this site and much more in my “Black History Month” LiveBinder. It includes resources, printables, lessons, interactives, etc.