All About Energy Quest
Calling all students interested in learning all about energy! Just move your
mouse over any of the colorful, interactive icons on the page to find the
different virtual places you can go. This site contains games, tips on
saving energy, homework help, science projects, related links, and more!
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
America on the Move
There are three games here that will test your understanding of how
transportation in America has changed over time. Match vehicles with their
destinations, travel back in time and make transportation decisions. Step
behind the camera to play director in your own movie featuring the vehicle
of your choice. These games are fun and let you make lots of choices.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games/
Angles!
Explore and estimate angle measurement using this virtual protractor. You
can ask for random angles and try to guess what their measures are, or
create your own and challenge a friend. It's a great way to learn about
different types of angles and how to measure them!
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=angle
Animal Planet Games: Shapeshifter by Animal Planet (Discovery
Communications, 2007)
Do you love TANGRAMS?? If so, try this electronic version! Using the shapes
provided in a set of Tangrams, place the pieces to recreate the figure
provided for you. This is a great exercise for improving your spatial
thinking skills.
http://animal.discovery.com/games/shapeshifter/shapeshifter.html
Animal See Saw
You can play this game with a friend! Take turns placing animals on either
side of the see saw... but be careful... you don't want to tip the scale.
Weigh your animals to pick critters that will match the weight on the other
side of the see saw. See how many animals you can balance!
http://www.counton.org/games/animal-see-saw/index.html#instructions
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
It's Trivia Time! Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Test yourself and see
how many questions you can answer correctly!
http://www.scholastic.com/5thgrader/
Aunty Math: Math Challenges for K-5 Learners
Hello! Aunt Mathilda Mathews here. Whenever my nephews Barney and Danny, and
my niece, Gina, visit me I usually have a math challenge for them to try to
solve. Sometimes they have a challenge for me! Every other week, I will be
sharing my math challenges with you. I hope that they will be interesting
and fun for you to try! Gina and her cousins like to figure out different
ways to solve these Aunty Math challenges. They each have their favorite way
to solve my challenges.
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/challenge.html
Bright Edges of the World
This website is a wonderful source of information for children and teachers
about the earth's endangered drylands. Here they learn what drylands are,
where they are located and why they are important to people all over the
world. Activities that can be done on this website include games about
animals that live in the drylands.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/drylands/
Is it Fact or is it Opinion?
What do you think? Is it true or false? Is it fact or opinion? Can you tell
the difference? Let's find out now!
http://www.quia.com/pop/12709.html
Girls Only - Girl Scout Central
Sorry, boys! This website is for girls only! You can create your own e-card,
play a game, and much more!
http://www.gogirlsonly.org/
Horse Country
HC is the oldest equestrian site online, and made just for young girls
interested in horses. Through features such as Resources for Riders, Jr
Riders Journal, YRiders, International PenPals, Cyberbarn Games, Gymkhana
Interactive Quizzes and Amazing Activity Book, this website strives to make
technology, math and science accessible via equestrian sports.
http://www.horse-country.com/aindex.html
Newtonsapple
Watch videos of your favorite sports, science or environmental topic.
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/
Chess is Fun
Do you want to learn how to play chess? Or do you want to learn how to play a
bit better? On this site, you'll find some fairly easy lessons. If you are
new to chess you should play though the introduction to chess and the section
on chess strategy. There are even chess jokes and funny chess stories!
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html
Try your hand at origami.
http://origami.org.uk/
Want to play on Disney's Club Penguin?
http://www.clubpenguin.com/