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Buying Budgie
Addition & Subtraction of money used to reinforce mental calculation strategies. Can be downloaded as a flash file.
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/staticactivities/online_activities/budgie_buying/
CAST Science Writer
Welcome to CAST Science Writer, the tool that supports students in writing lab and class reports. This tool is geared toward middle school and high school students. Check out the supports and help available in Science Writer described below. Or click the "Take a Tour" button above to see how Science Writer works.
6th grade is typically considered a middle school grade.
Making Change for a Quarter: Re-Envisioning 6th Grade IT | always learning
Another great exemplar from Kim
Where we are from Teacher Resources Page
Originally designed as a Math exercise to have students calculate Mean, Median and Mode, it has the potential to be used in a multi-disciplinary way to investigate and bring awareness to a number of other topics.
Geography From Space - Begin
From the Smithsonian, uses satellite pictures and written clues.
Smithsonian Institution - Latino's Center Kids Corner
Interactive site exploring art, music, and Mexico's cultural heritage\nReview before hand as some links are slow to load.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage! Home
From Scholastic
Ancient Egypt through Google Earth
Loads of Google Earth links to study Ancient Egypt virtually!
mathFROG - Fun Resources & Online Games
Links directly to activities for grades, 4, 5, 6 from a variety of websites
Fantastic Contraption
This is a great physics-based problem solving game where students design contraptions to overcome different obstacles. Highly engaging and good for the brain! This is the ad-free version.
Math Apprentice
Great site for grade 6 (enrichment) and above. Interactives involve applying math in different careers. Read the "About the Project" and then "Explore the Math". The interactives are primarily simulations where students first explore then solve the particular math challenge.
Writing Fun by Jenny Eather- helping kids write using text organizers.
Writing organizers for all genres. Use online or download and print. Spend a little time with this site to see how you can use it. Each template has student writing samples from different grade levels. Each genre also has tips for writing on the right side. This could easily be used for IWB
SpellingCity.com
Teachers can create an account for school. Provides practice and quizzes. I also like SpellingTube which has videos created by students (UK accent) to reinforce spelling.
Cyberchase | PBS Kids
Math site based on NCTM standards. Interactive games, lesson plans, offline activities for classroom and afterschool programs.
Blabberize.com - Got a picture? Blabberize it!
Fun way to encourage student writing in any subject. Using a photo of of almost anything, coupled with imagination, students can create and record a talking animation.
Glogster - Poster Yourself
A ‘glog’ is basically an online poster into which you can upload text, images, audio, and video – and then embed into a blog or wiki. Looks as though you can upload unlimited students accounts.
Students can create a "glog" for virtually any subject matter...book report, math explanations, lab report, social studies themes.
Historic Tale Construction Kit
Writing tool for creating stories with a medieval them. Images are from the Bayeaux Tapestry. Stories can be emailed or stored in gallery. Also possible to capture pages and paste into powerpoint to print as a book.
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