Interactive Learning Opportunities On The Internet
In the past few years, the World Wide Web has provided students with websites that act very much like software. By clicking, choosing, or actually writing responses, the site reacts to the learner. The students also have an opportunity to create on these "interactive" sites. Learning on the world wide web does not have to be a passive activity. These sites can provide additional practice for a skill or concept or allow the student who has mastered a skill or concept, challenges or further in depth study. Although use of the computers for just "drill and practice" would be to really under use this wonderful technology, however, there are times when a skill or concept has been developed in the classroom and practice is needed for complete understanding and proficiency. These are also excellent websites for students to use at home or at the library. In a classroom, these sites lead to one of the best uses of the internet. Also included are websites that will be good resources to the teacher looking to integrate technology into curricular units.
Broad Categories (Click on these to go to websites within these categories)
| Current Events For Kids |
Current Event Websites For Kids
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Rate Your Plate (Students choose foods from pull down menus and then “rate” their selections according to different nutritional values) |
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Nutrition - Just For Kids
(Produced by the Dole Pineapple Corporation, this website talks about a
lot more than pineapples) |
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It's My Life from PBS |
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The Food Pyramid (KidsKonnect.com) |
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Nutrition
(Click
on Kids in the Top Banner for games and activities for the students) |
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BreakFast
and Jump To It
(Children play a game to choose a healthy breakfast) |
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National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Page |
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The Franklin Institute Online - Many wonderful interact activities on many subjects that will excite students of all ages. This one is a must! |
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| The Weekly Reader Galaxy Page - For those who subscribe to the Weekly Reader. | The Alphabet Superhighway - For upper elementary and secondary students to do research, have challenges, extend learning, and to also publish on the on-line magazine. | Jefferson Lab Interactive Games |
University of Illinois Extension Center Kids Site - some excellent interactive activities |
| Brain Pop - On-Screen Movies on Many Subjects - Cost Involved | The Learning Planet | Blocks - An Online Building Toy | Kidastic |
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Composers (KidsKonnect.com) |
Music Galore (KidsKonnect.com) |
Music Online (KidsKonnect.com) |
Musical Instruments (KidsKonnect.com) |
| Arts Alive In Music | Creating Music | SFS
Kids |
| General Art Resources | Art Museums | Art Activities For Children |
| The Art Sketchbook - See or Display Artists' Work | Art Sites For Teachers | Educational Resources In Fine Art |
| Eyes On Art - A Learning To Look Curriculum | Art Lesson Plans From TeachersFirst | World Art Treasures |
| World Art Resources | The Art Box from BBC | Educational Resources In Fine Arts |
| Eyes On Art - A Learning To Look Curriculum | Art Safari | Scribbles -Kids Art Site |
| SmARTKids -from the University of Chicago | The Art Institute of Chicago -Art Access | Bienvenue -Web Museum, Paris |
| A Lifetime Of
Color |
Art Safari | Destination Modern Art |
| The
Incredible Art Department
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The Renaissance Connection | Inside Art |
| Carmine's Introduction To Lines and Spaces | The Art of Crime Detection |
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Guidance and Character Education
| Out
On A Limb -A Guide To Getting
Along |