IWB_interactive_websites


 * Interactive Websites  **
 * TASK: **
 * 1. Explore some of the following websites. **
 * 2. Think about:... **** What are some of the characteristics of an engaging website for use with an interactive whiteboard? **
 * [|Teacher Tap: Interactive Websites]
 * [|BBC Schools] - Games - really good
 * [|Scholastic Activities]
 * [|Teacher Tap: Electronic Books]
 * **Language Arts**
 * [|ReadWriteThink Tools for Students] - Poems, interactive tools
 * BBC Schools: [|English], [|Language], [|Literature], [|Literature & Language]
 * [|Star Fall]
 * **Science**
 * [|Discovery Animal Guide] **Images, easy to navigate, sound**
 * **[|EdHeads] - [|Virtual Knee Surgery], [|Weather], [|Simple Machines]**
 * **[|Jefferson Lab] - Science Resources**
 * **[|National Geographic Habitats]** Images/video, easy to navigate, sound
 * Sciencelinks: [|Tools Index]
 * [|Virtual Rainforest]
 * **Social Studies**
 * [|Ancient Greece] from BBC
 * [|Anicent Romans] from BBC
 * [|Archiving Early America]
 * [|Bens' Guide to Government]
 * [|First Gov for Kids]
 * National Geographic - [|Xpeditions] (CHESAPEAKE BAY) - different readibility/activity levels
 * [|Timeline Maker]
 * [|US History] from PBS
 * [|US Mint: State Quarters] - good graphics, mouse overs, click for more detailed info, simple, but good details
 * **Math**
 * [|BBC]
 * [|BBC Math]
 * [|BBC Algebra]
 * [|BBC Algebra: Foundation] & [|Intermediate]
 * [|BBC Shape, Space, Measure]
 * BBC Study Skills - [|Algebra]
 * [|Create a Graph] Examples, step-by-step, good for students who don't have access to computers at school
 * [|lluminations Tools] - Dozens of Interactive Tools!
 * [|Illuminations: Algebra Tools 9-12]
 * [|Illuminations: Geometry Tools 9-12]
 * [|Virtual Manipulatives] ** easy to use - descriptions of when to use certain ones