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Interactive Activities, Thinking Games, and Stuff to READ

GAMES and PUZZLES     

 

Voice of America News: Game1s and Puzzles

 Links to interactive games designed for English language learners. Multiple-choice exercises, matching games, hangman games, crossword puzzles, and similar online activities provide lots of practice in accurately using and comprehending English vocabulary.

 

 

Merriam-Webster: Word Game of the Day

 "Play a new puzzle every day..." Site gives student games to help in finding definitions for words, synonyms, antonyms, and slang.

 

 

Puzzles for kids - I know, but it's really for smart kids

 

 

 H.I.P. Pocket Change: The US MINT- PUZZLES ONLY!!!

 

 

Vocabulary University: Level 2 puzzles

 This site from the Vocabulary University provides vocabulary puzzles help student "enhance vocabulary mastery." Holiday related puzzles, Harry Potter puzzles plus three levels - High elementary, junior high-middle school and high school-college prep.

 

 

 Super Kids: Games of Logic and Reasoning

 SuperKids has created a small collection of classic mind-challenging games that focus on spatial reasoning and strategy.

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

 

 Art of Detection-Artadventure

 

 Art Safari

 

 Shedd Aquarium Interactives

 

 Eduweb – try my pop studio

 
 
 
NIDA for TEENS- National Institute for Drug Abuse
 

Heads Up – Real News about Drugs and your Body

 

 

Its My Life – Information/Fun for Tweens from PBS ( You can’t go the regular PBS site though!!)
 
 
Career Cruising -  Using our tools, you can find the right career, explore education and training options, build your own portfolio, manage your school’s course selection process, or set up a career development network in your community.
 
Magazines online
 
BOP-Tiger Beat magazine – celebrity photos, news, fun stuff, etc.
 
Boys’ Life- for all boys – NO PLAYING GAMES game secrets, magazine, jokes, video and audio, outdoor, hobbies.     

 

Dig-the archaeology magazine for kids

 

Odyssey-adventures in science

Total Girl Magazine online - To discover the latest trends, entertainment news, cool activities and friendship advice-from Australia

 

FINDING BOOKS   

What Should I Read Next? - Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers'
favourite books (over 65,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next. You can
register on the results page and build your own favourites list

Lexile Book Search - Enter your Lexile measure, select your interests, and find books you'd like to read! Whether you're reading for school or for pleasure, you can use this site to build a custom reading list on the subjects that interest you the most.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More Interactive Activities

 

Project Interactivate

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

 

Geo-Mysteries

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html

 

 

Roller Coaster Physics

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html

 

Exercise and the Brain

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/exercisememory.html

 

Astronomy for kids

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/spacelibs.htm

 

Illuminations-NCTM

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=2

 

 Star Child: The Solar System-go to “solar system activities”

 

 Flight Field Trip

http://www.tramline.com/tours/cross/flight/_tourlaunch1.htm

 

 Design a Planet

http://astroventure.arc.nasa.gov/DAP/index.html

 

 Cow’s eye dissection

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html

 

 Read Write Think – interactive student materials

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

 

Math Practice for 8th grade skills from Internet4Classrooms – click on the ones you need

 

 

Math is Fun – Click on Money, Data, Measurement, Geometry, Numbers, Puzzles, Games

http://www.mathisfun.com/

 

Math Magician Game – practice multiplication, division, subtraction and addition

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html

 

Math Practice for 6th grade skills from Internet4Classrooms – click on ones you need

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_original.htm#math

 

Math Practice for 7th grade skills from Internet4Classrooms – click on the ones you need

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_7th_original.htm#math

 

 

 Funbrain-Sudoku ONLY!!!---ABSOLUTELY NO  ARCADE OR PLAYGROUND

http://www.funbrain.com/sudoku/Sudoku.html      

 

Funbrain-Reading ONLY!!!--- ABSOLUTELY NO  ARCADE OR PLAYGROUND

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html