Finished Early
Sometimes you just finish early - then what? Don't waste your time with your head down! There is so much to explore on the internet! Here is an entire page dedicated to cool sites where you can spend some time if you have finished all your work in class!
A Google a Day
A Google a Day is a fun way to explore Google's search capabilities. You are asked a question that can only be answered through multiple well-executed Google searches. You want to get the correct answer as fast as you can to get as many points as possible. You can get hints but this will lower your points.
This is a great educational game that can be extremely challenging!
Smartypins
Smartypins
In Smartypins, you are asked a question where the answer is a location. You are also provided a map and you must drop the pin on the map in the correct location. If you nail it perfectly, you will get some extra miles. If you guess miles away, you will lose those miles and you only have a thousand miles to play with. See if you can get as close as possible. It's a fun combination of a trivia and map game.
And you might learn some things too!
Google Earth Carmen SanDiego
New to Google Earth is the classic game Carmen Sandiego! There are currently two capers where you match wits with Carmen and attempt to recover stolen goods. The maps take you to the lands and you have to figure out where to go next to help capture the VILE criminals! Hopefully they add more soon!
Free Rice
Free Rice is a great website that also gives back! For every answer you get right, Free Rice donates the cash equivalent of 10 grains of rice to the World Food Programme.
But you can also learn some cool new vocab while helping the world!
Geo Guessr
GeoGuessr is a fun website kind of like Smartypins. You are given a picture of a location and have to place a pin where in the world you think that picture is from.
The closer to the actual location, the more point you get. You can move the picture around to get clues. You can also play other maps with locations such as famous landmarks, indoor places, or even just the United States. I have gotten as close as 60 miles on regular Geoguessr and only 175 meters for famous places! Can you beat me?
Incredibox
Incredibox is an incredibly fun way to make and explore music. It has an app but is also web-based. While you have to deal with some slow loading and some apps, it is super fun and allows you to be super creative. Try all the different styles of music and make your own beats and songs!
Draw A Stickman
Doodle away on this awesome adventure with Draw a Stickman! There are several epic episodes to choose from and it's a great experience in creativity and fun!
Can you help your stickman make it through all his adventures? Give it a try!
Google Doodles
Google Doodles is fun to search through. You can see all the old fun Doodles that Google has created over the years. They have a Doodle to celebrate almost everything and they also have fun interactive Doodles to play with.
What is your favorite Doodle?
Google Quick Draw
Quick Draw with Google is kind of like playing Pictionary with a computer! How fast can Google guess what you are drawing? The more people draw, the smarter the artificial intelligence becomes and the better the computer can guess your drawing. When you are done, you can even check out how other people drew the same word!
This will be really fun on the iPad when you can draw more easily!
Google Earth
There is so much to explore on Google Earth! You can feel lucky and Google Earth will transport you to somewhere in the world. You can learn about that location by clicking on the picture on the right-hand side. You can also try Voyager and choose your adventure like exploring Hurricane Irma, theme parks around the world, wonders of the ancient world and so much more. You can go down to street view, look at it in 2D or 3D and even go inside some buildings. The more you explore, the more you will figure out - so keep clicking around. You won't break the website but you might end up somewhere beyond your wildest dreams!
Google Sky
Always been interested in outer space? Want to visit the stars? Then Google Sky is right up your alley! You can search space and learn about all sorts of constellations, nebulas, black holes and more!
Don't be afraid to click around. You aren't going to break anything and you never know what you will find!
Mystery Animal with Google
Mystery Animal with Google is a voice experiment so you will have to enable your microphone. Try to guess what animal Google is thinking of in a version of 20 questions. But it is all through voice - so it might get a little loud! Good luck guessing!
Game of the Year with Google
Check out this yearly game from Google that asks you to figure out what was more searched in the past year! This one is from 2018, but it will update.
You only have three lives so be careful! There are also bonus rounds! Good luck!