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"NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as they battle one of the most destructive wildfire seasons ever, the summer of 2000."
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"Low Life Labs is an imaginary environment where cockroaches, ants, and similar creatures are studied. Robots are then built using the knowledge gleaned from these creature's natural adaptations to their environment."
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"The British Museum produces this interactive website on Mughal India. Totally Flash-driven, the site is set up to simulate a room filled with various items including a globe, file cabinet, books, and a calendar. When you roll over interactive items in the room, you can click and learn about paintings, coins, weapons, jewelery and models from The British Museum's collections. Don't miss "the Staff Room" (http://www.mughalindia.co.uk/staff/main.html) — pages developed to help teachers. Several lessons are included as well as practical guidance on classroom set-up, using the website, printing, and navigation."
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lit resources for high school teachers
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"How do physics laws affect amusement park ride design? In this exhibit, you'll have a chance to find out by designing your own roller coaster. Plan it carefully–it has to pass a safety inspection.You can also experiment with bumper car collisions."
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"A game based on Edgar Lee Masters’ collection of poems, The Spoon River Anthology. Ghosts haunt the Spoon River Cemetery. Read their epitaphs to learn about their interrelated stories and problems. "
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links by subject area and grade level
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"One of the most powerful protest songs of the 20th century, "Strange Fruit" is part of a long tradition of American protest music as old as the nation itself. In harmony with the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, music has long been an expression of faith, freedom, peace and justice. Throughout American history, songs have cried out against inequality, poverty and war, and in support of workers, civil and human rights. The catalog of protest music is vast. This overview highlights some of the American songs and songwriters whose words and music served as catalysts for thought, action and even social change." choose time period and explore protest music
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funny interactive showing how calories from candy can add up quickly.
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"Welcome to LOG IT-the FREE and exciting pedometer step-logging program for kids 3rd grade and up. Your students can log their physical activity steps & miles so they can journey around the USA with their classmates and enjoy other great features."
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"View a timeline of the political history of the Philippines, tracing the former Spanish and American colony from its 1896 independence movement through World War II, martial law and contemporary “People Power.” " interactive timeline
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"Radio Free Dixie: Rob Williams sits across a table from Mabel Williams a large radio microphone hangs between them. A handmade sign hangs from the table and says, “Radio Free Dixie” with a drawing of horse and rider in motion. From a recording studio in Havana, Cuba, Rob and Mabel Williams broadcast music of the African American freedom movement and gave voice to the ongoing fight against racial oppression. Listen to songs and show excerpts from “Radio Free Dixie""
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write your own song-poem and then sing along!
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"In November and December of 2002, 14 young women, trained as video journalists and camera operators, traveled to rural regions of Afghanistan to interview their countrywomen. In the span of two months, they met and spoke with women eking out an existence in caves, women risking punishment by daring to appear on film and women whose lives and families had been destroyed by years of bombing and oppression.
From the capital city of Kabul to the remote region of Badakhshan, the filmmakers’ groundbreaking journey captured previously untold stories of Afghan women. Find out more about the places the filmmakers visited, watch video clips and see a map of their journey through Afghanistan." -
"The saga of the Peterson family farm has spanned more than half a century, marking a roller coaster of agricultural, social, economic and technological booms and busts. From price controls to pest controls, learn how the history of one small Illinois farm reflects the larger changes in American agriculture over the past seven decades."
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"Welcome to TeachersFirst's "Interactive Raven," a look at the vocabulary and literary devices in Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem, The Raven. This unit lets users view each stanza of the poem, pointing out Poe's use of some common literary devices. By moving the mouse over the highlighted words, users can learn more about Poe's use of these devices, including alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, and vocabulary words."
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activities, quizzes, interactives, videos and more related to health topics
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interactive game- match definition of literacy element to term
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"Circle of Stories uses documentary film, photography, artwork and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling."
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links to subject area interactives
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"Told through audio and Flash-animated movies, the real-life stories of 15 teens from around the world who have lived through war are the heart of the site. Each of these teens now lives in the U.S."
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match the food groups, make a healthy lunch, make a balanced diet, and make smart choices- all interactives
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"Try your hand at designing your own roller coaster. You will be building a conceptual coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters. You won't need to compute any formulas. You will decide the following – the height of the first hill, the shape of the first hill, the exit path, the height of the second hill, and the loop. When you're done, your coaster will need to pass an inspection for both safety and fun."
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"The need for public health professionals has never been greater. But what is "Public Health" anyway? This interactive game will introduce you to the world of public health as you help discover the source of the outbreak that has hit the small community of Watersedge and stop it before more residents get sick."
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" The Cahills are the most powerful family the world has ever known. 39 Clues hidden around the world guard the family's power, and it's up to YOU to find them. It's Cahill versus Cahill in a worldwide race to find the Clues . . . and beat the competition.
To find the 39 Clues: Read the Books – Each 39 Clues book unlocks one Clue.
Collect the Cards – Game cards help reveal Clues. Play the Game – Find Clues through online missions. Win the Prizes – Play and you could be eligible to win prizes!" -
"Food – a fact of life provides a progressive approach to teaching about healthy eating, cooking, food and farming from 3 to 16 years. This site provides a wealth of free resources to stimulate learning, ensuring that consistent and up-to-date messages are delivered."
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"Create public or private games with a cash balance you set, Choose from thousands of available games, Test your strategy with a personal portfolio, Leverage powerful news and research resources from MarketWatch"
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"a sourcebook of ideas for educational card and board games"
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"Tribal Wars is a browser-based game set in the Middle Ages. Every player controls a small village, striving for power and glory.?
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articles and info and games resources related to digital games for learning
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interactive 100s board
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interactive adventure game
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links to math interactives
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"Stagecoach Island is an online virtual world created by Wells Fargo. You can explore the island and its hidden secrets, connect with friends and make new ones, and at the same time learn smart money management."
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interactive simulation- sail around the world
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The Fantastic Food Challenge is a set of educational, digital games. The games are designed to motivate young adults to learn about nutrition, food safety, food preparation and comparing food prices. It has the potential to provide education to a large number of individuals through fun, engaging game play.
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MAKING HISTORY® is a series of counterfactual turn-based strategy games in which players apply their strategic skills to lead their chosen nation through real-world periods of conflict. The goal is not to replay history exactly as it happened, but rather to operate in an unpredictable, player-driven world. Virtually any country is playable across a variety of the game's bundled scenarios, and players can use the MAKING HISTORY® Game Editor to create new scenarios of their own, offering endless hours of gameplay.
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"What is it like to live in poverty, struggling every day to stay healthy, keep out of debt, and get educated? Find out now in this challenging role playing game created by the High School students in Global Kids with the game developers at Gamelab, in which you take responsibility for a family of five in rural Haiti."
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"As visitors to River City, students travel back in time, bringing their 21st century skills and technology to address 19th century problems. Based on authentic historical, sociological, and geographical conditions, River City is a town besieged with health problems. Students work together in small research teams to help the town understand why residents are becoming ill. Students use technology to keep track of clues that hint at causes of illnesses, form and test hypotheses, develop controlled experiments to test their hypotheses, and make recommendations based on the data they collect, all in an online environment."
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"Life Preservers is a game designed to teach national science standards about evolution and adaptation, while studying science games, play style, and learning."
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"To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent. The game is played as a series of situations. The exact number of situations required to complete the game will vary, but expect to play about eight or so to finish the game."
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"Throughout Ben Duskin's battle with Leukemia, he played computer games, which helped him get through the treatment process. He also began to think about the need to have something positive that helped other kids battle their illnesses. So when Make-A-Wish approached him to grant his wish, he decided to design a video game that would be helpful for kids like him who have cancer — a way to fight back and relieve some of the pain and stress involved with treatment. "
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"Welcome to Oit, a planet recently discovered by scientists and which has an orbit around the Sun directly opposite that of the Earth. You are a geologist charged with exploration of this planet. You will have a number of tasks to perform." tasks include ordering the steps of the scientific method, identifying rocks, creating a geologic map, etc.
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interactive army game…
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scientific method drag and drop activity
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"You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics. So, go ahead, Explore and Learn!"
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" 3rd World Farmer is a new kind of game. An experiment in the genre of Serious Games, it aims at simulating the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in 3rd World countries.
In the game, the player gets to manage an African farm, and is soon confronted with the often difficult choices that poverty and conflict necessitate. We find this kind of experience efficient at making the issues relevant to people, because players tend to invests their hopes in a game character whose fate depends on him. We aim at making the player "experience" the injustices, rather than being told about them, so as to stimulate a deeper and more personal reflection on the topics. "
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"ETIPS cases present interactive, multimedia, digital learning resources that develop instructional decision-making skills and are also readily integrated into a variety of teacher education courses. ETIPS cases offer students multiple and varied opportunities to apply educational theory to real-world instructional issues. ETIPS cases offer innovative embedded assessment tools that make students' critical thinking visible with automated graphical feedback."
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"Play this game to experience the challenges and excitement of international trade. See if you can get the best price for the goods you sell and the biggest bargains for the goods you buy. Watch how the global economy is doing: the prices you'll be able to get and the deals you can make depend on how healthy the global economy is."
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"CO2FX is a web based multi-user educational game which explores the relationship of global warming to economic, political and science policy decisions. The game is driven by a systems dynamics model and is presented in a user friendly interface intended for the high school user."
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"Adventure Ecology tackles the real issues surrounding the relationship between humans and their physical and social environments: raising awareness through education about the detrimental effects of modern civilisation on the environment with a view to encourage change through realistic solutions and positive human behaviours."
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"An engaging, community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that brings interactive gaming elements to the online 'news media' industry changing the paradigm of news consumption from passive reading to active engagement. The experience is made up of the “game” component, or news games, and the community of participation around them such as commenting, rankings, and many features to come. The profile allows you to build a snapshot of your socio-political profile over time on a range of issues."
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companion website for the book "Don't Bother Me Mom- I'm Learning" by Marc Prensky (gaming book)
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"Time Pirates is a huge educational interactive exploring the Port of London from Roman times to the present day. Children complete tasks and follow clues to prevent an evil genius and his time pirates from stealing history. There are animations, hot spots, games and challenges to complete along their journey."
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"Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!"
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sign up for free and create games from templates. (games include anagrams, bingo game cards, blockbusters, deal or no deal, hangman, and millionaire)
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"for each vocabulary answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the UN world food program to help end hunger"
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$ – historical interactive game- "MAKING HISTORY® includes over 80 nations and 800+ regions. Each nation is given detailed characteristics built on extensive research, including economic and military strengths, diplomatic relations, ideology, and technical advancement. Each region features terrain, infrastructure, resource production and more.
Students Play as Nations: They devise strategies based on their nation’s historic strengths and weaknesses– and those of other nations. They can play as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USSR, the United States, or China." -
"Use your microphone to search the city soundscapes for beats and melodies you like. After you've recorded six and filled your recorder, you can take them home and download them into your Sound Bank for safe keeping. You can then return to the city and record more, or practice mixing them into a track. Collect as many as you can find. The more you find, the more chance you have of pleasing the crowd."
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sharing about wii interactive games, ideas from Stephen Spielberg
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"Targeted at ages 8 –14, Discover Babylon TM uses sophisticated video gaming strategies and realistic digital environments to engage the learner in challenges and mysteries that can only be solved through developing an understanding of Mesopotamian society, business practices, and trade."
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paper about gaming and learning
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"Watch over 120 educational videos from full length documentaries to short video clips."
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"Plinky makes it easy for you to create inspired content. Every day we provide a prompt (i.e. a question or challenge) and you answer. We make it simple to add rich media and share your answers on Facebook, Twitter and blogs."
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On this page you will find resources for high school chemistry: worksheets, labs, handouts, and PowerPoint lessons. All materials posted here are intended for educational nonprofit use. Feel free to use them in your classroom or for your personal use. However, they are not to be shared, sold, or distributed in any manner without permission." -
interactive timeline for NASA
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short video clip about vista settings to help keep your kids safe online
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)site includes ads)
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"aMap is short for ‘argument map’. The idea’s very simple – to promote the art of arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format."
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"Paper Critters is an online application for creating and sharing digital paper toys. Choose the "Toy Creator" if you want to start making a toy. Or, go to "The Colony" to view an interactive gallery of all the toys."
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new govt site to make our tax money spending more transparent
Explore the Possibilities 