Art

Art with Mr. E. is a blog dedicated to all things art and art education. If you need ideas or to just see what other teachers are creating, this blog is worth visiting!!

http://artwithmre.blogspot.com/

Fact Monster - - REFERENCE

Fact Monster is from Information Please part of Family  Education Network.  It is a kids reference site. 

www.factmonster.com  

Board Games Generator

Online tool to create board games.............Great to use for class projects.


http://www.toolsforeducators.com/boardgames/

http://boardgames.lovetoknow.com/Board_Game_Templates

ESL

http://www.kidseslgames.com/index.html

http://www.kidseslgames.com/printable%20games/Board%20Games/boardgames.html

VoiceThread

VoiceThread is an online version of the program Photostory.  An online tool that is a multimedia slideshow where one can use voice to add comments add audio files or video. Group conversations are collected and shared in one place.
Youtube video that demonstrates what Voicethread is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2nb7FO7p8
There is voicethread for K-12.
VoiceThread:  https://voicethread.com/products/k12/

Story time

Free Online children's stories
http://storytimeforme.com/

Science for kids

A lot to do on this site:  experiments, free games, science fair projects, fun quizzes, interesting facts, amazing videos, worksheets and more!  For grades k-9


 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/technology.html

Image After.........Free Stock Images

Image After: 

Free stock images that students can use to create multimedia projects.

 http://www.imageafter.com/

Literactive -- Primary Interactive-- and more

Many educators incorporate some kind of technology to engage student learning. With web 2 it is impossible not to find something on the internet that cannot be used to help support a teacher lesson or to engage students with an interactive activity. I decided to search for 'interactive literacy games' and I came across many great sites. You just need the time to peruse all of them. I did look at some and I found the following to be worth a visit.
Language Instructions

http://www.literactive.com

http://www.roythezebra.com

Language Arts, Math Science and more

http://www.primaryinteractive.co.uk/english.htm/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/

More Free on-line Childrens Books

Free online books and translations:
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/ 

Books on-line

Read free childrens books online for fun and for Inspiration:
http://www.childrens-educationalbooks.com/read-free-childrens-books-online.html

More Free Stock Photos

Free stock photo search engine:  http://www.veezzle.com/  

and http://www.picsearch.com/

Free Stock Photos

Free stock photo and clip art sites:
http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php

http://www.school-clip-art.com/

Structures

Great interactive activity to demonstrate forces, load, materials and shape.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html

Artzooka

A site for making crafts and being creative.  http://www.cbc.ca/kids/tvshows/artzooka/ 

Art--Louvre--Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the "Louvre" art gallery.

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Modern Art

Destination Modern Art is a  site that explores modern art a website fore children ages 5-8.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/#

The National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada has some Resources and Demonstration videos on materials and techniques artists use.
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/teachers/demo/index_e.jsp

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/en/learn/resources-and-demonstrations.php

Vancouver Art Gallery

Collection of artists and related information. 

http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/

The Environment

Game on Green Challenges
http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/green/


Young Voices for the Planet is a film series featuring young people who are making a difference! They are shrinking the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.
http://www.youngvoicesonclimatechange.com/

Zero footprint youth calculator

http://calc.zerofootprint.net/youth/