Cool Free Resources:

Get the Most Out of Your Interactive White Board

Reading & Literacy:

ABCya!  http://abcya.com

Try the 5^th grade for many interactive computer games. ABCya! Fifth grade children's computer games and activities have large easy to use navigation buttons as well as simple instructions. Activities include addition, subtraction, counting money, keyboarding practice, identifying computer parts, and much more!

Math:

A Maths Dictionary for Kids: http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com  Explains more than 600 common math terms.

Fractions – A Booster Activity: make fractions on pizzas. www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm

Financial Football: Teach financial skills and concepts with this interactive game about money management. www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/trainingcamp

MisterTeacher.com: Virtual Math Manipulatives: Math, math, and more in the form of manipulatives. www.misterteacher.com/whiteboard/virtual_manipulatives.html

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM): Award-winning, web-based, virtual manipulatives and tutorials for all levels of math. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

WisWeb: Math applets for 12-18 year old students. www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/en/

Music:

ArtsAlive.ca: Compose music. Click and drag musical notes to make masterpieces. www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/games/popComposeMusic.html

Games:

PBS:Literacy made fun. Reinforce those skills. http://pbskids.org/games

Reading at pppst.com: Everything from rhyming words to story maps and fold tales. http://reading.pppst.com/

ReadWriteThink: Comic Dreator: create your own comic. www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html

A Little Bit of Every Subject:

CybraryMan: More than 20,000 links for all grade levels and subjects. www.cybraryman.com

Education World: Lesson planning and more. www.education-world.com

Harrisville Elementary School’s Interactive Sites for Whiteboards: Math and language arts activities for elementary and middle school students. www.harrisvilleelem.com/Whiteboard%20Sites.htm

Teacher LED: Interactive whiteboard resources for various subjects. www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources

Teacher Toolbox: interactive math and reading resources of K-5^th grade. www.learningtoday.com/corporate/teacher-resources.asp

Topmarks: Organized by subjected, age group, and category, these resources include math, science, history, art, music, and more. www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx

Learning Games & Useful Tools:

CuePrompter.com – The Online Teleprompter: Help out when students are learning to read with this online teleprompter. www.cueprompter.com

Gamequarium: Who says learning can’t be fun? www.gamequarium.com/index.htm

HighlightsKids.com: The magazine we loved as children goes online. www.highlightskids.com

Smallblueprinter: Build-you-own house plan and take a 3D walkthrough. www.smallblueprinter.com/sbp.html

And then some…

SAS Curriculum – for interactive content Grades 8 and higher. All subjects. http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com

World Map Activities – www.teacherled.com/category/maps

Map Maker – Create maps with older students www.teacherled.com/2008/06/01/map-maker

US Map Games – http://bensguide.gpo.gov/flash/states_puzzle_lines2.html

Dissect frogs without getting your hands dirty – www.tactustech.com

World War Webquest – www.carteretschools.org/webpages/mfinucane/resources.cfm?subpage=263135

Play Jeopardy – review lessons and prepare for exams. Create your own templates or borrow from other teachers. www.jeopardylabs.com

Google Earth – explore geography around the world. http://earth.google.com

Take an online field trip – For American history, the Memorial Hall Museum is a good place to start. www.memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html

TimeToast is an interactive time line. http://www.timetoast.com