Interactive/Smartboard Websites

The Teacher's Guide - this site proves Smartboard as well as just interactive sites for Math and English.  Check for future subjects.

Stuff Ya Gotta Try - Interesting things for teachers on the World Wide Web- includes many different Smartboard activities which are marked by a yellow box.

SMART Tips - List tips to optimize the smartboard as well as provide links to activities.

Maximizing SMARTBoard- instruction, training, troubleshooting and lesson plans.

SMART Board Template- find templates for all sorts of grades and activities.

Engaging Learners the SMARTBoard way- links to many interactive websites.

Teacher Tap- introduces readers to electronic and online books, also includes ideas for making own online books.

Edusim- 3-D world for the smartboard

Math

Fantastic Math Tricks- Different types of tricks to help solve math problems.

Math Playground - Provides different manipulatives.

Reading

RIF: Reading Planet- Virtual bookshelf.  Talks about the process of writing and reading habits.

64 Zoo Lane Storymaker- Students can direct the story plot and listen to the story they have created.

Foniks- Students learn English or just starting to read, this sites allows students to hear pronunciations of letters.

Encyclopedia Mythica- Good source for Myths.

Science

Siemens Science Day- lessons, video and activities to teach grades 4-6 science.

Smartboard Planet activity- lesson and quiz on planets.

History

The Democracy Project - For grades 3-6. Offers interactive games and lesson plans that allow students to gain insight into the structure of the government.

History Detectives:History Scene Investigators - For grades 3-5. This game allows students to learn historical facts while using interactive maps and clues to answer history questions.

Lewis and Clark - For grades 6-8.  Includes and interactive trail map and encourages students to examine the geographic discoveries by the expedition.

The U.S - Mexican War: Timeline Map - For grades 6-12.  Presents events of the U.S. - Mexican War.

Geography

GeoGame - register (Free!) and select a game.  Students use maps, atlases and other reference materials.  Students match a description of a location with a city.   

Arthur's World Neighborhood - For grades 2-3. Offers opportunities for the students to explore global and cultural awareness.  provides activities, printable        worksheets, and related online games.   

The Living Edens - For grades 4-12. Includes a wide variety of lesson plans.

Postcards from Buster - For grades 2-4. This website offers elementary students a glimpse at life in locations around the United States.

Games

PBS Kids Games- All different types of games to practice different subject skills.

General Resources

Differentiating Instruction- the webpage provided by Kathy Brown during workshop.

Personal Educational Press - choose a word list or create your own and create worksheets, Bingo boards, flashcards, quizzes, word scramble, tracing sheets and more.

Game shows - download free PowerPoint game slideshows and enter you own information.

Pedagonet- Learning materials and Teacher Resources.

Summer Fun- Educational Summer Activities for Kids.