GRADES K - 2 ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIESTo access websites select the hyperlink of the underlined title in blue. Shel Silverstein Fun and Games This is a great site about the amazing writer and artist Shel Silverstein. Make your own bookmarks to flag your favorite pages. You can also create a poetry flip book, act out a poem with your friends, print out a poetry kit, and play some challenging games and activities. You can even send your friends and family an e-card with a Silverstein drawing! Adventure Sequences Take an adventure! Try to figure out the sequence by jumping on the next correct number. Play this interactive game where you can pick your skill level and learn all about number sequences. PBS Kids Go! Cyberchase PBS presents the CyberSquad! Follow them on their daily adventures in math and science; help them solve whatever new puzzle they've gotten themselves into. Or, if you'd like, you can join the Cyberchase Club, meet its members, go on fun Web Adventures, take part in a Weekly Vote, or play some great games! Dance Mat Typing Start here! Meet the gang and learn to type! The colorful and interactive videos make learning home row, the space bar, and more, fun and easy. Practice typing all the keys on the keyboard and make your way through all 12 stages, and you can be a top typist. "Come type with me!" Groundhog, What Will You See? What is February 2nd? It's Groundhog Day! Find out if the groundhog will see his shadow! You can also practice the days of the week! Paw Park: Alphabet Bears Can you help put the bears in alphabetical order? If you do, they get to take a ride at the park. Read the words on their shirts and put those words in alphabetical order. Magic School Bus Tours Come join Liz on a Magic School Bus tour. Learn about marine life, insects, dinosaurs, space, and more. Along the way you will play some awesome games and make a scrapbook of what you've learned. Click the link and away you go! Number Blast Off Ready, set, launch the spaceships! Just match each number to its written name. Not all the written numbers will have matches, so think carefully. Blast off! |
Grades 3 -5 ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIESTo access websites select the hyperlink of the underlined title in blue. Amusement Park Physics: What Are the Forces Behind the Fun? Read about physics in action!Understand more about how physics works in a practical application: an amusement park! Check out the forces behind the fun of roller coasters, carousels, bumper cars, and more! Butterfly Rainforest Let your imagination fly as you create your own unique butterfly and write about it in your online field journal. Then learn about other species of butterflies similar to the new one you've just created. Give your new butterfly a name, and then print a picture of it! Learn more about butterfly bodies and how their wing patterns help them survive. There are also butterfly facts, activities, and a list of resources where you can learn more about Lepidoptera. Dance Mat Typing Start here! Meet the gang and learn to type! The colorful and interactive videos make learning home row, the space bar, and more, fun and easy. Practice typing all the keys on the keyboard and make your way through all 12 stages, and you can be a top typist. "Come type with me!" Math Wheel of Fun Click on Hypatia or Pythagoras to spin the wheel and see which game comes up. These silly games are fun to play while you practice rounding numbers, examine the effect of rotation, and more. You can choose from three levels of difficulty as your skills progress. Mad Money Youcan't buy everything that you want! However, ifyou save up and spend your money wisely,there's a good chance that you can afford something special.This game tests your "money smarts" to see if you can make the purchase of your dreams.But don't let those unexpected expenses creep up on you! Click on the link to play Mad Money! Moneyville At this fun and interactive website, you can practice your business and economic skills through simulation games. Play "Get Real" to try budgeting your money as either a high school graduate, a college graduate, or a professional degree graduate. Play "Lemonade Stand" to see how well you can run a small business. In this fun game, you must decide how many supplies to purchase and what price to charge. Good luck making as much profit as possible! Virtual Knee Surgery Talk about cutting-edge! Make important medical decisions as you take an interactive virtual tour through this online knee surgery. The choices you make will affect the outcome of the patient's surgery! Then view actual photographs from real surgeries. Who Is That? Mingle with people from the past. You will be shown a portrait of either a U.S. President,a famous scientist, or famous mathematician. Study the clues and identify who it is. Learn important facts about each person as you go along! |