Lawrence Hall of Science

From the University of California Berkeley comes Explore LHS for Kids.  Richard Byrne, creator of Free Technology for Teachers says, "Measure Yourself could be a fun way to introduce students to measurement using the metric system. The activity give students some familiar animals by which to gauge metric measurements. Overall, Hey LHS Kids offers a variety of similar activities that can be useful for introducing some basic science and math concepts to elementary school students."  Please practice navigating this site's offerings before bringing your students to the computer lab.  This icon and link have been added to the Five Lakes Elemantary School webpage.  Look in Kids Zone inside the Science category.

Similar activities that may be useful for you:

Activity TV

Explore the Galapagos

Finding Wonderland

Wonderland is a collaborative blog for writers to share news, links, and book recommendations for young adults.  Give this blog a try and you will find many treasures like this one:

10 NEW Techie Things To Try This Year: 1. Tripline

Tripline is a new map creation service that offers users a presentation tool for sharing a trip to others or for designing a trip itinerary.  The special features of Tripline allow you to add details to each stop on your itinerary. Also, add images, and music to the presentation of your trip.  The completed product is a slideshow tour of you trip.  Creating a map is EASY!  After log-in, click "create a new trip," enter map title, then type the first location on your map.  After that you can add more by simply typing location names into your list. Placemarks will be added to the map for you.  Adding text is accomplished by clicking the edit icon.  When your placemarks are complete  you can select music to enhance your tour.  Your final product can be embedded into your webpage or blog.  Try Tripline in your Social Studies class!  FREE!

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