A wealth of material to help you plan your educational sessions
Top 50 Free Educational [http://www.educational-freeware.com]
Reviews of the top educational freeware for kids and adults
Online English Reading [
http://www.clicknkids.com]
Works From Any Country In The World 100 Online English Reading Lessons
PBS Teacher Source [
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource]
The site offers more than 3,000 lesson plans and activities in arts and literature, health and fitness, social studies, mathematics, science, technology and early childhood
Brain Pop is an interactive site that includes quizzes, activities, information and a large selection of movies on science and technology. Using cartoon animation, the movies explain in simple words and graphics the process of photosynthesis or fuel formation, and other physics, chemistry and biology topics, including health education. The site also has a selection of movies about technology, such as how radio works, the binary system, and others.
Discovery Channel School [
http://school.discovery.com/]
Provides lesson plans, ideas for learning games, Web links, and e-mail discussions.
Educational Games and Activities
The Web offers a vast number of educational games - many of them animated and simulated puzzles and individual activities. They may be used to motivate students as a new concept is introduced or to apply what has already been learned.
Below is a sample of Websites that provide educational games and activities:
FunBrain.com [
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html]
This site, from the Learning Network, includes educational games for children of different ages as well as information for parents and teachers. The quiz lab gives teachers access to quizzes on math, language, history and other subjects and allows them to create their own quizzes. The basic lab is free, but access to the advanced lab requires an annual fee.
Quia: Where Learning Takes You [
http://www.quia.com/]
Most activities on this site are geared to children in upper elementary school and above (e.g., in mathematics, activities range from two-digit addition to algebraic equations). Some of the resources are accessible only to subscribers.
Interactive Mathematics on the Internet [
http://wims.unice.fr]
This site contains a number of interactive games, graphics and exercises on mathematics, including algebra, geometry and other topics. It is multilingual and includes French, English, Italian and Chinese.
LearnEnglish Kids [
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids]
LearnEnglish Kids is for children who are learning English. Find games, songs, stories and lots of activities - and learn English too.