Practicing for a Mystery Skype

Have you ever wanted to participate in a mystery Skype ( Mystery Skype explained here ) but you are not sure that your elementary students a...

Challenge Based Learning- Take Action and Make a Difference!

I recently learned about the  Challenge Based Learning site through a STEMx course I am taking.  What is Challenge Based Learning?  It is ...

Newsmap: A Visual of Today's News

Newsmap is a site that provides a visual representation of the news as aggregated  from Google News.  What I like about Newsmap is the how...

Hundreds of Activities for Your Smartboard

Interactive Sites for Education is a collection of K-5 online, interactive games and simulations that can be used on your Smartboard for te...

Teaching and Learning with Primary Sources

Here are a few sites that will help you to use primary source materials in your classroom: The World Digital Library : The World Digital Lib...

Discovery Atlas: Interactive Map with Videos

Discovery's new interactive atlas is a great resource for teaching about geography, countries, and cultures.  Select a country by click...

Google Earth in the Classroom

This week I will providing Google Earth training for middle and high teachers.  This slideshow includes rationale for using Google Earth in...

Newspaper Map

Newspaper Map is a an online map that helps you to locate online newspapers from around the world.  Students can look at the map to see the...

Study South Carolina

The Study SC site provides resources, links, lesson plans, and projects to help your students to learn about South Carolina.  This site was...

Learn Your Capitals

Practice identifying state and country capitals with these two games from Arcademic Skill Builders . This site offers many games that can b...

My Great Maps

My Great Maps is a resource that will allow your students to paint, draw, create lines on and add points of interest to a variety of maps. ...

Interactive World Map with Facts

Learning geography can be fun! Just move your mouse around the world map and students will discover the name of each country along with fac...

United States Puzzles

Students will enjoy finding and naming the states with these interactive resources: Pauly's Playhouse State Puzzle Scholastic's Puzz...