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May 21st, 2012Virtual Tour of Amazon Rainforest!
May 18th, 2012Hi! It’s Friday, May 18, 2012 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Michigan State University: Virtual Amazon Tour
Age Range: All (with parental supervision)
Michigan State University offers this free interactive virtual tour of the Amazon rainforest.
When you get to the site you’ll see a photograph of the rainforest. Place your mouse cursor over the picture to reveal images that include:
- Boa Constrictor
- Capybara
- Jaguar
- Orb-Weaving Spider
- Parrot
- Poison Dart Frog
- Rhinoceros Beetle
- Scarlett Macaw
And more! Click on any image and a new page opens where you can read information about the item you selected.
This is a fun way to see and learn about some of the unique flora and fauna in the Amazon rainforest without leaving home.
Zookeeper Training for Kids!
May 15th, 2012Hi! It’s Tuesday, May 15, 2012 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: Zoo Keeper Training
Age Range: 9 and up (very young children and non-readers may enjoy with parental assistance)
A Maryland ClickScholar suggested this fun interactive game, sponsored by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, where you can learn what it takes to become a zookeeper.
When you get to the site, you must fill out an employment application and then begin training in the Zoo Keeper program. Learn about different animals, find out how to take care of them, prepare the animals’ diets, and pass the quizzes to become an “Honorary Keeper Supervisor.” Use the Zoo Keeper Handbook to help you win the game!
Some of the animals in your virtual care will be:
- Reticulated Giraffe
- Colobus Monkeys
- Nile Hippos
- Komodo Dragon
- Penguins
- Mexican Gray Wolves
- Grizzly Bear
- Bald Eagle
- Western Hognose Snake
As you play this fun game, you’ll learn all about animal safety, diet, enrichment and training.
Free “Citizen Science” Projects for You!
May 8th, 2012Hi! It’s Tuesday, May 8, 2012 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
SciStarter.com
Age Range: All (with parental supervision)
This website provides an archive of “Citizen Scientist” projects that you and your kids can do at home to help researchers gather information on bees, birds, crickets, storms, solar energy, microbiomes, and much, much more.
You’ll learn all about science as you take part in both informal recreational activities and formal research efforts that make science simple and fun for the whole family.
When you get to the website, you’ll see the featured “Project of the Day.” You’ll also see the words “Project Finder” and below it there are two drop-down menus:
*Pick an activity – Select the location and environment where you want to do your project. For example, at home or at a zoo, on a beach, online, in the car, on a hike, etc.
*Pick a topic – Select a subject of interest such as: animals, astronomy, birds, chemistry, weather, food, health, insects, nature, physics, etc.
Click on any item on the drop-down menu and a new page opens with a list of projects currently available in that category.
Or use the horizontal menu at the top of the screen and click on “Project Finder.” A new page opens where you can do an advanced search that allows you to filter for:
- Free/low cost projects
- Projects you can do outdoors
- Projects suitable for children and/or students
- Do-it-yourself projects
And you can even filter for projects that have teaching materials available.
From the home page you can also sign up to receive their free “newsletter” that delivers information about awesome projects to your email inbox.
Boost Your Vocab & Feed the Hungry!
May 2nd, 2012Hi! It’s Wednesday, May 2, 2012 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Free Rice
Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)
This ad-supported website offers you the opportunity to boost your vocabulary and help end world hunger. For each word you get correct in the online vocabulary quiz, 10 grains of rice are donated through the United Nations World Food Program to help feed the hungry. The best explanation of the concept comes directly from the website:
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FreeRice has two goals:
Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors.
FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.
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If you have more questions, check out the FAQs at the website. This is an ingeneous idea and it’s lots of fun to participate.
Free Math & Engineering Lessons for K-12
April 30th, 2012Hi! It’s Monday, April 30, 2012 and time for Math at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Teach Engineering
Age Range: 5-18 (Designed for Grades K-12; the majority of the material is for Grades 3 and up, with parental supervision.)
Get free, open-ended, hands-on lessons and activities to stimulate your students’ interest in math and science through engineering. As explained at the website, “engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear” in the real world. The free K-12 engineering curricula at this website integrates math, science, and technology through exploration of the “built world” around us so that it’s relevant to the lives of young people.
The idea here is to encourage students to pose questions about “why things work” and then gain skills and use their imaginations to create innovations that improve the world for everyone.
When you get to the website you’ll see the featured “Editor’s Pick.” Above it is a menu that says “Browse.” Below it, you can click on menu items to find curricula sorted by:
*Activities - In my opinion, this is the place to start because the stand-alone, hands-on, fun experiments are sure to engage your kids’ interest and may springboard you to further learning. There are over 600 activities (that include a materials list and instructions) covering a range of possibilities such as the exploration of acids and bases, designing a bicycle helmet, learning about kidney filtering, investigating Ohm’s Law, playing “Rock Jeopardy,” making Yogurt Cup Speakers and more.
*Lessons – Get over 380 different lessons that meet content standards on topics that include Air Pressure, Ampere’s Law, Art in Engineering, Animals in Engineering, Friction, Magnetics, Mar s, Rivers, Rocks, Paper Airplanes, Water, and much more.
*Subject Areas – Find out all of the math topics covered including Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Number and Operations, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof. You’ll find lots of science content as well.
*Curricular Units – These theme-based learning experiences are composed of multiple lessons designed to take place over several weeks in a classroom environment. There are units on asteroid impact, bridges, cells, energy, floaters and sinkers, marine mapping, natural disasters, rockets, simple machines, weather and more. They can be tweaked for the homeschool learning environment.
All of the lessons and activities include the estimated time it takes and the approximate cost for the materials.
Teach Engineering is a terrific resource so bookmark it to return often!
