Family Resources
Jun 24th, 2010 by aldrinpta
Links for Students
These are links to many of the popular web sites used in Strategies Lab:
Make a Snowflake – You can use your computer to make snowflakes! Give it a try. Be creative! http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com
Line Rider – This was a big hit in Strategies Lab and now you can play it at home. www.linerider.com
Math Playground – You will find many math games and some strategies games here. There is a puzzle called IQ that’s the same as the Hi-Q played in Strategies Lab. www.mathplayground.com
Invent Now – If you like to use your imagination and create new things, then this is the site for you! You can submit your inventions to the site where other inventors can see them. You can browse the gallery and see what other kids have invented. Try it out! www.inventnow.org
Virtual Art – Do you like art? Try this. The National Gallery of Art invites you to design a virtual mobile, and create a collage, painting, geometric sculpture, or 3-dimensional shape. There is also a link to show how artists create these same effects without a computer. www.nga.gov/kids/zone
Multiplication Games – Want to brush up on your multiplication facts? Here are some fun ways to do it: www.multiplication.com
Many Games for All Ages – This site leads to games in math, language arts, social studies, music, keyboarding, Spanish, and more. It has brain teasers and puzzles, too. You may encounter some pop-up ads. www.gamequarium.com ( opens in new window)
Math Games – Try these fun math games! www.aplusmath.com
Inventions – The Library of Congress offers a glimpse of some ingenious inventions in history. This site includes a game for viewers to identify inventions from historic photographs. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/science/flash.html
U.S. Mint – Click on this link to find games, facts and activities all about money. www.usmint.gov/kids/
NASA for Kids – Do you like to learn about spaceships and rockets? How about planets and stars? Then this is the site for you. Click below and try it out: http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Be an Architect – At this website, you can be an architect with Frank Lloyd Wright. You can build a house and then take a virtual 3-D walk through it! www.ArchitectStudio3D.org
Product Game – You can play the product game at home. Have fun! http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=29
Links for Parents
…coming soon…
