Illuminations
Explore our library of 106 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home.
PhET
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.
Google Lit Trips
Google Lit Trips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. At each location along the journey there are placemarks with pop-up windows containing a variety of resources including relevant media, thought provoking discussion starters, and links to supplementary information about “real world” references made in that particular portion of the story.
iPad apps
Chicken Coop Fractions: This hilarious educational game shows a fraction and your job is estimate the decimal equivalent by placing a nest on a number line. The hens fire their eggs towards the correct answer. If your estimate is good the eggs will be caught in the nest but if you’re too far out it all gets very messy. free