Sunday, August 31, 2008

Online Canadian History Games

Here are some links to free online Canadian history games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

If you would like to report a broken link or suggest a link to add to this list, please send me a comment and I will review your request when I moderate the comment. Thanks!

Canadian History
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/gam_e.html
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/games/
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=GamesContests.html
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/PM.cgi?LM=Games&LANG=English&AP=vmc_search&scope=Games
http://www.memoireenperil.net/main_en.htm
http://www.historicanada.com/
http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwhist/faculty/sneylan/fun.html

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Online Music Games

Here are some links to free online music games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

If you would like to report a broken link or suggest a link to add to this list, please send me a comment and I will review your request when I moderate the comment. Thanks!

Music
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/arcade.htm
http://www.classicsforkids.com/games/index.asp
http://www.gamequarium.com/musicquiz.html
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?denver
http://www.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/jeux/studiodeson/

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Online Foreign Language Games

Here are some links to free online French and Spanish games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

If you would like to report a broken link or suggest a link to add to this list, please send me a comment and I will review your request when I moderate the comment. Thanks!

Foreign Language: French
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=French **
http://www.hello-world.com/French/memory.php (Memory)
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/FRENCH/games.htm
http://www.hello-world.com/French/EN_French.php
http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/hangman/frenchp.asp#
http://www.abroadlanguages.com/al/la/FRENCHP.asp
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/c4modernlanguages/#
http://perso.orange.fr/jeux.lulu/index.htm
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_fr.htm
http://www.polarfle.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/index_flash.shtml
http://www.jedessine.com/index.php
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_fr.htm#
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/family/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/family/game/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/games_all.shtml
http://french.about.com/library/begin/fun/bl-gameindex.htm


Foreign Language: Spanish
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=Spanish **
http://www.gamequarium.com/spanish.htm
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_es.htm


Foreign Language: German
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=German **


Foreign Language: Italian
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=Italian **

Foreign Language: Multiple Languages
http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm

** For every correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program

Monday, August 25, 2008

A New Group for Teaching a Foreign Language!

I have found forums for learning a few specific languages, but I was unable to find any that encompassed all who teach a second (or third, or fourth) language to children or adults. So, I've started a new one. My hope is that this general group will allow us to share ideas, resources and provide support to one another as we seek new ways to make language learning fun.

You can find the Foreign-Language-Educators Yahoo! Group here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Foreign-Language-Educators/

Whether you're teaching French, German, Spanish, Chinese or any other language for that matter, join us as we explore ways to make learning a foreign language fun and effective.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Science Experiments

This list will surely grow over time, but here are some great resources for finding science fair projects or science experiments related to whatever you're studying.

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
http://krampf.com/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snacksbysubject.html (Listed by Subject)
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/index.html
http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/experiments2.html
http://www.pbs.org/weta/roughscience/discover/powerplant.html#buzzer (Create a Buzzer)
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/simplescience/archive/
http://www.kidzup.com/lab1.htm
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/tornado_tube.html
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/buildmodel/feature/famf49psychsci/famf49psychsci.html
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_home.html

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Online Math Games

Here are some links to free online math games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

If you would like to report a broken link or suggest a link to add to this list, please send me a comment and I will review your request when I moderate the comment. Thanks!


General Math
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
http://mathematics.hellam.net/
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/Math/math_kids.html
http://jmathpage.com/index.html
http://www.mathmastery.com/
http://www.mathslice.com/
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_original.htm
http://jmathpage.com/index.html
http://www.brainormous.com/
http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Maths_s1.htm
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.primarygames.com/science.htm
http://www.mathslice.com/
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm
http://www.playkidsgames.com/mathGames.htm
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/allgames.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm


Math: Drills
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=Multiplication%20Table **
http://www.mathusee.com/drill.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/game.shtml http://www.gamequarium.com/mixedpractice.html
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/Tunnel/MULTIPLY.HTM#
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm#
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/robot/default.htm#
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/apples/default.htm#

Math: Specific Skills
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/html/object_interactives/order_of_operations/use_it.html Order of Operations
http://www.gamequarium.com/time.html (Time)
http://www.gamequarium.com/money.html (Money)
http://www.mathplayground.com/count_the_money.html (Money)
http://www.softschools.com/math/money/ (Money)
http://www.gamequarium.com/fractions.html (Fractions)
http://www.mathslice.com/placevalue.php (Place Value)
http://www.mathslice.com/mathtree.php (Prime Factoring)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_mainfrm2.php?cat=601.php (Roman Numerals)
http://www.mathslice.com/hideseek.php (Co-ordinates)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_dvsbl.php (Divisibility)
http://www.mathslice.com/mathsequence.php (Sequencing)
http://www.gamequarium.com/geometry.html
http://www.mathusee.com/loan.html (Loan calculator)
http://www.mathusee.com/invest.html (Investment Calculator)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_mathwhl.php (Math Wheel)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_pow.php (Math Millionaire)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_smrtgss.php (Smart Guess)
http://www.mathslice.com/bricks21.php (Bricks)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_mathmemory.php (Math Memory)
http://www.mathslice.com/ol_mathmatch.php (Math Match)
http://www.mathslice.com/puzzle4.php (Math Puzzle)
http://www.mathslice.com/oljpdy.php (Math Jeopardy)
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/DogBone/gamebone.html (1-100)

** For every correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program

Friday, August 1, 2008

Online Geography Games

Here are some links to free online geography games. As always, please preview all websites before allowing your children to visit them. I have not thoroughly verified every one of these links, and cannot be held responsible for inappropriate content.

If you would like to report a broken link or suggest a link to add to this list, please send me a comment and I will review your request when I moderate the comment. Thanks!

General Geography
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/geographygames
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq
http://www.mathslice.com/findnemo.php (Direction: N, E, S, W)
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm (Map games)

Africa
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/africamapquiz
http://www.gamequarium.com/africa.html
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/africa/
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/africaJigsaw/default.htm# (Puzzle)

Asia
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/asiamapquiz
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/asiaCountries/default.htm#
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/asiaJigsaw/default.htm (Puzzle)

Australia / Oceania
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/oceaniamapquiz
http://www.gamequarium.com/australia.html
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/australiaCountries/default.htm
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/australiaJigsaw/default.htm (Puzzle)

Canada
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgKidsAtlas/geodome.asp
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/games.aspx?lang=En (Crosswords, Quizzes & Word Jumbles)
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_canada.htm (DL)
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgkidsatlas/ (Available in English or French)
http://www.purposegames.com/game/396
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/canadamapquiz
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/Games/index.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/canada.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/canada_GL_Click.html
http://users.netrover.com/~kingskids/provinces/province.html
http://www.cgkids.ca/cgkids/games.asp
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/gameroom/main.asp
http://www.kids.premier.gov.on.ca/english/games/ (Ontario)
http://www.campsite24.ca/cp24kids.html (Ontario Parks)

Egypt
http://www.gamequarium.com/egypt.html

Europe
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/europemapquiz
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/europeCountries/default.htm
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/europe/
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/europeJigsaw/default.htm (Puzzle)

Japan
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/japan/

Latin America
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/latinammapquiz

Netherlands
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/netherlands/

North America
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/northammapquiz
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/north%20americaCountries/default.htm
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/north%20americaJigsaw/default.htm (Puzzle)

South America
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/south%20americaCountries/default.htm
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/south%20americaJigsaw/default.htm (Puzzle)

United Kingdom
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/uk/

United States
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/quiz/index.asp
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/usamapquiz
http://www.gamequarium.com/usgeography.html
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/usa/
http://www.ndimedia.com/demo/unitedstreaming/Game07/Game07.html

World Geography

http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/worldgeogmapquiz
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=18232799554&s=World%20Capitals **
http://geogeomania.googlepages.com/worldcapitalsquiz (World Capitals)
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/continentNames/default.htm (Name the continents)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/copycat/copycat.html
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/findContinent/default.htm
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/worldgames.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/worldgeography.html

** For every correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program

DL = Download (must be saved in your computer to run)