The Dirt on Dirt - An Earth Day Lesson for Pre-K through First Grade Students

Tomorrow is Earth Day. Last week I shared 14 Earth Day-related resources . That list is comprised of resources for middle school and high sc...

Teach Students About Architecture and Building With This Free Guide from the Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage has some neat resources for teachers and students. One of the resources that I...

How to Use Little Bird Tales for Digital Storytelling in Elementary School

Little Bird Tales is one of the replacements for Kerpoof (closing on April 15th) that I recommended yesterday in this post . Little Bird Ta...

By Request - 5 Resources for Teaching About the Forces of Nature

I'm starting to get caught up on a backlog of requests that have come through on the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page . If I h...

Sports Science - Baseball

Spring will be here soon. With spring comes the beginning of a new baseball season for Little Leaguers, high school players, and pros. This ...

How Maple Syrup Is Made

Although the -10F temperature at my house this morning doesn't indicate it, the official start of spring isn't too far away. And for...

Kids Can Create Alphabet Books With Alphabet Organizer

Alphabet Organizer is a great little tool from Read Write Think that students can use to create alphabet charts and books. The idea behind ...

Fun and Learning With Peep and the Big Wide World

Peep and the Big Wide World , produced by WGBH, offers a great collection of online games, videos, and offline activities designed to help p...

Mission U.S. Expands to Offer Another Interactive Journey Through American History

Mission U.S. is a popular series of educational games about U.S. History. Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo I just learned that the latest installm...

Thinking Blocks - Model Math Problems on iPads, Interactive Whiteboards, and in Your Browser

Thinking Blocks is a nice site for elementary and middle school mathematics teachers. Thinking Blocks provides interactive templates in whi...

Interactive History Animation - Daily Life in the Iron Age

Life in the Iron Age is a neat little series of animation from BBC History. Through the series of interactive animations students learn abo...

Stack the States & Stack the Countries - Fun Windows 8 Geography Games

Stack the States and Stack the Countries are fun geography games that I reviewed last year as iPad apps. Today, I learned that they're...

Conceptua Math Offers Holiday Fractions Fun

Conceptua Math is a service that I've featured in the past. They offer interactive visual mathematics lessons, primarily focused on fra...

Walking With Dinosaurs - Games and Apps

Walking With Dinosaurs is a new movie coming to theaters soon. Based on the trailers I've seen online it looks like a movie that kids w...

A Last Minute Thanksgiving Activity for Elementary School Students

If your school is not one that has given students this week off, these last two days before the Thanksgiving holiday can be tough. Here'...

Figure This - Math Challenges for Families

Figure This is a website produced by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics . The site presents viewers with a series of math prob...

Shutterbugs Wiggle & Stomp - A Smithsonian Game for Kids

Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp is a new educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize t...

7 Halloween Themed Educational Activities

Halloween is a just ten days away so you may be looking for some Halloween-themed educational activities to use in your classroom. Here are ...

Five Mathematics Glossaries for Kids

A glossary of mathematics terms can be a helpful aid to students who struggle with the vocabulary of mathematics. When I was a middle school...

Animated Math Lessons for Kids

Math Live is a neat mathematics website hosted by Learn Alberta . Math Live presents students with animated stories that teach mathematics ...