Online Lessons

Astro-Venture
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/avhome.html
This multimedia website deals with NASA careers and astrobiology research. The concept is to search for and design a habitable planet. Students enter training, are quizzed on their knowledge, and adjust the features of potentially habitable planets to see what makes a planet habitable and why. The recording of student observations ties this activity to the basics of the scientific process.

Biology in Motion
http://biologyinmotion.com
On this site you will find animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.

Cyberchase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/index.html  
Cyberchase is a daily animated adventure television series and multimedia project for children ages 8-11. Cyberchase helps kids discover that math is fun. On a daily basis, the site is updated to provide content specific to the day's broadcast episode. On a monthly basis, an Original Adventure will be added to the site. There is also permanent content. Lesson Plans and additional information can be found in the For Parents & Teachers section. Produced by PBS Kids.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html

Interactive Solar System
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/tutor/solarsystem/1/
Elementary students can learn all about the solar system when they visit this online, interactive tutorial. They must correctly answer questions about the planets before advancing to the next page.

Jamestown Online Adventure
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Put your students in the situation of landing in the New World and making all the decisions needed to found a colony. This simulation lets them decide where to land, what to do when they get there, and even how many will be required to do hard labor. There are online helpers in the form of the London Company's Instruction and a Native American neighbor. Players will be scored as to how well they fared given the choices made, and will review what actually happended in Jamestown. This activity requires Flash version 5 or higher.

Kids' Space 2000
http://www.kids-space.org/

LearningPlanet
http://www.learningplanet.com

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
This is a fun site where students can improve their vocabulary by playing online games. The categories are WordSearch, Crosswords, Hangman, Quiz, Match Game, and Jumble. There are different skill levels and the puzzles can be printed as well as played online.

Manchester Up Close
http://www.manchesterupclose.co.uk/
This site teaches 14-16 year olds the concepts of urbanization using the city of Manchester to demonstrate concepts. Urban issues are conveyed through tutorials, allowing multiple visitors in a game-like format. A history of urbanization is presented briefly on pages with text that doesn't overwhelm. You can enlarge illustrations for further clarification as needed.

Mrs. McGowan's 2nd Grade
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/2nd/index.html
Marci McGowan has taught primary grades for more than ten years at H. W. Mountz Elementary School in Spring Lake, NJ. Her classroom Web site originally focused on First Grade, but with a new teaching assignment in 2003-04, she has expanded the site to include Second Grade. She uses the site to showcase student work, communicate with parents, and to conduct online projects with her students.

PBS Kids: Cyberchase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/index.html
This site is full of games, online stories, math, etc. The Homepage welcomes you to the Cyberchase Cybersquad Base. From there, you can link to all areas of the site including Games Central, Today's Stuff, Cyberchase Club, Meet the Cybersquad and Web Adventures.

Quiz Hub
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm
Although this is a subscription based site, there are many free quizzes, thinking games and logic puzzles for students to use.

Quiz Tree
http://www.quiz-tree.com 
Quiz Tree contains dozens of interactive quizzes on topics such as Elementary Math, Fractions, Spanish, Geography, SAT Verbal and Spelling. Some of the quizzes include audio clips and graphics. All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds and other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable. New content is added periodically and educators are encouraged to contact Quiz Tree with requests for new quizzes on topics useful to their students.

Reconstructors Solve Medical Mysteries
http://medmyst.rice.edu 
Medical Mysteries is an interactive online game. Students solve mysteries and in doing so learn how infectious diseases are spread. The Missions teach the fundamentals of microbiology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology including virtual labs and are aligned with National Science Education Content Standards. Teacher Pages contain lots of downloadable resources. The Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning at Rice University designed this website with funding from the National Institutes of Health.

SmallBluePrinter
http://www.smallblueprinter.com/index.html
This site can be used for creating a quick blue print for a house. You can setup the walls and add windows and doors where needed. You can also do a 3D walkthrough of your creation or even view it isometrically (in 3D from an overhead angle). There is also the capability to print out your blue print, which you can do either in landscape or portrait format. Great for giving students an idea of the process of creating blue prints.

StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library
http://www.storyplace.org/
A great site for younger students. Online stories, activities and printable activities. The Pre-School Library reads the stories out loud. There is a Spanish version as well as an English version.

Tramline Virtual Field Trips
http://www.tramline.com/vft/index.htm
"The virtual field trips here at Tramline were developed with the goal of making the best use of the web in the classroom. These annotated trips take students to some of the best web sites on each trip subject. We have a Trailhead (Intro) and Teacher's Resource that set the stage for most of our trips. The TourMaker field trips format makes learning fun, and makes using the Internet in the classroom simple, efficient and focused. You will find virtual field trips on science, literature, social studies, and other topics."

TV411
http://www.tv411.org/index.shtml  
Not just for adults! TV411: tune in to learning, is based on a television series for adults who want to strengthen their basic reading, writing, and math skills. The "Improve Your" menu consists of Flash-based tutorials produced by The Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA). This section contains practical things such as Parts of a Newspaper, Reading Maps, Filling Out a Job Application, Writing a Complaint Letter, Finding New Ways to Say Something, What Makes a Compound Word?, Words with Multiple Meanings, How to Set Up a Budget, Using Percentages, Explore Nutrition with Your Child, Time Management, and more.

University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/SchoolsOnline/index.html  
There are a variety of units targeting different grades and disciplines at this site. Some of the unit titles are Incubation and Embryology, The Adventures of Herman (the worm), and Apples and More. Let students Go Out on a Limb with Maria as she and her friends show how to resolve problems in getting along with others. High school athletes will like the information found in Sports and Nutrition: The Winning Connection. 

Zoom School
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/index.shtml