Well, its fair to say that the return trip from Mumbai was a rather long one and its taken me a week to try and catch up. Here is what I have stumbled across on the wire this week.
1. MATHguide http://www.mathguide.com/ resources for mathematics lessons in algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus
2. Math Applets - http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/maths-applets.asp This site has a stack of interactive resources that will help to make your website or IWB come to life. Worth a visit
3. EIA Energy Kids – http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm This is a good primary and middle school site for Energy. The site is a US government produced website witha variety of Energy related materials and resources.
4. How Millennial are you? http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/index.php this is a Pew Internet research quiz looking at how Millennial (or perhaps digital native) you are. Only 14 questions. Its fun and contributes to valuable research.
5. Jeopardy Labs – http://jeopardylabs.com/ This is a resource development tools to build Jeopardy games online without using powerpoint.
6. Digital nation - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/ This is a site on the public broadcasting service website focused on the “digital nation”.
7. Habits of the Heart – http://www.smm.org/heart/ this is a useful science website which hosts interactive resources for the cardiac and respiratory systems. A good resource for Middle and Senior schools, science, health and biology.
8. Encyclopedia of the Earth – http://www.eoearth.org/ - This is a useful resource site. Supported by the Environmental Information Coalition and the National Council for Science and the Environment and Bposton University it provides some excellent detail and depth.