15 October 2007
14 October 2007
Astronomy For Kids
by knann (via)Great site for kids researching the solar system, planets, and more. Easy to read and understand text. Looks like a teacher creation.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
by knann (via)Take the tour using Level 1 or Level 2 information. Teacher guide available.
CosmicQuest @ The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
by knannOur solar system is our neighborhood in space.
The Sun is the center of this neighborhood,
which includes at least nine planets
plus hundreds of moons and thousands of asteriods.
Exploring Our Solar System
by knann (via)webquest for grades 4-5
See entire unit here:http://www.asdk12.org/depts/itech/teachers/curriculum/
Space Sense for Kids
by knann Every question you answer correctly will boost your rocket a little further toward its destination--leaving the Earth's atmosphere. Click the button that you think holds the correct answer, or click a 'Life Line' button for helpful clues. 'Open a Link' will take you to a web page that has information about the question, and 'What have others answered?' will show you the percentage of people that have previously chosen each answer.
Eight Planets and a Dwarf Soduko
by knannFill in all the empty cells by dragging and dropping the planets Every row,column,and 3x3 box with orange borders should contain all nine planets. No planet should appear more than once in a row, column, or box.
Sky aboveStowe VT on Sun 2007 Oct 14 10:42
by knannUse these numbers for the observing site Lat 44°47'17" Long 73°9'11"
The Maine Solar System Model
by knannClick on the name of a planet to see how it appears from US Route 1 as you travel between Presque Isle and Houlton.
Scale 1:93,000,000
At forty miles (64.4 km) from Pluto to Sun, the largest complete three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in the World.
Measuring the Solar System Spreadsheet
by knannUse this spreadsheet to develop different scale models of the solar system
13 October 2007
The Space Place :: From Computer Code to Space Wave and Back Again
by knannCodes and Decodes:
Or, How to Yell Across a Solar System
Explains how NASA sends and recives data into space. Narrated and animated. Great for differentiation
The Solar System Trading Cards
by knann & 1 otherLearn about the solar system with this trading card game
CLEO - Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online
by knannAmazing set of resources from Great Britain for k-12
ARKive - Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on Earth.
by knann & 7 others (via)ARKive (www.arkive.org) is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of the world's endangered species - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous conservation, education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003, and has now profiled over 2,500 of the world's endangered species, using over 3,000 movie clips and 18,000 photos as well as a full research page on each animal - all freely available for internal educational use at www.arkive.org. Register for free and create a scrapbook that can be shared with students
ARKive Education - Resources
by knannARKive Education is a free-to-use, multi-media resource bank for teachers and other educators. Making use of the stunning imagery available at the award-winning ARKive website www.arkive.org, ARKive Education provides downloadable, ready to use modules on a wide range of curriculum topics, suitable for geography, biology, environmental education and citizenship lessons.
07 October 2007
ResizR - Easy online image resize
by knann & 9 othersResize images on the web or from your computer.
ajaxWrite - AJAX for Everyone
by knann & 12 others (via)Create a word processing document on the web that you open,edit,print,and save. Great if you do not have MS Word at home
Mixbook | Create Amazing Books With Your Friends!
by knann & 2 otherssimilar to iPhoto for creating bound books but allows for more text depending upon design. Use for portfolio.....
The Internet Picture Dictionary
by knannA picture dictionary available in english, french, spanish, german, or italian. Translation not available but items are arranged in alphabetically or in categories.
flauntR
by knannflauntR is a free online photo editor and effects software. Apply 1000s of digital photo effects to your images with just one click. Get images directly from FlickR or your PC. Use the online photo album feature for photo storage, and access your albums online. Share your creations by email, edit pictures online for embedding on your web page and blog. With flauntR you can apply cool digital frames and effects to your photos, for communities like Facebook or MySpace. Do new stuff to your photos everyday!
disposableWebPage.com
by knannDisposable Web Page is now here! You can create a disposable web page with as little effort as a few key strokes and start right away at filling up the page with the content you want. Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be. Why is it call disposableWebPage?
Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. You can set this clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal and will exist for 2 more weeks before it gets incinerated.