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Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

This fun collection of booster activities have all been carefully chosen and designed as a result of the Athena research project which identified specific areas of maths development where pupils were under achieving. With thanks to Athena for all their work enabling this important resource to be developed. The activities and resources included are as follows: · Area & Perimeter · Checkout Challenge · Co-ordinate Shapes · DigitWize · Division Bingo · Fractions · Matchstick Patterns · Matchstick Sequencing · Measures · Mental Gym · Negative Numbers · Percentages · Shapes · Symmetry · Trainers Challenge · Weather Station · Weigh It Up For teachers who may wish to bypass the game, each of the activities can be directly accessed from the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.

These programs were designed to support many areas of the curriculum. They can be used with a range of assistive input devices including switches (emulating the spacebar or left mouse button); touch-screens and pointing devices. Our counting songs also accept input from keyboards including Intellikeys and Concept. All work brilliantly on an interactive whiteboard such as those produced by Smart or Promethean.

interactive clock great for whiteboard

Fin multiplication puzzle for individual,whole class whiteboard, or small groups. Customize the puzzle for different abilities

Math and science interactive learning modules with audio

Great site for whole class for early primary.

Interactive activities about electricity and circuits for use with individual, small group, or on the smartboard for the whole class.

UDL Editions by CAST are classic texts from world literature presented in a flexible online interface that provides just-in-time, individualized supports for struggling readers, and added-value features that engage novice and expert readers alike. Learning features include leveled supports to build reading strategies and help readers understand the elements of the author's craft; a Texthelp Toolbar for accessibility and language features; context-specific multimedia glossaries and enrichment activities; and multimedia background resources. Cast Strategy Tutor A free online tool to support students and teachers doing reading and research on the Internet, ages 10 and up. Strategy Tutor helps students read, research, collect and understand information better and more efficiently. For teachers, Strategy Tutor provides a way to easily create web-based lessons embedded with research-based, highly effective learning strategy and vocabulary supports. Cast UDL Book Builder Free online tool enables educators to develop their own digital books to support reading instruction for children aged 3& up. Teachers create, edit, and save resource-rich texts. Terry, an animated character, guides educators as they write text, choose images, and develop scripts for the prompts, hints, and models that will help build young readers' skills. Copyright 2006-2008, CAST. Please send comments or suggestions to

UDL Editions take advantage of the flexibility of digital media to reach and engage all learners. Leveled supports and the Texthelp Toolbar balance challenge and support for each learner, ages 10 and up. Select your book to get started! Includes How Coyote Stole the Fire, About Coyotes, Call of the Wild, The Tell Tale Heart, The Gettysburg Address.

astronomy related content

Great site with detailed info and great images(copyrighted). Written by a Biology professor

A basic introduction to the classification system used to describe the biodiversity of life.

Resources and activities for unit on Colonial America.

Use the drop down menu to find pictures

Narrated movie about the sun

Players learn that they can determine a star's relative temperature by its color. Students will collect groups of stars to earn points and develop problem-solving skills, as they determine how to gain the most points.

Can you add as fast as a rocket?

What a great tool to see how the sun and planets compare in size. Try it, it's easy: In the first box choose "Sun". In the second box, choose "Mercury". Next, click the word "compare" located between the two boxes. Try different variations.

Resources on algebra and pre - calculus ( with an emphasis on web-based interactives)

Free tutorials using java applets to explore, interactively, important topics in precalculus such as quadratic, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, polynomial, absolute value functions and their graphs. Equations of lines, circles, ellipses, hyperbolas and parabolas are also explored interactively. Graph shifting, scaling and reflection are also included. The definition and properties of inverse functions are thoroughly investigated. A graphical approach to 2 by 2 systems of equations is included.

Safe Educational Social Networking Peer to Peer Games focusing on spelling, paterns, geography, money(calculation,estimation) and more. Teachers can sign up for a free class account

SpellBEE is a new kind of spelling activity from Brandeis University. Each time you play, you will be able to choose a partner and play a word game with them. It's fun! Teachers can sign up for a free account for their class!

Fun interactives for science,social studies, and more. If you see something you want linked directly for students, let me know.

Great page of math games focusing on math facts, counting,patterns, geometry,measuring,and more. Teachers look for the link "Click Here" see see activity descriptions.