portaportal

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classroom friendly categories

literacy/technology

ABC Ya!
This interactive site helps students who are beginning to navigate a computer.

http://www.abcya.com
Apples for Teachers

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/langarts.html

smartboard

math

Figure This! Math Challenges
These math challenges are sincerely brain busters. Students will be using their thinking caps on this website.

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
Cool Math- Games
So many games that make fun EDUCATIONAL!

http://www.coolmath-games.com/
Prongo!
Wow. There are so many education games on this website. I love the graphics. The children will flip.

http://www.prongo.com/
Education Place for Students
Leads students to encounter new games/problems that they are currently studying in the clas

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/
NLVM
This site explores manipulatives in various forms.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html
Apples for the Teacher
Similar to NLVM, this site offers various games related to the most common forms of mathematics.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html
A Maths Dictionary for Kids
What a wonderful site to explore definitions and activities of unknown math terms.

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Learning Planet
Links to great sites for multiple math problems.

http://members.learningplanet.com/directory/index.asp?lev=2
Feeding Time
Teach your students time with this exciting interactive lesson.

http://www.little-g.com/shockwave/clock.html
DynaMo's Den
This site makes fun educations through the use of various games.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/index.shtml

science

Water Cycle

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
Cool Science for Curious Kids

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html
The Great Plant Escape

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/
Mystery of the Poison-Dart Frog

http://www.ncmoa.org/costarica/
Ology by American Museum of Natural History

http://www.ology.amnh.org/index.html
Science Explorations

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/
Build A Prairie

http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/build/index.html
NASA Kid's Club

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Science Activities

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/index_nl.html

social studies