portaportal

guestGreeting

tangrams

Tangrams

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_112_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities

pentominoes

Pentominoes

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_114_g_2_t_2.html?open=activities

ancient number systems

Roman Numeral Game
See if you can write the correct Roman numerals

http://www.factmonster.com/pages/numeralgame.html

Middle Ages

House of Names
Search for your family's coat of arms

http://www.houseofnames.com/
James Wolf Heraldry
Search for your family's coat of arms

http://search.swyrich.com/surnamesearch.asp?Licensee=8605
Nine Man's Morris Game
Play this Roman game!

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/acrosstheboard/games/morris.php

Mythology

Fling the Teacher
Difficult questions about Roman life

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/ancientrome/

Bridges

Bridge Forces
See how a bridge respondes to various forces

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html

Solar System

Fun!

Mastermind
virtual game

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_179_g_2_t_1.html?open=instructions
pattern blocks

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_170_g_2_t_2.html?open=activities
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Access to all online virtual math activities

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Tessellations

Tessellations

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_163_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

Research tools

Ebsco Animals
Helps find resources about animals

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=120&sid=fc15ee25-ad2f-4153-af03-edb7b551e298%40sessionmgr108
Ebsco primary search
Use this to help narrow a search for resources

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=104&sid=170b13e7-f51e-419d-b167-add11fd44083%40sessionmgr107
Searchasaurus
Children's research tool

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=104&sid=170b13e7-f51e-419d-b167-add11fd44083%40sessionmgr107
Pennsylvania Power Library
Pennsylvania's Online World of Electronic Resources

http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp