Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities
Interactive Activities, Simulations, and Learning Games
There are many websites that contain tutorials, simulations, and problem solving activities.
There are many websites that appear to be simple games. However, they can often be used as
springboards for effective activities.
General Websites
Activity Search from Education Place
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Links to lots of activities by topic/theme.
BBC Schools
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Lots of great activities. There are many learning games.
Birmingham Grid for Learning
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Explore lots of great interactive activities from many content areas. Many of these activities
include audio elements. These are aligned with UK standards.
GridClub
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Explore fun, children's educational games from the UK.
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Interactive, online exhibits on topics such as Amusement Park Physics, Ancient Civilizations,
and the Middle Ages.
The Learning Box
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Interactive activities on many topics.
PBSKids
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Lots of games learning and fun games based on PBS characters.
PBS
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Many activities such as WayBack US History.
Read Write Think: Student Materials
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Lots of interactive tools for reading, writing, and thnking.
Scholastic Online Activities
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Contains a mixture of activity types including collaborative, online projects.
Sesame Street
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Over 100 games for young children.
ThinkPort from Maryland Public Television
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Explore their Online Field Trips of interactive activities.
Zoom
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Lots of fun activities for kids
Art & Music Resources
Hands-on Crafts
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Throw a pot and build a jug among other activities.
Museum of Modern Art Online Activities
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Art Safari and others.
Communication Arts Resources
BBC
SpellIts,
Between the Lions
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Reading games for young children.
Choosing Adjectives
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Fun game.
Concrete Poetry
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Fun poetry game.
Listen & Write
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Create rap, write poems, and have a great time writing.
Math Resources
Crickweb
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Figure This
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Math activities for kids.
Illuminations
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Great interactive tools.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
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Math Cats
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Fun activities for creative thinking and math.
Number Jumbler
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Math game
Virtual Manipulatives
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Visual Fractions
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Tutorials on fractions.
Science Resources
Amazing Space
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Online explorations including Planet Impact!, Hubble Mission, Galaxies Galore and more!
Atoms Family
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Science activities.
BBC Science Clips
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Lots of great science activities.
The Biology Project
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Problem sets and tutorials.
Biointeractive from HHMI
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High school libs such as transgenic fly lab.
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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Interactive activities including dinosaurs and bones.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
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Interactive learning for science.
Earth Science Games from NASA
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Exploratorium Online Activities
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Try activities in the following areas: observatory, planet earth, machines & tools, living
things, seeing, sport science, human body, mind & perception, and food.
FossWeb
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Interactive resources for grades K-2, 3-6, and middle school on many science topics.
The Great Plant Escape
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Learn about plants (English and Spanish) for grades 3-5.
Human Anatomy Online from Inner Learning
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Learn about the human body.
Nobel Prize Simulations and Games
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Play games based on award winning work.
This Old Habitat
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Visit habitats and learn about ecology.
OMSI Science Activities
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A dozen science topics and activties.
PBS Kids
Virtual Kitchen from Zoom
Physics Classroom
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Tutorials related to physics.
Science Monster
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Explore information and activities related to science.
Wonderville
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Science adventures for kids
Social Studies Resources
Animated Atlas
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Traces the growth of the United States through animation and sound.
Asia Society
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Drag the pictographsinto the slots. Includes hittite, egyptian, and sumerian visuals.
Bens' Guide to US Government
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Explore government games for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Includes a "Locate the States" game.
Congress for Kids
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Activities on government.
If You Were President
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This simulation asks students questions and then creates a newspaper about becoming
president.
National Geographic's Xpeditions
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Explore the interactive museum.
Our Story in History
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Interactive activities including building a sod house, "you be the historian", and buffalo hide
painting
Out on a Limb
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An interactive guide for getting along.
Drill and Practice, Puzzles, and Quizzes
Many websites contain learning quizzes, games, and activities. As you explore the websites,
determine whether they're just for fun or really something that will help students learning a
skill or address a standard.
Quiz Builders
Quia
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Take quizzes in many different categories. Subscribers can create quizzes. Trial available.
QuizStar
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Create quizzes and track students.
General Sites
FunBrain
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Lots of great learning quizzes across the curriculum.
Learning Planet
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Some free activities and online books such as Alphabet Action.
PBSKids
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Top Marks
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Reading and Language Arts Specific Websites
AlphaBits for Kids
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Basic alphabet practice.
Book Adventures
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Similar to Accelerated Reader, this is a free reading motivation program with a tracking
system and quizzes based on books.
EduPlace Proofreading
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Fun proofreading game.
Grammar Games
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Many games for middle and high school.
Kids Reads
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Lots of activities based on books including Games and Trivia.
Silly Sentences
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Write and submit silly sentences.
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Spelling activity online.
Math & Science Games and Puzzles
AIMS Puzzle Center
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Math puzzles for students.
A Plus Math
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Math games and practice.
Jefferson Lab Games and Puzzles
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Java enabled browser. Include science, math, and element games.
NCTM Electronic Math Examples
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Great activities by grade level.
Social Studies Games and Puzzles
Geosense
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Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against other online players. You're given a
place and you have to locate it on the map.
US Census Bureau
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Information and quiz.
Other Games
Consider the "game trap." Try one of the "learning games" below. Is it really a "learning"
game or just a time waster? What standard would it address? How could it be used
effectively? Can you add an activity in another content area to make a connection?
PreK-3 Websites
Billy Bear's Alphabet Game
Seussville Game
Billy Bear's Online Games
Primary Games
Games for Preschool - links to games
Counting Games - links to games
All Grades
Funschool - popular
Kidspace Activities - must register
Hop Games
Magic Schoolbus Games
SuperKids School Subject Hangman
