Academics

Educational Websites

• Toporopa - Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? No worries, just pull up Toporopa on your nearest browser and learn all about the geographical, political, historical and economical aspects of the wonderful continent.
• Cool Math - Cool Math is "designed for the pure enjoyment of mathematics." This interactive site features a plethora of fun games, puzzles, calculators and lesson plans.
• Science Bob - Science Bob is a fun, interactive site that has several different areas for kids to choose from. There are videos, experiments, science fair ideas and a research help link with many fantastic links to other sites.
• Grammaropolis - Grammaropolis is a fun, interactive site that helps students learn about the parts of speech.
• Math Live - Math Live, a fantastic site for upper elementary students, is full of cartoon math tutorials on subjects like fractions, multiplication, area and perimeter, tessellations, probability, and a variety of other topics. The glossary section is an amazing collection of math concepts animated for more solid understanding.
• Neo K12 - NeoK12 is a fantastic collection of videos, arranged by subject, that have been individually reviewed by K-12 teachers.
• Catch the Science Bug - The educational goals of Catch the Science Bug are to increase science literacy and raise environmental consciousness by adhering to national standards and guidelines for content, to use different teaching methods for engaging all types of learners, and to encourage life-long learning by featuring scientists who model this behavior.
• ABCya! - ABCya! is a fun site for lots of great games and activities. There is a nice word cloud generator that you can save as an image directly to your computer (jpg).
• StoryJumper - Story Jumper is a wonderful site that allows children to create their very own books. You can create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate your story, and you can use the Story Jumper clipart gallery, too.