Educational Internet Websites

By Peggy Steffens

Here are some outstanding educational tools available for teachers and students.   

Phonetics Flash Animation Project – Joanna Myhr-Arrison from Nash has recommended this site from the University of Iowa that contains animated libraries with the phonetic sounds of English, German and Spanish.  Students and teachers can watch animated articulatory diagrams for each consonant and sound. They provide step-by-step directions along with video and audio of the sound spoken in context. 
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

Mathwire.com – a site that provides numerous field-tested math activities and worksheets which support the constructivist approach to learning mathematics.
http://mathwire.com/

FOSS SMART Board lesson on Magnetism and Electricity – Cindy Senn from Wilson K-8 was searching for SMART Board lessons and found this one that goes perfectly with her FOSS unit on Magnetism and Electricity.  She shared that it will work well with the electricity lessons.
http://www.mystery-productions.info/hyper/Hypermedia_2003/Thelwell/Site/guide.html 

SMART Board Lessons and Resources – Amphitheater School District has created a SMART Board website with resources, tools, and links for effective ways to use the SMART Board in your classroom.  http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/lessonplans.html  

Random Student Generator – Multimedia Science presents a free tool that can be downloaded that selects a random student from a list of students you enter. You can save a list of student names for each of your classes and then let Random Student select names when you ask questions, pick partners, or for other classroom activities.
http://www.darngoodsolutions.com/mms/freeprograms.htm  

Vocabulary University – a free site developed by two former educators with a focus on vocabulary for students in grades K-12.  They have vocabulary puzzles, learning activities, test preparation for the ACT, SAT, and TOFEL, word lists for books and so much more.
http://vocabulary.com/