Educational Games and Interactive Simulations
Most middle schoolers spend their time on the Internet listening to music, watching videos, chatting/instant messaging, and checking out their friends' websites on MySpace and elsewhere. In moderation those are all fine, but here are some fun sites designed to help students work on their academic skills in math, reading, writing, and keyboarding. Check them out if you're looking for something worthwhile to do on the web.
Interactive Math
BBC Skillswise Numbers
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Project Interactivate
Arcytech – Educational Java Programs
Illuminations
Johnnie's Math Page (above sites on one page)
Keyboarding Skills
BBC Online Typing (levels 1-4)
Fearless Frieda Typing & Spelling
Fearless Frieda II (surfing)
Powertyping plus (Barracuda Game)
Typing with...
Burton (1); Booker (2); Carmen (3); Dwayne (4); Yasmin (5)
Online Game Collections
School Time Games
4-H Just For Kids (Cyfernet)
WebbliWorld
Zeeks
Scholastic Kids
FunBrain
Reading For Fun
Comic Strips Online
StoryPlace
FunBrain Reading and MadLibs
BBC Skillswise Reading
Between the Lions Reading
Activities for ESL Students
Creating & Publishing
Creating Music
ArtGames
Easy Create-a-Comic
Harder Create-a-Comic (register to use)
Create-a-Graph
Stop Disasters Game
Vocabulary, Geneology & Cool Tools
FreeRice (practice vocabulary and earn free rice!)
Geni (build your family tree)
FlashCardExchange (flash cards on hundreds of topics)
Online Presentations with Thumstacks and Empressr
Interactive Educational Games
