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Virtual Tour of Vesuvius

 This site provides a virtual tour of one of the world's most famous volcanoes. 

SITE OF THE MONTH

Adventures

 Eduweb's mission is "to create exciting and effective learning experiences that hit the sweet spot where learning theory, Web technology, and fun meet". These interactive adventures can be searched by grade level or by topics.

 

Skillswise

Skillswise is an excellent service of the British Broadcasting Company. This site provides fact sheets, worksheets, games, and quizzes to help improve basic skills in math and language arts.
 

Space Day

This year, National Space day is celebrated on May 4th. Challenge your students to become space scientists. "The ultimate goal of this site is to promote math, science, technology, and engineering education by nurturing young peoples' enthusiasm for the  wonders of the universe."

May Themes

 

 

Excite

Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology contains teaching materials developed by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The students become medical detectives and investigate disease outbreaks.

Connected Calendar

Try this calendar of May events with your classroom. You will discover a wide variety of activities for each day of the month.


Math Playground

Math Playground provides games and activities designed to make math practice fun. This award winning site is perfect for enrichment.



 

Count On

Count On, from the United Kingdom, is perfect for budding mathematicians. This site has activities and games for probability, fractals, brainteasers, origami, and patterns.

 

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TechnoEcho Archives

It is our intention to archive only the current school year of Techno Echo.  For previous school year issues contact Mike Penner or Brian Sandrin.

September  No Publication

October 05  Science of Baseball, Site of The Month, Colour Matters, Bright ring Activities, October Themes, Water Science For Schools, Measuring Angles, Anti-Bullying Resources, Money Instructor

November 05 The Busy Bee Activity Page, Site of the Month, The Tate Gallery, Gayle's PreSchool Rainbow, November Themes, Lab Lesson Plans, Investigating Integers, Anti-Bullying Resources, Geometry Step-by-Step

December 05  A and E TV,  Site of the Month,  Knowing Poe,  We Can,  December Themes, Science Net Links, Newton's Window,  Anti-Bullying Resources, Mathswap

January 06 No Publication

February 06  Sheppard Software,  Site of the Month, Cells Alive, Pacific Science Centre Online Exhibits, February Themes, Canadian Space Agency, FFFBI, Olympic games, Learning in Hand

March 06  The Exploratorium,  Site of the month,  Science Works,  Multiplication Mystery,  March Themes,  ToFU is Good, Ribbit's Math Adventure,  Incredible Art Department, Teaching World History Using the Internet.

April 06   Archimedes Laboratory,  Site of the Month, Web Exhibits, True Tales of Adventure for Young Explorers,  April Themes, For Kids Only: Earth Science Enterprise, Ohio Math Works, Grammar Bytes, Exploring the Environment