5 Stars
BrainPOP includes games, movies, and activities made to teach and entertain students at the same time. Learning becomes visible and reflective so connections can be made. Topics in major languages like Spanish, French and Mandarin are presented. It has a section with teacher tools to help with instruction. It is split into three sections: Brain Pop Jr, Brain Pop and Brain Pop ELL. This website caters to elementary age students and English Language Learners.
BrainPOP includes games, movies, and activities made to teach and entertain students at the same time. Learning becomes visible and reflective so connections can be made. Topics in major languages like Spanish, French and Mandarin are presented. It has a section with teacher tools to help with instruction. It is split into three sections: Brain Pop Jr, Brain Pop and Brain Pop ELL. This website caters to elementary age students and English Language Learners.
5 Stars
This website is a collection of events in history. One feature is “Day in History” where you can see an important event that happened on the current date. A schedule is posted of the dates and times of all the shows which will be on the History Channel. Some of these shows can be watched on the Internet. Older students can click stories and read about personal stories of the past. The History Channel is a history-based pay television network that is owned by A&E Networks, and is a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney Media Networks division of the Walt Disney Company.
This website is a collection of events in history. One feature is “Day in History” where you can see an important event that happened on the current date. A schedule is posted of the dates and times of all the shows which will be on the History Channel. Some of these shows can be watched on the Internet. Older students can click stories and read about personal stories of the past. The History Channel is a history-based pay television network that is owned by A&E Networks, and is a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney Media Networks division of the Walt Disney Company.
5 Stars
While National Geographic Kids isn't well-organized for teachers, it is a fantastic resource for students to explore their interests and follow their curiosity. Teachers can also search for resources that match topics they're working on in the classroom. This website is easy to use, and students show great interest in it. This website includes links to subscribe to the National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids magazines. There is also an option to type in your topic in the advance search bar.
While National Geographic Kids isn't well-organized for teachers, it is a fantastic resource for students to explore their interests and follow their curiosity. Teachers can also search for resources that match topics they're working on in the classroom. This website is easy to use, and students show great interest in it. This website includes links to subscribe to the National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids magazines. There is also an option to type in your topic in the advance search bar.
5 Stars
There are full episode videos which can streamed to watch at any time. There is a search bar which one can do an advance search on topic of choice. The TV schedule allows you to see what will be coming up on cable. Some of these videos can be watched online and many past videos are posted in the vault.
There are full episode videos which can streamed to watch at any time. There is a search bar which one can do an advance search on topic of choice. The TV schedule allows you to see what will be coming up on cable. Some of these videos can be watched online and many past videos are posted in the vault.
5 Stars
This website is for students of all ages to get fun facts and homework help. There are clear step by step instructions that help users with math problems. Patrons have access to an atlas, dictionary, and other resources. There are over 30,000 short biographies. One of the most engaging parts of this website is the educational games and quizzes. I like the user-friendliness that comes with this website. The website is easy to navigate from page to page.
This website is for students of all ages to get fun facts and homework help. There are clear step by step instructions that help users with math problems. Patrons have access to an atlas, dictionary, and other resources. There are over 30,000 short biographies. One of the most engaging parts of this website is the educational games and quizzes. I like the user-friendliness that comes with this website. The website is easy to navigate from page to page.
5 Stars
Engaging fun activities for all age levels. There is informational text with videos to support. Students can learn and have fun at the same time with games, quizzes, puzzles, word searches and more. There is homework help which includes guides on using a dictionary, thesaurus, timeline, and maps, and best of all, help with Math homework. One does need to subscribe for a paid membership. Afterwards the teacher has more privileges such as saving items in a folder, Interactive “Did You Know?”, a read out loud tool and best of all an embed code to place any of your learning management databases. This website makes sure the context has correlated lessons with Common Core, state, and national standards.
Engaging fun activities for all age levels. There is informational text with videos to support. Students can learn and have fun at the same time with games, quizzes, puzzles, word searches and more. There is homework help which includes guides on using a dictionary, thesaurus, timeline, and maps, and best of all, help with Math homework. One does need to subscribe for a paid membership. Afterwards the teacher has more privileges such as saving items in a folder, Interactive “Did You Know?”, a read out loud tool and best of all an embed code to place any of your learning management databases. This website makes sure the context has correlated lessons with Common Core, state, and national standards.
5 Stars
This website has many tools for a student’s use. There is an atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus. There are current events posted on the feature link. When one selects a county, it will give you information about the culture, government, economy, and population. One can type or select a date and receive many news topics which happened at that time. Timelines allow you to see events in order. The last tab has slideshows which offer pictures from current times and in the past. These are the tabs which one can use: Current Events, Atlas, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Features, Quizzes, Timelines, Countries and Slideshows.
This website has many tools for a student’s use. There is an atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus. There are current events posted on the feature link. When one selects a county, it will give you information about the culture, government, economy, and population. One can type or select a date and receive many news topics which happened at that time. Timelines allow you to see events in order. The last tab has slideshows which offer pictures from current times and in the past. These are the tabs which one can use: Current Events, Atlas, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Features, Quizzes, Timelines, Countries and Slideshows.
5 Stars
This website is just as engaging as YouTube. There is nothing but videos about any topic you can think to research. In fact, one can watch over 10,000 videos. The videos are organized by subject topic. An advance search bar will allow you to perform a quicker topic search. The videos are clear, short, and to the point. For every topic I looked up, there were multiple videos to describe the subject. One can buy a membership which will give you more access to other materials. One can also upload their personal learning videos to this website for approval and one can post videos to Facebook and Twitter with the press of one button.
This website is just as engaging as YouTube. There is nothing but videos about any topic you can think to research. In fact, one can watch over 10,000 videos. The videos are organized by subject topic. An advance search bar will allow you to perform a quicker topic search. The videos are clear, short, and to the point. For every topic I looked up, there were multiple videos to describe the subject. One can buy a membership which will give you more access to other materials. One can also upload their personal learning videos to this website for approval and one can post videos to Facebook and Twitter with the press of one button.
5 Stars
This site is created by a school librarian for teachers. In fact, the resources on this website were all recommended by teachers. It has a Google search engine so one can get age appropriate and current information. This means students will get better results in their searches. Kidtopia indexes thousands of teacher webpages. The website helps you copy the code of a teacher’s webpage so you can paste it into your own web site. The main page has 9 easy attractive links for the students to use. At the top tool bar are resources separated for students, teachers, Youtube videos and a blog.
This site is created by a school librarian for teachers. In fact, the resources on this website were all recommended by teachers. It has a Google search engine so one can get age appropriate and current information. This means students will get better results in their searches. Kidtopia indexes thousands of teacher webpages. The website helps you copy the code of a teacher’s webpage so you can paste it into your own web site. The main page has 9 easy attractive links for the students to use. At the top tool bar are resources separated for students, teachers, Youtube videos and a blog.
Works Cited
"A Study of the Effectiveness of Brain Pop.” SEG, 7 Apr. 2009, aboutbrainpop.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A-Study-of-the-Effectiveness-of-BrainPOP-executive-summary-2008.pdf.
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“Hi There! I'm Frank. I Help You with Homework and Facts. In Case That Gets Boring, I'll Also Have Some Games and Trivia Quizzes for You!” Homework Help, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Online Almanac | Fact Monster, Sandbox Networks, 2018, www.factmonster.com/.
“News and Events Year-by-Year.” Infoplease, Infoplease, 2019, www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.
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“Welcome.” Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More, National Geographic, 2019, kids.nationalgeographic.com/.
Created by Stacey Phillips
Last updated July 2022
Last updated July 2022