Friday, October 28, 2005
Happy Halloween at BIE
Dinosaur Gallery
Learn about prehistoric dinosaurs by choosing from a palette of dinosaur pictures. Presented by the Dinosaur Playground.
Learn All About Fossils
What are fossils? Where do fossils come from? Where can you find fossils? Find out at the San Diego Natural History Museum website.Monday, October 24, 2005
Educational Tools for Teachers and Kids
Use SuperKids Educational Software Review's convenient tools site to create math worksheets and telling time worksheets, play word games to build vocabulary skills, and learn some history and more.The Science Spot Kid Zone
Explore a variety of science subjects all at one kid friendly zone. Subjects include: dinosaurs, plants & animals, astronomy, chemistry, rocks & minerals, and much, much more.Thursday, October 06, 2005
NASA's Halloween Treat For Kids
Use Your Xbox to Learn
"Replicate!" is just one of several prototype games created through the Games-to-Teach project. The project is the result of a partnership between Microsoft's research division and MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. Their goal? To design games whose main purpose is to support learning in math, science and engineering.
Another game, called "The Political Machine," is a commercial game in which students learn about the political process by running a presidential campaign. A player who doesn't grasp the difference between electoral and popular votes will not win the election or the game.