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COMPUTER PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS


 * Scratch **

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. **Educators** **- Information for educators using Scratch** **News** **- Stories about Scratch in the media** **Research** **- Papers and presentations about Scratch**

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Virtual Manipulatives Information pHET ITSI-SU [|PDESAS] Website

Cyberchase PBS Kids Games at Sploder - Make your own Online Games Arcade, War Space & Platformer Games Lemelson Center's Invention at Play: Invention Playhouse Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game
 * GAMES **

Critical Thinking Puzzles Braingle: Brain Teasers, Riddles and Puzzles
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUZZLES **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Edheads - Choose the Prosthetic
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Test Their Memory
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ALTRUISTIC QUIZ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Freerice.com

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trivia & Quizzes: Surfing the Net with Kids <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Trivia Games | Thinks.com <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fun Trivia Quizzes
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TRIVIA GAMES **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Memory Games at Play Kids Games <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Memory Games <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KidsMemory.com <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Memory Games - Lumosity
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MEMORY GAMES **

Enhance Inquiry

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nobel Prize Educational Productions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Welcome to Virtlab! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HHMI's BioInteractive - Virtual Labs <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ChemCollective: Find Activities <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Virtual Laboratory
 * VIRTUAL LABORATORIES **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free Online Simulation Game, Play Computer Games for Kids, Fun Children's Games <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sciencecourseware.org <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Math, Physics, and Engineering Applets
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SIMULATIONS **

Try Engineering Website The Power Of Graphene
 * TRY ENGINEERING **

Exercise Insight <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Exploratree

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Glogster EDU
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NON-LINEAR PRESENTATION TOOLS **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blogger: Create your free Blog <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WordPress <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">40+ Free Blog Hosts
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BLOGS **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Top 10 Free Online Mind Mapping Tools []
 * MIND MAPPING TOOLS **

Develop Reasoning

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Intel Seeing Reason Tool The Image Quiz - Games for the Brain FunBrain.com Play Sudoku Sudoku Kingdom

Capture Creativity

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comic Master <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jam Studio Music Maker Joyce Valenza Site

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bomomo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FlockDraw - Free Online Drawing Tool - Collaborative Group Whiteboard
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ART TOOLS **

Story Starters Story Jumper
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ANIMATION TOOLS **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DIGITAL STORYTELLING TOOLS **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bookr :: pimpampum <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ZooBurst <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Storybird - Collaborative storytelling Trading Card Creator Wideo Lisa Hollenbach Site Melanie Wiscount Site

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aviary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kerpoof Studio
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MULTI ART TOOLS **


 * National Geographic for Kids ||
 * National Geographic Little Kids ||
 * Oxford Owl: by Oxford University Press, offers resources, texts, games to support literacy up to age 11 and math for ages 3-7 with more than 250 free e-books to choose from. ||
 * Pass the Plate: Offers nutritious recipes from all over the world from the Disney Channel. ||
 * [|Science NetLinks:]K-12 science education resources- interactive vibrant games, podcasts about the inner workings of the body, gravity, and science news written for young readers. ||
 * USA.gov Kids:Kids can find out what it is like to be a national park ranger with the WebRangers game, practice cryptology and code breaking with the Cryptokids game, explore the 50 states, discover careers in the health field, learn tips for saving money, or listen to the stories of Peace Corps volunteer. ||
 * iWasWondering: Outlines achievements by women in science and provides a timeline, brief biographic info, and interactive games like the virtual telescope, AstroScope. ||
 * Great Websites for Kids: Has dozens of recommendations that will interest young people. ||
 * PBS Kids ||
 * The Albright- Know Art Gallery:Located in Buffalo NY this gallery has created a stimulating, art-focused website. Kids can design their own abstract paintings online, learn about pioneering artists, and discover painting techniques. Ideas for the art teacher possibly that are free. ||
 * National Gallery of Art:Interactive Art you can make online. ||
 * Wonderopolis - For curious kids: Wonderopolis explains a new "wonder" of daily life such as how to create harmony, why zebras have stripes, and where the buffalo roam. The wonders span dozens of categories from candy to weather to pop culture. Kids can learn, discover, and imagine with this website from the National Center of Literacy. ||

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** Web-based Resources **


 * Solving the STEM Education Crisis
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** MSP2 ** <span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt;">The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) project supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice. <span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 4.8pt;">MSP2 also includes the development of virtual learning experiences designed for middle school aged youth through which young people increase their ability to explore, discover ideas, problem solve, think critically, communicate, use technology in a productive and responsible manner, and become globally aware. These experiences will help them become aware of educational pathways that lead to careers in science, mathematics, and technology.

**<span style="color: #292929; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">PBS Teachers STEM ** <span style="color: #292929; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 9pt;">The PBS Teachers STEM Education Resource Center is here to introduce you to selected STEM education resources. To find more, search our database of nearly 4,000 science, technology, engineering and math resources for grades preK-12.
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Taking inspiration from the news, from the frontlines of university research, and from kids themselves, our staff scientists publish new content weekly. They often collaborate with experts at high tech companies, government labs and agencies (like NOAA and NASA) and top universities. Science Buddies provides fun, intellectually-stimulating and cutting-edge science education resources such as:
 * ScienceBuddies **
 * An online library of 1000+ [|Project Ideas], which are detailed scientist-authored outlines that help students create a project in any of 30 different fields of science and engineering
 * The [|Topic Selection Wizard] tool to help students find a project idea that perfectly matches their unique interests
 * The [|Project Guide] is an online encyclopedia for how to do science research and science fair projects. It includes step-by-step guidance, actual sample assignments, photos of science fair projects, tips for success, and self-grading checklists for students. Also includes tools, techniques, and reference information such as safety guidelines and a section on the engineering process.
 * A robust area with a curriculum for teaching the scientific method, printable classroom handouts, grading rubrics, and enrichment tools
 * The [|Ask an Expert] online advice forum where scientists and engineers guide students who are doing science and engineering projects
 * [|Career Information] includes 100+ Career Profiles to inform students about science, technology, engineering, and math careers. Career Profiles are tied into our library of Project Ideas so students can easily see how the science in their project is used in real-world careers.

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