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Science Trek: Educator Resources
Science Trek offers a wealth of materials specifically for teachers. Each topic site includes several tabs with a wealth of information. Click on the “Educators” tab in each… learn more
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Be Washington™
Do you have what it takes to lead like George Washington? Be Washington is a first-person interactive leadership experience. Come face to face with challenges that George Washington confronted… learn more
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Edutopia: Game-Based Learning
Get tips, techniques, and tools that apply the principles of game design to the learning process -- a dynamic way to engage learners and help educators assess learning. learn more
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Common Sense: GameMaker
GameMaker is a great choice for an in-depth unit or entire course on game design. Other game-making lessons from Code.org or Scratch can see faster results on the basics, but after a few… learn more
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How to Find Learning Opportunities in Video Games Kids and Teens Love
There are tons of games your students already play at home that are packed full of learning potential. Every game has learning potential, from small games made for… learn more
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The Best Apps to Gamify Your Classroom!
Learn how to use EdTech tools to gamify learning in this New EdTech Classroom live show highlights video. In this show, Sam will show you how to use… learn more
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Free Math Games for Kids Online K-6
RoomRecess.com. In our dedication to provide free online math games for kids, we chose to create a page with a wide variety of math activities and number concepts.… learn more
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Reading Games for Kids and Elementary Students
With the educational standards for reading in our elementary schools on the rise, RoomRecess.com decided to create a page full of fun reading games for kids. These reading… learn more
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Spelling & Language Arts Games Online
Improving the grammar and English language arts skills of children is crucial to their educational development. When we at RoomRecess.com built our language arts games online page, we… learn more
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NewzBrain-Teacher's Best Friend
We are a lifelong learning quiz and national academic challenge curriculum helping students and adults to think globally. We at NewzBrain value our teachers, students, and parents input… learn more
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OER Commons: Game-Based Learning Collection
In game play, the progress a player makes is through learning. This happens as students grasp and understand embedded knowledge and skills required to successfully navigate a new… learn more
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Free Educational Games for Kids
Welcome to TurtleDiary! Our award winning educational website offers 1000+ learning activities that are both interactive and educational. The games support necessary skills while promoting fun. TurtleDiary activities… learn more
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Fun Math Games
Turtle Diary offers the perfect online math games for kids at the exact grade levels kids need them. We use a scaffolded approach to build on previous skills.… learn more
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PrimaryGames
PrimaryGames is a free browser gaming platform. For over two decades, we have made learning fun for countless users around the world with our large collection of free… learn more
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Six “One-Minute” Fun Engaging Games Teachers Can Use In Their Class
Now more than ever, there is a plethora of research that support the statement that says: “students learn when the affective filter is low”. This means that students… learn more
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What Is Gamified Learning?
If you’ve been looking for engaging ways to teach or supplement your child’s learning, the chances are you’ve come across terms “gamified learning”, “gamification” and “gameschooling”. But what… learn more
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Highlights Kids
WE BELIEVE Children Can Grow Into Their Best Selves Highlights’ brand of wholesome fun is built on the philosophy that children become their best selves when they use their creativity and… learn more
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Free Math Games & Worksheets for Kids
Math Game Time is your destination for the best math games and homework help online. Our games are fun, educational and trustworthy. Math Game Time was created by educators to… learn more
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18 of the Best Online Grammar Games for Middle School
Online grammar games for middle school students can be a great way for them to learn, practice, and fine-tune their skills. Games are a great way to make… learn more
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99math: Free Multiplayer Math Game
Reach math results with excited students. Free math games to master fact fluency and curriculum standards. Engage your students and increase scores! learn more
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How to gamify your class
The best features of game shows can be used to review and teach in the classroom. Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live, and Gimkit can help. See their pros, cons… learn more
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11 FREE MATH SITES AND GAMES
TechNotes. Looking for math games for a center, additional practice, or an answer to the question “TEACHER, I’m done. What do I do now?” Below you will find… learn more
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24 Fun Online Interactive Math Games for Every Grade Level
Practice makes perfect, and math proficiency at all levels definitely takes practice. Whether students are working on basic addition and subtraction or advanced algebra and geometry concepts, these… learn more
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7 Games to Play in the Classroom with an Interactive Whiteboard
Finding the right games to play in the classroom is an effort worth making. After all, we’re talking better lesson quality and improved student engagement. Research has shown that gamified… learn more
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Big Deal Media: Social–Emotional Learning Game Room
Harmony Game Room is a free app for iOS and Android from National University that includes a growing collection of games, tools, and other resources to help children in prekindergarten through grade 6 develop social-emotional learning (SEL)… learn more
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Math Nook
This site provides many different math activities for students. Directions are provided at the beginning of each interactive, some are for more than one player. At the bottom… learn more
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PBSKids: Play and Learn Science
Play and Learn Science App Play with shadows, control the weather, roll and slide objects down a ramp, choose the best materials for an umbrella – all while… learn more
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Hooda Math
HoodaMath.com, a free online math games site. Founded by a middle school math teacher, Hooda Math offers over 1000 Math Games for all ages. learn more
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Educational Games for Kids
Here is the best collection of educational videos, games, quizzes, diagrams, and puzzles that kids love. learn more
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20 Best Online Interactive Math Games For Every Grade Level
Practice makes perfect, and math proficiency at all levels definitely takes practice. Whether students are working on basic addition and subtraction or advanced algebra and geometry concepts, these… learn more
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Media Smarts: Digital Media Literacy
This section explores many aspects of digital and media literacy: from the basics, to how youth engage with different media, to issues they may encounter, the essays and… learn more
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Whyville
Whyville is a virtual world where children ages 8 to 15 play, explore, create and learn together. From solving math puzzles to protecting coral reefs, from programming robots… learn more
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MathGameTime
Seventh grade math is all about beginning to prepare children to tackle high-school algebra. Children add and subtract negative numbers, work with rational numbers, and tackle concepts such… learn more
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WordGameTime: Free Word Games
Word Game Time is your destination for the best language arts games and homework help online. Our games are FREE, fun, trustworthy and approved by educators. Word Game… learn more
MathGameTime: Free Math Games
Math Game Time is your destination for the best math games and homework help online. Our games are fun, educational and trustworthy. Math Game Time was created by educators to… learn more
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Games for Learning English, Vocabulary, & Grammar
Play Online Games for ESL, Math & Science, Engage Primary K-12 Education Welcome to ESL Games Plus Math & Science, your premier hub for interactive and educational online… learn more
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40+ Best Online Educational Games for Every Grade in 2023
Kids are always asking for more screen time, and parents and teachers are always looking for ways to make that screen time more worthwhile. Fortunately, there are endless… learn more
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Play Reality Check, Our Brand-New Middle Grade Game of Financial Choices
Congratulations! You’ve just graduated from college and gotten your first job. Time to make some decisions (housing, transportation, cell phone, and more). That’s the situation your middle school… learn more
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Math Play - Free Online Math Games
At Math Play you can find a wide variety of fun games that you can play online. Most games are suitable for elementary and middle grades. They are… learn more
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Classroom Games for Teaching Economics.
Economics-games.com is a free educational games site for teaching microeconomics, industrial organization and game theory. Choose the game you want to run, enter the number of players and… learn more
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iThrive Curriculum Games
Game-based learning helps high school teachers meet teens where they are through play-a tool they are familiar with. Games give students a chance to immerse themselves in new information,… learn more
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What is Quizlet and How to Use it to Create Interactive Flashcards and Quizzes?
Quizlet is a web tool and a mobile app that boosts students learning through a number of study tools that include flashcards and game-based quizzes. As a teacher,… learn more
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Best Gamification Tools for Teachers
Gamification is a cross-disciplinary concept that has been adopted in several sectors including marketing, healthcare, professional development trainings, politics, among others. By definition, gamification is “the incorporation of… learn more
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Educators Technology: Math Magician Games
Math Magician games are online math games designed to help students practice basic arithmetic skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The interface is usually pretty straightforward: you… learn more
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Free Math Games
This site is designed for students to LEARN, PRACTICE, and MASTER their facts. It also has all the tools teachers and parents will need to support LEARNING! Below… learn more
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27 Classroom Games Students Will Want To Play Again and Again
The classroom games you choose to play with students may become their favorite memories. Classroom games are a great way to build collaboration and community and practice important… learn more
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Using Board Games to Teach Math to Young Children
A recent study found that playing board games improves number recognition, counting, basic operations, and number comprehension among children as young as 3. Students can learn skills ranging from basic… learn more
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5 Brilliant Ways to Use Games in the Classroom
Are you looking for games to play with a classroom community? Games in the classroom are a piece of a giant teaching puzzle in which I am finding a way… learn more
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Education Corner: Guide on Gamification in Education
The early 2000s was a period in which researchers explored how to link gaming with different industries, including work training, health promotion, and education. Becton Loveless Last Updated: January… learn more
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MissionUS
Mission US is an award-winning educational media project that immerses young people in transformational moments in U.S. history. Developed for use by middle school students in the classroom… learn more
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Create a Guessing Game
Google Applied Digital Skills. Get your students buzzing with excitement with our Create a Guessing Game lesson! Students craft personalized questions and challenge each other in a thrilling Google… learn more
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Planeta42 Educational Games
Planeta 42 website includes more than 700 games to explore interesting and useful topics. On this site you can play either for fun, exploring the secrets of Planeta… learn more
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30 Grammar Games That Make Learning Fun
Teaching grammar can be loads of fun! There are so many active, hands-on ways to engage your learners while at the same time reinforcing important concepts. Here’s a… learn more
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5 easy gamified activities you can assign in Google Classroom tomorrow
Genially is an easy to use software that lets you add lots and lots of interactive elements to your slides. The best part is that it is FREE! There… learn more
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Board games help children improve their math skills
A recent study suggests that playing board games could be a fun way to boost math skills in children. The analysis, based on a review of 23 years… learn more
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Classroom Jeopardy Template
Gamify your class by using this Classroom Jeopardy template. Edit the 6 categories. Click on each flip card to set the question and answer. Optional hidden sections for… learn more
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6 Easy Ways to Add Gamification to Your Learning Structure
One of the biggest challenges of administering effective learning is assuring that it is interactive and engaging for users. In this article, you will learn the scientific and… learn more
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Museum of Science: Educator Resources
Supplemental materials from the Museum of Science's team of expert educators to support well-rounded instruction on STEM. learn more
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Privacy Pirates: An Interactive Unit on Online Privacy (Ages 7-9)
This tutorial introduces children, ages 7-9, to the concept of online privacy and teaches them to distinguish between information that is appropriate to give out and information better… learn more
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31 Educational Games for High School Students
Games for high school students can make learning more fun. Learning through games requires a careful balance of structure and fun (so the kids don't go crazy) and… learn more
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Funbrain Games
Created for kids in grades Pre-K through 8, Funbrain.com has been the leader in free educational games for kids since 1997. Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics,… learn more