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What it is: Explore Butterflies is a neat interactive site where students can explore and learn about butterflies.  Students can test their butterfly smarts, build a butterfly habitat, observe butterflies in a virtual field observation, and learn about butterflies and climate change.  This collection of activities, quizzes, and games, is a fun way for students to learn all about butterflies. How to integrate Explore Butterflies into the classroom: If butterflies are part of your science curriculum, this site it a must see.  The site teaches all about butterflies and encourages student interaction.  This would make an excellent science center, or activity for students to complete in a computer lab setting.  Because of the way the site is set up, it would also be a great site to use with an interactive whiteboard and student response system (clickers). Tips: The reading on this site may be challenging for younger students.  This would be a good activity for younger students to complete with older buddies in a computer lab. Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Explore Butterflies in your classroom.

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Childtopia Tales

Posted by admin | Posted in Foreign Language, Interactive book, Language Arts, Middle/High School, Primary Elementary, Secondary Elementary, Websites | Posted on 30-01-2008

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What it is: Childtopia is like 10 websites in one…they have so many cool things going on that I am going to break it down into sections so stay tuned… The Tales section of Childtopia has 7 books to choose from. Students can hear these books read to them in five different languages. The books are recognizable favorites such as The Ugly Duckling, and Goldie Locks and the Three Bears.

How to integrate Childtopia Tales into the classroom: Use Childtopia Tales as a listening or read along center in your classroom. The Childtopia interface is great, the pages of the book turn just like a real book and there are illustrations on each page of the story. If you teach a foreign language the books would also be wonderful because they are such recognizable stories. Invite the students to make a list of words that they know as the listen and read along with the story.

Tips: This is one that you will want to bookmark for easy access!

Please leave a comment and share how you are using Childtopia Tales in your classroom.

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SallyB said on 30-03-2008

Thanks for another great site for young, beginning readers. If only schools could incorporate more online resources into their curriculum.

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