Math Resources
This link to the EduGains website will provide you with a number of ready made activities for use on Geometer's Sketchpad and other files from grades 7-12.
GeoGebra is a generic interactive mathematics software. It can be used on most devices with displays that are touch enabled.
Visit Hooda Math for hundreds of math games from grades K-12.
Math Clips provide a variety interactive activities for use on an IWB or a computer. Teachers can use this site to show videos, share interactive activities for practice, play math games, or use a variety of math tools. Click here to see some examples for grade 8 mathematics, number sense and numeration.
Mathies provides games, learning tools, activities and additional supports based on the Ontario curriculum, grades K-12.
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives website provides teachers and students with manipulatives for use from Kindergarten to Grade 12 across all the strands of mathematics. To use, simply click on the strand of mathematics or the grade level you are looking for and a list of available manipulatives will appear. A Java plug-in is required to run these tools. If the software is not running in Google Chrome, it is suggested that you try running Internet Explorer.
Click on the link for the manipulative you wish to use and it will automatically come up on your board. Students may then come up to the board to solve the problems.
At the top of the page there is a menu teachers may use for instructions and/or ideas for use of the manipulative. This is also a useful tool for students to use at home.
Click on the link for the manipulative you wish to use and it will automatically come up on your board. Students may then come up to the board to solve the problems.
At the top of the page there is a menu teachers may use for instructions and/or ideas for use of the manipulative. This is also a useful tool for students to use at home.
The Ontario Educational Resource Bank provides teachers with many interactive resources for use on the IWB. This site is password protected, however, check with your school board to see if they have an account. Once you have obtained a User ID and password you can search for resources according to subject, grade, strand, overall expectations, and/or keywords. Click the link below to view a sample list of resources available for grade 8 Number Sense.
Prodigy Math is a free math game for students in grades 1-8.
Science Resources
ExploreLearning is an interactive website with a variety of both science and mathematics activities that students in grades 3-12 can use to simulate real events and can be used on any IWB. To use this site you must have an account but many school boards have board-wide accounts. To test out Gizmos to see if they would be useful in your classroom, you may also use a free 30-day trial. While Gizmos can be used as a whole class activity, they are also available for individual or small group use on laptops and iPads.
Some specific advantages to this program include:
Some specific advantages to this program include:
- Grade specific topics
- Textbook correlated Gizmos
- Gizmos development for academic standard
Net Frog is an on-line dissection tutorial developed by the University of Virginia.
PhET offers many science simulations (specifically physics) that can be run right from your computer's browser or downloaded to run offline.
This award winning site is sponsored by the Science Alberta Foundation and contains online science games, activities and videos for use in the classroom. Wonderville resources can support science learning in K-12 classrooms. Many of the interactive games are enhanced through the use of the interactive white board as several students can participate at once by using the touch screen.
General Resources
BarryFunEnglish has many interactive games for use on an IWB that would enhance Language Arts lessons.
Go to Promethean Planet for ready-made flipcharts that you can download for immediate use or modify to meet your own needs.
This site allow you to search for SMART Board lessons by subject or grade. Teachers may also share their own lessons as this is a sharing exchange site.
Super Teacher Tools is a great source of technology tools for use in the classroom.
TeacherLED contains interactive whiteboard and tablet resources for teachers. Resources are organized by grade level.
Topmarks provides a number of IWB ready resources, including both science and math.