Interactive websites for Secondary teachers – May 2011

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Maths

Name: QuickMath
Address: http://quickmath.com/
Description: QuickMath will automatically answer the most common problems in algebra, equations and calculus faced by high-school and college students.

Name: Math goodies
Address: http://www.mathgoodies.com
Description: Math Goodies is your free math help portal featuring interactive lessons, worksheets, and homework help.

Science

Name: Exploring the planets
Address: http://www.nasm.si.edu/etp/
Description: Exploring The Planets highlights the history and achievements of planetary explorations, both Earth-based and by spacecraft.

Name: Interactive weather maker
Address:http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/sim/game.htm
Description: Weather changing flash activity using poleward and equatorward temperature.

Name: The Biology project
Address: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/
Description: The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona.

Name: The Exploatorium
Address: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Description: The Exploratorium isn’t just a museum, it’s an ongoing exploration of science, art, and human perception—a vast collection of online interactives, web features, activities, programs and events that feed your curiosity.

Economics

Name: Lemonade stand
Address:http://www.classbrain.com/cb_games/cb_gms_bag/lemonade.html
Description: Interactive game great for teaching economics

Name: Economics – surfing the net for kids
Address: http://www.surfnetkids.com/economics.htm
Description: Range of links to economics based websites

Geography

Name: How far is it between
Address: http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm
Description: This tool can be used to find the distance between two named points on a map. You can decide which two points to measure and then find out the distance between them as the crow flies and distance when driving.

Name: Nation master
Address: http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
Description: NationMaster.com is a site filled with an incredible amount of international statistics and information.

Name: GeoHive
Address: http://www.geohive.com/ 
Description: The main component is population statistics: historical, projections, cities, agglomerations, etc. But also geopolitical data like the administrative divisions of countries (provinces, counties and such) of all nations of this world.