Showing posts with label ELL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ELL. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Sponge Lab - Biology


Sponge Lab has a long list of awards and covers an array of topics that surrounds science. History, math, teaching science etc. You can sign up for free with the site being something of a content management system. You can personalize the content. Be aware that the content you place there will be Sponge Labs.
I took a look at the build a body interactive, it is not anatomically correct. You can build different systems of the body. Case studies of diseases are avalable.
In personal information the users can change to Canadian French, but content can be sorted by English, Spanish, French and German. Geared to grades 7 up to post-graduate.

Friday, January 27, 2012

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Utah State University has given us an organized K12 list of interactive math manipulatives in an easy to use graphic table. It is beautifully done and easy to use. The games can be translated in a few different languages.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Math and STEM Interactive Resources

NRICH is a joint project between the Faculties of Mathematics and Education at The University of Cambridge and has mathematics and STEM activities for all grades K-12 as well as a news letter, monthly themed math problems and teaching helps. Good for ELL too. http://nrich.maths.org/public/?setlocale=en_US

Monday, January 16, 2012

Science Simulations

Simulations
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balancing-act
Need to differentiate or personalize your lessons? Use the PhET site. It has physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and other simulations for students to explore content concepts for all grade levels K-16. This site has the ability to change language for ELL students.

What's in the name? The site is from Colorado University and originally the PhET website focused on physics, Physics Education Technology, or PhET. All PhET simulations are free and are easy to use and incorporate into the classroom. They are written in Java and Flash, and can be run using a standard web browser as long as Flash and Java are installed.
This link brings you to the available translations. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/translated