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Here are some links that can be powerful whole-group instructional tools when used on an interactive whiteboard. These are grouped by subject area and subdivided by grade band.
These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

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Math: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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- Elementary:
  - PBSKids - Cyberchase
  - Thinkfinity - NCTM Illuminations
  - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  - UGA - Technology Integration in Mathematics
  - Educational Java Programs - Arcytech
  - SHODOR Interactive applets
  - FunBrain
  - iKnowthat.com
  - Draggable Math
  - FunSchool Math games
  - Elementary Math games
  - Mathsnet - Interactive solids
  - Mathsnet - More Interactive solids
  - Glencoe Online Mathematics - free BrainPop movies (can be watched multiple times)
  - Multiplication Applet
  - Interactive Math Applets for Primary / Early Elementary
  - BBC Interactive Math Animations and Activities
  - Quadrilateral Quest - interactive Geometry applet
  - Elementary (3-4) Function Machine
  - Interactive Protractor and angle activity
  - Investigating Angles Interactive Activity
  - City Planner - Basic Fractions Interactive Activity
  - Math Playground
  - TheStandardsSite (Interactive Shockwave applets)
  - Links Learning (Illustrated Lessons - animations on length, place value, symmetry, patterns, weight, capacity, and tangrams) (Thanks Tamara Yates)
  - Interactive Protractor (Kidport)
  - Primary Games
  - MoneyFactory.gov - games about money
  - SmallBluePrinter - build a house plan, view it from above, take a 3D walkthrough, print
  - www.teachingmeasures.co.uk - interactive applets for length, mass, and capactiy
  - Math Arena: Combo Cubes (NCTM)
  - Math Arena: Splat Degree (NCTM)
  - Math Arena: Venn Diagram (NCTM)
  - Math Arena: Quilt Reflect (NCTM)
  - Count On - mathsyear2000
  - nrich - transformations on a pegboard
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Clara Fraction's Ice Cream Shop (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Estimation Valley Golf (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Kids Zone - Create-A-Graph
  - Flowering Fractions
  - LearningBox - Base Ten Blocks game
  - Invention at Play - Tangram game
  - Coxhoe Primary School Numeracy Websites
  - SchoolZone Math Learning Games (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Money Game (math-play.com)
  - ABCya.com
  - SuperMathsWorld.com (choose "GUEST" login for several free games)
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive numeracy resources for lower grades (some involve British currency, but others deal with basic math skills)
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive numeracy resources for upper elementary grades
  - TopMarks - primary level math interactive resources
  - TopMarks - elementary level math interactive resources
  - Fractions (Thanks Scott Young)
  - More Fractions (Thanks Scott Young)
  - The Ruler Game (Thanks Scott Young)
  - Pizza Fraction Game (Thanks Scott Young)
  - US Mint money games (Thanks Scott Young)
  - Identifying coins and amounts - Piggy Bank game (fen.com) (Thanks Scott Young)
  - Kids and Cookies fraction game - Teacherlink.org
  - Woodlands Junior School - Interactive Number games
  - Interactive clock - great for elapsed time - MrMyers.org
  - SmallBluePrinter.com - Create your own floor plan, see isometric view, do 3-D walkthrough
  - Factmonster.com - interactive math games
- Middle School:
  - PBSKids - Cyberchase
  - Thinkfinity - NCTM Illuminations
  - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  - UGA - Technology Integration in Mathematics
  - Educational Java Programs - Arcytech
  - SHODOR Interactive applets
  - Geometry interactive applets
  - Other Geometry applets
  - FunBrain
  - iKnowthat.com
  - Explorelearning Gizmos
  - Draggable Math
  - Mathsnet - Interactive solids
  - Mathsnet - More Interactive solids
  - MathTools
  - Glencoe Online Mathematics - free BrainPop movies (can be watched multiple times)
  - Glencoe Math Applets
  - Multiplication Applet
  - BBC Math video clips
  - BBC Interactive Math Animations and Activities
  - Quadrilateral Quest - interactive Geometry applet
  - Interactive Protractor and angle activity
  - Investigating Angles Interactive Activity
  - TheStandardsSite (Interactive Shockwave applets)
  - Links Learning (Illustrated Lessons - animations on length, place value, symmetry, patterns, weight, capacity, and tangrams) (Thanks Tamara Yates)
  - Interactive Protractor (Kidport)
  - MoneyFactory.gov - games about money
  - SmallBluePrinter - build a house plan, view it from above, take a 3D walkthrough, print
  - www.teachingmeasures.co.uk - interactive applets for length, mass, and capactiy
  - Math Arena: Splat Degree (NCTM)
  - Count On - mathsyear2000
  - nrich - transformations on a pegboard
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Tony Fraction's Pizza Shop (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Clara Fraction's Ice Cream Shop (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Mr. Nussbaumgames - Estimation Valley Golf (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Seeing Math by the Concord Consortium
  - WisWeb
  - Interactive Slope-Intercept investigation (math-play.com)
  - Interactive Scientific Calculator
  - SuperMathsWorld.com (choose "GUEST" login for several free games)
  - Coordinate plane (plot points on a 1st quadrant plane or 4 quadrant plane)
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive numeracy resources for lower middle school or struggling MS
  - TopMarks - middle school level interactive resources
  - Kids and Cookies fraction game - Teacherlink.org
  - SmallBluePrinter.com - Create your own floor plan, see isometric view, do 3-D walkthrough
  - Factmonster.com - interactive math games
- High School:
  - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
  - Thinkfinity - NCTM Illuminations
  - Geometry interactive applets
  - Other Geometry applets
  - Calculus applets
  - Cut-the-Knot interactive Math activities
  - Explorelearning Gizmos
  - Tall Buildings
  - MathWorld - Interactive Applets
  - Mathsnet - Interactive solids
  - Mathsnet - More Interactive solids
  - MathTools
  - Glencoe Online Mathematics - free BrainPop movies (can be watched multiple times)
  - Glencoe Math Applets
  - BBC Math video clips
  - BBC Interactive Math Animations and Activities
  - Interactive Protractor and angle activity
  - Investigating Angles Interactive Activity
  - Interactive Protractor (Kidport)
  - SmallBluePrinter - build a house plan, view it from above, take a 3D walkthrough, print
  - NCTM Projectile Motion applet
  - Seeing Math by the Concord Consortium
  - WisWeb
  - Analyzemath.com (warning: there are advertisements and so this site may be blocked by some school content filters)
  - Interactive Slope-Intercept investigation (math-play.com)
  - Interactive Vector Addition investigation (math-play.com)
  - Interactive Scientific Calculator
  - Interactive Basic Geometry Applets
  - TopMarks - high school level interactive resources
  - Financial Football (practicalmoneyskills.com) (Thanks Scott Young)
  - Calculus and Statistics Flash applets - Teacherlink.org
  - SmallBluePrinter.com - Create your own floor plan, see isometric view, do 3-D walkthrough

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Science: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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- Elementary:
  - EdHeads.org
  - BBC Science Clips
  - FunBrain
  - iKnowthat.com
  - Try Science
  - SeaWorld "Wild-o-pedia"
  - National Geographic Forces of Nature
  - FunSchool Science games
  - Temperature Game
  - Spaceplace - NASA - interactive science games
  - Spaceplace - NASA - science animations
  - Interactive Food Web (Meadow,Arctic,Pond) (Harcourt School Publishers)
  - Primary Games
  - KidsHealth - How the Body Works
  - KidsHealth - Mission Nutrition
  - CellsAlive - Interactive Plant and Animal Cells
  - US Mint - Build and fly an airplane
  - LearningBox.com - Investigating Air (open-ended activity to help children visualize the movement of air)
  - Invention at Play - Tinker Ball
  - EdHeads - Simple Machines
  - EdHeads - The Odd Machine
  - EdHeads - Weather
  - Web version of Google Sky
  - Building Big - Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, Dams, Tunnels - explore large structures and what it takes to build them
  - Invention at Play (Lemelson Center)
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive science resources for lower grades
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive science resources for upper elementary grades
  - TopMarks - elementary level science interactive resources
  - BBC Bitesize - elementary level science interactives
- Middle School:
  - MEDtropolis - virtual body
  - EdHeads.org
  - BBC Science Clips
  - The Interactive Library
  - FunBrain
  - iKnowthat.com
  - Try Science
  - Annenberg CPB Learner.org - Design a Roller Coaster
  - Explorelearning Gizmos
  - SeaWorld "Wild-o-pedia"
  - Tall Buildings
  - National Geographic Forces of Nature
  - FunSchool Science games
  - Interactive Periodic Table of Elements
  - Online Gallery - Turning The Pages
  - Temperature Game
  - Spaceplace - NASA - interactive science games
  - Spaceplace - NASA - science animations
  - BBC Interactive Physics Animations and Activities
  - BBC Interactive Chemistry Animations and Activities
  - Engineering Interact - interactive science and engineering for 9-11 yr olds
  - Invention at Play - Tinker Ball
  - EdHeads - Virtual Hip Surgery
  - EdHeads - Virtual Knee Surgery
  - EdHeads - Choose the Prosthetic
  - EdHeads - The Odd Machine
  - EdHeads - Weather
  - Virtual Frog Disection
  - Virtual Owl Pellet lab
  - Web version of Google Sky
  - Building Big - Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, Dams, Tunnels - explore large structures and what it takes to build them
  - TopMarks - middle school level science interactive resources
  - TopMarks - middle school level biology interactive resources
- High School:

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Social Studies: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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- American Presidents
- howstuffworks.com
- The Charters of Freedom - www.archives.gov
- Invention at Play
- Interactive Maps (newberry.org)
- Lakota Winter Counts (Smithsonian)
- FunBrain
- iKnowthat.com
- National Geographic Forces of Nature
- The Underground Railroad
- FunSchool History games
- FunSchool Geography games
- Online Gallery - Turning The Pages
- BBC Geography Video clips
- Understanding Slavery (Discoveryschool.com)
- Interactive Constitution
- Interactive Constitutional Timeline
- The Renaissance Connection
- Primary Games
- PBS - Strike It Rich
- Jamestown - Online Adventure
- Place the State
- LearningPlanet.com - State Abbreviations, Capitols, and locations interactive quiz
- US Mint - Branches of Government
- US Mint - Presidential Portraits game
- LearningBox.com - Calling 911 - Kindergarten students learn to call 911 for emergencies
- Sheppardsoftware.com - Drag the correct state to its place on the map
- Sheppardsoftware.com - Social Studies games
- KBears.com - Geography Interactive Game
- Time Lord - History.com
- Build Your Own Parthenon - History.com
- Sudoku - History.com
- National Geographic - World Music (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Humanities Interactive - Texas Council for the Humanities (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Who Wouldn't Want to be an Egyptian Mummy? (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Ancient Egypt - British Museum (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- World Myth and Legends in Art (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Quia Interactive Quiz - Themes of Geography (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- British Museum - Mesopotamia (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- National Geographic - Lewis & Clark Expedition (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Duke Ellington - Harlem Renaissance (Thanks Barbara DiPaolo)
- Where's Everyone Going (interactive game to match mode of transportation to correct time period) (Smithsonian)
- Free Online Concept Mapping Application
- Crickweb.co.uk - interactive geography resources for elementary and middle school
- TopMarks - middle school level history interactive resources
- TopMarks - more middle school level history interactive resources
- TopMarks - elementary level geography interactive resources
- TopMarks - more elementary level geography interactive resources
- GeoSpy (missmaggie.org) (Thanks Scott Young)

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Language Arts: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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- Elementary:
  - Game Goo
  - Punctuation Paintball (iKnowthat.com)
  - Marco Polo - Read-Write-Think Interactive Games
  - Scholastic - interactive Language Arts activities
  - BookPals - StoryLine Online - on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud
  - Dr. Seussville - activities
  - Word Maker - ReadWriteThink
  - FunBrain
  - Word Central
  - iKnowthat.com
  - Starfall.com - Get Ready to Read
  - Starfall.com - Learn to Read
  - Starfall.com - It's Fun to Read
  - Starfall.com - I'm Reading
  - FunSchool Language Arts games
  - Interactive Games
  - Magnetic Poetry
  - Meet An Author
  - Primary Games
  - BBC - Wordblender Game
  - Invention at Play - Word Play
  - Persuasion Map - ReadWriteThink
  - Kerpoof - online digital storytelling application (create animated cartoon movies online)
  - Jan Brett online interactive games and activities
  - Online manuscript handwriting practice generator (perfect to use with annotating over the webpage generated)
  - Online cursive handwriting practice generator (perfect to use with annotating over the webpage generated)
  - QuizHub - Homophones
  - Free Online Concept Mapping Application
  - Kids' Kits Online Magnetic Poetry
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive literacy resources for lower grades
  - Crickweb.co.uk - interactive literacy resources for upper elementary grades
  - TopMarks - primary level interactive literacy resources
  - TopMarks - elementary level interactive literacy resources
  - Basic Communication skills for lower Elementary level
  - Diamante Poems - ReadWriteThink.org
- Middle School:
  - Punctuation Paintball (iKnowthat.com)
  - Marco Polo - Read-Write-Think Interactive Games
  - Literary Elements Mapping - from ReadWriteThink
  - Independent Lens (pbs.org)
  - Guide to Grammar & Writing
  - FunBrain
  - Word Central
  - iKnowthat.com
  - FunSchool Language Arts games
  - The Open Library
  - Interactive Games
  - Meet An Author
  - BBC English Video clips (worth taking a look at!)
  - BBC Grammar Games
  - TV411 - Root Words Interactive Activities
  - Persuasion Map - ReadWriteThink
  - Kerpoof - online digital storytelling application (create animated cartoon movies online)
  - QuizHub - Homophones
  - Free Online Concept Mapping Application
  - TopMarks - middle school level literacy interactive resources
  - TopMarks - more middle school level literacy interactive resources
  - Diamante Poems - ReadWriteThink.org
- High School:

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Art: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
send suggested websites to

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Music: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
send suggested websites to
- Ricci Adams' MusicTheory.net
- MusicTheory.com
- Super Duper Music Looper - flash version on the web (can not save tracks)
- San Francisdo Symphony Kids' Site (Thanks Donna Raczynski - Buffalo Public Schools)
- TopMarks - elementary level music interactive resources
- TopMarks - more elementary level music interactive resources
- TopMarks - middle school level music interactive resources

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

P.E.: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Other: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page
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- Build a City
- BBC Interactive Game - Destination Death (French, German, Spanish)
- BBC Talk German (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- BBC German Plus (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- LanguageGames.org (German, Spanish, French) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- AtSchool (German) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- A Tantot (French, German, Spanish) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- GUT Language Skills (German) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- Channel 4 - Modern Languages (German) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- Keep Learning And Revising (German) (Thanks Kathy Schock)
- Crickweb.co.uk - interactive French resources
- Crickweb.co.uk - interactive Spanish resources

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

IHere are some quick tutorials have created for the Promethean ACTIVBoard:
(approximately 20 free online tutorial videos on http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/activstudio3)

Creating a link on a flipchart page (Version 2 or 3)
Editing a textbox on a flipchart page (Version 2 or 3)
Moving the Flipchart Toolbar from one side of the flipchart page to the other (Version 2 or 3)
Using layers to create interactivity in a flipchart (Version 2 or 3)
Using the Magic Text Effect to create interactivity in a flipchart (Version 2 or 3)
Using the Hide and Reveal Effect to create interactivity in a flipchart (Version 2 or 3)

Forsyth County Schools Instructional Technology Department - handouts and tutorial videos

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Software: Here are some pieces of software that are great to use with interactive whiteboards. Some are free and some are not.

Google Earth - free
Google Sketchup - free
ArtRage - free
Stellarium - free
Geometer's Sketchpad - software for purchase
TI SmartView - software for purchase
Super Duper Music Looper - software for purchase
Free Open Source TI-83 Emulator for Windows

These resources are provided FREE for all Georgia Educators and other educators worldwide by the Educational Technology Center housed at the National Science Center in Augusta, Georgia.

Promethean Flipcharts: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page

Promethean Planet - US site
Ruth Good - ITS at South Forsyth High School - her webpage has several flipcharts to download
Promethean Lighthouse - tons of flipcharts
Jimmy Bostock's site
Mrs. Walker's Educational Resources - Blakeney Elementary School in Burke County (Thanks Laura)
Coker Elementary School Flipchart Library (Thanks Judy Reece and teachers of Coker Elem)
Forsyth County Schools - Mastering Math with Engaging Flipcharts page (Thanks Maggie Paoletti and Forsyth County)
Crickweb.co.uk - free flipcharts for download

SMART Notebooks: Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page

SMART Notebook software lesson activities
Senteo Question sets
SMART Lesson Activity Toolkit
SMART Lesson Exchange
EDCompass newsletter
Notebook Interactive Viewer - view SMART notebooks without the software
SMART Online classroom resources

Make sure you check out all of our resources at our Resource Main Page or the ETC Home Page

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