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Math Moves U: Math Program for Middle Schoolers (6th-8th)

I recently asked our 10 yo daughter and 12yo son to visit MathMovesU.com and let me know what they thought of this interactive math site.  No answer.  Finally, I sought them out.  They were both enjoying the site so much that they scarcely noticed me.  I had my answer:  MathMovesU is a math program that does not bore.

See what you think:

The creators of MathMovesU have this to say about the program:

Raytheon's MathMovesU is an innovative program designed to engage middle school students with math at an age when their interest in the subject typically declines. Raytheon believes that tomorrow's engineers and technologists need to be excited by and interested in math today.

MathMovesU helps connect middle school students to math on their own terms by engaging them with content that appeals to things they are most passionate about such as sports, music, and fashion, while delivering math subject matter in engaging ways like games, polls, and fun math facts, all set within a “virtual world.”

How to Get This Freebie:  Visit Math Moves U

Especially for 6th-8th Graders

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Free $2 Credit for Albums in the Amazon mp3 Store! Limited Time.

 

If you have a Twitter account, you can easily get $2 in Amazon mp3 credit to use on an album purchase!

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit this page at Amazon, and click on the "Get Your $2 Credit" button

A $2 credit will instantly be applied to your account.

Here are some Albums Categories that are good for Educators:

Classical Albums ,including the 99cent one below

...and 99 of Mozart's Masterpieces, performed by the world's finest orchestras, for just 99 cents 

Children's Educational Albums

The offer and the credit will expire at 11:59 p.m. Pacific on October 31, 2011, so you'll need to use it right away!  

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Free Interactive Periodic Table of Elements with Videos

If your students had an Einstein-look-alike with a British accent teaching chemistry, do you think they'd listen more attentively?

If so, you're in luck.  He, along with other scientists from the University of Nottingham, have created the Periodic Table of Videos.  

Lisa, a Freely Educate reader, suggested this site to you.  She says, "There is a fun and instructional video for each element and many will have a cool experiment to show the properties of the element discussed."

How to Get This Freebie:  Visit the Periodic Table of Videos

For:  All Ages Studying the Elements

p.s. Here's a little tidbit -- Sg is "Seaborgium," named after Glenn Seaborg, a relative of my husband, who found the element.  He also discovered Plutonium (Pu). Search "Seaborgium" is the search box for a short video mentioning Glenn Seaborg.

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Through November 3rd: Free Creative Writing & History Study

Connect the Thoughts is offering their Creative Writing/ History Unit for free through November 3rd.  The unit contains 18 complete lesson plans for ages "8 through adult." 

How to Get this Freebie:  Order the free unit here

Expires November 3rd, 2011  After that date, the unit will be on sale for $5.00 (normally $30).

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Alaska: Free Official State Guide in Your Snail Mail (US & Canada)

Recently, we posted about some free travel guides for you to order for your next field trip, interactive geography lesson (on site!) or family vacation. Here's an Alaska's official state guide that you may request for free to be delivered in your snail mail, with free US & Canada shipping.  

How to Get this Freebie:  Order your Alaska Official State Guide here.   

Limited Time Offer

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This Week Only: 8 Free eProducts (that the kids can hunt for!)

Through October 31, CurrClick is offering 7 free ebooks, e-lapbooks, and/or other e-products  -- but you have to find them!    It's called the Trunk-or-Treat Harvest Event. 

How to Find These Freebies:  Search for them on the CurrClick site by looking for trunk graphics (see above). Hint:  Last time, many of them were hidden in the My Account, FAQ, and Contact Us areas.  None were hidden on specific product pages.  

No payment information is needed.

How to Get a Great Deal:  They're also having a Trunk-or-Treat Sale with discounts up to 75% off.

Expires October 31, 2011

 

Free Engineering Resources for K-12

TeachEngineering.org starts out with this statement:

Engineers have a hand in designing, creating or modifying nearly everything we touch, wear, eat, see and hear. Introducing engineering into the K-12 classroom K12 classroom connects science and math concepts to the everyday engineering that surrounds us.

The TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers engineering content for K12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms. Engineering lessons connect real-world experiences with curricular content already taught in K-12 classrooms. Mapped to educational content standards, TeachEngineering's comprehensive curricula are hands-on, free, and relevant to children's daily lives.

Do you have a budding engineer?  Or do you have a good artist or an curious kid?  That's all you need to enjoy all that Teach Engineering has to offer!

How to Get this Freebie: Visit TeachEngineering.org, or go straight to one of the site categories below:

• By subject area (subjects are organized into lesson plans and activities) 
• Curricular Units (longer, multi-week groupings of lessons)
• Lessons (these include associated activities)
• Activities (stand-alone activities or part of lessons or units)

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