Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: On Track Unit Conversion

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use three tracks marked on the floor, one in yards, one in feet and one in inches. As they start and stop a robot specific distances on a "runway," they can easily determine the equivalent measurements in other units by looking...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Periodic Table

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the periodic table and how pervasive the elements are in our daily lives. After reviewing the table organization and facts about the first 20 elements, they play an element identification game. They also learn that...
Handout
Other

Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
An online manual for Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. Includes links to Philosophy, Interface Design, Site Design, Page Design, Web Graphics, and Web Multimedia and Animation chapters, with Appendices.
Website
Other

Carnegie Mellon University: Alice V2.0

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to program with Alice v2.0! Utilizing easy-to-learn drag-and-drop methods, Alice provides a wonderful introduction to programming methods. Create 3D graphics, a video game, a movie, or other interactive environment!
Website
Apple

Apple Learning Interchange: Quicktime Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides comprehensive tutorials on how to use QuickTime. Divided into three sections ? basic, interactive and delivery ? the tutorials show you how it?s done.
Website
Other

Museum of Web Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site devoted to art and graphics used on the world wide web. Explore the best in buttons, banners, counters, and more.
Study Guide
Other

Interlex: Free Vocabulary Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Free downloadable Windows application for language learners and teachers. Allows users to create bilingual vocabulary lists in over 30 different languages or download and use stock vocabulary files (food, clothing, nature, people travel,...
Website
Other

Pankpages

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains free downloadable graphics such as buttons and backgrounds, as well as tutorials which focus on Photoshop.
Handout
Other

University of Edinburgh: Glossary of Introductory Computer Graphics Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, from the University of Edinburgh, provides a lengthy glossary of computer graphics terms written by Olin Lathrop, author of "The Way Computer Graphics Work". This site provides simple definitions of basic terms; no graphics...
Activity
University of Auckland School of Computer Science

Morris: Radix Sorting

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of the Radix sort algorithm, including a code solution written in the C programming language and an interactive animation / visualization of the sort at work.
Graphic
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Rasmol & Chime

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Massachusetts links to downloadable freeware (Rasmol and CHIME) which are required to view 3-D images common on organic chemistry tutorials.
Website
Other

Nano Hub: Simulation, Education, and Community for Nanotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A resource bank of animations, courses, software downloads, teaching materials, publications and workshops about nanoscience technology. Resources are searchable and users can save their materials by registering for free.
Graphic
Other

Free Web Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
A page full of free animation, clip art, backgrounds, and other graphics to be used on web pages. Simply download an image to use.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Moon Phase Craze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity is designed to use online technology resources to practice and reinforce knowledge learned in class on Moon Phases. Middle schoolers will view online animations with student interaction, while keeping a log of their phase...
Professional Doc
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Clicker Smart Adventure

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Childnet have teamed up with Crick Software to create a story book version of "The Adventures of Kara, Winston and the Smart Crew" in Clicker. These online safety resources are for teachers and professionals working with SEN pupils. The...
Website
Other

Left Foot Right Foot: Hypermedia in the Classroom [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF handout gives a good introduction to hypermedia in the classroom. It gives a guiding philosophy, stack design suggestions, methods and management, and other hypermedia resources.
Interactive
Other

Programming Art: Director Card Game Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial will show you how to get started making a card game in Director using the Lingo programming language. You will also get some experience with objects, behaviors, and other Director basics by downloading the free source code...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Iste Nets: Birthstone Project With a Multimedia Twist

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This interdisciplinary project on birthstones, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), focuses on research skills, writing skills, and the ability to put together an electronic presentation.