- Addition
- Algebra
- Angles
- Area
- Circle Theorems
- Circumference
- Coordinates
- Cubic Equations
- Decimals
- Division
- Factoring
- Fractions
- Linear Equations
- Mental Math
- Multiplication
- Negative Numbers
- Parallel Lines
- Percentages
- Perimeters
- Polygons
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Quadratic Equations
- Reflections
- Rotations
- Subtraction
- Times Tables
- Trigonometry
- Trinomials
- And more!
You can try snippets of the games for free or register as a teacher/principal of your school to play the games in their entirety. Registration is open without obligation to purchase. (Note: It’s always wise to read the privacy statement before completing registration.) Should you decide to buy a subscription to the program, you’ll be able to access additional tools to save games, track your student’s progress, etc.
As explained on the website, instead of force-feeding dry math content with anachronistic textbooks, MangaHigh entices networked students to learn mathematical concepts as part of gameplay.
When you get to the site, scroll down to locate a menu of sample games designed to engage students such as:
- Flower Power – Grow flowers and harvest them to make money. The average 7-minute game requires players to put more than 100 fractions, percentages, and decimals in order of size, both positive and negative.
- Pyramid Panic – Students must master the full spectrum of geometry skills from the area of a square, through Pythagoras to Sine, Cosine, and Tangent to win this game.
- Save Our Dumb Planet – Use missiles to shoot down meteors on a collision course with Earth. A team of dumb scientists is on hand to suggest possible trajectories. Draw lines using equations, recognize the equations of simple lines and curves, draw simple quadratic curves, and test to see if a point is online.
- PEDMAS Blaster – Robots have run amok and need to be destroyed. Use your order-of-operations code-cracking abilities (including adding and subtracting whole numbers, times tables up to 10 x 10, and using powers and roots) to close these robot-rebels down.
Click on anyone to read the instructions and begin the game. Things move quickly – so be prepared to be on your toes!
As explained at the site, the idea here is “to bring out the playful side of math while ensuring that students get the essential skills to master this important subject.” It’s excellent for remedial work too.
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Microbiology
- Zoology
- Physiology
- Botany
- Genetics
- Ecology
- And more!
- Bacteria
- Protists (Protozoans and Algae)
- Fungi Kingdom
- Viruses
- Audrey Wood – Read her biography, see her picture, find out some of her writing secrets.
- Don Wood – Read his biography, see photos, and gain some insight about his illustrations.
- Bruce Wood – Read his bio, see photos, and more.
- All Wood Books – See a menu of all of the books authored and illustrated by the Wood family.
- Activities – Find fun activities based on the books and lots of printable coloring pages.
- Secrets – Get the inside scoop on what inspired the stories and artwork.
- Parent & Teachers – Get reading suggestions from the author on her best books for boys, girls, and for dealing with particular problems; learn hints for writing, illustrating and publishing children’s books; read the FAQ’s, and check out the links to other sites.
- Pasta Fun Facts
- Scientific findings of the health benefits of pasta
- Pasta traditions and food facts from around the world.
Discover “The Truth About Pasta” to learn more interesting facts about its health benefits and how pasta is good for the earth. Learn more about “Nutritional Information” and dig into tempting “Recipes” from around the world.
In the “Resources” section, not only can you read the “Pasta for All” digital magazine, but also find the “Pasta for Children Around the World” curriculum with lessons, information, and recipes integrated into your history and geography studies.
This website provides a delicious twist to add to your homeschool day.
What he saw there, who he talked with, what he read and overheard, became the stuff of his analysis of our nation’s essential nature and probable destiny. And almost everything he saw and heard has, of course, just vanished. Cincinnati is no longer a frontier boomtown, and the trackless wilderness of Tennessee has been comfortably suburbanized and mailed along with the rest of the country.
And so, we’re attempting to construct a virtual American ca. 1831-32 based on Tocqueville’s itinerary, on his and his friend Beaumont’s letters and journals, on contemporaneous accounts of other foreign visitors, and on a variety of examples of the material culture of the period, mostly paintings and engravings. It also holds explorations of Women’s Place at the time, of attitudes toward race and color, towards religion, and towards everyday life.
Democracy in America gives a keen insight into life in the United States in the early/mid-19th century.
In addition to the text, the site offers an exciting VIRTUAL TOUR of Tocqueville’s America in 1831, through featured textual excerpts, illustrations, pictures, and more. It’s a great way to preview the book and get a peek at American culture over 150 years ago. The virtual tour alone provides an interesting social studies lesson.
When you get to the site, you will see a map in the center of the screen. Above it is a link to the full text of the book and an introduction to the website.
A menu surrounds the map. The Virtual Tour is the first link on the list on the left-hand side of your screen. Followed by links to various other highlights based on the book including:
- Red, Black & White: Race in 1831
- Everyday Life in 1831
- American Religion in 1831
- American Women: 1820-1842
- and much more.
Recommended Website: Paint with Len
Bush Shack
Trees
Forest Scenes
Mountains
Skies
Outback Ranges
Reflections
Sunrise and sunset
Ocean and rivers
Boats
And much more.
In addition to the full lessons, several technique lessons that teach.
Clouds
Mountains
Water
Foliage
Brushes
Perspective
