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Gold Fever and the Bechtler Mint - PBS LearningMedia
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4 to 8
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Gold Fever and the Bechtler Mint is an engaging historical video resource that explores America's first gold rush in North Carolina during the early 1800s and the creation of Christopher...more
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Gold Fever and the Bechtler Mint is an engaging historical video resource that explores America's first gold rush in North Carolina during the early 1800s and the creation of Christopher Bechtler's private mint. Through documentary footage, expert interviews, historical reenactments, and clips showing how gold coins were handmade, students gain insight into early American economics, westward expansion, mining history, and entrepreneurship. Teachers can use the video to support lessons in U.S. history, economics, geography, and STEM while helping students connect historical events to real-world innovation and trade.
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After viewing the video, have students create a timeline of important events using MyLens, reviewed here that connects to the North Carolina Gold Rush and the Bechtler Mint. Students can include key people, discoveries, inventions, and economic impacts using paper timelines or digital tools. Organize a classroom gold rush simulation where students mine for hidden objects or tokens and trade them for classroom currency. Students can discuss supply and demand, fairness, and the effects of gold on local economies and communities. Ask students to design their own coin inspired by the Bechtler Mint. Students can sketch symbols, slogans, and images that represent their classroom, state, or community, and explain how they chose the symbols.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Radom Coin Flip! - Online Stopwatch
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K to 8
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Flip a Coin is a simple, free, classroom-friendly tool that allows students and teachers to flip one or multiple coins to generate random outcomes virtually. The site is easy to ...more
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Flip a Coin is a simple, free, classroom-friendly tool that allows students and teachers to flip one or multiple coins to generate random outcomes virtually. The site is easy to use and works well for quick decision-making activities, probability lessons, classroom games, brain breaks, and participation strategies. Teachers can use the tool to introduce concepts such as chance, prediction, fairness, and data collection while keeping students actively engaged. Because it runs directly in a browser with no download required, it is especially useful for interactive whiteboards, whole-group instruction, centers, and online learning activities.
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tag(s): data (213), probability (133)
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Use the virtual coin flip during a probability lesson by having students predict outcomes before flipping the coin 20 to 50 times. Students can record results in a tally chart, create a bar graph using LiveGap Charts, reviewed here, and discuss the likelihood of heads versus tails. During ELA instruction, assign heads and tails to different writing prompts, character choices, or vocabulary challenges. Students can flip the coin to determine which task they will complete, adding an element of surprise and engagement. Incorporate the tool into classroom management or SEL activities by using coin flips to select brain breaks, discussion starters, teamwork challenges, or cooperative learning roles in a fair and interactive way.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Fun for Everyone: Jokes - Science Fun for Everyone
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K to 4
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Want to crack your students up while teaching science? Science for Everyone's Jokes page contains a wealth of jokes submitted by students. To reveal the punchline to each joke, click...more
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Want to crack your students up while teaching science? Science for Everyone's Jokes page contains a wealth of jokes submitted by students. To reveal the punchline to each joke, click on the plus sign. The jokes are part of the larger Science Fun site, which contains additional science resources, including trivia and experiments.
tag(s): animals (283), humor (24), insects (64), planets (124)
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Have students create their own joke book with their favorites using Book Creator, reviewed here. Ask students to engage their audience by including a joke when sharing information about science topics. Consider using Animate Characters, reviewed here for students to share information. Animate Characters makes it easy for users to create a short, animated video using characters and backgrounds they use along with a short recording.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pick a Mystery Box Powerpoint Template and Tutorial - How to Mark
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K to 12
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Pick a Mystery Box PowerPoint Template and Tutorial is a YouTube video that shares step-by-step how to use PowerPoint to create hyperlinks within a presentation, transitions, and animations...more
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Pick a Mystery Box PowerPoint Template and Tutorial is a YouTube video that shares step-by-step how to use PowerPoint to create hyperlinks within a presentation, transitions, and animations to a mystery box. If your district blocks YouTube, you will not be able to watch it. There is a template, but you must create an account to download it.
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tag(s): teaching strategies (86), tutorials (52)
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Have students create their own mystery boxes using Microsoft PowerPoint Online, reviewed here to share a mystery animal, mystery historical event, or mystery literary theme. Create a mystery box presentation to engage students when introducing a new unit, and reveal one increasingly specific clue per slide, with a guess-prompt slide before the big reveal. Add these students' Mystery Boxes into a virtual bulletin board such as Padlet, reviewed here. Have students use FlexClip, reviewed here to create their own Mystery Box tutorial.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chrome Music Lab - Google Labs
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K to 12
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Chrome Music Lab is a free collection of interactive music experiments created by Google that helps students explore rhythm, melody, harmony, sound waves, and music composition through...more
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Chrome Music Lab is a free collection of interactive music experiments created by Google that helps students explore rhythm, melody, harmony, sound waves, and music composition through hands-on play. Using colorful, easy-to-use tools such as Song Maker, Rhythm, Melody Maker, Kandinsky, and Voice Spinner, students can create and share original music directly in a web browser without downloads or logins. The site encourages creativity, collaboration, and experimentation while supporting music education, STEAM learning, coding connections, and creative expression across grade levels and subject areas.
tag(s): coding (112), musical instruments (63), summer (53)
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Have students use Song Maker to compose a short melody that represents the mood or theme of a story, poem, or historical event studied in class. Students can explain how tempo, rhythm, and pitch connect to the topic. Challenge students to design background music or sound effects for a digital story, podcast, reader's theater, or coding project. Students can use Chrome Music Lab creations to enhance multimedia presentations and cross-curricular STEAM activities. Use the Rhythm and Beat experiments during math lessons to reinforce skills in fractions, patterns, sequencing, and counting. Students can create rhythmic patterns that demonstrate equivalent fractions or repeated sequences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PresenterMedia - Eclipse Digital Imaging
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3 to 12
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PresenterMedia is a multimedia resource that offers customizable PowerPoint templates, animated clipart, graphics, video backgrounds, music, and ready-made slide designs for creating...more
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PresenterMedia is a multimedia resource that offers customizable PowerPoint templates, animated clipart, graphics, video backgrounds, music, and ready-made slide designs for creating engaging presentations. Its online tools allow users to personalize many visuals by changing text, colors, images, and other design elements. PresenterMedia also includes an AI Presentation Maker that can generate a slide deck from a topic, including an outline, slide layouts, text, and suggested images. Teachers can use the site to add visual interest to lessons, create classroom materials, or model effective presentation design, while students can use downloaded resources in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, and other projects. A paid subscription provides full access to the media library, customization tools, downloads, and AI presentation features.
tag(s): animation (72), artificial intelligence (354), presentations (49)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a new vocabulary word and create one slide with a definition, synonym, or antonym, a visual, and a sentence that shows the word in context. They can use an animated graphic or video background sparingly to help communicate the word's meaning. Small groups can create a short slide deck that explains a scientific process, such as the water cycle, photosynthesis, erosion, or a food chain. Students use visuals and animations to show the sequence of steps, then add captions that explain each stage in clear, accurate language. After reading a novel or short story, have students create a book trailer or character profile using presentation templates, graphics, and background media. They can include key setting details, character traits, conflict, theme, and a recommendation without giving away the ending.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Yellowstone National Park Virtual Tours - National Park Service
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K to 12
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Yellowstone's official virtual tours site lets students explore the park's main attractions without leaving the classroom, including Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Fountain...more
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Yellowstone's official virtual tours site lets students explore the park's main attractions without leaving the classroom, including Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Fountain Paint Pot, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Each map-based tour pairs photos and background info with details on visiting in person, and there's a story map on protecting Yellowstone's water for a deeper dive into conservation.
tag(s): national parks (30), virtual field trips (153)
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Set up small groups to rotate through different tour stops (Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, etc.), with each group recording observations and sharing one interesting fact with the class afterward. Have students explore the "Protecting Yellowstone's Water" story map and write a short reflection or create a poster on why water conservation matters in national parks, connecting it to conservation efforts in their own community. Have students use Canva for Education reviewed here to create a poster, story map, or other project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Fridays - Science Fridays
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K to 12
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Science Fridays offers free STEM activities, lessons, and resources. Lessons can be sorted by Grade Level, Duration, Subject, and STEM practices. Some examples of lessons featured on...more
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Science Fridays offers free STEM activities, lessons, and resources. Lessons can be sorted by Grade Level, Duration, Subject, and STEM practices. Some examples of lessons featured on the site include: Can Skulls Reveal the Secret History of Dog Breeds?, Mission Cosmic Crops: Combat Hunger With Space Technology, AI For Kids: A Chatbox Exploration, and How Do You Search For Life In The Universe? Use Clues From Microbes! Each lesson includes the Grade level, Minutes, Subject, STEM Practices, and Activity Type. Most lessons include either a video or podcast. Lessons are aligned to the Next Generation Standards and are also available in Spanish.
tag(s): animals (283), artificial intelligence (354), brain (59), climate (99), energy (139), ethics (22), insects (64), makerspace (43), space (250), STEM (380), volcanoes (60)
In the Classroom
When learning about ants in How Do Ants Crown A Queen? students can use Turbo Timeline Generator, reviewed here to share the steps that ants take to crown a queen. In Train Your Brain To Manage Stress, students can create an infographic using Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to share ways to manage stress. When learning about using a chatboat in AI For Kids: A Chatbox Exploration, students can use Timeline Infographic Templates by Venngage, reviewed here to compare and contrast chatbot output from the different chatpots used.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rube Resources - The Rube Goldberg Institute for Innovation and Creativity
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K to 8
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Rube Resources teaches students from kindergarten through middle school about simple machines. The site offers three PDF Teaching Tools: Rube Goldberg's Simple Normal Humdrum School...more
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Rube Resources teaches students from kindergarten through middle school about simple machines. The site offers three PDF Teaching Tools: Rube Goldberg's Simple Normal Humdrum School Day, Rube Goldberg's Simple Normal Definitely Different Day Off, and Rube Goldberg/Teq Activity Cards, as well as the Simple Machines STEM Key. Each downloadable Teaching Tool shares information on who Rube Goldberg was, Next Generation Science Standards, lessons, and additional resources. Some lessons include: What Are Simple Machines, Test Your Strength with Pulleys, Create a Choice Spinner with a Wheel and Axle, Dual-Surface Inclined Plane Race, and more. At the bottom of the site, there are videos that you can share with your students to help them learn more about simple machines. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable.
tag(s): creativity (93), makerspace (43), simple machines (23), STEM (380)
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Students can use Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here as they are seeing which toy car won during Win a Race with an Inclined Plane lesson. Students can post their predictions or outcomes on a virtual bulletin board such as Stickies.io, reviewed here. Students can use StoryMap JS, reviewed here to outline their story with two simple machines that are outlined in the Activity Cards.
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Printable Nature Journal for Kids - The Printables Fairy
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K to 4
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Printable Nature Journal for Kids features a downloadable nature journal to print. Included in the article are the definition of a nature journal, the why of keeping a nature journal,...more
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Printable Nature Journal for Kids features a downloadable nature journal to print. Included in the article are the definition of a nature journal, the why of keeping a nature journal, how to get started, and prompts. Watch where you click on this site since there are a lot of advertisements.
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tag(s): animals (283), journals (27), plants (143), senses (23)
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Use a five senses graphic organizer from Canva for Education, reviewed here to help students as they are completing their journal. Create a video using ScreenPal, reviewed here of your outdoor adventure. Use Google My Maps, reviewed here to virtually visit other places around the world and virtually create nature journals of items found in the images.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Krikey AI - Krikey Inc.
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3 to 12
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Krikey AI is a browser-based AI animation and storytelling platform that allows students and teachers to create animated videos, talking avatars, digital stories, and presentations...more
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Krikey AI is a browser-based AI animation and storytelling platform that allows students and teachers to create animated videos, talking avatars, digital stories, and presentations using text prompts, voiceovers, and customizable 3D characters. The platform includes tools for AI animation, text-to-speech, motion capture-style animation, and video editing, making it useful for creative storytelling, presentations, language learning, and multimedia projects. Students can practice skills such as scriptwriting, communication, creativity, storytelling, digital media production, presentation design, and visual literacy while creating engaging animated content without advanced animation experience.
tag(s): animation (72), artificial intelligence (354), digital storytelling (182), presentations (49), social and emotional learning (220), text to speech (24)
In the Classroom
Incorporate SEL and communication activities by asking students to create animated public service announcements about empathy, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, or teamwork. Use the platform for multimedia project-based learning by allowing students to create animated book trailers, persuasive commercials, or classroom presentations that integrate writing, speaking, creativity, and digital media production. Use Krikey AI for world language practice by having students create short animated conversations in another language using text-to-speech and character dialogue tools.Edge Features:
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Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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NASA Kids' Club - NASA
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K to 6
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Want to visit or learn about space? Visit NASA Kids' Club to play games, learn about astronauts, and view pictures from NASA missions. The Games section features games including Rocket...more
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Want to visit or learn about space? Visit NASA Kids' Club to play games, learn about astronauts, and view pictures from NASA missions. The Games section features games including Rocket Builder, Search for Spinoffs, Color NASA, and What Comes Next. Learn about the astronauts shares information about astronauts in space via a short bio that can be read aloud. Under the NASA mission pictures, kids can explore pictures from space, spacecraft, and research. Each picture also has the option to have the caption read aloud.
tag(s): moon (88), solar system (126), space (250)
In the Classroom
Students can use Google Slides, reviewed here to create a slide sharing NASA's work in space or sharing a biography of an astronaut. Create a Blooket, reviewed here game or activity to review information that students learn about space. Extend learning by asking students to create a presentation, website, or poster about NASA using Canva for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TLDR This - Tridev
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4 to 12
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TLDR This is a free AI-powered text summarization tool that helps teachers and students quickly condense lengthy articles, web pages, research papers, PDFs, and online content into...more
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TLDR This is a free AI-powered text summarization tool that helps teachers and students quickly condense lengthy articles, web pages, research papers, PDFs, and online content into shorter, easier-to-read summaries. Users can paste text, upload documents, or enter a webpage URL to generate concise key points and remove distractions such as ads and unnecessary details. The platform also offers browser extensions and metadata extraction features that identify information such as author, title, and estimated reading time. Teachers can use the tool to support research, differentiated instruction, study skills, media literacy, and informational reading activities while helping students manage information overload more effectively.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), summarizing (30)
In the Classroom
Have students compare the AI-generated summary of an article with the original text to identify missing details, bias, or inaccuracies. Use the tool during research projects to help students gather key information from lengthy nonfiction articles, primary sources, or current events before creating presentations or written responses. Create summarization challenges in which students first read an article, write their own summary, and then compare their work to the AI-generated version to discuss effective summarizing techniques.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Classroom Coin Flip - ESL Kids Games
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K to 8
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The Classroom Coin Flip tool on ESL Kids Games is a simple, interactive online resource that adds quick decision-making and game-based engagement to lessons. This digital coin flipper...more
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The Classroom Coin Flip tool on ESL Kids Games is a simple, interactive online resource that adds quick decision-making and game-based engagement to lessons. This digital coin flipper allows teachers to instantly generate a random heads-or-tails result, making it useful for selecting students, forming groups, assigning tasks, or adding an element of chance to classroom activities. As part of a larger collection of free ESL tools and games, it supports both in-person and virtual learning environments by providing an easy, no-prep way to boost participation and keep students engaged.
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tag(s): coins (12), data (213), game based learning (329), probability (133)
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Flip the coin to divide the class into two groups (heads vs. tails). Use the groups for partner reading, collaborative writing, or small-group discussions. Create two tasks for each vocabulary word: heads = define the word, tails = use it in a sentence or act it out. Flip the coin for each turn. During a test review, assign outcomes such as heads = answer a question for points, and tails = challenge another team or complete a bonus task.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pitch - Pitch Software
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4 to 12
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Pitch is a modern, web-based presentation tool designed to help teachers and students quickly and collaboratively create visually engaging slide decks. It combines professionally designed...more
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Pitch is a modern, web-based presentation tool designed to help teachers and students quickly and collaboratively create visually engaging slide decks. It combines professionally designed templates, AI-assisted slide creation, and real-time collaboration features, enabling users to build, edit, and share presentations with ease. Educators can use Pitch to streamline lesson presentations, support student group projects, and encourage creative storytelling. At the same time, its sharing links and analytics tools make it easy to present, provide feedback, and track engagement.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), digital storytelling (182), presentations (49), slides (39)
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Have students design a presentation that follows a story's setting, combining maps, images, and descriptions of key locations. They can explain how each setting influences the plot or characters, connecting geography to literature. Ask students to identify a theme in a text and create a presentation using images, brief text, and possibly embedded videos to explain how the theme develops throughout the story, and then create a slide deck analyzing a character from a class novel. Each slide can focus on traits, motivations, key events, and text evidence, helping reinforce characterization skills.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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Coin Flip - Toy Theater
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1 to 6
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Toy Theater's coin flip tool is a free, interactive virtual manipulative that allows students to simulate flipping one or multiple coins to explore probability concepts in a simple,...more
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Toy Theater's coin flip tool is a free, interactive virtual manipulative that allows students to simulate flipping one or multiple coins to explore probability concepts in a simple, visual way. Students can drag coins onto the screen and flip them all at once, instantly seeing random heads-or-tails results displayed with clear graphics. The tool is designed for classroom use, making it easy to demonstrate chance, collect data, and compare outcomes during whole-class lessons, small groups, or math centers. With its easy setup and hands-on feel, this simulator helps students better understand randomness, predictions, and basic probability without needing physical materials.
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tag(s): coins (12), data (213), game based learning (329), manipulatives (15), probability (133)
In the Classroom
Have students predict whether the next flip will be heads or tails, then test their prediction using the tool. After several rounds, discuss whether players can control the outcomes, and then introduce the idea of chance. As a class, have students flip multiple coins at once and record the results on a shared chart. Students tally heads and tails and discuss the patterns they notice, reinforcing counting and data-collection skills. Have students create their own word problems based on coin flips (for example, "What is the chance of getting two heads in a row?"). They can exchange problems with classmates and solve them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Coin Flip Simulator - FlipSimu
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FlipSimu's coin flip simulator is a free, browser-based tool that lets students instantly simulate a coin flip to generate a random heads or tails outcome. The tool provides a simple...more
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FlipSimu's coin flip simulator is a free, browser-based tool that lets students instantly simulate a coin flip to generate a random heads or tails outcome. The tool provides a simple and engaging way to explore basic probability concepts, test predictions, and collect data without needing physical materials. Students can perform multiple trials quickly, making it ideal for experiments involving chance, fairness, and data analysis. With its easy-to-use design and instant results, the coin flip simulator is a practical resource for reinforcing probability skills and supporting hands-on learning in math classrooms.
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tag(s): coins (12), data (213), game based learning (329), probability (133)
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Use the coin flip as a decision-making tool in classroom debates or writing activities. Have students predict how many heads and tails will appear in 20 flips, then use the simulator to test their predictions. Students can run many trials (100+ flips) and analyze whether the coin appears fair. They can calculate percentages and discuss why results may not be exactly 50/50.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Women Who Inspire the World Interactive - Sherlyn Cruz
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3 to 12
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This interactive combines Canva for Education, reviewed here and SchoolAI, reviewed here to share an interactive...more
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This interactive combines Canva for Education, reviewed here and SchoolAI, reviewed here to share an interactive learning experience about women who inspire the world. The document features nine women from diverse fields, including Jane Goodall and Mae Jamison, for students to engage with in "conversation." After selecting one of the women, the link leads to a SchoolAI space, where you begin the conversation by entering a name or pseudonym. The featured woman begins the conversation with a brief introduction, then asks a question. Continue the conversation by entering information and asking questions in the message box. SchoolAI spaces provide additional learning support by including a listen button that reads the text aloud.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), women (193), womenchangemaker (84)
In the Classroom
Share this interactive with students as part of a learning center activity, then ask students to select one of the women to study further. Use Canva to create a similar activity for various classroom uses that features historical figures, explorers, authors, or other people of interest. View the archive of OK2Ask: Canva Basics: Using Templates to Support Classroom Communication, reviewed here, to learn more about how to create with Canva. By creating a template of your own and using your SchoolAI account, teachers can view students' discussions within spaces, monitor engagement, track progress, and analyze conversations. SchoolAI is FERPA- and COPPA-compliant and includes built-in safety guardrails for student use.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MiriCanvas - MIRI D.I.H.
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4 to 12
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MiriCanvas is a user-friendly, web-based design platform that allows teachers and students to create presentations, posters, worksheets, social media graphics, and interactive learning...more
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MiriCanvas is a user-friendly, web-based design platform that allows teachers and students to create presentations, posters, worksheets, social media graphics, and interactive learning materials using customizable templates and AI-powered tools. Its drag-and-drop interface makes it easy for beginners to design professional-looking visuals, while features like AI presentation generation, image editing, and collaboration support creative classroom projects. The platform offers a free plan that includes access to thousands of templates, graphics, and basic design tools, along with limited storage, making it a strong option for classroom use.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), posters (46), presentations (49), social media (64), worksheets (70)
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Students can design a presentation to explain a concept, theme, or research topic, using templates and images to support their understanding and communication skills. Use MiriCanvas to create digital book covers or character profiles that include visuals and descriptive text to demonstrate comprehension of a novel or story. Students can create visually engaging posters or infographics to summarize a story, topic, or unit, helping them organize key ideas and present information clearly.Edge Features:
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards,...more
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Google Data Studio is a free web-based data visualization and reporting tool that allows teachers and schools to turn spreadsheets and other data sources into interactive dashboards, charts, and reports. Educators can connect data from Google Sheets, Forms, Analytics, and many other sources to create customizable visuals that help track student progress, assessment results, attendance, survey responses, and classroom trends. The platform supports real-time collaboration and easy sharing, making it useful for professional learning communities, administrators, and teachers looking to make data-driven instructional decisions. Its drag-and-drop design tools and interactive filters also make it accessible to educators new to data visualization.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (354), charts and graphs (184), data (213), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create collaborative social studies or science inquiry projects in which groups gather research data and design dashboards to explain topics such as weather patterns, population growth, or environmental changes. Teachers can build classroom management or assessment dashboards that display formative assessment trends, attendance, participation, or benchmark growth to guide small-group instruction and enrichment activities. Use Google Data Studio during math lessons to help students interpret real-world data. Students can compare statistics, analyze class averages, or track progress on fluency and goal-setting activities through visual reports.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
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