Useful Websites
Here are some websites that you can use
Symbaloo - login - [email protected]. Password - monkey1
youtube
Online Dictionary
Thesaurus
Wikipedia
School Tube
Skype in the Classroom
All subjects
StudyLadder - the website we will be using most for our homework/revision.
Weebly - create your own blog with the username and password from Mr. Martens
TutPup - a site you can join and revise for maths and spelling. Give it a go! (Ask your parents first to join).
TVNZ NetGuide Schools Multimedia Challenge - design an awesome website, or animation, or digital video, or video game... and enter it here! Check out the winners from previous years!
Brain Boosters- try these for a perplexing brain booster!
Go - try this 3000 year old game from China. You'll have to think carefully!
BubbleDome - try the activities from Shell Children or Furkle Stroy Williams.
Multiple Intelligences - try this to see what you might be better at!
English
BBC Bitesize - a British site, but very useful for reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
Woodlands Junior School - good revision for all parts of English.
Abiator's Active Classroom - English skills and reading worksheets.
National Standards - see what you are expected to be able to do after Year 5 and Year 6
Word Dynamo - this estimates the number of words you might know. A great vocab builder!
Maths
Otago Maths Problem Challenge - for problem solving... try the sample sets!
Future Problem Solving
Absurd Math - you will really need to look out for the clues, as they are sometimes hard to see!
Bright Sparks - part of the NZ Maths site - for smart mathematicians!
Figure This! - try some of these real-life maths problems.
Create-a-graph - awesome to use when you want to create or print a graph.
Maths Centre - a great site with some cool games as well.
Science
Google Science Fair - win a trip to Google HQ in California, USA, or a $50,000 scholarship
A Science Odyssey - check out this awesome site for science fun and games
The Exploratorium - an awesome US based site with heaps of activities in science.
Online Experiments - try some of these experiments.
Science Fair Webquest 1 - look at this site to understand how to set up a science fair experiment... although ignore the evaluation bit as we're not living in Ohio!
Setting up Science Fair projects - how you should find a topic, set up experiments and complete the write-up. Excellent ideas!
Discovery Science Fair - made by the Discovery channel. Great site.
Science Fair project resource guide - from getting started to displaying your topic.
Mr. Martens takes no responsibility for the content of these websites. These websites have all been seen by Mr. Martens and are appropriate for learning and revision activities. Any links to inappropriate pages is not the responsibility of Mr. Martens. Please contact him if there is any inappropriate links via these pages.
Symbaloo - login - [email protected]. Password - monkey1
youtube
Online Dictionary
Thesaurus
Wikipedia
School Tube
Skype in the Classroom
All subjects
StudyLadder - the website we will be using most for our homework/revision.
Weebly - create your own blog with the username and password from Mr. Martens
TutPup - a site you can join and revise for maths and spelling. Give it a go! (Ask your parents first to join).
TVNZ NetGuide Schools Multimedia Challenge - design an awesome website, or animation, or digital video, or video game... and enter it here! Check out the winners from previous years!
Brain Boosters- try these for a perplexing brain booster!
Go - try this 3000 year old game from China. You'll have to think carefully!
BubbleDome - try the activities from Shell Children or Furkle Stroy Williams.
Multiple Intelligences - try this to see what you might be better at!
English
BBC Bitesize - a British site, but very useful for reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
Woodlands Junior School - good revision for all parts of English.
Abiator's Active Classroom - English skills and reading worksheets.
National Standards - see what you are expected to be able to do after Year 5 and Year 6
Word Dynamo - this estimates the number of words you might know. A great vocab builder!
Maths
Otago Maths Problem Challenge - for problem solving... try the sample sets!
Future Problem Solving
Absurd Math - you will really need to look out for the clues, as they are sometimes hard to see!
Bright Sparks - part of the NZ Maths site - for smart mathematicians!
Figure This! - try some of these real-life maths problems.
Create-a-graph - awesome to use when you want to create or print a graph.
Maths Centre - a great site with some cool games as well.
Science
Google Science Fair - win a trip to Google HQ in California, USA, or a $50,000 scholarship
A Science Odyssey - check out this awesome site for science fun and games
The Exploratorium - an awesome US based site with heaps of activities in science.
Online Experiments - try some of these experiments.
Science Fair Webquest 1 - look at this site to understand how to set up a science fair experiment... although ignore the evaluation bit as we're not living in Ohio!
Setting up Science Fair projects - how you should find a topic, set up experiments and complete the write-up. Excellent ideas!
Discovery Science Fair - made by the Discovery channel. Great site.
Science Fair project resource guide - from getting started to displaying your topic.
Mr. Martens takes no responsibility for the content of these websites. These websites have all been seen by Mr. Martens and are appropriate for learning and revision activities. Any links to inappropriate pages is not the responsibility of Mr. Martens. Please contact him if there is any inappropriate links via these pages.