Mr. Cough's Featured Websites

Educational and Fun Websites for the Whole Family.

 
http://www.physicsgames.net/ Puzzles and games based on physics. Challenging and fun for kids and adults. I particularly like Assembler 3.
http://www.iknowthat.com Educational games for grades pre-k through 6, although there are some games I really like such as Widgets,which is in the Thinking Games section.
http://discoveryeducation.com Find "In the Classroom" and click on Puzzlemaker. Puzzlemaker creates different kinds of puzzles - word searches, crosswords, cryptograms, math squares, mazes, and more. Also look in the Programs and Free Tools area for more cool things.
http://www.melzoo.com A search engine with split pages-one side is the list of websites found after a search and the other side holds the page itself. Hover over the search results on the left, and you will see the front page of the website on the right. Click in the frame on the right to go to the website.
http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases Thousands of magazines, newspapers, and reference books are available anywhere in the State of Maine through the online resources of MARVEL! It is a fantastic resource. Interested in investing? MARVEL offers free access to Value Line Investment Research. Other resources include online encyclopedias, aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts, forest science, oceanic sciences, literature/author databases, Wall Street Journal, business news and many others. Want to research with your children - try Searchasaurus, Middle Search Plus and Primary Search. Also NoveList K-8 is a wonderful tool for finding books and reviews.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Scroll down and click on archive to see all the images which began on June 16, 1995.
http://www.eol.org The Encyclopedia of Life - "The Encyclopedia will be an online reference and database on all 1.9 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. The Encyclopedia of Life will help all of us better understand life on our planet." Enter something of interest in the search box or look at the Explore section and click on more species to discover life that may not be familiar to you.
http://www.kidsclick.org Looking for a place for your child to look up information? How about a place to browse different topics. Point your browser to www.kidsclick.org the site for Kids by Librarions. Search more than 600 subjects with the provided links which have been researched by librarians. KidsClick! is owned and run by the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University.
www.brainpop.com or www.brainpopjr.com BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP have animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. The animated videos and related activities explain concepts that students and adults find interesting. I just watched the videos on plate tectonics and electricity. All subject areas are covered and it is fun and informative. To explore the videos click on a subject area. There are some free videos but it is a fee-based service to which BCS has purchased a subscription. If you would like the login information please e-mail me at jcough "the at symbol" aos93.org.
http://tiltshiftmaker.com Have you seen the Allstate Insurance television commercial? The commercial features an overhead view of a neighborhood in miniature. This is done through a process called Tilt-Shift. Most faked tilt-shift photographs are taken from a high angle to further simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. The technique is particularly effective on buildings, cars, trains and people. Click over to tiltshiftmaker.com. Upload a photo or use the sample photos, read about the controls and change them, preview the photo, click on Get full size and then look below the Get full size button and click on Click here to download your image. You now have your own photo in which everything looks like toys. Check out the gallery too.