Kids can quickly and easily make their own free websites with Wix. Wix has a simple, what you see is what you get website editor, and also hosts websites free of charge. Everything is done in your browser, so there is no need to download anything. Wix comes with many backgrounds, clip art, animations, and text fonts to choose from. Kids under 13 will need an adult’s help to register with an email address and to teach them a few safety tips like not using their last name, address, or phone number on the website. Step-by-step instructions for creating a website with Wix can by found on this website at Make Your Own Free Website. This project is recommended for kids 8 and older.
Kids search for a family of gorillas in Rawanda’s jungle in the educational game Gorilla Quest. Learn about gorillas and other animals as you collect 5 clues that will help you track the gorilla family. Be careful to avoid danger along the way! Gorilla Quest is recommended for trekkers 7 and up.
On Zoom’s Goldburger to Go interactive activity, kids adjust a Rube Goldberg invention to deliver a hamburger to a hungry Zoom kid. Rube Goldberg designed his machines to make simple tasks really complicated. His contraptions are a type of kinetic art. Use engineering and physics skills to fix the machine so it will deliver the hamburger. Goldburger to Go is recommended for kids over 7.
Kids use different types of maps and clues to get to their secret destination as quickly as possible on the educational game Go on a Family Adventure. There are 6 different land and sea adventures to take. Practice map skills including using compass directions, grid locations, legends, street, and subway maps. Easy and hard difficulty levels make this learning game perfect for kids 7 and older.
Kids can learn Spanish on 123 Teach Me’s interactive website Spanish for Kids. Choose a category to see pictures with their English and Spanish words. Click on the pictures to hear the words pronounced in Spanish. This educational website also has Spanish video clips, songs, and games. Spanish for Kids is recommended for children of all ages.
Kids can unleash their creativity on art.com’s interactive website artPad. Use the bucket tool to splash some paint, select from six brush sizes, and add text. Adjust the paint opacity to layer colors and make new ones. When you are finished you can select a frame, email your painting to a friend, and share it in the gallery. You can even view a replay of how your paintings and paintings in the gallery were created stroke by stroke. This is a great activity for an interactive whiteboard! Kids of all ages will enjoy creating with artPad.
Kids learn about freedom while campaigning for a seat in the US Congress on the educational website The Road to the Capitol. Your opponent is against personal freedom for kids. Learn about the Bill of Rights as you build support among the people. Topics include privacy, assembly, expression, religion, and justice. This interactive website is recommended for kids over 8.
Have you ever dreamed of exploring Mars? On the interactive website MarsQuest Online, kids can send a spaceship to the Red Planet, explore Mars’ volcanoes and canyons, see images from the rover, and investigate the possiblity of life on Mars. This educational website is recommended for space enthusiasts 8 and up.
On the interactive website Make Beliefs Comixs, kids can write their own comic strips. Using the artwork provided, write comics by selecting the characters, emotional expressions, text and thought balloons. When you are finished, you can print or e-mail your comic strip. Kids of all ages will enjoy writing with Make Beliefs Comixs.
Kids solve science based mysteries on Access Excellence’s interactive educational website AE Mystery Spot. Find out what Piper is allergic to, who is spreading a deadly disease, what is going wrong in a Mars simulator, why a town’s frogs are dying, and more. AE Mystery Spot is recommended for detectives over 9.
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