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The Science Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that uses humor and science to get children and adults to learn and play together. All of their activities, which use common household materials, promote curiousity and the excitement of experimentation.
http://scienceclub.org/
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Very fun and educational computer simulation game of historical strategy and conquest. Well produced with rich content.
http://www.microsoft.com/Games/Empires/links.htm
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Brain Builders is the best place to get strategy games, educational toys or building and construction toys to help build your brain. Each product is hand tested by Brain Builders. The criteria used to select the Brain Builders are: 1) Thought Provoking - The goal behind Brain Builders is to find fun items that make you think. They believe that exercising your brain is essential in developing critical thinking skills, boosting creativity, and improving the quality of life. 2) Fun - If it isn't fun, it isn't a Brain Builder. 3) Quality - They onl...
http://www.brain-builders.com
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This building system takes principles of physics, mechanics, and engineering and packages them in easy-to-use capsules. Each capsule performs a different function - some contain motors, gears, switches, batteries or lights. Special pieces attach to the capsules including chain drives, pulleys, wheels, propellers, or pontoons (to make your creation float). Each component easily connects to the next, so redesigning and rebuilding your models is a snap. You can buy a variety of kits that include instructions to several models which can include, bu...
http://www.constructiontoys.com/store/capsela.php
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This is a computer game where you need to catch criminals by answering questions quickly and solving puzzles.
http://www.carmensandiego.com/PARENT.html
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This building set focuses on a 3-D rolling ball machine. You can purchase the Chaos Tower, and build a 6-ft tall maze for a ball to climb down. Accessory kits offer extra ball traps, joint connectors, trampolines, and loop-de-loops to enhance your maze. Additionally, the building set includes CD-ROM and videos with a 3rd- through 12th-grade physics curriculum.
http://www.chaostoy.com/
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Dandy Lion Publications is a leading publisher of educational teaching materials for gifted children. Their teaching resources stress the development of creative and critical thinking for students in grades K through 8. They offer a variety of Books (and workbooks!) in the areas of creativity, logic and thinking skills, literature and reading, language and writing, poetry, research and learning skills, mathematics, science, enrichment and special units, personal and interpersonal skills, and various resources for teachers.
http://www.dandylionbooks.com/
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Dream Green is the maker of a number of original award winning games and puzzles, many of which are educational. There are also quite a few chess games. Two of their games are listed as recommended by the National Association for Gifted Children.
http://www.123oy.com/
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Encore Software, Inc. is a leading publisher of educational and entertainment software, offering a broad range of CD-ROM and video game titles under such well-known brand names as Sesame Street, National Geographic, Kaplan, Golden Books and Advantage.
http://www.encoresoftware.com/
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Offers wide range of games that focus on reasoning skills of logic, mathematics, science and the English language. Some of the titles include EQUATIONS, LINGUISHTIK, ON-WORDS, and PROPAGANDA .
http://wffnproof.com/
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This website has programs to download that let you create your own computer games and learn programming languages. It also has neat programs to download like games and puzzles and chemistry, languages, writing, math and physics.
http://www.kidsfreeware.com/
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This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Includes games, flashcards, flashcard creator, homework help, puzzles and worksheets.
http://www.aplusmath.com/
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This website was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. Visit the game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your math skills with our Flashcards! Try out the Math Word Find puzzle.
http://www.aplusmath.com/
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Classics for kids is an online resource that can help kids learn about classical music while having fun. This website offers lesson plans, games, activities, and more.
http://www.classicsforkids.com/index.asp
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This is a site of interactive mathematics miscellany and puzzles. The site promotes students getting excited about and involved in mathematics through puzzles of logic. This site was one of the winners of the MERLOT Classics 2004 award and a 2003 selection of the Scientific American. Topics covered include: Algebra, Geometry, Probability, Calculus, Social Sciences and more.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml
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Discover Engineering is a website that seeks to inform about what engineering is and what engineers do. If you surf your way through this site, you'll know way more about engineers and engineering than most adults. You might even decide that you want to become an engineer. A really broad but short definition of engineering is: "Engineering is the application of math and science to create something of value from our natural resources."
http://www.discoverengineering.org/aboutengineers.asp
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This website, by the Discovery Channel folks offers a fun, interactive site for kids. They have links to all of their tv shows with listings included. Within each show topic they have interactive games and show clips from the tv shows. They also have a Discovery Channel store that sells educational games and materials.
http://kids.discovery.com/
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Edheads.org helps students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards. They partner with various school systems in the United States, which help them research, design and test their activities every step of the way!
http://www.edheads.org/
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This website is produced by Houghton Mifflin School Division, which publishes a variety of educational materials, including textbooks, resource materials, and technology for K-8 teachers and students. Launched in January 1996, Education Place is the longest running website of any educational publisher. With more than 18,000 pages of engaging content to explore, visitors to award-winning Education Place can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy to find helpful teaching resources, textbook support, educational games, and more.
http://eduplace.com/
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This website offers weekly Brain Teasers at each of three grade ranges: 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8. The Brain Teasers are meant to build problem-solving skills, so they may take a little while to solve.
http://eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
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Energy education website of the California Energy Commission. Uses games, stories and graphics to educate on use, conservation and history of energy and energy sources.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/
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This cd rom has a photo safari and lots of games to learn about animals. It even has animal videos. Amazing Animals provides an introduction into the world of animals including behavior, appearance, and habitat through games and activities. It also includes a teacher guide.
http://www.learnatglobal.com/html/general_interest_catalog_0.html
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Boarderline card game is a fun game that offers the opportunity to learn United States geography as well as European and Middle Eastern geography. The strategy of the game is to play any card which boarders the previous card played. Whoever gets rid of their cards first, wins.
http://www.gamesend.com/Card_Games/boarderline_usa.html
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This software is a simulation game that involves ecosystem planning and management. It also involves genetic engineering of digital creatures.
http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/downloads_more.php?id=434_0_8_0_M14
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A CD Rom that teaches the geography of the United States including the capitals, state flowers, birds, trees, etc.
http://www.smartkidssoftware.com/ndpsn2.htm
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Typing program that teaches finger placement, home row technique, and editing methods using drills and games. Awards certificates after each skill level has been achieved.
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/typing/2/dsnytype/merge.shtml
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This program uses the Dr. Suess characters to teach kindergarten curriculum. There are several different games that emphasize different areas. There is alphabet recognition, counting, music recognition, letter blends, and rhyming.
http://www.kidsclick.com/descrip/drseuss_kinder.htm
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A fun way to learn basic algebra, both concepts and applications. In a game-show type setting, the user selects questions, completes math problems, gets points, gets additional "lives", and attempts to avoid "death by algebra".
http://www.smartkidssoftware.com/ndlec50.htm
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This CD_ROM is great for young children just starting to learn Spanish. It teaches colors, numbers, body parts, and simple nouns in a fun and exciting format.
http://shop.knowledgeadventure.com/portal/store/store.asp?nProductID=3000041&ncategoryid=23958
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Use the memory tools on this web site to increase the brain's capacity to retain information. By slowly increasing the level of difficulty, both adults and children will find their ability to recall and locate objects increase in the Memory Match game.
http://www.kidsmemory.com/
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Scholastic's cartographer, Jim McMahon, has written four questions for you which will score instantly after you answer each one. Don't worry. If you don't know the answer, Mapman has a tip to help you figure it out. Click on Tips and Hints for the information. You will need the Flash plugin to play Mapman.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/mapman/index.asp
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The game 24 is a mathematical card game for grades 1-9 and consists of a set of several problem-solving math-card games that can be played solo, by two people, or in teams. The object is to combine four numbers given on a card, using mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to reach the number 24. Each box of cards includes three levels of difficulty. In 1988, successful inventor Robert Sun embarked on devising a way to show the relationship between numbers through a game. What he created was the 24 game, a ...
http://www.math24.com/
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On this website you can explore your favorite fastination - from well-known topics such as geology and astronomy to little-known topics, like herpetology and arachnology. There are quizs, expert "ologist" Q&A's, interactive informational resources and more. There is also a "Hall of Fame" section containing some of the best posts kids have made on the site.
http://www.ology.amnh.org/
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This is a game where you compare cards with nouns to other cards with adjectives. A judge picks a red card (noun) that is humorous compared to the green card (adjective). Everybody gets to be the judge. It is for 4-10 players.
http://www.otb-games.com/showcase/apples.html
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Aquaint a young child with great art from around the world. Images from the National Gallery of Art are offered as a game that teaches while you play. Each of the 45 full-color playing cards is identified by title of work, artist’s name and life span.
http://store.jalts.com/artlotto.html
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"This game takes its name from the writings of a grand master of word games, William Shakespeare. Players take turns moving around a board trying to land on the appropriate letter-spaces to spell the particular Game Word chosen for each game. There are over 1000 cards with questions from 30 different categories divided into 6 levels of difficulty. Although the difficult questions are quite tricky, many of the questions will often prove you actually know more about words than you think. Fun for everyone, but a must-have for any English major. "
http://www.bethumpd.com/index.html
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"Recommended by the National Association for Gifted Children, this edition of Bethump'd with Words® is expressly designed for parents and children, teachers and students to play together. It tests strategic skills and knowledge of everyday words, including many from the lingo of today's youth, and will entertain and challenge both participating age groups. It enables teachers to stretch brain muscles while stimulating a fundamental interest in words, language, and, ultimately, reading."
http://www.bethumpd.com/betwitwordis.html
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Block by Block helps develop spatial thinking. With a little practice, puzzlers of all ages can learn to mentally move and rotate pieces. Simply combine the seven pieces to match the puzzle shapes shown on sixty puzzle cards. If you need help, flip the card over and hint 1 will show how to assemble three of the seven pieces and hint 2 will complete the puzzle.
http://www.puzzles.com
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This website is a free, one-stop center of entertainment for the entire family. We offer Internet content within a protected playground that features hundreds of games, puzzles and other activities. Bonus.com was founded so that kids could find fun, engaging content in one place without searching all over the Web or stumbling into otherwise inappropriate material. Every piece of content in our SuperSite is hand-selected for our audience by the Bonus.com editors.
http://www.bonus.com
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Brain Binders are puzzles that sound easy - until you try one. The website contains links to puzzles that show a printable puzzle and a finished picture. The goal is to fold the puzzle into a shape with a solid color on each side. Simply print, cut out, and fold to match the finished picture...it sounds easy until you try it! Brain Binders - All you need is a sheet of paper and a brain.
http://www.teachnet.com/brainbinders/index.html
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Brain Quest packs can be used competitively or with an individual using them alone or with someone asking questions. They have packs that are based on grade and packs that are specifically for one topic (such as American History or even Canadian facts, though that pack we got in Canada and might not be available in the USA). There is also a Brain Quest board game, and some areas have Brain Quest competitions (or used to and I would guess still might).
http://www.brainquest.com/
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This book is a collection of puzzles about paradoxes. The easy answer is often a trap. The puzzles are simple enough for all ages to understand, but they can be tricky to solve and kids may find the answers before their parents. Like the previous book, Aha! Insight, these are puzzles that leave you feeling smarter than before. A fun read that is a delight for all ages.
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This book is a collection of puzzles that lead to a sudden rush of insight as you "get it" - the aha! phenomenon of the title. The puzzles are grouped into 6 general categories and illustrated with witty little cartoons that give just the right insight. The puzzles are simple enough for all ages to understand, but they can be tricky to solve and kids may find the answers before their parents. These are puzzles that leave you feeling smarter than before. A fun read that is a delight for all ages.
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Puzzles and games that present algebra as a fun and enjoyable experience. It contains reproducible activity pages with a variety of topics.
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This book is packed full of truly fun activities for children. It has magic, creative cooking, puzzles, great games, fascinating facts, and non-stop entertainment.
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"Math Wizardry for Kid's containing over 200 fun and challenging math puzzles, games, designs, and projects for kids."
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This book is a nice overview of some basic information. It has quizzes for each of the six grades that include fun topics such as chess and the Olympic Games, and it has games you can play like a dictionary game and "Spot the Misspellings" puzzle.
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This book is an overview of some basic information. It has quizzes for many topics, as well as an overall test with scores broken out similar to the SAT. Something else nice about this book is the margins. In the margins, it recommends various books and movies related to the topic being covered.
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This book contains an overview of some basic high school level information with quizzes for each of many topics, as well as an overall test with scores broken out similar to the SAT. In the margins are recommendations of various books and movies related to the topic being covered.
From Amazon: "The book covers a range of subjects, and is filled with challenging quizzes, surprising statistics, and cross-references. Includes multimedia sources, reading lists, TV/movie/video recommendations, and software information. 16-page 4...
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How can parents help their children with math at home? With over 300 pages of lively activities, the classic FAMILY MATH book represents one of the greatest strides taken to involve parents in the mathematics education of their children. Using easy instructions and simple objects such as beans, blocks, pennies, buttons, and string, parents and kids solve problems together.
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This book contains puzzles, tips, and information on developing creativity, imagination, new ideas, and problem solving skills.
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This is a 50 page magazine that is put out by Highlights for Children. It contains mazes, secret codes, hidden pictures, word searches, dot-to-dots, logic puzzles and "What's Wrong" to name a few.
http://www.highlights.com/
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"A newsletter that features ideas for teaching, learning, and enjoying math, with an onsite collection of elementary and middle school activities, games, and problems. Classroom activities focus on creative problem solving, hands-on thinking, math manipulatives, and cooperative learning, and are tied into the NCTM Standards. Activities: Painted Faces, The Factor Game, and Operation Fill-ins. Also subscription information, an entry blank and information for a "Create a Function Machine" contest, Writer's Guidelines for submitting articles, and K...
http://mathforum.org/library/view/8142.html
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A set of 3 CD's that include 10 Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese, and Portuguese. Each language is taught by a cartoon friend and his pet who use only the language being taught. Kids learn pronunciation, the alphabet, word recognition, time telling, and much more in the chosen language.
http://www.transparent.com/
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This game has math, problem solving, art, and things that are just fun. The biggest challenge is the "Bowling for Numbers" multiplication.
http://www.broderbund.com
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Seven mythological tricksters are released from Pandora's Box. The player sets out to solve many inventive, visually appealing, and increasingly challenging puzzles to recapture the tricksters. Along the way the player encounters brief descriptions of each trickster's story, visits many cities of the world, and solves inventive, delightful visual puzzles based on artworks/artifacts from culture's based in each city. This game, by the creator of Tetris, is wonderful for visual-spatial puzzle lovers as well as emerging culture vultures.
http://www.microsoft.com/games/pandorasbox
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'The Iron Seed' lets you build the first railroad in the U.S.--the Baltimore and Ohio. 'Excess on the Orient Express' challenges you to negotiate obstacles, both geographic and political, to connect Paris to Istanbul. 'Cape to Cairo' lets you build through the steamy jungles of Africa and attempt what no one has accomplished in 200 years--a trans-African railroad.
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Stagecast Creator is an easy-based, simple programming language for kids of all ages. Kids design the game, the characters, the rules, etc. From creating characters and watching them move all the way to making actual games that can take hours of gameplay to complete, kids learn more and more about the software. Originally developed at Apple as a product called Cocoa - spun off to Stagecast about 1999 from Apple.
http://www.stagecast.com
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In Super Solvers Gizmos & Gadgets, Morty Maxwell, better known as the Master of Mischief, has taken over the Shady Glen Technolgy Center. Only you can stop the Master of Mischief. Build 15 different vehicles -five automotive, five aircraft, and fiver alternative energy-and use them to race against Morty. To build a faster vehicle, you'll have to collect the parts you need by mastering physical science puzzles and dodging Morty's sneaky Cyber Chimps.
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This CD-ROM is published by MECC/The Learning Company and is for ages 10 to adult. Follow the Yukon trail as you go looking for gold. Players must read responses and make choices about budgets, supplies, routes, timing, and other issues that affect their success. A lot of fun, and very informative.
http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/yukon.htm
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