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Name:   Whyville
Topics
 
 
Parent/Teacher, Clubs
URL
 
 
http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
Location
 
 
P.O. Box 34 Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452 Phone: 603-532-4608
Organizations
 
 
Numedeon, Inc., with support from the Caltech Precollege Science Initiative (CAPSI) at the California Institute of Technology
Description
 
 
This website is the work of a group of educators, scientists, artists and Internet experts at Caltech who built it as a Web-based science education site intended to support both home and classroom-based learning by scientific inquiry. This is an interactive "live" website. Registered users and guests create a drawing to represent themselves as they move around "Whyville." In Whyville, they interact with the other participants, as they learn about really cool science topics in an open-ended, exploratory way, invent things have the ability to do hands-on activities at home and post their results on the site. As they "work" they earn clams which may be redeemed for rewards.
Average Rating
 
 
Last Updated
 
 
10/31/2006
 
Comments

Contributed by: Parent of Davidson Young Scholar  
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Speaking as a parent of a PG kid and science teacher, this is one of the most excellent sites we have found. The depth of this site is endless, and truly teaches in an open-ended, exploratory way - so important to gifted kids. It also gives them interaction with other "peers" and is a real friendly place to hang out.
 
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