Mr. Williams’ Class Blog

Things we are working on:

Maze Game – navigate using coordinates. Don’t hit any bombs!

Looking for the Top Quark – Hide your Quark, find some Quarks. This is a lot like Battleship.

Online Battleship Demo – I didn’t try this one out to much, but it is suppose to be an online version of Battleship.

Creating Charts on Microsoft Excel – Tutorials on how to make charts on Excel.

Neat stuff:

Wiki Mind Maps – put in anything you want to search on Wikipedia (and set it to en.wikipedia.org) and it gives you a visual “map” of information.

What the World Eats Photo Essay – a picture of what people eat from around the world and how much it costs. Interesting.

Top 100 American Speeches – List of the top 100 American speeches from American Rhetoric. You can listen to the speeches online.

9-11 Tribute Panorama – A panorama (360 degree picture) tribute to September 11th.

Here is our afternoon class’ science picture dictionary.

If you would like to view this on Voice Thread (and larger) click here.

Here is the start to our Science Picture dictionary on Voice Thread.

To view our presentation on Voice Thread (and a little bigger) click here.

Here is the VoiceThread of chapter 7.4 Multiplying Fractions.

Click here to view the VoiceThread!

Here are some links to explore during our computer lab time today.

Statetris – A Tetris like game where you put states in their correct places.

Type, Type Revolution – Dance, Dance Revolution but for typing. This one is tough.

Earth Guide – An interactive tour of our planet.

Google Maps – Go find an interesting place (not just your house!).

Math Magician Games – this is the one we looked at in class. Test your math skills here.

Yellowstone National Park Panoramas – Go take a look at Old Faithful in a 360 degree view!

Monterey Bay Aquarium Live WebCams – Take a look at what animals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium are doing right now.

Stop Disasters Game – Prepare a village for a natural disaster.

Equivalent Fractions Pointer – Create equivalent fractions.

Fraction Sorter – Make fractions and figure out which is the largest.

Fraction Four – A Connect Four game that uses equivalent fractions.

The Exploratorium – Online part of the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco.

Internet Public Library – Teen Space – Links to good reference material.

Number the Stars Wikipedia Page – Wikipedia page for the book Number the Stars. There are links to more information.

Topaz Relocation Center Wikipedia Page - The setting of most of the book “Journey to Topaz.”

GeoGreeting! – Use buildings to spell words.

The Water Cycle – a diagram that you can click on to learn more about each part of the cycle.

Aquaculture Wikipedia Page – More information about aquaculture.