Educational+Game

Educational Game:

My favorite educational website currently is []. This webstie has several different types of games, but the ones I use are to learn about geography. I use it to have students learn geography of both the US and the World. Students have to drag and click states, countries, water bodies or land forms. There are different levels and information so that all students can be successful. The levels get progressively harder. I assign grades based on what level students do. For those who can't do the higher levels, they can keep practicing on their own time and earn extra credit for improving. We go to this website about one a quarter and the kids always seem to enjoy it. I also like to use this because students look at the games as fun rather than homework, I don't have to sit and grade a bunch of maps because students can print out their scores and it tells me how many times they tried, how fast they did it and their accuracy. Even for kids who don't know very much geography, they can still demonstrate improvement. As I mentioned before, there are other games so maybe some elementary teachers might also find this site useful.

[] This site has tutorials and interactives that walk students through a variety of economics concepts.

[] This site is an activity that helps students understand the importance of redistricting for political parties to get and maintain control through winning elections.