My good friend introduced me to the site for today, and I have to say that it is, by far, one of my favorites. ABCya! is a site that contains TONS of fun games that are truly educational. You can choose your grade level (K-5) and then let your students choose from lots of fun activities; everything from grammar, to math, science, and technology.
The site is designed primarily for younger students, but I did find one game that could be used at the 6-12 levels. Animation for Kids is basically an introduction to Flash animation. Students using this game learn about the basics of using frames to create their very own animations. The best part is that you can even save these animations to your computer (no signing into the site necessary) and play them back using Windows Media Player! The possibilities for just this one activity are endless! Students could create an animation to act out a scene from a book they read, or an important event in history, or the steps to do a math problem, OR what happened in an experiment in lab!! Sorry, got a little excited there. But just think about what they could do. This is also great practice for learning to use Adobe Flash.
Alright, I've rambled on enough....go check out ABCya!
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