This article includes the URL and description of 100 free web tools that can be used by all teachers. The tools are categorized into search engines, math and science, games, templates and lesson plans, and more.

Courses, music, games, comics, webinars, and more curated by the US State Department for English language instruction.

This article describes several traditional Inuit games and provides background information and resources for incorporating them into a lesson or unit on Inuit culture.

Create your own shapes using colorful blocks and explore the relationship between perimeter and area. Compare the area and perimeter of two shapes side-by-side. Challenge yourself in the game screen to build shapes or find the area of funky figures. Try to collect lots of stars!

Build rectangles of various sizes and relate multiplication to area. Discover new strategies for multiplying algebraic expressions. Use the game screen to test your multiplication and factoring skills!

Build rectangles of various sizes and relate multiplication to area. Discover new strategies for multiplying large numbers. Use the game screen to test your problem solving strategies!

The materials within this guide are intended to support multidisciplinary teams in or during the pre-production phase of serious game design as they collaborate in a facilitated workshop. It is critical that the workshop facilitators are familiar with the conceptual framework and proposed methodology in order to better support participants as they collaborate in the game design brainstorming and protoyping steps.

How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!

Follow the journey of Caine from his early days of create cardboard games for people waiting at his family's business to the international Cardboard Challenge Day of Play.

This online game activity allows the learners to calculate their carbon footprint using a French language calculator developed by a Swiss environmental organization. Students will describe their results in French and engage in related expansion activities for the language class.

This online quiz on sustainable development can be used in French language classes to prepare intermediate-level students for discussions on environmental topics. The resource is excellent for immersion and content-based instruction.

Students complete a crossword puzzle to review the physical properties of minerals that are helpful in hand specimen identification. Mineral names and characteristics are particularly well-suited for a crossword format. Two versions are provided, one at an introductory level and one for more advanced undergraduates. Instructor files provided are easy to customize.

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This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"In 2014, Major League Baseball, in conjunction with the MLB Players’ Association, instituted a controversial rule change designed to prevent home-plate collisions. Rule 7.13 states that a runner attempting to score may not deviate from his direct path to the plate to initiate contact with the catcher. Similarly, the catcher cannot block the runner’s path in his bid to score. Some players and managers were initially concerned that the rule would alter the nature of the game. But data show that in the higher-stakes matter of player safety, Rule 7.13 is a clear win. Using the MLB Health and Injury Tracking System, a database recording all injuries to players in the major and minor leagues, researchers from MLB and the MLB Players Association looked at how the 2014 rule change has altered the profile of player injuries. Specifically, they compared the incidence of some traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, in the seasons prior to and after the change..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This OER Lesson plan/unit was created by Trinia Perigo as part of the 2023 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with NDE staff to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language teachers for student learning of Mid Novice Learners of German. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL 1.1, 1.2, 2.1

L’apprentissage par le jeu préconise des activités centrées sur les apprenants leur permettant d’explorer, d’échouer et de relever des défis dans un environnement sécuritaire. Il permet également de favoriser l’autonomie des étudiants au sein d’univers créés par les professeurs. De plus, les jeux sont de nature à renforcer l’engagement des étudiants dans le processus d’apprentissage. Dans le contexte éducatif, ces traits caractéristiques et ses qualités peuvent grandement favoriser l’engagement, la motivation et l’apprentissage des étudiants. Un panel interdisciplinaire d’experts propose des recettes pour intégrer différents types d’activités d’apprentissage par le jeu dans le contexte de l’enseignement en ligne. Une gamme d’activités vous sera proposée : du quiz jusqu’aux jeux d’évasion en passant par les jeux coopératifs ou encore les mots-croisés.

This is a collection of the results of the Erasmus+ project GAMMA: GAMe-based learning in MAthematics.  In the GAMMA project, we have developed education materials for mathematics teachers who want to integrate GBL founded on digital technology effectively into their teaching practice. The materials could also be useful for teachers of other subjects who wish to integrate this method into their teaching. The authors are team members from GAMMA partner institutions. 

The Externalities Game is a non-cooperative game that teaches students about the concept of environmental externalities and allows them to directly experience the moral dimensions of collective action problems. It has been particularly effective for teaching students about the moral aspects of the climate change. Grades are used to create the tension between earning individual grade points at the expense of group benefit. This is part of a research project funded by the National Science Foundation.

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In this activity students will play the flyswatter game to review vocabulary and phrases covered in their Chinese classes. Students will be given a short clue, and they will have to use flyswatters to identify the vocabulary word or phrase.