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1. Primary Games is a site that has lots of different educational games for ages Pre-K thur 4th grade. These games cover colors, numbers, math, science, nutrition and many others. [|Here is the link to Primary Games]

2. NGA Classroom Medal Maker could be a fun way to create and award students for jobs well done. This could be used by most grade levels. I know that even high school kids enjoy getting awards. Many age levels would enjoy creating awards for their fellow classmates. [|NGA Interactive Medal Maker]

3. Online Coloring is a fun way to get Pre-K or Kindergarden age students to pick pictures on the computer and color them in. This could be used as a good tool for young children to learn how to use a computer and learn more about their colors. [|Coloring]

4. Picnik is a photo editor for students to be able to easily fix or modify photos. Students in Middle school or high school could use this tool to create posters or change/edit photos for classroom posters or projects. [|Picnik]

5. Kids Spell is a fun site to help teach students to improve their spelling. This site has multiple games for different grade levels. There are spelling games for early elementary age (1st thru 3rd grade) there are harder games for older elementary and middle school aged students. This site also gives the teacher the opportunity to create their own custom spelling lists. [|Kids Spell]

6. Pic Lit is a site for grades 6 and up to help with visual learners and their writing skills. It is an interactive site that gives a student a picture and they can drag words from a word bank onto the picture to create a sentence or paragraph that talks about the picture. The projects can be saved and looked at later. [|Pic Lit]

7. Cash Cab is the site from the Discovery Channel tv show. There are updated lists of questions just like on the tv show. These questions are aimed to middle school to high school aged students. This could be a fun way for teachers to test students of general knowledge. [|Cash Cab]

8. The Flag Game is a good way for students from elementary and up for students to learn about different countries. The game starts with a picture of a flag and a list of countries that it could be. Then a timer starts and you are timed to get the correct answer. Every 5 seconds the computer gives you a clue. [|Flag Game]

9. Jigsaw puzzle maker is a site that you can choose from an list of archived photos or you can use your own picture and the site creates a jigsaw puzzle. While you are trying to put the puzzle together the site will time you. You can decide between 6 and 247 piece puzzles, so it can be ages from Kindegarden to High school, but I think it is really geared to elementary age students. [|Jigsaw Puzzle Maker]

10. Equations is a good web site for educators with lesson plans for math classes. This site lets you choose between Kindergarden to 8th grade. [|Math Equations]