Game Zone!

The websites below are great resources to use at home or at school as extensions of what we are learning. There are a variety of games and indexes to explore.

• www.freerice.com--a website that donates 10 grains of rice for every correctly answered question to the World Food Programme. Help fight hunger today!
• http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/--Explore our world from the Peace Corps website for kids!
• http://games.pppst.com--A terrific index of educational games and activities. Covers a wide variety of subjects.
• http://nobelprize.org/educational_games--the game index from the Nobel Prize website. 
• http://kids.discovery.com/--Home of Discovery Kids! Games, videos, and more on all subjects under the sun. 
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/--Who says National Geographic is just for grown-ups? Check out this great website for kids. 
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/--Contains home and classroom activities for developing mathematical number sense and understanding. 
• http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Vermi/Game/menu.html--Home of Vermi the Worm! Check out a day in the life of a red wiggler worm and their role in soil creation. 
• http://www.epa.gov/kids/--Kids website from the US Environmental Protection Agency. Loaded with great information, games, and suggestions for taking care of our planet. 
• http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/--Learn more about the new "Food Pyramid" and nutrition here!