Exploring Web Applications

I think that these web applications were really helpful and fun to explore. There were so many great websites and I know that I would be able to use many of them in my future teaching. Each of the websites were ones that I know students would find engaging and fun. They would also be great tools to have them review what we had discussed and learned in class and yet have fun playing the games and creating things for themselves.

I would like to target third grade students because that is the grade that I would like to teach someday.One website that I really enjoyed was called Mars Quest Online. On this website you could go to different topics that described Mars. It went through its specific features the volcanoes, canyons, and floods. You can also drive a rover on the planet and explore its many features. It also tells about the rovers that NASA has actually sent to Mars and shows pictures. I think that the students would really enjoy this website and have fun learning about this planet. After learning about the planet Mars with my students I would have the students be creative and come up with their own planet and describe its properties. Have them reflect on all of the properties that Mars had and make sure that they include all of them, but have them come up with their own. Have them be as creative as possible. The website was www.marsquestonline.org.

Another website that I really enjoyed was the Colonial Williamsburg website. I think that this website is great and it can really get students engaged and excited! I really could teach so many different history lessons from this but I think it would be fun to go over the lifestyle of the colonists and historical events that happened during the time period. There is a place on the website where you can explore the town and learn about the different people. I think it would be a fun website to visit after learning about this time period and let them explore and have fun!!