Check out the typing activities below! We will be building our typing skills when we visit the computer lab during advisory. Put forth your best effort, and by the end of the year, you could be a typing wizard!
- Timed typing pre-test: http://www.freetypinggame.net/play4.asp
- Games: http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp
Check out these interesting websites!
- Free Rice game: http://freerice.com/category
- For every answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme to end hunger. Does this sound too good to be true? Ms. Landis thought so, and she did some research to see if this real. Based on her research, she thinks it is legit.
- Science Friday podcasts: http://www.sciencefriday.com/
- Are you interested in black holes and space? How animals interact with their habitats? Climate change? Missions to Mars? Digital content and computers? Advances in medicine? Microbes in chesse? Then this podcast is for you! The podcast covers all sorts of current science topics. Browse the archive to find a podcast you're interested in listening to.
- Ask a parent/guardian before listening to make sure the content is age-appropriate!
- Radiolab podcasts: http://www.radiolab.org/
- The two hosts of this podcast know how to catch and hold your attention! This podcast is a delightful mix of cutting edge science and considering what it means to be human. Browse the archive to find a podcast you're interested in listening to. The Radiolab blog is pretty interesting as well.
- Ask a parent/guardian before listening to make sure the content is age-appropriate!