RTC's Fall 2017 Communicator

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Videos, Games, and Puzzles
Make Learning Fun for Kids
Funbrain
Small children can play while they learn
with games designed to teach math, read-
ing, and logic skills; books that parents
and kids can read together; and other
education-based activities. Resources are
colorful and feature animals and other
characters that appeal to young learners.
ABCYa
Using games and apps, this award-winning
grade-based site offers hundreds of
engaging educational activities for
children. Fun categories include letters,
numbers, holidays, skills, and strategy.
Kids can try the Avian Alphabet, Frac-
tion Fling, Halloween Word Search, or
Keyboard Invasion.
e-learning for kids
This site is intended to supplement the
learning kids do in school. Grade-appro-
priate topics include math, science, reading,
computer skills, health, and language arts,
as well as life skills like choosing a career
and dealing with bullying.
Parents and teachers can narrow down
the many game choices here by choosing
grade, subject, and type of activity. Kids
can learn about the math topics of addition,
counting, geometry, sorting, patterns,
and numbers, or the language topics of
alphabet, spelling, and phonics. Colorful
graphics and kid-friendly narration make
learning more fun.
Anything that seems like play is fun for kids—even if they end up
learning something along the way. These sites provide creative activities
to help kids learn the three Rs and so much more.
STEM Skills are
Critical for the
Next Generation
While the number of jobs in science,
technology, engineering, and math
(known in the education field as STEM)
is increasing, fewer students are learning
the critical skills needed to fill them.
Here are a few resources to help:
NASA for Students
nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
Information and activities to help kids
of all ages learn about aeronautics and
space.
eGFI
Using a fun interface, this site helps
readers understand actual careers in
STEM fields.
Kinetic City
This site offers fun science experiments,
games, activities, challenges, and more.
Exploratorium
The “explore” section of the Explorato-
rium Museum website lists science-
related activities, apps, blogs, videos,
and websites.
Engineer Your Life
Women are underrepresented in STEM
jobs, so this site helps high school girls
explore careers in these fields.