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Cruise the universe

Ever wish that you could take a ride on a space shuttle? Celestia is a 3D simulation that puts you in the passenger seat for a ride around the galaxy. Celestia features all of the major astronomical...

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Free Computer Books in PDF Format

In Pictures, a company that publishers computer books that rely primarily on pictures rather than words to show how to perform tasks, has released its entire catalog of books as free PDF files for a...

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Online Dictionary

Computer-based dictionaries, spell-checkers, and thesauruses (thesauri?) are nothing new — after all, they come with the poplular word processors or can be acquired as add-ons. Independent products are...

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Name that constellation with Stellarium

Did you sleep through all the astronomy lectures in college? Do you still have problems finding the Big Dipper? Stellarium may be the answer. Stellarium is an open source planetarium application...

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Get Free Math Worksheets from Math Drills

Math got you down? Kids having problems with their homework? Are you having problems with their homework? Maybe you need to do some math drills. Math Drills is about a zillion free math worksheets–over...

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iTALC – Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers

Computers have added a whole new dimension to teaching. The abilities to drill for mastery of content, provide instant feedback, and work interactively between students are just a few of the...

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FunBrain makes thinking and learning fun

While FunBrain is a web site, in some ways it's more like a collection of games and tools for kids. Whether you're looking for math games, reading activities, or just plain fun, there's probably...

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Phun 2D Physics Sandbox

Did you sleep through high school physics class? Did you even show up? Physics isn't everybody's cup of tea, but that may be because it wasn't taught right. Unlike biology, where dissecting frogs is...

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Flash cards go high-tech

Any third grader drilling away on number facts knows all about flash cards. This time-honored pedagogical tool has gotten more people through school than probably just about anything else, for one...

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Electronic flash cards

While sometimes change is good, other times it makes sense to rely on old, reliable processes. Like memorizing stuff. When you come right down to it, there's nothing like drilling over and over again...

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Computerized testing made easy

In the beginning was the Blue Book. Then came the Scantron card. Now there's iTest. Test taking used to involve wrangling a bunch of pieces of paper that had to be handed out, written on, collected,...

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It's not your father's math class

If you had a rough time with math in school, it may be because it all seemed just too abstract and because there really just wasn't any way you could gain hands-on experience in working with it. That...

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A new look for your old ancestors

If you're into the whole genealogy thing, you've probably got piles of old documents, maybe a bunch of photos, and an inbox full of email sent by Cousin Susie and Uncle Fred. If you're totally old...

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