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Use this site to teach your students about American and religious holidays including historical and factual information as well as holiday-related activities.
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How Stuff Works is a Web site that tells you just that - how stuff works. It contains thousands of topics including these main categories:
- Adventure
- Auto
- Culture: Geography, History, People
- Entertainment
- Health: Diseases & Conditions, Medicine (including First Aid & Medications), Wellness (including Food & Nutrition, Diet & Fitness)
- Home & Garden: Real Estate (including home buying)
- Lifestyles: Cooking, Family (including Education, Holidays, Household)
- Money: Business (including Jobs), Economics (including Currency, Money & Ethcs, the Stock Market), Jobs, Personal Finance (including Budgeting & Saving, Taxes, Online Banking, Credit, Banking)
- Science: Engineering, Physical Science (including Chemistry), Innovation, Environmental Science
- Tech: Computers, Internet, Electronics
Check out the videos quizzes, and games as well. The reading level is intermediate to high so you may have to use it for group or class discussion.
A suggested activity would be to show The Computer Tour Video (Example Web Site, above) and have students fill out the study guide (Example Document, above) How Things Work Computers.
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Math Fact Cafe provides math fact sheets, flashcards, and online practice for students. The focus of the site is on math taught in the elementary grades K-5, but can be used with ABE students. You can access hundreds of pre-generated math sheets or create custom sheets to meet a student's specific needs.