As we get ready to depart for a much needed and deserved
holiday break, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you some Holiday
Ed Tech sites for your kids to explore while they are away from the
classroom.
1) Snow-Line www.miniclip.com/games/snow-line/en/
This is a popular game where the mission is to
help Santa collect presents and get them ready for his Christmas Eve trip
around the world. Students have to
consider paths of least resistance, gravity and other physics concepts.
2) Nothpole.com www.northpole.com
This website has many great holiday activities
for kids. Students can write letters to
Santa, read holiday stories, and even has a library, called the Elf Pal Academy of Google Docs for
primary students and English language learners.
3) Ultimate Winter Resources for Teachers www.teachingheart.net/xmas.html
A great collection of winter lesson plans and
classroom ideas. Many of them are
focused on the holiday season, however there are also many activities that
surround the theme of winter, so this site can be used well into the spring.
4) Winter Mad Libs http://www.classroomjr.com/winter-mad-libs/
Who doesn’t love some good ‘ol fashioned Mad
Libs? How about encouraging your
students to complete some Winter Mad Libs over the break? Check out this website for Mad Libs
galore. Christmas mad libs…check! Winter mad libs…check! They even have Valentine’s Day mad libs and
winter word puzzles too.
5) Tracking Santa www.noradsanta.org
Each year the North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) tracks Santa by radar, satellite, Santa Cams, and even fighter
jets as he flies around the world. On
Christmas Eve, students can track his flight live in Google Earth. In addition to being a lot of fun, students
can also learn about geography, distance and speed, and maybe even come up with
their own creative narrative of Santa’s flight
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