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And the connection is...?
PR companies often have to use ingenious ways to attract attention for the products they are plugging, but the press release that I received just now surely is a strong contender for this year's "Desperate Link to a News Story"...
West Indies wins more than money
I had worked out what I wanted to write if England lost the $20 million Stanford match last night. It would have been a puerile display of schadenfreude, rejoicing at them letting the riches through their fingers. It would probably...
Krejza continues to soar
Jason Krejza (crazy name, crazy guy) continues to enjoy his debut Test, taking five more wickets this morning to finish up with eight for 215 in his first innings. To add to the impressive names of Dravid, Laxman and Sehwag...
The Line & Length Monday XI: Kumble special - answers
Morning all. Here is this week's Monday quiz, with a special theme to commemorate Anil Kumble, India's magnificent leg spinner who has announced his retirement. See how many you can get. Answers follow via the link at the bottom. Well...
David Frith's Ashes Top Ten
We are honoured to have David Frith, the venerable cricket historian, as this week's guest writer. David crosses the borders between England and Australia, having been born in London but emigrated to Oz when he was 11. Very sensibly, he...
Bedi and breakfast
Looks like Bishan Bedi, pictured here working with Jason Krejza, has become a bit too fond of the chana masala in retirement. I know I can hardly talk about maintaining a slim figure, but I was astonished to see this...
Step forward the unlikely heroes
This could turn out to be a fabulous fairy story for two little-known Middlesex players. Apparently, in addition to four England bowlers having dodgy tummies, Owais Shah and Matt Prior have now picked up niggling injuries and so as a...
Janet's Planet
Contains video segments, whose topics range from the explanation of the food pyramid to the migratory habits of cranes.
Northumberland Teaching and Learning
Resources and activities for teachers and pupils covering most curriculum areas. Online activities for literacy, numeracy, design and technology, as well as information on creating school web sites.
Apples4theteacher.com
Features games and fun activities in art, music, foreign languages, English, math, science, and social studies. For students from kindergarten to the 6th grade.
Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Features free, interactive exercises in math, reading, social studies, science, health, and music. Aimed at elementary school children.
Education for Kids
Free drill games related to math, language, social studies, and science.
BerrysClass.net
Mr. Berry's 4th grade class at Alachua Elementary in Florida. Pages include announcements, photo gallery, and resource links.
The Warrior Beat
Features online newspaper from Oak Grove high school in Mississippi. Includes features, editorials, news,education trends, sports, photos, polls, and a game of the month. Some links are in PDF.
Kids Web India
Aimed at young people of all ages, with quizzes, puzzles, poems, photographs, games, and general knowledge.
Mrs. Thonus's Third Grade Stars
Includes spelling lists, ongoing homework assignments, curriculum related pages/links, class newsletter, student work and photographs of classroom activities in Marstons Mills East School in Massachusetts. Includes music.
KE7 Extranet
Features modules in English, math, science, modern languages, humanities, design, general studies, the arts, social sciences and business studies. Includes quizzes, reports, worksheets and photos.
Education Place
Free games, activities, and resources for students studying math, reading, social studies and science.
KidZone
Includes animal facts, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, language arts, magic tricks, math, planets, preschool writing skills, and science experiments.
iKnowthat.com
Offers web-based educational activities for kids ages 2-12. Activities include stickerbooks, simulation games, painting, math and phonics.
Research Process Helper
Offers a framework to help students work through a research project. Its goals are information literacy, information problem-solving, and the research process.