Wow. It's been a long time since I posted to Musings. With my retirement in mid-August, I went on a blogging holiday. Now that things have settled down a bit, I have a ton of catching up to do in both blog-reading and blog-writing.

I was happy to see some excellent middle school activities from NASA. All three of the current modules (Tracking a Solar Storm, Star Count, and Winter's Story, are highly engaging and offer multiple opportunities for cross-curricular activities in addition to solid science. Thanks, NASA!

For the K-6 mathematicians in your life, try Math Playground. While much of the material is lower level, there are some nifty logic games here, sure to exercise young brains (and old ones!)

If you haven't discovered Gliffy yet, you are in for a treat. Sign in (it's free) and you are using fully satisfactory mind-mapping, flow-chart program. Take 10 minutes to find your way around, then use it with your classes either in a teacher-led exercise, or with small groups or individuals at their own computers.