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- NJ ASK and GEPA sample questions from the state of New Jersey DOE
http://www.nj.gov/education/njpep/assessment/index.html - Learn A Test from South Brunswick Public Library:
http://www.learnatest.com - Online Tests in all subject areas from The Nation's Report Card
http://nationsreportcard.gov/testyourself.asp - Item Sampler for All Subjects from Delaware
http://www.doe.state.de.us/programs/AAB/sample_items/default.shtml - Sample Test Questions from Massachusetts (pdf)
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/2007/release/default.html
- FCAT 8th Gr. Reading
http://www.fcit.usf.edu/fcat8r/default.htm - 6-8 Reading Online test demos from BrainChild
http://www.brainchild.com/gen/demo.asp - Grade 6 Online Reading From the TEA
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade6/read.htm
- Lousiana 8th Grade Writing Test
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1639.pdf - Gr. 8 Reading From the Wisconsin Dept. Of Public Instruction
http://dpi.wi.gov/oea/readingptri.html - Gr. 3-8 Language Arts from Mississippi
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/osa/itemspecs/LA_Specifications.pdf - Grade 8 LA Test from Alaska
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/benchmark/Final_Grade8_Practice_Test.pdf
- FreeRice.com: Learn vocabulary while donating rice to the world's hungry
http://www.freerice.com - Writing to Persuade
http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/persuade.htm - Persuasive Writing Webquest
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/studentpage.htm - Online Tool for Writing Persuasive Essays
http://www.polar.sunynassau.edu/~sherd/essay-tool.html - Essay Writing: Interactive Persuasive Writing Tool from Essaypunch.com
http://www.essaypunch.com/ - 8th Grade Reading and Responding Lesson Plan
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/3726.pdf - Blue Book of Grammar Practice Worksheets and Test
http://www.grammarbook.com/ - Abiator's Interactive Language Arts Activities
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/interlangindex.html - ReadWriteThink.Org Reading 6-8
See Other Choices for more lesson ideas.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=3&strand=3&engagement=20&display.x=47&display.y=7 - Picture Prompt-In-A-Box Sample pictures with instructions for creating your own
http://www.lr.k12.nj.us/ETTC/pictureprompt/intro.html - Interactive Grammar exercises at Grammar Bytes
http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm - Interactive Reading Comprehension Lessons
http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/reading_lesson.html
- Grade 6 Online Math Test From the Texas Education Agency
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade6/math.htm - Explore Your Knowledge Interactive Math
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true - National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.htm - Online Practice Math Tests From Jefferson Lab
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html - TIMSS Gr. 8 Math Problem Solving and Inquiry
http://timss.bc.edu/timss2003i/psi_intro_m8.html - Higher Level Online Math Quizzes
http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/page200.html - Grade 6 Open-Ended Questions and Answers
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade6.html - Grade 7 Open-Ended Questions and Answers
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade7.html - Grade 8 Open-Ended Questions and Answers
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade8.html - Interactive Math Puzzles
http://www.sprucelog.com/lmp/interactive/ - Who Wants to Win A Million Dollars? Math and Science Game
http://education.jlab.org/million/ - Abiator's Online Math Activities
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/intermathsindex.html - Study Island Math Tutorial
http://www.studyisland.com/ - 6-8 Math Online test demos from BrainChild
http://www.brainchild.com/gen/demo.asp
- 8th Grade Math from Louisiana
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1639.pdf - Grade 8 LA Test from Alaska
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/benchmark/Final_Grade8_Practice_Test.pdf - TIMSS Mathematics Items for Grades 7-8
http://timss.bc.edu/timss1995i/TIMSSPDF/BMItems.pdf
- Math.com World of Math Online
http://www.math.com/ - FigureThis.Org
http://www.figurethis.org/ - Open-Ended Math Problems from the Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/school/math2/ - Pre-Algebra Problem of the Week from Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/prealgpow/ - PBS Mathline
Math Skills Activities with Video
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/search_6-8.shtm - PBS TeacherSource: Math
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/ - SCORE Mathematics Lessons
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html - NJ Math Coalition
http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/nj_math_coalition/framework.html - Open-Ended Questions Discussion
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/aki/open_ended/WhatIsOpen-ended.html - APlus Math Games
http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html - Interactive Estimation Activities for Middle Schools
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ - Create A Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/area.asp
- Who Wants to Win A Million Dollars Math and Science Game
http://education.jlab.org/million/ - Online Practice Science Tests From Jefferson Lab
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html - Explore Your Knowledge Interactive Science
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true - TIMSS Gr. 8 Science Problem Solving and Inquiry
http://timss.bc.edu/timss2003i/psi_intro_s8.html - GetSmarter.org: Mastery Science Theater
http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm
- Louisiana Science Sample Questions
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1667.pdf - Gr. 8 Science from Mississippi.
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/osa/science.html
- GeoBee Challenge
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/ - Where Is That?
http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
- Louisiana Social Studies Gr. 8
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1658.pdf - World Geography Test
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/Release2003/History/VA-RIBs_g11wgeo-1.pdf
- GeoBee Challenge
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/ - Does the Camera Ever Lie? Civil War Inquiry Lesson
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwpcam/cwcam1.html - Critical Thinking activities Using the American Memory Collection Civil War photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/cwp/thinking.html
Art:
- MOMA Writing Activity
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/fulang.html - MOMA Writing Activity #2
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/safari_sleeping.html - Art Institute of Chicago Writing Activity: Trompe L'Oeil
http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_American/pages/Amer_FamAct2.shtml# - Art Institute of Chicago Writing Activity: Impressionism and Monet
http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist/pages/IMP_FamAct1.shtml - Art Tales: Telling Stories with Art
Writing Activity
http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales/ - Art Detective Art History adventure
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
- ARTSEDGE: Listening and writing activity
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3317/ - The Music Lab--Explore tempo, rhythm, pitch and more
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musiclab.asp?pageid=4
- Spanish Activities From the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/suenos/ - French Activities From the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/experience/ - Mexican Art Interactive Game
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/game/game.html
- Athletic Reader
http://www.pecentral.org/bp/indivBPDisplay.asp?ID=271&votes=107 - PE Central Kids' Quiz (Free Registration required)
http://www.peclogit.org/kidsquiz.asp
Created by Rita Nannini and Kim Zito.
Last Modified: August 20, 2009
Last Modified: August 20, 2009