Oban's Myths, Legends and Fables ~ Read Online

Greetings my friend.

Here are some of the myths and legends I have collected to help save my world.

There are stories from Native American Indians, the Aboriginal Dreamtime, Korea, India and many other countries I have visited. Explore them and you will find out how the Kangroo got his tail, how Coyote made people and what happened to the ungrateful tiger.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm

Number Cracker

Help Mr. Cracker obtain the secret code before the insidious Prof. Soup catches him by guessing what number comes next in a series of numbers.
http://www.funbrain.com/cracker/index.html

Range Game

Play the Range Game and test your knowledge of estimation.
http://www.quizville.com/range.php

Train Race

Can you compare your mean, median and mode?  Help Pythagoras and Hypatia make their connecting train in this fun game.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html

Pie Chart Quizville

Guess the degrees for the colourful pie charts.
http://www.quizville.com/pieChart.php

Data Picking

A fabulously fun game to help you with your data management skills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/datapick.html

Looking for the Top Quark

In Looking for the Top Quark, each player receives six quarks that they hide on a grid. The players use coordinates to find their opponent's hidden quarks. The first player to find all six of their opponent's quarks wins!
http://education.jlab.org/topquarkgame/index.html

What's The Point?

Test your knowledge of graphing with this online game.
http://www.funbrain.com/co/index.html

NFB For Kids

Create artwork or direct films.
http://www.nfb.ca/jeunesse/index.php?v=h&lg=en

Canada Quiz

So you think you know a lot about Canada, eh?
This Quiz will test your knowledge.

The answers to all of the questions can be found in Summary tables in Canadian Statistics, on the left bar of the Home page. The questions cover a variety of Statistics Canada's subjects.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html

Writing Commentary

Choose a news story to comment on and then write about it.
Click Here

Write Your Own Play

This activity will help you make your own play. You can then print it out and go back to the classroom and practice it with your friends.
http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/english/activities/playscript/play_home.asp

Factual Writing Leaflets

Choose a theme then choose titles, words and pictures to make a leaflet.
Click Here

Welcome To Group Art

Grab some tools from the curb and pick some colors to begin your masterpiece.  When you run out of paint, pass it on or declare it finished and ready to hang in the public online gallery.
http://www.wetpaintpleasetouch.com/

Fun and Games ~ Rhino Quiz

Our team in Nepal is moving 10 rhinos across the Terai Arc. Can you match their efforts? Above you'll be presented 10 questions based on information found throughout the "Rhinos of the Terai Arc" expedition site. For every question you answer correctly, you'll send one rhino marching towards its new home!
http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/quizzes/rhinos/quiz1.cfm

Fun and Games ~ Caught in the Act

Thousands of wild animals and plants are removed from their habitats every day for use as tourist souvenirs, jewelry, pets, and even medicine. While much of this trade is legal, illegal and unregulated trade can be devastating to populations whose numbers are already declining because of habitat loss, pollution, and other environmental problems. Map out some illegal wildlife trade routes driven by consumer demand, and try to catch the smugglers!
http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/games/caught/

Tower Climber

Strategic and fun from Lego ~ a classic.

http://www.lego.com/eng/knights/towerClimber.asp

Physics Face Off

Physics face-off. As Darth Vader once dissed the Death Star, "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've created, the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force". The force - of gravity, that is, because this is a (vaguely "Star Wars"-themed) version of the original "choose strength and angle" multiplayer Tanks, albeit one which also takes into account gravitational effects, in the manner of Gravity or even Spaced Penguins
http://www.e4.com/games/?id=893

Pandemic

You start out as a simple flu bug but then you progress into a global killer.  Become scum and have fun.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/games/review.jsp?id=1759

The Cost of Life

A unicef game that teaches students the cost of life.
http://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_3142.html

Global Gang

Learn about other cultures through games and activities.
http://www.globalgang.org.uk/