053112WarmUp

Binary math, how much do you remember?

Check it out @ http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm

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dmac

053012WarmUp

Do you believe in magic? (Sounds like a good title for a song!)

Check it out @ http://www.realmagic.net/

How do they do that?

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dmac

052912WarmUp

"The importance of the Internet in a teenager's life increases with every day that goes by. Teenagers are starting to use the Internet in a myriad of ways, which range from doing schoolwork to transporting themselves halfway around the world."


So says David Thelen, a high school sophomore from Michigan who has recently begun publishing his work in Internet E-Zines.

Read the entire article @ http://www.4teachers.org/kidspeak/thelan/index.shtml.

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dmac

052412WarmUp

You've certainly heard of IQ.

What is it?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq

Take a verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/queendom_tests/transfer?req=MXwxMTIwfDUyOTE3Nzd8MXwx&refempt=1
Take a non-verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1112

How about a mental speed test @
http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1242 and http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1243

Take a spatial IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1118

And, finally, what's emotional IQ?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Take an emotional IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=693

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dmac

052312WarmUp

One of the skills that schools used to teach that has fallen out of favor is typing. That's right! Students used to take a typing class during their senior year to prepare for typing all those long research papers in college.

But no more!

Check out these cool typing sites @:

http://www.typingmaster.com/games/bubbleapplet.asp?keys=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&Submit=Start+Game
http://freetypinggame.net/play.asp
http://www.onlytypinggames.com/

Now take a typing test.

http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

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dmac

052212WarmUp

He didn't do it! He never did nothin to nobody!

How many times have you heard that on the news? Bad behavior--even worse grammar.
So, how's your grammar? Need some work?
Check out these websites @ http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm
and
http://fen.com/studentactivities/SinkOrSwim/SinkorSwim.html
and
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html
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dmac

052112WarmUp

How do you spell--hippopotamus?

Think you can spell anything?

Try out http://www.tutpup.com/plays/new/2-word-game
How about http://www.manythings.org/cts/
Or http://www.wordcentral.com/games/alpha-bot.html
Or http://www.kidsspell.com/
or http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/?g=0#header
or http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/

Had enough?

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dnac

051712WarmUp

How are you with words?

Try these word challenges @

http://mochiland.com/articles/dictionary-com-word-play-winners

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dmac

051612WarmUp

What do art and computers have to do with each other?

Check it out @

http://professorgarfield.org/pgf_ArtBot.html
and
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm
and
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/color/color.html

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dmac

051512WarmUp

Think you're smart in math? How about science? And English?


Try the Whack Attack @

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/game/whack/index.shtml

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dmac

051412WarmUp

Ever dream of being a transportation engineer?

Check out this website:

http://www.traffic-simulation.de/


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dmac

Ever want to make your own kind of music?

Try out these websites:

http://soundbadge.net/
http://www.zefrank.com/xmas/
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=94
http://www.nimsisland.com/animaljukebox.html
http://www.buildupper.com/
http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm
http://www.lukewhittaker.co.uk/soundfactory/index.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/fun/sixmixer/
http://www.kisstunes.com/m2/page1.aspx

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dmac

051012WarmUp

Ever feel like you want to talk to someone? Go buy a dog!

Try to figure out what kind of dog is right for you!

Try it @ http://www.petcentric.com/fun-games/friend-fetcher.aspx

In fact, why don't you just learn to speak like a dog @ http://www.petcentric.com/fun-games/Learn-To-Speak-Dog.aspx

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050912WarmUp

If an astronaut yells in space and noone is there to hear it, does she make a noise?


Are there noises in deep space? If so, what do they sound like?

Find out @ http://www.aliensonic.com/

You can use google to translate your wicked awesome sayings into Spanish and French.

How about R2D2? Try this link: http://www.r2d2translator.com/

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dmac

050812WarmUp

Think you're smart? Go to:

www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests

and find out!


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dmac

050712WarmUp

Know how to googlewhack?

Check it out @ http://www.googlewhack.com/rules.htm

then create your own whackstack!


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dmac

050412WarmUp

Ever wonder what happens when you donate your body to science? Meet 39-year-old Joseph Paul Jernigan. In life he was a convicted murderer. In death he's the ultimate anatomical specimen.

Take a look at Joe @
http://www.exploratorium.edu/bodies/vhuman.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/visible_human.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_gallery.html

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dmac

050312WarmUp

In life, what you see is not necessarily what you get!

Check out these optical illusions @ http://www.optillusions.com/

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dmac

050212WarmUp

Happy Birthday! How old are you? Really? Are you sure?

Check out these age calculators@
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/agecalculator.html
and
http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php
and
http://www.obfocus.com/calculators/gender.htm
and
http://www.growyouthful.com/quiz.php.

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dmac

050112WarmUp

There's a guy out there (not me!) who says that "...this is the dumbest generation."

Agree? I didn't think so.

Read it @ http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book5-2008jul05,0,3980465.story

and

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gallery/dumbestgeneration/.

What do you think?

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dmac