tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30288223.post-68369915497661338712008-01-20T21:41:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:32:00.789-05:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q21hWFL3x8g"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q21hWFL3x8g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Whether it's a holiday like today or a winter snow day, websites that can both entertain and educate can be very handy.<br /><br /><a href="http://freerice.com" target="_top">FreeRice.com</a><br />There are two aspects to FreeRice. First, it's an educational vocabulary test where you're quizzed on word after word until you fi ally reach one you don't know and learn the definition. Second, here's where that free rice comes in. For every world you get right, the site donates twenty grains of rice to the United Nations Word Food Program for the global flght against hunger. The money comes from advertising on the site and it adds up fast. FreeRice has donated billions of grains of rice since launching last October.<br /><br /><a href="http://NobelPrize.org/educational_games" target="_top">NobelPrize.org/educational_games</a><br />Sounds unlikely, but the people behind the Nobel Prizes have created a series of online games aimed at kids. Each one is based on Nobel-winning work in categories like medicine, physics, chemistry and literature, and helps players grasp the basic concepts behind complicated research.Johnnoreply@blogger.com