Learning

BBC's Becoming A Better Learner and How We Learn - Information about our brains, health, learning processes and intelligence are shared in an educational way. The site allows students to explore different learning styles and to find out how to make themselves better learners. This is an excellent site for learning about learning without getting into lots of technical theory.

Funderstanding - Learning theory, terminology, intelligence, and factors in learning. This is a great research site for students wanting to know more about learning. While there aren't interactive elements and the site is text-based, the content is extensive. This site is suitable for upper middle school, high school, or college students.

Pfizer's Brain: The World Inside Your Head - A "virtual tour" of the brain contains facts, figures, and concepts relating to the human brain's physiology. The tour is navigated through linear "next" links which walk students through a logical sequence of learning. Teachers' guides are also available which provide activities for building understanding of concepts such as memory, reflexes, sleep, etc.

James Cook University's Learning Styles program - This site is listed for the downloadable program you can use to help determine your child's learning style. The quiz level is high enough that it will probably work better if you read the questions for your child (and even modify them when they don't pertain directly to a child) and enter the answers. There is information about learning styles, but the gem is in the resource--brain.exe