Wonderopolis
Tech Tool Talk
What is Wonderopolis
Tutorial of the website
Wonderopolis
Wonder of the day
Articles
Camp Wonderopolis
How to use Woneropolis in the classroom
1. Wonder Journal: students can create a journal using their wonders of the day. Journal writing can be tailored to each students and is a great vocabulary and writing exercise. This journal allows students to take home what they have been wondering and learning in school and share this with their family.
2. Wonder stations: teachers can have designated areas in the room for specific interests that the students have. Wonder stations allows students to be engaged and learning but they get to chose what wonder they are learning about at that time.
3. Wonder Wall: A bulletin board in the classroom can be designated as the wonder wall. This can be covered in students different wonders that they have and when they learn about those wonders they can write on that notecard what they have learned. This allows the whole class to see and learn about what each students wonders are and what they have learned from their research.
Wonderopolis being used in a lesson
Testimonials
"Wonderopolis is an educator's dream come true! I adore that it provides an abundance of nonfiction articles within a philosophy that supports the true heart and purpose of informational texts: to spark wonder and open up pathways of learning. Well beyond simply meeting standards, Wonderopolis brings nonfiction to minds, to passions, to life."
-Christopher Lehman, founding director of The Educator Collaborative and best-selling author
"Wonderopolis has easy-to-understand text, and it is a lot more interesting for me than a nonfiction book."
-5th grade student, Dublin, OH
-Colleen Hoban, Wilmington, DE