Play Shelve it!
000-099 |
General Works |
Lots of information in one book or set of books. |
Encyclopedias, general reference works, computers |
100-199 |
Philosophy Psychology |
What and how do we think? |
Optical illusions, brain research, question and answer books. |
200-299 |
Religion Mythology |
Who is the creator? |
Bible stories, religions of the world, Greek myths. |
300-399 |
Social Science |
How do people communicate and get along? |
Communication, education, law, transportation, manners, fairy tales. |
400-499 |
Language |
What language do you speak? |
Grammar books, sign language, foreign languages |
500-599 |
Natural Science |
What is in this world around us? |
Experiments, math, astronomy, chemistry, physics, geology, biology, and dinosaurs. Books on specific animals are also found here. |
600-699 |
Applied Science |
How do we make nature work for us? |
Anatomy, medicine, airplanes, space travel, cookbooks and animals such as dogs, cats, and horses. |
700-799 |
Arts and Recreation |
What do you do for fun and creativity? |
Art, artists, how-to-draw books, crafts, origami, music, joke and riddle books, and sports |
800-899 |
Literature |
We act and read poetry. |
Poetry, plays and classic literature. |
900-999 |
Geography & History |
Where do you live? |
History, geography and travel, atlases, explorers, and multiple biographies* 920 |
A challenging game in which you have to type in the number for a particular subject
A matching game to help you memorize the 10 basic divisions of the Dewey Decimal System (DDS)
Dewey Matching/Flashcards/Concentration
A matching game to learn DDS's 10 general divisions
A story to teach the 10 main divisions of the DDS
Do We Really Know Dewey? (Grades 3-5)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/mathsfile/shockwave/games/laddergame.html
(Taken from Double Eagle Media Center https://sites.google.com/site/dawnmediacenter/library-learning-games)
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