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| Kathy Schrock's web page – lesson plans, ideas… | ||||
| Scholastic | ||||
| Lesson Lab | ||||
| School Discovery | ||||
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| hundreds of lesson plans | ||||
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Ed
Sitement - National Endowment for the Humanities |
PedagoNet has a database of learning resource materials and allows users to post their own resources. | |||
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Marco
Polo - Internet Content for the Classroom |
TeachNET 's site has a database of more than 500 teacher projects from a wide range of curriculum areas | |||
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The Amazing
Picture Machine Looking for pictures, maps, or other visual resources? Visit the Amazing Picture Machine Web site. You will find sample lessons with creative ways to incorporate pictures into your classroom instruction. |
Don't
Waste a Minute! Mini-lessons and fill-in activity ideas to make the most of classroom time or ease awkward moments; |
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Sanford
and a Lifetime of Color presents products and educational resources
for students and teachers. Fun and educational art adventures, hands-on
activities, and classroom lessons |
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Teachers
Helping Teachers provides lesson plans by subject matter,
among other things |
Marc Sheehan's Lesson Plans Page | |||
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Wonderful
lesson plans – California State Board of Education |
Columbia Education Center Lesson Plans | |||
Web publication that provides ready-to-go Web lessons, teachers’ firsthand accounts of struggles and triumphs with technology, and interviews with well known leaders in K-12 technology |
Connections+ from the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) has a database of Internet resources–lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources–linked with corresponding subject area content standards | |||
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| FREE Federal Resources | ||||
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| Rubistar - create rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities | ||||
this web based utility will allow you to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page on the WWW. For TEACHERS only. Remember your ID #. Make sure you have all your text in, save the document, then put your graphic in - this is a one-page web worksheet - not an actual web page. |
The NATIONAL ARCHIVES for MOVIES | |||
SKETCH -UP (a 3D software program - FREE Google) |
Google for Educators (LOTS of neat tools) | |||
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e-school
news - great site for news on technology, grants, programs, resources |
http://www.eschoolnews.com/emailprofile/ | |||
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A
free collection of online field trips and other web-based learning
materials has been shown to boost reading levels and help improve test
scores among middle-school students). |
http://www.thinkport.org/default.tp | |||
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The
Education World Search Engine is a database of over
20,000 educational sites that you can search by subject and grade level. |
Improving the scholarship of teaching through lectures | |||
Library of Congress for Teachers
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Blue
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is a searchable database for teachers to find Internet-based instruction. |
Design PUZZLES | |||
Global
SchoolNet's Internet Project Registry lets you search for appropriate online projects to integrate into coursework. |
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| FREE Federal Resources | ||||
| Curriculum - Our mission is to improve education around the world by empowering teachers, students and parents with user-created, open source curricula, and it's all free! | ||||
Click on blue START - Type in school name - click on name - place cursor on the GREEN word KNOWLEDGE - click on Where can we find resources by standards - click on MATH, click on RESOURCES by STANDARDS - click on SAMPLE STUDENT WORK - click on the sample that best fits yous needs |
http://isbe.state.il.us | |||
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Discipline
Help: A discipline model for handling over 100 different misbehaviors
at school & home. |
11 Techniques for Better Classroom Discipline | |||
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Excellent
site – practical ideas listed by behavior! |
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Discipline
and Classroom Management |
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Classroom Management Resources for Teachers Secondary school educator guide at About.com. |
NEA Works4Me Tips Library - A forum for classroom teachers to offer advice and ideas to their peers. Contains tips for managing the classroom. |
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http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/manage/staying.html |
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The Behavior Home Page |
www.state.ky.us/agencies/behave/homepage.html | |||
| http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs98/98030.pdf | ||||
| Oppositional Disorder and Conduct Disorder | ||||
| Conduct disorder | ||||
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American
for the Arts |
http://www.americansforthearts.org/ | |||
ArtsEdge offers standards-based teaching materials, activities, and resources. Take some time to poke around, there's lots of interesting stuff! |
On-line resoures for listening | |||
| Why art? | ||||
This site has power points, video clips, readings, etc. - GREAT professional development on performance assessment |
Rubistar - create rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activitie | |||
| National Assessment Governing Board | ||||
| Rand Education | ||||
Designing
assessments to match outcomes – a process – 10 steps |
authentic assessment overview & samples – how well do multiple-choice tests really evaluate student understanding & achievement? | |||
| research study on authentic assessment | ||||
ssessment
based on new vision of learning. Major changes. Incorporating Multiple
Intelligences. |
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| Graph with Excel | ||||
Lesson
study high school math |
http://www2.edc.org/lessonstudy/ | |||
| 100 Days | ||||
| EvaluTech | ||||
| Math Lessons that are Fun! Fun! Fun! | ||||
| History of Mathematics - travel through time to learn about different mathematicians | ||||
| Math Problem Solving | ||||
HotMath:
Solutions are provided to many problems in popular math books.
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| A resource for students and teachers of game theory | ||||
Find
some general sites, fun places, and quick reference focus on assistance
for math topics. |
Featuring a "Daily Problem"
and keyword searches of algebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, and
trigonometry, this site includes games, puzzles, lesson plans, "real
world math," and more. The site is attractive and user friendly. Sign
up for newsletter with monthly updat
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| These numerous links feature lesson plans, worksheets, resources, and various calculators. | ||||
Websites
is aimed at supporting student inquiries on all levels of math in K-12 |
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| Math in Daily Life | ||||
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These
resources are designed to help students learn through interactivity
using flash cards, games, word-find puzzles and more. |
Word Problem Solving Strategies These strategies come from the mathstories.com web site. The goal of this math web site is to help elementary and middle school children boost their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills |
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Providing sheer fun
for the advanced math student, it takes mathematical skills and knowledge
to wade through this interactive mathematical problem solving game.
Clues are provided along the way and answer keys are provided to teachers
and parents. |
Create a Graph | |||
| Math Counts | ||||
| Can you get a homerun or a base hit? This is a fun way to learn math. | ||||
| Word Problems for Kid | ||||
Virtual manipulatives aim to engage students in math |
Great kids and teacher math site | |||
OnLine Math Tests (Dept. Math @ U of Missouri-Columbia |
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Atoms Family: contains lessons and activities relating to different forms of energy |
ATOM Families - Mnemonics for the Periodic Table | |||
ASSESSING for LEARNING - Professional development materials |
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/workshops/assessing/index.html | |||
Science project - students are challenged to grow plants on the moon |
Students can dive into mysteries of the ocean with "KOL Expeditions"
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Center
for Mars Exploration |
The Sharing NASA page is home to a database of NASA's online interactive projects | |||
The
Nine Planets |
Jet Propulsion Lab - NASA | |||
DinoSphere - Now You're in Their World
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| Bill Nye the Science Guy | ||||
The science of cycling - Tour deFrance |
Discovery - For a ton of science information, check this one out!
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The
Royal Ontario Museum |
The Absolute Beginners Astronomy Page | |||
The
Ontario Science Centre - Science Made Fun |
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Deep impact - look inside a comet |
http://events.exploratorium.edu/ramgen/misc/deep_impact-050708.rm | |||
Fault line - earthquakes 1906 |
Science Learning Network | |||
Volcano World Home Page |
Terrfic Web Sites for Middle School Kids-Science | |||
| The Electronic Zoo | ||||
ScienzFair Project
Ideas
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For his seventy-sixth birthday, Albert Einstein received a simple toy. He enjoyed showing this toy to visitors because it demonstrated a key idea of general relativity, the equivalence principle--the equivalence of gravity and acceleration. Here's how to build a version of that toy. |
Creative Chemistry offers worksheets, teaching notes, and fun activities. There are over two hundred pages of question sheets and practical guides, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the "Tune-up Garage" to help improve science investigations. | |||
Kidspace-IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide
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Science
Fair Handbook |
Science Fair Projects: Ideas and Organization | |||
National Health Museum - teaching & learning (science fair...) |
Mousetrap Action! | |||
| Global Warming Student Speakout | ||||
help in teaching about genetics |
NOVA science now | |||
Science Clipart
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Earth Science Clipart | |||
Clipart Science Director |
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Sharpen
students' science and math skills with this interactive "e-Mission |
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| http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/NCISLA/ | ||||
Pictures
of Einstein's life |
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/physpiceinstein.html | |||
Classroom Connect: using technology to be a great teacher |
Mission: Operation Montserrat is based on a real historical event. The volcano on the normally tranquil island of Montserrat has come to life. As flaming pebbles and lava begin their devastation, emergency response teams learn a hurricane is approaching. Using real-time hurricane and seismic data, teams of student specialists assist Mission Control in saving the residents from certain destruction. Students to apply their science and math skills to an authentic crisis situation. During the two-hour e-Mission, student specialists serve as members of a team: volcano, hurricane, evacuation, or communication. You must apply and be selected to participate in the actual e-Mission |
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| Puzzles | ||||
Beyond the Fire: Teen Experiences of War Real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair and resilience. Interactive site with very useful teaching resources that are aimed at mainstream students |
Don't Buy It: By dissecting pop culture and advertisements, media literacy education can help students build critical thinking and analytic skills, become more discriminating in the use of mass media, distinguish between reality and fantasy and consider whether media values are their values.
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| U.S. News and World Report is embarking on a partnership with the National Archives to make public certain historical documents and accounts for the first time. | ||||
50 STATES of Mind - visual Mnemonics for learning geography f the USA |
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C-SPAN site for teachers |
Channel One Launch First Amendment Resource for Teachers | |||
| AOL@School-Middle School | ||||
Bell South: students learn history first hand by interviewing veterans from WWII and Korea |
The Newseum-The Interactive Museum of News | |||
Welcome to daily life in the year 1628! |
The Mint Makes Sense | |||
| MiddleWeb Social Studies | ||||
| Civics Online | ||||
Delve
into history's greatest mysteries with "History Detectives |
EcEdWeb Economic Education Web | |||
| American Folklore | ||||
| EvaluTech | ||||
Educational Web ADVENTURES (science, art, & social studies) |
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| Teaching Tolerance to Middle School Students | ||||
| Teaching Current Events via Newspapers, Magazines, and TV | ||||
K-12
Teacher Resources for Food History Lessons |
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators | |||
| Pictures of Einstein's life | ||||
| Best of History Web Sites | ||||
Encyclopedia Brittanica: Reflections on the Holocaust (not intereactive but rich with information) |
The site is divided into five 'chapters' which address themes or topics relevant to ancient China. Within each 'chapter' there are three sections: Story (narratives), Explore (pupil controls the order in which they access the information) and Challenge (historical, analytical, mathematical, or observational activities) | |||
American Centuries...view from New England (Memorial Hall Museum Online |
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Clip Art for Social Sciences |
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| History Clipart | ||||
| California Sciene Poject | ||||
| The Teaching Gap Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom, compares math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States | ||||
| http://www.tc.edu/centers/lessonstudy | ||||
| http://www.nwrel.org/msec | ||||
| http://www.nsdc.org/educatorindex.htm | ||||
Global
Education Resources (video clipped demo lessons) |
Research for Better Schools | |||
| National School Reform Faculty: Harmony Education Center Critical Friends | ||||
Bellevue,
Washington has implemented a district-wide
lesson study program in all subject areas. Check out this site to find
out how they are doing it and what teachers and administrators have
to say about their lesson study experience. |
http://www.bsd405.com/lessonstudy.html | |||
Loras
College, Dubuque, Iowa is supporting elementary school mathematics teachers in Eastern Iowa
conducting lesson study in school-based teams. Check out this site for
extensive lists of lesson study and mathematics-related websites. |
http://web.loras.edu/lessonstudy/index.html | |||
Math
Star, New Mexico State University is supporting teams of mathematics teachers across the state of New
Mexico. Check out this site to see videos and sample lesson plans. |
http://mathstar.nmsu.edu/lesson_study/ | |||
Research studies on Scaffolding |
Scaffolding - eBook | |||
| Instructional Strategies | ||||
| The Education Commission of the States provides current information on policy-relevant education topics. | ||||
| High Scope: Educational Research Foundation | ||||
| The National Institute for Early Education Research provides research-based information focusing on 3 and 4 year olds | ||||
The
Foundation for Child Development funds the National Prekindergarten
Center (NPC) which has developed this Pre-K policy framework to assist
federal, state and local leaders implement high-quality Pre-K programs. |
See
Florida's progress in establishing Universal Pre |
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The
Chicago Longitudinal Study is an evaluation of a federally funded early
childhood intervention for 1,539 children in prekindergarten through
third grade in the Chicago public school system. |
Technology in Early Childhood Education | |||
| The State of Preschool: 2005 State Preschool Yearbook | ||||
| PreschoolFirst online, play-based assessment (free trial) | ||||
| The portfolio and its use: Developmentally appropriate assessment of young children | ||||
Especially Espanol - Many teachers, students, librarians and others are interested in locating good Spanish language resources |
Learn Spanish | |||
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy and advocacy organization,
provides an extensive set of analyses on immigrants and public benefits. |
Educating Language-Minority Children | |||
| Read to kids | ||||
What Schools Can Do to Improve Achievement by Minority Students and Underrepresented Genders |
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Search
Institute 40 Developmental Assets |
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| Questioning | ||||
Developing Creative/Critical Habits of Mind – lists of other sites. Including Essential Questions |
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PROJECT-BASED LEARNING |
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PBL - age-approprite, customizeable project checklists for written reports,mutli-media prjects, oral presenations, & science projects. The use of these checklists keeps students on track & allow them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer & self-evaluation |
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| Cooperative games | ||||
| Best Practices | ||||
Teaching
& Learning on the WWW is a searchable, dynamic collection of sites where the Web is used for
more than just surfing; these are places where teachers are using the
Web in the context of their instruction. Users can submit their own
links to include in the database. |
Case Creator - A Video-based Case Creation Tool - The Case Creator allows you to import up to five videos and their corresponding transcripts, synchronize the videos with the transcripts, search the transcripts and cue the video to the desired search result. You can add bookmarks and annotations to the videos and share them with your students. You can create an interactive matrix of pedagogical issues of particular importance to your students. |
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Best Practices in technology in Michigan |
Evaluating web pages | |||
find a whole host of sites, guides, and information to help you integrate technology successfully into your classroom
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An excellent site for strategies for Information Literacy Training |
This is a comprehensive resource for educators with a focus on telecommunications and curriculum. | |||
| Learning with technology profile tool | ||||
| International Society for Technology in Education | ||||
| Video of Showdown at Big Sky by Robbie Robertson | ||||
Lyrics for "Where Do the Children Play?" by Cat Stevens
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Lyrics for "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell |
RESEARCH - American Music Conference | |||