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Amazon Music: Careers Behind the Beats - Amazon
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): careers (141), engineering (127), producers (6), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Host an interactive Kahoot! quiz based on careers in music technology, engaging students in competition, and learning from the free library of games. Extend learning by having students create a simple music-themed app or website using beginner-friendly coding tools like Scratch, reviewed here to combine creativity and programming. Students can also research a specific tech-related role in the music industry (e.g., sound engineer or app developer) and present their findings in small groups.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Timeline- Decades of Innovation: 1790-2024 - EquipHQ
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (80), timelines (54)
In the Classroom
Students can trace how one type of invention (e.g., communication tools) evolved through patents. Assign students key inventors or legal figures to present on their contributions to intellectual property. Extend learning by having students research and add new events or inventions to a class timeline of intellectual property milestones using Timeline Infographic Templates, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AIMS Center: An Equitable World through Math and Science Education - AIMS Center for Math and Science Education
Grades
K to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): collaboration (90), makerspace (40), professional development (373), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
The "Resources" page contains a number of STEM activities that can be used in a classroom. Some of these include Paper Helicopters, STEM Modeling with Clay, Paper Rockets, and Pull-Up Polyhedra.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Navigating Digital Information - Crash Course
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital citizenship (85), digital literacy (4), internet safety (113)
In the Classroom
After watching an episode of Crash Course Navigating Digital Information, students can create a public service announcement using Canva Education Templates, reviewed here to teach younger students about navigating digital information. Students can host an event to share the information with senior citizens in the community to teach them about the importance of knowing who/what to trust on the internet. Finally, students can create a digital escape room with Room Escape Maker, reviewed here or choose your own adventure using StoryLab, reviewed here for others to learn about digital information accuracy.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intellectual Property - Crash Course
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): copyright (44), creative commons (28)
In the Classroom
After watching an episode of Crash Course Intellectual Property, students can create a public service announcement using Powtoon, reviewed here to teach younger students about intellectual property. Students can debate current intellectual property laws. Finally, students can expand their knowledge of intellectual property by researching more and sharing it via a speech, brochure, or pamphlet.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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EquIP HQ - United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Grades
K to 12tag(s): engineering (127), inventors and inventions (80), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many resources on this site to introduce the concept of intellectual property to students of all ages and engage them in learning inventions and inventors. To filter activities by grade level, visit the three-line menu at the top right-hand side of the site and select "Teachers and Family." Choose from different grade levels of K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 to find guides, activities, and resources. After interacting with the activities on the site, encourage students to learn more about inventors and the invention process. Visit the TeachersFirst Special Topics, Inventors and Inventions Resources, reviewed here to find additional resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Computer Science - Crash Course
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): coding (85), computers (109), internet safety (113), robotics (23)
In the Classroom
Have students watch an episode on key computing topics and hold a discussion to deepen understanding. Assign coding or research projects based on lessons, like building simple algorithms or exploring historical figures in computing. Students can research famous coders and developers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Crash Course - Crash Course
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (169), black history (130), branches of government (64), business (52), climate (82), computers (109), copyright (44), ecology (102), energy (131), engineering (127), human body (93), literature (220), media literacy (107), myths and legends (31), plants (147), politics (117), space (216), statistics (120), video (264), zoology (18)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. The site is excellent for introductory material on any topic you're starting and for giving students some background knowledge. Use Acclaim, reviewed here to organize and annotate the videos you plan to use. Crash Course is also great for your early finishers. Allow them to choose a topic they want to investigate or know more about.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Say What You See - Google Arts and Culture
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (169), descriptive writing (42), images (260)
In the Classroom
Use this site for both you and your students to practice writing effective prompts to create AI images. Challenge students to increase their skills by awarding digital badges for completing each level. Create digital badges using Badge List, reviewed here. This site is also an excellent resource for students to practice and refine descriptive writing skills using a small number of characters. Ask students to apply those skills to a descriptive writing activity, then paste their writing into an AI image generator such as Adobe Firefly, reviewed here or Microsoft Designer, reviewed here to view the image generated based on their text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Girlstart - Girlstart
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): engineering (127), gravity (42), halloween (32), space (216), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this site's activities and learning opportunities to encourage girls (and boys) to participate in STEM lessons. Each hands-on activity includes a link to add materials to an Amazon shopping list. Add these items to your Donors Choose, reviewed here wishlist to request donations to support classroom STEM lessons. Conduct activities as part of science centers or after-school programs. Engage students in learning by introducing activities through a short animated video using Adobe's Animate from Audio, reviewed here. After students complete the activity, share their projects by creating an ebook with Book Creator, reviewed here. Include pictures of projects, student audio descriptions of the design process, and links to articles sharing information about the science behind the design on each student's page to create a class STEM book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wick Editor - Wicklets, LLC
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animation (65), gamification (79), STEM (288)
In the Classroom
Wick Editor offers beginners and advanced participants opportunities to create animations and games. Share this site with some of your more "techy" students and allow them to explore and develop, then ask them to become experts and share their ideas with new participants. Use the examples to find ideas for incorporating animation into many different lessons. For example, ask students to create animated timelines, animate the growth of a plant from a seed, or use the popup activity to share interesting facts about famous people in history.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The State of AI in Education [+AI Trends for 2024] - Daleska Pedriquez and Caktus
Grades
K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (169), parents (57), professional development (373)
In the Classroom
Include this post as part of your professional discussions about the use of AI by educators and students. Consider taking a survey of parents, students, and educators in your school or district to learn more about the use of AI locally using PollMaker, reviewed here. Select the survey creator and add questions similar to those in the blog post, or use the AI tool to generate questions for your survey. Share the results with your school community as they learn about AI and how to adapt the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Power of Great Apps and Google - Google for Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): Teacher Utilities (183)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many apps available for integration with Google to enhance current tech tools used in your classroom. Use the provided filters to find "just right" resources for your grade level and content and to provide support for multilingual learners.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gibbly - Gibbly
Grades
K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (169), gamification (79), preK (269), quizzes (90), Teacher Utilities (183)
In the Classroom
Use Gibbly to generate lessons and formative assessments that engage students in learning. Assign solo quizzes for students to review classroom information and easily differentiate learning by adjusting the reading level and content of the questions. Host a live quiz before starting a new unit to guide lesson planning based on students' prior knowledge. Use the lesson generator to build lessons, then share the link with students to review after your presentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gauth AI STEM Homework Helper - Gauth Math
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (169), equations (118), literature (220), statistics (120), STEM (288), tutorials (53), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Include Gauth with your other math and science support resources for students. Demonstrate how to ask questions and analyze the responses as a learning tool. Be sure to discuss the ethical use of AI tools with students as a learning tool and not a substitute for completing assignments. Encourage students to provide proper attribution when using Gauth. Share Gauth as a flipped learning tool for students to use as they begin to understand new concepts, then ask students to apply that knowledge to problems without using AI resources. Have students demonstrate how to solve problems by creating a video explanation with Free Screen Recorder Online, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Astronomy Hour of Code - Quorum
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6 to 12tag(s): coding (85), space (216), stars (70), telescopes (10), tutorials (53)
In the Classroom
Include this activity with your other options for Hour of Code activities or as an engaging opportunity to learn about coding anytime during the year. Learn more about Hour of Code, reviewed here and find additional resources for coding at TeachersFirst Special Topics Page: Coding in the Classroom Resources, reviewed here. Ask students to share coding tips by creating tutorials for their peers using a free screen recorder such as RecordCast Screen Recorder, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Geographic Education - National Geographic Education
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K to 12tag(s): africa (144), amazon (11), animals (295), antarctica (30), anthropology (10), australia (29), biodiversity (36), birds (46), cells (83), climate (82), climate change (94), conservation (97), constitution (93), continents (32), countries (72), diseases (67), earth (184), earthquakes (45), egypt (50), engineering (127), erosion (15), explorers (65), fish (18), hurricanes (32), mammals (22), mayans (14), migration (45), molecules (43), moon (72), natural disasters (17), natural resources (37), nutrition (137), oceans (147), plants (147), pollution (52), population (50), religions (90), reproduction (7), reptiles (12), romans (40), slavery (78), sociology (23), solar system (108), space (216), volcanoes (54), weather (160), world war 2 (160)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a resource to supplement your current curriculum. Share interactives and videos with students by bookmarking them on classroom computers or using a curation tool such as Symbaloo, reviewed here when sharing several resources. Enhance student learning when watching videos using Playposit, reviewed here to add questions, text, and additional media. Upon completing your unit, ask students to share their understanding of the content by creating concept maps using a visual organization tool such as Circlyapp, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Big Fib Podcast - Benjamin Strouse, Chris Tarry & David Kreizman
Grades
K to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): game based learning (187), media literacy (107), podcasts (103)
In the Classroom
Share this podcast as a flipped learning experience or include it as part of a listening center during station rotation activities on evaluating information shared by different sources. Take advantage of free teaching materials such as the Listening Guide to provide students with focus while listening and as a resource for documenting their evaluation process. After listening to and evaluating several episodes of the podcast, encourage students to write and produce a podcast in a similar style. After creating storyboards and writing their script, use a podcast creation tool such as Castbox Creator Studio, reviewed here to record and share your podcasts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Tumble Podcast - Lindsay Patterson and Marshall Escamilla
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K to 8tag(s): animals (295), bacteria (22), birds (46), dinosaurs (42), insects (68), listening (93), molecules (43), oceans (147), planets (111), plants (147), podcasts (103), stars (70), sun (71)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site to find informative podcasts. Podcasts can be an engaging way to promote interest in science topics as part of a listening center rotation or to enhance your current lessons. Enhance learning by downloading the transcript and creating a set of questions using an AI resource such as MagicSchool, reviewed here. Visit MagicSchool, select the Text Dependent Questions generator, add the requested information, and upload the PDF transcript to generate a set of comprehension questions based on the information in the podcast. Extend learning by asking students to create an infographic using free templates found in Adobe Infographic Creator, reviewed here or Canva Education Templates, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Varsity Tutors Free Courses - Varsity Tutors
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): animals (295), coding (85), college (44), deserts (16), egypt (50), essays (21), Online Learning (36), pyramids (17), rivers (15), STEM (288), test prep (69)
In the Classroom
Include links to these free classes with your other summer reading and learning opportunities shared with students and parents. Be sure to highlight offerings of specific interest to your students; for example, if students are taking the ACT and SAT exams, point out the courses that help students prepare for these tests. Add a link to your digital calendar for each of the courses along with a reminder, then email students and parents a week before the course begins as a reminder to sign up and attend the class at the assigned time or use an online resource such as Remind, reviewed here to set up and deliver text reminders of upcoming classes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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