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WeatherSpark - WeatherSpark.com
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): climate (81), climate change (89), weather (165)
In the Classroom
Identify changes in average temperatures and precipitation. Compare forecasts and other data from the same location at different years or between more than one location. Identify trends, notice differences among other areas, and develop explanations for these differences. Research various factors that affect the climate.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Virtual urchin - Stanford.edu
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): food chains (17), microorganisms (11), microscopes (10)
In the Classroom
Use these tutorials in conjunction with classroom activities and instruction. For example, measuring an organism under the microscope is difficult for many students to comprehend. Place this link on a class website for students to follow the tutorial as they are investigating the same procedure on their own in the lab. Consider creation of student videos or explanations of similar instruction in class using Vmaker, reviewed here, to place on the class site or blog; his video/screenshot activity will enhance student learning. Vmaker is an all-in-one screen recorder, video recorder, webcam recorder, and video editor. Use the Predator/prey interactive to determine which organisms belong to each category. Provide time for students to work independently then form student groups to discuss wrong answers and correct for right responses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr Nussbaum's Science - Greg Nussbaum
Grades
2 to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (284), biomes (113), insects (69), mammals (23), space (216)
In the Classroom
Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you introduce a science unit. Create a link on classroom computers to use as a center for students to practice information learned during a science unit. Share this link on your class website for students to access at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Jotform - Interlogy, LLC
Grades
K to 12tag(s): polls and surveys (46)
In the Classroom
Use in the classroom for a survey, collecting student information, or any time you are looking for feedback. Use this site for checking student knowledge quickly and easily. Use in projects, including graduation projects. Students can collect data for analysis. Teachers can collect input from parents or students, including conference concerns to know about in advance or questions students have about current curriculum topics. Students who might never speak up in class may be willing to share their questions online, especially if it is anonymous.Comments
Jotform is really easy to use! But there are some limits regarding how long and often you can use it without paying. I also use Google forms/ spreadsheets in my class to make forms. Google spreadsheets also have gadgets that let you graph the results!Elise, CO, Grades: 0 - 12
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YouTube Play: Live from the Guggenheim - Youtube Play
Grades
5 to 12In the Classroom
Capture your students' interest in the modern world of technology. Share this video on your interactive whiteboard or projector (be sure to use full screen mode). YouTube Play can be used in a variety of classroom settings; art, music, technology, language art, drama, science, or political science.In the art classroom, explore the emerging world of creative video. Determine elements of design, technology, photography, and movement. Discover the integration of music, sound, and movement in video in many creative ways. Use the site to demonstrate how to convey a message through creative animation. Express a creative editorial on a current events or important issues that challenge our world such as over-population, fossil fuels, or pollution. Have students create innovative political campaign videos. Take your technology classes to a new level of excellence. Add a visual component to poems, prose, or narratives as an additional interpretation device. Introduce storyboarding techniques to create videos with a tool like online sticky notes that can be move around such as Webnote, reviewed here, easily share Webnote using the URL. Have your students make their own videos using a tool such as Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here, and then share them via TeacherTube, reviewed here.
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GreenLearning - GreenLearning
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): climate (81), climate change (89), conservation (86), ecosystems (73), electricity (59), energy (130), environment (238), natural resources (38), OER (43), persuasive writing (56), solar energy (34), sustainability (43)
In the Classroom
The e-Card project series (found under Programs) invites students to research a topic, write a persuasive letter to an individual they believe makes decisions that effect environment, then design and create an e-Card. Have your students share their work on the e-Cards website and view what other students have created.There is a range of lessons and activities here, some more complex than others. You may want to choose a few that fit your curricular needs and then allow small groups of students to investigate one together. Have student groups make an online Blabberize, reviewed here, of things they discover about their topic, and later rearrange the items to "explain" their topic to classmates visually. Blabberize is a photo editing tool that creates talking animations from a photo or other image.
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Middle School Chemistry - American Chemical Society
Grades
5 to 9tag(s): acids and bases (7), air (105), animation (63), atoms (42), carbon dioxide (10), chemicals (39), density (18), heat (15), matter (46), molecules (42), periodic table (44), ph (2), temperature (35), volume (34)
In the Classroom
Pick a lesson plan that fits with your curriculum and try it out with your students in grades six through eight. The animations are wonderful for showing the particles that make up larger objects. This is always hard for middle level students to understand and these lesson plans make the explanation and instruction about these complex concepts that much easier.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Listen a Minute - Sean Banville
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): dance (27), listening (85), reading comprehension (142), vocabulary (236)
In the Classroom
Use the selections and activities with individual students as an assignment or independent practice on your classroom computer. The reading and activities are easy to work on independently because of the listening feature. Don't forget to provide headsets. Small groups of students can listen at one of several literacy stations in your classroom. Provide this link for the families of ESL/ELL students to read (or listen) to the selections together. Learning support teachers will also appreciate the option to provide audio and text together to improve student comprehension.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fall Celebrations and Halloween - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): halloween (31)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Halloween or Fall Festival to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12Whether you seek ideas for a community service project for Earth Day or ways to use innovative technologies to bring the environment into your classroom, TeachersFIrst has the reviewed resources to meet your needs. If you are looking for more Earth Day resources, browse our entire collection of resources related to Earth Day.
tag(s): earth (184), earth day (60), environment (238)
In the Classroom
Share this list as options for student projects or to make Earth Day more than a one-day event!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cinco de Mayo Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Cinco de Mayo to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Columbus Day Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): holidays (167)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Columbus Day to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Valentine's Day Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): valentines day (12)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Valentine's Day to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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St. Patrick's Day Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): st patricks day (11)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect St. Patrick's Day to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons. Give new meaning to "going green"!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids' Habitat - San Diego Natural History Museum
Grades
1 to 6tag(s): animal homes (56), animals (284), dinosaurs (40), light (51)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students to explore on their own to learn more about the canine family when learning about groups of animals. Use the recommended reading list as a resource for students who love dogs and canines. Complete the grow your own minerals activity when learning about rocks and minerals. Redefine learning by challenging students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): Lucidpress, Powtoon, and MoocNote.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Viewbix - Qoof, Ltd.
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
Use custom videos to sell materials at school for your clubs or organizations. Drive people back to your site when students make creative projects on a curriculum topic and host them on YouTube.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Coal - World Coal Institute
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): coal (6), energy (130), environment (238), sustainability (43)
In the Classroom
Use this resource as basic information about the use and impacts of coal along with other resources to debate and gain a balanced overview. Use this site with sites about other resources used for heating to determine the different advantages and disadvantages of each resource. Use writings, letters to the editor, or blog posts to discuss opinions about the use of energy resource. Create a conventional or online display of information found. Have students research specific topics found at this site and create a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. A tool suggestion is Genially, reviewed here. Students will have a choice of projects to complete with Genially.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Scale of Universe - Cary Huang
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): atoms (42), cells (81), measurement (125), space (216)
In the Classroom
Use as an introductory unit to measurement, or when discussing atoms or cellular parts. Allow students time to roam the site in groups and notice the units given. Ask them to determine the relationships between the units as they move through the slider from the smallest to the largest. Use this to frame the size of microscopic items observed in class. Create a measurement unit scale for display in the room.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wisemapping - Wisemapping Corporation
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): concept mapping (17), graphic organizers (50), mind map (28)
In the Classroom
Users must be able to navigate the icons for editing and creating a mindmap. Icons and commands are the same as in any office and free applications that most people use. View the free demo for an introduction of using Wisemapping. Use the demo editor to play with the tools and learn what they do. Note: the demo function does not allow you to save your creation as it is a sandbox area for learning. Allow students an opportunity to learn to play first without teacher direction as each person will find different ways to use wisemapping for their best benefit. Click on a set of words to edit the words, color, font, etc. in the bubble. Drag items easily around the screen by clicking and dragging the icon to drop into a new configuration. Add "icons" and flags anywhere on your mindmap. Add a "note" to a bubble anywhere. The note appears like a little sticky note on the bubble and expands when clicked on. Add a "link" to any of the text on the wisemap that leads to any link on the web you specify. Export as a scalable vector graphic (svg), PDF document, or image file. "Share" to work collaboratively with others. Users must have a login in order to share and publish. Click on the "history" of a wisemap to view the contributions of others.Assign sections of current curriculum topic to groups of students to map out and explain in detail. Link to outside web pages and pictures and create notes with additional study hints and information. Assign a different group to review information for accuracy and add additional information and explanations. Using this process, a wisemap of a chapter or unit can be created easily and efficiently while benefiting all learners.
There are countless possibilities at this mental mapping site. Demonstrate the activity on an interactive whiteboard or projector, and then allow students to try to create their own graphic organizers. Use this site for literature activities, research projects, social studies, or science topics of study. Use this site to create family trees. Have students collaborate together (online) to create group mind maps or review charts before tests on a given topic. Have students organize any concepts you study; color-code concepts to show what they understand, wonder, question; map out a story, plotline, or LIFETIME; map out a step-by-step process (life cycle); map a real historical event as a choose-your-own-adventure with alternate endings based on pivotal points; plan a "tour" for a "thought museum." Use this mapping website as an alternative to a traditional test, quiz, or homework assignment in literature or social studies: have students demonstrate their understanding by completing a graphic organizer about the main points. Be sure that they RENAME it before they start work to an individual name so you know who did it (they could EMAIL it to you!) or have them print their results to turn in.
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Kennedy Center Digital Resources - Formerly ArtsEdge - Kennedy Center
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): african american (109), baseball (33), civil war (134), comics and cartoons (54), dance (27), folktales (34), greece (27), habitats (86), immigration (63), literature (218), mexico (29), musical instruments (47), myths and legends (21), native americans (91), painting (55), surrealism (2)
In the Classroom
Search this site for a topic that you are teaching in your class. Share the lesson on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Better yet, make the video or slideshow a learning station for students to watch in small groups. This site is so wonderful and HUGE, that after students are one with the resources you have for them, you may want to allow them to explore on independently or in small groups for a specific interest of theirs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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