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return to subject listingABCYA Paint - ABCya!
Grades
K to 4tag(s): digital storytelling (152), drawing (60), painting (53), preK (263)
In the Classroom
Share how to use this site on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector then allow students to explore on their own. Have students create drawings to demonstrate math problems, share science experiments, or draw scenes from a story. Include students' drawings in a digital portfolio like Seesaw, reviewed here. Seesaw offers tools for uploading images and creating an audio recording to share their reflections on their work.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Graphic Organizer Resources - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): graphic organizers (50), mind map (28), venn diagrams (15)
In the Classroom
Whether you call them concept maps, mind maps, KWLs, or graphic organizers, these visual diagrams show relationships between concepts and provide a powerful tool for learning and connecting new ideas. Use graphic organizers to help your visual learners build reading comprehension. Find something for all grade levels in this collection.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Geographic Education - National Geographic
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K to 12tag(s): animal homes (57), biodiversity (34), climate (83), climate change (93), democracy (20), energy (132), habitats (87), map skills (56), native americans (95), oceans (149), planets (112), preK (263), space (216), stars (70), women (140)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and include the National Geographic site with your resources for planning social studies and science lessons. Share resources from the site on your interactive whiteboard then include a link on classroom computers for students to explore independently. There are many interesting articles and activities for students. Have them choose one; then, replace paper and pen by having them use an online notetaking tool like Webnote, reviewed here, to take notes or write questions as they research information online. Replace paper pen by asking students to write blogs sharing information learned using a site like edublog, reviewed here. edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Young Scientist Lab - Discovery Education and 3M
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K to 8tag(s): careers (140), data (147), forces (37), light (53), magnetism (37), recycling (45), rockets (11), sound (73)
In the Classroom
Add this site to your science lesson resources. As students complete activities ask them to create blogs describing their experiments and results. Webnode, reviewed here, is a simple tool for creating and sharing blogs for all grade levels. Have students share their science experiments through weekly or monthly podcasts using a podcasting tool like Podcast Generator, reviewed here. Don't forget to ask students to include both failures and successes when discussing their experiments!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Woo! Kids Activities - woojr.com
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K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): holidays (178), Juneteenth (22), poetry (191), preK (263), substitutes (26), worksheets (70)
In the Classroom
Use Woo! as a starting point for lesson ideas and activities, then go beyond worksheets to challenge your students. Ask your students to create their own templates and review materials using Google Documents. Incorporate game-play into your lessons using Bamboozle, reviewed here. Baamboozle is a quick and easy game creation tool that creates multiple types of games for two teams. Incorporate questions into videos using playposit, reviewed here. Students and teachers can comment and add responses directly into this video resource.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Describing Words - describingwords.io
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): creative writing (122), parts of speech (40), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Include a link to Describing Words on classroom computers for student use with any writing projects. Have students create online posters individually or together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard, reviewed here, or PicLits, reviewed here, to share alternatives to overused adjectives. Have students share the results of their search on Describing Words using Image Annotator, reviewed here, to annotate an image.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Google Help - Google Support
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K to 12In the Classroom
Bookmark this site on classroom computers for easy reference when working with Google products. Have students create their own support videos using a tool like Powtoon, reviewed here, or Clipchamp, reviewed here, for any technology issues that arise in your classroom. Remember, you can take screenshots (Printscrn button on Windows or Command+Shift+4 on Mac), and include those in a video. You will need to convert the screenshot to a JPG. This can be done easily and quickly using CloudConvert, reviewed here. Share the students created videos using a tool such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Substitutes - Ideas and Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): substitutes (26)
In the Classroom
Whether you are a substitute looking for some "filler" ideas or a classroom teacher looking for new sites, check out this list of resources. Share this list on your class website for families to use at home. This list includes resources for young readers and secondary students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Challenger Center - Challenger Center
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3 to 12tag(s): careers (140), experiments (52), explorers (66), gravity (42), moon (73), solar system (109), space (216), stars (70), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Add the Challenger Center to your resources for teaching about outer space. As you begin your unit, create a Padlet, reviewed here, to organize and share information learned. Have students make flashcards and quizzes to review information learned using a site like Flashcard Stash, reviewed here. As a culminating project, have students create explainer videos of any concept using Clipchamp, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Amazing Space - Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach
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3 to 12tag(s): gravity (42), measurement (124), solar system (109), space (216), stars (70), statistics (120), STEM (279), telescopes (10)
In the Classroom
Be sure to bookmark this site if you teach space science for the many available resources shared with educators. Share the various resources on your whiteboard or with a projector then let students explore on classroom computers or their own device. Include a link to this site on your class website for students to access from home. Use an online portfolio site like Seesaw, reviewed here, for younger students, or about.me, reviewed here, for older students to collect artifacts and share their thoughts throughout your space unit. Extend student learning and ask them to use an augmented reality application like Metaverse Studio, reviewed here, to create an augmented reality display of different portions of our solar system.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Imagine Forest - Imagine Forest
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K to 6tag(s): creative writing (122), digital storytelling (152), writing (323), writing prompts (58)
In the Classroom
Imagine Forest is a must-have resource for elementary teachers of writing. Even your most reluctant writers will enjoy the ideas included on the site. Share how to use the site on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector then allow students to explore on their own. Challenge students to set daily goals using activities found in challenges. Publish and share student work to create your own classroom library of student-created books. Ask students to create books for any content area studied during class, be sure to upload and include images taken during activities for students to use in their books. Create a classroom chart for students to share accomplishments like badges and points earned while using the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Do Science - Lawrence Hall of Science
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2 to 8tag(s): animals (288), bridges (11), measurement (124), money (114), oceans (149), oil spill (13), olympics (41), plants (148), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many hands-on activities available on this site to use as part of science and STEM lessons. After participating in the activities, ask students to choose their favorite using Dotstorming, reviewed here, to vote and add comments discussing their choice. During activities, have students videotape their work. Ask them to include their video as part of an ongoing reflection of the lessons learned. Use a simple webpage creator like WebNode, reviewed here, to share student response and reflection including images and videos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Formative Assessment Tools - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): assessment (148), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Find new tools and tips for using formative assessment in your classroom. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for sites and information about formative assessment. Explore the various tools that are shared.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ecosystems: 11 StudyJams! Interactive Science Activities - Scholastic
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3 to 8tag(s): biomes (112), ecosystems (76), food chains (17), population (48), water (102), water cycle (22)
In the Classroom
View these interactives as a class to introduce different components of ecosystems and biomes. Share a link on class computers for students to view on their own as a science learning station. As students learn more about biomes, ask them to use Image Annotator, reviewed here, to annotate an image. After uploading an image, As a final project, have students create books sharing information about biomes. Have younger students use a tool like WriteReader, reviewed here. WriteReader includes options for including original spelling along with "correct" spelling underneath. For older students, create books using Book Creator, reviewed here. Book Creator includes many options to create online books including videos, audio, and images.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) - College of Education, University of South Florida
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K to 12tag(s): images (260), maps (207), professional development (407), teaching strategies (42)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to find digital content for use with any project. Discover the many free resources and training in TIM as part of your professional development activities as you learn to target the effective use of technology within classroom instruction. Plan monthly staff training sessions based on different aspects of technology integration. Use Flip, reviewed here, to discuss essential questions or as a collaborative tool for sharing ideas and problem solving with peers. Flip offers tools for short, collaborative video responses for classes and groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KoiKiwi - Ecological Games For Smart Kids - KoiKiwi.com
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K to 12tag(s): earth day (60), ecology (102), forests (28), pollution (51), ponds (3), recycling (45)
In the Classroom
Select games from this site to include with Earth Day or environmental units. Include a link to games on classroom computers and your class website for students to access during learning centers or at home. Instead of using worksheets or short response quizzes, ask students to create an infographic sharing information learned during your science unit. Canva, reviewed here, offers easy to use templates for designing infographics. Collaborate with a classroom in a different state or country using Global Virtual Classroom, reviewed here, to compare and contrast environmental issues found in your different locations. Continue your collaboration using Flip, reviewed here, to create student video responses to essential questions raised during your ongoing discussions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Weather - Science Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): weather (161)
In the Classroom
If you can't find your ideal resource on the editor's choice page, check out the tagged resources list. Share the interactives on your projector. Use the content sites for deepening understanding prior to a test. Share this link on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ecology - Science Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): ecology (102)
In the Classroom
Each review in this collection includes several classroom use ideas. Be sure to view the full review to see the classroom use ideas. These are excellent tools to use to study for the big test! Save (or bookmark) this list for students to use to review.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Universe and Space - Science Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): space (216)
In the Classroom
If you are teaching about the universe and space, be sure to bookmark (or save) this collection. There are resources here for all grades, plus many extra tools on the tagged list. Share sites on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Provide the link on your class website for students to access both in and out of class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Moon Phases and Seasons - Science Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12In the Classroom
Find resources for all grades with great ideas in each review! Share these sites on your interactive whiteboard or have students explore on individual devices. Use these tools for review before the test or for research options. Share the link to this page on your class website.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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