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Need
ideas for engaging students following TCAP test? Don't miss
Connie Campbell's classroom activities designed to motivate
students as the school year wraps up at
Teaching After
TCAP. |
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Teachers, Do you need
certificates for
student recognition? Check out
Teacher Shortcuts! |
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Understand Test Scores: A Primer for Parents is a
wonderful tool for those confused by the jargon of standardized
testing. |
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 Quizlet
is a great online site for developing vocabulary for
students of all ages. This provides multiple types of practice
with words. |
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Did you
know that Physically Fit Children Appear To Do Better In Classroom?
Learn more at
Science Daily
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Exercise is Cool? Visit
Kids' Health and
find out. Let's
Get Physical provides exciting activities to get kids moving. A variety of
physical activities can be found at
PE Central. Check
your
Physical Fitness IQ and find out how much you really know
about health and fitness or find out
How Fit Are You. |
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Math and science have never been more important to
the future of our children and our nation.
ENC provides the resources and support for math and science
educators needed to help raise student achievement in these vital
subjects. Visit ENC for great teacher resources |
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Rona's Ultimate Teacher
Tools provides preparations, reference, search, and
interactive tools for educators. |
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Best WebQuests
evaluates webquests and only selects approximatley 15% of sites to be
included in the collection which may be searched by title, subject,
grade, or date. |
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ReviseWise
contains English, math and science activities, test and worksheets
for ages 4-11. |
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1001 Uses
for a Digital Camera offers ideas and lesson plans
incorporating digital camera. Lesson are categorized by
subject area. Another excellent resource is
The Online Library of Digital
Photography. |
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Activities for celebrating Cinco de Mayo
may be found at:
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Math |
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Math Bingo provides math-facts practice for all students. |
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Number Cruncher - This Science NetLinks interactive challenges
students to consider mathematical equations to get from one number
to another in a math maze. Students use a series of addition,
subtraction, and multiplication equations to reach their goal.
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Excite and motivate
students at Math, It
All Adds Up, by demonstrating the relevance of mathematics
in the world today. |
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Tennessee Sports Math Project
The project was designed to provide sports-related
activities for mathematics teachers in the sixth through ninth grade
classrooms. The goal is to stimulate "at-risk" students who
might be willing to do activities related to their interests. |
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Number
Time, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC), uses interactive animation to help children in grades pre
through 2 practice number basics. The site contains online games for
children, printable work sheets, and songs as well as information
for parents and teachers. |
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A
Creative Encounter of the Numerical Kind can help middle
grades math students better understand the base ten number system by
creating an imaginary civilization develop a base four number
system. |
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Online decimal games for students in grades 4 and 5 |
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Are your students still
struggling with fractions? Visit
AAA math for a progression of instruction and practice using
fractions |
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At
Math Fact Card Cafe' you can challenge your students with
online interactive flash cards on several math functions or create
your own! |
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Highly interactive math
activities for students and teachers are found at
Explore Math. |
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Math Competition for students.
Are you looking for ways to challenge and motivate your students?
Visit the is Education World site for ideas on different
competitions. |
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Looking for good
math activities for student practice visit this bbc site for children
ages 7 - 11. For students 11- 16 visit
maths for skill explanation, practice and assessment activities. |
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Science |
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Science (online
magazine by AAAS) offers many resources and is a must visit for
teachers and students. Be sure to check out the
video collection. |
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Physics animations |
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Wondermind is about
a few things. It’s about the brilliant, amazing and truly
mind-boggling stuff that’s going on inside your brain as you grow.
It’s about the art of
Alice in Wonderland, the exhibition at Tate Liverpool. And it’s
about putting together both of those things: mixing art with
science. |
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Science Daily - Your
source for the latest in news for all field of science and what is
in the headlines! |
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Teaching plate
tectonics? Visit
Mountain
Maker, Earth Shaker, by PBS. |
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Science - resources-UK has free clipart and whiteboard
activities. |
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Science
Graphic Galley
from Access Excellence provides a wide variety of graphics that will
be usefull to teachers of multiple grades |
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The Bones - A Virtual lab
is a terrific site produced
by a collaboration with the National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
and the University of Texas. Students compare bones and skull for a
very interesting experience! |
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The eSkeleton Project is
devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy.
eSkeletons enables you to view the bones of both human and non-human
primates ranging from the gorilla to the tiny mouse lemur. All of
the large apes are represented as well as other species from
different parts of the world. Many of these primates are rare or
endangered species. |
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Boil, Boil,
Toil and Trouble was designed to allow students to
participate in an international inquiry to discover which factor
(room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device)
has the greatest influence on boiling point. |
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NASA –
Kennedy Space Center allows you to keep up with activities
in the space program. |
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Creative Chemistry
is a delightful, bright site that makes chemistry
fun. |
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Salem
Elementary Science is another collection of science site for
elementary students. |
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Create a customized color image of any
planet in our Solar System at
NASA's Solar System Simulator. |
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ELL and Special
Education |
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Inclusive Science and Special Education Needs share a
variety of Powerpoint science resources that can be used to
encourage student participation and visually illustrate scientific
ideas. |
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Memorial Day Activities for ELL students |
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Casa Notes is designed to
allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes that
are sent home to parents in English or Spanish. |
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Health Education |
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Nutrition for Kids publishes materials that take a fun,
positive approach to a subject that affects children, poor eating
habits, obesity, and inactivity. |
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Maintained by the
Exploratorium,
Sport
Science contains information related to the scientific and
technological components of sports. |
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BAM!
- (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) Learn about
yummy foods that are good for you. Play in the game room and take
the BAM challenge quiz. Find out ways to make your body and mind
healthier, stronger, and safer |
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Technology |
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Make your own PowerPoint
games by downloading one of the many templates at
Parade of Games in
PowerPoint. |
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PC Show and Tell
offers over 40,000 animated, voiced tutorials, on more than 100 of
your favorite software applications,
awesome! Try the trial subscription. |
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Webmonkey is a free, public resource for web developers.
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Classrooms that EXCEL Resources
provides guides, tutorials,
applications and lesson plans for using Excel in the classroom. |
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Language
Arts |
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Barking Spiders
includes poems written from a child's perspective, stories, tongue
twisters, printable mazes, tips for budding authors |
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ICT Literacy games |
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Mystery
Cube helps students identify the elements of mystery
stories, practice using vocabulary from the mystery genre, and sort
and summarize information. |
Basic Steps in the Research Process
provides help for students in the process of creating a research
project. |
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Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
is an interactive and educational site was designed to give younger
students an opportunity to learn vocabulary in a fun way.
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Book Browse
provides excerpts from selected current books, reviews,
interviews, and more. |
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Reading Online is an
online journal from the International Reading Association that
primarily focuses on literary practice and research in K-12
Classrooms. |
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Romeo and Juliet aids, such as online quizzes, a
Jeopardy Game, and an online guide are collected at
Romeo and Juliet Resources. |
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For free printable patterns and coloring
pages visit
Shape Books. Try the
FREE ready-made skill books, poem forms, or make your own
worksheets, word wall words, report covers, and more. |
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Grade Level Reading Lists
was created by elementary school teachers to help parents and
educators select appropriate grade level books for children. |
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IPL Author Page
from the Internet Public Library has lots of author sites with bios,
pictures, and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. |
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Don't just let your students languish
over the summer! Give them something worthwhile to do by suggesting
appropriate books from
Summer Reading Lists Abound on the Web. |
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The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is a
non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and
the use and enjoyment of children’s books. |
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A-Book-A-Week Instruction is a guide to appropriate story
books for each week of the school year with coordinating lesson
plans and activities. Lessons are in PDF format. |
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Social Studies |
 Lesson
and Activities for Memorial Day. |
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Growth of a Nation - site provides a ten minute presentation
illustrating the growth of the original thirteen colonies. |
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The
History Engine
is an educational tool that gives students the opportunity to learn
history by doing the work—researching, writing, and publishing—of a
historian. The site is provided by the
University of Richmond. |
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History of
Cinco de Mayo |
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At
Turn of the Century Child browse old photos, dating from
around the turn of the century, of children from diverse
backgrounds, an excellent resource to use when teaching to the
standards involving historical research and inquiry. |
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Google Maps is a service that offers a map and a
satellite image, unfortunately some rural areas are not accessible
through this service. |
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Social Studies
Online teachers have prepared a collection of PowerPoint
games aligned with the Blueprint for Learning for elementary
students. These whole class activities are a great way to
practice skills. There is also a collection of game boards
and question cards available for small group activities. |
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History Happens provides
music videos about U.S.
history and promises to keep even the most skeptic student
spellbound! |
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Hyper-History
is an interactive timeline that covers 3,000 years of history. |
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It's no surprise they won a Webby and a
People's Choice Award for Education,
National Geographic has a extremely comprehensive site. |
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Biography of America
uses uses media and telecommunications to advance teaching of the
history of America. |
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Need a little variety in class, try
these sites?
Geography games
History
games |
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Memorial Day at History. com
provides the history of Memorial Day, activities, lesson plans and
more. |
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Best of History Websites
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Best of History Web Sites features categorized and
annotated lists of links to hundreds K-12 history lesson plans,
teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its
pages. |
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Social Studies teachers looking for
Civil War information need look no farther than the
Index of
Civil War Information. |
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Primary
Grades |
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Primary teachers will love
Jazzle. Choose
a letter and hear a song about it, plus download a coloring sheet and students
can color while they sing along. |
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K-2
Interactive sites |
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Number
Time, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC), uses interactive animation to help children in grades pre
through 2 practice number basics. The site contains online games for
children, printable work sheets, and songs as well as information
for parents and teachers. |
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ABC Interactive Games
from MIKIDS |
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Count Us In is an interactive site for
primary children which includes math games and activities designed
to help them understand basic number concepts. |
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Match help students match a picture with its beginning
letter. |
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If you are a K-2 teacher
and haven't visited
Primary Games you are in for a treat!
Check out the
Curriculum Guide to find the right game or activity to meet
your classroom or child's needs. The guide is broken up into four
areas: Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. |
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Combine letters to make a word with
Construct-A-Word. |
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KinderKare
Resource Website
for teachers and others interested in early childhood education,
Pre-K through 2nd Grade.
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Specialty Areas |
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A one-stop collection of language
translators can be found at
Rona's
Teacher Tools. |
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Foreign language teachers will love the
Really Useful
German
Teaching Site where students can participate in interactive
lessons and listening exercises. |
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The Online Guide for Student Drivers
is designed for
those studying for their drivers license test or researching traffic
law and rules of the road.
It was created to augment your state's
official driving manual, this online guide for new (and licensed)
drivers features illustrative animation, sample test questions and
rules of the road every driver needs
to know. |
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Sports Media is full
of lesson plans,
tips on coaching each sport, pen pals, ask the expert, practical
links and more! |
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Perfect
Pitch is an engaging and exciting way to introduce the
instruments of an orchestra to students of all ages. |
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Band Directors will want to check out
the collection of resources at the
Band
Teachers Toolbox. |
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Classical Music Archives offers 3,000 midi files of
classical music. |
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Internet Art Resources is the site to use for art
education. |
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