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21 July 2005

TeachersFirst

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TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. Materials are arranged by subject area and grade level, making it easy to locate lesson plans and associated web resources quickly

Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web

The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.

Science Netlinks: Homepage

Provides a wealth of resources best suited for for K-8 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students. Click Tools or Reources to find high quality links for specific lesson plans.

20 July 2005

4Teachers: Home Page

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4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.

20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have

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Covers all the skills that teachers need with links to online tutorials.

19 July 2005

Innovative Technologies for Education

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Describes use of Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Moodle, Skype, and Elluminate for educational use.

Teachers' Domain

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Engage and Inspire K-12 Learners! Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science, Engineering Social Studies: The Civil Rights Movement, Brown v. Board of Education

14 July 2005

ReadWriteThink: Student Materials

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Standards based literacy lessons for K-12 students. This page links to the student tools. Teachers can search by grade-level, standard, or literacy engagament.

20th Century Heroes and Villains

The twentieth century has seen great deeds of heroism and bravery by significant leaders and the average people. It is also a time when some of those who have have risen to lead countries might classified as 'Villains'. Based on little seen documents from the National Arhives of events or episodes surrounding Churchill, Kennedy, Truman, Stalin, or Mussolini, you are asked to judge whether the figure in question is 'a hero or a villain?'

WWII The HomeFront (Great Britain)

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/index/exhibitions.htm This is an investigation into life on the home front during the Second World War. There are seven galleries: preparations for war,evacuation,,bombing of Britain,Empire home front,everyday life,women at war, spies Each gallery is broken into various topics with sources and questions. The visual material is accessible to all pupils with or without teacher input. There are worksheets, timelines and a glossary. There is also a diary facility so pupils can save, edit and access their work directly from the net. The gallery contains a video archive using clips from the Imperial War Museum on many of the topics. Some galleries have additional activities to play: Lights Out; Escape the Blitz; Shelter from the Blitz; Empire Home Front; Shopping in the War; Spy Catcher. More resources available from Great Britain's National Archive.

Virtual Laboratory

Collection of Physics, Astronomy, and Environmental Science. Appropritate for high school, college, and gr8 Physical Science units.

Java Applets on Physics

Many interactive physics applets that demonstrate various concepts. Appropriate for HS and college. Some applets useful for grade 8 Physical Science units.

Physics Free Fall

This is a simple but effective applet that allows students to measure free fall times and average velocities as a function of distance.

Project Interactivate

The goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive Java-based courseware for exploration in science and math.

Project Interactivate for Elementary Math Topics

Activities from Project Interactivate can be used to explore the topics covered in elementary grades 3-5 mathematics. The lesson ideas are still a work in progress but all of the activities are aligned with suggested grade levels.

Energy Info Zone

Explore how energy powers every aspect of your life, where it comes from and how the planet is coping. Teacher resources at http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/energy/site/TeachersActivities.asp

Animal Diversity Web

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Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan

eThemes

eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.

The WebQuest Page

The definitive site for webquest creation. Watch for the new tool, QuestGarden, which debuts in September. This tool will make the process of creating a webquest simpler and less time consuming. Many templates and resources will be provided!