I have been slow to post here, but found this resource a few weeks ago and knew that I would NOT forget the address. Well, I did, and it is such a rich resource, that I am going to post about it.
It is Gooru Learning.
This site is filled with links to lesson plans, interactive resources and videos. I think it really is the most interesting site for finding good places for students to learn.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Founders or Traitors
Typically, the use of Colonial Williamsburgh's materials are expensive, however, they are going to give a free year's use of a virtual field trip. There is on demand video streaming over the web about the subject, students can email John Adams and there are interactive online games as well as lesson plans. Definitely worth signing up for.
http://giftnation.history.org/
http://giftnation.history.org/
Wind Turbines - National Geographic
Learning about Wind Turbines?
This website will give you a good interactive learning explanation on what makes a turbine and how does it work. You can change many variables of the turbine to see how that will impact the energy production.
National Geographic Wind Power Interactive http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/wind-power-interactive/
This website will give you a good interactive learning explanation on what makes a turbine and how does it work. You can change many variables of the turbine to see how that will impact the energy production.
National Geographic Wind Power Interactive http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/wind-power-interactive/
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
E is For Explore
E is for explore is a great place to find new ways to bring math and good design in one place. I recommend that you go and check this site out. This would be a great place to find good ideas for math and science centers in your room!
http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/
E is for explore is a great place to find new ways to bring math and good design in one place. I recommend that you go and check this site out. This would be a great place to find good ideas for math and science centers in your room!
http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/
Sunday, June 3, 2012
A site that is offering a lot of great online content arranged by subject and worth checking out for the middle school to high school student is Gooru.The library covers 5-12th grade Math and Science courses, and they are expanding to subjects like History and English Language Arts in the near future!
They sent me a message saying that they are starting with a new collection, Intro to American Government. Don't miss the interactive tour of the White House.
Gooru has organized links that exist elsewhere, but it should really help when you are trying to organize your curriculum.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
I just read that Ted Talks is now making animated lessons about certain subjects that teachers might want. It has just begun so there are limited movies, but the ones that are there are very interesting. It looks as if it might be a free version of Brain Pop. Certainly worth checking out. http://ed.ted.com/
I just watched the one on the atoms! Worth checking out.You can turn the videos into an assignment where the student would watch the video and then take a quiz. This can be customized by you.
I just watched the one on the atoms! Worth checking out.You can turn the videos into an assignment where the student would watch the video and then take a quiz. This can be customized by you.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Lawrence Hall of Science
This is a science site for kids, 24/7 Science. http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/
It has some great science games and questions that elementary kids would find interesting.
It has some great science games and questions that elementary kids would find interesting.
Monday, December 19, 2011
TES Iboard
A great find - TESiboard is a good resource for tools that you can use with your Smartboard or at your computer. It is a site from England that has lots and lots of math and literacy tools, especially for the younger grades. They have made it so you can easily link to the one activity on your website. If you are working on having a class website, this could be a great resource.
http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#maths-year1numstrategy_yearreception
http://www.iboard.co.uk/curriculum.htm#maths-year1numstrategy_yearreception
Friday, July 22, 2011
PBS Learning Media
It has been a long time since I have posted, but this site is one that is worthwhile bookmarking. PBS Learning Media has made an interface that allows for you to search through their resources for audio, documents, video, interactives and pictures. You can make an account so you can save your favorites. There doesn't seem to be a downloadable option for the videos and interactive, but the fact that you can save them in a favorites folder seems to be a good option. The price is right, free. They are going to offer a premium package for districts later, but being able to search for the interactives that PBS has in one place, is worth exploring.
PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Weather Forecasts, History of Weather
It will allow you to create graphs and compare them. I think that the students would love this. I know I find it fascinating!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Safe Browser for Children - Kid Rex
This is a good place to start searching with students. KidRex, http://www.kidrex.org/
It is a site that uses the filters that Google provides for people to customize the sites. It also takes information from users about sites that manage to slip through the filter and are inappropriate. If you have a search engine page at school as your home page, this is where you should start.
It is a site that uses the filters that Google provides for people to customize the sites. It also takes information from users about sites that manage to slip through the filter and are inappropriate. If you have a search engine page at school as your home page, this is where you should start.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Scholastic Study Jams
This site -Scholastic Study Jams - has over 200 study jams on different topics. It has math and science topics. Each one has a video, possibly a song and a test that goes with it. I think it is an excellent way to introduce a topic or review work. I highly recommend it.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Math Games - SumDog
Sumdog.com is a great site for students to practice their math facts. From their website, we read, "All of Sumdog's games are free to use at home or in school (why is this?). Each one covers 100 numeracy topics across 10 levels, and most are multiplayer - letting you play with other students around the world.
Students can sign up free to customise their profile picture and track their individual progress.
Teachers can sign up free to set up their school, create free student logins, see students' activity in the last week, and set up multiplication competitions."
It does appear that if you don't pay for the service, you can setup your whole class, print out cards for them to access their accounts and see how many problems they solve, but they can not compete within the class. I actually think that is good as I don't really need for my students to be more competitive with each other, I do want them to be more focused on improving their own skills. The level of skill is easily set by the player. I think that the students will choose to play this.
I recommend you looking into this.
Students can sign up free to customise their profile picture and track their individual progress.
Teachers can sign up free to set up their school, create free student logins, see students' activity in the last week, and set up multiplication competitions."
It does appear that if you don't pay for the service, you can setup your whole class, print out cards for them to access their accounts and see how many problems they solve, but they can not compete within the class. I actually think that is good as I don't really need for my students to be more competitive with each other, I do want them to be more focused on improving their own skills. The level of skill is easily set by the player. I think that the students will choose to play this.
I recommend you looking into this.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship
Laura Jernegan: Girl on a Whaleship
This site, http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/ is a beautifully crafted site. It would be great for anyone just interested in a good read, learning about artifacts, or information on whales. A six year old girl in 1868 travelled on a whaling ship with her dad. Her journal was discovered and is photographed and placed on the site. You can read the journal or have it read to you. It has maps about where she travelled, where whales migrate and diagrams of the ship she travelled on. You have to experience this beautiful site to understand how much there is here. I can visualize it being used in a science class about migrations, a history class learning about the importance of artifacts and having primary sources to study. I can see how you might use this site in a class about journalling. I couldn't believe how wonderfully this six year old girl could write!
This site, http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/ is a beautifully crafted site. It would be great for anyone just interested in a good read, learning about artifacts, or information on whales. A six year old girl in 1868 travelled on a whaling ship with her dad. Her journal was discovered and is photographed and placed on the site. You can read the journal or have it read to you. It has maps about where she travelled, where whales migrate and diagrams of the ship she travelled on. You have to experience this beautiful site to understand how much there is here. I can visualize it being used in a science class about migrations, a history class learning about the importance of artifacts and having primary sources to study. I can see how you might use this site in a class about journalling. I couldn't believe how wonderfully this six year old girl could write!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
How Big Really?
This BBC site is awesome. I plan on showing it to my students soon, to have them really appreciate the scale of historical and scientific events. The site says to type in your zip code, but it is even better if you type in your whole address. Then you choose the event. Want to see how big the Egyptian pyramids really are? Center them on your home address and you can see how much area they would occupy. How big was the oil spill? How far did Hannibal actually march?
I love this site and think your students will get a new understanding of events, both current and past. Also, to see how big the moon actually is compared to an area they understand - very interesting.
http://howbigreally.com/
I love this site and think your students will get a new understanding of events, both current and past. Also, to see how big the moon actually is compared to an area they understand - very interesting.
http://howbigreally.com/
Progressive Phonics
I wish I had found this site this summer. It has a series of books to print to use with beginning readers. They are meant to be read with a parent or teacher. The books have words that the students read and words the adult reads. You do have to be registered to download the books, but you can see them on line. It seems to have a great progression. Certainly a good tool to be able to give to parents to supplement your phonics program! http://www.progressivephonics.com/~suzettew/
Saturday, September 11, 2010
National Geographic Gems
I have been watching the National Geographic sites and think that they are worth mentioning here. The National Geographic Young Explorer is on line and the students can either read the magazine or they can have it read tot hem. It is a wonderful place with beautiful pictures and text. It is geared to the kindergarten and first grade reader. It really looks like a magazine. It would be wonderful to be displayed on the Smartboard in your room!
The website for older elementary students, National Geographic Explorer, is more like a website with games, ecards and articles. It is a beautiful place as well. It comes in the Pioneer and the Pathfinder edition, similar content, different size text and vocabulary. There is also a nice Teacher's Guide that goes with each issue, that offers worksheets and ideas for discussion. There is a National Geographic Extreme Explorer that is for middle school students that might be having some struggles with reading. By clicking here, you can see the digital edition of Extreme Explorer that goes along with the website.
National Geographic has a web just for educators that puts many of these tools and links in one place.
One more site, but not from National Geographic - but you will see how it fits with these. BBC has a great video magazine that is called BBC Earth. Each month they feature a beautiful montage that shows animals and the earth. It would be a great writing prompt!
The website for older elementary students, National Geographic Explorer, is more like a website with games, ecards and articles. It is a beautiful place as well. It comes in the Pioneer and the Pathfinder edition, similar content, different size text and vocabulary. There is also a nice Teacher's Guide that goes with each issue, that offers worksheets and ideas for discussion. There is a National Geographic Extreme Explorer that is for middle school students that might be having some struggles with reading. By clicking here, you can see the digital edition of Extreme Explorer that goes along with the website.
National Geographic has a web just for educators that puts many of these tools and links in one place.
One more site, but not from National Geographic - but you will see how it fits with these. BBC has a great video magazine that is called BBC Earth. Each month they feature a beautiful montage that shows animals and the earth. It would be a great writing prompt!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Just for fun
I have found this site that will make a personalized envelope using Google Earth. I am not sure of how you would use it in school, but it is too clever to not make a note of it.
http://www.mapenvelope.com/
http://www.mapenvelope.com/
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Math Site for Practice and Assessment
I have notified my teachers of this website, but I think it is worthwhile to write about it here as well.
http://xtramath.org/ is a free website for parents, teachers and students. Accounts are created that will give the students personalized drills for their math problems. I am hoping that each student in my school will have an account. Once they sign in, a list of pin numbers is generated for the teacher to have so they can assist the child in signing on. The grade levels are from K - 12 on the website. It is a real find.
http://xtramath.org/ is a free website for parents, teachers and students. Accounts are created that will give the students personalized drills for their math problems. I am hoping that each student in my school will have an account. Once they sign in, a list of pin numbers is generated for the teacher to have so they can assist the child in signing on. The grade levels are from K - 12 on the website. It is a real find.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Simulation History Game
Mission US
This site is still in beta, but it should be up and running by the end of September. It is an amazing site. It has simulation games that teach American history. If you register as a teacher, you can log the progress of your students. It has primary resources in the game and many other teacher resources. The first one takes you to Boston in the 1770s. The game can be downloaded to the computer so it will play quicker than on the web, but it only can be downloaded for Windows or Macs. If you are in a school that uses Linux, you will want to play it on the web. It looks wonderful. I am anxious to see what other areas of history they are going to feature. The site is done by Public Television, Channel 13. It is geared to Grades 5-8.
http://www.mission-us.org/
http://www.mission-us.org/
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