Teachers' Domain

This site is a wonderful resource for teachers. It is a library of resources that have been developed by public television. It is an easy search. It does ask that you create an account to use the resources. I was able to download most of them for off line use. Teachers’ Domain resources include video and audio segments, Flash interactives, images, documents, lesson plans for teachers, and student-oriented activities. Once you register, you can personalize the site using “My Folders” and “My Groups” to save your favorite resources into a folder and share them with your colleagues or students.
Teacher's Domain - http://www.teachersdomain.org/about.html

Tagxedo - a new type of Word Cloud or Wordle

Tagxedo is a variation of Wordle. The one nice part about it is that you can do many more variations than you can in other word cloud programs. Well, this is a picture of the first page of Ferrisburgh School Website. I have to say it is really fun to play with and would make nice posters or cards.

ARKive! - world's species of animals

This is a beautiful site that has videos and pictures of endangered animals. http://www.arkive.org/

There are very clever photos and information about animals that are endangered - a great place for students to start their reports.

Alternative to Wordle

Word it Out is a good alternative to Wordle. It has a bit more customization features and seems to have a bit of a censor built into what is displayed. Wordle is not really as kid friendly.
http://worditout.com/

KS2 Bitesize Science

This is a great site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ This BBC site has lots of science, English and math interactive pieces that can be embedded in your webpages or just used on a computer. You do need to have Flash installed on your computer. I have found that even if I have Flash installed, sometimes a few of the interactives don't work right away. I really recommend that you spend some time looking at this site.

Field Trip - Virtual Forest

This is a beautiful website that allows students to "walk" through a virtual forest in Finland. As you go on this trip, you learn about how to keep forests sustainable. You will hear the sounds and see a lot of information about forests. I recommend it highly.
UPM Forest Life For those of you that are reading this in email, the address is http://w3.upm-kymmene.com/upm/forestlife/index.html

Math Snacks - Videos to teach Math Concepts

This great site from NM State has videos that can be seen online or games that can be downloaded to the students' Ipods.
"Math Snacks are short animations and mini–games designed to help learners "get it". Each snack presents a mathematical concept, particularly those addressed in grades 6, 7 and 8. Ideal for use in a classroom or on your own, they can even be placed on mobile devices for "homework". The accompanying print materials can assist learners in applying their conceptual understanding to math problems." The website is http://www.mathsnacks.org/
The site shows how to do ratios, scale and proportions and equality. I think that the for some students, this would be a very cool way to learn a new math concept. 

Classroom Blogs

I haven't set this up yet, but it appears to be a great place for students to blog without having to have email addresses. If anyone at my school is interested, I would set up a blog for their students for them. It certainly appears to be an easy setup and the price is right. There aren't any ads and teachers can require that posts be approved before they are posted. I would certainly recommend that you put that feature on if you are using it with students. The name of the site is http://kidblog.org/.
Let me know if you decide to try this.

The Prince's Rainforest Project for Schools

England has a beautiful website that is all about the rainforest. It has videos, a book, games and all sorts of resources for a great rainforest curriculum. It is aimed at the 3 - 16 year old student according to the website, but I found lots of great resources for anyone!
I recommend that you spend time on this site, even if you aren't teaching the rainforest!
http://www.rainforestsos.org

Writing Prompts - Cartooning

If you are looking for a fun way to teach other ways to write, I recommend you spend some time looking at Make Beliefs Comix.  This web site has the cartoons already drawn. You can print or email your creations when you are done. If you want to save the cartoon, you will have to use a screen grab to do that, but this is an easy thing to accomplish. There are also good one panel cartoons that can be printed out as writing prompts. They have a cute cartoon and then a writing prompt and space for the student to write their response. You find this at the printables page.
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/