authenticity
"95-99% of what our students produce in school is academic exercise. There is an audience of one or two people experiencing student work. If no one looks at your work, it is hard to see the relevance. Significance and audience are intertwined. I get the impression sometimes that students have been conditioned to think of their teacher as the only plausible audience for their classroom work. This is a trend that thoughtful podcasting classroom can break."
parent resource
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/parents/
Engineering
December Resources
Santa Net http://www.santas.net/
teaching the history and looking at how different cultures celebrate December.
http://www.the-north-pole.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/
http://faculty.usiouxfalls.
http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.
you can use with students. Could be done as a station or maybe with the white boards.
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/
Eduction World Internet Scavenger Hunts- Provide hunts for each month of the year. They also have
printable worksheets that the students fill out as they do the hunt.
http://www.educationworld.com/
snowflake Factory-it lets you make virtual snowflakes.
http://www.apples4theteacher.
Hanukkah History
http://www.do2learn.com/
Do 2 Learn website Helps children with disabilities both physical and emotional.
http://www.ixl.com/math/
#1 math practice site
It is broken down by grade levels. right now it doesn't require a login. It did in the past.
Be sure to check it out soon.
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/
Armored Peguin.com this site will allow you to make your own puzzles.
http://www.kwarp.com/
This site allows you to download the game Grammer Ninja which can be used on the white boards. It has a limited set of
sentences to use but it provide the option of adding your own sentences.
http://funphotobox.com/
This site allows you to add effects or change your pictures that you have taken. It can be used with facebook.
writing
Toy Theater
http://www.toytheater.com/index.php
Science Grades 1-4
Catch the Science Bug Foundation, Inc. launched a new website, www.sciencebug.org, filled with science content that is presented through video, interactive on-line activities, and downloadable worksheets! Most content is found through the Science Files link. The site is geared towards children in grades 1-4 but children younger and older than the targeted age group have enjoyed using this site.
Educators will find printable science activities with data collection worksheets for use in a classroom or on the school grounds. Recently, a teacher’s guide was posted listing what topic each science activity teaches and how this activity could relate to other topics. Science career information is being added to continuously as we aim to present a great diversity of scientists and job descriptions under the Meet Our Scientists page.
This website just received an American Library Association’s Great Websites for Kids award.
Would you have means to distribute this website to the teachers in your state?
This foundation is a 501c3 and our children’s science series currently airs on PBS out of Providence, RI. We would appreciate any help you could provide for us in helping to reach more children and teachers. Please contact me at 508-854-1681 if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kim Bent
Founder
Catch the Science Bug Foundation
PO Box 321 Holden, MA 01520
508-854-1681
