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BioDigital Human is an interactive site / Google App that is designed to help users to explore and learn about the human body. It has been described as “Google Earth meets the human body”. The free version provides over 1,000 3D models of the human anatomy and various health conditions. In addition, it offers the […]
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PhET Interactive Simulations is a site maintained by the University of Colorado in Boulder that offers interactive math and science activities. In addition to the simulations, you can find lessons and activities created by other teachers who have used the PhET activities with their classes. The PhET team is in the process of converting the […]
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What the World Eats is an interactive site created by National Geographic Education that graphically compares the diets of people around the world. It contains pie charts that show either the number of calories or grams eaten in six food categories: Sugar & Fat, Grains, Produce, Dairy & Eggs, Meat and Other. It also contains […]
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Serendip Studio is a site that is supported by Bryn Mawr College that provides thousands of resources for high school and middle school science classes. Included in these resources are NGSS-aligned activities that can be used with students. These activities include teachers notes and student handouts. The resources are organized into seven categories: playground, brain […]
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8 Classic Storytelling Techniques for Engaging Presentations is a post on the Sparkol.com that describes eight different ways for making presentations more interesting. We often have students make presentations but don’t always know how to help them make their talks more engaging. This post contains not only descriptions of the techniques but examples as well.
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ThemeSpark is an online rubrics creator that allows the user to create rubrics related to the CCSS, NCCAS, NGSS and 21st Century Skills. The interface is very easy to use and allows the user to choose individual components of the standards. As of this writing, the Math CCSS are not available but hopefully they will […]
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Multiple Meaning Matcher is a tool that randomly chooses a set of homograph definitions that can be used for matching. Users can choose from three difficulty levels and can also choose whether or not to show the words being defined. I used definitions created by the Multiple Meaning Matcher to create this digital matching activity […]
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Organ Translate 2 is an interactive game for learning the organs of the human body. After learning the various organs, users can play the game of trying to place the organs in their correct location in a given amount of time.
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Paragraphy is a tool designed by a teacher to help students order their sentences within a paragraph. It’s very easy to use — just copy and paste a paragraph in the text box and hit Submit. The resulting page will be the sentences put in random order. You can do this multiple times and get […]
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Annenberg Learner is a site created to promote excellent teaching. The site offers many resources for use in the classroom as well as those to help teachers stay current in their field. The site offers videos, professional development, lesson plans and interactives, categorized by subject area and grade level.
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