Archive for the 'Science' Category
In my searching I have stumbled on a handful of sites that provide information on a topic at a variety of different levels. I wish there were more or these kinds of sites. It would make finding material for differentiating lessons so much easier for teachers. Here are the ones I have found so far: […]
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For students who need extra challenges, there are many local, national and international competitions available. Here are a few pages with links to some of these competitions: Cogito.org has the best list of competitions for students in middle school or high school. The site is maintained by the John Hopkins Center for Talented youth. While […]
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For me, one of the most exciting elements of the Internet is the availability of authentic resources. People who have collected items for years now have a way to share them with the world. The beauty of this for educators is that it’s now relatively easy to turn someone’s hobby into dynamite lessons. Authentic resources […]
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Byrdseed is a site created by a gifted education teacher who was a gifted student when he was in elementary school. It contains a wealth of information for teachers involved with teaching gifted students. The site’s creator has a computer science background and has included some tech-integrated lessons. When you click on the “Lesson Ideas” […]
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GiftedSources.com is a site that contains links to a variety of resources related to gifted education. The links on the left take you to pages with lesson plans, interesting websites, articles, and professional organizations. The site does a nice job of separating lesson plans by subject area, however you have to click on the individual […]
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The Tiered Curriculum Project is a part of the Indiana Department of Education website. It contains examples of tiered lessons from grades K – 12 in the areas of Language Arts, Science and Math. The lessons were created by three professors from Ball State University — one of them, Cheryll Adams, is the Director of […]
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Questioning is an important part of the learning process for all students. Good questions can be used to help students develop higher-level thinking skills. It’s important not only to ask students more in-depth, open-ended questions, but also to encourage them to ask these types of questions during their own learning process. Here are links to […]
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Smithsonian Education – Lesson Plans is a site that contains inquiry-based lesson plans in a variety of grade levels and subject areas. The Lesson Plans site is part of a larger educational site created by The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. The site is very nicely organized. You can search for lesson plans […]
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A Different Place is a website that has a variety of activities and resources for gifted students, parents of gifted students, and teachers. If you click on the “Teachers” button on the home page, you are taken to a welcome page for teachers. About halfway down the Teachers page, in the paragraph that starts with […]
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Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature is a website through which you can search for award winning books for children. The database contains over 7,000 books that can be searched by a wide variety of options — keyword, author, title, setting, historical period, ethnicity, language, genre, age of reader,etc. — which makes this a great site […]
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