Archive for the 'Science' Category
Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers — make it fun is a TED talk given by a high school science teacher who uses stories to help his students to learn complicated material. While the the stories he uses are science-related, the concept can be applied to other subject areas. (14:11)
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David Gallo: Underwater astonishments and Edith Widder: The weird world of bioluminescence are two TED presentations that talk about some under water creatures that do some amazing things. Some of the creatures emit light, others change their color to protect themselves from their predators. These talks can be shared with students of all ages. (Underwater astonishments […]
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Spree Learning Games hosts a collection of learning games from around the web for students in kindergarten through high school. The games are organized either by subject area and by age/grade level. Students do not need to sign up to play most of the games. As with any kind of site like this, some of […]
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Lingro is an amazing tool that helps readers easily look up word definitions when reading a web page. It works like this — you find a page that you want to read, copy the URL, then paste it in the box at the top of the Lingro page. Click on the arrow, and you will […]
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Photo Prompts is a site that can be used to support creative writing. The site offers many different writing starters that include a picture and a writing prompt. These can be used or altered to use with students of all ages, and in different subject areas. If you click on the “i” icon on the […]
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Printing Press offers interactive, online templates for creating newspapers, flyers and brochures. Printing Press is part of the many wonderful offerings available on the ReadWriteThink website. It’s user-friendly interface allows students to choose from several templates, then add images and text. Another nice thing about this site is that it allows students to save their […]
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Teaching Kids News is a site created by a mom and her son’s teacher to help elementary aged students access and understand the news. The articles/stories on the site, written in kid-friendly language, are designed for students in grades 2-8. Each day a new article is added that relates to some news story of the […]
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Text 2 Mind Map is an easy-to-use tool for converting an outline into a mind map. Students type in their outlines right on the site. After the outline has been created, they click on the “Draw Mind Map” button, and the outline is presented on the screen in mind map format. The map can then […]
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DocsTeach is a site maintained by the National Archives and the Foundation for the National Archives. In addition to allowing access to over 4,000 primary source documents, the site provides a tool for allowing teachers to combine documents into activities. These activities can be accessed by students through the DocsTeach website. What I like best […]
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Share My Lesson is a site created by the AFT and the TES (a worldwide network of teachers). The site allows you to use its over 200,000 lesson plans and other teaching resources at no cost (free registration is required to download lessons). It also allows you to upload lessons that you have created and […]
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