Active Science is an interactive site that allows students explore a variety of science topics. The site contains a number of modules that offer a range of activities suited for students from age five through high school. Also offered are materials for teachers and parents.
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CNN Student News was recommended to me by Justin Kastory. CNN Student News is geared for students at the middle and high school levels. Students can access the site to get information on the top news stories.
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Teach Genetics and Learn Genetics are two websites created by the Genetic Science Learning Center of the University of Utah. Teach Genetics offers free resources for teaching genetics at all grade levels. Learn Genetics features many interactive visual aids designed to help the user learn the fundamentals of genetics.
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Ideas to Inspire is a website that Pam Gruzynski told me about. It has some great ideas for teachers who want to use different technologies and engaging activities. The ideas are contributed from teachers from all around the world and cover a range of curriculum topics, including writing, the arts, and geography.
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This post has links to resources related to Bloom’s Taxonomy: Visual Bloom’s is a wiki page that offers two visualizations of Bloom’s taxonomy that also relates to 21st Century technologies. Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom’s Taxonomy is a blog post that offers suggestions for creating assignments with “Google-Proof” questions. A common complaint that […]
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Interesting Ways to Use Audio in Your Classroom is the result of a collaborative effort from teachers with tips and hints for using audio in the classroom. At the time of this posting, there were 22 Interesting Ways…; more ideas are added as teachers come up with them. What I like about this site is […]
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The Illinois State Museum site offers a variety of lesson plans, activities and online exhibits that relate to Illinois’ heritage. Be sure to click on the “Online Exhibits” link to view collections related to Anthropology, Art, Botany, Geology, History and Zoology. Clicking on the “Teachers and Students” link takes you to a page with many […]
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PicLits is a site created to help inspire creative writing. PicLits provides several images along with lists of related words that a user can choose from. The user chooses words from the list to describe the picture. While the intent of PicLits is not to have the user write a whole story from the words […]
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PDF2Word Online is an online tool that quickly and painlessly converts a PDF document to a Microsoft Word document. I’ve tried several PDF converters and have found this to be the best. After uploading the document to their website, the file is quickly converted and made available to you as a download link on their […]
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Kitzu is a site that offers digital kits that relate to a variety of topics that teachers and students can download for use in creating PhotoStory and other projects. The digital kits contain images and a summary of the topic. Some kits also include audio files. Teachers are encouraged to include their own kits for […]
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