Some cool interactive math activities also from Ambleside Primary in UK. Check em out, click here: www.amblesideprimary.com
“At Ambleside we involve children in all parts of the process of designing and creating content for our website. Many of these games have been designed by, or with children”
Some darn good stuff here from a primary school in UK. Interactive reading activities, many made by children at this school. A cool find! CLICK HERE: www.amplesideprimary.com
HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHERS, very good applets here (interactives) for grades 10-12 math. Haven’t seen this one before, I like what I see. Linear inequality graphers, quadratic function graphers, you name it, clean and clear. INTERACTIVE!
CLICK HERE: www.ronblond.com
http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm need I say more? This is incredible stuff, all free, from the US department of Education. All subjects and grade levels can find resources here.
I’m really impressed by KidsHealth.org, some great stuff if you dig around. Particularly, KidsHealth.org’s interactives about “how the body works”
To go straight to the section on How The Body Works, click HERE –> http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/htbw_main_page.html
I think many other parts of KidsHealth.org are worth checking out for fun science activities on Smart board, so check it out! www.kidshealth.org
From Texas Heart Institute, these are some pretty good interactives for the circulation sytem. Nothin fancy animated, but clean and clear. Check ‘em out, click HERE –> http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Anatomy/index.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline.html
For over 500 years, people of African descent have shaped the course of American history. From the fight against slavery to the March on Washington, relive the triumphs and tragedies of the African American experience with our extensive timeline of African American history
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/index.html did you know you can watch NOVA science programming online?!
History Resources from U.S. Dept. of Education
This is incredible stuff, all free, from the US department of Education. GREAT for History / Social Studies teachers
CLICK HERE —> http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s website, www.gilderlehrman.org, serves as a gateway to American history online with rich resources for educators, designed specifically for K-12 teachers and students.
Particularly useful on SMART Boards are the interactive online exhibitions: ONLINE EXHIBITS –> http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/index.html
Check these out! This is “LabTV” form the National Defence Education Program (NDEP). “LabTV” are episodes showing science and math at work in the real world Department of Defence. High quality videos! SCIENCE TEACHERS especially, check them out!
CLICK HERE –> www.ndep.us/LabTV
(The National Defense Education Program (NDEP) invests in science, engineering and math education from middle and high school through college and post graduation. NDEP’s mission is to support a new generation of scientists and engineers who will apply their talents in our nation’s defense laboratories.)
CLICK HERE: www.edmodo.com
Edmodo is a social learning network for teachers, students, schools and districts.
Edmodo provides free classroom communication for teachers, students and administrators on a secure social network.
Edmodo provides teachers and students with a secure and easy way to post classroom materials, share links and videos, and access homework, grades and school notices.
Edmodo stores and shares all forms of digital content – blogs, links, pictures, video, documents, presentations, and more.
Edmodo is accessible online or using any mobile device, including Android and iPhones.
Edmodo has special institutional features for schools and districts that can be accessed for free by administrators.
Animoto is wild, check this out: You submit your pictures, videos clips, music clips, etc.. and Animoto makes a MOVIE out of your content. Its surprisingly fast and easy to use. HAHA their catch phrase is “THE END OF SLIDESHOWS” LOL. Anyway its a remarkable idea, taking the hard work out of making a visual project or video.. students give Animoto the content, and Animoto does the rest. I will note that the FREE version of Animoto is limited, and so they sell a PREMIUM version that may be worth your time to investigate..
Even if you have heard of it, I bet you have not yet used Animoto.com as a classroom activity? Give it a try! CLICK HERE: www.animoto.com/education
Hey friends, have you checked out the *awesome* high-quality lessons for SMART board available from Aegom Interactive?? Go check them out and download your 6 free lessons!!
Cool one for the social studies teachers! The Bill of Rights Institute offers a variety of educational resources free of charge. Weekly eLessons offer 20-minute discussion guides for middle and high school history and government teachers. Each eLesson includes a lively background reading, discussion questions and extension options.
They also offer complete lesson plans based on primary source documents. Browse their Constitution Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Primary Source Activities sections to access these resources which include interactive Flash presentations, lesson plans, readings, and activities.
To go to Bill of Rights Institute online, CLICK HERE
WOW check this out! International Children’s Digital Library is an online collection of 1000′s of children’s book from all over the world, in all different languages. What a powerful resource!!
To go to the International Children’s Digital Library, –CLICK HERE–
In their words, “The ICDL Foundation promotes tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children’s literature from around the world.” Tpo cool!
This website, AdLit.Org, is focused on helping struggling adolescent readers. Some awesome resources, including Professional Development webinars you might consider for your school.
To get to AdLit.org, CLICK HERE,
“AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation’s capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.”
There are some noteworthy facts in the AdLit.org mission statement, check this out:
“According to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress known as NAEP, or “the Nation’s Report Card”, fewer than a third of 8th graders read and write at a proficient level (that is, at a level deemed to be appropriate for their year in school). And for low-income students and students of color, the statistics are even more alarming: just 13% of African-American, 17% of Hispanic, and 15% of low-income 8th graders were found to be proficient in reading.
Over the last few years, hundreds of school districts have introduced new programs designed to help struggling adolescent readers. Numerous professional associations and other national organizations have moved adolescent literacy to the top of the school reform agenda. Many of the nation’s top education researchers have launched new studies into topics such as how best to teach reading in the academic content areas, how best to teach writing at the high-school level, and how best to support the literacy development of adolescent English language learners. AdLit.org’s mission is to distill this literacy research and share best-practice information to as many people as possible through the power and reach of the Internet.”
If you’re teaching Romeo and Juliet soon, check out Interactive Folio! Click here: http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/folio/folio.html
Interactive Folio is a media-rich, online interactive edition of Romeo and Juliet. Lots of nuggets, check it out!
Art teachers, find the National Gallery of Art here: NGA.Gov
According to their site, “the National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. During the 1920s, Mr. Mellon began collecting with the intention of forming a gallery of art for the nation in Washington. In 1937, the year of his death, he promised his collection to the United States. Funds for the construction of the West Building were provided by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust. On March 17, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collections on behalf of the people of the United States of America.”
