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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Rubrics
This site provides step-by-step information on creating and using rubrics in a number of disciplines. Topics include "how to create a rubric from scratch", and "performance assessment tasks". There is a "rubrics bank" of existing rubrics from around the country that can be used "as-is" or modified to specific needs, and an assessment resource guide of helpful publications.
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
This page contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.
Most technology standards for students include study of ethics and technology. This website from North Carolina State University is a rich resource. Learn about the basics of ethics in computing, or conduct more advanced research in the areas of privacy, speech issues, computer abuse, intellectual property, risks, commerce, and social justice issues. Discussion questions are available, along with study guides for each area of study.
A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering
The National Society of Professional Engineers created this site to help students understand how engineering affects their lives. Click on a state to find the sites listed (there are just a few for each state). Learn why a particular site was chosen, whether for architectural design, manufacturing processes, or geologic formations. Think of a site in your area that might qualify; you and your class can suggest new additions. This is a perfect introduction to engineering that ties in with 5th grade Social Studies.
To better understand certain words in the English language, knowledge of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology can help. Calliope integrates worksheets and interactive quizzes to help students explore the roots of words found in mythology, and expand their personal vocabulary.
Are your students having a tough time with the concepts of slope calculation and distance formula? Try some of the lessons fellow teachers have contributed to ExploreMath, a site that features lessons, multimedia activities (requiring a Flash plugin), and Math in the News.
Middle school teachers will love this website with 5 lessons and activities that introduce the periodic table. The Element Adventure Webquest allows students to research an element and create an advertisement for that element.
Math Word Problems for Children
The goal of this web site is to help grade school children improve their math problem-solving and critical thinking skills. It has over 4500 math word problems for children to enjoy!
This site presents a wide-ranging collection of musical instruments
searchable by type or geographical location. You'll find a glossary,
links to additional instrument collections, and reference materials.
Here's a tuneful way to spend an afternoon on the web.
The popular newspaper just for kids with current events, science news, etc., etc...Based on My Weekly Reader, a newspaper for children in the elementary grades founded in 1928 by Eleanor Johnson, then director of elementary schools in York, Pa., and a well-known reading expert. This site is highly interactive with lots of games, quizzes, contests, trivia and coloring activities for students in grades pre-K-10.
A science current events service. Accurate, attractive, and accessible, this site brings the latest science news to your students. Covering a wide range of stories from fossils to floods to flu, students will enjoy these timely science tidbits.
Just for Middle School Kids!!!
A compilation of outstanding Internet links especially for middle school students. Materials are organized into Arts, computers, English, health, math, science, social students, sports, town and country, and fun and entertainment. These categories are subdivided into recreational math, science fair projects, calendars, online magazines, simulations, etc., etc...
With the philosophy "math is all around you," the National Math Trail
project challenges K-12 teachers and teams of students to observe their
surroundings, and create math problems about what they see and what they
want to figure out. Teachers can find examples of math trail projects
and other resources on this site. Register, and you can submit your
class's math trails for posting on the web site.
eBooks, Art, Music, Math, Social Studies, etc., etc., etc. While nothing beats the real thing, the digital revolution has made it possible to bring the treasures of the world's museums, zoos, aquaria, and observatories directly to students.
Foreign Language Resources
TeleProjects: Kids and Fitness
You and your students can join in on two teleprojects based on physical fitness. Students can create a vitual athlete by looking at the various characteristics that make an athlete great. Or, students can work as a class team and compete with classes all over the world to increase their physical activity for the week of April 25-May 4, 2001.
Some people think elementary school students should be coloring inside the lines, circling words in a search, or copying sentences from the board. Maybe that's okay, but we'd rather you figure out what life's all about. You know, what about this earth we live on and share with all the plants and animals. Also, what about people who live far away? What are their lives like?
The University of North Carolina publishes this bimonthly periodical as a resource for educators working to integrate information technology tools into teaching and managing educational organizations. Articles cover topics in the areas of assessment, virtual universities, case studies, and faculty and staff development.
Kindergarten Web Page for Letters and Sounds
Use the letter links to find activities, songs and stories for each letter of the alphabet. The design of this hotlist makes it easy to navigate.
It's great when teachers collaborate. Teachers in the state of Utah have created this online resource for their Eighth grade science curriculum full of activities and links. Topics covered include matter, energy, forces, machines, and earth. Most of the activities can easily be used for other grade levels.
Subject Directory of Search Engines listed by category.
Marketing links and free mini-lessons are available at this site.
Students can read a short lesson on pricing, for example, then take part
in an activity designed to illustrate how the concept works in
the real world. These lessons are a great starting point for class
discussions.
If students are in the lab wondering what to do after they have finished
their assignments, have them give this a try. You start with a randomly
generated question in English vocabulary, then go on to World Languages,
Global Studies, Life Sciences, U.S. History, Earth Sciences, then
Mathematics. If you miss a question, you need to go back to an English
vocabulary question.
Last Expressions: Art from Auschwitz
The Block Museum at Northwestern University features the art created by prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau during their incarceration during the Holocaust. You can browse the art by media, artist, or location. Included are biographies of the artists that explain how they came to create the artwork, often being transferred by guards to office duty. Students can examine re-occurring themes found in the artwork.
A wealth of newspapers, documents, maps and images is available from
this site, which focuses on the late 18th to early 19th Centuries in the
United States. Younger students will enjoy the movies, which use artwork
and documents of the time to tell the stories behind "The Real Face of
George Washington" and "The Treason of Benedict Arnold." Especially
helpful is the page "How to Read a 200 Year Old Document." For older students,
this site houses the scholarly journal "The Early America Review." Try
your hand at the online crossword puzzle.
In this webquest, students assume the role of a mexican rancher, Steve Austin (founder of the Austin colonies), Davy Crockett, or other people that were living in Texas in 1836. Their task is to determine the answers to these questions: Do the American settlers have the right to take Texas away from Mexico? Should Congress consider annexing Texas as a part of the U.S.?
The Official Roald Dahl Website
This creative site (Flash required), created by the Roald Dahl Foundation)
is not for the feint of bandwidth (use this only on a network connection,
otherwise you might be waiting a long time for the site to load). Roald
Dahl was a very creative children's author and this site brings to life
classics such as Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mathilda, and
James and the Giant Peach. Teachers will enjoy the lessons and classroom
activities available for download. The
activity on Collecting Words lists as examples the words Dahl collected
for beautiful and angry or rude or nasty, and asks students to collect
words for big, rich and funny.
Welcome to the home of geography standards on the Internet. This unprecedented array of resources makes teaching and learning about our world easier than ever before. Be sure to visit Xpedition Hall.
Throw away your History text books! 2 000 files covering 3000 years of world history.
Classical Music Files
Pick a year and find out the top stories in World Politics, US Politics, Sports, Entertainment, etc...
The Centennial Exhibition: Philadelphia 1876
What caused quite a stir 125 years ago? The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, which featured the wonders of the Industrial Age and exhibits from 37 countries, was the talk of the times. The Philadelphia Library has digitized artifacts from the Exhibition, and put them online. Students might be interested in the diary of a teenager that attended the exhibition. Included are ideas for classroom activities in History, Mathematics, Language Arts, and Music.
Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries
This collection allows access to over 100 images and articles about the art and culture Mexico. Dual frames make it a little confusing, but choose either the left or right frame and browse through the collection. In the Reading Room, selected articles are available in English and Spanish. Under Activities, look for learning activities (Treasure Hunts) for grades 5-8 and links to more resources on Mexico.
Prek - Grade 8 Technology Integration Lessons