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Instructor Magazine Online

Kim Estes — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:03:56 +0000

http://www.scholastic.com/Instructor

Instructor is America’s oldest magazine for elementary school educators. In their Web site, you’ll find curriculum integration strategies, professional development opportunities, help with assessment, and more.

Microbeworld Brings Science to YOU!

Kim Estes — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:47:05 +0000

ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, teaching activities, etc. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers.

You can download 10 printables for each contribution that you send.

http://www.eslprintables.com/

Awesome Educational Games

Kim Estes — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:54:33 +0000

This site, brought to my attention by Shane Archer at BHS, is an INCREDIBLE resource for teachers. Provided by Sheppard Software, the site offers games at levels from beginner to expert in:

Geography
Vocabulary
Chemistry
Animals
Math
Science
Health
History

And so much more! There is something here for EVERYONE - K through 12! Doubt it? Try an expert level game and see if you get stumped!

Visit this site now….and thank Shane!!!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

Use The Gateway

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:18:45 +0000

Looking for good lesson plans? Need something new to add some ZING to your content? Visit The Gateway to 21st Century Skills and browse through thousands of online lesson plans, or just use the search engine to find what you need by grade level, content area, or keyword. A great resource for teachers! Some of the cool lessons you’ll find include:

Fastball Physics - using baseball to teach aerodynamics and more
Macbeth 2000 - bringing classic characters into contemporary times
Not Big, Not Bad - Just a Wolf - This National Geographic Geoguide lesson explores the reality of the gray wolf—not its mythical or fairy tale cousin—and its relationships with animals, humans, and the environment.

There are thousands more to see…go now…don’t wait…

http://www.thegateway.org/

Create Your Own Timeline!

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:02:58 +0000

Students become historians as they use this interactive tool provided by ReadWriteThink to create their own timelines. Easy to use and applicable to all content areas. Students can create time lines for literature, science, mathematics, social studies, fine arts, music, health and medical discoveries, sports evolution, and even one about themselves or their family!

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

Evolution of Black History

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:59:14 +0000

Scholastic brings you this incredible, interactive timeline of the Evolution of Black History. A must have resource!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm

WhoWhatWhen

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:56:37 +0000

This interactive timeline allows you to select your dates, or view timelines by keywords or descriptors. You can find information on mathmeticians, musicians, kings and queens, sports figures, scientists and much more. Each entry allow you to view the timeline, google the individual/event, or visit that entry in Wikipedia. Fun to see!

http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/index.php

Interact with History

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:34:29 +0000

The BBC brings you phenomenal resources for exploring history.

This section of the extensive site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/ brings you scores of interactive history activites.

You’ll find games, galleries, timelines, virtual tours, audio and vidoe clips…and much more.

This is a MUST SEE site for all teachers!

Looking for Art?

Kim Estes — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:41:49 +0000

The Yale University Art Gallery is an amazing collection of images that cover a wide variety of artistic medium, genres, techniques, periods, and artists. A must see for enhancement of all content areas…and, well…art class!

Go see this amazing gallery at http://artgallery.yale.edu/

PBS Teacher Resources

Kim Estes — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:49:04 +0000

You can find lesson plans, videos, enrichment activities and more on this wonderful site offered by PBS. You can search by content area and recieve a multimedia list of helpful resources for teachers and students. A Must-have site for your favorites. Go now to http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

Flashcard Exchange - Create, Share, Learn

Kim Estes — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:57:08 +0000

At Flashcard Exchange, you can create your own virtual flashcards (printable ones too) or you can use any of the hundreds of other flashcard sets created by users! What a neat way to study!

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

Toondoo - Bring the power of comics to the classroom

Kim Estes — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:47:41 +0000

This fun website lets your students create comics on any topic you can think of! How about creating word problems for math using a comic strip? Talk about a fun way to summarize chapters of a novel or play! Create social stories for your special ed students! Or help your ESL and Foreign Language kids learn their vocabulary! You can even upload your own photos…what a cool way to show a science experiment!!! Go visit!!!

http://toondoo.com