Need a site that has readable text about complex health issues for students? Check out Kids Health for Kids. Some of the section headings are Dealing with Feelings, Stay Healthy, Everyday Illnesses and Injuries, My Body, and Kids' Health Problems. There is even a link for articles written in Spanish!
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
If you enjoy the claymation idea - here's a great site for more step by step directions and an example you may share with your students.
The site is called Clay Animation Made Easy. The site was created by Tonya Witherspoon, an Educational Technology Specialist at Wichita State University. Tonya shares movies, directions, and links to other clay animation sites.
Check it out!!
The site is called Clay Animation Made Easy. The site was created by Tonya Witherspoon, an Educational Technology Specialist at Wichita State University. Tonya shares movies, directions, and links to other clay animation sites.
Check it out!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Information Literacy site - Here's a matrix created by Janet Murray that correlates Information Literacy skills with the Big 6 Skills and the National Educational Technology Standards. It's called Big6 Matrix: Use the Internet.
Here's the description from the site's home page:
"The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction - how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn." -- Herbert Gerjuoy
Correlate Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz' Big6™ Skills with the National Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet.
Here's the description from the site's home page:
"The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction - how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn." -- Herbert Gerjuoy
Correlate Mike Eisenberg's and Bob Berkowitz' Big6™ Skills with the National Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT) and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) to organize an introduction to research on the Internet.
Friday, September 12, 2003
There are so many fabulous math sites available! Check out the sites that were mentioned in the September 2003 NCTM News Bulletin.
Allmath.com has a series of links and tools available. You can make flashcards, read biographies, or access a glossary. There are also links to other great math sites. Under the link for math articles, you can find over 200 biographies of women mathematicians.
E-zgeometry.com has "printable lesson notes, support materials, helpful links, practice quizzes, a weekly math challenge problem (PoW), and lots more... explore."
Of course, don't forget my favorite, Ask Dr. Math. It contains a wealth of open-ended problems that you can pose to your students. They can post their answers - or you can use the archives to find problems that match the content you are presently teaching. There are even elementary and middle school problems available. Your students can ask for expert advice via e-mail. There are even two new books Dr. Math Gets You Ready for Algebra and Dr. Math Explains Algebra now available for purchase.
Okay, I know.... The best site of all is The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. :)
Allmath.com has a series of links and tools available. You can make flashcards, read biographies, or access a glossary. There are also links to other great math sites. Under the link for math articles, you can find over 200 biographies of women mathematicians.
E-zgeometry.com has "printable lesson notes, support materials, helpful links, practice quizzes, a weekly math challenge problem (PoW), and lots more... explore."
Of course, don't forget my favorite, Ask Dr. Math. It contains a wealth of open-ended problems that you can pose to your students. They can post their answers - or you can use the archives to find problems that match the content you are presently teaching. There are even elementary and middle school problems available. Your students can ask for expert advice via e-mail. There are even two new books Dr. Math Gets You Ready for Algebra and Dr. Math Explains Algebra now available for purchase.
Okay, I know.... The best site of all is The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. :)
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Take a field trip to the National Gallery of Art.
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present. Search the collection by specific artist, title, or a combination of criteria.
Find art activities for kids at the National Gallery of Art Splash Page.
You can even borrow over 120 teaching resources free of charge! The National Gallery of Art loans materials to educational institutions, community groups, and individuals. Programs are designed to meet the national standards in the visual arts for kindergarten through grade 12. The catalogue is indexed by subject area and presentation format. Print the order form and send it to the National Gallery of Art to request resources-- they recommend placing your order at least one month in advance.
The National Gallery of Art provides slide teaching programs, multimedia programs, videocassettes, CD ROMS, and videodiscs to millions of viewers each year. These programs are intended to foster awareness of the visual arts and make Gallery collections accessible to a broad audience beyond the Gallery's walls. A variety of artists, subjects, techniques, and styles are examined. Many programs contain suggestions for related activities and questions designed to stimulate discussion of the art and artists, of cultural and historical issues.
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present. Search the collection by specific artist, title, or a combination of criteria.
Find art activities for kids at the National Gallery of Art Splash Page.
You can even borrow over 120 teaching resources free of charge! The National Gallery of Art loans materials to educational institutions, community groups, and individuals. Programs are designed to meet the national standards in the visual arts for kindergarten through grade 12. The catalogue is indexed by subject area and presentation format. Print the order form and send it to the National Gallery of Art to request resources-- they recommend placing your order at least one month in advance.
The National Gallery of Art provides slide teaching programs, multimedia programs, videocassettes, CD ROMS, and videodiscs to millions of viewers each year. These programs are intended to foster awareness of the visual arts and make Gallery collections accessible to a broad audience beyond the Gallery's walls. A variety of artists, subjects, techniques, and styles are examined. Many programs contain suggestions for related activities and questions designed to stimulate discussion of the art and artists, of cultural and historical issues.
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