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Problem-Attic - EducAide Software
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): assessment (40), test prep (72)
In the Classroom
Save this site as an excellent practice for end of year testing, state tests, and national tests. Use Problem-Attic to personalize learning for students. Share this tool on your class website for students to use both in and out of the classroom to prepare for state testing. Challenge your students to create (and print) practice tests for other students. Coaches for academic competitions can use this site for team practice. Teachers of gifted can use it for students to practice for out-of-level testing used to screen students for special gifted opportunities.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Discover Anatomy - rigb.org
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): body systems (42), human body (68)
In the Classroom
Learn about the structure and movement of the human body. Students can work individually or in groups to learn about various joints and movements of the human body and other animals. Encourage students to research other organisms and create a multimedia presentation including the showing of the range of motion. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Students can connect the movement with other information that they learned on the site of other items such as a door hinge.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Circuit Lab - Circuitlab.com
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): circuits (11), electricity (66)
In the Classroom
Share how to use this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Create circuits and share with others in the class. Assign specific circuits to be built with various elements such as diodes, resistors, etc. as part of a project or in testing student knowledge. Students can research when various circuits are required or applicable in real life.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Szoter - szoter.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (66), images (161)
In the Classroom
Capture a screenshot of websites or software and annotate with directions for student use. Have students label and identify objects in an image. Label parts of a plant, continents, landforms, etc. Practice new words in a different language by asking students to label and identify objects in that language. Create a storyboard using several annotated images as a story starter. Art students can annotate images to point out design elements or annotate images of their own work to talk about the creative decisions they made. Share annotated Szoter images on your class website or blog to tell about a field trip or class event.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Math Celebrity - Math Celebrity LLC
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): angles (62), charts and graphs (159), conversions (16), coordinates (26), decimals (95), energy (150), equations (98), exponents (29), factoring (18), factors (31), fractions (172), functions (46), multiples (26), number lines (8), percent (58), polynomials (19), prime numbers (20), probability (85), problem solving (150), pythagorean theorem (18), quadratics (15), ratios (38), rounding (20), square roots (19), vectors (18)
In the Classroom
Create a bookmark for Math Celebrity as an additional way to view problem solving steps. Share this site with students to use at home to review problem solving methods. Embed any specific page or topic into your website or blog for student use at home. The embed code can be found at the bottom of each page. Use this site as a model for step-by-step problem solving demonstrations. Have students use an online poster creator, such as Padlet, (reviewed here) to display their own problem solving work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FastFig - The Word Processor for Math - Fig Labs, Inc
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): calculators (28), equations (98), factoring (18), fractions (172), integers (35), mean (16), median (18), mode (10), numbers (159), pi (17), polynomials (19), prime numbers (20), quadratics (15), square roots (19), variables (16), vectors (18)
In the Classroom
Use FastFig to demonstrate solving problems and correct syntax on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use this site for some "backward" teaching. Type in a problem and allow FastFig to solve it. Challenge students to explore the steps required to solve the problem. Share this site with students as a resource for checking homework answers. (It doesn't get them off the hook for providing explanations and step-by-step procedures for solving problems.)Comments
Was disappointed that it didn't work in Firefox, but once I logged into Internet explorer it was fine. I teach younger students and it's not as useful as it would be for high school students.Amy, NJ, Grades: 1 - 6
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Educator Resource Center Smart Board Lessons - Teq Educator Resource Center
Grades
K to 12tag(s): 1800s (30), 1900s (16), angles (62), animal homes (19), area (40), civil war (113), communities (24), counting (100), decimals (95), equations (98), food chains (11), fractions (172), graphic organizers (35), habitats (59), hebrew (11), holidays (117), integers (35), iwb (27), life cycles (18), maps (194), mean (16), measurement (121), median (18), native americans (48), percent (58), place value (43), planets (96), plants (86), polynomials (19), pythagorean theorem (18), religions (38), rock cycle (7), rocks (35), STEM (27), transformations (11), volume (28), womens suffrage (10), world war 1 (28), world war 2 (127)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use as a resource for interactive whiteboard lessons and activities. Search for topics for your subject/grade level. View the STEM category to find activities for your class. Share activities on your interactive whiteboard, having students operate the board. Some activities would also be appropriate for individual computers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Science Lessons and Help - WyzAnt Tutoring
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): acids and bases (8), atoms (42), cells (74), chemicals (24), elements (31), energy (150), evolution (96), genetics (77), gravity (39), heat (12), magnetism (19), mass (13), matter (39), measurement (121), photosynthesis (17), temperature (22), vectors (18)
In the Classroom
Use lessons on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce or review concepts included. Share a link to lessons on your class website or blog for students to use at home. This is an excellent site for studying biology, physics, and chemistry concepts. Be sure to advise students not to click on the links to find tutors.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Whyville - Mundeon
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): aircraft (18), animals (197), dance (21), diseases (52), logic (185), money (154), motion (37), puzzles (164), recycling (45), social skills (14), vectors (18)
In the Classroom
In the classroom, join as a teacher and manage each students account. Reinforce safe online behavior as your students explore opportunities for learning.The chat feature is a perfect opportunity practice safe interactions. Demonstrate this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use as a reward in your classroom or as a way to extend and enrich concepts learned in math and science. Offer Whyville as a safe enrichment tool for students to use at home. Encourage all students to join in the educational activities. Design a simplified version of this site for younger children with your class. Use one of the many animation tools available at the TeachersFirst Edge.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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K8Science - Baylor College of Medicine Center for Educational Outreach
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K to 8tag(s): birds (40), body systems (42), diseases (52), dna (62), earth (196), engineering (69), forces (19), inquiry (30), motion (37), plants (86), rockets (10), scientific method (39)
In the Classroom
Find great activities, information, and resources invaluable in the classroom setting. Share the video clips or online activities on your projector or interactive whiteboard. With the correct information and exciting activities already created, teachers can concentrate on successfully using the information to develop student inquiry and increase the skills for investigating. Be sure to check out the recent additions to find what is new on the site. There are also links to featured lessons and resources along the side.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SMART Technology Sites - Arlys Peterson
Grades
K to 8tag(s): alphabet (76), audio books (22), grammar (197), human body (68), iwb (27), manipulatives (40), maps (194), money (154), order of operations (19), poetry (193), preK (164), probability (85), problem solving (150), resources (92), rounding (20), states (150)
In the Classroom
These lessons are great for the new SMART Board user or the seasoned pro. Stop and think before you start about how to use them in a student centered lesson, trying some of the lesson formats that help you avoid being "Vanna." View the lessons as is or use them to help you create your own lesson. Use the training videos to help your teaching peers and new SMART Board users learn how to use the SMART Board. Many of these tools could be used on any brand of Interactive Whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Magical Maths - Magical Maths
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): assessment (40), blogs (62), logic (185)
In the Classroom
This is an excellent site to bookmark/save as a favorite and visit often for interesting ideas to use in math class to promote thinking skills. Challenge your students to demonstrate their own understanding of a math concept by creating a video using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Brain Genie - CK12 Foundation
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): angles (62), area (40), cells (74), decimals (95), ecology (124), equations (98), evolution (96), fractions (172), genetics (77), logic (185), molecules (31), money (154), operations (84), patterns (66), percent (58), perimeter (22), photosynthesis (17), place value (43), probability (85), problem solving (150), ratios (38), respiration (14), sequencing (29), STEM (27), volume (28)
In the Classroom
Find great ideas for using this tool in the classroom with this video. Be sure to include this link with your resources for students to find alternate explanations to topics for better understanding. Assign various topics as a review in addition to lecture and other classroom activities. Assign a specific topic (not already learned in class) for cooperative groups to view. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site/activity using a tool such as Wordle (reviewed here), Tagxedo (reviewed here), or WordItOut (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Good: How to Achieve Harmony - Road to Harmony
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): conservation (115), energy (150), environment (266), STEM (27)
In the Classroom
Help your students gain a more comprehensive look at our global society. Emphasizing the concept that each part of the system affects all the other parts, Good: How to Achieve Harmony digs into a comprehensive look at interrelated elements. Compare this site to the systems of the human body, the factory approach, educational systems, cultures, or societies. Use this site as an example for a Prezzi or PowerPoint on any unit with systems. Use as a reference for information to start a research project. Offer this site to gifted or highly able students as a Socratic seminar in any of the topics explored. Have students create wikis to combine in a group project. In your language arts class, students discover the ways to explore point of view and background information. Offer areas for debate from the information provided. Use the format to study another time frame in history or a historic event that influences many countries, areas, and people. Investigate pollution and look at the areas affected using this site as a guide. Challenge your students to open their minds to view life from a global perspective.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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For Girls In Science - Loreal
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): engineering (69), STEM (27), women (88)
In the Classroom
Use this site when researching science careers and scientists to be sure to give women their turn and to inspire another generation of female scientists. Share the video clips on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Use this site during Women's history month. Challenge your students to learn more about present-day famous women in STEM careers and create their own interactive books. Have students use Page Flip-Flap (reviewed here) to turn their Word documents, PDFs, and images into an online book, There is even a page-turning effect!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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It's Okay To Be Smart - Joe Hanson
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6 to 12tag(s): animals (197), behavior (33), earth (196), evolution (96), landforms (36), moon (56), polar (16), space (152)
In the Classroom
Use this blog for students to find interesting information to learn from and report to others in the class (like Science current events.) Consider creating a blog for students to share information that they research and write about for understanding. Collect students' How, Why, and What questions for further research themselves and reporting to others. Or have students create their own science blogs using Instablogg ( here). This site allows you to create "quick and easy" blogs to be used one time only. A unique URL is provided, and this site is as easy as using a basic Word program!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SySTEM Alert - Pitsco Education
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): inventors and inventions (93), scientific method (39), scientists (39), STEM (27)
In the Classroom
Use these newsletters to show students how their lives are connected to STEM achievements. Students can read and comment on specific articles or careers. Use a variety of these PDF's when researching various STEM careers or highlighting inventions and discoveries. Students can create a traditional or multimedia report on the information learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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StemMu Music Videos - StemMu
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): body systems (42), carbon (21), cells (74), earth (196), equations (98), genealogy (6), human body (68), mean (16), median (18), mode (10), order of operations (19), quadratics (15), rounding (20), solar system (96), stars (55), STEM (27), structures (19), variables (16), water cycle (26)
In the Classroom
View videos from the site on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce or review STEM topics. Embed videos on your website or blog for students to access from home. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos on any STEM topic using videos on this site as models. Share the videos on a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SciStarter - Science for Citizens LLC
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animals (197), archeology (21), birds (40), ecology (124), environment (266), geology (64), insects (52), medicine (40), oceans (112), science fairs (13), scientific method (39), sound (83), space (152), transportation (29), weather (158)
In the Classroom
Find a great project for your students to participate in, entering data and looking at the results. Search by activity or topic to find a project geared towards your students age range, curriculum, and ability to complete. Have students make a multimedia presentation about one of the "projects" using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MIT+ K12 - Ian Waitz, MIT's Dean of Engineering
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): bacteria (23), colors (56), energy (150), engineering (69), glaciers (11), nuclear energy (19), planets (96), plants (86), reproduction (8), scientific method (39), STEM (27), transportation (29)
In the Classroom
Science teachers will want to bookmark and save this site for use throughout the year. Browse the various "ready to go" topics to find something useful in your classroom. Share the video on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have cooperative learning groups view different videos and "report back" to the class about what they learned. Submit proposals to MIT for video explanations of any topic you wish. Ask students to address a question based on their knowledge, then watch videos for the scientific explanation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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