TeachersFirst - Featured Sites: Week of Jun 7, 2015
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Give the Dog a Bone - Oswego Schools
Grades
K to 3
tag(s): number sense (100), numbers (191)
In the Classroom
Demonstrate this game on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Allow students to play on their own at your classroom computer center. Give the Dog a Bone is perfect for use during computer lab time. Be sure to share a link to this site on your class webpage for students to play at home. Challenge students to increase their speed when finding the 10 bones.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Word Counter Tool - wordcountertool.com
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): editing (80), process writing (43), word choice (27), writing (359)
In the Classroom
Post a link to the Word Counter Tool on your webpage for parents and students to use at home to check the length of written assignments. Use this tool when teaching summarizing. Provide students with a lengthy summary then challenge students to reduce the word count.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OneGeology Kids - OneGeology
Grades
1 to 5tag(s): dinosaurs (51), earthquakes (52), energy (212), fossils (44), geology (78), maps (297), rocks (52), volcanoes (65), water (138)
In the Classroom
Share OneGeology on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to introduce your geology unit to students. Enhance learning an have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as Wordle, reviewed here, or WordItOut, reviewed here. Create a link to the site on classroom computers for students to explore on their own. Transform learning by having students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here, to explain different geologic phenomenon.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Roosevelts - PBS
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): 1900s (45), presidents (130), roosevelt (14)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered to supplement your current lessons based on the Roosevelt family. Have groups of students complete different Snapshot Lessons then share with the class. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Multimedia Edge tools, reviewed here. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a member of the Roosevelt family.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Edusight - Garros Li, Dev Chakraborty, Vikram Somasundaram, & Qiming Weng
Grades
K to 12tag(s): assessment (125), classroom management (146), data (158)
In the Classroom
Share Edusight information with parents as part of your ongoing communication process. Use Edusight to collect and gather information for IEP and other intervention and data collection meetings. Track student behavior for positive reinforcement or discipline purposes. This versatile tool has many possibilities.Comments
Edusight features "buckets" for organizing information. Create buckets for tests, quizzes, group work, or any label you desire.Raxi, , Grades: 0 - 12
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The Radix Endeavor - MIT's Education Arcade and Scheller Teacher Education Program
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biomes (134), ecology (134), ecosystems (90), engineering (132), measurement (177), money (184), plants (179), STEM (213)
In the Classroom
Create a teacher account to find additional curriculum resources. Add your class and reserve class time. Share The Radix Endeavor with your students as part of STEM teaching lessons. Encourage interested students to become experts and share game-play information with other students. Use The Radix Endeavor as part of your after school math program or with gifted students to extend learning. Be sure to read through the Teachers portion of the site for additional ways to use The Radix Endeavor in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Socratic Smackdown - Institute of Play
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): debate (46)
In the Classroom
Use Socratic Smackdown for students to debate and discuss current events, themes in literature, or historic events. Use Socratic Smackdown with your school's debate team. After your "Smackdown," have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Share Socratic Smackdown with teachers at your site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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YouTube EDU - YouTube
Grades
K to 12tag(s): video (271)
In the Classroom
Bookmark YouTube EDU as an excellent resource of videos for classroom use. Share videos on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Embed videos onto your class web page for student viewing at home. Challenge gifted students by sharing university level videos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Color Schemer - colorschemer.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): colors (77)
In the Classroom
After sharing and teaching students how to use this resource, create a link to the Color Schemer on your class web page for student use with projects, displays, and more. Share with your school's art teacher as an excellent resource for artwork.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mosa Mack Science Detective - Lissa Johnson
Grades
5 to 9This site includes advertising.
tag(s): climate change (73), food chains (26), photosynthesis (33), STEM (213)
In the Classroom
Download materials from Mosa Mack lessons to supplement your current teaching materials. View videos on your interactive whiteboard and post a link on your class website for students to view at home. If you have a flipped classroom, have students view videos before coming to class and beginning lessons. Use ideas from this site for science fairs and projects.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Molecular Workbench - Dr. Charles Xie and The Concord Consortium
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): atoms (55), chemicals (51), experiments (67), gravity (52), mass (27), matter (65), science fairs (25), scientific method (68)
In the Classroom
The Molecular Workbench is perfect for use on interactive whiteboards or projectors. Share simulations with students and explore options within each simulation to view changes. Create a link to simulations on your class website and allow students to explore at home. Ask students to write a blog post for each simulation completed at home. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Loose Leaves, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. Challenge students to download the software and create their own explorations. Have them use a screencast tool such as Awesome ScreenShot, reviewed here, to show evidence of their work and share with others. Use Molecular Workbench as an excellent option for challenging gifted students or for use when creating science fair experiments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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