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"The Higgs Boson - Born on the 4th of July Classroom Poster"

"nearly 1,000 schools and uncovered a replicable design for successfully introducing technology into the classroom, improving student performance, and yielding cost benefits."

"seven components to game-play that aptly fit curriculum design. Challenge is constant Everything is interconnected Failure is reframed as iteration Learning happens by doing Feedback is immediate and ongoing Everyone is a participant It feels like play"

"The use of computers and computer languages in education has been impressive in the last couple of years.  More and more school going kids use computers in the heart of all academic and personal development than ever. Such use has been phenomenal in helping improve classroom interactive learning, bettering student grades and improving competitiveness in a modern education setting, among others."

"Dropbox can also be a useful tool in managing student projects and presentations. In my classes students use Dropbox to submit the visual components of class presentations, for instance. It's a huge time saver, as it otherwise takes several minutes for students to log in/out of their school accounts to access presentations. If you don't have individual accounts, you'll quickly find ways to let Dropbox help you work around that issue."

"Among the many ways of measuring teacher success is the ability to engage students in teaching practices which excite and encourage their natural curiosity for learning. When these best practices are used in the classroom, then all other measures of success follow"

""Students participate in teaching and learning beyond simply listening to lectures or witnessing demonstrations concerning science or math concepts.""

AOPA PATH - Pilots and Teachers Handbook connects secondary school math, science, physics, history, and technology to the basics of general aviation. planning and preparation for classroom visit or field trip, resource for teachers and students.

Scholarships for 2011 are now available. Women in Aviation, International scholarship awards In the past 21 years, millions of dollars to its members to help them get ahead and advance into the aviation and aerospace careers they have always dreamed about. scholarships help teachers too, by providing them with the resources to bring aviation into their classrooms or to enhance their skills."

world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Despite being the work of one man, Salman Khan, this 1600+ video library is the most-used educational video resource as measured by YouTube video views per day and unique users per month. user-paced exercises--developed as an open source project to become the free classroom

The National Air and Space Museum offers a variety of free educational programs for school groups and organized youth groups. Here you will find information on educational activities at the Museum as well as resources provided for classroom learning.

Teaching about the atmosphere?  Here are a few ideas for the classroom. Activities about the atmosphere are particularly well suited for talking about air pressure, since air pressure is essentially the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on us.  At the Exploratorium we had a couple of really great activities to get at this idea.

These lessons are adapted from Smithsonian in Your Classroom.

Free physics lesson plans - aid to online teaching/online education

Mathematics is a live science with new discoveries being made every day. The frontier of mathematics is an exciting place, where mathematicians experiment and play with creative and imaginative ideas. ideas that have already piqued many children's curiosity, but their profound mathematical importance is not widely known or understood. The MegaMath project is intended to bring unusual and important mathematical ideas to elementary school classrooms so that young people and their teachers can think about them together.

Educator's Corner is a fun page for all. It includes activities for the classroom, fun experiments and much more.

classroom activity ideas and unit plans about aviation. Learn how aircraft fly and try to solve word problems and other mathematical equations relating to aviation. Includes links to resources on Transportation: Aircraft, Aviation: Military Aircraft, and Aviation: Wright Brothers.

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators There are many teachers who want to start using technology in their classrooms, but just aren't sure where to start. That's why I got together ten prominent ed tech bloggers, teachers, and school administrators to create The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators. In this book there introductions to more than six dozen web tools for K-12 teachers. Additionally, you will find sections devoted to using Skype with students, ESL/ELL, blogging in elementary schools, social media for educators, teaching online, and using technology in alternative education settings."

"Here are four vital questions that will help you become more effective with your classroom assessments - increasing students' achievement, student test scores and your job security."

"resource for educators. You will find links to great interactive sites to be used with your classes as well as wonderful resources for you. Each site comes with a blurb about what you will find when you click on it as well s how you can begin to use it in your classroom."