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Simulations, games, models, etc., to support chemistry instruction.

This Microsoft help tip instructs on adding a Flash presentation to a PowerPoint slide show.

These resources include tutorials, manuals, training materials, lesson plan templates, and more for use with your ActivStudio/ActivBoard instruction.

Many interactive history activities, including lesson plans. There are also audio, video, and still images available at this site to supplment and support instruction.

Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. It also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school

A collection of Shockwave online simulations to use during chemistry instruction.

The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve instruction in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities

A great page to use in instruction - provide video and audio clips, interactive online games, puzzles, teacher resources, and more.

This test is an outstanding resource for determining learning styles for differentiated instruction. After the test is completed, a color pie chart is printed to show learning styles.

Within the four ways for differentiating instruction there are embedded several other learning strategies which are used in conjunction with each other.

This Library of Congress site helps educators quickly find and use primary sources related to specific curriculum standards with Best Instructional Practices for all subjects.

Interactive display to use on the ActivBoard during instruction.

The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects." The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by multimedia technicians who create the learning objects for the online environment. At present, 409 WTCS faculty members have authored learning objects. The Wisc-Online digital library contains 2542 objects that are accessible to all WTCS faculty at no cost and with copyright clearance for use in any WTCS classroom or online application. Other colleges, universities, and consortia from throughout the United States and around the world use the library with permission. Current use of the learning object repository exceeds 20,000 hits per day. Learning objects are designed and developed by a team of instructional designers, editors, technicians, and student interns.

If you scroll down the main page, there is a list of links to Web activities and games for biology instruction.

Resources and instructional materials from the Carnegie Science Center.

A lesson plan for Night, with links to many other resources to support instruction of the book.

"H.E.A.T. stands for Higher-order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic learning, and Technology use. The H.E.A.T. Framework measures the integration of these four factors in classroom instruction."

"create, organize, and share your curriculum With BetterLesson, you can: * Organize and share your complete, 180-day curriculum * Connect and collaborate with innovative educators in your field * Tag and search lessons using state standards * Access your files and instructional content from anywhere * Control who sees your curriculum * Receive real recognition for high-quality lessons"

"Teach and learn how to write a check, make checking account deposits and withdrawals, endorse checks, manage and balance your checkbook, and checkbook reconciliation with your monthly bank checking account statement. Instructional worksheets, lessons, exercises, and activities are appropriate for both students interested in learning the basics about check writing (cheques), checking and the check register, as well as those looking for a curriculum to practice business math, basic math (addition and subtraction) and problem solving skills."

"SAS is NOT a portal. Although we will be using a new and powerful portal to access the six elements of SAS and all the resources that will be launched and will be added to the site, SAS is more about how we think and act differently. The six elements of SAS (clear standards, fair assessments, a curriculum framework, instructional strategies, materials & resources and interventions), when combined, provide educators with a common framework for the continuous improvement of each student by name. Research continues to support that integrating these six elements improves student achievement."