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Best books of 2011 via Children's and Young Adult Bloggers

Like this idea:  kids nominate favorite similes and metaphors.  Why not have them keep them in a writer's notebook?

Award-winning science teacher who uses flipped and blended learning with an inquiry cycle

Great place to start to find some great educational blogs

Chances are you will find some great ideas from among these blogs.  They cover a variety of disciplines, school sites, and geographical areas.

Little Space Heroes is a Virtual Universe for kids and families. It's an interactive, onlinemultiplayer game in which kids create their own hero and explore a galaxy full of funand adventure!Rated E for Everyone and awarded the Family Friendly Videogames Seal of Approval,Little Space Heroes is a story-driven online social game that allows players to createtheir own Space Hero and embark on an intergalactic adventure. Featuring characterpersonalization, solo and team gameplay, pets, quests and community activities, LittleSpace Heroes offers an age-appropriate and safe environment for kids to explore,make new friends and have fun online. All that is required to play is a computer connectedto the internet.

The Math Forum was awarded a generous grant from the FINRA foundation to supportthe work of connecting math teachers to each other and to useful resources to includefinancial content in their math classrooms. This website is the result of prior and ongoingconversations with teachers, financial educators and Math Forum staff.

National Science Teachers Outstanding Trade Books (generally a very good list)