Middle Level Resources

Includes some great suggestions and lists to use.

I've been to several of Tia's webinars.  She's full of energy and great ideas!  Check out her calendars with daily websites for teachers to use!

Aiken, SC resources for technology infused into CCSS

The kids' part of Lawrence Hall of Science.  Includes some great experiments and games for kids.

Great ideas from TeachThought, in several subjects

Describes several activities, including having students pair up and find a poem to perform.

Several activities for teaching poetry, including read alouds, lit circles, shared reading

Each day they will publish a new poem from several famous authors as a celebration for poetry month.

Free downloadable poetry lessons from poets who have worked in classrooms.

Poem in Your Pocket Resources.  Creston did this very successfully in 2012

Teachthought describes this as "While the site is simple a crudely interactive graphic with links to videos, it has, in one fell swoop, creatively curated some of the most compelling and engaging "problems" in mathematics. From Benford's Law to French Numbers, to whether or not zero is an even number, it frames the content area of math-which is often riddled with rote practice of very traditional arithmetic and formulas-in a problem-based learning kind of approach. Fantastic resource for bell ringers, test questions, math project-based learning ideas, or as a model for students to curate their own curiosities about the incredible-and poorly marketed-world of mathematics."

Neat idea; maybe you could have students create a pinterest board for a book.

This video is by a friend of mine in Kansas.

Teachers could also use something similar for observing students in lab or project activities