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Tutorials and applets for all calculus lessons-related rates=good

This is a Fahrenheit 451-related WebQuest that deals with book banning and how it relates to the Bill of Rights, good to prep students before the Bradbury book.

BrainPop provides animated movies and follow-up quizzes/activities related to hundreds of curriculum topics in Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Art, Music, Health, and Technology. The movies are correlated to the Georgia Performance Standards, so you can select a standard (objective) and search for movies that are related to a specific standard.

Collection of Math Tech activities, Related Rates examples.

On this site are some nice animations and graphs with accompanying explanatory pages related to economic concepts. Some of it is low-tech, but it still helps visualize these things

Very interesting project that well help students make personal connections to historical events. Students interview family or friends about life experiences related to world or local history. It is interesting to read what students in other parts of the world have written about events we are familiar with. I would love to see them organize the family stories by events as well as countries.

This is a video that can be played for classes of various sizes, as it captivates your attention with relevant examples and graphics. The teacher on the video takes you through each step in the process of converting fractions to decimals in a way that is easy to understand and relate to. The pictures that are used are very current (Michael Phelps, Barack Obama, etc.), making it even more fun. Independent practice and extension activities could be easily planned after watching.

This is the kids and teachers section of the US Mint website, and it offers some fun lessons and games related to US currency. It's definitely geared toward younger students.

Education World is a great online tool for teachers that offers a variety of applicable uses. Teachers can download and share lesson plans, find professional development opportunities, incorporate technology integration ideas, blog on current school-related issues, and much more. It is a go-to site as a teacher. Looking here before Googling can save time and energy.

This site, affiliated with the University of Utah, has many different activities and modules related to learning genetics. It's pretty well done, and very slick.

VoiceThread is another Web 2.0 presentation tool where users can interact with presentation slides via video, voice, and text commenting. Presenters can get real-time feedback on posted presentations, and users can interact with each other, sharing ideas related to the content covered.

talk about pictures in class with your students. Really neat tool to show group conversations.