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Grades 3-6 Interactive animal study graphic organizers- broken down by facts, babies, interactions and habitats. Classroom Connections: *Whole group practice: Interactively fill out organizers using SmartBoard and class set of animal books *Independent practice/assignment: students fill out online, or graphic organizers can be printed out for students to fill out at their own pace- based on their independent books.

K-12 Math resource for students and teachers. Site provides interactive math activities for students. Site also provides lesson plans for teachers to go along with activities. Classroom Connections * Use lesson plans in conjunction with math activites to reinforce concepts * Teachers- use student interactives to introduce math concepts and practice in whole group setting using SmartBoard * Students can independently practice concepts using interactives as a center choice.

Interactive digital posters. that poster project in the 21st century

Purpose of the Website: Glogster is a tool that allows the user to create an interactive poster on various topics. It allows student to express their creativity with many tools that are available to them. Grade Level: 4-12 Classroom Connection: Glogster would be a great introduction activity at the beginning of the school year. Students could create an interactive poster about themselves, as an introduction to their new classmates.

Science Lessons and Resources

A great resource for all topics of science

Grades K-12 Internet based science learning experiences, lesson plans and resources. This site can be used by teachers to help plan engaging and interactive science lessons and give students necessary resources to go along with lessons. Students will receive interacitve activities to help reinforce conepts.

Grades 3-8- students and teachers Interactive resources for teaching and applying writing research skills. Classroom Connections: *Teachers- Use "Getting Started" prompts to interactively teach each step of the writing process as it relates to research *Students- use the "Getting Started" prompts to independently work on a research project * Teachers- Use research mini lesson to instruct how to find resources

K-12 Interactive math manipulatives to address/teach/practice various math concepts. Classroom Connections: Use interactively on SmartBoard to introduce and practice math concepts in a whole group setting Students can use as a math center to practice and reinforce math concepts independently. Give students word problems. Have students demonstrate the answer using the manipulatives- whole group, pairs or independently

K-8 Student reference site with educational resources, activities and games addressing all content areas. Classroom connections: * Reference resources- dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias etc. can be used interactively on SmartBoard- for whole group instruction and practice * Reference materials and search engine can be used by students for research projects and content area assignments * interactive/educational activities and games can be used as a center choice

An interactive lesson that allows students to learn about fair use and copyrights

A really great science website that has tons of free interactives and animations that i use quite a bit.

A really great science website that has tons of free interactives and animations that i use quite a bit.

Grades 2-5 This site offers interactive games and activities to help students practice grammar skills. A great center for students to pracitce grammar skills.

Grades 3-8 Interactive- step by step process for students to do a research project. Links are included at each step--to provide students help with that step/skill. Classroom Connections: * Use to teach each step of the process whole group- interactively using SmartBoard--Teaching one step per day. * Students can do interactive activities as a center choice

Purpose of the Website: This is an unbelievable tool for introducing the research process to students. The website is particularly helpful for the visual learner. Students can explore different ways to plan their research, search for information, take notes and use the information they find. Grade Level: 3-8 Classroom Connection: Using this website as a learning tool, students can use guided inquiry to develop a plan for research. Students could also use the information on this website to participate in a webquest in which they need to develop a "research guide" for their district to help new students understand how to perform a research project.

All grade levels Teachers enter in spelling/vocabulary lists that the site generates into interacive learning activities including games (hangman, word searches, matching games). Also includes a "teach me' and "test me" option- generated from entered words. Classroom Connections: * Literacy-Introduce spelling and vocabulary words * Whole group instruction of literacy- spelling/vocabulary words * Math/Science/Social studies- create lists for students to reinforce spelling and vocabulary in all areas * Independent practice- use as a choice for center work to reinforce spelling/vocabulary in all areas * Whole group practice- Interactively on SmartBoard

Grades 1-5 A resource for interactive activities to give students practice with weekly spelling words. This is a great activity for students to utilize at home when practicing weekly spelling words. It is a more engaging activity for students to complete spelling activities.

Grades 3-12 Tutorial on doing research, Finding appropriate print resources, taking notes etc. Includes printable form for evaluating print resources. **note--tutorial does not allow teacher to pause for explanations or questions :( Classroom Connections: * show tutorial- explaining what students should look for when choosing print resources for doing research * Whole group practice- interactively fill out an evaluation form on a book reviewed as a whole class * Independent practice- have students fill out an evaluation form on a book they chose for research project

Interactive whiteboard - IWB's can help when performing a screencast. I found this one to be easy and simple to figure out.

Education resources

Another great educational resource. As a science teacher I have found many illumination resource for my middle school classroom.

Grades K-12 Math lesson plans, interactive online activities and web resources. Teachers can use this site to prepare math lessons based on many different math skills and concepts.Students can utilize this site in the classroom or at home to pratice math skills.

word cluster resource

All grade levels Interactive "Word Cloud" generator, allowing user to enter various words, fonts and layouts in their design Classroom Connections: Students can make wordles of: *spelling words * vocabulary words * related words from content area concepts * words indicating a grammar skill-i.e.- homophones/synonyms/ antonyms/ rhyming words/ parts of speech * math concept words

Great for games, animations resources.

K-12 This is an online interactive tool for students. This is great for students to be able to observe labs that might be too sophisticated or hazardous to complete in class. It's also great for students to practice newly-acquired Math skills. One con is that teachers sometimes "play dead" because of how well the program grabs student's attention. Too much of this would not be a good thing, because they would be lacking that human contact.

Grade K-3 Provides educational movies, homework help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. This site offes great visual aides and activiites to go along with many different topics across all subject areas. Teachers can use this site to introduce concepts to students as well as reinforce ans assess students understanding of concepts.

Grades K-12 A resource for lesson plans, interactive games and activiities, tools and professional development for all subjects. This site can be used to help deliver engaging and interacive lessons. teachers can find great professional development hours.

Grades K-8 Interactive science activities for students to go along with science curriculum. This site can be used with students to give them a visual component to different science topics.

Grades K-5 A resource of interactive activities that incorporate math and language arts along with computer skills (using a mouse) for students. This site can be used as a center to reinforce math, language arts and computer skills and concepts.