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BASF Corporation has partnered with Kids X-Press to present a new twist in science literacy for children-a fun-to-read quarterly magazine about science that is written by kids. Combining articles, poems, illustrations and games, this new 32-page multilingual publication presents the world of science from a kid's point of view with many interesting results. Anyone between the ages of 6 and 18 can submit material to Kids X-Press, which is accepting submissions for the next science edition focusing on the International Year of Chemistry and the importance of water as a major global resource. The Kids X-Press Web site provides information on how to submit work to the magazine. 

Nice resources on Google Apps for Education from MOREnet

Excellent blog post with great Web 2.0 tool recommendations.  Quick read that leads to creativity of what next to try!

Free site to make your own animated images

World Maps with links to information pages on different countries. At the bottom of webpage you can select other maps like US States, counties, continents, etc.  

Excellent blog post on web based tools and what they are to assist you in you lesson development. 

17sec video on how to quick strip the extras off of YouTube page to show clean video to students. (delete watch?v= from URL and type in embed/)

Great professional development read. Several topics: Assessment, Evaluation, & Curriculum Redesign, Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning, Cooperative and Collaborative Learning, Inquiry-based Learning, and more!

Great post for starting to use skype in the classroom.  Has connections, ideas on how to incorporate, etc

.a great collection of Web 2.0 tools arranged in categories such as presentation tools, collaborative tools, research tools, video tools, writing tools, creativity tools, and many more!