NISD Learning Resource Bookmarks

A gateway to Texas history materials

1. Teachers create a request based on curriculum topic 2. Nepris finds the right industry professional with skills that match the teacher's request 3. Industry professional virtually connects with classroom for interactive discussion or to help evalute projects

Video clips searchable by topic

Ways to create products, processes, etc.

Videos, illustrations and explanations of how everything works

Geology.com provides a variety of geoscience materials including daily Earth science news, maps, an online dictionary of Earth science terms, and information on geoscience careers. Also available are resources for teachers, including links to lesson plans from major Earth science organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geological Society of America, and NASA.

Nearly 30 educational activities and resources have been added to the updated SEED Earth Science Week Online Toolkit. Visitors can view 76 lessons, posters, fact sheets, and other materials, each offered in both English and Spanish. Materials provide users with introductory information on Earth science, as well as in-depth items on earth, water, air, and life science.

MIT Blossoms has a free library of math and science videos. These videos are designed to be interrupted for classroom discussion and to be complemented by active learning sessions led by a classroom teacher.

This is a site to share, discuss and collect resources for teaching financial topics.

My Classroom Economy can work for any grade level. Tailored to the learning ability of your students, the program has the same overall objectives for all grades-to instill basic financial responsibility and teach the value of delayed gratification. The core principle is simple: Students earn and spend money in a simulated microeconomy. As the grade levels increase, we incorporate additional financial concepts. For example, students in all grades pay rent for their desks, but students in middle school also pay an electricity bill as well as taxes. For high school students, we include experiential learning activities targeted at teaching the foundations of investing and purchasing insurance.