This website gives me good ideas on how to connect what I am teaching in the class to things or ideas that the students encounter on a regular basis. There are many ways to expand the learning in the classroom to outside occurrences.
These activities include many interactive options to get students involved in their learning. Some seem like they would be very beneficial to do during class.
This is another website that contains lesson plans in Mathematics, along with other content areas. Many of them require the students to use a computer or some other form of technology. There are also some lessons with integrated subjects other that math.
On this website, you use graphics to create a story. The options are a little limited, but it could help in generating ideas for creative writing. Although this website may seem a little juvenile at first glance, it is actually very fun and I think high schoolers may enjoy it.
This lesson helps students determine the impacts that occur when changing certain parameters when graphing. The students must use their graphing calculator to complete the activity.
This page contains very clearly written advice and steps on how to revise a paper. I think it would definitely come in handy for both inexperienced and experienced writers.
This website contains valuable and interesting information on all types of mythologies from cultures around the world. It could be of use in English or history classes.
This is another website that includes interactive lesson plans for all subject areas. I took a look at the math lesson plans, and there seems to be several that looked enjoyable for the students. The interactive links state the discipline that it is used for and the audience it is meant for. Several are for the teacher to view, but there are also ones that the student can access and complete.
While this entire website is full of useful information about Edgar Allan Poe (and therefore may be useful in an English class), this particular page is highly interesting. It contains information on all of the major theories on how and why Poe died, which could make for a very fun inquiry lesson.
This website contains explanations and examples of "proper" formatting for specific styles, such as MLA. It is a wonderful resource for writing research papers and the like.
This website will help me teach lessons on Shakespeare. "No Fear Shakespear", by Sparknotes, will also be given to my students in a study guide format AFTER studying plays written by Shakespeare.
No Fear Shakespeare places the original text written by Shakespeare next to a "translation" into modern English. This is a useful tool because sometimes Middle English can be very intimidating to read, and even if a reader basically understands the meaning, they might not understand all nuances. No Fear Shakespeare helps us to understand what Shakespeare really meant.
These lesson plans are meant to be fun and interactive for the students. Some can be done as a cooperative learning activity, some are more focused on inidividual work, and some are online activities that can be submitted and checked for accuracy online.
Wolfram is a great math program to use to find interactive models to view during class. There are multiple types of mathematics that can be searched, with each result including a brief description and visual that helps understand the concept.
This would be a good resource to introduce to your AP students or to students that are thinking about taking AP classes. This website has many resources for students including videos and blogs by students that have enrolled and completed AP courses in high school that explain what it takes to be successful in an AP class and on the AP exam. There is also links that help a student understand how AP courses in high school can help with college and what college majors and careers can AP courses help the student with. There is a link for practice questions for all AP courses, including multiple choice and free response, at the bottom of the page.
This site has several virtual manipulatives for grades pre-k through high school, and there is a free trial offered. Virtual manipulatives can be very beneficial when explaining a math concept to students that are visual learners. Math is an especially hard subject to grasp without a visual explanation, but these can help.
This website has multiple forms of resources for all content areas. Also, there are links to resources involving 21st century skills, college and career-readiness, English language learners, and special education.
