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"At www.practicalmoneyskills.com and www.whatsmyscore.org, educators, parents, and students can access free educational resources including personal finance articles, games, lesson plans, and more."

Microsoft Mouse Mischief is a free software download for PCs that integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 to allow educators to insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into lessons for participation for up to 25 students.

Book Trailer unit designed for eighth grade students containing three main lessons: Book Trailers 101, Storyboarding, and Creating a Book Trailer.

"I am passionate about Reader's Workshop and use picture books in every mini lesson. Along with teaching comprehension strategies (activating prior knowledge, making connections, visualizing, etc.) I integrate the use of them with story elements (character, plot, setting, and theme.) Below is my top 10. "

" We notice what is different, and if we slow down long enough a lesson may be revealed" "Even monkeys fall from trees" "There are only two mistakes on can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting" (Buddha) "Failure is always an option" (Myth-Busters, and see the clips)

Too good not to pass along. This is a GREAT blog on a very regular basis. Are you all familiar with Garr and his work on making better presentations? (Presentation Zen)

"At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications."

TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus

Teachbook.com is a professional, online community for teachers. When you join Teachbook, you can communicate with your colleagues in a secure, professional online environment. You can create, share, and search a database of lesson plans and instructional videos created by other teachers, as well as find online courses, instructional modules, and other education resources. Managing your classroom and communications with parents and studetns is easy with Teachbook.

Web Wise Kids, WILL Interactive, Verizon and ESA Foundation have developed It' Your Call. This online interactive educational game allows children to practice responsible cell phone use and personal safety. Players take on the role of live-action characters in an interactive movie, make decisions, view the consequences, and learn important lessons about cell phone use. It's Your Call is free.

FREE online community that provides educators with the resources for preparing for new courses and projects, or instructions on the skills needed to teach with Adobe software. Educators can share lesson plans, class projects, technical tutorials, background materials and other resources and get feedback and recognition from the community.

this is a social network site for educators where lots of ideas and lessons can be found.

"This academic standards-based program teaches your middle school students the value of managing and saving money so that their financial goals can be within reach. With the help of the lessons and worksheets available for free download below, your students will develop the tools necessary to successfully budget and save their money."

A collection of interactive lessons for Math and Science on Place Value, Number Lines, Order Whole Numbers, Estimate Whole Numbers, Integers, Expanded Notation, Roots & Stems, Plant Cells, Photosynthesis, Plants With Seeds, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Flowers, Plants Without Seeds, Mosses & Ferns, Plant Adaptions, The Kindoms of Life

"When a teacher is looking for a new way to teach a student, a concept, or a lesson, the chances are the best resource is another teacher. On LessonCast, teachers share ideas and resources through screencast videos called lessoncasts. The LessonCast community connects educators with classroom-proven experience and great ideas."

Free lesson plans, student learning objects, homework help, and professional development for teachers, students and parents.

Neat collaboration. Students create a section of a "ribbon" by choosing from images or adding own, writing about why they love the planet, and list some things they are going to do to improve the environment. Lesson plan available for K-6.

Welcome to the Social Technology in Education Lesson Plan Wiki! a place where teachers can share lesson plans integrating social tech into teaching and learning.

...using new technologies to enhance teaching and research. Primary sources for use in the classroom, Multimedia activities, eXplorations, timelines, lesson plans and more.

This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections. Teaching with primary documents encourages a varied learning environment for teachers and students alike. Lectures, demonstrations, analysis of documents, independent research, and group work become a gateway for research with historical records in ways that sharpen students' skills and enthusiasm for history, social studies, and the humanities.