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This short video would be excellent for prompting discussion or student research for 6-8 grade science students.  Be sure to check out the other great short videos from the "Its Okay to be Smart" YouTube channel as well.  Remember, students are not currently able to access YouTube from their devices, so you will need to project this video for the class if you want to use it.  

Free online math practice organized by Common Core State Standards.   These free modules would be excellent to use for math practice centers.   Each practice quiz includes links to an instructional video and keeps track of student performance.   

A cool interactive lab on Mendelian Genetics.

The Google Science Fair is on for 2013!  The competition is open to students from ages 13-18 from around the world.  It is free to enter!  Be sure to check out some of the previous years' winners and their projects.  Wow!

This article outlines different ways journaling can be useful in elementary science classes.

Why not use Haiku for students to keep their journals? Discussions or Wikiprojects in Haiku could be used for this. In fact, the Bridge Building teams at Tupelo Middle School are using Wikiprojects to keep their journals, collect their data, and compose their portfolios for competition.

Good point. Wiki/discussion boards are great for students to converse back and forth and work collaboratively in groups, but there are a few advantages to the old fashioned type journal as well. Drawings as well as charts and graphs for science are sometimes more beneficial to student learning and expression when done on paper and pencil. Ultimately, you would want to have both. It is also important to note that with the software we have available on the Macs, you could use the Photo Booth to capture drawings and graph and upload them to Haiku/Wiki or wherever you were sharing/storing them electronically.

Great Ideas for middle school probability math lessons!

You've tried using online discussion with  your students in Haiku (or elsewhere), but you are having trouble getting students to say something substantial.  These tips should help drive a deeper conversation at the common "core" of the issue or topic.

One of the most powerful uses of an LMS like Haiku is the ability to easily conduct online discussions with your students.   This article provides excellent tips for establishing "norms" for online discussion to establish and maintain a safe space for conversation online.

This article provides a strong analysis of two kinds of roles teachers might choose to take on in an online classroom discussion.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?  Which would you choose?

This article contrasts question types that foster conversations with those that kill conversation.   Although these tips are directed toward facilitating successful online discussion, they can be applied equally to in-person dicussions in class.  Take a look!

This site contains a graph maker, games, worksheets, parent resources, and much much more.

This rich (and free) resource provides examples for most of the CCSS math standards to include lessons, example problems, and more. via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

Excellent resource with over 8,000 educational videos on topics/lessons.

Excellent free units made available from Odell Education. Units on Close Reading and making evidence based claims for grade 6-12 are available here. All materials are included including the texts. Each unit is designed to be 3 weeks long. The materials and models here are very well aligned to Common Core standards and could serve as excellent models for teachers adapting to teaching the new standards.

What is this thing, this periodic table? It's a crucial part of chemistry, and millions of students encounter this fine and elegant visualization of substances every year. Professor Norman Herr has created this helpful trove of resources and links that can be used by both teachers and students. The items here are divided into four sections: Online Periodic Tables, Tables for Printing, Periodic Table Powerpoint Presentations, and Classroom and Laboratory Activities to Build Understanding of the Periodic Table. The first section here offers five great dynamic versions of the periodic tables, complete with helpful links to outside resources and related materials. Also, the Classroom and Laboratory Activities area includes two fun activities, one presents the colors of the periodic table and the other is a chapter from the b ook "Hands-on Chemistry." From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2013. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/

In this video from the Teaching Channel, you will see teachers demonstrating the strategies they use to help student engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others'€™ ideas and expressing their own clearly.