A large collection of free video lessons addressing Math and ELA Common Core Standards. Also includes commentary from teachers, sllides to use on interactive whiteboards, and more.
TED Education is the education site for the TED organization. TED has short videos showcasing some of the most interesting and inspiring thinkers, innovators, scientists, and artists on the web. In this case, James Watson, one of the discoverers of DNA explains the circumstances of his discovery. TED Education lessons provide lesson plans to help students think and write critically about the media, an important skill in CCSS.
Milam Social Studies Teachers- These lesson plans for teaching geography may be a perfect complement to your Mississippi Social Studies standards in 6th grade. There are some excellent examples here.
These lessons help to prepare students to be more effective and efficient users of search engines such as google. These ideas go well beyond boolean logic.
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Google provides a variety of lesson plans and webinars aimed at helping you and your students become better searchers and evaluators of online resources.
In order to prepare students to be college and career ready in the 21st century, we must help them become adept and critical users of online research tools. Google offers excellent resources here to help meet this goal.
This is an excellent collection of short videos demonstrating real classrooms with real teachers and real students. There are currently 157 clips in the Common Core topic across all grades and subject areas. There are great teaching ideas here. The videos of lessons also often include the materials for the lesson such as lesson plans, handouts, slides, etc.
Take a virtual field trip to art museums around the world. Get "up close and personal" with works of art. High-resolution images allow users to zoom in to see individual brush strokes. Rich information is included. An education section includes lesson plans and ideas for how to use the site in the classroom.
The National Young Arts Foundation has collaborated with Teachers College Columbia University to create a study guide based on the HBO MasterClass series. Pursuing Your Passions is a study guide can be used in various K-12 educational settings and it offers educators a chance to embrace arts education in the classroom. Interested educators can access all the lessons and multimedia elements on the project's website and also request a free DVD copy of the study guide and the entire first season of the Emmy nominated HBO MasterClass.
Tips from Teaching Channel:
"Whether you're recording your own practice for self-reflection, or putting together a student lesson to "flip" your class, here are tips for making sure you capture and produce great material"
Whether you're recording your own practice for self-reflection, or putting together a student lesson to "flip" your class, here are tips for making sure you capture and produce great material: Keep the camera still. The action in your shot should ...
Natchez Trace Parkway info can be accessed here. Resource for lesson plans, field trip, traveling trunks, and the teacher guide. Presented in "Engaging Students in THEIR National Park" Flex Day.