TPSD Internet Scout

Excellent resource for science teachers working to meet Common Core ELA standards.  Passages and question sets are included for grades K-6.

Graphic Organizers

A good detailed overview of Twitter for Teachers with links to more. 

ComputED Gazette sponsors EDDIES and BESSIES Software Awards

PARCC releases the Assessment Blueprints and Test Specifications for ELA and Math.  This collection of documents will help any teacher understand how the common core standards will be assessed.  There is a lot here, but there are helpful guides, an FAQ, and narrated powerpoints to help you navigate.  See especially the Evidence Statements in math and ELA that clarify the student behaviors that will be measured to assess mastery of each standard.  These are very helpful.

A cool interactive lab on Mendelian Genetics.

Looking for interactive whiteboard resources for Reading Street? "Smart Board Goodies" features links to collections of resources organized by grade leve.

IBM researchers have created "the world's smallest movie" moving individual atoms along a surface to create a stop-motion animated short.   I also love the "making of" video linked at the end where researchers describe the process and science behind the work and its practical applications.  

This article explains that the "persuasive essay" as it is typically found in schools is disappearing in the common core, but persuasive writing making evidenced-based and or logical reasoning based claims to inform, argue, or narrate.