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What a great resource. I've always seen NOVA programs that would be interesting to share with my students, but I did not know there was a sight where I could search by topic. I also like that they level the clips by appropriateness for grade level. I already plan to use the clip on planets' sizes in relation to each other. Thank you for sharing this. I see myself using it a great deal.

Has "thinking guides" (non-verbal organizers)

"TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. " This is a great site to research ideas from others' perspectives and apply that information to your projects. I think middle school and high school teachers can use this with their students and search a topic and have one of the speakers help to apply or review the knowledge the teacher is covering. I plan on using the technology perspectives with my eighth graders of a great example of how to communicate with your audience.

Beyond the fact that some of these are great resources for teaching (Have you seen the one on Marshmallow towers? Undersea Astonishments?), many of these are good pick-me-ups, either because they are inspiring, or funny, or just get 'ya going.

There are some very interesting and enlightening talks here. I do like that many of the talks are related to where the world is heading and how we can better prespare our students for the future that they will inhabit.

Mary's site provides assessment resources for each grade level and unit of Everyday Math. You will need a username and password to access the resources, but you can easily obtain this from the district.

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Great for showing weather statistics and averages.

This is a great website to use while studying WWII and the holocaust. The website has many different activities for students and teachers.

This really is a valuable site. I know that I'm planning on doing a mini-holocaust unit this year, and there are so many great resources here.

I will use this website. My students will appreciate watching kids making yummy recipies that they will be preparing too. Cute projects if you need a quick activity.

As the title suggests, this is a possible starting point for project based learning.

To print these puppies out, see http://dsa2006.blogspot.com/2007/02/periodic-table-of-visualisations.html

Use this site to find a literacy lesson, or share a gem of your own.

The games on this site will help students build their multiplication skills, and they will have a blast as they learn. Give the Diaper Derby game a try!

I have to say, I really enjoyed the Diaper Derby :) What I liked about this site is it gives the teacher ideas of ways to teach the multiplication facts as well as games for students to practice their facts. You can also customize many things to practice certain levels of facts. I also noticed that the site has ideas for additional games you can play with the entire class or small groups!

I've actually been looking for a website like this to help my 8 year old learn her math facts in a fun way. This is perfect! So many different options, too, which is great. Thanks Sarah!

A great web site to help students learn musical theory.

This site rocks! I can't believe I've never known about it! There were great programs and activities for teaching and practicing intervals which was the unit I just finished with my students.

Hundreds of reproducible worksheets covering many different topics in the areas of math and language arts.

This is a great site to introduce to new teachers who have few resources for student practice pages. I've enjoyed using this site as I build my fourth-grade resource library.

This website allows teachers to easily create word puzzles such as matching activities, flash cards, crossword puzzles, and word searches. Online versions of these same puzzles can also be used. It also has an online dictionary feature that provides the definition of a word as well as uses it in a sentence and provides different translations. Students can also choose from an extensive list, which dictionary they'd like to use. Some features do require the user to create an account, and there is also a premium account that users can pay a fee for. I'm sure this would open up even more resources, though I did not try this portion.

This site is suitable for students in elementary and middle school for practicing their math skills. Students can work in areas such as measurement, data, and algebraic concepts. One of the best things about this site is the illustrated math dictionary. The dictionary provides students with visual representations and examples for hundred of terms. Many of these are similar to examples a textbook might give for introducing a concept. The site also provides worksheets, games, and a wide variety of different puzzles.

This website offers math practice with fractions, money, geometric shapes, algebra, order of operations and a variety of other topics. Students can access flashcards and simply practice doing many types of math. There are some pretty nice games as well.

This site, like many PBS websites, has tons of ideas and activities to incorporate into science or tech ed lessons. There are excellent nonliguistic elements including interactive "labs" and other online activities. It also does a nice job of connecting the lesson ideas to real life. The site includes extensive lesson plan ideas and extra resources, although the videos are not free.

Kids' Vid is a great site for students and teachers to find tips about creating videos. It takes students through the steps of planning (scripting), making the video, editing the video and then the final product. The great thing about the site is that it gives reasons why each step is important, which helps to back me up in the classroom.

Membership cost is $29.99 a year but you receive access to software that allows you to create graphic organizers, rubrics, worksheets, certificates, etc.