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For the musically inclined, use Incredibox for students to create beat tracks that they can utilize to make songs and dances to associate with learning targets and concepts. For music teachers, they can ask kids to create beats that demonstrate their learning of musical concepts.

When students learn simple machines, the Museum of Science and Industry has this Simple Machines game that demonstrates different concepts of this unit to show them just how simple machines work.

Illustrated story introduces students to basic nutrition,proper food handling, and other healthy ideas while reading a mystery about disappearing spinach in a beaver's garden.

A unit recommended for gr. 5-8 to teach genetic concepts such as how hereditary information is passed from one generation to the next based on the single-gene inheritance model.

OER nutrition unit developed by Baylor College of Medicine. Great lesson plans with objectives, standards, and activities all laid out. Upper elementary teachers teaching nutrition unit or a middle school health class would find this source very useful.

See this site to download a free e-book: The Ultimate Guide to OER-How You Can Improve Educational Content. TopHat has been showing up in blogs and Twitter as an app to help build connections with students during teaching. Maybe they are on to something...