Use for flashcard production and more.
The North Carolina English Teachers Association has compiled a list of websites that we
feel may be beneficial to you. Please click on any of the links, and you will be taken to the
websites in a new window.
www.prezi.com Provides presenters with a dynamic tool; provides thinkers with a way to
organize brainstorming by creating a "path" through ideas
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Constructionism%2C_Learning_by_Design%2C_
and_Project_Based_Learning#Components_of_Project-Based_Learning
Includes some useful organizational grids for PBL
http://educate.intel.com/en/Projectdesign/ Intel’s guide for PBL
http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/SubjectIndex/#3
Examples of Intel PBL units
http://www.thinkfinity.org/ Searchable database of lesson plans in a variety of subject areas
http://www.readwritethink.org Searchable database of lesson plans in English, Language Arts
http://blogs.learnnc.org/blog/2009/01/21/new-world-cultures-lesson-plans-incorporating-multimedia/
LearnNC provides online instruction for teachers who want to use blogs and moodles
http://animoto.com/
Site for creating online movie/picture slideshows. Much like Windows Movie Maker,
but online site so no software needed. Create a free account and start creating.
http://goanimate.com/
Students can create their own videos to share information with the class. Creative way to
get students involved. Or teachers can create their own movies to use as teaching tools.
Create a free account. Movies are embeddable into sites such as your wiki on pbworks.
http://www.wordle.net/
Create word clouds.
http://www.teachersatrisk.com/tag/dependent-underachieving-students/ -"Buddy system" will
help to eliminate repeating responses to redundant questions and help the students to be
more accountable for their learning. Can be used in any content area.
http://www.dukegiftedletter.com/articles/vol6no4_ee.html - strategies teachers can adapt
to help parents and themselves to motivate the underachiever, especially the AIG student.
http://www.natalierathvon.com/umc.html - article discussing how to help what appears to
be the "unmotivated" students.
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Student_motivatation.html#Motivation
http://www.life123.com/parenting/education/benefits-of-homework/motivating-an-unmotivated-student.shtml -
two articles that provide basic information and strategies for helping the "unmotivated" student.
http://www.worldometers.info/ This can be used to make students think outside of PQ and see a bigger
picture. Good for an "Opener" some days.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/mathmultintell/649 - this website is useful for integrating parents as
a reliable part of their child's educational process.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/mathmultintell/651 - an article that discusses the importance of
using multiple intelligences in any lesson especially mathematics and its effect on student's learning
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1006 -three short stories about women,
written in different historical periods.
http://www.enotes.com/documents/browse/Grade+11
http://www.edhelper.com/art_styles.htm great site for art movements
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/ great videos and lessons on Africa
http://www.gould.edu.au/FOODWEBS/kids_web.htm This a website that I use when I am introducing
food webs. It gives the students a chance to play around with the different tropic levels and which
animals fit where.
https://www.gc.maricopa.edu/biology/glacier/scientific_method/index.swf Introduction to the scientific
method lab activity I do with the students the first day of school. It gets them hypothesizing, making
conclusions.
http://www.intel.com/education/newtotech/managing.htm Managing Computer Use by Intel Article
about maximizing student computer use in the classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/article/7638 One to One Computing and Classroom Management -
Tech and Learning Article on classroom management strategies particularly relating to laptops
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page This is the ChoralWiki, and one can find music for many uses.
http://www.teoria.com/ This site provides information on teaching music, and one can even learn how
to read music using a tutorial.
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=agk&wcsuffix=0099
This is the Prentice Hall website with video tutor.
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/ 2009/09/15/100-free-and-useful-tools-for-ap-students-and-teachers/ Visit
this site to find a collection of tools for AP students and teachers.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Great resource for science and social studies video segments and upbeat classroom lesson activities and
activities for home
http://www.pbs.org and
http://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=Mendeleev+Periodic+Table+of+Elements
http://www.exemplars.com/resources/rubrics/science.html Example of rubrics for projects
http://www.teachersdomain.org/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_lorax/tdc02_doc_lorax.pdf
Conservation/Environmental Awareness through Literature The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and
Writing Activity; more are at www.teachersdomain
http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do The type of question changes roughly every
two days, from math to English, with a new question every day. Darren has sample of Senteo quiz
constructed from the English questions.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56964 A sample project-planning form
http://www.pbl-online.org/ One stop shopping for PBL
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1c.htm Learn how to design telecollaborative projects, step-by-step,
with Teacher Tap. Teachers choose from a variety of project lengths: one-shot, short-term, ongoing,
or flexible. By the end of this exercise, they will have no problem implementing global exchange projects!
“Are my students fully engaged in relevant, deep learning that is preparing them for the high-tech living,
learning, and working endemic in today's global society?”
http://reinventingpbl.pbwiki.com/f/Essential+Learning+Functions2.pdf Reinventing Project-based Learning,
A Field Guide to Real-World Projects in a Digital Age (PDF)
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.cfm Videoconferencing resources for PBL
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56961 Good brief intro to the state of PBL
http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning Edutopia, the journal started by George Lucas of Star Wars
fame, has been a pioneer in high quality PBL. See video examples of PBL.
http://www.mmischools.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=14231 Good introduction to PBL with
web sites and resources from the journal, Multimedia and Internet@Schools
http://www.bie.org/index.php/site/PBL/web_resources/ The Buck Institute for Education’s web site
dedicated to PBL
http://www.iearn.org/ Connect with students in other countries on high quality structured
collaborative projects
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/checklist.shtml Rubric creation tool for PBL
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html WOW! Google is the place for a plethora of
resources. Find sample PBLs, classroom posters, activities, and fantastic web tools.
http://www.etown.k12.ky.us/Links/index.htm Elizabethtown High School has an extensive collection
of links and resources. The school prides itself on its in-house production studio.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/uc004215.jpg How would your students respond to
an assignment that required them to evaluate the decisions the founding fathers made when they
edited the Declaration of Independence? What edits would they recommend as we move into the
21st Century?
http://kthorne.pbworks.com/Flying%20Through%20the%20Crusades#ProjectDescription
This is an interesting wiki that recorded student work on plotting the key sites of the First Crusade.
This project will teach you how to make animations in Google Earth of flying over the earth along a
path. You will also measure the distances between points on Google Earth and use Excel to calculate
the total length of the path.
http://bbweb.acalanes.k12.ca.us/bbcswebdav/institution/MHSwebsite/google/gPostCardsPast.pdf Students
can learn about their community while they study geography and/or computer applications. This is a great
opportunity for students to integrate digital photography and history. Students in English class could not
only record the geographical changes, but they could also research the human stories and record those
for future generations. When we look around our communities we see so many abandoned buildings that
were once part of the fabric of the community. We also see many buildings that have been repurposed.
What a great PBL and/or graduation project to capture the history via the Google Post Card project.
http://www.google.com/educators/p_sketchup.html This award-winning toolset was developed for architects
to help them design buildings, is modeling software that empowers designers – alone or in teams – to explore
complex design ideas in 3D. Now it can do the same for your students. SketchUp is a great tool for easily
teaching kids to construct 3D models of buildings, trees, cars, and the like. You can use it as a stand-alone
tool, or in conjunction with Google Earth and the 3D Warehouse. Being able to create and manipulate geometric
shapes in planes made the concepts of planes and geometric shapes much more meaningful than did paper and
textbook illustrations.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/schools?utm_source=google&utm_medium=site_placement&utm_campaign=ed_page
With information on everything from cyberbullying to cell phones, this free parent and teacher media education program
gives schools everything needed to help parents raise smart, responsible kids.
http://www.google.com/landing/studytips.html#utm_source=student-blog&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=finals Here
are a few tips on how Google can help with academic research.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/illusionist/585103 Want to learn programming? Or just want to see an incredible
animated rendition of the solar system?
http://edu.googleapps.com/google-apps-in-action Easily incorporate Google Apps into your curriculum with
these classroom-ready lesson plans. Access video tutorials, connect with educators, read news and
announcements, view community map, and all for free.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/ FREE lesson plans and educational resources with a 21st Century focus.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Investigate this web site that provides access to information about
newspapers from across America and includes digitized newspapers from select locations and years.
www.loc.gov/teachers Find lesson plans, activities, and primary resources in the American Memory
Historical Collections. Materials are arranged in primary and themed resource groups for easy access.
The site also includes opportunities for staff development. A sample of topics: American history and
culture, veterans’ stories, women’s suffrage, civil rights, the Great Depression, government and civics,
Civil War, international history and culture, immigration, presidents, explorers, geography, music and
performing arts, literature, and inventions.
http://www.nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are a British-sponsored
site for educators, but math is the same in every language! A sample of topics: area, line graphs, grouping, place
value, decimal number line, telling time, measuring cylinder, measuring ruler. The site is a little unfriendly, at
least to this English teacher.
http://www.bedminsterschool.org/70327062145616/site/default.asp Making Sites That Excite is a presentation
by James Puglia of Bedminster School, NJ.
www.monarchwatch.org Observe the different stages of the butterfly through colorful photographs at the
University of Kansas Monarch Watch Program Web site.
www.yahooligans.com The Yahooligans Web site offers a butterfly category with loads of information for
students and teachers. Enter into Science & Oddities, then Animals, then Insects, then Butterflies. This
site provides links to other sites as well.
www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/butterfly.html The U.S. Geological Survey site offers a special Children’s
Butterfly page. It includes a coloring page of the lifecycle of the Monarch, a list of the most frequently
asked questions about butterflies and moths, information on butterfly gardens, beautiful pictures and
teacher resources.
www.burpee.com
W.Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Ave.
Warminster, PA, 18974
800.333.5888
Order seeds for your butterfly garden.
www.thenaturestore.com
The Nature Store
22 Charter Oak Court
Doylestown, PA 18901
215.340.7693
Offers raise/release butterfly kits ($22.95 +), and great books (including Monarch Magic!) and videos on
butterflies.
www.delta-education.com
Delta Education Hands-On Science
800.442.5444
Call for a catalog. Butterfly Garden Classroom Kits, butterfly posters, activity books exploring protective
coloration, etc. can be ordered. Also has the same butterfly kit as The Nature Store, but it is only $19.95
on this site (item # ww024-9376).They also have butterfly lifecycle models ($4.95; item # ww131-4707).
Young Entomologists’ Society
1915 Peggy Place
Lansing, MI 48910
517.887.0499
Annual dues: $5 students / $7 adults.YES publishes three periodicals:YES Quarterly: $12 for members / $25
for nonmembers; Insect World: $10/$20; Flea Market: $5/$10. Send a SASE for more info.
www.NABA.org
North American Butterfly Association
4 Delaware Rd.
Morristown, NY 07960-5725
973.285.0907
973.285.0936
NABA organizes the national Fourth of July Butterfly Count and publishes American Butterflies magazine and
Butterfly Garden News. U.S. membership is $25 for individuals / $35 for families and institutions.
www.clevelandart.org
Link provides connection to Cleveland Museum of Art.
www.buffalomuseumofscience.org Link provides interesting information about how scientists work and the
exhibits at the Buffalo Museum of Science. When the site was reviewed, the site included a interesting video
which promoted the Body Works exhibit and an article on the process of plastination.
www.intel.com/education/tools/ This site is just as helpful as you will remember from when you worked
on your Intel unit.
http://ssresources-nc.wikispaces.com/ You will find resources for:
creating oral history projects
developing document based questions
understanding developmentally appropriate content for middle grades
integrating technology in the classroom
developing concept-based curriculum & instruction
using primary documents
other on-line resources
description of innovative curricula implemented by NC Schools
ACRE project update
and more
http://www.k12science.org/realtimedatasites.html
http://worldometers.info
http://www.usgs.gov
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/junkdrawer.html
http://landmark-project.com/ggl
http://www.teachertube.com
http://www.visualthesaurus.comhttp://educate.intel.com
http://rubistar.4teachers.org
http://pbworks.com
http://www.learnnc.org
http://www.ozprojects.edna.edu.au
http://creator.zoho.com
http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com
http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/SubjectIndex/#3
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi
http://archives.gov/education
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collection/Other.Repositories.html
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
http://www.mindomo.com
http://www.bubbl.us
http://www.kayuda.com
http://www.mindmeister.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
http://illuminations.nctm.org
http://emissary.wm.edu
http://www.virtualjobshadow.com/
http://www.iste.org/
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com//professional_development/10_technologies_use_
laptop_tablet_classroom
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