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General Interest 1. Lesson plans and resources: www.learnalberta.ca – site has lesson plans, videos, tasks, etc. based on Alberta curriculum http://internet4classrooms.com – site for all grades, links and resources http://www.teachertidbytes.com/ -all subjects, all things http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/index.shtml - Teacher lesson plans all subjects www.edhelper.com - It's great for all grade levels - and there is so much! Subscription site. http://teacher.scholastic.com - lesson plans, finding books at reading levels, etc http://alberta.exambank.com - paid exam bank site www.2learn.ca - Alberta teacher site, interactive activities for all grade levels and more 2. Puzzles and games: http://home.comcast.net/~sblanchard15/WackyWordles.htm - these are word puzzles that are brain teasers. http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ - Make all kinds of puzzles, including crossword puzzles complete with clues. 3. Videos and pictures: https://coac.learnalberta.ca - PRSD teachers can register on this website and access curriculum streamed videos. http://www.pbs.org http://www.howstuffworks.com - Discovery Channel site with a lot of video clips on just about every subject you could want. www.zorrc.ca - for teacher access to the Zone One Regional Resource Center catalogue of educational videos for loan. Each teacher has an ID# to access the site and can search the catalogue (including by grade and curriculum) and book media on-line or via fax or e-mail. 4. Teaching strategies and tools: http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html - glossary of Instructional Strategies http://www.studystack.com/ - Find flashcards to study or create your own flashcards. Study flashcards or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman, scrambled word, or bug chase. Study flashcards anytime and anywhere by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on your cell phone, PDA, or iPod. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer - graphic organizer templates http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html - graphic organizer templates http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/skills/thinkmaps.html - graphic organizer templates http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm - graphic organizer templates http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ssass/html/index.html - graphic organizer templates http://www.aac.ab.ca/BBR.html - get your own copy of Building Better Rubrics (cost is $10) 5. Cool sites: www.wordle.com - summarize a essay, story, paper or handout into repeated key words, fantastic visual http://podcast-primer.wetpaint.com/ - Brenda Dyck's webpage on building your first podcast. http://taggalaxy.de/ -cool place to find photos http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php - Health Canada website Smart Board 1. Lesson plans and resources: Smartboard lessons - Smartboard lessons for all grades www.starfall.com http://www.bristolvaschools.org/mwarren/SBonline.htm - Smartboard activities www.pppst.com - PowerPoints (and other resources) http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/forum/topics/robert-marzano-and-interactive www.teacherslovesmartboards.com http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership.aspx - Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/ - This site offers tips and educator resources 2. Manipulatives and interactive resources: http://nlvm.usu.edu - many smartboard manipulatives, all grades www.crickweb.co.uk - some math and science as well as LA for primary http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/ Interactive Whiteboard Activities - Scholastic seems to realize that many teachers are still learning how to use resources effectively with an interactive whiteboard. To help these teachers, each of the listed activities contains a "See Whiteboard Tips" link that provides suggestions on using the activity in the SMART Board classroom. Teachers can also view a Teacher's Guide that will help teachers develop an entire lesson plan around the activity. 3. Digital books: http://www.storylineonline.net/ - online books http://bkflix.grolier.com - this is a scholastics one, talking books http://www.starfall.com - this one has talking books 4. Other cool stuff: Virtual Keyboard Sound - This is a wonderful site that will allow all kinds of musical creativity http://www.playauditorium.com Math http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html - middle school math games, logic puzzles, word problems, math videos http://www.ixl.com/ middle math http://members.shaw.ca/pmlavery/index.html - all grade levels, all subjects http://www.linktolearning.com/math.htm - math site with links to games, etc. www.coolmath.com - has great algebra lessons for 9- Applied and Pure Math 20. Very easy to follow. http://distance-ed.math.tamu.edu/quadratics/index.htm - All about quadratics. http://www.sosmath.com/matrix/matrix.html - Good one about matrices http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hotscience/ - Some good math interactives, like Archimedes's approximation of pi Science 1. General: http://www.physicsgames.net - Simple machines http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-25_metric_e.html - local weather information http://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/experiments/science%20trivia.html - Science trivia questions http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hotscience/ - Interactives http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php - Simulations, interactives http://www.nationalgeographic.com - Lots of video clips and activities to share. Click on “Kids” for grade 1-6 2. Physics: http://dgende.homestead.com/ - Interactive, demos http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ Social Studies http://www.histori.ca/minutes/default.do?page=.index - historical minutes and radio clips, includes lesson plans with video/audio clips http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/renaissance/frameset.htm - Game set in Renaissance Florence. Perfect for grade 8 social studies. www.dipity.com - Create timelines. Link video clips and articles to make them interactive. Language Arts www.Ning.com - Use as a class homepage. Students can create their own page and upload pictures to personalize it. Post discussions, create a class music playlist, post homework assignments and upcoming events. Approve anything the students post. http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm - tongue twisters. Elementary 1. Kindergarten: http://dltk.com - Alphabet activities, crafts, bingo games, dominoes, coupons 2. Grades 1 – 6: http://www.tvokids.com - a game site. Some are educational; others are just fun, yet still clean, safe. http://www.coloring-book.info/coloring/ - colouring book site. Many famous movie and book characters to colour.
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