February 2000

Using Live Insects in the Elementary Classroom

http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm

From the University of Arizona Center for Insect Science Education An excellent site that includes 20 lesson plans, bibliography and activity sheets, information sheets on insect natural history resources and background, rearing sheets that provide wonderful information on obtaining, raising, and caring for insects.

Virtual Jamestown

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/contents1.html

Virtual Jamestown offers primary documents including census data, runaway slave advertisements, maps, laws, and more. The site also offers modern essays,biographies, timelines, teaching materials, virtual panoramas of the current fort and site, a bibliography and links to other resources.

News of the Century: As Told by a Nation of Students

http://www.newsofthecentury.com/

News of the Century is a national contest sponsored by USA TODAY. It challenges students in grades 4-12 to select and research the people, places, and events that impacted a particular year (selected for them by USA TODAY) of the 20th century and then allows them to create their own online newspaper. This assignment gives students the chance to learn about and explore news topics in-depth, and evaluate the impact those events have had on their world, creatively and collaboratively.

Math MavenÕs Mysteries

http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm

Math mysteries are problems correlated to the National Standards for grades 3 -5 that support the use of problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and applying math in authentic situations

Online Workshops from WNET

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/

These "concept in the classroom" workshops focus on a new topic each month. Topics to be covered are multiples intelligences, constructivism, academic standards, the net and interactive tool for the classroom, cooperative and collaborative learning, assessment,evaluation and curriculum redesign, inquiry based learning, web quests and making family and community connections.

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