January 2002
General | Grades K-2 | Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8 | Grades 9-12
General
2002 Olympics Education (This was also in last
month's Cyberscoop)
The Utah Education Network sponsors this site with links to community
events as well as official Olympic events. Lesson plans and activities
are designed in most curricular areas to take advantage of these historic
events.
http://2002.uen.org/
Ability Hub
Ability Hub works to provide technology solutions for those with disabilities
including the blind and visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing, those
with cognitive disabilities, learning disabilities, or other physical
disabilities which make accessing computer technology difficult. Teachers
will particularly find this site helpful in working with students who
may need these types of resources.
http://www.abilityhub.com/
African American Firsts
A timeline of African American historical firsts in the United States
from 1619 to the present.
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/blackfir.htm
American Currency Exhibit
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco presents this online exhibit
including a showcase of monetary bills from colonial times to the present.
http://www.frbsf.org/currency/
Artcyclopedia
Search the extensive art database for information on artists, art museums
worldwide, art headlines, works of art by movement, medium, subject, nationality,
and more.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Best of Education World 2001
Education World has provided resources that they think are the best from
the past year.
http://www.educationworld.com/best_of/2001/index.shtml
Black History Calendar
The BlackMarket.com presents this historical calendar of events and contributions
made by African Americans.
http://www.theblackmarket.com/dates.htm
Black History Database
Here are African American historical events on a searchable database for
the month of January.
http://www.seditionists.org/black/searchMonth.doit?month=January
Building your Own Unit
Teaching resources compiled by Richard Levine from Cool Lessons.
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#resources
Character Education Resources
Find out how to begin a character education program or enhance what you
are doing now.
http://midgefrazel.net/character.html
CNNfyi.com
News for students, resources for teachers.
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
CNN Newsroom
Sign up for the free instructional program to bring current in-depth news
stories and world and regional events to your students. Enroll for free
to tape daily broadcasts and use them at your convenience along with online
lesson plans.
http://turnerlearning.com/newsroom/enroll.html
Dr. Martin Luther King Scavenger Hunt
Students research the links online to answer the questions as they learn
about the life of this civil right's leader.
http://users.rcn.com/tstrong.massed/Martin.html
eBoard
Online corkboards to help teachers communicate quickly and easily with
students and teachers. Post homework and class information for free.
http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/IndexLoginServlet
End Homework Now
Educational Leadership article by Etta Kralovec and John Buell questions
the benefits of massive amounts of homework which fall on parents' family
time.
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/0104/kralovec.html
Index to Internet Sites for K-12 Lesson Plans
Internet School Library Media Center presents a wealth of lesson plans.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/lesson.htm
Kids Konnect
A safe Internet gateway for kids created and maintained by educators.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/
Mathematics and Environmental Concerns
Four activities at different grade levels for grades K- 8 to help students
investigate the data in connection with recyclable materials to help the
environment.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/prek-2/recycle-p2/index.html
Newsday
Students write articles for the world to see online. Choose from articles
written by other schools to include in your own newspaper. Watch for registration
dates for session 1 taking place between February and May, 2002.
http://216.87.182.205/project/newsday/session1-02.html
Online Projects
Lots of classroom activities brought to you by Richard Levine at Cool
Lessons.
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#onlineprojects
Ready Made Units and Lesson Plans
Cool Lessons has provided these links to lesson plan sites.
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#UNITS
Rubrics
Cool Lessons brings you some helpful rubric resources.
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#rubrics
Teacher's Guide for using the Professional Cartoonists Index
Index for your K-12 classroom.
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/
Universal Currency Converter
Wondering about the Euro? Find out how much currency is worth in another
country.
http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Utah in 2002
The South Jordan Middle School Library staff has compiled numerous links
of interest to those wanting to follow the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake
City.
http://www.sjms.jordan.k12.ut.us/MediaCenter/2002.htm
WebQuest Units
A great place to start if you've interested in using WebQuests for your
students.
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#WEBQUESTS
World Almanac E-Newsletter
Here's an update on all January news- both current and past.
http://www.worldalmanac.com/200201WAE-Newsletter.htm
YES I can! Science
Provides teacher with classroom resources and background material necessary
to teach science concepts to children. From York Educational ScienceNet
at York University in Canada.
http://www.yesican.yorku.ca/home/index.html
Grades K-2
Counting on Coins
Exploratory activities, concept development and guided practice help students
understand the meaning of money coins.
http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/math/math_lessons/mathles5.html
Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades
This ERIC article identifies differentiated instruction and explains how
it can help students be successful and lists ways to implement it in the
elementary grades.
http://ericeece.org/pubs/digests/2000/tomlin00.html
Lightning
ScienceMaster brings us an extensive gallery of lightning photographs.
http://www.monkeytime.com/sciencemaster/galleries/lightning/gallery.php
Observing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Science NetLinks offers this lesson plan to help students observe and
identify the life cycle of a butterfly.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=6
Picturing First Families
What impact does the president's family have on the nation? Edsitement
takes you on a virtual trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the National
Portrait Gallery, the White House, and the Library of Congress to investigate
the original first family.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=335
Primary Games.com
Curricular Games for Primary students in the areas of math, language arts,
science and social studies.
http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/index.htm
Reading Workshop
This elementary site contains online tutorials in reading comprehension
strategies with content practice sheets to help students improve.
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompindex.htm
Snow Crystals
Marvelous photographs of designer snowflakes from galleries taken over
years of study.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
Thematic Units for Primary Grades
Many resources from the unversity of South Caroline for common themes
studied in primary classrooms.
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Unitlink.htm
TinSnips
A Special Education resource for teachers working with autistic disorders,
developmental disabilities, and young children with special needs as well
as ideas for Primary students.
http://members.cox.net/tinsnips/welcome.html
Grades 3-5
Internet Fairground
This Thinkquest project explores a fairground- from historical beginnings
of rollercoasters, merry-go-rounds, and ferris wheels, to issues of accessibility
and safety, to the science of creating your own fairground rides, to determine
what one needs to start a fair, and make money running it.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002926/home.html
Jamestown Change
What was it like to live in the English settlement of Jamestown? Students
will look at primary sources including census data, letters, laws, and
first-hand accounts to determine how life changed for the settlers over
the first few years.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=269
The Joke Machine
Need a quick joke to lighten the moment? Use this PBS source for some
kid-friendly humor.
http://pbskids.org/fun_and_games/jokemachine/
Good Food, Good Health
How much do skills have to be practiced before they become automatic?
Students test reaction time as they run experiments to determine how quickly
a person can use the memory of past experiences to make judgments about
new situations.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?Grade=3-5&BenchmarkID=6
Learning Tips
Here are teaching and learning ideas from KidBibs, the parent site bringing
kids and books together.
http://kidbibs.com/home.htm
Neuroscience for Kids
Explore this site to learn all about the 3 pound tissue called the brain.
Discover the nervous system through experiments and activities and find
out the latest in brain research.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Taste and Smell
Why does food seem tasteless when you have a cold? How are smell and taste
related? PBS offers several experiments and activities for you to try.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/11/tstesmll.html
Town Along the Chesapeake Bay
Students research colonial life to discover important aspects of early
settlements. What might be needed for a settlement to survive?
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=258&mode=full
Visual Fractions
Online tutorial for working with fractions including identifying, renaming,
and using the four basic operations with fractions. Practice problems
are shown in number lines and circles.
http://www.visualfractions.com/
Writing Web Site
Somers Elementary School provides writing samples for grade levels one
through five including Expository Writing, Narrative Writing, Content
Area Writing, and Response to Literature. Also included are writing style
sheets to demonstrate expected uses of punctuation and capitalization
at each grade level.
http://home.earthlink.net/~robertpilver/write.htm
Grades 6-8
Emergency Preparedness
America Responds with this lesson for grades 6-8 as students research
and explore the nations' disaster relief organizations.
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/emergencypreparedness.html
Lewis and Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Based on the film by Ken Burns, PBS Online takes you back in time to explore
the world as Lewis and Clark found it, see the experience through the
eyes of Native American Indian tribes, read from journal entries, see
the list of supplies necessary for such a voyage, and hear historians
give their thoughts on the expedition.
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/index.html
Math and Transportation
PBS TeacherSource encourages students to explore how math and transportation
are related through a number of activities involving bullet trains, transportation
safety, and flight schedules.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/transportation.shtm
Mitosis
Help students understand this process as they make physical representations
of each stage and act out a skit demonstrating the stages of mitosis.
Numerous research links are supplied.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=92
Multiple Choice Math Exams
Helpful tips and strategies for completing multiple choice exams.
http://kidsmath.about.com/library/weekly/aa082700a.htm
Planning a New Town
Students investigate essential elements of a self-sustaining community
and then create their own town.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g68/newtown.html
The Spontaneous Generation
Students look at how scientific knowledge builds upon itself by examining
experiments from the past. How do scientists make conclusions? How do
you know something is not true? Where did life come from? Does science
need to prove every conclusion?
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=126
Understanding Slavery
An historical look at slavery throughout the world on many continents.
Witness a slave auction. Includes teacher tips and links of resources.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/
Grades 9-12
Achievers of Color Historical Profiles, Past and Present
Biographical sketches of African Americans born this month presented by
Janet Griffin.
http://www.theblackmarket.com/achieve.htm
Ad Dissection 101
High School students examine how ads and the media manipulate the public.
http://website.education.wisc.edu/rla/ADSITE/index.htm
Buying vs. Renting
EconEdLink provides this lesson evaluating types of housing, location,
wants and needs, as well as the pros and cons of buying versus renting
a place to live.
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=MM162&page=teacher
The Classics Pages
The life, literature, art and archaeology of ancient Greece and Rome.
Ask the oracle about any Greek or Latin author, mythology, ancient history-
even translations, and you will get a response within a few days.
http://www.classicspage.com/
Communication Skills Writing Program
Helpful resources from the Department of English at Northern Illinois
University.
http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/
A Day that will Live in Infamy
This Thinkquest project about the bombing of Pearl Harbor was completed
by high school students.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112601/
The Eco-Challenges of Africa
Students will create a documentary news report after researching the growing
desertification of Africa with the increasing scarcity of clean water.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/tools/eco/goals.html
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
David Pilgrim of Ferris State University has created a virtual exhibit
from the Jim Crow Museum to educate others of historical and contemporary
expressions of racism. Use this site to educate students about hurtful
stereotypical portrayals and help promote tolerance and understanding
of issues involving race and ethnicity.
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
Planning for a City's Future
National Geographic Xpeditions presents this lesson in considering how
knowledge of geography and history can help prepare for the future. Students
will examine a city's past history and geography to create a report explaining
how the city's leaders can use this information to plan for the future.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g912/planning.html
Today in Black History
High School students with the help of Charles Isbell of the Society African
American Newsgroup compiled this list of daily historical events.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/Today_B_History.html
Viva Cesar E. Chavez!
Learn about Cesar Chavez and his life's goal to improve the working conditions
for migrant farm workers. Included are a biography, chronology, a list
of achievements, photos, documents, and more.
http://www.sfsu.edu/~cecipp/cesar_chavez/chavezhome.htm
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