March 2000

General | Grades K-2

General

BioInteractive

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute creates interactive learning modules that let you be a scientist. Visit a virtual cardiology lab. Watch animation clips of bacteria and blood. Vist a Virtual Museum on heart disease. Learn about the senses, antibiotics, vertebrate, circulation, electric fish, animal heart size and more.

http://www.biointeractive.org/

Illuminations

This gateway to standards-based mathematics education provides online, interactive multimedia math investigations, web resources, lesson plans and the updated NCTM Principles and Standards. The resources are organized into 4 groups: grades k-2, grades 3-5, grades 3-8 and grades 9 -12.

http://www.illuminations.nctm.org/

A Collection of Assessment Strategies

Alaska's Department of Education & Early Development describes and analyzes various types of assessment strategies such as graphic organizers, interviews, observations, performance tasks, creative performances and exhibitions, self and peer evaluations, journals and learning logs, contracts, tests, scoring guides, portfolios and report cards.

http://www.educ.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/MS5_2AS1.HTM

Clinging to Horace Mann in the Twenty-First Century

Technology expert David Thornburg examines the uses of technology and the underlying model of education.

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thornburg/thornburg0200.shtm

Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt

Discover interesting facts about temples and pyramids on an interactive map. Learn about dynasties, kings, queens ,and hieroglyphics. Find links to multiple resources about Egypt.

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/

Ancient Egypt: Lesson Plans

The Detroit Institute of Arts provides lesson plans about Ancient Egypt for elementary and middle school students that include art, language arts, math and science, mummies and social studies. Each lesson includes goals & objectives, pictures, preparation and resources.

http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/

The Horizon to the Past: Akhet Internet

Learn about Ancient Egypt, her famous rulers, and the Gods they worshipped. Read about the afterlife, grave goods, mummy masks, monuments and sculptures and more.

http://www.akhet.co.uk/

Grades K-2

Arlington Central School District: Performance Assessment Tasks

K-8 .....One performance assessment task for numeration, geometry and data analysis

http://www.arlingtonschools.org/Curriculum/Assessment/mathassess.html

Handbook of Kindergarten-Primary Assessment Tools

The assessment tools for K-2 from the Chicago Public Schools

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Kg-PrimaryTools/kg-primarytools.html

Kindergarten Performance Assessment

Using M&M graphing and Boxcar builders to assess kindergarteners.

http://www.torrington.org/kindergarten_performance_assessm.htm

Mrs. Griffin's Kindergarten Page

Themes , programs, activities, strategies ASSESSMENTS, Internet projects, websites for students and websites for teachers

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/5059/

Old Tests in New Clothes

Have the latest standardized tests achieve the promises of assessment reform? Monty Neill speaks out about assessment reform and the power of authentic assessment

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/oldtests.htm

No Pain, High Gain: Standardized Test Preparation

Neill K. Duke and Ron Ritchhart recommend test taking strategies that make the connection between good test-taking practices and solid learning practices

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/assessment/nopain.htm

Preparing Students to Take Standardized Achievement Tests

Written by a school administrator, this article discusses teaching to the test and what can be considered ethical preparation for standardized testing.

http://www.ericae.net/edo/ed314427.htm

Preparing Your Elementary Students to Take Standardized Test

Chicago City Schools provide an extensive body of information that includes test-taking skills, students attitudes and motivation, and much more

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Preparation/Elementary_Test_Preparation/elementary_test_preparation.html

Some Things Parents Should Know About Testing

A series of questions and answers about the SAT9 from the publishers of the SAT9.

http://www.hbem.com/library/parents.htm

Test Taking Skills

General practical tips on preparing for a test that include study, eat, sleep and simple rules to follow on test taking.

http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~techquest/demos/juditho/test.html

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