May 2000
General | Grades K-2 | Grades 6-8
General
How Computer Viruses Work
"I Love You" and Melissa..... Find out about dangerous computer viruses, the traditional and email viruses. How do they work and how can you protect your computer?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm
The 18 U.S. National Geography Standards
National Geographic offers the National Standards,classroom ideas, and family activities to support them. Ideas and activities are organized K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. see the side bar menu to navigate to the different standards.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/xpeditions/standards/matrix.html
Mrs. Donn's Special Section: Daily Life Site Index
Visit this wonderful award winning site to learn about daily life in ancient civilization such as Egypt, Greece, China, India and Rome.
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/indexlife.html
Thematic Planning Units
Sixteen downloadable thematic units on animals, conflict, immigration, nutrition, "Ramona Quimby", weather, "Charlotte's Web", desert, "Little House on the Prairie", oceans, self esteem, chocolate, Early America, Mexico, special needs, packages and containers.
http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/projects/theme/
Numeracy Activities:Burley Middle School
A collection of interactive math activities for geometry, numeracy, and probability.
http://www.numeracyresources.co.uk/
Eyes on Art
PacBell's Knowledge Network creates a model of web-based learning for teachers and students to make a personal connection to works of art, practice using visual arts vocabulary, learn about artistic elements and design techniques, compare and contrast one of 9 sets of artworks, use Concept Attainment to look critically at three major eras in art history and interpret and critique a contemporary piece of artwork.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html
Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers recommendations for guidelines for the assessment of school-age students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. These guidelines were developed by a panel of medical, mental health and educational experts.
http://www.aap.org/policy/ac0002.html
Grades K-2
How Computer Viruses Work
How Stuff Works will help you find out about dangerous traditional and email computer viruses. How do they work ? How can you protect your computer?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm
A List of Ideas for Math Centers
A list of center ideas for number and equations, geometry, patterns and measurement for grades K-2.
http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/mathcentres.html
Miss Healey and Mrs. Zakowski's Kinder"garden"
A website packed full of ideas for kindergarten teachers. Some of the resources on site include thematic activities, books ideas, internet projects, abc book collection, Cooking with Kinders and center ideas.
http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ch/heazak/welcome.html
Kinder Art
An excellent selection of art lessons and activities for artists/art history, crafty ideas,drawing, printmaking, architect
http://www.kinderart.com/lessons.htm
Early Childhood Technology Literacy Project
Montgomery County Public Schools offers links to on-line reading activities and books, poetry sites, professional resources, and author sites.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/links_teacher_rdg.htm
Kid's HomeMade Recipes
Over 100 recipes that include playdough, paper mache paste, craft clay, finger paint, jello finger paint, sand paint, bubbles,and slime.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5274/playdoze.html
Primary Units
Twenty-one units cross curricular units that include careers, five senses, frogs, Little Red Hen, Oceans, The Three Bears, Weather,Colors, Shapes and Sizes, the forest, gardening, myself, plants, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Zoo Animals, Fairy Tales, Friendship, Japan, Native Americans, Rocks and Transportation.
http://busboy.sped.ukans.edu/projects/theme/primary.html
A World of Kindergartens
Activities organized alphabetically and great resource links
http://www.coe.iup.edu/worldofkindergarten/
Grades 6-8
Numeracy Activities:Burley Middle School
A collection of interactive math activities for geometry, numeracy, and probability.
http://www.numeracyresources.co.uk/
Symmetry
A site for students and teachers in grades 7-12 for reflectional, rotational and translational symmetry, definitions examples activities and resource links. java and kali activities for students.Geometer's Sketchpad.handout.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/~demo5337/s97a/
More Math Challenges: Mathline
More Math Challenges is an archive of problem solving activities which include puzzles and brain teasers.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/challenges/morechallenges.shtm
More Assessment Suggestion
PBS archive for articles on math assessment that focus on the importance of assessment in the teaching/learning process, what you assess, how you assess and how you interpret the information.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/assessment/moreassessment.shtm
More Teaching Tips: Mathline
Each month a new teaching tip is added to this PBS archive for Math teaching tips that cover techniques, strategies, classroom climate and more.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/tips/moretips.shtm
Middle School Learning Units
Pre-Algebra, Algebra/Graphing,Geometry, Number Theory, Interdisciplinary units that are linked to the NCTM Standards for middle school. Each unit lists the suggestion length of lesson, prerequisite knowledge, objectives, materials and procedures, evaluation, extensions and worksheets.
http://www.nsa.gov/programs/mepp/ms.html
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies: Topics in Pre-Algebra
Lessons to help prepare students for algebra in the topic areas of exponents, integers, order of operations, algebraic expressions and equations.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol7.shtm
CyberScoop Archive Page
TEAMS Support Page
Electronic Hallway