Archive for March, 2009
Get Up to Speed in Technology Concepts
Get Up to Speed in Technology Concepts Nortel LearniT offers free, educator-created and classroom-tested technology tutorials for teachers and students. These short videos (about four minutes each) are a quick way to get up to speed in specific technology concepts. The videos provide the basic “getting started” steps and concrete examples, and are ideal for [...]
Create a Tessellation
Create a Tessellation The World of Escher Tessellation Contest gives students an audience for their tessellation drawing talents. Pictures must model the symmetry artworks of M. C. Escher and can make use of watercolor, colored pencils, pen and ink, marker or computer-generated mediums. Submissions must be in .jpg format. The top 50 winners will be [...]
Interview a Celebrity
Interview a Celebrity Teen Ink is a national teen magazine, book series and Web site devoted to teenage writing and art. Written by teens for teens, Teen Ink has published the work of more than 25,000 teens since 1989. Students can enter the Teen Ink Interview Contest and win an opportunity to interview a celebrity. [...]
Bring Butterflies into the Classroom
Bring Butterflies into the Classroom The Live Monarch Foundation Educator Outreach Program provides funding for teachers throughout the United States to enroll in the national campaign to bring monarch butterflies into the classroom. This program provides education and materials to strengthen the monarch’s 3,000-mile migratory route within North America by creating self-sustaining butterfly gardens and [...]
Use Tech Tools to Help Develop Human Potential
Use Tech Tools to Help Develop Human Potential The National Cristina Foundation provides computer technology and solutions to give students at risk and economically disadvantaged persons the opportunity, through training, to lead more productive lives. The foundation works to recycle computer technology resources, giving them a second life as tools for developing human potential. Deadline: [...]
Get Answers to Everyday Mysteries
Get Answers to Everyday Mysteries Have your students ever wondered why a camel has a hump? Of if they can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a cricket? Or why their joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena that are often taken for granted, but each can be [...]
Bolster Children’s Oral Vocabulary
Bolster Children’s Oral Vocabulary “Martha Speaks,” the new animated series from the WGBH creators of “Curious George” and “Arthur,” and Vancouver’s Studio B Productions, premieres on September 1, 2008 on PBS KIDS (check your local listings). The series stars Martha, a beloved family dog, who accidentally is fed alphabet soup that gives her the power [...]
Blog About Books
Blog About Books Presented by National Geographic for Kids, DogEared is a blog about books—good books, funny books, adventure books; books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places . . . every kind of book that kids enjoy. Why is the site called “DogEared”? You know when you read a book and you turn the top [...]
Find Out What Works for English Language Learners
Find Out What Works for English Language Learners The U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching Literacy in English to K–5 English Learners provides videos, slideshows and tools for teaching reading to K–5 English learners. The site’s resources are based on five research-based recommendations: screen and monitor students’ progress; provide small-group reading interventions; provide vocabulary instruction throughout [...]
Discover the Stories of New Americans
Discover the Stories of New Americans The New Americans Web site offers an educational adventure for students in grades 7–12. The site supplements the PBS documentary series, which explores the immigrant experience through personal stories. Interactive sections of the site allow students to explore the immigration experience through a timeline, maps and activities in tracking [...]
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