Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 9/20/13

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you for coming by and visiting!

Note: Each resource is labeled with a level and subject area to make it easier to use.

Levels: E: Elementary; M: Middle; H: High; G: General, all levels; SN: Special Needs; T: Teachers

Subject Areas: LA: Language Arts, English, Reading, Writing; M: Math; S: Science; Health; SS: Social Studies, Current Events; FA: Fine Arts; Music, Art, Drama; FL: Foreign Language; PE: Physical Ed; C: Career; A: All

ClassMint - “Classmint is an interactive study notes service rooted in research-proven scientific techniques that help to learn faster and apply learned knowledge.” (L:G; SA:A)

Into the Outdoors - “Simply EXPLORE THE SIX SCIENCE CATEGORIES to search for your topics of interest. There’s plenty to choose from and more coming online each month. When you open a TOPIC PAGE, you’ll find a number of online, classroom and teaching tools that are easy and ready to use with your students.: (L:G; SA:S)

Information is Beautiful - “distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams.” (L:G; SA:A)

Eye on Idioms - practice with 7 idioms (L:E; SA:LA)

Math eGlossary - from Glencoe (L:M,H; SA:M)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley