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
We Didn’t Start the Fire – a Billy Joel song; here the
historical events mentioned in the song are explained; great to use in a class
discussion (L:H; SA:SS)
Kidwings
– website all about birds (L:E,M; SA:S)
Google Earth Timelapse
– see how places have changed over time. Great way to open up different
discussions about the environment, the economy, etc. (L:H; SA:SS,S)
Telegraph –
simple publishing tool. After you publish, you get a url to share with others.
World Population – “Watch population growth
appear on the map as dots representing concentrations of one million people.
Learn about important milestones in human history and view other key data
including land use, fertility rates, CO2 emissions, life expectancy, and
urbanization.” (L:H; SA:SS)
Original
photo by Pat Hensley
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