Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 02/02/23

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

Make AR and VR in the Classroom - “Create virtually anything in 3D” (L:T; SA:A)

Google Fact Checker - “Search fact checks about a topic or person” (L:G; SA:A)

Renting a Place to Live - “In this personal finance lesson, students will compare rental options.” (L:H; SA:LA, M, SS, C)

Turbulence - “What is turbulence and why does it happen? Explore the phenomenon that has perplexed physicists for over a century.” (L:G; SA:S)

Library of Congress: By the People - “By the People invites you to transcribe, review, and tag digitized pages from the Library’s collections. Everyone is welcome to take part! Volunteer-created transcriptions improve search, readability, and access to handwritten and typed documents for everyone, including people who are not fully sighted. All transcriptions are made and reviewed by volunteers before they are returned to loc.gov, the Library's website. You don't even need to create an account to transcribe, but registered users can also tag and review other people's transcriptions.” (L:H; SA:LA, SS)

Original photo by Pat Hensley