Rant of The Day

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

- Winston Churchill


Monday, January 11, 2010

Elementary Education Site of the Week

http://www.kidzone.ws/

Free printable activity worksheets available for a variety of subjects

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Middle School Education Site of the Week

http://www.ezschool.com/

EZSchool provides free educational materials for K-12.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

High School Education SIte of the Week


http://www.brighthub.com/

Bright Hub’s goal is simple: share knowledge about how the simplest scientific idea evolves into tomorrow’s technology.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Lit 2 go! Get it now!!!!

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format.

You can:

Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.


If you haven't paid a visit to this site, you don't know what you are missing!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Internet Resources for Elementary School Science

I taught elementary school for 7 years, before coming to high school. Elementary teachers are very different from high teachers. The websites below do not all have descriptions, however, elementary teachers like to explore and discover.
Internet Resources for Elementary Science Teachers

1. http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/science.html
2. http://homeschooling.about.com/od/gamesscience/Online_Science_Games.htm interactive science games
3. http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/parentsteachers/about_site.html
4. http://resources.kaboose.com/games/science.html online science games
5. http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
6. http://www.apples4theteacher.com/science.html online science games
7. http://www.edbydesign.com/
8. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml Zoom School a science link from enchantedlearning.com
9. http://www.engagingscience.org/games/onlinegames/games.html online science games
10. http://www.englishforum.com/00/interactive/
11. http://www.fema.gov/kids/games1.htm FEMA for kids
12. http://www.gradebook.org/Science%20Worksheets.htm
13. http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
14. http://www.iknowthat.com/com interactive science lesson for all ages
15. http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html science fair ideas and info
16. http://www.lessonsense.com/
17. http://www.mahopac.k12.ny.us/mms/perrylinks/science.htm a database of online Science resources
18. http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/game/
19. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/
20. http://www.primarygames.com/
21. http://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/science.htm
22. http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/home.htm
23. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games.aspx online science games
24. http://www.science-teachers.com/
25. http://www.sciencewithme.com/worksheetsmain.php science worksheets register for free
26. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/kidscorner3.htm
27. http://www.softschools.com/
28. http://www.studystack.com/Home.jsp
29. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/science/activity/5833.html links to online science games
30. http://nobelprize.org/
31. http://www.smm.org/explore/
32. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/science.html