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National
Hurricane Center from NOAA. Track hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical
cyclones worldwide with links from this page. The start page shows Atlantic
tropical storms and hurricanes. This is found in our Science > Weather section.
50
Fantastic Resources for New Teachers "The prospect of
stepping into a classroom for the first time to teach elementary, middle school
or high school students can range from daunting to completely terrifying. For
the new teacher, nothing is more important than being prepared, with strong
curriculum as well as reliable strategies for overcoming problems in the classroom.
Fortunately,
the Web is full of resources for teachers. We have looked at hundreds of educational
websites in order to compile this list that contains 50 of the best ones. Use
these sites to plan your math lesson, launch an arts and crafts project, or
motivate those hard-to-reach students." Pretty good listing of sites indexed
by school level. Thanks go to Nathan Grimm, Program Manager - SR Education Group
in Kirkland, Washington. Going in Teachers & Parents.
Learning
Strategies: Maximizing Your Academic Experience from Dartmouth. Evidently
to help their new undergrads learn how to study, Timeless techniques well presented
here. "The following pages provide a variety of suggestions and resources
for maximizing your academic experience. View an on-line video, read about helpful
strategies, or download a handout." Going in General & Specialty, in
Life Skills, and in Teachers & Parents.
Study
Guides and Strategies (Tons of them!) We wish we could copy some
quotes about these guys so we needn't try to describe this site - there is just
SO MUCH going on! How to study, how to listen, how to meet challenges, managing
time, how to learn (!), how to think, memorize, manage projects, how to write
well, vocabulary, how to take a test, math science, etc! This site has it all!
You really must look at it! Going in General & Specialty, in Life Skills,
and in Teachers & Parents.
Here's
a trove of goodies from Curriki!
Hundreds of sites and activities like these are the reason we keep shouting
about them!
Athabasca
University ESL Course Thirteen online units with 99 lessons.
Covers parts of speech, sentence structure, questions, voice, more. All free
to you from Athabasca U and Curriki!
Going in Literacy > ESL and Literacy
> Grammar.
English
for early years These are lessons in letter sounds/phonemes
and sentence structure (how to make a sentence show sequence of events.) Downloadable
zip files that make folders containing the lesson, which will then start your
browser. Interactive Flash lessons that use your browser. From Education
Services Australia and Curriki! Going
in Literacy > Grammar and Literacy
> New Readers, and in Downloads.
Chemistry
From Curriki.
This is a high school-level chem course from South Africa,
for grades 10 - 12. Comes in PDF files organized in five folders. Covers most
chem topics, as well as earth science, chemical industry, and gold mining (hey,
it's South Africa.) Click the page's Information tab to learn more. Part of
reviewer Comments: "This FHSST (Free High School Science Texts) Chemistry
textbook contains a full course of material in the form of a 23-chapter textbook
to be used in grades 10 through 12. The text can be freely modified and distributed,
so long as no one attempts to limit its later distribution. The collection covers
three main topics (Matter and Materials, Chemical Change, Chemical Systems)
and then within those topics, they are broken down into G10, G11, and G12 chapters.
The material is also available in folders organized by grade level. Each chapter
is available for download as a .pdf document. Throughout each clear and comprehensive
chapter are embedded activities, worked examples and exercises for exploration
and assessment." Not aligned to US state standards but still very good.
Going in Science > Earth Science and in Teachers & Parents.
Chemistry
for Grades 11-12 from Curriki.
"This course contains resources, including slideshows, reviews, labs, worksheets,
activities, quizzes, and diagnostics, for high school chemistry students. Units
include Lab Setup and Safety; Nomenclature; Chemical Reactions and Balancing;
Metric Systems & Conversions; Periodic Table and Trends; Atomic Structure;
Nuclear Chemistry; Acids, Bases, & Salts; Bonding; Percent Composition;
Solutions, Molarity, and Concentrations; Stoichiometry; Energy; Gas Laws; Reaction
Rates and Equilibrium; Electron Configuration; and Redox Reactions." Starts
with a diagnostic test (.doc file) to measure prior knowledge. The whole course
is right there - no downloads, no pdf files, just click on the folder. Going
in Science > Earth Science and in Teachers & Parents.
Introductory
Physics I from
Curriki.
Uses flash videos for the lesson and pdf files for questions.
"Welcome to the NROC Introductory Physics course. This course is divided
into two semesters and is designed to acquaint you with topics in classical
and modern physics. The first semester discusses topics in Newtonian mechanics
including: kinematics, laws of motion, work and energy, systems of particles,
momentum, circular motion, oscillations, and gravitation. The first semester
concludes with topics in fluid mechanics, thermal physics, and kinetic theory.
The second semester discusses the topics of electricity and magnetism, waves
and optics, and atomic and nuclear physics. The course emphasizes problem solving,
and there are numerous interactive examples throughout. You will also gain laboratory
experience through interactive lab simulations and wet labs." Going
in Science > Earth Science and in Teachers & Parents.
Sampler
of Social Studies for gr6-8/11-13yr
From Curriki."The
curriculum resources contained in this folder represent a selection of high-quality
materials from the Curriki repository for grades 6-8/ages 11-13 in Social Studies."
Everything from a Middle Ages webquest to traditional Indian music to Westward
Expansion to Japanese culture, and more, is in this selection. Going in Social
Studies > Miscellaneous.
Sampler
of Mathematics for gr9-10/ 14-16yr From
Curriki."The curriculum resources
contained in this folder represent a selection of high-quality materials from
the Curriki repository for grades 9-10/ages 14-16 in Mathematics." There
are some interactive online actitivities in here in zip file form for you to
unzip; also some .pdf lesson plans and online lesson plans. Going in Mathematics
and in Teachers & Parents.
Developing
Biology From
Curriki. "This course contains resources
for teaching high school biology, from Developing Curriculum, Inc. It includes
activities, labs, slide shows and worksheets on the topics of: Microscopes;
Biochemistry; Cells; Cellular Transport; DNA; Photosynthesis and Respiration;
Mitosis and Meiosis; Genetics; and Evolution." Lots of PowerPoints and
.doc files, but it's all good information. Good resources for a teacher who
knows the subject but is in a hurry to get something together. Going in Science
> Living Things and in Teachers & Parents.
Moonbase
Alpha "A 3-D Immersive NASA Exploration Game. Step into the
role of an explorer in a futuristic lunar settlement...Moonbase Alpha is the
first of two commercial-quality NASA games developed in partnership with commercial
game developers." Looks great! Going in Astronomy, Downloads, and in Life
Skills, for now.
Teaching
Children About Money has suggestions for this subject, as well as
a list of online resources and lesson plans. Going in Teachers & Parents.
Oh,
Brother! "We’ve just started an all-new website for kids
that has comics, games and activities." From King Features Syndicate. Looks
like fun and we really liked the section where kids can post art and photos
of their pets! Going in General & Specialty.
ChessKid
Lets kids play chess with kids around the world in a safe environment. Lots
of chess info; sections for kids, parents, coaches; tutorials, more. Going in
Life Skills and in General & Specialty.
TimTim
lets kids draw and color online without logging on to anything. Quite a few
pictures and good onscreen editing tools, too. Going in Art.
QueekyPaint
lets kids draw online with a good selection of tools. Similar to Microsoft Paint
BUT with a ton f tools and a more prfessional look. Going in Art.
Geography
Quizzes from JetPunk. Big list of good online quizzes. Going in Social
Studies > Geography.
Games
for Kids in the Stacks from Scholastic lets kids play arcade
games related to some of their favorite books! Partial list of books/series
with games in this site: 39 Clues, Bone, Deltora, Dinosaur Cove, Goosebumps,
Holes, and Captain Underpants. Join the Great Cow Race! Going in Literacy >
Games and in General & Specialty.
The
Weather Channel Kids! Local forecasts, weather for trips,
on your desktop, a Dictionary, a Glossary, a resource guide, teacher resources,
weather games (in progress), more. Going in Science > Weather.
Frog
Test Excellent easy(?) logic game. Some kids will see solutions
quickly, others not so fast. This game from Brazil is popular in China, too.
Going in Mathematics.
Poisson
Rouge
A delightful hands-on exploration site from France, just one site of many brought
to you by Kids
Activities from allkids,
a fine learning site from the UK. Just all sorts of fun things to click on here.
Going in General/Specialty & in Literacy > New Readers and Literacy >
Games.
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