Weekly Core Subject Resources - All Together in One Document

One of the schools that I work for is in the middle of a SACS review, which is an accreditation review.  We also were provided a document that helps teachers connect standards with lesson plans.  Part of my job was putting together web-based resources in a list that I could share with the staff that they would have access too through from both of these projects.  My plan is to update that list on a monthly basis and because it is on the schools network, the teachers will all get the updates that I include.

I wanted to make them available to my readers as well.  So I have created five separate documents and they are available through Google Docs.  Every month when I make my updates, I plan to make any new additions in red.  So as long as you have the link below, you will have access to these great resources.

I have organized the links based on the various curriculum within each subject matter.  I have also provided a brief description, whether it be my own, from the website itself, or an alternate source, such as a blog post (source provided).  Please feel free to share these documents with your fellow teachers.

Math Web Based Resources - General, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, and Trigonometry

English Web Based Resources - General, Reading, Writing, British Literature, and American Literature

Social Studies Web Based Resources - General, History, Government, Economics, and Geography

Science Web Based Resources - General, Earth-Space Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Anatomy

Electives Web Based Resources - Foreign Language, Special Education, Art, Agriculture, Business/Marketing, PE/Health, Music, Practical Living

Hopefully you will find resources that you or your teachers have yet to discover.  Some have been shared previously in posts on this blog, so not all of them are new to you all, my loyal readers.  Happy Reading. 

January's Most Popular Posts

I know I have been neglecting the blog for the past couple weeks, but having a new baby, plus one of the schools I work for is getting a SACS review, and not to mention Master's classes has kept me very busy.  Hopefully I will get back into form in the month of February.  I still have a plan for a 2nd Edition of Tools for the 21st Century Teacher, but it has also taken a back seat to other things in my life, so hopefully it will be a February publication as well.  I also hope to get back to my posts "10 Resources for Teaching _________ with Technology" as well.

I hope all my fellow educators in the path of this past storm are all okay...it was a big one.  Just rain for me luckily.

January's Most Popular Posts
1.) 10 Resources for Teaching History with Technology
2.) 10 Resources for Teaching Economics with Technology
3.) 10 Resources for Teaching Government with Technology
4.) Weekly Core Subject Resources from January 15th
5.) Weekly Core Subject Resources for English

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Weekly Core Subjects Resources

English
1.) TES English provides and publishes printable and editable teaching resources, worksheets, lesson plans and schemes of work for teachers of English at secondary level.

2.) Paper Rater or Paper Grader is a website for students and/or teachers where they can copy and paste their paper to the site.   The software will then provide detailed reports of word choice, grammar, spelling errors, and more.  No sign up is necessary and it will be "graded" in real time.

Mathematics
1.) Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 provides a graphing calculator that plots in 2D and 3D, step-by-step equation solving, and useful tools to help students with math and science studies. This is a down-loadable software for students.

2.) Math247 is a site that provides links and resources to various math screencast and math videos.  Searching through this site will provide some great resources for students and teachers.  You can view the menu on the left hand side to find the various videos.  There are videos for all ages and grades and several are submitted by students.  Definitely "Worth the Surf"

3.) Touch Trigonometry is a simple Flash product that hopes to help math learners of all ages get an intuitive understanding of trigonometry. It aims to do that by letting you just play with the trig functions, with no buttons to get in the way.

Science
1.) Homespun Science Tunes takes famous music and lyrics and uses them to create tunes with science terminology.  There are about 20 lyrics and music sheets that students and teachers can search through and use in the classroom.  What a great idea!

2.) The Virtual Lab from the ChemCollective provides interactive science experiments that will go through the steps of various science experiments. 

3.) Practical Biology provides teachers of biology at all levels with experiments that demonstrate a wide range of biological concepts and processes. Each practical may be used alone or as a starting-point for open-ended investigations or enhancement activities, such as clubs or open-day events.

4.) Practical Physics is a website for teachers enabling them to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom.

5.) Practical Chemistry is a website that provides all teachers of chemistry with a wide range of experiments to illustrate concepts or processes, as starting-points for investigations and for enhancement activities.

6.) Physics Demonstration Films from the National STEM Centre provides 8 videos explaining various physics concepts.

7.) Open Science Resources is an educational community that provides various resources for teachers.  You will have to sign up for an account before being allowed access, but once you have an account you will be able to visit the repository which includes numerous educational materials (images of exhibits and scientific instruments, animations, videos, lesson plans, student projects and educational pathways with guidelines for interactive museum visit experiences).

Social Studies
1.) An interesting video on the reading of the Gettysburg Address.  Worth sharing with students, because the reader does it with some passion. 

2.) From the New York Times is an interesting "Times Machine" where you can have access to New York Times newspapers from Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922.  Choose a date in history and flip electronically through the pages, displayed with their original look and feel.

Find something useful?  If not, check out my previous Weekly Core Subjects Resources Posts

You might also be interested in my publications to learn about various Web 2.0 Tools to use in the classroom.

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Express SMART Notebook Software

Out of beta, SMART has released a web based version of their Notebook software, with limitations of course.  You can open an existing file or start a new project.  Either way, this might be an option for teachers with a SMARTBoard or SMART Airliner.  If you are worried about losing an Internet Connection, you can download the Express SMART Notebook software as well. 

With the increasing use of SMART tools and web-based software, it is only logical for this Express version of SMART Notebook software to become available.  Kudos to them.  Below you will see a screen shot and for those of you that use the desktop version will see the similarities.  You lose the tool-kits and add-ons, but this is Express SMART Notebook software is a great resource.

Doodle 4 Google

Last year I shared this opportunity with the Art teacher at one of my schools.  Several students took up the challenge to create a Doodle 4 Google with the opportunity to have their drawing appear on the homepage.  What a great idea to get some creativity from students.  The students at my school came up short in their goal of winning, but they had some great drawings.

Now your students can participate as well.  Visit the Doodle 4 Google homepage to learn more and share the contest with your art teachers.  The theme this year is "What I'd Like to do Some Day...."  Registration closes March 2nd, and entries must be postmarked by March 15th.  The winner will appear on the Google homepage on May 20th.

The winner will receive a $15,000 scholarship, and their school will win a $25,000 technology grant.  There are some new rules and options this year however:

• Parents Can Register Their Kids: This year, based on your feedback, we are expanding the contest. Now, in addition to schools, parents and legal guardians can directly register their K-12 students in the contest and submit their doodles. Check with your child’s school or After School Programs first to see if they are participating, since we only allow one entry per student. As always, public, private and home schools can register on behalf of their students.
• After School Programs: We are working with two After School Programs: Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Girl Scouts of the USA to register students.
• No Cap On Doodles Per School: There is no cap on how many doodles each school, After School Program, or family can send in. Just remember, only one doodle per child.
• A Variety Of Guest Judges: This year, a group of guest judges, including Whoopi Goldberg, Actress/Comedian/TV Talk Show Host, Jim Davis, Creator of "Garfield", and Evan Lysacek, Gold Medalist for Ice Skating, and several other well known cartoonists, animators and illustrators will help judge the contest and attend the final awards ceremony to personally congratulate our winners.  

See the video below for the highlights from 2010.


Good luck to your students and their creativity!