My American Farm - interactive lessons on farms and farming

My American Farm is a great site with information, lessons, and interactive games that educate and entertain about farms and farming. It is sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Foundation.

The site includes some great games and educator resources. Games have grade and curricular areas listed next to them.

This is a great way to teach students about farming and where the food they eats comes from.

Cell Biology resource and lessons

Cell Biology is a great lesson resource from Texas A&M University. The resource is listed as a middle school curriculum, but it could easily be adapted to high school.

The site has information and lesson resources on cell biology and then has a great bingo game that teachers can use as a review game. It even has the printable bingo cards for the students and the questions and teacher guide.

PhET - free online science and math simulations - very cool!

PhET is an awesome resource from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The site has interactive simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and math that teachers and students can use.

The simulations can be run on the site or downloaded. The simulations are accurate and real and can help students learn concepts in more depth. They are easy and fun to use, and really do demonstrate the concepts well. In the physics ones I use, a big benefit is that students can quickly and easily change variables and conditions and then see what happens. This is very hard and time consuming in many hands on labs.

The simulations are also a great alternative to live labs if you don't have the resources available. Some of the simulations are better than any hands on lab because the students can truly see and understand what is happening.

You can search by topic, grade level, or just see the newest ones added. There are teacher resources for many of the simulations. Teachers who use the simulations post lesson plans and resources to the site for others to use also.

I use the Physics simulations in my classroom and they work great. This is one of those sites that every science and math teacher needs to check out.

Here's a list of some of the new simulations they have:

We Are Teachers - great resource for educators

We Are Teachers is a great site for educators that has links, resources, tips, ideas, contests, grants, and much more for educators.

The site includes a community forum to discuss educational ideas, topics, and issues with other educators, as well as share resources. There is also a blog with some great tips and resources, lesson plans, classroom management tips and much more.

Check it out and share it with your colleagues.

CTEduOnline - career and technical education resources

CTEduOnline is a site that provides information and resources for career and technical education. It has links, videos, apps, and much more, including examples of 21st century teaching and learning strategies.

There are some good ideas on the site for all teachers to add to their toolbox.

Desmos - create media rich educational content online

Desmos is a new web service that allows you to create rich educational content that works through a browser so that anyone can access it, no matter what operating system platform they are using.

It is free to sign up and use and even features the ability to collaborate on the content with others.

Desmos includes support for graphics, photos, math tools, and interactive lessons. You can create math lesson using the math tools, including graphing and equations. You can also the graphics program to create interactive diagrams where students can move the labels themselves.

It is easy to use and there is a blog and support page to help you out. It looks like a great way to create some great content for your classes.

Lessons are all licensed under Creative Commons but are visible to everyone.

Check it out.

BetterLesson - free K-12 lesson plans, materials and resources

BetterLesson is a site that has a large number of lesson plans, presentations, resources, unit plans, curricula, and more from other educators. You can also upload your resources to share with others.

The site also allows users to comment and converse about the different resources. The resources are searchable and are sorted by grade level and subject. There are a lot of great resources on here.

It is free, but you do need to use your email address to sign up and then you create your account. This allows you to upload content and also "bookmark" resources to use later.

Instructional Strategies Online - great resource for teachers

Instructional Strategies Online is a site that contains tips, resources, and information about all different kinds of instructional strategies that teachers can use in their classrooms.

The site is organized by type of strategy, such as Direct Instruction, Indirect, Experiential, instructional skills and more.

There is a huge amount of information and resources available for teachers and it is well worth taking a look at no matter how experienced you are.

The Science Spot - lots of great science resources for teachers and students

The Science Spot is a collection of science resources, links, lesson plans, articles, and more.

The Science Classroom has lesson plans, activities, and more, organized by subject area. They were mainly developed for middle school science, but are easily adaptable to high school.

The Science Club page is for a science club at the host's school. There are a variety of activities, such as an egg drop and geocaching, listed that are great for use in or out of the science classroom.

The Reference Desk is a collection of web links and resources, sorted into categories such as science, educational, and lesson plans.

The Idea Factory is a collection of ideas and activities for the beginning and ending of the school year.

The Kid Zone is a great page for students. It includes links and resources for learning about science and is organized by topic. There are also links for technology, careers, and more. The links are all great resources and I've used many of them with my students.

There are also the following pages: Nature Center, Science Trivia, Puzzle Corner and Tech Corner (tech PD).

This is a great resource for all educators, especially science educators and for students.

Science Grades 7-8-9 Resources

Another science website found by my wife: KS3 Science.

KS3 Science has educational activities for Biology, Chemistry and Physics for grades 7, 8, and 9.

The resources are sorted by grade and topic. They are mainly fill-in the blank with drop down multiple choice selections, but can be used for review, reinforcement of content. They can also be given as assignments for students to do on their own. The students can even check their answers and see how they did.

Definitely a site worth checking out if you teach science.

Biology Junction - lots of great Bio resources

Here's another great science resource found by my wife. Biology Junction is a site created by a Biology teacher that has a HUGE amount of resources on Biology. The site has stuff related to the creator's classes, but also has a plethora of resources for all teachers and students.

This is one of those sites you have to explore yourself because you just keep finding more and more things.

The site has resource broken down by Biology subtopic, class, and type. There are class openers, games, lesson plans, labs and activities, information, links and so much more. There are study help guides, science fair help, teacher help, presentations, templates, test prep, notebook help, teacher resources, and the list keeps on going.

If you are a Biology Teacher or Student, you need to check out this site.

Cybraryman's Educational Web Sites - great resource for all

Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites - Cybraryman has a great site with over 20,000 links to educational resources. The site is organized by Educators, Parents, Students and sub categories. He even has lists of educational hashtags for Twitter. It is an excellent site and I've nominated it for an Edublog Award.

The site has information for parents about parenting, child development, school safety, internet safety and more. There is a student section with resources for homework help, project and research assistance, study skills and test prep and much more. Th educator section has links and resources for lesson plans, subject areas, technology, and more and includes resources on Twitter and Facebook in education.

The site is an incredible resource for all.

Adobe Education Exchange

Adobe, like many other technology companies, has an educational component to their website. The Adobe Education Exchange, is a place where educators can find and share resources, lessons, and collaborate on projects. Not everything posted on it has to do with Adobe products and services.

The site is free to sign up for and easy to use. The site is divided into three sections: Find a Resource, Share a Resource, and Collaborate. Search is also available.

I have found some great resources on the site and will be adding some shortly.

Tech tools to check out this summer.

Today is the last day of school. Graduation was last night.

My grades are done and submitted, my classroom is cleaned and organized, and everything is packed up for the summer. Now what?

Well, I'm still thinking about what I want to change for next year (see the two posts below this one) and deciding what new tech tools to play with this summer and see how they can help improve teaching and learning in my classroom.

Here's my list:

Glogster
Introduce Twitter to my students (I use it, but thinking of using it as a CRS or backchannel).
More student blogging.
Student website in AP Physics where they will create the site as their own study guide and resource for the year. Then, each year other classes will add and modify it.
More Discovery Education resources.
Edmodo
Thinkfinity
Use more NASA resources in my Physics classes

I also have some other responsibilities this summer:

I teach an EMT Class and Paramedic Class.

I am on the committee to change the EMS-Instructor curriculum for Connecticut.

I am a new member of the DEN Leadership Council for Connecticut.

Keep up with my TL Advisor blogs for Tech&Learning magazine.

I also need to relax and recharge for next year.

What tech tools are you thinking of investigating to use next year?

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-i-learned-this-year.html

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/reflecting-on-past-school-year-and.html

Nat Geo's Traveler's Guide to the Planets

National Geographic's Traveler's Guide to the Planets is a wonderful, fun, visually spectacular resource for students learning about our solar system and the planets. When you first arrive at the site, it has a stunning, exciting opening animation and then it gets to the main page.

The main page, seen above, has two panels. The left side panel allows you to select which planet you want to learn about (Pluto is still listed, Earth is not since we live there) and what you want to know about each planet. The site is set up as a true traveler's guide and includes info such as history, trivia, sites, advice, climate, and luggage. This is a great way to get students to learn about the planets in a new way.

I had a lot of fun going through the site and learned some new things about the planets. It is appropriate for grades 5-12 (and maybe even younger with some teacher help).

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