A Musical Gift
Students create a CD song collection -- a great gift for any holiday.
Sites to See December Holidays
Whether you're looking for Thanksgiving games, crafts, coloring pages, recipes, or lesson plan ideas, one of these sites is sure to have what you need.
Larry Ferlazzo's Best...
The best sites for learning economics and practical money skills.
December Calendar
Students will enjoy tracing the numerals and pictures on our traceable December calendar.
This Week's Techtorial A Techtorial
Learn how to use Word to create holiday worksheets containing clip art, photographs, tables, and borders.
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I hope everyone had as wonderful a Thanksgiving weekend as I did. Thursday, I shared a (relatively) quiet meal with my three sons and their significant others. Only my daughter, loving it in San Diego, was missing from the table. How did this happen anyway? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was serving ear drops and antibiotics amid meal-time bickering of epic proportions? Now, I sit down to eat with entertaining and articulate adults I'd choose to dine with even if they weren't my own children. Life is good.
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The Concept-Mapping Classroom
By providing a framework that allows users to focus on topics, Inspiration and Kidspiration simplify the task of organizing thoughts into effective project plans.
Mangus Math Links
Jerry Mangus's students use computers, not texts, to learn math.
Doug Johnson: Tech Proof Do You Need a Second Life?
When I first started hearing about Second Life, my reaction was the same as many of yours probably will be: My first life is so busy, how do you expect me to find the time to live a second one?"
Brenda Dyck: Brenda's Blog Have You Tried YouTube?
The very online tools that provide incredible learning opportunities also allow students access to inappropriate information and images. The enduring challenge is how to access one without the other.
Nancy Willard: Cyber Savvy Malware and Porn Traps: What Schools Can Do
Because of the presence of easily accessible inappropriate material, three essential strategies must be followed by schools to prevent accidental access as much as possible.
From the Math Machine Send in the Trolls is a fun Web site for teaching about probability. (Grades 2-6)
From the Science Machine
Use Microbe Zoo to explore biology. (Grades 3-12) From the Reading Machine Word Confusion reinforces vocabulary and homophones. (Grades 3-12)
Check out this week's site reviews: The Heart of the Matter
Inside CERN, the world's largest particle accelerator.
World History Matters
A guide to world history primary sources and teaching tools.
Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Biological Rhythms
Part of the NIH health curriculum series for high schoolers.
Explore our Site Review Archives for more great sites. You also can keep up with our latest reviews by signing up for our Site Review Newsletter.
Living With the Tics
A teen from Florida's Cypress Bay High School lives with the tics of Tourette Syndrome.
Timesavers in Internet Explorer
Three tricks to better Web surfing.
What can you do with SchoolNotes? Check out The Redding Report.
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