Incremental ApproachResources: Web Resources
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English/Language Arts
Monster Exchange
http://www.monsterexchange.orgMonster Exchange is designed to encourage the development of reading and writing skills while integrating Internet technology into the classroom curriculum. Classrooms from a variety of schools worldwide are paired together; the students in each classroom are split into groups, each of which designs an original picture of a monster. The students must then write a description of the monster. The partnered classes then exchange their descriptions via e-mail and the Internet. These students are then challenged to use reading comprehension skills to read the descriptions and translate them into a monster picture. The true challenge involves creating a redrawn picture as close to the original picture as possible without looking at the original and using only the written description of the monster.
ePALS
http://www.epals.comThis is a global online classroom community that helps teachers and student classes from around the world connect and interact with each other by email and other forms of electronic communication such as voice, video or chat. Teachers can seek partner classrooms anywhere around the world to participate in a project of their choosing.
Spaghetti Book Club
http://www.spaghettibookclub.orgThe Spaghetti Book Club web site is a place for kids who love to read and talk about books. It is the largest site of book reviews written and illustrated by kids for kids. The Spaghetti Book Club was created as a way to support and encourage kids' love for reading by giving them an opportunity to connect, on a personal level, with the books they are reading and then share their reactions, thoughts, and opinions with family members, friends, and kids around the world.
Literary Calendar
http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/The Literary Calendar is an almanac of literary tidbits. Students can explore what events occurred on any day in literary history. This site also contains articles about books and poetry.
Mathematics
Math Forum
http://www.mathforum.orgThe Math Forum is a well-known center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Operating under Drexel's School of Education, their mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.htmlThis is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).
NCTM
http://www.nctm.orgThe National Council for Teachers in Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.
Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/The Illuminations Project is designed to illuminate the vision for school mathematics described in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics . Illuminations is also designed to provide standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
Geometry Online Interactive
http://www.scienceu.com/geometry/This is an interactive geometry web site that uses shapes, patterns, and symmetry as themes throughout their Geometry Center. Students can browse through an exhibit or run experiments in geometry labs.
Science
The Last Word
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword.nsThe Last Word is designed to answer any and all students' science questions.
Science U
http://www.ScienceU.com/Science U has designed interactive exhibits about various science topics. This site contains engaging multimedia articles and activities to help students learn about science.
Celestia
http://sourceforge.net/projects/celestiaCelestia is a real-time 3D space simulation, which lets users travel through the solar system and to over 100,000 stars.
BrainPop
http://brainpop.com/BrainPop produces educational animated movies for grades K-12 to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible and entertaining to both children and adults. Students can watch BrainPop movies and exchange messages with a dynamic cast of five characters who lead users through related activities on their web site -- interactive quizzes and games, comic strips and experiments.
Virtual Frog Dissection
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/The interactive frog dissection is designed for use in high school biology classrooms. Students can participate and see a dissection without touching a frog.
Soda Play
http://www.sodaplay.com/Students can construct their own interactive models and machines for fun or to use in a race. It is useful for teaching basic physics concepts.
Social Studies
American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.htmlHyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of panoramic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
EyeWitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/From the Ancient World to the present, students can learn about history through the eyes of those who lived it.
All Subject Areas
Tom Snyder Productions
http://www.tomsnyder.com/Tom Snyder Productions is a developer and publisher of educational software for K-12 classrooms. Their software programs target challenging content, skills, and concepts that students must learn. Tom Snyder software helps students build reading comprehension strategies and develop understanding of scientific processes. It also helps students grasp mathematical concepts, sharpen geography skills, and comprehend historical events and patterns. There is a free 45-day trial for users.
Regents Prep
http://www.regentsprep.org/The Oswego City School District designed this web site to help their students prepare for the New York State Regents Exams in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
WebQuest Matrix
http://webquest.org/Teachers can search for webquests that they can use with students. It can also give teachers ideas about how to create their own webquests.
Fun Brain
Developed by Pearson Education, Fun Brain is a collection of educational games for grades K-8. The games are aligned to McREL standards.
New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/The Learning Network has developed lesson plan units that use recent New York Times articles as springboards for examining important curricular topics in interesting and exciting ways.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/Curriculum materials from PBS TeacherSource weave together video and online resources into an exciting instructional strategy that builds on the visual and collaborative strengths of these media.
Thirteen EdOnline
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/Original lesson plans are developed by Thirteen Ed Online Master Teachers. These web-savvy teachers have built web-based activities that use the resources of Thirteen/WNET New York, PBS and the Internet.
