Color Theory

I found this great video on You tube. It is a great teaching tool. It shows students how to mix primary colors to make secondary colors. FUN!!!

ABC Phonics song

I found this great video on you tube today! This would be a great teaching tool to help children learn the letters sounds. Happy watching!

Map of the US

I found this great map of the United States of America! This can be a great tool for teachers to help children learn what and where all the states are in the US.

Here is a link of where i founf the picture

http://www.onlineatlas.us/map/united-states-map.gif

Emotions

This is a great tool I found for teachers. It's poster that shows faces of children and how they are feeling. You can use this poster to help young kids identify how they/or their friends are feeling.

Here is a link to where I found the image

http://www.knowingdog.com/sitebuilder/images/poster-378x481.jpg

Chemistry

I found this great periodic table. If you are taking a Chemistry class you can't make it without one of these. Here is the link where I found the image.

http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/oconnell/astr121/im/periodic_table.gif

I planned my first Webquest

We learned about an interesting tool in class that I had never heard of before a Webquest! I got to plan my first Webquest in my ed technology class. The topic of my Webquest was the solar system. I gave the students different types of web activities to help then learnt the information. Here is a list of the websites i used for this Webquest.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmodel/

This is a site that shows how to make a solar system model.

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

This is an interactive site that offers facts and info about the sun and planets.

http://www.abcteach.com/free/s/solarystem_graph_a.pdf

This is a link to the worksheet were students can record facts and information on about there planet/sun.

http://www.webstantaneous.ws/swfs/nofind/science/starwarp2.swf

This site also offers info and facts about planets/sun.

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/solar_system/

This is an archive of photos from Hubble which i asked students to print pictures of their groups planet/sun. These pictures went on a poster that accompanied their presentation to the class about their sun/planet.

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm

This site offers children an opportunity to make a virtual model of the solar system.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/games/levelfive/KC_Solar_System.html

This link provides a fun quiz for kids to see if they learned the information presented to them.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun

This site also offered info and facts but is a little more scientific.

http://www.slideshare.net/K3TeacherResources/solar-system-facts-slideshow

This is a slide show that offers facts about the solar system.

http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids/kids-solar-system (movie link click on title Movie of the Solar System)

This site has many interactive games that allow children to learn about the solar system. There is also a movie which shows how the solar system was made.

Webquests can be an effective way of teaching children about the use of computers and the internet. It's also fun!

Scavenger Hunt Mini Lesson plan

We did a assignment in class that required us to put together a mini lesson plan using the software Inspiration.I compiled a group of pictures that students were to sort into categories of ecosystems. For this Scavenger Hunt assignment I used an archive of pictures from National Geographic Photography online. The images can be found at http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography . National Geographic’s photography websites offers a wide variety of images that can be incorporated into many lesson plans. In fact national geographic offers teachers’ pre packaged lesson plans which can be searched by age group or topic. The image archive itself is aww inspiring. Some of the best photographers from around the world travel around the world to capture these amazing images. The images range from animals, countries, cultures, landscapes, destinations, and even space. The website also offers games, videos, history, music, and news. This website is a great addition to any classroom.

The pictures above represent some of the pictures I used to create an assignment for my students to learn about ecosystems.