5-C-1+Exploration+of+Web+Resources+by+Discipline+and+Grade+Level

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 * Instructions:**
 * 1) Scan the list of resources listed in the Key Information for Topic 5-C. Review the general links and then discipline links that are appropriate to you or that you find interesting.
 * 2) Bookmark the resources that you find valuable.
 * 3) Find two examples of lesson applications or educational resources that you found most helpful.
 * 4) Post these examples in the **table below**.


 * **Student name** || **Grade or Discipline** || **Links (include two)** || **Notes or Comments - Why did you find this useful?** ||
 * Ginny || School Counselor/ Grad class facilitator || @http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherTips.html

@http://www.schoolcounselor.com/ || Resource information for teachers and School Counselors to help them assist students.

School Counselor site for lesson plans, resources, technology tips, and a newsletter. ||
 * Dixie D || Business/Technology Ed || []

[|http://doc.google.com] || Resource of animated clips for students about digital citizenship, copyright, etc. (AWESOME!) Google Docs - A collaboration tool. Students can wright and collaborate. ||
 * Kelly H || K-4 Reading Specialist || [|Teacher Tube]

[|Fun Brain] || Teacher tube is great for building prior knowledge and background on topics that my students are unfamiliar with. Fun Brain is a great game website that allows students to practice things like math facts or language/grammar related skills. Very motivating for kids. ||
 * Justin M || High School Social Studies || []

[|http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/] || Brain pop has great short, animated clips about all sorts of historical topics. These could serve as an introduction to a unit of study. The second link is to a website with a huge collection of social studies lesson plans and resources for all grade levels. It is nice because it had pieces of what the other links offered, but here, they are all in one place. ||
 * Fran M || Middle School Gifted || [|Algebra Fun]

[|Podcasting for Teachers] || The Algebra Virtual Manipulatives sites gives all sorts of practice games that middle school students would go crazy about! The Podcasting for Teachers explains how to use a podcast, it gives lessons you can use in your classroom. ||
 * LuAnn B || Elementary - HS computers || [|www.funbrain.com]

[|www.scratch.org] || Funbrain has many educational games and activities for my elementary students to reinforce what they are learning in the classroom.

Scratch is a free software download. It is a programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT that teaches basic programming concepts while creating interactive stories, games and activities. ||
 * Monica M. || Sixth Grade Math || []

[] || Practical Uses of Math and Science is a great resource for problem based learning. This specific lesson is not only a great activity for learning probability and statistics, but it is also team building and analytical problem.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives consists of various standards based sites that help students to visualize and work with many mathematics topics. These sites are great for student practice and for whole group models on an interactive whiteboard. || []3 || Includes a short film (FOR FREE!) of Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron," as well as as study guide and discussion questions for students to consider when watching the film. Includes detailed analysis of the end scene of //Othello.// In the video, students see a break down of important literary themes within the play, including: tragic characters, feminist perspectives, and complex characters. ||
 * Mark R || High School English || []
 * Mike B. || Sr. High Chemistry || http://www.science-teachers.com/physical.htm

http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/jokes/chemistryjokes.html

http://www.nclark.net/Chemistry || Contains a number of templates for handouts and worksheets as well as resources that can be printed and used in class.

Just for fun and to make the students think a little. Some Chemistry jokes that really test one's knowledge of compounds and concepts. Possibly useful as memory aids as well as being light hearted.

A useful site that offers suggestions for lessons, labs, safety, and alignment of curriculum to national and state standards. ||