Children's Technology Review | News and reviews of children's interactive media Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Adolescent Literacy Toolkit Science Lesson Plans, Narratives, and Literacy Q&A Lesson Plans and Narratives The goal of the sample lesson plans is to show content-area high school teachers how they can use literacy strategies to help high school students learn core content and concepts. Literacy Q&A Literacy experts answered common questions content-area teachers have about integrating literacy instruction into their daily practice. Elizabeth Birr Moje provided the answers to the Literacy Q&A for science. Elizabeth Birr Moje is an Arthur F. Science Literacy Q&A
Biology | Science | KQED Public Media for Northern CA Powerful Genetic Test Prevents Paternity Mix-Up A couple who used a fertility clinic to conceive was ready to sue when the child’s blood type didn’t match up with mom and dad’s. Obviously the clinic had used the wrong sperm or made some other awful mistake. Continue Reading Vivid New Seadragon Found Hiding in a Museum Science has just introduced the first new seadragon species in 150 years, and the first new ichthyosaur species in 130 years. Continue Reading From Drifter to Dynamo: The Story of Plankton Most plankton are tiny drifters, wandering in a vast ocean. Continue Reading Strongest Natural Material in the World Discovered: Limpet Teeth The strongest natural material in the world has just been discovered: limpet teeth. Continue Reading Scientists Tackle a Dual Threat: More Acid, Less Oxygen in the Ocean Marine scientists from up and down the West Coast say it's a one-two punch to the Pacific food web. Continue Reading Scientists Create the Most Precise 3D Map of the Human Genome Yet
OCR it :) It is WORKING Build an awesome class website with Google Apps Let’s face it: Teachers can use all the help we can get. To have the most impact, we need to form partnerships with those other educators who spend even more time with our students than we do — their parents. Parents haven’t always been welcome in schools as partners. In the Mankato (Minnesota) Area Public Schools, we believe that teachers should share everything about their classroom with parents. One of the most efficient ways we have found for teachers to develop a culture of transparency and trust is by communicating with parents through a class website. Class websites 101 Since our district signed up for Google Apps for Education in 2010, our staff has been able to easily post class information online and organize it so that both students and parents can find and understand it. Google offers a full line of online tutorials for using these tools, but they are pretty intuitive to use. Start with a Google Site. General classroom info. Unit information and assignments.
FREE READABILITY FORMULAS : FREE READABILITY TOOLS : READABILITY SOFTWARE Plant Science 4 U Symbaloo Overview - Welcome to Flubaroo The grades created by Flubaroo will be located in an adjacent worksheet called "Grades", as shown: For each submission, Flubaroo will show which questions were answered correctly ("1" point"), which incorrectly ("0" points), and which were not graded. If less than 60% of students got a question correct, the question will be highlighted in orange to alert you. The Flubaroo menu will now offer you the ability to email each student their grades, view a summary report, or regrade the assignment. If you choose to email each student their grade, you'll be given the option to include an answer key in the email. Choosing "View Report" shows you a summary report of the grading. Want to try it out?
Chicago Public Schools : Raising the Bar: The Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) describe what students are expected to learn at every grade level in order to be prepared for success in college and careers. Adopted by 46 states, including Illinois, CCSS is designed to be relevant to the real world and help students succeed in a global economy. Chicago Public Schools began the transition to CCSS in 2011-12 and will fully implement in the 2014-15 school year, when the state assessment will also be aligned to assess CCSS. We invite you to learn more about these standards and how CPS is planning to implement them in the coming years. Check out this short video that explains how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo. Learn more about Common Core at CPS If you have an questions, please e-mail us at commoncore@cps.edu.
Physics Flash Animations We have been increasingly using Flash animations for illustrating Physics content. This page provides access to those animations which may be of general interest. The animations will appear in a separate window. The animations are sorted by category, and the file size of each animation is included in the listing. In addition, I have prepared a small tutorial in using Flash to do Physics animations. LInks to versions of these animations in other languages, other links, and license information appear towards the bottom of this page. The Animations There are 99 animations listed below. Other Languages and Links These animations have been translated into Catalan, Spanish and Basque: En aquest enllaç podeu trobar la versió al català de les animacions Flash de Física. Many animations have been translated into Greek by Vangelis Koltsakis. Most animations have been translated into Hungarian by Sandor Nagy, Eötvös Loránd University.
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