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Educator's Reference Desk - Information Institute of Syracuse
Grades
1 to 12
tag(s): professional development (301)
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History in Pictures - Time, Inc.
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): 20th century (171)
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The artifacts can be searched by geographic location, medium, topic, event, etc. Students can explore these artifacts as part of a scavenger hunt or as a writing prompt. Over one million artifacts pertain to the United States.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dictionary of Units of Measurement - Russ Rowlett, University of North Carolina
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): measurement (124)
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CT.gov - State of Connecticut
Grades
K to 12tag(s): civics (131), connecticut (3), digital citizenship (110), primary sources (158), states (128)
In the Classroom
Groups can collect agency links, quotations, images, and reflections on Padlet, reviewed here, to create a virtual Connecticut government resource board. Students can close-read a state-agency page, annotate evidence about an agency's responsibilities, and prepare a short explanation of how its work affects Connecticut residents. Extend civics learning with a mock public hearing, agency role-play, community-needs debate, or collaborative plan proposing how state resources could address a local concern.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Search Engine Showdown - Greg R. Notess
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): computers (114), search engines (43)
In the Classroom
Share this with your older students before they start a research project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Fact Monster - Information Please
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): resources (78)
In the Classroom
Be sure to include this site on your teacher web page for students to access both in and outside of class for further practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Journey Inside (SM) - Intel
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): computers (114)
In the Classroom
This site is ideal for use on a whiteboard or projector. Pick and choose from among the thirty-five interactive lessons, or use the entire series to introduce your class to the technologies, processes, and methods that enable computers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Copyright Resources - Stanford University
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): copyright (39), creative commons (29), digital citizenship (110), evaluating sources (55), media literacy (133)
In the Classroom
Be sure to share this site with your teaching colleagues and/or school librarians. Have students examine a fictional classroom copying scenario and apply the four fair-use factors, then write a decision that explains which evidence supports and weakens a fair-use claim. Ask students to design a copyright decision infographic with Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here, showing the questions classmates should ask before copying, remixing, or publishing protected material.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Grades
2 to 12tag(s): search engines (43)
In the Classroom
If you ask students to research a person or any topic that has chronological elements, such as a historical event, an arts movement, a biography, an author, etc, add view:timeline as an additional search term, as in thomas edison inventions view:timeline . Try it! For more Google tricks, do a TeachersFirst keyword search on google for other resources and ideas for using Google.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Education Eye - Futurelab
Grades
K to 12tag(s): maps (220), search engines (43)
In the Classroom
Stay current in the latest ideas, technologies, and pedagogy around the globe. Be sure to save this one in your favorites. Share a result on your projector or interactive whiteboard to spark interest in real world topics related to your current unit of study.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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