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The Inconvenient Truth: Take Action - Inconvenient Truth
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): energy (139), environment (253), ozone (6)
In the Classroom
Warn your students not to venture into the portion of the site where they are "purchasing" contributions to i=offset their CO2 emissions. Instead, ask them to figure out which of their behaviors causes the worst pollution. Have them do a family survey at home to calculate what the family can do.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Dimming the Sun - NOVA/WGBH
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): climate (95), climate change (112), earth (194), earth day (62), pollution (55), sun (87)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a starting point for your discussion of global warming and environmental issues or as a research source for student projects. The interactive timeline would display well on a projector or interactive whiteboard to give students the "big picture" they so rarely have on their own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World News in Special English - VOA
Grades
4 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): agriculture (54), communication (122), cultures (290), news (223), vocabulary (251)
In the Classroom
Play a short VOA Learning English video from the site or YouTube, then have students read the matching article to compare how information is presented in spoken versus written form. Assign students a short video or article and have them identify new words using the built-in Word Book. Students can create sentence cards or mini glossaries using the vocabulary in new contexts. Use science, health, or history-based VOA videos to launch short research extensions, discussions, or opinion writing tied to social studies or science standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Calisphere - University of California
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): california (18), cultures (290), gold rush (18), japan (62), japanese (53), primary sources (133)
In the Classroom
Teachers and students have permission to print, or download these collections for classroom use. Make bulletin boards or let students include the images in their PowerPoint or movie presentations. You do not have permission to place these images on a web page or use them for other purposes without specific permission to do so.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Cave of Lascaux - France Ministry of Culture and Communication
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): archeology (26), painting (49)
In the Classroom
Use a projector to introduce the site, if you must, but allow your students to navigate this one alone or with a partner. The thrill of discovery through the site's design is more than worth any management challenges. Give the students a specific set of questions to answer and things to find, if you are concerned that they may not stay on task. Compare these primitive drawings to those found in other cultures and continents as you discuss common themes in religion and mythology.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alexander Palace Time Machine - Bob Atchison
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): 1910s (26), 20th century (168), eggs (4), evolution (85), russia (33), russian (25)
In the Classroom
Send your students on a tour, looking for evidence to support a poitn of view about tsarist Russia. Or try a scavenger hunt where students find answers to specific questions. Even simpler, use a projector to give a "tour" as the opening activity of your unit, then have students revisit the site in individual computers later on in the unit for specific research.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Podcasts from Colonial Williamsburg - Colonial Williamsburg
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): jefferson (20), williamsburg (8)
In the Classroom
Use these podcasts to introduce events (and even technology innovations of the times) from Colonial Williamsburg to your students. Listen together, or create a link to the podcast on classroom computers. Instead of sharing a written response to information learned on the podcast, have cooperative learning groups create their own podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. For younger students, after listening to a podcast, you may want to challenge students to reflect on their learning and what they would like to learn more about using a tool such as Gravity, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Inventor of the Week - MIT Lemelson Center
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): inventors and inventions (88), scientists (72)
In the Classroom
Use the Inventor Archive as an activator at the beginning of every week in a science or Physics classroom. This could be used as an activator over the interactive whiteboard, a projector, or as a learning center or station. This could be used every week or before inventive projects, serving as a motivator!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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North Korea - CIA FactBook - CIA
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): korea (21)
In the Classroom
Include this in your supplemental teacher links pages during a unit on Asia or Korea.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Geography Quizzes - Sheppard Software
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): capitals (14), continents (31), countries (73), maps (224)
In the Classroom
Be sure to put a link for these online games and quizzes on your teacher web page for the summer and throughout the school year. Students can use them to practice for your geography quizzes or as extra challenges. The different levels of dificulty will allow you to differentiate your instruction easily.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Live Career - Live Career
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): careers (196), college (44), financial aid (11)
In the Classroom
Mark this one in the Favorites on a classroom computer or make it available for students to use independently after you share it for basic navigation tips. You may even want to assign certain tasks on the site as part of your careers unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How Art Made the World - PBS/KCET
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): images (267), propaganda (9)
In the Classroom
These articles and lessons would be great interdisciplinary "idea banks" for classes in art, world cultures, or government.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discover our Shared Heritage - National Register of Historic Places
Grades
4 to 9tag(s): architecture (83)
In the Classroom
Try this one as the basis for a "did you know" contest, asking students to unearth little-known facts about a topic of interest to them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American History - Primary Documents - Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): primary sources (133)
In the Classroom
Try using this site as a way to actually connect students to the time periods they are studying.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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American Revolution - National Park Service
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): american revolution (93), evolution (85)
In the Classroom
If in a state that was one of the original 13 colonies, use this site to discover a site that would be prime for a field trip. In addition, teachers can share this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector as a way to preview for students what they are about to see. In addition to the sites, the park service also offers a "Guide to the Revolution," that teachers can use as supplementary material in their classroom. Note - the guide is text heavy, so only use it if in an advanced class or or one where you feel comfortable with students reading abilities and interests.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Nobel Prize Lessons - Nobel Foundation
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): brain (58), cells (79), dna (52), martin luther king (42), sustainability (54), women (189)
In the Classroom
Try these as an online "hook" to counter the "why do we need to know that...?" reactions some students have to science. Enhance student learning by having them present to their peers what they learned using a tool Google Forms reviewed here. Create an interactive class book using Book Creator, reviewed here, to share findings from each game and lesson, including video of game-play and pictures of results of their learning. Students can combine their books later as a class book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Our Stories: The Long, Long Battle for ANWR - Natural Resources Defense Council
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): arctic (33)
In the Classroom
Try having students compare information on this site with other web sites about the ANWR. How do these sites differ in their presentation?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Global Sound - Smithsonian Institution
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): songs (49)
In the Classroom
Search this site for songs to supplement your unit in a US or World history class. This teacher was able to find a song about the suffrage movement, and was able to teach the beliefs of suffrage through student analysis of the lyrics and tone. Be sure to search - there are literally tons of songs that can be used for a variety of curriculum.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discoveries in Dioramas - American Museum of Natural History
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): species (15)
In the Classroom
If your students are studying a particular geographic location or animal species, send them to this multimedia site for some interactive research. Regions represented include the Upper Nile, Alaska's Denali National Forest, the Everglades, and the American plains.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Story of Epic Proportions - National Endowment for the Humanities
Grades
6 to 8tag(s): poetry (196)
In the Classroom
What would an epic poem of the 21st century look like? Challenge students to write and 'perform" their own epic work based on the characteristics and patterns uncovered in the lesson.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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