Science resources

I was exploring some Science-related resources today and wanted to share a few good ones. FOSSweb (http://www.fossweb.com) has lots of inquiry-based science resources for elementary and middle school. Many zoos across the country (e.g. San Diego, Denver, Omaha) also have helpful animal-related science resources. For example, Omaha Zoo has online resources for educators related to butterflies, habitat, amphibians, and Madagascar (Omaha Zoo online teacher resources). They also have distance learning and Zoo-to-You programs for accessing learning opportunities from the zoo even if you can't go on a field trip there (Omaha Zoo educational programs) -- check out the sample Zoo-to-You resources on penguins (Penguin Playing Cards PDF and Penguin Conservation Lesson PDF).

Problems of the Day/Week page added

I have added a new page with resources for Problems of the Day/Week. These are mostly math sites, but the Scholastic links have language arts and other cool stuff, too. Check it out here. This Symbaloo is also linked from my Math Resources Symbaloo (see tabs at top of page).

Interactive Whiteboards

I recently read a helpful series of blog posts on Education Week about how to get the most out of your IWB. These are great food for thought.

• http://tiny.cc/IWBreadiness
• http://tiny.cc/IWBredemption
• http://tiny.cc/IWBreminders

ABC's

Here are a few ideas for teaching the ABC's in multi-sensory ways:

• http://teachers.net/gazette/APR09/horner
• http://www.dyslexia-teacher.com/t6.html
• http://specialed.about.com/od/readingliteracy/a/Sensory-Reading-Instruction-With-Sand-Letters.htm

As an added bonus, here are a couple other sites offering fun with ABC's:

• http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f
• http://funschool.kaboose.com/preschool/learn-abcs
• http://www.fisher-price.com/us/fun/games/abc
• http://alphabetimals.com