Classroom Connect’s December/January2006 Connected Newsletter

Lesson Plan Goldmines, p. 3

American Folklore Lessons

http://www.americanfolklore.net/lesson-plans.html

Monomyth

http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/hero/index.htm

Ceramics and Pottery

http://www.teachpottery.net/index.htm

Teaching Econ

http://www.teachingecon.com/

Teaching Writing

http://www.teachwriting.com/

Cover Story, pp 4–6

Technology Leadership: Enhancing Positive Educational Change

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le700.htm

Promoting Technology Use in Schools

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te200.htm

Developing a School or District Technology Plan

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm

4Teachers.org

http://www.4teachers.org

ISTE Educator Resources

http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=Curriculum&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=38&ContentID=3825

The Successful Technology Facilitator

http://www.gigglepotz.com/techco.htm

Working with Reluctant Teachers

http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GZ3JTNUY0YH0YQSNDBCSKHQ?articleID=18401198

Students to the Rescue

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/cstevens.htm

Technology Coordinator: An Impossible Job?

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/bray.htm

Connected Calendar, p. 7

Jan Brett

http://www.janbrett.com/biography.htm

Georges Seurat

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_145.html

Clean Air Act

http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaa06.html#topic6

Everglades National Park

http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/danger.htm

Delaware

http://www.state.de.us/gic/facts/history/delfact.htm

Mary Azarian

http://www.nccil.org/azarian.html

Louis Pasteur

http://ambafrance-ca.org/HYPERLAB/PEOPLE/_pasteur.html

Poinsettia

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/poinsettia/history.html

Madagascar

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ma.html

Alabama

http://www.archives.state.al.us/statenam.html

Kathleen Blanco

http://gov.louisiana.gov/

Beethoven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

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Ellis Island

http://ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_history.asp

Mars Exploration

http://www.exploringmars.com/

Elk

http://www.gpnc.org/elk.htm

Alvin Ailey

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/alvinailey/html/artists.html

New Mexico

http://www.state.nm.us/category/aboutnm/fastfacts.html

Richard Nixon

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html

Samuel Slater

http://www.slatermill.org/html/history.html

Nepal

http://www.travel-nepal.com/mountain.html

Iza Trapani

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth2.cfm?authid=159

Paddington

http://www.paddingtonbear.co.uk/en/1/fachispadbio.mxs

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/bio.html

Crossword Puzzle

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/fun.shtml

Winnie-the-Pooh

http://www.pooh-corner.org/general.shtml

Soccer

http://www.soccerhall.org/history/us_soccer_history.htm

Healthy Eating

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html

Philippines

http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/default.asp

California Gold Rush

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html

Chocolate

http://www.hersheys.com/discover/chocolate.asp

Angelina Ballerina

http://www.hitentertainment.com/angelinaballerina/us/index.html

Rosemary Wells

http://www.rosemarywells.com/rwells.html

Fort Mandan

http://www.fortmandan.com/

Snow Leoards

http://www.snowleopard.org/

Destinations, 8–9

TimeForKids: Asian Tsunami

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,1013398,00.html

USGS: Earthquakes for Kids

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids

Caring for Children in Troubled Times

http://www2.ag.ohio-state.edu/~kidshelp/homepage.htm

NOAA: National Weather Service

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/subpage1.htm

Tsunami Visualizations

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html

December 2004 Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra20041226.html

Tsunami The Great Waves

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/itic/library/pubs/great_waves/tsunami_great_waves.html

NOAA: Tsunami

http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov

Waveofdestruction.org

http://www.waveofdestruction.org

Understanding Tsunamis

http://school.discovery.com/teachers/tsunami

How Tsunamis Work

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm

Catching a Tsunami in the Act

http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/tsunami/html/sidebar1.html

Tsunami Characteristics

http://www.important.ca/tsunami_characteristics.html

Enchanted Learning: Tsunami Printable Booklet

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/tsunami/book

Plate Tectonics

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html

Causes of Tsunamis

http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/earthquake/tsunami.html

Tsunami Causes

http://www.important.ca/tsunami_causes.html

Tsunami

http://plus.maths.org/issue34/features/tsunami/

Tsunami Warning

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/book01.htm

Tsunamis: What Should You Do?

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami6.htm

Hazards Fact Sheet: Tsunami

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/tsunamis/tsunamif.shtm

Helping Children Cope With Disaster

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/family/children-disaster/children.htm

Indian Ocean Earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

NOAA Reacts Quickly to Indonesian Tsunami

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2357.htm

December 2004 Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/sumatra20041226.html

2004 Sumatra Earthquake

http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif

Deadliest Tsunamis

http://geology.about.com/library/bl/bltsunamideathtable.htm

The Why Files: Tsunamis

http://whyfiles.org/068tsunami/index.php?g=2.txt

Biggest Tsunami Countdown

http://fohn.net/biggest-tsunami

Grand Banks Earthquake and Tsunami

http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/damage/1929/1929_e.php

Software Applications, HyperStudio, pp 10–11

HyperStudio

http://www.hyperstudio.com

System Requirements

http://www.hyperstudio.com/productinfo_sysreq.aspx

Hyper About HyperStudio

http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14179

Building Learning with Technology: HyperStudio Tutorial

http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/hyperstudio/

HyperStudio Tutorials

http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edpy202/tutorial/hstudio/hstudio.htm

How To Get Your HyperStudio Stacks On the Web

http://www.holland.k12.mi.us/technology/hyperstudio/howto.html

Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores (Mac or Windows)

http://www.hyperstudio.com/showcase_socialstudies_carnivore.aspx

Thirteen Ed Online: HyperStudio Projects

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/software/index.html#softwarepro

Creating Talking Books with HyperStudio 4

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials/talkingBooks/hyperstudio4.php

“Hyper” Story Problems for Grade 2

http://members.fortunecity.com/l2k2/teacher/HyperStudio.html

Native Americans in the Natural World

http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/native/native.html

Earth Science HyperStudio Stacks (Mac)

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/downloads/stack.html

Fun with HyperStudio: President Projects

http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/bstpract/132/132.htm

Interactive Math

http://www.hyperstudio.com/showcase_math_interactive.aspx

Movement in Our Neighborhood

http://timberdrivees.wcpss.net/WebQuests/Movement%20in%20Our.htm

HyperStudio Resources (Mac)

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/software_page/hyperstudio.html

Using HyperStudio in the Classroom

http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/it/hyperstudio/

Creating Electronic Portfolios

http://www.hyperstudio.com/portfolio.aspx

ESSDACK: Examples of Electronic Portfolios
http://www.essdack.org/port/examples.html

HyperStudio Project Rubric

http://www.essdack.org/tips/researchrpt.html

Multimedia Project Rubric

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.mmproj.htm

U.S. History Timeline

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902416.html

A+ Web Gallery, p. 12–13

U.S. History.org

http://www.ushistory.org/

SnowCrystals.com

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/

EyeWitness to History

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

Newton’s Window

http://www.suzannesutton.com/

I Love That Teaching Idea

http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/

Landmark Cases

http://www.landmarkcases.org/

Mudd Math Fun Facts

http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/

SEED

http://www.seed.slb.com/

Under5s

http://www.underfives.co.uk/

Greece Athena Middle School: WebQuests

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/webquests/default.htm

Knowing Poe

http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/

Wired Success, p. 14

Instiki

http://instiki.org/show/HomePage

Kids’ Corner, p. 15

Kids’ Planet

http://www.kidsplanet.org/

We Can!

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/index.htm

KIDPROJ Multicultural Calendar

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids

http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html

The World of Ezra Jack Keats

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/

PBS: Pyramids

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Feature Story, Science and the Web, p. 16–18

Emily Carr At Home and at Work

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/EmilyCarrHomeWork

Starry Messenger Project

http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Galileo

Come Fly With Me!

http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/fly2

The Franklin Institute Online: Educational Hotlists

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html

Science NetLinks

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com

SandlotScience.com

http://www.sandlotscience.com/Illusion_Jump_Main/Master_Jump.htm

ASEE Engineering K12 Center

http://www.engineeringk12.org

BrainPop

http://www.brainpop.com

Explorations Through Time

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html

Bill Nye the Science Guy

http://www.billnye.com/flash.html

Eric Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography

National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov

NASA Education

http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=358

Why Files

http://whyfiles.org

Forensics in the Classroom

http://www.courttv.com/forensics%5Fcurriculum

The Museum of Unnatural Mystery

http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm

Smithsonian: Science and Technology

http://www.si.edu/science_and_technology

San Francisco Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu

American Museum of Natural History

http://amnh.org/education/resources/index.php

The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/sci00.00.00/%20http://amnh.org/home/?src=toolbar

Science Tracer Bullets Online

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets

Science Reference Services

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech

Everyday Mysteries

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/archive.html

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education

http://www.ciese.org/collabprojs.html

Science WebQuests

http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/science.htm

Internet Quests: Web 201

http://www2.gsu.edu/~mstjrh/internet_quests.htm

Ask Dr. Universe

http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html

Ask a Scientist

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aasinfo.htm

MadSci Network

http://madsci.wustl.edu

Science Fair Theme Page

http://www.cln.org/themes/science_fair.html

How To Put on a Great Science Fair!

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr220.shtml

Annenberg CPB Channel

http://learner.org/index.html

Live @ Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts/archive.html

Math Feature, p. 19

Virtual Manipulative: Percentages

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_160_g_3_t_1.html

Fraction Bars Applet

http://arcytech.org/java/fractions/fractions.html

A Conceptual Model for Solving Percent Problems

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_d.aspx?id=249

Comparing Fractions and Percentages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/fractionspercentages/activity.shtml

Circle Grapher

http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/tool_detail.aspx?id=60

Pie Chart

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/piechart/index.html

AAA Math: Percents and Ratios

http://www.aaamath.com/pct.html

Mission Magnetite

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/percent/percent.html

Penguin Waiter

http://www.funbrain.com/penguin

Percent Jeopardy

http://www.quia.com/cb/42534.html

Comparing All Three

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/comparing/comparingall3/game.shtml

QuickMath: Percent Solver

http://www.hostsrv.com/webmab/app1/MSP/quickmath/02/pageGenerate?site=quickmath&s1=numbers&s2=percentages&s3=basic

Percent Change Calculator

http://www.newsengin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/PercentChange/formPercentChange

3-Way Percent Calculator

http://www.math.com/everyone/calculators/calc_source/percent.htm

Technology Tips, p. 20

Answers.com

http://www.answers.com

Teacher Toolkit

http://www.teachers.answers.com

Global Projects, p. 21

CyberTeen Magazine

http://www.op97.org/cyberteen/index.html

My Town Is Important

http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/town/index.html

The Investigators

http://www.dovetonnorth.vic.edu.au/collab/tour.htm

Project Atmosphere Australia Online

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa2/

Internet Activities, pp 22–23

Folktales from China
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html

Chinese Folk and Fairy Tales

http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Chinese%20Folktales.html

Ancient Chinese Fables
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/fable/fable.html

Children’s Literature for Chinese New Year
http://www.noblenet.org/booklists/chinesenewyear.htm

New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year

http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/spring_e/spring.htm

Chinese New Year
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

Chinese New Year
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/newyear/newyear.html

Chinese New Year Photo Gallery
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2005/02/20/PARADE.TMP&o=4

Foods of the Chinese New Year

http://www.foodmuseum.com/chinesenew.html

Chinese Rice Cake Recipe

http://www.chinasprout.com/html/new_year5.html

How People Make Fortune Cookies

http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/cookiespictures.htm

Fortune Cookies Recipe

http://www.mom-mom.com/fortune_cookies.htm

Chinese New Year Art Activties
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__spring_fes.html

Crafts and Activities for Chinese New Year

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/

Chinese New Year Red Couplets

http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/learn/class_newyear.html

Chinese Word for Luck

http://www.chinapage.com/word/luck.html

Chinese Calendar
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/calendar.htm

Chinese Zodiac
http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/zodiac/zodiac.htm

Martin Luther King: Biography

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

Martin Luther King, Jr: A Biographical Sketch

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/

Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/mlk/

MLK Online

http://www.mlkonline.net/

MLK Papers: Popular Requests

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/voice_of_kingFrame.htm

MLK Day of Service

http://www.mlkday.org/

Youth Service America

http://www.ysa.org/

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlktime1.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

http://www.nps.gov/malu/

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

http://www.mlkmemorial.org/

The King Center

http://www.thekingcenter.org/