EIU/SIUE Teaching With Primary Sources Newsletter
Practical Uses of Math And Science (PUMAS) Home Page
Resources for K-12 educators with examples of real-world math and science
CyberBee
The Adventures of Cyberbee are lessons and curriculum resources for using primary sources in K-12 classrooms. Includes some copyright lessons too.
TeacherTube - Effective Technology Integration
A teacher uses Google Earth to teach students about the Mormon trail and how settlers traveled from Iowa to Utah. She explains how the technology allows students to experience something they wouldn't be able to without the technology. Summarizes how this activity meets principles for good technology use in the classroom.
Education Week's Digital Directions: Finding Online Science Sources
Descriptions of several good resources for online science materials, including NSTA's SciLinks and the National Science Digital Library
Boolify: PubLearn's Boolean Search Tool
Visual tool for creating Boolean searches--shows search criteria as puzzle pieces. Also includes a few lesson plans
Middle School Science Mania
Activities and resources for middle school science
FactCheckED: Monty Python and the Quest for the Perfect Fallacy
Lesson plan for teaching logical fallacies using political and commercial advertising, plus Monty Python. Aligned to National Social Studies standards and NETS info literacy.
EDTECH: Focus On K-12 - Getting Animated
Example chemistry lesson plan where students create animations to demonstrate chemical elements and compounds