Have you checked out the Teach 21 Social Studies Electronic Resources Package that the WVDE has for you to use? These are lessons developed by West Virginia teachers and are now up ready for you to use on the Teach 21 site. Click the link below to access these resources!
Month: March 2012
Statistics Made Fun!
Mark Moore (from the WVDE Office of Instructional Technology) sent me this and I thought I would post it here for you to view…
Hans Rosling, a favorite presenter at TED, had a very difficult challenge. How can he make statistical data interesting
Keep two things in mind while watching:
1) The content of the speech and
2) how he is presenting the material without using traditional methods.
WOWs!
WVDE’s Mark Moore items to help you…
or
http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/
Filmed with a real camera, on Cassini. No computer graphics, no 3D Models,
Just real.
Learning Infinite Series using doodles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK5Z709J2eo
Notice that I used a YouTube link. It should work at your school even
though the YouTube website is blocked. Watch this short tutorial to see how
we accomplished this:
http://wvde.state.wv.us/technology/tutorials/vids/youtuberequest/youtuberequ
est.html or http://tinyurl.com/6bfvg9k
For more tutorial videos about educational technologies in West Virginia
schools, please visit:
http://wvde.state.wv.us/technology/tutorials/index.php
Women in History
Celebrate the great achievements and discoveries made by women throughout history with lesson plans, activities and interactives from Thinkfinity.org.
Recommended Resources
• Understand the changing role of women in politics by examining their lives and political networks with Eleanor Roosevelt and the Rise of Social Reform (9-12)
• Read about women in Analyzing Character Development in Three Short Stories About Women (9-12)
• Learn about the contributions of Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs) during WWII inWomen Aviators of WWII: “Fly Girls” (6-8)
Black History Month Resources
Here are some helpful tools from Mark Moore at the WVDE…
Celebrate Black History Month with your students by sharing the hard work, struggles and successes of African Americans throughout history. This extensive collection of resources from Thinkfinity offers lessons, activities and primary source items that range from W.E.B Du Bois, the NAACP, National African American Read-in, Brown v. Board of Education and many more. Explore the Black History Month collection below.
• Share the achievements of great African Americans with your students. Explore EDSITEment’s collection of 23 Black History lessons. (Grades: 6-12)
• For science students, show the impact of African American scientists in the areas of science, technology, engineering and medicine. (Grades: 6-12)
• Help your students experience the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education and understand how the case impacts their education today. (Grades: 6-12)
My personal favorite: The NAACP Interactive Historical Timeline
Are you part of the Thinkfinity Community? Visit us today and see what other educators are discussing about Black History Month.
Unblocked Videos for Instruction
The Khan Academy located at http://www.khanacademy.org/ has over 1800 FREE educational videos on Biology, Calculus, Algebra, Economics, Physics, Organic Chemistry and more.
John Miller and Mark Moore at the WVDE have UNBLOCKED these You Tube Videos for you to use!
Using TWITTER in the Classroom
Common Core Links
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards
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Memorial Day Resources
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who died while serving our nation and celebrate their brave achievements. Share the stories of war, sacrifice and honor of these heroic women and men with your students with this special collection of lessons, interactives and resources.
Thinkfinity Recommended Resources for Memorial Day:
- The Soldiers Experience: Vietnam versus World War I– after watching first-person accounts and analyzing artifacts, students take on the roles of soldiers and news teams to present newscasts comparing the experience of fighting in two wars. (9-12)
- Images at War – encourages students to examine attitudes toward war as revealed in Civil War photographs and WWII posters. (9-12)
- The Massachusetts 54th Regiment: Honoring the Heroes – teaches students about the heroism of African Americans during the Civil War. (6-8)
Thanks WVDE Mark Moore!
Math Across the Curriculum Tools
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr146.shtml
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/Writing_to_Learn_Mathematics_306722_7.pdf
http://www.nctm.org/standards/content.aspx?id=23273 guiding principles
http://www.edcc.edu/mac/ MAC project
http://wac.colostate.edu/journal/vol9/russek.pdf writing to learn mathematics
http://math.unipa.it/~grim/21_project/21_charlotte_WillsonPaper.pdf
Fayetteville PK8 