**************************************************************************** *************************************************Internet Connections For Educators December 2003 - January 2004 Vol. 6 Issue 4 Editor: Ann Dixon, MISD Technology Teacher Trainer **************************************************************************** *************************************************Internet Connections For Educators Find this valuable? Forward it to other interested teachers. To subscribe, send an email to adixon@xxxxxxxxx with name, district, city and state. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ 1. Free Teaching Materials 2. News from NASA 3. August and September Events and Themes 4. Spotlight Sites 5. Educational Television Connects with the Internet ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ Free Teaching Materials Printing Readiness Sheets (Pre-k to 1) Printable handwriting sheets to download http://donnayoung.org/hwrite.htm Focus on Classroom Management Free e-mail class http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/EmailCourse/signup.htm **************************************************************************** **** News From NASA I am participating as a NASA Solar System Ambassador as well as an JPL Ocean Envoy. These programs give me to opportunity to learn what is new with NASA. This section of the newsletter will highlight some of the best science and space materials I have learned about through the programs. Science Fair Resource from JPL http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/ PATTERNS OF CHANGE from NASA Earth Observatory, discover movies and 3-D snapshots of the Earth that allow students to observe our planet changing, over time and space, and to think about what might be the causes or effects of those changes.` Twelve exercise are available. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Datasets/ Answers to student questions are available at the ?Teacher Resources? link. A neat feature of the site is the ability to enable a glossary that provides hyperlinks to all technical terms. Enable this function by clicking the radio box on the upper left hand portion of each page. Teacher Resources http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Datasets/teacher_resources.html **************************************************************************** ****** December and January Events and Themes **************************************************************************** ****** Calendar and Lesson Ideas http://www.umkc.edu/imc/december.htm http://www.umkc.edu/imc/january.htm Birthday List http://www.umkc.edu/imc/decbir.htm http://www.umkc.edu/imc/jan_bir.htm Connected Classroom Calendar http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml **************************************************************************** ****** Special Days **************************************************************************** ****** ************************ December ************************ Christmas Count Down Story - Available in several different languages http://www.advent-calendars.com/ December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Day National Geographic -- Remembering Pearl Harbor http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ December 20 Hanukkah Hanukkah http://www.umkc.edu/imc/hanukkah.htm The Wright Brothers? First Flight, Dec 17, 1903 American Memory from the Libraryof Congress. Be sure to click on the underlined links for more information from the site. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec17.html Winter Solstice, Dec. 21 The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and longest in the Southern Hemisphere. Earth Viewer http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=learth.evif Explanation of the Winter Solstice http://www.treasure-troves.com/astro%0B/WinterSolstice.html Seasons View a movie of the seasons that shows the tilt of Earth?s equatorial plane relative to the Sun. http://www.treasure-troves.com/%0Bastro/movies/Seasons.mov Winter Winter Domino Game http://www.bry-backmanor.org%0B/december/dectwentynine.html December Goodies http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/index.html Christmas December 25 Christmas Music Box http://christmas.com/music/ Christmas Greeting from Around the World http://christmas.com/pe/1427 Christmas Traditions Scavenger Hunt http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/projects/around.htm General Holiday Sites Christmas at ABC Teach http://www.abcteach.com/Christmas/ChristmasTOC.htm Christmas Around the World http://christmas.com/worldview/ Christmas on the Net http://www.holidays.net/christmas/ Christmas at Kid?s Domain http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday%0B/xmas/index.html Billy Bear?s Christmas http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/christms.htm Santa?s Village http://www.northpole.com/Village.html Christmas http://www.night.net/christmas/ Activity Village Christmas http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_pages.htm Texas Admitted to the Union, December 29, 1845 Lone Star Junction http://www.lsjunction.com/ ********************************* January ********************************* 100 Days of School Activities 100th Day Celebration http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/ New Year's Day January 1 Family Resolution Kit http://www.familyeducation.com%0B/article/0,1120,1-4226,00.html Happy New Year -- Songs, Crafts and Language Activities http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/holiday_themes/newyear.htm Writing Paper for New Year's Resolutions Older Students http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/%0Bstationery/older/new-years.htm Younger Students http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/new_year.htm Louis Braille's Birthday January 4, 1808 http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/braille.html James Cook Crosses the Antarctic Circle, January 17, 1773 Antartica Links http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/antartic.html Virtual Antarctica http://www.terraquest.com/antarctica/ Nova PBS Shakelton's Antarctic Odyssey http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/ Poetry Break January 13 Giggle Poetry http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Great Sites for Teaching About Poetry http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites013.shtml Martin Luther King Day January 15 Martin Luther King Timeline http://www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/itss/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html Audio Clips of MLK Speeches http://webcorp.com/civilrights/mlkfr.htm Ben Franklin's Birthday, January 17 Ben Franklin Biography http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html Ben's Guide to Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ National Geographic Society Formed January 22, 1888 National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ John Hancock's Birthday January 23, 1737 Biography of John Hancock http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=15526 The Declaration of Independence http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits%0B/declaration/main.html Founding of Australia, January 26, 1788 A Guide to Australia http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/ozguide.html Unique Australian Animals http://home.mira.net/~areadman/aussie.htm Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, January 27, 1788 Interactive Mozart for Kids http://www.stringsinthemountains.org%0B/m2m/1once.htm Mozart Links for Students http://www.surfnetkids.com/mozart.htm Birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt January 30, 1882 American Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=3 1 **************************************************************************** ****** Spotlight Sites **************************************************************************** ****** +++++++++++++++++ Math +++++++++++++++++ Metric Conversion -- Metric conversions.org provides a bunch of handy tools for calculating and converting from or to metric. http://www.metric-conversions.org/site-map.htm Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/ +++++++++++++++++ Reading Language Arts +++++++++++++++++ Bookmark Maker http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bookmarks/ National Geographic Bookmark Maker http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookclub/bookmark_091001_100pm.html Jan Brett?s Web Site - This wonderful author/illustrator is very generous with her work. http://www.janbrett.com/ Wired for Books - Kids Korner http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm +++++++++++++++++ Science +++++++++++++++++ NetFrog - Virtual lab http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/ The Great Plant Escape -Interactive http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ +++++++++++++++++ Social Studies +++++++++++++++++ National Atlas --Follow the directions to map information about biology, boundaries, environment, geology, people, transportation, and water. http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/NatlasStart.asp Small Town America - Stereo Views from the New York Public Library Collection http://digital.nypl.org/dennis/stereoviews/ American Journeys - Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration http://www.americanjourneys.org/ +++++++++++++++++ Early Childhood +++++++++++++++++ HANDWRITING PAGE MAKER: Choose your font size and letter spacing to generate pages of dot-to-dot font pages for student worksheets. Great for kindergarten and first grade writing practice. http://www.thebigbus.com/free/resources/writing/index.htm Winter Counting Book http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decnineteen.html Hello, Winter Book http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decthirty.html +++++++++++++++++ General +++++++++++++++++ Online Modules from Interne4Classrooms - Learn to use various programs on-line http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm Teacher Express - The web page for busy teachers. It has it all! http://www.teacherxpress.com/ **************************************************************************** **** Educational Television Connects with the Internet **************************************************************************** **** This section will feature educational television programs that are enriched by Internet materials available for the classroom. Cable in the Classroom has a new look for its print and online materials. Look at the articles. http://www.ciconline.com/aboutcic/publications/accesslearning.htm On-line - A new interface makes it easy to see the Cable in the Classroom offerings for the month. Just click on the subject, then date. http://www.ciconline.org/ ============================================================================ ============= Administrivia... This newsletter is designed to provide teachers with quick access to Internet sites that correlate with the curriculum. Click on the highlighted links to visit the sites listed here. It is planned that this newsletter will be updated and sent on a monthly basis with a new set of links. Each issue should arrive during the 3rd week of the previous month. I would be glad to accept requests for links that would enrich your curriculum, theme units, or seasonal units. E-mail me at adixon@xxxxxxxxx with your requests. Subscription Information To subscribe send an e-mail to adixon@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:adixon@xxxxxxxxx> . Put ?newsletter subscription? in the subject and please include your email, name, district, city and state in the message. We like to know how far the newsletters are going. If you have any difficulty please e-mail me at adixon@xxxxxxxxx Ann Dixon Technology Teacher Trainer Midland ISD 615 W. Missouri Midland, Tx 79701 915.689.1955 e-mail: adixon@xxxxxxxxx