Category Archives: Lesson Plans

Animoto

Hello Animoto!

It’s getting to the point in the school year when you may need some more engaging and interesting projects. Try Animoto and have your students create digital stories or review web content. The site is user-friendly and allows students to develop … Continue reading

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Pick it

Let the numbers do the work. The Random Number Generator is a great student selection tool for any classroom. Instead of calling on your students to read, answer problems or come up to the SMART Board, you can assign each … Continue reading

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Integrate Technology into Your Religion Lessons

William H. Sadlier, Inc., a well renowned Christian publishing company, created an exciting web based initiative called We Believe. The website offers a variety of properties and activities for students, teachers, priests, pastors and families. We Believe categorizes resources based … Continue reading

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Fresh Prep

Fresh Prep Makes History Pop

Have you ever noticed how your students know the words to every song, but you can’t seem to get them to recall the causes of World War I? Well there’s a way to combine music with history, and it is … Continue reading

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PhET

PhET Online Physics Simulations

PhET provides free, fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena. This site offers a plethora of simulations of common topics that deal with the physical world. PhET enables students to make connections between real-life phenomena and the underlying science, deepening … Continue reading

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Flashcard Machine

Flashcards on Steroids

Remember when there weren’t computers in the classroom? I can, but maybe that’s TMI. Anyway… young or old, can you remember using flashcards to help you remember definitions, dates, or any information for that matter? You wrote a word, math … Continue reading

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Your Own “Fantastic Voyage”

Have you seen the 1966 classic, Fantastic Voyage? That’s the movie in which a team of scientists travels in a microscopic submarine into the body of a living human being to save his life. Do you know of any tools that … Continue reading

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Into the Book

Into the Book

Into the Book is my favorite website to use on the SMART Board! This website is designed to teach reading strategies for 1st through 4th grade students. The strategies taught include using prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, … Continue reading

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Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami Teaching Resources

Here are some resources related to the news out of Japan: Plate Tectonics – Plate Motion Simulation from The Regents of the University of California. How a Seismograph Works – An animation of how a mechanical seismograph works. The National … Continue reading

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Free Christmas Learning Object

Teq has a  free learning object available for download. It’s the Teq Christmas Word Bucket. It is similar to our Halloween Word Bucket that we posted in October. This object allows teachers to easily create interactive activities with a holiday … Continue reading

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