Great Science project for the summer

here is a cool website that lets you help Nasa map the moon. There are high resolution images of the moons surface and this application lets anyone explore the pictures and map out craters with descriptions. I think this would be a great science project for the summer. And a great way to get free help for NASA...

http://bit.ly/dzTEYt

Amazing Man-Made Disasters that still exist

This is an amazing photoslide show that tells the story of man-made disasters that were never resolved and still exist today. It makes you think about how small this world is...

http://huff.to/dx5d8k

Great teacher and student resources on writing

I found a blog by a fellw blogspot blogger who discovered some resources that teachers put together on tech websites as well as a whole list of ideas and projects for helping students with their writing. As my daughters get older, I really see the advantages of being a good writer. Everyone needs to learn how to communicate their opinions and ideas in writing!

Her blog post is here and worth taking a look at. Check out her blog at http://wemstech.blogspot.com/

Gulf Oil Spill

I am concerned about the oil leak in the Gulf coast. It is not a spill which is finite but a leak that is continuing to cause havoc to our environment, not to mention our economy.

Here are some of the interesting stories and environmental perspectives that was put together recently on the issue.

Gulf Oil Spill

Happy Paperless Earth Day 2010

Just recently learned about the paperless day drive on Earth Day. 1500 teachers from around the world are teaching students without the use of extra paper. I bet there have been some creative approaches to learning today. great job to all those teachers.

Here is a link provided by Dean Mantz of Mantz's Mission to a great resource of digital ideas and tools that teachers can adopt in the classroom. There is also a podcast from the founder of paperless day Steve Katz and by Elaine Plybon from Discovery Education Network about the challenges and rewards of going digital. The main take away I got was that both teachers and students are excited about learning. We need new models for teaching because students are wired so differently now.

http://dmantz7.edublogs.org/2010/04/22/earth-day-pln-style/

Enjoy!

Texas GT teachers resources

Here is a comprehensive list of teaching resources from kindergarten to 4th grade in subjects like math and science for those teachers in Texas GT teachers for the TPSP projects . A nice compilations of websites and youtube videos collected by teachagiftedkid.

http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/search_author?terms=teachagiftedkid

Online Flash Cards and online quizes

For all those high school and college students that want a more interactive way to study flash cards for your subjects, check out this great resource of online flash card and testing sites.

Study Tools