My Best
Teaching Idea:
USE
THE
INTERNET!
There are so many tools out there, don’t reinvent the wheel,
use it! The internet has lessons, worksheets, ideas,
interactive sites and lots of information!
Suggested Sites:
1) www.google.com – or any other search engine –
searches work
2) www.onlinestopwatch.com – great tool!
3) www.nasa.com – great for science
4) www.lessonplanspage.com – good site, but be careful
5) UHV Library – Use the professional journals why you
can they have great lesson plans
6) www.edhelper.com – great site
7) www.dadsworksheets.com – worksheet site
8) Blackline Masters:
http://lrt.ednet.ns.ca/PD/BLM/table_of_contents.htm This site was recommended by my mentor teacher!
9) http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/sample.htm The other website recommended by my mentor
teacher.
10)
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com – a
great worksheet site.
11)
www.mathisfun.com – good site for teaching
math, I used it to teach triangle types
12)
www.coolmath.com
13)
http://www.mathwarehouse.com – some
interactive math
14)
http://questgarden.com/112/97/7/101103180504/t
ask.htm - social studies site, I used this for a web
quest.
15)
http://questgarden.com/109/72/3/100928074954/
evaluation.htm - the other part of my web quest.
16)
http://www.nps.gov/saan/forteachers/upload/settl
ement2.PDF - social studies site that I used on a
virtual field trip
17)
http://www.nps.gov/saan/ - the other part of my
virtual field trip
18)
www.ushistory.org – a good social studies site, I
used it for a primary source assignment
19)
http://www.tea.state.tx.us – the tea website
20)
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148 –
a list of the TEKS are on this site
21)
http://law.jrank.org – a legal site that I used for a
primary source assignment (sometimes good sites are
not just those that a made specifically for education).
some more original source sites:
- Dickenson, John. Second letter,
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/17511775/townshend/dickII.htm
- http://dictionary.reference.com/
- http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/glossary/g/d
efprimarys.htm
- Pitt, William, 1766. William Pitt’s Speech,
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/17511775/stampact/sapitt.htm
- Revere, Paul. The bloody massacre perpetrated
in King Street, Boston, on Mar. 5, 1770,
http://www.archives.gov/research/americanrevolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war002.jpg
- Ritchie, A.H. The first blow for liberty,
http://www.archives.gov/research/americanrevolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war008.jpg
- Sarony and Major. The destruction of tea at
Boston Harbor,
http://www.archives.gov/research/americanrevolution/pictures/images/revolutionary-war004.jpg
22)
www.globe.gov – a good science education site
23)
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/ - a great
science site!
24)
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_4/chpt_4/1.
html - a circuit site for science
25)
www.crms.uga.edu/lichens.htm - a great science
site for teaching about eco systems
26)
http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/ - a great
interactive site for science and math!
27)
www.sln.org – a resource site that lists different
museums, good for Earth Science
28)
http://www.ndted.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Electricity/ser
iescircuit.htm - anther electric circuit site.
29)
Local Library site: I used the library for many
things including getting online books!
30)
www.amazon.com – used to buy textbooks, many
other sited for this out there!
31)
http://www.rubrics4teachers.com – you can print
or make rubrics on this site; rubrics are a great way to
alternatively assess; use them when creating lesson
plans for classes.