Classroom Connect’s March 2007 Connected Newsletter Live Links Document
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Lesson Plan Goldmines, p. 3
CSEE Lesson Plans http://www.csee.net/lessonplans.asp
Economics and Geography Lessons for Children’s Books http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html
Kevin’s Lesson Center http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/lesson/lesson.html
The National Archives Lesson Plans http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
Evolution and the Nature of Sciences Institute http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eensiweb/less.fs.html
The Solution Site http://www.thesolutionsite.com/
Cover Story: Helping Kids Write, pp 4–6
6 Traits+1Writing http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.php?d=1
ABC’s of the Writing Process http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
The Writing Process: A Web Tutorial http://www.psesd.org/technology/writeprocess/
TeaxhersFirst.com: Writer’s Workshop http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/writers/index.html
Make Kids’ Writing Shine: Using Beginnings and Endings to Teach Craft http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/instructor/power.htm
Targeting Text: A Guided Writing Project

http://wwwfp.education.tas.gov.au/english/targeting.htm
Tips for Teaching Writing http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/2000-ja/tips.shtml
Writing: Teachers and Students http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/19744/3180
Persuasive Writing: A Classroom Model http://www.learnnc.org/articles/persuade-writing-0702
Student Writing Models http://thewritesource.com/models.htm
Annotated Writing Models http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Writing/6-12%20Exemplars.htm
English Exemplars: Written Language http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/eng/index_e.php
6 Traits + 1 http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm
Six Trait Writing For Teachers, Parents, and Students http://www.aps.edu/aps/Cochiti/6traits/
Writing Topics http://thewritesource.com/topics.htm
Time for Kids: Writing Ideas http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/writeideas
Writing Sparks http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/writing_prompts.htm
Teach Writing http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachwriting/index.htm
Essays and Other Writing Activities for Early Writers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/
Writing Bugs http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/writing_bugs.shtml
Ten Ideas That Get Kids Writing http://www.writingproject.org/pub/nwpr/nwp/ten-ideas.html

CanTeach: Writing Prompts/ Journal Topics http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
Writing with Writers http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm
Writing Workshop http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/wexpository.htm
Story Mapping http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/index.html
Score: Graphic Organizers http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/actbank/sorganiz.htm
Enchanted Learning: Graphic Organizers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/
Education Place: Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
TeacherVision: Graphic Organizers http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html
The Graphic Organizer http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
edHelper.com: Storytelling Graphic Organizers http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/Storytelling_graphic_organizers.htm
What Is a Rubric? http://www.relearning.org/resources/PDF/rubric_sampler.pdf
Performance Assessment for Language Students: Rubrics http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/PALS/rubrics/
TeAchnology: Writing Rubric Generator http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/writing/
How to Create a Rubric from Scratch http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Create_Rubric/create_ rubric.html
Writing Assessment Rubric http://www.6traits.cyberspaces.net/6traits/rubric2.html

6+1 Trait Writing Scoring Continuum http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/6plus1traits.PDF
Merriam-Webster Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/
RhymeZone http://www.rhymezone.com/
Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com http://thesaurus.reference.com/
Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
The Grammar Gorillas http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
Big Dog’s Grammar http://aliscot.com/bigdog/
MLA Formatting and Style Guide http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
Parents Boost Learning http://www.peel.edu.on.ca/parents/tips/num-index.htm
Reading Is Fundamental: Encouraging Young Writers http://www.rif.org/parents/articles/encouragingyoungwriters.mspx
PBS Parents: Helping Kids with Writing http://www.pbs.org/parents/experts/archive/elliott-writing.html#2
Help Your Child Learn to Write Well http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Writing/index.html
Learning to Write and Spell http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/foragegroup/5to7years/learningtowriteandspell/
Helping Children Learn about Reading http://www.naeyc.org/ece/1997/12.asp

Top Ten Secrets for Great Writing http://www.bravewriter.com/Articles/top_ten_secrets.html
Family Education: Writing Guidelines http://school.familyeducation.com/learning-disabilities/treatments/37805.html
The National Commission on Writing in America’s Schools and Colleges http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/neglectedr.pdf
The Issues: A Recipe for Motivating Creative Writers http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2/issues/1003issue.shtm
Tips for Teaching Writing http://www.unicef.org/teachers/learner/writing.htm
Scholastic http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4412
Alliance for Young Writers and Artists http://scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/
A Teacher’s Guide to Fair Use and Copyright http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm
Assessment: 6 Traits +1 http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/faq.php
Calendar, p. 7
National Pig Day http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animals/pig.html
Mount Rainier http://www.nps.gov/archive/mora/home.htm
Patricia MacLachlan http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=34
Elizabeth Barrett Browning http://www.browningguide.org/
Luther Burbank http://www.parks.sonoma.net/burbstory.html
Caroline Herschel http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/herschel.html

Tuba http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=216
Ears http://www.american-hearing.org/anatomy/how_we_hear.html
Uranus http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/uranus/moons_and_rings.html
Marguerite deAngeli http://www.deangeli.lapeer.org/Life/index.html
Kites http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/hist1.html
Freedom’s Journal http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/newbios/nwsppr/freedom/freedom.html
Swallows of Capistrano http://www.missionsjc.com/swallows.html
Tunisia http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/tn.htm
David Wisniewski http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/wisn.html
Salmon http://www.dfw.state.or.us/southsantiam/raising_salmon.html
New Zealand http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/nature/nature-fauna.cfm
John Wesley Powell http://www.powellmuseum.org/MajorPowell.html
Bangladesh http://www.un.int/bangladesh/gen/country.htm
Niagara Falls http://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/discover/famous.html
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/facts.html

Tulips http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2006/15179.html
Destinations, pp 8, 9
Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu/windows.html
The Apollo Program http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/apollo.htm
Kids Astronomy http://www.kidsastronomy.com
Return to the Moon http://www.space-frontier.org/Projects/Moon/
Pieces of Science: Destination Moon http://fi.edu/pieces/schutte/story.html
To the Moon and Back http://fi.edu/pieces/hiley/index.html
The Sky http://www.seasky.org/sky.html
Exploring the Moon http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/58199main_Exploring.The.Moon.pdf
Moons of the Solar System http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/145947main_Solar.System.Moons.Lithograph.pdf
The Moons and Rings of Jupiter http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/moons/moons.html
Satellites of the Outer Planets http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/outerp/moons.html
Biology-Online.org: Moon http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Moon
The Formation of the Moon http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/moon/moon_evolution_overview.ht
ml
The Origin of the Moon

http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html
Moons of the Solar System http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Moons/MoonsSolSys.html
The Nine Planets http://www.nineplanets.org
Solar System http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
Moons http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/ExploringSolarSystem/ExploringMoons.html
Exploring Earth’s Moon http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Moons/TheMoon.html
The Moon http://www.solarviews.com/eng/moon.htm
Enchanted Learning: The Moon http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/moon
Moon Icosahedron http://www.solarviews.com/cap/ico/icomoon.htm
The Galileo Project http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/observations/moon.html
Exploring the Moon http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/
Lunar and Planetary Science: The Moon http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.html
The Apollo Project http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/index.html
Myths About the Moon http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/planets/Earth/moon.html
Once In a Blue Moon http://skytonight.com/observing/objects/moon/3305141.html?page=1&c=y
Moon Mythology http://lunar.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mythologyh.html

Blue Moon http://www.crystalinks.com/bluemoon.html
Software Application, Inspiration, pp 10, 11
The Rock Cycle volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Rocks/Rocks6.html
Rock Cycle www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html
A+Web Gallery, pp 12–13
EdSpace http://edspace.nasa.gov/home.html
Portals to the World http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
The Alamo http://www.thealamo.org/main.html
ArtLex http://www.artlex.com/
The Cave of Lascaux http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
Star-Spangled Banner http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html
Nature http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/about/index.html
Fermilab http://www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/index.html
New York History Net http://www.nyhistory.com/
Plus Magazine http://plus.maths.org/
Learning@Whitney Kids http://whitney.org/learning/kids.php

Wired Success, p. 14
WikiHome: Math 247 http://math247.jot.com
Mathcasts http://www.mathcasts.org/
Camtasia Studio http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp?CMP=KgoogleCStm
Screencast.com http://screencast.com
Kids’ Corner, p. 15
NOVA: ScienceNOW http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
Dr. Mike’s Math Games for Kids http://www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com/
BLM Learning Landscapes http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/index.html
Maine: Secretary of State Kids’ Page http://www.maine.gov/sos/kids/
SchoolHouse Rock http://www.school-house-rock.com/
I Was Wondering.org http://www.iwaswondering.org/
Feature Story: Theater and Dance, pp 16–18
PBS: Who’s Dancin’ Now? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/primer.html
Classics for Kids http://www.classicsforkids.com/shows/showview.asp?ID=33
History of Dance: DANCE4It http://www.dance4it.com/dancehistory.htm
The Dance Store Online Learning Center http://www.thedancestoreonline.com/ballroom-dance-instruction/index.htm

Artslynx http://www.artslynx.org/dance/history.htm
African Heritage Dancers & Drummers http://www.ahdd.org/contents.html
Ballroom Dancing http://www.ballroomdancing.co.za/
Who’s Dancin’ Now?. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/
DANCE Patterns http://www.markus-bader.de/dancee.htm
DanceWeb Dance Resource Finder http://www.danceweb.co.uk/net/ui/f9.aspx?el=0&dc=0&mo=0&nx=0&zm=0
University of Maryland Dance Mediagraphy http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPRINT/dance/
Baila! Latin Dance in the Spanish Classroom http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3906/
Ballet & Classical Music http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2234/
Boys Can Dance http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2328/
Dancing Through Poetry http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3534/
Elements of Dance http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2338/
Jazz Dance & Music http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2049/
Learn for Yourself in Dance http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/lesson_plan-d2.html
Life of a Navajo Weaver http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2380/

Native American Chants & Movement http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2245/
Our Russian Folk Dance http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2152/
Prairie Magic and Territory Folks http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2288/
Shaping Patterns & Dancing Shapes http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2281/
Telling Stories Through Dance http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/lesson_plan-d1.html
Brothers of the Knight http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2466
Dancing in the Park with Friends http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2445/
The Emperor’s New Clothes http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2431/
Follow the Drinking Gourd http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2467/
From Moccasins to Tap Shoes http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3394/
Now Let Me Fly http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp059.shtml
Shakespeare Stealer http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2436/
Steps of a Giant: Martha Graham http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3782/
Harriet Tubman http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2411/
Weather on the Move http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2438/
Ancient Greek Theater

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/classics/theatre/intro.shtml
Roman Theatre and Drama http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/roman.htm
Commedia dell’arte http://www.davidclaudon.com/arte/commedia.html
Elizabethan Theater http://www.britainexpress.com/History/elizabethan-theatre.htm
Renaissance Drama http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0857816.html
Restoration Drama http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/restoration_drama_001.html
Drama Teacher’s Resource Room: Lesson on Theater History http://www.sasktelwebsite.net/erachi/page30.html
Performing Arts Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
Recorded Sound Reference Center http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/
Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/berlhtml/berlhome.html
History of Radio: The World of Wireless http://home.luna.nl/~arjan-muil/radio/history.html
History of Television: The Media History Project Connections Pages http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/teevee.html
History of the Mercury Theatre and the Original Broadcast http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
”War of the Worlds”: Original Script http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/script.html
”War of the Worlds”: Behind the Radio Show Panic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0617_050617_warworlds.html

Discovery School Study Guide to “War of the Worlds” http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/warofworlds/
Acting Up, a Melodrama http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2330/
Animal Habitats http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3802/
Adapting a Musical http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2287/
Boston Tea Party: Reenactment http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2237/
Can You Measure Up? http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3801/
Education World: Make a Commercial for Brighty-Whitey Toothpaste http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/04/lp332-03.shtml
Five Easy Drama Games for the Early Elementary Classroom http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3917/
The Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/index_sa.cfm?specaudid=2
The Great Shakespeare Experiment http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/lesson_plan-t2.html
Making a Scene with Norman Rockwell http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/lesson_plan-t1.html
The “Producing Edgar Allen Poe” Challenge http://www.pbs.org/wnet/dancin/resources/lesson_plan-t3.html
Shakespeare High http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/index.shtml
Aaron Shepherd’s Reader’s Theater http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
teAchnology: Drama, Theatre Lesson Plans http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/arts/drama/

Discovery School: Careers in Song & Dance, Stage, TV & Film http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/da_careers_songdance/ http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/da_careers_stageair/ http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/da_careers_tv/ http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/da_careers_film/
MCREL http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/browse.asp
Math Feature, p. 19
Area Explorer http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AreaExplorer
Cyberchase Airlines Builder http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/perimeterarea/perimeterarea.html
E-Lab, Exploring Area http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr4/20.html
Interactive Geometry Dictionary: Areas in Geometry http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=21
Virtual Manipulative: Geoboard http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_282_g_3_t_4.html
Investigating Pick’s Theorem http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L623
Area Triangles http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=106
Area Parallelograms http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=108
Area Trapezoids http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=109
Math Open Reference: Area of a Parallelogram http://www.mathopenref.com/parallelogramarea.html
Math Open Reference: Area of a Trapezoid http://www.mathopenref.com/trapezoidarea.html
Circle Area http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=116

E-Lab, Area of a Circle http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr6/18.html
Area of a Circle http://www.wku.edu/~tom.richmond/Pir2.html
Approximating the Area of a Unit Circle http://math.furman.edu/~dcs/java/circle.html
Technology Tips, p. 20
Internet Explorer 7 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie
Firefox 2.0 http://www.mozilla.com
MozillaZine http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=338572
Global Projects, p. 21
Winter’s Story http://son.nasa.gov/winterstory/index_e.htm
Project Poster http://poster.4teachers.org/
International Telementor Program http://www.telementor.org/
Nonprofit Prophets http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/prophets/
Internet Activities, pp 22–23
Transportation Photography http://www.stockwellphotos.com/transportation.htm
Transport Japan http://www.transport-pf.or.jp/english/index.html
America on the Move: Games http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games/
Transportation Timelines http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0873323.html

Clip Art: Transportation http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com/clipart_transportation/page1.html
Classroom Clipart http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Transportation
Stock Photography: Vehicles http://www.freephotosbank.com/Transportation/Vehicles/page1.html
Public Transportation Safety Kids Page http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/Kids/kid-tran.htm
Traffic Sign Quiz http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/Kids/kidssign.htm
TransitPeople http://www.transitpeople.org/lesson/trancovr.shtml
DLTK: Transportation Coloring Pages http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mtransposter.html
CalTrans Kids Page http://www.dot.ca.gov/kids/
Transportation Games http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/transportation/games.htm
DLTK: Transportation Crafts http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/crafts.html
Kid Crafts: Transportation Theme http://www.freekidcrafts.com/transportation.html
States of Matter http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
Chemistry.org: Wondernet http://chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/wondernetdisplay.html?DOC=wondernet\activiti es\matter\matter.html
Chem4Kids: States of Matter http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html
States of Matter http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=120&l=&c3

What Is Matter? http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/intro.htm
IPPEX: Matter! http://ippex.pppl.gov/interactive/matter/
Chem4Kids: Quizzes http://www.chem4kids.com/activities.html
Properties and Changes http://education.jlab.org/reading/properties_and_changes.html
Plasmas: The Fourth State of Matter http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart_Pages/5.Plasma4StateMatter.html
Plasma Science and Technology http://www.plasmas.org/
Plasmas http://www.plasmas.com
Bose-Einstein Condensation http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/bec/
Images of Bose-Einstein Condensates http://www.bec.nist.gov/gallery.html
Science Vocabulary Hangman http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/index.html