Thinkfinity
Remember Marco Polo and all the great lesson plans you could find in that matrix, well Verizon Foundation has purchased the old Marco Polo, updated and joined with some fantastic Content Partners to bring Teachers, Parents, and Student some really great resources. Thinkfinity search engine saves you time and head aches. It lets you search all the Content Partners by subject, grade level, resource type or by National or State standards. I'm using it now in my classes and I can see hundreds more uses. Don't have computer or Internet access in your classroom, well don't dispare lesson plans are all printable and there are many work sheets and activites that you are PDF printables and more.
This wiki page gives you a chance to try a few. You can search from Thinkfinity on your own or you can search any of the Content Partners on your own. It is free, easy to use and useful.
Strapped for time visit my WOW sites and get an inkling of what is available in this fantastic collection. Interested in Professional Development Training for your school? Contact me by clicking on the link to the right.
Computer teachers these WOW!!! activities were chosen with you in mind but they are great in other study areas too.
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Grade Level(s)
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Resource / URL
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Classroom Context
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Language Arts
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Primary
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EDSITEment
ReadWriteThink
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La Familia
Spanish lesson.
Alphabetic Organizer
Student choose their own words to make pages for an alphbet book or make a organized chart.
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Language Arts
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Intermediate
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ReadWriteThink
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Flip Book
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Language Arts
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Middle level
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ReadWriteThink
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CD/DVD Cover Creator
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Language Arts
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High school
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ReadWriteThink
EDSITEment
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Stapleless Book
Debating Music Downloads
Slavery's Dehumanizing Effects
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Math
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Primary
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Illuminations
Artsedge
Illusions
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Deep Sea Duel: Addition game.
Crunch the Numbers
Sesame Workshop
Literacy & Numeracy |
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Math
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Intermediate
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Illuminations
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Primary Krypto
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Math
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Middle level
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Illuminations
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Scale Factor
Try using this in conjuction with resizing images by scale.
Cube Nets
Check out which 2 dimensional nets will create a cube. Choose one and make it in word.
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Math
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High school
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Illunimations
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Fire
Set your own probablity for the spread of this fire.
Graph Creator
Great for complex graphing.
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Science
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Primary
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Science Netlinks
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Weather Patterns
A wonderful controlled interactive lesson that 1st & 2 nd graders would really enjoy
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Science
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Intermediate
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Science Netlinks
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Weather Detectives
A great way to use Comic Creator. All the resources you need in this excellent lesson plan.
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Science
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Middle level
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Science NetLinks
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Stormy Weather
Combine science with music. This site takes a long time to stream in but is very nice when it starts to play.
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Science
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High school
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Science Netlinks
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Earth Simulator
Try this lesson complete with podcast to tie science and technology. |
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Social Studies
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Primary
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Smithsonian
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Interactive Flag
Find out the history of the flag by clicking on different places.
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Social Studies
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Intermediate
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Blue Journey
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Listen- Look-Learn
An interactive journey through a play, its music, and the history of that music.
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Social Studies
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Middle level
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Civil War Music
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Audios, song lyric sites, American diaries throughout history, Venn diagram,
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Social Studies
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High school
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EconEdLinks
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Nation Budget Simulation
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Other
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Primary
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EconEdLinks
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Funny Money
Tic Tac Taxes Interactive
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Other
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Intermediate
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ReadWriteThink
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Flip-a-Chip
Student use this activity to arrange verbs with different ending in context.
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Other
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Middle level
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ReadWriteThink
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Book Covers
I can think of dozen of ways to use this interactive activity.
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Other
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High school
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EconEdLinks
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Current Events
Links lead to New York Times, Associated Press articles & More.
Technology News at New York times may be of special interest to Shared Time Teachers.
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The Arts
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All
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Artsedge
Artsedge
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Art Quotes
Joan Miro
Spanish Painter, student interactive Look Read, Take Notes
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