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It seems that snow days sneak up on our classes when least expected. Use this collection of resources to "plan ahead" for snow days. Maybe you want to stop and appreciate snow for snow's sake by creating snowflakes and studying this striking weather phenomenon. Or perhaps your class needs a way to convene for some snow day collaboration. Whatever your situation, you will find tools and ideas here for any grade level.
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100 Snowballs Game - ABCya!
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K to 4
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What can you do with 100 snowballs? Find out with this interactive activity where students can let their imaginations run free with creating a winter scene using 100 snowballs. The...more
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What can you do with 100 snowballs? Find out with this interactive activity where students can let their imaginations run free with creating a winter scene using 100 snowballs. The activity is easy to use, simply click and drag each snowball anywhere in the scene. Finished creations can be saved to your computer or printed using links at the top of the activity.
In the Classroom
This site would be perfect for the 100th day of school activities! Use in a computer center and have students group the snowballs into different size groups and count how many are in each pile. Have students create a scene using the 100 snowballs then write a poem about their creation.
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Caffein - Caffein Team, Nota, Inc.
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7 to 12
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Create a video chat room site quickly and easily. Choose the name of your room and invite others through the sharing of a link. Video chat rooms are private by ...more
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Create a video chat room site quickly and easily. Choose the name of your room and invite others through the sharing of a link. Video chat rooms are private by default and can be changed easily. Share your chat room easily by link, embedding, or sharing on Twitter or Facebook. Controls for the chat room are easy to find and use.
In the Classroom
Some schools may block this tool. If you set up a room for currculum use, you may be able to request that specific url be unblocked. Use this tool as an easy video chat when collaborating with other students in different schools. Set up a chat space to interview older people about events in history. (You may need to have someone tech-savvy help set up the webcam at their end.) This resource would also be beneficial for students who are home for an extended illness or on vacation when discussion with group members may be necessary. Use this tool in any subject that requires collaboration and video chats. Save this link for snow days when you would like to set up a quick update chat with your students. You might even have webcam parent conferences!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Instablogg - Instablogg.com
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K to 12
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Create a blog post instantly and easily without maintaining a complete blog. Enter your text (you will notice the same editor options as most word programs have). Choose whether to...more
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Create a blog post instantly and easily without maintaining a complete blog. Enter your text (you will notice the same editor options as most word programs have). Choose whether to make the post public or private and to enable or disable comments. Enter the Captcha code before saving. Share the link with others or post on a site. Secondary students could easily use this site independently. This tool could be useful to elementary teachers to share information with parents/students or for a first experience in student blogging.
tag(s): blogs (51)
In the Classroom
Use this tool as an easy to use blogging tool for the classroom and every subject area. Use in language arts classes to strengthen students' writing ability and 21st century skills. Teach about proper commenting etiquette on simple first blog posts. Use for student-written book reviews for the school library. (Why not add a QR code on the book's cover to lead to the review?). Use as a tool for class or parent communication. Engage students in discussions on current events, independent reading, literature, and more. Ask students to play the role of a historical figure and write about their viewpoints or experiences. Use the site as a forum for any simulated or real task. Invite parents to join to give their points of view on upcoming elections or public policy issues by commenting on student posts. Share a blog in even the youngest of classes, for parents to use to learn about a specific unit of study, field trips, and more. Use this site in world language classes to have students write a blog entry in the new language. Include the principal or superintendent in class discussions of students' rights as you study the Constitution. Create incredible discussions of environmental, political, or economic issues.Create a standing assignment for elementary ans middle schoolers on snow days: Have students write a post about the snow using Instablogg and share the url on a class wiki or my email to the teacher. Post the various links on the class web page so students can comment on each other's posts after they come in from sledding.
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BigMarker - BigMarker.com
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9 to 12
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Big Marker is a new, free service for creating and participating in online conferences, chats, or other get-togethers. Big Marker is a good service for online tutoring sessions, sessions...more
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Big Marker is a new, free service for creating and participating in online conferences, chats, or other get-togethers. Big Marker is a good service for online tutoring sessions, sessions for brainstorming, and any other online activity where people from multiple computer locations can congregate to share ideas. Create a public or private meeting room. Making the room public allows anyone to join. (There are many upcoming sessions that are public and listed on the main page.) Provide a password to other participants when making the room private. Share screens through the presentation board or write on the provided whiteboard. Chat through many methods including text, audio, and video. The creator of the Big Marker conference controls audio and video options and who is heard throughout the chats. Try the demo room first to become acquainted with the tools available and the interface.
In the Classroom
Use Big Marker for online tutoring or peer tutoring sessions and providing additional lessons to students for enrichment. Use Big Marker for brainstorming, planning, and completing projects. Create professional development opportunities for others in your school or elsewhere. Use for extracurricular activities, home schooling, or other online events. Set up a Big Marker get together during snow days so students can stay up to date with projects and assignments.Edge Features:
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Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
Includes teacher tools for registering and/or monitoring students
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Join.me - LogMeIn, Inc.
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4 to 12
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Join.me is a web browser-based tool that allows you to share your PC (or Mac) screen with anyone who has access to the web. To share your screen, simply download ...more
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Join.me is a web browser-based tool that allows you to share your PC (or Mac) screen with anyone who has access to the web. To share your screen, simply download a small application to your Windows or Mac OS X PC. (Windows and Mac users can across platforms; it doesn't have to be Windows to Windows or Mac to Mac.) Send the 9-digit code generated to your collaborator (an email is automatically created). They either click a link in the email, or go to the join.me website and input the code, and they can see your screen. There is a share control feature that can be turned on allowing both users access to either computer. You may need to request download and install by school tech staff if computers are locked down for installing software. Test it out at home first.
In the Classroom
Screen share with students in computer labs to demonstrate items such as website addresses, how to locate information on websites, or when learning text editing features such as changing font size or color. Use this tool to collaborate with other teachers when creating lesson plans or student documents. Students with laptops can share the screen with the teacher during presentations to make information easier to view. Share this site with students to use at home when collaborating on projects. Help a homebound student by sharing your class computer screen and opening an audio connection on the phone. Offer "extra help" sessions via screen share at predetermined "office hours" or during a snow day. Have students teach tech skills to their peers using this free sharing app.Edge Features:
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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NewsCred - Iraj and Shafqat
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4 to 12
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At NewsCred you can create a newspaper that contains only news stories of interest to you or your students. This tool is quite flexible. You can search topics. For instance, ...more
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At NewsCred you can create a newspaper that contains only news stories of interest to you or your students. This tool is quite flexible. You can search topics. For instance, science will give you news sources for science topics to select from, or you can narrow your search to a category like environmental science and select sources that focus only on that area. You can add topics to your created newspaper at any time. Scroll to the bottom and click on "Sources" to see all the sources used by NewsCred. Write your own editorials, and share your newspaper by using twitter, e-mail, Yahoo, and Google.
tag(s): news (130), newspapers (23)
In the Classroom
There are so many ways this tool can be used! For example, create a newspaper with multiple articles related to a world issue or event. Have your students read these and then write editorials comparing and contrasting the articles for bias. Students could create newspapers to show real world connections to curriculum, ex. articles about housing construction in math class, then write an editorial about the math skills required to build houses. They could create their own science newspaper collecting articles of interest related to plants or animals or diseases. You could have your students use the "editorial" section like a blog to respond to the articles they read. This application is easy to navigate. To save and share a newspaper you must establish a free account. Select "Create New Newspaper" and choose your interests. It's that easy! Engage students early in a teaching unit by offering current articles related to an upcoming unit. Before a break (or likely snow day), create a newspaper of articles for students to respond to in blog posts during the break. Share the link on your class web page. Alternatively, assign students to create and READ their own newspaper during break, related to a topic they have studied.
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TeachersFirst Brain Twister - TeachersFirst
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3 to 9
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These ten question quizzes, written by Thinking Teachers, change each Friday and are ready to go with one edition for middle school students and one for elementary students. The quiz...more
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These ten question quizzes, written by Thinking Teachers, change each Friday and are ready to go with one edition for middle school students and one for elementary students. The quiz presents ten questions, one at a time. You have only ONE try to pick the correct answer, so think carefully. You get points for each correct answer, totaling up to a possible 100. When you finish, you see your score and how long you spent. Questions are intended to stretch your thinking. Printable versions are available along with answers to the previous week's Twister. A new version of the Twister is mobile-friendly and adjusts to any screen size. Take the Twister with you wherever you go!
In the Classroom
Since elementary and middle school curriculum content varies from location to location, it is unlikely that every question will fall within the scope of your school's curriculum. High point questions may fall outside standard classroom fare. Five point questions tend to be at the knowledge/comprehension/application level of Bloom's taxonomy and closer to "normal" content. Ten pointers are more likely cross-curricular application/analysis, and twenty pointers require analytical thinking and a wider experience level, such as knowledge of current events or information beyond normal curricula. Twenty pointers may require more than one student's input.Do the questions as a whole-class activity on a multimedia projector or interactive whiteboard with students contributing the portions of knowledge they do know toward solving the question. Using teamwork and thinking aloud can often help the group reach a conclusion that no single member could do on his/her own. They can each test different math answers to see which one is correct. This process will not only foster thinking aloud and group communication, but also model test-taking skills for multiple choice.
Alternatively, do the Twister in small groups, with one student an answer entry but others as researchers on neighboring computers to find out what the group does not know. It may be helpful to assign roles: moderator (assigns what to find out and helps the group reach consensus), keyboarder (enters responses, may conduct research in a new window), or researchers (find information as assigned). Use the Twisters to model ad teach information literacy skills in a high-motivation activity. Or offer the Twisters as an enrichment challenge or extra credit option for students to do at home. Ask parents to be on the honor system to sign a note indicating the score their child achieved. Since parents may be overly interested in helping, you may want to simply give extra credit for anyone completing the quiz, no matter the score. Be sure to mark this ready to go exclusive in your favorites and share it on your teacher class web page.
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Build a Snowman - Highlights Kids
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K to 5
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Students will enjoy creating unusual characters with this fun Snowman building activity. Pick from a wide variety of humorous body parts, accessories, and possible settings. This site...more
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Students will enjoy creating unusual characters with this fun Snowman building activity. Pick from a wide variety of humorous body parts, accessories, and possible settings. This site guarantees a giggle. Note: depending on the time of day (and month of the year) this site may take time to load. Be patient and sing a snowman song while you wait!
tag(s): creative fluency (5), fluency (18), snow (16)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector and then ask students explore it independently or in small groups. Connect this activity to literature study books such as Lois Elherts "Snowballs," and ask students to label or write about their online creation. It is possible to print directly from the site. To save on paper and ink, simply take a screen shot and save it to the desktop ("Prnt Scrn" key on Windows, Command+shuft+4 on Mac --- then paste into a document or slide). These images could be incorporated into a class book in programs such as Mixbook reviewed here or using PowerPoint. Exercise your students "fluent" creative thinking skills by asking them to brainstorm items that developers could add to the snowman options. Soon students will be generating their own ideas for unusual snow characters.
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Christmas Fun - Mrs. Robin Martin
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K to 5
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If you are looking for fun activities to feed the holiday spirit check out Mrs. Martin's blog. Students will enjoy decorating digital gingerbread cookies, "elfing" themselves, making...more
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If you are looking for fun activities to feed the holiday spirit check out Mrs. Martin's blog. Students will enjoy decorating digital gingerbread cookies, "elfing" themselves, making virtual snowflakes, creating colorful sand drawings, and counting down the days to Christmas on advent calendars from around the world.
*BE AWARE: at the time of this review, a few of the links were "under construction." However, what IS available is worth taking a look at!
*BE AWARE: at the time of this review, a few of the links were "under construction." However, what IS available is worth taking a look at!
In the Classroom
Incorporate fun digital activities into your interactive whiteboard or projector lessons this December. Make a shortcut to links from this site on classroom computers and use it as a center. Read Jan Brett's book "Gingerbread Baby" and then have students create virtual gingerbread cookies from the variety of sites on this blog. Science units covering the states of matter, weather, or water cycle can include a fun diversion to cutting out virtual snowflakes. Schools that celebrate Christmas will enjoy projecting an advent calendar daily and seeing what surprises each new day brings.General Tips and Reminders: Fully preview the links on this site at school before introducing them to students. Some sites may be down or not accessible on your school network. There is some advertising on a few sites. Students may have the opportunity to create virtual cards. These require users to enter email addresses directly into the site. Advise your students to print their work rather than submitting personal emails. Or use a class email (rather than your personal email, create a class gmail account for all students to use).
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Snow School - Winter Wildlands Alliance
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3 to 6
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Snow School is a program run by educators across the country that enables students to attend actual classes with hands-on learning to find out about living creatures under the snow....more
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Snow School is a program run by educators across the country that enables students to attend actual classes with hands-on learning to find out about living creatures under the snow. The site contains links to programs run in 48 states and can be used to sign up individual classrooms to participate in their area. Even if your class doesn't participate, there are 2 important sections of the site that can be used in any classroom. The first area is For Teachers. This section contains links to lesson plans that allow students to explore the snow outdoors of their classroom, snow science experiments and activities, and links to other resources for teachers. The second area is For Kids. Here kids can learn how snowshoes work, find activities to do in the snow, and links to other resources.
In the Classroom
PE teachers can use the activities area for suggestions on teaching students games and other things to do on a snowy day. The Snow Science sections contains many experiments to perform in Science class that can be related to weather units, chemistry units, and animal units. Take your class outside after a snow to perform experiments in density, insulation, and snow melt included on the site or look for animal prints to identify.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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All About Snow - National Snow and Ice Data Center
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3 to 12
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Everything you wanted to know about snow can be found in this informative site. The site is divided into easy to use sections containing facts, questions and answers, a gallery, ...more
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Everything you wanted to know about snow can be found in this informative site. The site is divided into easy to use sections containing facts, questions and answers, a gallery, and other useful links. The range of topics goes from blizzards to snow formations. Especially informative is the question and answer section where readers can find the answer to questions from "How big can a snowflake get?" to "Is it ever too cold to snow?"
In the Classroom
Ask students to write their own questions about snow and research the information on this site. This is a perfect site to include with any winter activities. Ask students to locate the places mentioned in the gallery on a map. Have students research a historic snowstorm from a specific geographical location and use an online mapping tool to tell the class about the winter event (and location). Try a tool such as MapSkip (reviewed here). Use the site when teaching a unit on weather (or winter Olympics) for factual information about snow using the resources link. Extend the snow "storm" with snowflake interactives such as Make a Flake, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Snowflake Bentley - Jericho Historical Society
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3 to 8
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This site offers many links to information about Snowflake Bentley and other resources for studying snow crystals. Wilson (Snowflake) A. Bentley is credited with the discovery that...more
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This site offers many links to information about Snowflake Bentley and other resources for studying snow crystals. Wilson (Snowflake) A. Bentley is credited with the discovery that no two snowflakes are alike. His research and studies on snowflakes were conducted in the small Vermont town of Jericho. Snowflake pioneered the science of photographing snow crystals by attaching a microscope to his camera. The most in-depth section of the site offers resources to learn more about snowflakes such as an educational unit on snowflakes, computer recreations of snowflakes and math sites studying patterns and symmetry.
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects about famous pioneers, weather research, or famous characters from books. This site is a perfect addition to any winter activities. Have cooperative learning groups investigate a specific section of this site and share their findings on your class wiki. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries - check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Make a Flake - Barkley
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K to 8
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This creative website allows you to create a personalized snowflake (perfect for winter). It is the virtual version of construction paper and safety scissors snowflakes minus all the...more
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This creative website allows you to create a personalized snowflake (perfect for winter). It is the virtual version of construction paper and safety scissors snowflakes minus all the mess. Some visual and mechanical dexterity is still necessary, but not nearly as much as complex paper snowflakes require.
In the Classroom
This site would work well in an elementary art class as a winter project or when teaching about the seasons in primary grades. All of the saved snowflakes are assigned an ID number. The flakes can be downloaded as jpeg files, EPS files (to be manipulated in your own graphics programs), or emailed to you. Use downloaded images to create a winter "big book" along with winter poems by your young students. Use this site in upper grades in both graphic design classes as part of a winter webpage project or in a geometry lesson on angles or reflections. The website could be previewed on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Then students can create their own on laptops or in the computer lab. What an entertaining way to teach symmetry to younger students!
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Wallwisher - Wallwisher
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K to 12
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Use this free application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any subject. Easily create an account and build a new notice-board. ...more
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Use this free application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any subject. Easily create an account and build a new notice-board.
tag(s): bulletin boards (8), images (115), posters (17)
In the Classroom
Understanding for using this site is very basic. The tool does not show which work is attributable to which student, however. You may want to require that students initial their contributions in order to get credit. Check your school policies on whether student work may be displayed online.Projects can be public or private. Check your school policy for posting student work online. Written permission is always a good idea. When wanting students to post to the wall, you will have to make the setting for comment open to the public. Many school policies prohibit such interaction, so be sure to check your school policy. You will want to discuss these features in the context of Internet Safety or establish specific written class rules and consequences for interacting with outsiders that may post on the wall while it is public. Making the setting private again is recommended to prohibit content being replaced by classmate "vandalism."
Click on "Build a Wall" and individualize with options you easily see such as uploading an image, choosing colors, adding a title and subtitle, creating a password, and decisions on who can see/add to the wall. Once the settings are finished, click "Done," check your email for your password and begin adding to your wall. Our editors found that the email notification was a bit slow, so set up your account in advance! Add sticky notes with messages to your wall. Videos and websites can also be added. Currently the only settings for contributing to the wall include just the creator or everyone. It is possible to open the wall to contribution from all in order for your classes to contribute then reset it to just the creator when they are done. Not done? No problem. Click edit to go back at any time to make changes.
Use as a place to put web quest links and information. By leaving the wall open to comments, solicit input, discussions, or viewpoints from students. Assign a student project where students choose their theme and design a wall around it. For example, have students create a wall about their summer vacation. They can include pictures, audio or video, links, and other information to display. Use as a new format for book reports. Do your students have favorites such as music or sports? Create a wall around these favorites or hobbies. Use a wall for grammar or vocabulary words. Create walls for debates or viewpoints. Post assignments, reminders, or study skills on a wall. Do you use student scribes or reporters? Use the wallwisher site to create a wall with the goings- on in class. Embed your walls in a blog, wiki or website so that it is easily found. See a similar tool (and more ideas to use either tool) in the TeachersFirst review of Stixy here. Decide which one you prefer! Unfortunately, the Wallwisher embedded viewer is very small but can be scrolled in both directions.
Use Wallwisher as a class space during snow days and school breaks. Share the link to a teacher-created, public Wall where students can share notes about what they did during the snow day or respond to a thought-provoking question.
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USA Today Interactive Weather Graphics - USA Today
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2 to 12
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This site has an expanding group of interactive weather graphics for those weather anomalies students like to explore. Clicking on a specific weather situation takes you to a page with...more
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This site has an expanding group of interactive weather graphics for those weather anomalies students like to explore. Clicking on a specific weather situation takes you to a page with a text explanation as well as a graphic that you can manipulate. See the seasons, fall foliage, tornado formations, lake effect snow causes, how winter storms bring rain, ice, and snow, atmospheric optics (rainbows, sun dogs, sun pillars, and halos), global warming, the landscape of natural disasters, a hurricane in action, and more. The topics range from simple weather to more complex topics for older students. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): disasters (28), fall (15), seasons (21), weather (150)
In the Classroom
Use this site as you discuss tornado warnings with your class or when a hurricane is looming nearby. Use it also when classes study geography or meteorology. Project the interactive portions on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have cooperative learning groups explore one of the topics and present a multi-media or web presentation about it: a wiki page with embedded video examples or a simple interactive book using a tool such as Bookemon (reviewed here).
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Story Starter - Roxie Carroll
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1 to 3
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This writing site encourages children to use their creativity to finish stories. Select the type of story to write or choose to complete a limerick from its first line. ...more
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This writing site encourages children to use their creativity to finish stories. Select the type of story to write or choose to complete a limerick from its first line. Seasonal story prompts include a variety of common holidays. There are also prompts for poetry writing. Some stories can be written on the computer and require FLASH.Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
In the Classroom
Use simple story writing for beginning keyboarding or write a whole-class story on your interactive whiteboard. Have ESL students write their own stories to reinforce their writing, grammar, and reading development. Share the site on your teacher web page as an at-home activity during school breaks and snow days!
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Mrs. Cassidy's Web Page - Merry Christmas - Mrs. Cassidy
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K to 3
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Visit this seasonal website for some Christmas and general winter fun. Mrs. Cassidy, a primary teacher, has created another useful collection. Some examples of activities include: "Mix...more
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Visit this seasonal website for some Christmas and general winter fun. Mrs. Cassidy, a primary teacher, has created another useful collection. Some examples of activities include: "Mix and Match Snowman," "Make a Snowflake," and "Trim a Tree." Educational topics include matching, problem solving, logic, art, and others. Many of these activities require JAVA and/or FLASH. Get them from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
tag(s): christmas (53), logic (162), matching (17), problem solving (123)
In the Classroom
All of these activities would be perfect on your interactive whiteboard. Students would also enjoy independent exploration of the activities on a classroom computer or cluster. Be aware - some of these activities lack educational value, so check out the activity BEFORE using it in your class. Most of the links are very educational and offer excellent enrichment activities. Also, you may notice some spelling differences (since some of the links originate from BC, Canada).
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Snow Crystals - Kenneth G. Libbrecht
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K to 6
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Treat your class to a "snow day" at this website. This unique website provides information, pictures and activities about snow and ice. They show authentic snowflakes up close ...more
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Treat your class to a "snow day" at this website. This unique website provides information, pictures and activities about snow and ice. They show authentic snowflakes up close from cities across North America. Please note that you must ask permission before you copy any of the photographs. There is a link available to request permission to copy.
tag(s): snow (16)
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Share this link in your class newsletter or web site for fun things for parents to do on a snow day! Try it on an interactive whiteboard and project these large snowflakes and discuss the science behind the snow. You can draw over them on the board to analyze the geometry.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Soup - Ear Twiggles Productions
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K to 3
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Find easy-to-make winter crafts and games - perfect for early elementary students. Includes printable patterns and step-by-step instructions. ...more
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Find easy-to-make winter crafts and games - perfect for early elementary students. Includes printable patterns and step-by-step instructions.
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You might want to pass this on to parents anxious for at-home "snow day" activities. SHare it with parent volunteers who will be helping plan class parties, as well.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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First Headlines - Rentz Data Systems
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8 to 12
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Get the latest front page news from U.S. and international newspapers and network news sites with this impressive current events site. Browse through the featured articles and click...more
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Get the latest front page news from U.S. and international newspapers and network news sites with this impressive current events site. Browse through the featured articles and click on a headline to access the full story. If you can't find what you're looking for on the home page, scan through the site's current stories, organized by topic or region of the world.
tag(s): news (130)
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Use this site as a resource for current events projects - assign students various weeks through out the semester in which they are to be the class news reporter, keeping their peers up to date and informed. Have students research whats going on via this news site, and present a small presentation at the beginning of class every day during their week. Students can either orally present, or for the technologically inclined, create a short video summarizing the same information. Have students create news briefs and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Create a standing assignment for snow days: If it snows and school is closed, search this site (or Google News) for the most amazing snow story to share when we return to class! Share the stories from home on a class wiki or blog.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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