Archive for April 30th, 2010

Scrambling for lessons and activities?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Try a few of these sites.  All free, all good.

kids DO science –  Great site sponsored by the University of Georgia, featuring hands-on activities and printable fun and games.

http://www.uga.edu/srel/kidsdoscience/kidsdoscience.htm

Steve Spangler –  Plenty of free activities and videos for all ages.

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments

Hooda Math –  Forget the funny name.  Better yet, don’t forget it!  Nice site with games, movies, tutorials and worksheets aligned to NCTM standards.

http://hoodamath.com/

PBS Kids –  Cool online games, lower level, sorted by subject

http://pbskids.org/games/

Education.com –  Fantastic resource for lessons, worksheets, activities and games for all subjects.  Searchable by grade level, subject and sub-topic.

http://www.education.com/activity/

Senioritis?

Friday, April 30th, 2010

According to The Star-Ledger, A New Jersey high school assistant principal has completed a 230 page doctoral dissertation on why senior students do less work as they get closer to graduation.  I am pretty sure this could have been reduced to just 3 sentences.  And one of them would be “Duh!”