Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 10/29/21

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you for coming by and visiting!

Note: Each resource is labeled with a level and subject area to make it easier to use.

Levels: E: Elementary; M: Middle; H: High; G: General, all levels; SN: Special Needs; T: Teachers

Subject Areas: LA: Language Arts, English, Reading, Writing; M: Math; S: Science; Health; SS: Social Studies, Current Events; FA: Fine Arts; Music, Art, Drama; FL: Foreign Language; PE: Physical Ed; C: Career; A: All

Build a Jack O’ Lantern - “A few years ago I created my "Build a Jack-O-Lantern" activity for Google Slides. It was a giant hit with students as it let them be creative while improving their writing skills and tech skills. With Fall here once again, I decided to revisit this favorite activity and add a new twist to it. In the years since I first created this project, we now have an amazing new tool in the Chrome Web Extension called Mote.” (L:T;SA:A)

Happy Halloween - videos from the SciShow Kids (L:E;SA:S)

Math vs. Zombies - fun math games for elementary school students (L:E;SA:M)

Walk the Great Wall - “for the first time in 360°” (L:T;SA:A)

The Scream Art Project - “In this The Scream art project, we’re going to create our own version of The Scream painting by Edvard Munch, with yarn!” (L:M,H;SA:FA)

Original photo by Pat Hensley