The following free opportunities include various resources to help any high
school science teacher round out the curriculum.
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly
image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection
consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers,
and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted
for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning
collection. Formerly known as PhotoShare, a recipient of the ComputerWorld Smithsonian
Award, Pics4Learning is a partnership between Orange County Public Schools
Technology Development Unit of Orlando, Florida, and Tech4Learning, Inc. Click
http://www.pics4learning.com
for more information or view images.
Partnership for Learning produces
The Tutoring and Academic Enrichment Guide. It lists ten signs that can indicate
to parents that their child needs a tutor, discusses the different kinds of
tutoring available, and provides four steps for finding an excellent tutor.
The guide also includes comparison charts, self-tests, cost estimates and hands-on
advice for saving money, suggestions for identifying learning disabilities,
tips on monitoring student progress, and a pull-out guide to finding a tutor.
Click http://www.partnershipforlearning.org/files/TM-3922%20LrnGuid1st%20final.pdf
to download the guide.
Powerful Practices in Mathematics
& Sciences: Research-based Strategies for Teaching and Learning
features in-class research conducted through the National Center for Improving
Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. The research-based CD-ROMs feature classroom episodes
that demonstrate the use of modeling, generalization, and justification to strengthen
students' learning and understanding of complex mathematics and science ideas.
Professional development leaders and teachers will find Powerful Practices a
valuable resource.Visit http://www.learningpt.org/msc
to order.
Digital Edge Learning Interchange
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), the International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Apple Computer, and AT&T have
joined forces on a project designed to promote accomplished teaching with technology.
The Digital Edge Learning Interchange is an online library featuring
National Board Certified Teachers in exhibits of exemplary teaching. Each exhibit
includes an introduction, lesson plan, video clips, student work samples, assessment
tools, resources, research, and teacher reflection. Click http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli
for more information.
Video Placement Worldwide
offers an ever-growing list of high-quality educational videos and teaching
materials FREE to educators and youth leaders. This list is kept up-to-date
and changes as new programs are added or existing programs are discontinued.
Visit http://www.vpw.com for more information.
TrackStar
helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons.
The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track.
It is a searchable database of teacher-designed Internet-rich lessons. Visit
http://trackstar.hprtec.org
for more information.
RubiStar
is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the
time to develop them from scratch. While many teachers want to use rubrics or
are experimenting with writing rubrics, they can be quite time-consuming to
develop. RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but
does not have the time to develop them from scratch. RubiStar provides generic
rubrics that can simply be printed and used for many typical projects and research
assignments. The unique thing about RubiStar, however, is that it provides these
generic rubrics in a format that can be customized. The teacher can change almost
all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project. Visit http://rubistar.4teachers.org
for more information.
The
21st Century Skills MILE Guide was created by the Partnership for 21st Century
Skills to allow educators and administrators to measure the progress of their
schools in defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills. This hands-on
tool helps schools integrate 21st century skills with basic skills for a stronger,
more effective curriculum that successfully prepares today’s students for tomorrow’s
workplace. Visit http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-06/P21_MILE_Guide.pdf
to download this free guide.
iLoveSchools.com
is a free matchmaking service – for education! School teachers request materials
and supplies while school supporters search for a school in need of their gifts
of money, new or used goods, or other educational supplies. Supporters can search
by school name, location, requested item or economic profile to find the school
most in need of donations. Supporters also can register their favorite schools
to receive instant notification of any requests made. iLoveSchools.com
supports any institution that educates children, including pre-schools, home
schools and private schools, as well as over 95,000 public schools already in
our database. Visit http://iLoveSchools.com for more information.
www.FetchBooks.Info is
a free service aimed to provide the best shopping tools for book buyers. FetchBook.Info
is completely independent, and does not contain any promotional material or
ads. We do not prefer any book store for any reason, and therefore we're totally
objective. Every book price comparison is done in real time, checking dozens
of book stores. You can use our service to find used books (used text books,
used college books, cookbooks) and new books in any subject. Our engine scans
used books stores, discount books stores and any other online books store we've
found. We are constantly adding new book stores to the scanning engine, to make
sure we find the cheapest books. Visit http://www.FetchBooks.Info to use the
service.
One More Time
Editor's Note: In case you missed last year's Free for All, here's a
link to some of the resources we ran in that issue:
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-07/high_school.htm
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