Surf these sites: Books on Teaching Imaginative Writing -- A list of books by writers and educators on the teaching of writing, writing to learn, and student-centered learning, compiled by Teachers & Writers OnLine. You can order books through the site. CLWG: Children''s Literature Web Guide -- Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Co-nect Teleprojects and Activities -- Co-nect''s collection of online curriculum involve classrooms from all over the world in project based learning. Most teleprojects are free and open to the public. Comprehensive Resources for Educators -- A variety of teaching resources from the National Council for the Social Studies. CyberEdQuest: Creatures of the Night -- Bat and Wolf Webquest and links. Elementary Science Support Center -- Hands-on science activities, links to children''s literature and software, science links. Exploring Science As Inquiry Using Manduca sexta -- A manual for K-12 teachers on using the Tobacco Hornworm as a tool for inquiry-based science Futurethink -- An organization dedicated toward "Leadership for A Better Tomorrow". It focuses on Futuring, Technology Planning, and Staff Development. Informal Education -- A resource for community education, informal adult education, community work, youth work, youth development, animation and social pedagogy. Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching -- Contains curriculum units, interactive programs for students, and links to resources. Institut de Coaching International -- Un organisme international spécialisé dans la formation de coaches, basé à Genève et qui rayonne dans l’ensemble du monde francophone. Internet Databases for Education and Research -- Social science and social studies materials organized into broad learning units; for grades 7-12 and college; fee based; password restricted. Investigating Chicks Through the Multiple Intelligences -- A resource for students and teachers for chicken development activities organized according to Howard Gardner''s Multiple Intelligence Theory. Lesson Plans from Smithsonian Education on the Web -- topics ranging from presidential elections to ocean ecology to landscape painting, in lesson plans designed for upper elementary and middle school students. Science by Mail -- A national pen-pal program run by the Boston Museum of Science, but available to anyone regardless of where they live. It is designed to give kids an exciting hands-on experience while letting them learn more about careers in science and the life of scientists by writing to their very own mentor pen-pal. Supporting Critical Conversations in Classrooms -- Critical conversations are important because they highlight diversity and difference while calling attention to the nature and role of literacy in our society. This chapter identifies books that are particularly useful for starting and sustaining critical conversations in classrooms. The National Center for Issues-Centered Education -- Introduces teachers to issues-centered approaches to teaching social studies and other school subjects, with the aim of helping teachers create stronger linkages between students'' lives and the subjects, topics, issues, and themes they study in school. The Physics ''98 Institute Lesson Plans -- High school physics teachers attended in order to learn different and interesting methods of teaching physics with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning. The lesson plans are available here. The WebQuest Page -- Ideas for using the web for research in the classroom, including the one-computer classroom; web rings to link WebQuest projects. Visible Knowledge Program -- The vkp site offers downloadable lessonplans, created by collaborating high school teachers and contemporary artists, online classrooms and studio spaces for teachers and students, forums, a gallery of student work and resource images and a library of relevant documents and url links. WaterWorks -- Inquiry in the Classroom -- This resource helps teachers do inquiry with students in the classroom, using fountains as a theme. Activities to help students observe, ask questions, and plan investigations are all important parts of creating an environment where real science is happening. Web Links for Inquiry-based Learning and the Internet -- A useful collection of links on developing questions, search engines, electronic portfolios, and online instruction. Young Authors Workshop -- Children in grades 4 to 7 are taken through the writing process in a step-by-step fashion, beginning with how to find ideas for stories and continuing through finding online markets for publishing those stories.
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