Resources from www.teachersonthenet.org
Science
Bill Nye The Science Guy
http://billnye.com/
http://billnye.com/
- This website has a variety of lessons, videos, experiences, and much more
- For Each lesson the topics has been divided into three main science areas; Life Science (LS), Physical Science (PhS), and Planetary Science (PlS).
- Within each area there are two sections (LS: humans & living things. PhS: chemistry & physics. PlS: earth science & space science), which then have multiple specific topics.
- Each topic contains the definition and understanding, a did you know part, and other resources to learn more
- The experience are also divided into these same ares and sections.
History
History.com
http://www.history.com/
Museum Box
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
http://www.history.com/
- This is the website for the history channel on Television, but is includes: games, topics, video and much more.
- Topics are divided into categories based on events and subject matter from the Unite State History
- Within each topic there is an article, videos and speeches that express what happen
- You are able to look up what happen today in history, it shows a video and states topics such as war(s), crime, sports, hollywood, literacy, music, presidential, and many others.
- You can also find little tidbits and interesting facts about things in history, or related to historical events/subject matter.
Museum Box
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
- This website is a tool to help describe an event, person, or period in-time by placing information into virtual boxes
- Helps to refine arguments with simple and precise information, to be able to present it
- For every 1 box you have a six sided cube, you can have any were from 1-8 boxes, and up to 3 layers
- You can include, text, videos, images, sound, links, etc.
- There is a yearly subscription; the teacher can active the account for the school/specific classes/each individual student, so everyone can access it.
Music
Classics For Kids
http://www.classicsforkids.com/
Teaching Ideas
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/subjects/music
http://www.classicsforkids.com/
- This website is a resource to help children learn about classical music and composers
- You can search composers by: Country, Timeline, Period, or Alphabetical. You will then find a short biography about that person
- There are game for kids to match a rhythm, create their own song, learn about music and history through a composer time machine, and use the letters of the notes to form words.
- It shows ways to teach musical terms, learn about instruments in the orchestra, and how instruments are categorized.
- You can listen to different classical music and learn about the different periods.
Teaching Ideas
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/subjects/music
- This website provides a variety of different tools and resources to help children learn about music
- There are many different kinds of lessons to choice from, some even list age groups that the lesson is appropriate for
- There are also many interactive activities for the children to participate in to help them learn
- You can print-off worksheets for the children to follow along and/or work from
- You can download and/or print-off posters to help with the learning process
Art
Tux Paint
http://www.tuxpaint.org/
http://www.tuxpaint.org/
- A free online drawing computer software for children 3-12 years of age (PreK-6 grade)
- The software includes: a fixed size background, a large variety of tools, plus special effects option
- All work can be saved, deleted, printed, and put into a slideshow
- Parts of this software offers the translation into a specific list of different languages (which there are a lot)
- There are also parental/teacher control options