Curriculum

=LIS 5260 - Tools that Enhance and Support a Curriculum=

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This is the interactive, online tool I chose for my screencast. It has interactive demonstrations of Cell Models, Mitosis, Meiosis, and the Cell Cycle. It also includes a Cell Cam and How Big? module that give birds-eye views of cells and the sizes of different microorganisms. The Cell Models interactive is clickable within the illustration to give labels and descriptions of the cell parts. The Mitosis, Meiosis and Cell Cycle are clickable animations of the various phases of cell division. While the site and application aren't "Web 2.0" the content is still current and a very useful, interactive teaching tool for teachers and students. The animations are also available for download to have local copies available, in the event of no internet access (perish the thought). ;-)

Cells Alive Screencast
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This site is created by The Kennedy Center to support all the various art forms. There are sections for Educators, Families, Students. You can also browse by theme or view a multimedia gallery. In the Educators section there is a searchable lesson database as well as a searchable standards database to link the standards required by the teacher's curriculum to their lesson plan. Easy peasy! It also has a My Arts Edge section to allow you to login, save and share lessons, too. The site is well designed, attractive and fun to use. A definite go-to resource for any teacher, not necessarily just art or music teachers.

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This site appealed to my educator side as well as my humantarian side. FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. It is a quiz based design, with various subjects available (Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Math, and Languages). The bottom line is that for every question you answer correctly 10 grains of rice are donated through the WFP to help end hunger. You can sign-up to track your totals, create groups and join groups already created. It would seem on first blush to be amazing and cool.

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My husband is a Chemistry/Physics teacher and this is a nod in his direction. I remember the gigantic chalkboard size periodic table poster that my chemistry teacher taught with. We'd have to flip through our books for various chart and table to find the numbers, weights, isotopes and properties. This sites is one-stop shopping with everything connected in an easy to use, easy to read format. This could be whiteboarded, used in labs or from home. It would seem to be a must for science teachers.