Motivating Students

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Education Sites By: Melissa Gagne

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Education Sites

By: Melissa Gagne

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http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.middle.html

Ask Dr. Math

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Ask Dr. Math

• This website has many features that students can use.

• There are different kinds of math's on this website which makes it very flexible for teachers.

• There are numerous examples of each type of problem which gives students an opportunity to see different types of examples.

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Possible Uses…

• This website can be used in a Math classroom because it lets the teacher showcase questions that other students may have and ways to give students the correct answer.

• It allows students to see problems and work on them in the classroom and then see the correct answers later on.

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http://www.besthistorysites.net/

Best History Websites

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Best History Websites

• This website has every era of history available for teachers and students to view.

• A summary of each era is broken down and gives excellent information about it.

• Teachers can view different types of lesson plans, projects, quizzes and fun activities to do with his or her students.

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Possible Uses…

• This website can be used by going over information with students and showing them key points about the era.

• It also allows students to view and take notes for future references.

• It gives many options for fun activities that students can choose from.

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http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/teachers/

Reading Rockets

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Reading Rockets

• This website gives multiple examples of ways to teach reading, go over vocabulary, incorporate reading into the classroom and much more.

• Gives recommendations of books to read and how to get all students in the classroom involved.

• This website has wonderful reading topics that can be in school and outside of the classroom; it also allows parents to get involved in their children’s reading lesson.

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Possible Uses…

• This website can be used in the classroom because students can look at various books they may want to read.

• It also gives a “Just for Fun” section that gives great ideas for activities to do.

• This website has many opportunities for students to look at reading in a fun and imaginative light.

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http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/index.jsp?code=AF10057&afsrc=1

National Geographic

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National Geographic

• This website is very organized and well put together.

• Each article has great citations and examples to show off what’s new in science.

• This is the type of website that student’s want to go home and explore more.

• Great games and trivia gives students a way to test what they have learned or reviewed.

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Possible Uses…

• This website has so many facts and games for students to read and play.

• There are many types of science on this website so it can adjust to the area that students are learning about.

• It’s colorful and vibrant, so if a teacher was to show students off of his or her computer it would grab the student’s interest.

• It’s great for all science classes on every level.

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http://rockhall.com/education/

Rock and Roll

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Rock and Roll

• This website is a great way for Music teachers to show students about music.

• There are many musicians and bands that are discussed on this website.

• Also great ideas of what to do in a music class are discussed.

• This website shows great ideas for projects, field trips and lesson plans.

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Possible Uses…

• This website gives students history on rock and roll and other types of music.

• There is education in each story and articles that students can read and learn.

• Biographies along with project ideas can be great ways to begin a lesson.

• Pictures are available to view so students can see who the author is talking about.

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http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/index.html

The J. Paul Getty Museum

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

• This website shows great art resources that art teachers can use to show students different types of art.

• It also gives great ideas to get students to think outside the box.

• It gives great tips and tools for teachers to use to help his or her students strive to do better with art.

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Possible Uses…

• Students can use this website to be inspired.• There are wonderful pictures that are on the

webiste and also stories of the different artists.

• Students can view this website to get better techniques on how to draw or set up a certain art project that they have had in mind.

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http://www.pecentral.org/

Physical Education

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Physical Education

• This website has great ideas on what students and teachers can do for each unit.

• This website also shows great ways to assess students on their different actives.

• There is a “Classroom mgnt” tab that shows wonderful ways of how to use time and rules that should be followed in the classroom.

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Possible Uses…

• Students can use this to find activities that they might like to do in the classroom or on their own personal time.

• There are also challenges that are on this website that students might like to do or be apart of.

• Students can use this website to learn more about their health and the health of children across the world.

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http://www.chillola.com/index.html/

Foreign Language

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Chillola.com

• This website is great for parents, teachers and students. This website allows parents and children to work together and also gives teachers great new ways to teach different languages.

• Multiple languages are available for students to learn along with fun activities.

• Gives other great webiste recommendations along with worksheets.

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Possible Uses…

• This website has great interactive activities for students to work on individually or in pairs. Students have access to learn from dozens of languages!

• It’s broken down into groups (numbers, letters, colors etc) and it’s easy for students to understand.

• Teachers have the option of how in depth they want to go into each lesson.