If+Concepts+Were+Contagious

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//**If Concepts Were Contagious**//

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Concepts

 * [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives]
 * This site provides a number of virtual manipulatives (math applets) to help elementary students understand mathematical ideas.
 * [|A Math Dictonary for Kids]
 * This site provides examples and activities for most of the terms it defines.
 * [|Cool Math]
 * [|Fun Math for Kids]
 * This space provides real world activities and games for K-6.

**Lessons**

 * [|Cool Math Lessons]
 * [|Math Lesson Plans]
 * [|ProTeacher] - A discussion forum for sharing ideas and strategies for making math and science instruction effective and meaningful for students. Classroom technology questions are also welcome!
 * [|Professional Development Podcast]
 * Look through here for podcasts by children and teachers on
 * Elementary Geometry: A third grade teacher provides a hands on learning activity where students will demonstrate their understanding with real world scenarios.
 * Elementary Math Manipulatives: An elementary teacher instructs students in the use of manipulatives in a mathematics lesson.
 * Math Refection: A first year classroom teacher reflects on her math lesson and recognizes the need for different instructional strategies.

=**General Resources**=


 * [|Quiz Tree Math Games]
 * [|PBS.org - Math]
 * [|NCTM Elementary Resources]
 * [|Math Playground]
 * [|AAA Math]

=**Science (Jing)**=



=**Concepts**=

1. Animals http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html 2. Snakes in Michigan http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/7416/mi.html 3. Human knowledge: Foundation and limits http://humanknowledge.net/Thoughts.html 4. Biobricks: the concepts of analogical bio (?) http://parts.mit.edu/registry/index.php/Part_Types 5. Resonance http://oolong.co.uk/resonata.htm

=**Lessons**=

1. Funology: Laboratory; Science experiment http://www.funology.com/index.htm 2. Aquarium book: baby first http://nyaquarium.com/baby_book 3. Have your kids draw their own Blog http://www.scrapblog.com 4. Slow motion: physics examples on Youtube/video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3g5MKeqBwI http://chime.tv/#science/90jrb 5. Forest images http://www.forestryimages.org/ 6. National curriculum in Action, UK http://www.ncaction.org.uk/creativity/ 7. Google earth lessons http://www.gelessons.com/lessons/studentcontrol/k12math/xtremetriangles/index.html 8. World maps: geography, physics, population, literacy, etc. http://www.justmaps.org/ 9. Lesson plan http://www.lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Science/index.shtml

= = =**Games**=

1. Class Wiki http://teacherknowledge.wikispaces.com/ 2. How to predict whether without forecast http://www.wikihow.com/Predict-the-Weather-Without-a-Forecas 3. Build an atom http://keithcom.com/atoms/index.php 4. Studycast http://www2.murrieta.k12.ca.us/tovashal/bcoley/studycast/index.htm 5. FEMA for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/


 * //References//**

Pobiedzinski, Andrzej. (2007, August 30). Virus. //Stock Xchng.// Retrieved February 25, 2007, from http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=861269 Used under a [|Stock Xchng Standard 8.2 Royalty Free Image License Agreement].

Smit, Evah. (2007, October 23). Sneeze woman. //Stock Xchng.// Retrieved February 25, 2007, from [|http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=894326] Used under a [|Stock Xchng Standard 8.2 Royalty Free Image License Agreement].

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