PD+2010-04-23

Liz and Chris talked about what you can do with an LCD projector in your classroom. All of these resources could be used independently (netbooks) by students or with one projection on a main screen, like a blank white wall or an interactive SmartBoard. April 23, 2010

Before beginning...

Almost all of these websites require free, interactive software to be installed on your computer. If you have any trouble viewing these sites, you probably need to install one - or all - of the items below. Once you get them downloaded - you're good to go!

[|Flash] [|Quicktime] [|Shockwave]

Now to the good stuff!

To travel the world: [|Google Earth] Download Google Earth and it will install on your computer. If you need help with this, Liz can help you. Some of the cooler, newer features of Google Earth:
 * Google Moon
 * [|Google Earth 5.0 - What can you do with it?]
 * Google Oceans

Virtual Visits:
 * [|Smithsonian Zoological Park - Animal Cams]

Interactive Learning Activities:
 * [|Mouse on Drugs] (What drugs do to the brain... probably too old for our kids, but it's still a cool site)
 * [|Interactive Butterfly Garden]
 * [|Build a Butterfly Habitat]
 * [|Nat Geo Antarctica] (a lot about penguins)
 * [|National Geographic - Solar System]
 * [|Thinkquest - Solar System]
 * [|National Geographic - Great Barrier Reef]
 * [|Native American Code Talkers]

Virtual Museums (Interactive museum websites):
 * [|The Met's Greek & Roman Galleries]
 * [|US Holocaust Museum Online Exhibits]
 * [|CIA Virtual Museum]
 * [|Smithsonian Institute]
 * [|National Gallery of Art Online Tours]
 * [|National Gallery of Art - Kids Site]
 * [|Field Museum Online Exhibits]
 * [|National Women's History Museum Cyberexhibits]
 * [|UPM Forest Walk]
 * [|American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology]
 * [|Library of Congress - Lincoln Documents]
 * [|Library of Congress - Civil War]
 * [|Library of Congress - Japanese Prints]

Math:
 * [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives]
 * [|Finding the Area of an Octagon (YouTube)]
 * [|Finding the Surface Area of an Octagon] (This isn't stand alone... it's an example of what you //can// find on YouTube)

Preprimary Sites:
 * [|Clifford's Sound Matching] (phonics)

Misc:
 * [|Timelapse Video of an Ant Farm]
 * [|Human Growth - Puberty] (Lauren & Laurie, could this be used for the HG and Dvmpt Course?)
 * [|Visible Body 3D Human Anatomy Model] (This costs $18,but it looks //really// cool)
 * [|PBS - Lewis & Clark]
 * [|Pandora - Internet Radio]
 * [|Video of Bees (YouTube)]
 * [|List of Virtual Tours for Teachers]
 * Nat Geo Videos - Butterflies

Nonsense Interactive Games:
 * [|LiteBrite]