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Active Learning Resources Links

These are some resources I found while browsing the web that I want to incorporate into my classroom at some point in time. Ok, so I will admit, the majority of the sites provide you with active learning resources you can use in your classroom. But I figure, we are going to be swamped as first year teachers, and who needs more theory, thats what our MIT program was for. But for those of you theory buffs out there, I included one link at the bottom to a great site i'm sure many of you have heard about before, Edutopia.org, that has all the theory and ideas you could ever want as a teacher.

1. [|Lesson plans about the Elwha River]

These are great lesson plans created by the National Park Service. This link provides lessons about topics found in Olympic National Park. Some of the lessons only provide for a demonstration by the teacher, but if you got the materials I think it would be great for you to let all the students do the demonstration of a great earth science concept that is contained within each lesson. These plans are made for middle schoolers with attached standards. Other lessons can be found for any National Park, just go to the teachers section of any National Park site and you can find more curriculum.

2. [|NASA created active learning material]

This site is money! I just checked it out and there is a search feature that you can use to find any sort of curriculum NASA related. I did a search with the filters of grades 5-8 and the category "play and learn." The results provided me with awesome activities you could use in your classroom that are very active learning involved. The first lesson provided was similar to the paper airplane activity we did in class. To infinity and beyond with your searching.

3. [|NOAA lesson plans]

Another science subject I love, meteorology. NOAA, like the other government agencies, really has their act together when it comes to preparing great active learning lesson plans that teachers can download and use in their classrooms for free. This link takes you to NOAA's education homepage, where you can find lessons on all sorts of NOAA related subjects, such as ocean stuff or atmospheric stuff, and of course lessons can be found for multiple grades.

4. [|Edutopia]

Need some help in figuring out how to most effectively integrate active learning into your classroom? I think this site provides some great articles, blog entries, videos, and lesson ideas for you to turn your thoughts into solid lesson gold. Also, I feel their attitude is very inspiring on this site. They do not take no for an answer when it comes to educating every child.

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